Obituaries
Lillia Mae Shinault
Sep 26, 2010
Mrs. Lillia Mae Shinault, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, September 26, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Shinault was born April 13, 1923, in Surry County, to the late Robert and Reecie Goin Deathridge. She was a homemaker and farmer and a member of The Community Church. She is survived by her husband, Herman Shinault of the home; five...
Betty Jo Manring Hunt
Sep 26, 2010
Mrs. Betty Jo Manring Hunt, 72, of Pinnacle, passed away Sunday, September 26, 2010, at her home. She was born May 20, 1938, in Stokes County, to the late Claude Washington and Mollie Rominger Manring. She was a homemaker and had worked at Amos Smith. She and her husband, Conard, worked together on the farm and was of the Baptist...
George Franklin Bailey
Sep 25, 2010
Mr. George Franklin Bailey, 77, of Elkin, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 25, 2010, in the comfort of his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Bailey was born September 27, 1932, in Roanoke County, WV, to the late Earl Ernest and Rachel Lee Hollins Bailey. He was a retired plumber from Foster-Haley Plumbing Company and of the Protestant...
Ronald Dale Dickens
Sep 24, 2010
Mr. Ronald Dale Dickens, 61, of Lowgap, passed away Friday morning, September 24, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson after an extended illness. Mr. Dickens was born December 11, 1948, in Surry County, son of Doris Johnson Dickens and the late Boyd Sabi Dickens. He was a veteran of the United States Army and a...
James Newton Carns
Sep 23, 2010
Mr. James Newton Carns, 40, of 2032 Woodland Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, September 23, 2010, at his home. He was born September 16, 1970, in Silver Spring, MD, to Charles Edward Carns, Sr. and Thelma Pack Carns. He was an employee of Fresh Market in Winston-Salem and a member of Mount Airy Church of God. Surviving are his...
Mrs. Lorene Hall DeHart
Sep 23, 2010
Mrs. Lorene Hall DeHart, age 75 of Stuart passed away Thursday at her home. She was born on May 12, 1935 in Patrick County to the late Nathaniel "N.T." Hall and Clemmie Vaughn Hall. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Nash DeHart; one son, Timothy Lee DeHart; and five brothers, Delma, Claude,...
Ruby Arlene Johnson Dollyhigh
Sep 22, 2010
Mrs. Ruby Arlene Johnson Dollyhigh, 68, of 920 Smith Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday evening, September 22, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Dollyhigh was born November 28, 1941, in Surry County, daughter of the late Joseph Webster and Opal Willey Johnson. Arlene was a homemaker and a member of Woodland Baptist Church....
Mrs. Rubie Hall
Sep 22, 2010
Mrs. Rubie Elizabeth Puckett Hall age 88 of Patrick Springs passed away at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville on Wednesday, September 22, 2010. She was born in Patrick County on May 15, 1922 to the late Robert Puckett and Bessie Goad Puckett. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin C. Hall; and a...
Kay Frankie Sprinkle Venable
Sep 22, 2010
Mrs. Kay Frankie Sprinkle Venable, 57, of Dobson, passed away Wednesday morning, September 22, 2010, at her home. She was born July 8, 1953, in Surry County, to the late Issac Dawes and Ola Mae Simpson Sprinkle. She worked for the Yadkin County Department of Social Services as a Medicaid case worker. Surviving are her husband, Rex Howard Venable of...
Robert Dean Jones
Sep 22, 2010
Mr. Robert Dean Jones, 71, of 137 Nevada Avenue, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday afternoon, September 22, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Jones was born January 12, 1939, in Surry County, son of the late Robert Wilson "Bill" and Beulah Marie Hall Jones. He retired from Parkway Ford and attended Welcome Baptist Church. He is survived by...
Walter Gustavo
Sep 22, 2010
Mr. Walter Gustavo, 95, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at his home. He was born December 6, 1914, in Brooklyn, NY, to the late Mike and Fannie Gustavo. He retired as a machinist for American Can Company and was a member of Saint Andrews Lutheran Church. He served our country in the United States Army during...
Alonzo "Al" Lowe
Sep 21, 2010
Mr. Alonzo "Al" Lowe, 78, of Lowgap, passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at his home. Mr. Lowe was born August 18, 1932, in Surry County, to the late Alonza L Lowe, Sr. and Ophelia Kirby Lowe. He served two years in the United States Amry. He retired from A and P after 30 year of service and later worked...
Larry Eugene Bryant
Sep 21, 2010
Mr. Larry Eugene Bryant, 59, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Bryant was born October 2, 1950, in Carroll County, VA, to Ruth Hawks Bryant and the late Randolph Paul Bryant. Lary was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a well-known self-employed plumber and...
Mrs. Beulah E. Steele
Sep 21, 2010
Mrs. Beulah Erna Tucker Steele, age 91 of Lawsonville, NC passed away Tuesday morning at Stokes-Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Danbury, NC. She was born in Stokes County, NC on Dec. 9, 1918 to the late Stonewall Jackson Tucker and Nannie Belle Sands Tucker. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Realus Edward Steele;...
Mr. John D. West
Sep 21, 2010
Mr. John Douglas "John D" West , age 85 of Stuart passed away Sept. 21, 2010 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. He was born on Jan. 13, 1925 in Mt. Airy, NC to the late J.J. West and Louisa Coles West. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his first wife, Nancy...
Mrs. Ruby Jean Eastridge
Sep 20, 2010
Mrs. Ruby Jean Eastridge, age 51 of Meadows of Dan passed away Monday morning at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax. She was born in Patrick County on July 17, 1959 to the late William Curtis Bowman and Annice Ruth Bowman. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by three sisters, Connie, Becky, and Essie Mae...
Donald Dee Smith
Sep 19, 2010
Mr. Donald Dee Smith, 75, of Ararat, VA, passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010, at his home. Mr. Smith was born October 4, 1934, in Carroll County, VA, son of the late Carl and Flora Elizabeth Boyd Smith. He retired from Bassett Furniture and was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are his loving wife of 45 years,...
Delmer William Mills
Sep 19, 2010
Mr. Delmer William Mills, 76, of 382 Little Mountain Church Road, Ararat, passed away Sunday morning, September 19, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Mills was born March 14, 1934, in Surry County, son of the late Lonnie Theodore and Annie Atkins Mills. Delmer retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. after 28 years of service. He...
Hazel Alma Stanley Dunkley
Sep 18, 2010
Mrs. Hazel Alma Stanley Dunkley, 80, of Stuart, VA, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born July 7, 1930, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Ernest Allen and Lucy Alma Stanley. She retired from CMI of Stuart and was a member of Asbury Presbyterian Church. Surviving are...
Verona Holder Branscome
Sep 16, 2010
Mrs. Verona Holder Branscome, 75, of Wilmington, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, September 16, 2010, at Britthaven of North Chase. Mrs. Branscome was born April 14, 1935, in Surry County, to the late Everett Franklin and Synester "Sina" Flippin Holder. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Branscome is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Timothy and Frankie...


