Odell East Wilkinson
Sep 23, 2009
Mrs. Odell East Wilkinson, 87, of 286 Boyd Dickens Road, Lowgap, passed away Wednesday night, September 23, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Wilkinson was born December 4, 1921, in Stokes County, to the late Jesse Reid and Lillie Mae Lynch East. Odell was a simple country person who loved tending her flowers and spending time with family...
Effie Bowman Richardson
Sep 23, 2009
Mrs. Effie Bowman Richardson, 80, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born in Patrick County, VA, June 3, 1929, to the late Arthur and Caroline Willard Bowman. She was retired from Renfro Hosiery in Mt. Airy. Surviving are her two daughters, Delores A. Richardson of Ohio and Linda M. Webb of Hillsville,...
Helen Louise Davenport Childers
Sep 23, 2009
Ms. Helen Louise Davenport Childers, of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2009, after years of struggle with an incurable bipolar disorder. Helen was born May 21, 1946, in Surry County, daughter of Edward and Lora Semones Davenport. She was a 1967 graduate of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing and spent most of her life in Charlotte....
Phillip Mark Beamer
Sep 22, 2009
Mr. Phillip Mark Beamer, 45, of 185 Cedar Knoll Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, September 22, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born January 18, 1964, in Forsyth County, to Robert Ross "Bobby" Beamer and Shelby Phillips Hinson. He was member of Mount Bethel Moravian Church. Surviving are a daughter, Shelby Alexandra...
Mr. Alvis McCray Foley, Sr
Sep 22, 2009
Mr. Alvis McCray Foley, Sr., age 74 of Stuart passed away Tuesday evening, September 22, 2009 at the V.A. Medical Center in Salem. He was born on February 7, 1935 to the late James "Boss" and Vada Sawyers Foley. In addition to his parents, Mr. Foley was preceded in death by one sister, Odean Thomas, and three brothers, Alexander, Frank...
Alice Seal Horton
Sep 22, 2009
Mrs. Alice Seal Horton, 97, of the Eastern Star Home in Greensboro, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, September 22, 2009, at the Eastern Star Home. She was the widow of Troy Edgar Horton. Mrs. Horton was born April 22, 1912, in Surry County, to the late William Lonzo Seal and Mamie Victoria Younger Seal. She was a...
Oliver Trent Cromer
Sep 21, 2009
Mr. Oliver Trent Cromer, 56, of 328 Circle C Farm Road, Ararat, VA, passed away Monday, September 21, 2009, in Chapel Hill. Mr. Cromer was born June 22, 1953, in Forsyth County, to Alvin and Maydee Scott Cromer. Trent was the owner and operator of Circle C Farms and the co-owner of Cana Produce. He is survived by his wife...
Larry Duane Guss
Sep 21, 2009
Mr. Larry Duane Guss, 72, of 1800 Siloam Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, September 21, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Guss was born November 21, 1936, in Bismarck, ND, to the late Donald and Ella Hanson Guss. He was an engineer at Briggs and Company in Maryland for many years. He is survived by his wife...
Linda Galyean Davis
Sep 21, 2009
Mrs. Linda Galyean Davis, 61,of Dobson, passed away Monday, September 21, 2009, unexpectedly at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. She was born in Surry County April 6, 1948, to the late Osby and Amy Hodges Galyean. She was a loving mother and homemaker and was a member of Amazing Grace Baptist Church. Surviving are her three sons and daughters-in-law,...
James Michael Dixon
Sep 20, 2009
Mr. James Michael Dixon, 54, husband of Mrs. Cynthia Diane Dixon, of Thomasville passed away on Sunday September 20, 2009 at High Point Regional Hospital after and extended illness. He was born in Surry County on April 7, 1955 to the late Austin Avery and Hattie Elizabeth McCann. He is survived by his loving wife, Diane of the home; a...
Mrs. Ruth Dempsey Hoyle
Sep 20, 2009
Mrs. Ruth Dempsey Hoyle, age 89, of Patrick Springs, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2009 at Northern Hospital of Surry County, North Carolina. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 24, 1919 to the late Henry V. Dempsey and Clara Shaver Dempsey. She was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Robert B. Hoyle who passed away on...
William Edward Reeves
Sep 19, 2009
Mr. William Edward Reeves, 65, of 139 Apex Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, September 19, 2009, at Central Adult Care. Mr. Reeves was born January 16, 1944, in Pittsylvania County, VA, to the late William Otto and Thelma Marsh Reeves. Ed was a police officer for the town of Pilot Mountain in the early 1970s and was later...
Lois Hall Southard
Sep 19, 2009
Our mother, Mrs. Lois Lorene Hall Southard, 83, of Elkin, loving wife to Mr. S.M. Southard, Jr. for more than 60 years passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home after a long term illness as her loving family gathered by her bedside. Mother was born on December 4, 1925 in Stokes County to...
Mr. Edward R. Gunter
Sep 19, 2009
Mr. Edward Rogers Gunter, 71, of Stuart passed away Saturday at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Patrick County April 21, 1938 to the late Wade H. and Evelyn Shockley Gunter and was also preceded in death by three brothers; Donnie, Ivan Wade and Charles Elbert Gunter. Mr. Gunter was retired from Rubber Thread - J.P.S....
Mr. Curtis Clayton Kendrick, Sr
Sep 17, 2009
Mr. Curtis Clayton Kendrick, Sr., 78, of Patrick Springs passed away Thursday at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born March 14, 1931 in Patrick County to the late Edgar and Trudy Adams Kendrick, he was an Army Veteran of the Korean War had retired from Rubber Thread - J. P. Stevens and was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Kendrick was...
Harlie Raymond McMillian
Sep 17, 2009
Mr. Harlie Raymond McMillian, 94, of Cana, VA, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2009, at his home, surrounded by his family. Mr. McMillian was born July 30, 1915, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Stonewall Jackson and Margaret Evaline Easter McMillian. He was a kind and gentle man and well known and liked by everyone in the community. Mr....
Ruth Nixon Norman
Sep 15, 2009
Mrs. Ruth Nixon Norman, life-long resident of Mountain Park, NC, passed away Tues., Sept. 15 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 20 at Mountain Park Baptist Church, led by Dr. Carl Childs and the Rev. Russell Nixon. The family will greet friends...
Mr. Coy G. Clifton
Sep 15, 2009
Mr. Coy Garland Clifton age 94 of Stuart, formerly of Cherry Creek Road Meadows of Dan passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at Blue Ridge Nursing Center. He was born on March 5, 1915 in Patrick County to the late Austin M. Clifton and Martha Jane "Mattie" Plasters Clifton. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...
Harry Wayne Spillman
Sep 15, 2009
Mr. Harry Wayne Spillman, 57, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Mr. Spillman was born February 25, 1952, in Chapel Hill, to Clara Frances Mills Bondurant and the late Dr. Louis C. Spillman. He was a dear loved one who will be sorely missed. Surviving are his mother, Frances Mills Bondurant of Pilot Mountain; a special sister,...
Frances Marion Rowlett
Sep 15, 2009
Mrs. Mary Frances Marion Rowlett, 79, passed away on Tuesday September 15, 2009 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was born in Surry County on December 17, 1929 to the late John and Rhoda Smith Marion. She and her husband of sixty years, Dr. Thomas Rowlett, Jr.; moved to Corpus Christi in 1955 where she became an educator in the local...