Obituaries

Miss Anna Bell Wood

Miss Anna Bell Wood

Sep 15, 2010

Miss Anna Bell Wood, age 91 of Meadows of Dan passed away Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at Laurel Meadows Nursing Center in Laurel Fork. She was born in Patrick County on October 22, 1918 to the late Samuel Nelson Wood and Florence Alice Brammer Wood. In addition to her parents, Miss Wood was preceded in death by one sister, Mildred...

Vickie Lynn Coe

Vickie Lynn Coe

Sep 14, 2010

Ms. Vickie Lynn Coe, 54, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at her home. Ms. Coe was born June 23, 1956, in Forsyth County, to the late Edgar William Hicks and Lila Louise Marion. She was of the Baptist faith. Ms. Coe is survived by a daughter, Candy Dawn Laws of Mount Airy; a son, Christopher Wade...

Iris Pauline Easter Hawks

Iris Pauline Easter Hawks

Sep 14, 2010

Mrs. Iris Pauline Easter Hawks, 86, of Cana, VA, passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Hawks was born April 27, 1924, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Emanuel and Hattie Smith Easter. She was a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. Hawks is survived by a...

Shirley Stanley Shinault

Shirley Stanley Shinault

Sep 13, 2010

Mrs. Shirley Louise Stanley Shinault, 62, of Dobson, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 13, 2010, at her home. She was born February 21, 1948, in Surry County, to the late Roby Durham and Nellie McCree Stanley. Mrs. Shinault was employed by Surry County Schools, where she worked in the cafeteria at Copeland Elementary School for eleven years. A loving...

Freida Elaine Caudle Jessup Robertson

Freida Elaine Caudle Jessup Robertson

Sep 13, 2010

Mrs. Freida Elaine Caudle Jessup Robertson, 46, of 132 Biscayne Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, September 13, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Robertson was born September 9, 1964, in Surry County, daughter of the late Lester Jack "Chigger" and Rosa Jane Ayers Caudle. She worked at Smart Top Hosiery Mill for...

Somsanith Sisoukrath

Somsanith Sisoukrath

Sep 12, 2010

Mr. Somsanith Sisoukrath, 57, of 143 West Lebanon Street, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born December 8, 1952, in a small village in Laos to the late Tiem and Nou Sisoukrath. He was one of the three hearts that ran The Thialand Café Restaurant, bringing culture...

Clifton “Burnard” Willis

Clifton “Burnard” Willis

Sep 12, 2010

Clifton "Burnard" Willis, 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Willis was born May 24, 1932, to the late Lawrence "Bud" and Zella Willis of Mount Airy. Before retirement, Mr. Willis and his wife operated The Allison Tree in Dobson many years. He is survived by his wife, Marie Johnson...

Ida Mae Goins Bryant

Ida Mae Goins Bryant

Sep 12, 2010

Mrs. Ida Mae Goins Bryant, 78, of High Point, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Bryant was born March 17, 1932, in Surry County, to the late Elmer and Betty Rosetta Amburn Goins. "She lived most of her life in the city of High Point, but returned to her eternal view of her beloved mountains." She...

J. Grady Wilson

J. Grady Wilson

Sep 12, 2010

Mr. J. Grady Wilson, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born April 18, 1930, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Jessie Frank and Early Frances Bouldin Wilson. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Korean Conflict. He retired from Champion...

Mr. Calvin Edgar Belcher

Mr. Calvin Edgar Belcher

Sep 11, 2010

Mr. Calvin Edgar Belcher, age 78 of Woolwine Hwy., Stuart passed away Saturday at Pioneer Community Hospital. He was born in Patrick County on July 27, 1932 to the late Lester Belcher and Adlena Harris Belcher. Surviving are his wife of 39 years, Dorothy Walker Belcher of the home; two step sons, Charles Hylton and wife Ellen of Stuart, Ray...

Darwin E Brightbill, Jr

Darwin E Brightbill, Jr

Sep 11, 2010

Mr. Darwin E Brightbill, Jr., 63, of Mount Airy, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Mr. Brightbill was born June 9, 1947, in Wayne County, MI, to the late Darwin E Brightbill, Sr. and Mary Cullom Brightbill. He served in the United States Navy and retired from Lucent Technologies. He was currently employed at Mountain Valley Hospice and...

Frances Jane Smith Gwyn

Frances Jane Smith Gwyn

Sep 11, 2010

Mrs. Frances Jane Smith Gwyn, 64, of Pine Terrace Apartments, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, September 11, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Gwyn was born August 22, 1946, in Surry County, to the late Eugene and Etta Frances Niten Smith. She was a homemaker and employed in the hosiery industry for many years. Mrs. Gwyn was a member of The...

Alan Gray Wright

Alan Gray Wright

Sep 11, 2010

Mr. Alan Gray Wright, 33, of Mount Airy, left on his heavenly flight to be with his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Mr. Wright was born December 21, 1976, in Forsyth County, to Gray Wright and Susie Hayes Wright. Mr. Wright graduated with honors in 1995 from North Surry High School and was member of...

Jimmy Dale Ables

Jimmy Dale Ables

Sep 10, 2010

Mr. Jimmy Dale Ables, 62, of Mount Airy, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, September 10, 2010, from Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Ables was born July 6, 1948, in Surry County, to the late John Emory and Mammie Sue Bowman Ables. He retired from Insteel Wire. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Mae Coleman...

Odessa Riggan Skipper

Odessa Riggan Skipper

Sep 10, 2010

Mrs. Odessa Riggan Skipper, of Dobson, passed away Friday, September 10, 2010, in the comfort of her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Skipper was born May 5, 1919, in Surry County, to the late Jackson and Ethel Hodge Riggan. She was a homemaker and a member of Rocky Ford Baptist Church. She leaves to cherish her memory her...

Zetta Magdalene Snow Haynes

Zetta Magdalene Snow Haynes

Sep 10, 2010

Zetta Magdalene Snow Haynes passed away Friday, September 10, 2010, after several years of declining health. Born in 1917, in Boonville, to Byrd Winfield and Ida Holder Snow, she graduated from Boonville High School and Business College of Winston-Salem. In 1937, Mrs. Haynes married Clarence Leo Haynes (deceased 1987). They lived most of their lives on Cody Trail near Dobson....

James Glenn McCraw

James Glenn McCraw

Sep 10, 2010

Mr. James Glenn McCraw, 94, of Cana, VA, passed away Friday, September 10, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. McCraw was born June 9, 1916, in Carroll County, VA, to the late James Achilles and Hattie Venable McCraw. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He retired as a teacher...

Mrs. Paula Rupp Cox

Mrs. Paula Rupp Cox

Sep 8, 2010

Mrs. Paula Rupp Cox, age 56 of Ferrum passed away Tuesday evening at her home. She was born on August 19, 1954 in New Jersey to the late Charles J. Rupp and Matilda Byrne Rupp of Winston-Salem, NC. Mrs. Cox was a loving wife, mother, daughter, and grandmother. She held 3 Black Belts and helped run a Martial Arts school...

Bonnie Atkins Leak

Bonnie Atkins Leak

Sep 8, 2010

Mrs. Bonnie Atkins Leak, 55, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Leak was born March 1, 1955, in Surry County, to the late Otis Odell and Stacey Bowman Atkins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Stacey Mae Atkins; and a...

Willard Lowe Ramey

Willard Lowe Ramey

Sep 8, 2010

Mrs. Willard Lowe Ramey, 90, of Lowgap, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Ramey was born September 27, 1919, in Surry County, to Claude O. and Lizzie Gentry Lowe. She was retired from Surry County School Systems as a teacher's aid and was a member of Mountain View Baptist...