Mr. Bruce Wayne Hill, age 69 of Stuart, died Saturday, May 16, 2009. He was born in Surry County to the late Totsy and India Powell Hill; He had served in the Vietnam War and was retired from the Navy. He also owned Hills Post Yard in Stuart. Mr. Hill was also preceded in death by a son; Mark Hill,...
Mrs. Lora Etta Hawks, 73, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2009, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Hawks was born September 7, 1935, in Carroll County, VA, to Dexter and Daisy Lena Hawks. She retired from Central Care and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Leonard Shelton of Mount Airy; a...
Mr. Louis "Lou" Nick Butera, 79, of Edenton, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Lou was born in Calabria, Italy. He spent ten years in the United States Marines and retired from the United States Army twelve years later as a Chief Warrant Officer. Surviving are two sons and a...
Mrs. Maybelle "May" Collins Marshall, 82, of 916 Green Spring Road, Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born May 21, 1926, in Patrick County, VA, to the late John Walter and Frances Hall Collins. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are four...
Mr. Roland Columbus "R.C." Jackson, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Jackson was born April 24, 1927, in Surry County, the son of the late Rev. Walter and Nancy Alice Greenwood Jackson. Mr. Jackson was retired from Ray's Restaurants, was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served...
Mary Doyle, age 47, of Stuart passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born in Martinsville on September 3, 1961, and was preceded in death by her father, Wilbur S. Doyle. Miss Doyle is survived by her mother, Lillie Turner Doyle of Martinsville; two sisters, Gail Smith of Wilmington, NC, Sarah...
Mrs. Helen Gail Robertson Gwyn, 53, of 126 Central Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Gwyn was born August 1, 1955, in Surry County, daughter of the late Anderson and Irene Galyean Robertson. She was retired from Renfro Corporation. Surviving are a son, Anthony Jones and...
Infant DeMargeo Tywan Waller passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 27, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital to DeAngelo and Marquitta Clark Waller of Fieldale. In addition to his parents, Infant Waller is survived by one brother, DeAngelo Waller, III of the home; his maternal grandparents, Arthur and Patricia Dandridge of Fieldale;...
The Rev. William Rawley Amburn, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, May 13, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Amburn was born April 9, 1927, in Surry County, to the late William Jefferson and Lula Mae Gordon Amburn. Rawley radiated the love of Jesus Christ in everything he did and said and lived...
Mrs. Hattie Mae Easter Jones, 89, of 329 East Poplar Street, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Jones was born March 27, 1920, in Surry County, to the late Greenberry and Annie Thomas Easter. She retired from Spencer's Inc. and was a member of Fancy Gap Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir...
Mr. Tony Carroll Lineberry, loving husband of Mrs. Linda Howard Lineberry, of Dobson went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, May 11, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Wilkes County on February 15, 1950 to the late James Hastings and Jessie Harold Lineberry. A retired bridge maintenance Supervisor for the North Carolina Department...
Mr. Pete Darrell Simmons, 75, of 3333 Hillcrest Drive, Claremont, passed away Monday, May 11, 2009, at the Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba Valley in Newton. He was born October 20, 1933, in Surry County, to the late Charlie and Elizabeth McDaniel Simmons. He retired from Collins and Aikman, was a member of Granite Masonic Lodge #322 AF...
Mrs. Frances Harrell McMillian, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, May 11, 2009, at her home. Mrs. McMillian was born November 22, 1919, in Surry County, to Jim and Nannie Lawrence Harrell. She was the last charter member of Gospel Mission Church and was an active member of Indian Grove Baptist Church. She was a loving and devoted mother...
Mrs. Glenda Lee Holder Wainwright, 71, of 156 Farm Stead Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Wainwright was born September 24, 1937, in Surry County, daughter of the late Raymond and Margaret Belton Holder. She was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. Surviving are two brothers and a sister-in-law, Randy and Rosella...
Mr. Audrey Thomas "A.T." Barbee, Jr., 76, of West Jefferson, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2009, at Watauga Medical Center, following several weeks of illness. A memorial service in the Quaker tradition will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 23, 2009, at White Plains Friends Meeting, followed by fellowship with the family. Burial will follow in the church...
Mr. Harold Thompson Hubbard, age 68 of Woolwine Hwy., Stuart passed away Saturday morning at Lewis-Gale Hospital in Salem. He was born on June 10, 1940 in Patrick County to the late Elijah Lee Hubbard and Clemmie Pendleton Hubbard. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a brother, Eldon Lee "Bill" Hubbard. Surviving are his...
Mrs. Zula Marie Leonard Dawson, 85, of Cana, VA, passed away Saturday May 9, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Dawson was born April 13, 1924, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Joseph Henry and Mollie Elizabeth McCraw Leonard. She retired from Spencer's Inc. and was a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter,...
Dr. Richard Dewitt Jackson, 90, who practiced general surgery in Mount Airy for more than 25 years, died Friday, May 8, 2009. He was born September 6, 1919, in Erie, Pennsylvania, son of the late Dr. James Dewitt Jackson and Gertrude Amiden Jackson. He was a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College and Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia....
Ms. Cindy Lou Midkiff Hicks, 52, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, May 8, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Ms. Hicks was born May 7, 1957, in Carroll County, VA, to William and Cova Banks Midkiff. She was a loving mother and grandmother and dear sister who will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Surviving...
Mrs. Genevieve Garris Wolfe, age 67, of Dobson passed away at her home on Thursday morning May 7, 2009. She was born in Yadkin County on July 20, 1941 to the late Luther and Beulah Johnson Garris. She was retired from Wayne Farms. Surviving are her husband J.W. Wolfe, of the home; two daughters and son-in-law Aline and Vicente Vargs...