Roby Ellis Tilley
Jan 3, 2009
Mr. Roby Ellis Tilley Age 81 of 1960 Eldora Rd. Ararat, NC. was welcomed into heaven at 4:15 AM Saturday morning at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Tilley was born July 2, 1927 in Surry County to John Edgar and Ila Mae Hill Tilley. He was a wonderful loving husband, father and grandfather who will be dearly...
Annie Juanita Dale Johnson
Jan 3, 2009
Mrs. Annie Juanita "Nanny" Dale Johnson, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, January 3, 2009, at Select Specialty Hospital in Winston-Salem. She was born March 27, 1928, in Tazewell County, VA, to the late Johnny Clifford Patton and Martha Dale Patton. She was a member of Pine Ridge Baptist Church and retired from Pine State Knitwear. Surviving are two...
Mr. Robert "Bobby" D. Handy
Jan 2, 2009
Mr. Robert "Bobby" Dayton Handy, age 68 of Stuart passed away Friday at his home. He was born in Patrick County on May 9, 1940 to the late Clyde Dayton Handy and Hallie Roberson Handy. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a son, Gregory Handy; and two sisters, Dorothy Holt and Elizabeth Dalton. Mr....
Christopher John Schuessler
Jan 2, 2009
Mr. Christopher John Schuessler, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, January 2, 2009, at Universal Health Care in King. Mr. Schuessler was born February 17, 1916, in Cleveland, OH, to John and Theresa Heuer Schuessler. He was a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather, who will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him. Surviving are a daughter...
Patricia Diane Whitaker Cifuentes
Jan 1, 2009
Mrs. Patricia Diane Whitaker Cifuentes, 54, of 160 Calvary Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Cifuentes was born September 2, 1954, in Forsyth County, to Claude Allen and Gracie Irene Edwards Whitaker. She was a home health aide for Senior Quality Care Inc. and a member of Grace...
Vada Mae Collins Gates
Jan 1, 2009
Mrs. Vada Mae Collins Gates, 87, of 509 Riverside Drive, Mount Airy, went home to be with her heavenly Father on Thursday evening, January 1, 2009, at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Gates was born July 3, 1921, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Strawdy Franklin and Bertie McBride Collins. Vada retired from Quality Mills after 35 years of service...
Roger Allen Beall
Jan 1, 2009
Mr. Roger Allen Beall, 41, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Beall was born December 24, 1967, in Rupert, WV, son of Roy Lee Beall and the late Pamela Iris Lewis Beall. Surviving are his wife, Wanda Pope Beall of the home; his father, Roy Lee Beall of WV; three...
Ila Haynes Phillips
Dec 31, 2008
Loving mother, grandmother, and friend, Ila Haynes Phillips, 76, of Winston-Salem, departed her earthly home for eternal life in Heaven on Wednesday, December 31, 2008. Ila was born February 12, 1932 in Dobson, NC, to John Sidney and Leila Dinkins Haynes. She had four siblings: Mary Haynes, Davis Haynes, John Henry Haynes, and Irene Haynes Dobbins, all of whom preceded...
Mrs. Norma H. Cassell
Dec 31, 2008
Mrs. Norma Harrell Cassell, age 69 of Meadows of Dan passed away Wednesday at Forsyth Memorial Hospital in Winston Salem, NC. She was born on May 28, 1939 in Patrick County to the late Dorsie and Clara Stanley Harrell. She was an active member of Meadows of Dan Baptist Church and the Meadows of Dan Women's Club. In addition to...
Mrs. Iris W. Cole
Dec 31, 2008
Mrs. Iris Weddle Cole, age 80 of Claudville passed away Wednesday evening at her home. She was born in Willis, VA on Dec. 12, 1928 to the late Lonnie Weddle, Sr. and Rittie Dickerson Weddle. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Claude Clayton Cole; two grandchildren, David and Daniel Cole; and three...
Mr. Ranzy Walter Boyd
Dec 30, 2008
Mr. Ranzy Walter Boyd, age 89 of Woolwine passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at the V.A. Medical Center in Salem, Va. He was born on October 7, 1919 to the late Abe Boyd and Ida Belcher Boyd. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Miriam Harris Boyd; a daughter, Miriam Oneda Manns; a...
Bruce Gerald Shore
Dec 30, 2008
Mr. Bruce Gerald Shore, husband of Mrs. Mona Alderman Shore, passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Forsyth County on September 26, 1948 to Versie Marie Allgood Shore and the late Fred Coolidge Shore. He was a tool designer for A.T.C. after many years of service and of...
Ethel Ailene Westmoreland Wilson
Dec 30, 2008
Mrs. Ethel Ailene Westmoreland Wilson, 81, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Wilson was born August 7, 1927, in Virginia, to June and Tish Brady Westmoreland. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Calvin Wilson of Mount Airy; a son, Russell Queen of Mount Airy; eight grandchildren; one stepgrandchild;...
Josie Mae Willard Robinson
Dec 30, 2008
Mrs. Josie "Jo" Mae Willard Robinson, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Robinson was born January 17, 1925, in Carroll County, VA, to the late General Meigs Willard and Cora Lee Westmoreland Willard. "Jo" was a loving and devoted wife. She so proudly accompanied her husband, Donald K. Robinson,...
Mrs. Dora Lee Reynolds Tatum
Dec 29, 2008
Mrs. Dora Lee Reynolds Tatum, age 83 of Stuart passed away Monday morning, December 29, 2008 at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, NC. She was born on June 22, 1925 in Patrick County to the late Edward Lee Reynolds and Lillie Cobb Reynolds. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Tatum; one grandson,...
Joe Scott Harris
Dec 29, 2008
Mr. Joe Scott Harris, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008, at his home. Mr. Harris was born March 9, 1924, in Surry County, to Walter Scott and Mary Blanche Edwards Harris. He was a well-known auto body repairman in the Mount Airy area for many years and a member of Salem United Methodist Church. Surviving are...
Mary Lee Rawley Cropps
Dec 29, 2008
Mrs. Mary Lee Rawley Cropps, 87, of Ararat, NC passed away peacefully at her home on Monday December 29, 2008 as her loving family surrounded her bedside in a circle of prayer. She was born in Surry County on December 19, 1921 to the late James and Jessie King Rawley. A loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, Mrs. Cropps had...
Frances Lee Shinault Hunt
Dec 27, 2008
Mrs. Frances Lee Shinault Hunt, 63, of 123 Hastings Lane, Pilot Mountain, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2008. Mrs. Hunt was born December 30, 1944, in Surry County, daughter of the late Johnny and Ailene Leonard Shinault. She was a homemaker. Surviving are two daughters, Bonnie Monday of Mount Airy and Frankie Johnson of Pilot Mountain; three sons and daughters-in-law,...
Myrtle Mae White Sexton
Dec 27, 2008
Ms. Myrtle Mae White Sexton, 88, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2008, at Golden Living Center. Ms. Sexton was born April 14, 1920, in Surry County, to Benton and Mamie Creed White. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who will be dearly missed by all her loving family. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Mary...
Ollie E. Marshall
Dec 27, 2008
Miss Ollie E. Marshall age 77 of Meadows of Dan, VA passed away on Saturday December 27, 2008 at the Laurel Meadows Nursing Home in Laurel Fork, VA. She was born in Patrick County on February 2, 1931 to the late Thomas Guy and Julie Light Marshall. She was also preceded in death by six brothers Glenn, Garfield, Layton, Leonard,...