Margaret Lorraine Boyd Oakley
May 16, 2010
Ms. Margaret Lorraine Boyd Oakley, 83, of 107 Oak Park Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday morning, May 16, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Ms. Oakley was born October 22, 1926, in McDowell County, WV, daughter of the late Jasper Percy and Mary Leanna Belton Boyd. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after 44 years of service and was...
Mr. Wilburn Dale Essary
May 16, 2010
Mr. Wilburn Dale Essary, age 75 of Stuart, Virginia passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010 at his home. He was born in San Angelo, Texas on December 17, 1934 to the late Emmett Clarence Essary and Lydia Faye Wolff Essary. He served for a combined total of 36 years in the United States Navy and United States Naval Reserves and...
Mrs. Lorene Hylton Belcher
May 16, 2010
Mrs. Lorene Hylton Belcher, age 74 of Woolwine, passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on January 10, 1936 to the late Benjamin and Martha J Boyd Hylton. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Belcher was preceded in death by six brothers, Arthur, Elzie, Homer, Herman, Fred and Harvey Hylton; one sister,...
Angela Renee` Jenkins Bailey
May 16, 2010
Mrs. Angela Renee` Jenkins Bailey, 36, of Dobson, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Sunday, May 16, 2010. She was born March 2, 1974, in Surry County, to Jerry Clyde Jenkins and the late Deborah Kaye Dowd Jenkins. She was the most amazing mother who devoted her life to the children and sacrificed unselfishly. She leaves to cherish her...
Edwin Needham Hayes
May 15, 2010
Mr. Edwin Needham Hayes, 86, of 236 Honey Locust Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2010, at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Hayes was born September 4, 1923, in Surry County, son of the late Montgomery L. and Molly Ausburne Hayes. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Ladonia Baptist Church. He is survived by a sister,...
Hattie White Fowler
May 15, 2010
Mrs. Hattie Delanie White Fowler, 99, completed her earthly passage on Saturday, May 15, 2010, at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in Elkin. Mrs. Fowler was born on a farm in Surry County on November 26, 1910. She was the daughter of the late Annis Elizabeth White and John Avery White. Hattie attended several of the small one or two room...
James Harry Hiatt
May 15, 2010
Mr. James Harry Hiatt, 64, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2010, at his home. Mr. Hiatt was born December 22, 1946, in Patrick County, VA, to Carrie Susan Hiatt and the late John Walter Hiatt. He served our country in the United States Army, was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and was of the Baptist...
Eddie Dean Cockerham
May 15, 2010
Mr. Eddie Dean Cockerham, 55, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2010, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Cockerham was born January 15, 1955, in Surry County, to the late Daniel Cosby and Betty Mae Atkins Cockerham. Surviving are his loving wife, Vicky Lynn Marshall Cockerham of the home; a daughter, Brandy Nichole Cockerham; a son, Joshua...
Mr. Charles V. Cox
May 14, 2010
Mr. Charles V. Cox, age 74 of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and formerly of Stuart, passed away Thursday, May 13, 2010 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on June 13, 1935, the youngest child of the late John Fred and Ida Agnes Slate Cox. In addition to his parents, Mr. Cox was preceded in death by two brothers, William...
Christine Joyce Dressman
May 14, 2010
Mrs. Christine Joyce Dressman, 78, of 2082 Cynthia Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, May 14, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born November 22, 1931, in Lavale, MD, to the late Edward and Agnes Lyons Joyce. She was a registered nurse, having worked at Northern Hospital of Surry County and Guardian Care...
John Junior Snow
May 14, 2010
Mr. John Junior Snow, 66, of 102 McGuffin Drive, Dobson, passed away Friday morning, May 14, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Snow was born October 12, 1943, in Surry County, son of the late John Quincy and Mamie Odell Collins Snow. John retired from Wayne Farms and was a member of the Baptist faith. He...
James Oliver Thomas
May 14, 2010
Mr. James Oliver Thomas, 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, May 14, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born July 7, 1931, in Surry County, to the late Rufus Garland and Allie Marshall Thomas. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during World War II. After finishing high school, he joined the...
Richard Junior Gwyn
May 14, 2010
Mr. Richard Junior Gwyn, 67, of 131 Jim Reynolds Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, May 14, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Gwyn was born July 24, 1942, in Patrick County, VA, son of the late Tom David and Nancy Louella Dean Gwyn. Richard retired from Kentucky Derby Hosiery after 15 years of service. He is...
Clarence Ray McMillon
May 13, 2010
Mr. Clarence Ray McMillon, 71, of Dobson, passed away Thursday, May 13, 2010, at Golden Living Nursing Center. He was born October 27, 1938, in Guilford County, to the late John Thomas and Dorothy Elizabeth Bullington McMillon. Mr. McMillon was a retired crane operator from Thackery Crane Rental and a lifetime member of Operating Engineers. Survivors include two sisters and...
Billy Gray Felts
May 12, 2010
Mr. Billy Gray Felts, 62, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Felts was born February 23, 1948, in Surry County, to the late Harley Franklin and Effie Ola Tickle Felts. He was in the construction business most of his life and was last employed at Ararat Rock in Mount Airy....
Anthony Wayne Goins
May 12, 2010
Mr. Anthony Wayne Goins, 27, of 683 Abington Road, Lenoir, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. He was born September 3, 1982, in Surry County, to the Rev. Tony Delane and Kimberly "Kim" Maynard Goins. Mr. Goins had served in the United States Navy. He was employed by Southeastern Iron Workers and was a member of Flat Rock...
Steven John Violette
May 11, 2010
Mr. Steven John Violette, 57, of Ararat, VA, passed away Monday, May 10, 2010, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born October 24, 1952, in Hartford, CT, to Marie Helen Levesque Violette and the late Gerald Philip Violette. Mr. Violette is survived by his mother and stepfather, Marie Helen Levesque Montgomery and Floyd Montgomery; a sister, Linda M....
Mr. Carl F. Pack
May 9, 2010
Mr. Carl F. Pack, 85, of Meadows of Dan passed away Sunday at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. He was born on May 24, 1924 in Altavista to the late Bob and Sally Corena Lewis Pack. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife, Julia Gunter Pack; a grandson, Jeffrey Pack; one...
John Kelly Wall
May 8, 2010
John Kelly Wall, 87, of Charlotte, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, following a long battle with cancer. Mr. Wall was born February 15, 1923, in Mount Airy, the son of John Daniel Wall and Lucy Davenport. A graduate of Flat Rock High School, he attended Brevard College before joining the Army Air Corp where he was an instructor on the...
Mr. Thomas Kirk Rakes
May 8, 2010
Mr. Thomas Kirk Rakes, age 54 of Raleigh, North Carolina, and formerly of Patrick County, passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 8, 2010. He was born on August 29, 1955 in Patrick County. He was a 1977 graduate of Elon University (then Elon College) and also attended Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, earning a distinguished Military Graduate award after which he...