Clarence DeMont Chamberlain
Apr 29, 2009
Clarence DeMont Chamberlain, 81, of Lowgap, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Chamberlain was born in Sussex County, NJ, to Clarence E. and Gladys Marie Case Chamberlain. He was retried from law enforcement after serving in Massachusetts, California, and Maine and also retired from Wal-Mart. He was a member of...
Kermit Odell Nunn
Apr 28, 2009
Mr. Kermit Odell Nunn, 76, of Ararat, VA, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Nunn was born June 5, 1932, in Patrick County, VA, to Abe and Laler Smart Nunn. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, who will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him....
Dora Virginia Galyean Swiney
Apr 28, 2009
Mrs. Dora Virginia Galyean Swiney, 62, of 1298 Ramey Creek Road, Lowgap, passed away Tuesday April 28, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Swiney was born November 9, 1946, in Surry County, to the late Jim and Bertha McRoberts Galyean. She was a homemaker and a member of Welcome Home Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Earl...
Louella Marie Hawks Grimes
Apr 27, 2009
Mrs. Louella Marie Hawks Grimes, 65, of 236 Country Club Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, April 27, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Grimes was born August 13, 1943, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Loyde Burton and Venturia Hawks Hawks. She retired as an administrative assistant from Cross Creek Apparel after 31 years of...
Eva Gentry Atkinson
Apr 27, 2009
Mrs. Eva Gentry Atkinson, 89, of 218 Fred Atkinson Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, April 27, 2009, at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Atkinson was born October 12, 1919, in Surry County, to the late Rennie and Jane Nixon Gentry. She was a homemaker and a member of the Primitive Baptist faith. Most of...
Sarah Elizabeth Barker Kinzer
Apr 27, 2009
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Barker Kinzer, 99, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 27, 2009, at Waddell Nursing Center in Galax, VA. Mrs. Kinzer was born March 14, 1910, in Surry County, to Joseph and Victoria Johnson Barker. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother who will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her....
Doris Thomas Lovill
Apr 27, 2009
Mrs. Doris Thomas Lovill, 78, of 135 Valleyview Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 27, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Lovill was born June 30, 1930, daughter of the late Rufus G. and Allie Marshall Thomas. She retired from Mount Airy OB-GYN Center and was a member of Fancy Gap Baptist Church. Surviving are a son,...
Allie Portis Easter
Apr 26, 2009
Mrs. Allie Portis Easter, 70, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Easter was born December 2, 1938, in Surry County, to Henry R. and Ada Martin Portis. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister, who will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. Surviving are a...
Lillie May Pace Scott
Apr 25, 2009
Mrs. Lillie May Pace Scott, 96, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Rose Tara Plantation in King. Mrs. Scott was born September 25, 1912, in Patrick County, VA, to the late John Henry Pace and Sarah Elizabeth Moss Pace Boles. She worked many years at Renfro Hosiery Mill in Mount Airy and retired as a practical...
John Leon Worth
Apr 25, 2009
Mr. John Leon Worth, 79, of 1037 Spring Street, Mount Airy, husband of Velna Reynolds Worth, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born June 21, 1929, in Surry County, to the late Robert Claude and Alma Ingram Harris Worth. He was the owner and operator of Worth Honda Kawasaki in Mount Airy....
Dannie Lee Haynes
Apr 23, 2009
Mr. Dannie Lee Haynes of Cana, VA, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Haynes was born March 10, 1950, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Robert Fonzo and Hassie Mae Dawson Haynes. He was retired from Wellington Leisure Products. Surviving are three sisters, Clara Hall of Nellies Ford, VA, Ina Haynes of...
Mrs. Arlie Pratt Cockram
Apr 23, 2009
Mrs. Arlie Pratt Cockram, age 97 of Martinsville, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2009 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. She was born in Floyd County on December 23, 1911 to the late Romanus and Mary Salmons Pratt. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cockram was preceded in death by her husband, Hammie D. Cockram; one son, Troy...
Ransey Dowell Johnson, Jr
Apr 23, 2009
On Thursday, April 23, 2009, Ransey Dowell Johnson, Jr. passed away at Village Care of King at the age of 80. He was born December 28, 1928, in Mount Airy, the son of the late Ransey Dowell Johnson, Sr. and Josephine Webster Johnson. He was the oldest of four siblings. On August 8, 1947, he married Nellie Bowman. Mr. Johnson...
Noreen Carol Lewinski Niten
Apr 23, 2009
Mrs. Noreen Carol Lewinski Niten, 70, of Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Niten was born June 10, 1938, in Brooklyn, NY, to Matilda Lewinski. She was retired from Spencer's Inc. Surviving are a special niece, Barbara Niten; and several great nieces and nephews. Mrs. Niten was preceded in death by...
Albert James Coe
Apr 22, 2009
Mr. Albert James "A.J." Coe, 83, of 230 Pentecostal Holiness Church Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, April 22, 2009, at his home. Mr. Coe was born February 27, 1926, in Surry County, to the late Sherman Lester and Maggie Lou Atkins Coe. He served our country in the United States Army during World War II and retired as...
Mr. Lloyd Vernon Goad
Apr 22, 2009
Mr. Lloyd Vernon Goad, age 93 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on October 16, 1915 to the late Lehue Franklin Goad and Lula Sophia Marshall Goad. In addition to his parents, Mr. Goad was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Smith Goad; one sister,...
Annie Shelton Belton
Apr 21, 2009
Mrs. Annie Shelton Belton, 85, of 196 Glass Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Belton was born October 13, 1923, in Surry County, to the late Ramey and Clennie Etta Rakes Shelton. She retired from Renfro Corporation after many years of service and was a member of Shelton Church of...
Magnolia Gertrude Payne Sparks
Apr 21, 2009
Mrs. Magnolia Gertrude Payne Sparks, 94, of Galax, VA, widow of Boyd James Sparks, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at Waddell Nursing Center in Galax, VA. Mrs. Sparks was born January 21, 1915, in Ashe County, to the late George and Martha Church Payne. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Carolyn and Wade Easter of Mount Airy and Helen...
Baby Reagan Elizabeth Freeman
Apr 20, 2009
Baby Reagan Elizabeth Freeman of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, April 20, 2009. Baby Freeman was born on January 27, 2009 in Forsyth County to Elizabeth "Beth" Overby and Philip Freeman. In addition to her parents, baby Freeman is survived by a twin sister, Rebekah Lynn Freeman and a brother, Luke Anthony Freeman all of the home; grandparents, Susan and...
Lorraine Gwyn Galyean
Apr 20, 2009
Mrs. Lorraine Gwyn Galyean, 64, of 1498 Pine Ridge Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, April 20, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Galyean was born March 24, 1945, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Tom David and Nancy Louella Dean Gwyn. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her husband,...