Kenneth Craig Payne
Jun 3, 2009
Mr. Kenneth Craig Payne, age 53, of Tobaccoville, NC passed away on Wednesday June 3, 2009 from a motorcycle accident. He was born in Surry County on May 26, 1956 to the late Kenneth Ray Payne and to Dorothy Branch Payne Cave. He was a Veteran of the US Navy having served in California, Iceland and the Philippines. Mr. Payne...
Ruth Mae Martin Ferguson
Jun 3, 2009
Mrs. Ruth Mae Martin Ferguson, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday evening, June 3, 2009, at Britthaven of Guilford. Mrs. Ferguson was born October 16, 1916, in Surry County, daughter of the late John Arnold Lewis and Bertha Mae Jarvis Martin. She retired from Lynne Hosiery and was a member of First Baptist Church in Mount Airy. She is...
Ethel Mae Tesh Hall
Jun 3, 2009
Mrs. Ethel Mae Tesh Hall, 84, of Ararat, VA, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Hall was born March 4, 1925, to the late Oscar Jordan and Daisy Bell Copeland Tesh. She retired from Oakdale Knitting and was a member of Chestnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Hall is survived by a son,...
Mildred Louise Stillwell Easter
Jun 3, 2009
Mrs. Mildred Louise Stillwell Easter, 65, of 216 New Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Easter was born August 12, 1943, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Garnett and Mothy Haynes Stillwell. She was employed at Surry Community Nursing Center in the dietary department and was a member of Oak Grove Missionary...
Mary Stella Branch Coble
Jun 3, 2009
Mrs. Mary Stella Branch Coble, 86, of 6007 Devoncourt Place, Jamestown, passed away Wednesday morning, June 3, 2009, at Hinkle Hospice Home in Lexington. Mrs. Coble was born March 5, 1923, in Surry County, to the late Fletcher and Nannie Atkinson Branch. She was a homemaker and a member of Blues Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband,...
Anvil Smith
Jun 3, 2009
Mr. Anvil James Smith passed away on Wednesday, June 3 at his home in Beulah. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on August 17, 1931. He served with honor and pride in the US Navy during Korea from 1948 to 1952 as a UDT diver (Seal). He married to Dee (DJ) in 1979 when they resided in Maine. They have...
Lora Jayne Fortune DelGuercio
Jun 2, 2009
Mrs. Lora Jayne Fortune DelGuercio, age 66, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on June 2, 2009 at Central Adult Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Wythe Co. VA on April 5, 1943 to the late Eugene Clayton Fortune and the late Dorothy Ring Fortune. She was of the Methodist Faith and was a retired Billing Clerk. Surviving...
Thelma Allene Inman Anderson
Jun 2, 2009
Mrs. Thelma Allene Inman Anderson, 91, of 1029 Mount Herman Church Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Anderson was born September 2, 1917, in Surry County, daughter of the late Zeb D. and Nancy Carolyn Love Inman. She was a member of Mount Herman United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, Tom...
George Washington Gentry
Jun 2, 2009
Mr. George Washington Gentry, 78, of 295 Toast Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at his home. Mr. Gentry was born January 22, 1931, in Crumpler, WV, son of the late Elder James Henry Gentry and Maggie Sisk Gentry. He was a retired bricklayer and a member of Flat Top Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are five daughters...
Virginia Alice Morrison Gardner
Jun 2, 2009
Mrs. Virginia Alice Morrison Gardner, 94, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Gardner was born January 4, 1915, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Charles and Mary Martin Morrison. She was a homemaker and retired from Blue Bell Industries in Greensboro. Mrs. Gardner was a member of Grace Moravian...
Nellie Margaret Pack Noah
Jun 2, 2009
Mrs. Nellie Margaret Pack Noah, 87, of 537 Merritt Street, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, June 2, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Noah was born June 1, 1922, in Surry County, to the late Jake and Dora Goins Pack. She was a homemaker and a member of the Holiness faith. She is survived by two daughters...
Betty Ray Loflen Frye
Jun 2, 2009
Mrs. Betty Ray Loflen Frye, of Elkin, NC, and Westfield, MA, joined her husband, the Rev. Hassell Frye, in their heavenly home on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Betty was born May 23, 1923, in Mount Airy, NC, one of three children of Dillard Wilson Loflen and Jettie Irene Moody. She was proud of her family heritage, being a direct descendent...
Bertha Ann Venable
Jun 1, 2009
Miss Bertha Ann Venable, 98, of 2067 Siloam Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, June 1, 2009, at Central Continuing Care. Miss Venable was born May 4, 1911, in Surry County, daughter of the late Sherman Roscoe and Sarah Lou Keaton Venable. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after 32 years of service and was a member of Blackwater United Methodist...
Maxie Jane Ashburn East
May 31, 2009
Mrs. Maxie Jane Ashburn East, 102, formerly of Worth Street in Mount Airy, passed away Sunday morning, May 31, 2009 at Universal Health Care in King. Mrs. East was born July 30, 1906, in Surry County, daughter of the late Sam and Ida Mae Ashburn Ashburn. She retired from Renfro Corporation after 50 years of service and was a member...
Clyde Edward Cox
May 31, 2009
Mr. Clyde Edward Cox, 75, of 908 Willow Street, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2009, at Universal Health Care in King. Mr. Cox was born October 8, 1933, in Surry County, to the late Edward and Thelma Atkins Cox. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Korean Conflict, and retired from the...
Hazel Virginia Marshall Draughn
May 29, 2009
Mrs. Hazel Virginia Marshall Draughn, 93, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, May 29, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Draughn was born November 26, 1915, in Surry County, daughter of the late Nathan Garland Marshall and Mary Maude Scott Marshall Slaydon. Hazel retired from Spencer's Inc. after 32 years of service and was a member of Dover...
Maurice Wyatt
May 29, 2009
Mr. Maurice Wyatt, 79, of 149 Alexandria Lane, Mount Airy, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday afternoon, May 29, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Wyatt was born April 23, 1930, in Ashe County, son of the late Beldon Freeman and Maude Woodie Wyatt. He served our country in the United...
Kathy Ann Raines Marshall
May 29, 2009
Mrs. Kathy Ann Raines Marshall, 60, of 113 Puckett Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, May 29, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Marshall was born February 26, 1949, in Surry County County, daughter of the late Odis William and Eva Beasley Raines. She was a loving and devoted housewife. She is survived by her husband of 24...
Mrs. Okie Marie Weiss
May 29, 2009
Mrs. Okie Marie Weiss, age 75 of Patrick Springs, passed away Friday, May 29, 2009 at the Blue Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Martinsville. She was born in Buchanan County, West Virginia on March 16, 1934 to the late Robert and Maudie Little. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Weiss was preceded in death by a brother, Rush Little. She was...
Naomi Inez Hodge Newman
May 29, 2009
Mrs. Naomi Inez Hodge Newman, 83, of 172 Lynnwood Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, May 29, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Newman was born October 19, 1925, in Surry County, to the late Thomas H. and Roxy Scott Hodge. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs....