Mr. William Russell "Rusty" Collins
Apr 7, 2009
Mr. William Russell "Rusty" Collins, age 17 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on September 3, 1991 to the late William Jimmy Collins and Barbara Massey Hubbard Collins of the home. He was a special education student at Patrick County High School, and was of the Baptist faith. In...
Mr. James Edward Hughes
Apr 6, 2009
Mr. James Edward Hughes, age 66, of Seattle, Washington and of Spencer, passed away Monday, April 6, 2009 at the Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, California. He was born on October 11, 1942 in Patrick County to the late James Roy and Vada Gay Pendleton Hughes. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hughes was preceded in death by one...
Lorrene Marion Hiatt
Apr 6, 2009
Mrs. Lorrene Marion Hiatt, 85, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 6, 2009, at Twin County Hospital in Galax, VA. Mrs. Hiatt was born February 7, 1924, in Surry County, to Charlie and Cora Marion. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after 36 years of service. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Glenda and Alex Southern of Mount Airy; two...
Willie Grey Sawyers
Apr 5, 2009
Mr. Willie Grey Sawyers, 69, husband of Mrs. Christine Felts Sawyers, of Ararat, passed away at his home on Sunday April 5, 2009 while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on April 27, 1939 to Mr. Joseph Glenn and the late Ethel Irene Johnson Sawyers. Mr. Sawyers was a retired truck driver for FCX after...
Karen Oakley Dillow
Apr 5, 2009
Mrs. Karen Nesta Oakley Dillow, 70, widow of Mr. Elmer Harry Dillow, Jr. of Dobson passed on Sunday April 5, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Surry County on August 18, 1938 to the late John Hubert and Dorothy Elizabeth Hodges Goodson. Mrs. Dillow was a homemaker and a member...
Mamie Elizabeth Slate
Apr 5, 2009
Miss Mamie Elizabeth Slate, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Miss Slate was born February 8, 1922, in Surry County, daughter of the late Hannibal and Neva Bell Smith Slate. Mamie retired from Renfro Corporation and was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. Surviving are two sisters, Polly Jennings...
Janice Louise White
Apr 4, 2009
Miss Janice Louise White, 63, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2009, at the home of her brother, following a short illness. Miss White was of the Baptist faith. Before becoming disabled years ago, Ms. White was a CNA at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Having never been married, she enjoyed the companionship of her family and friends. Miss White was...
Betty Jean Hawks
Apr 4, 2009
Miss Betty Jean Hawks, 45, of 174 Watershed Road, Lowgap, passed away Saturday morning, April 4, 2009. Miss Hawks was born August 19, 1963, in Surry County, to the late Walter Raleigh and Barbara Frances Martin Hawks. She was a homemaker and formerly employed at Parkway Knitting Company. She is survived by a son, Rocky Hawks of Cana, VA; a...
Ralph Steven Sparger
Apr 3, 2009
Mr. Ralph Steven Sparger, 70, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, April 3, 2009, at Virginia Beach General Hospital. Mr. Sparger was born November 12, 1938, in Surry County, to Ralph and Gladys Magdalene Spargo Sparger. He was a native of Mount Airy and proudly part of the Mount Airy High School Class of '56. He served our country proudly...
Gladys Quesinberry Puckett
Apr 3, 2009
Mrs. Gladys Quesinberry Puckett, 95, 176 Twin Oak Road, Ararat, VA, passed away Friday morning, April 3, 2009, at her home. She was born January 15, 1914, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Waller Edmond and Gillie Frances Hendricks Quesinberry. She was a a homemaker and attended Doe Run Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, A.G. and...
Porter Herman Newman
Apr 3, 2009
Mr. Porter Herman Newman, 85, of 275 North Franklin Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, April 3, 2009, at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Newman was born April 1, 1924, in Surry County, to the late Claude Turner and Martha Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cagle Newman. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during World War II, and...
Evelyn Alexander Carothers Niten
Apr 3, 2009
Mrs. Evelyn Alexander Carothers Niten, 84, of 1829 North Quintana Street, Arlington, VA, passed away Friday morning, April 3, 2009, at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. Mrs. Niten was born May 7, 1924, in Fort Mill, SC, the daughter of the late Randolph and Lily Moore Erwin Carothers. She retired as an administrative assistant from the Arlington County School...
Evelyn Niten
Apr 3, 2009
Mrs. Evelyn Alexander Carothers Niten, 84, of 1829 North Quintana Street, Arlington, VA, passed away Friday morning, April 3, 2009, at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. Mrs. Niten was born May 7, 1924, in Fort Mill, SC, the daughter of the late Randolph and Lily Moore Erwin Carothers. She retired as an administrative assistant from the Arlington County School...
Patricia Lea Goheen Bradley
Apr 2, 2009
Patricia Lea Goheen Bradley left this world on Thursday, April 2, 2009, from Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. She was 89 years old. She had a full life, born in Sangli, India, the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries. Until age 15 she lived in India and attended Kodaikanal International School. She continued her education in the United States, later...
Vivian Sechrist
Apr 1, 2009
Mrs. Vivian Sechrist, 85, a native of the Commonwealth of Virginia, went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. She was born March 15, 1924, in Newport News, VA, to the late Judge Robert S. and Mable May Westmoreland. She was a homemaker and a member of the Parkview United Methodist Church in Newport News, VA. She was...
Lonnie Ray Isaacs
Apr 1, 2009
Mr. Lonnie Ray Isaacs, 74, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Isaacs was born January 9, 1935, in Surry County, to the late Ephraim and Thelma York Isaacs. He retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. and enjoyed farming. Mr. Isaacs is survived by his wife, Bertie Mae Isaacs of the home; two...
Charlotte Wood Newman
Apr 1, 2009
Mrs. Charlotte Wood Newman, 76, of 375 South Franklin Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Newman was born July 23, 1932, in Surry County, to the late Gilmer and Ona O'Dell Wood. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She is survived...
Jimmy Calvin Bowman
Mar 31, 2009
Mr. Jimmy Calvin Bowman, 56, of 464 Snowhill Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 31, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Bowman was born July 3, 1952, in Pulaski, VA, to Calvin Junior "Doc" Bowman and the late Laura Sue Goodson Bowman. Jimmy was employed as a custodian and bus driver with Surry County Schools. He...
Roy Rueben York
Mar 31, 2009
Mr. Roy Rueben York, 81, of Lowgap, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at Universal Health Care in King. Mr. York was born October 25, 1927, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Charlie John and Mazie Surratt York. He was a retired farmer and of the Primitive Baptist faith. Mr. York is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah...
Infant Claire Michelle Taylor
Mar 30, 2009
Infant Claire Michelle Taylor, 3 months old, of Stuart, passed away Monday, March 30, 2009 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. She was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina on December 5, 2008 to Patricia Sawall and Gary Taylor of Stuart. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her maternal grandparents, Gloria Sawall and Tom Birchey of Wisconsin...