Mr. Ted Lowe, 58, of 2027 Caudle Road, Mount Airy, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 6, 2009, at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Lowe was born September 2, 1950, to Martha Billings Lowe and the late William Ander Lowe. He was a supervisor for Northwest Landscaping and a member of Fountain of...
Mr. Earl James Byington, 76, of 203 Garden Terrace, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2009, at his home. Mr. Byington was born February 23, 1933, in Bristol, TN, to the late William Marshall and Eva Robinson Byington. He was a retired mechanic and a member of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Earlene and Brad...
Mrs. Carrine Avis Secrest Dixon, 78, of 1132 Hillview Drive, King, passed away Friday, June 5, 2009, at Universal Health Care in King. Mrs. Dixon was born June 2, 1931, in Surry County, daughter of the late Charlie Matt and Sis Viney Mathis Secrest. She was retired from Fairchild Burns Industries. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley and Steve...
Mrs. Claudia Catherine Childress Woods, 93, of 311 East Elm Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, June 5, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Woods was born May 20, 1916, in Surry County, to the late Robert Summerfield and Beatrice Bowman Childress. She was a homemaker and a member of Saint Andrew Lutheran Church. She is survived by a brother, Jack...
Mrs. Grace Virginia Willard Inman, 84, of 328 Galloway Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, June 5, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born May 30, 1925, in Stokes County, to the late John and Mary Ann Cole Willard. She retired from Spencer's Inc. and was a member of Welcome Baptist Church. Surviving are a son and...
Mr. Kenneth Craig Payne, age 53, of Tobaccoville, NC passed away on Wednesday June 3, 2009 from a motorcycle accident. He was born in Surry County on May 26, 1956 to the late Kenneth Ray Payne and to Dorothy Branch Payne Cave. He was a Veteran of the US Navy having served in California, Iceland and the Philippines. Mr. Payne...
Mrs. Ruth Mae Martin Ferguson, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday evening, June 3, 2009, at Britthaven of Guilford. Mrs. Ferguson was born October 16, 1916, in Surry County, daughter of the late John Arnold Lewis and Bertha Mae Jarvis Martin. She retired from Lynne Hosiery and was a member of First Baptist Church in Mount Airy. She is...
Mrs. Ethel Mae Tesh Hall, 84, of Ararat, VA, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Hall was born March 4, 1925, to the late Oscar Jordan and Daisy Bell Copeland Tesh. She retired from Oakdale Knitting and was a member of Chestnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Hall is survived by a son,...
Mrs. Mildred Louise Stillwell Easter, 65, of 216 New Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Easter was born August 12, 1943, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Garnett and Mothy Haynes Stillwell. She was employed at Surry Community Nursing Center in the dietary department and was a member of Oak Grove Missionary...
Mrs. Mary Stella Branch Coble, 86, of 6007 Devoncourt Place, Jamestown, passed away Wednesday morning, June 3, 2009, at Hinkle Hospice Home in Lexington. Mrs. Coble was born March 5, 1923, in Surry County, to the late Fletcher and Nannie Atkinson Branch. She was a homemaker and a member of Blues Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband,...
Mr. Anvil James Smith passed away on Wednesday, June 3 at his home in Beulah. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on August 17, 1931. He served with honor and pride in the US Navy during Korea from 1948 to 1952 as a UDT diver (Seal). He married to Dee (DJ) in 1979 when they resided in Maine. They have...
Mrs. Lora Jayne Fortune DelGuercio, age 66, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on June 2, 2009 at Central Adult Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Wythe Co. VA on April 5, 1943 to the late Eugene Clayton Fortune and the late Dorothy Ring Fortune. She was of the Methodist Faith and was a retired Billing Clerk. Surviving...
Mrs. Thelma Allene Inman Anderson, 91, of 1029 Mount Herman Church Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Anderson was born September 2, 1917, in Surry County, daughter of the late Zeb D. and Nancy Carolyn Love Inman. She was a member of Mount Herman United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, Tom...
Mr. George Washington Gentry, 78, of 295 Toast Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at his home. Mr. Gentry was born January 22, 1931, in Crumpler, WV, son of the late Elder James Henry Gentry and Maggie Sisk Gentry. He was a retired bricklayer and a member of Flat Top Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are five daughters...
Mrs. Virginia Alice Morrison Gardner, 94, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Gardner was born January 4, 1915, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Charles and Mary Martin Morrison. She was a homemaker and retired from Blue Bell Industries in Greensboro. Mrs. Gardner was a member of Grace Moravian...
Mrs. Nellie Margaret Pack Noah, 87, of 537 Merritt Street, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, June 2, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Noah was born June 1, 1922, in Surry County, to the late Jake and Dora Goins Pack. She was a homemaker and a member of the Holiness faith. She is survived by two daughters...
Mrs. Betty Ray Loflen Frye, of Elkin, NC, and Westfield, MA, joined her husband, the Rev. Hassell Frye, in their heavenly home on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Betty was born May 23, 1923, in Mount Airy, NC, one of three children of Dillard Wilson Loflen and Jettie Irene Moody. She was proud of her family heritage, being a direct descendent...
Miss Bertha Ann Venable, 98, of 2067 Siloam Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, June 1, 2009, at Central Continuing Care. Miss Venable was born May 4, 1911, in Surry County, daughter of the late Sherman Roscoe and Sarah Lou Keaton Venable. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after 32 years of service and was a member of Blackwater United Methodist...
Mrs. Maxie Jane Ashburn East, 102, formerly of Worth Street in Mount Airy, passed away Sunday morning, May 31, 2009 at Universal Health Care in King. Mrs. East was born July 30, 1906, in Surry County, daughter of the late Sam and Ida Mae Ashburn Ashburn. She retired from Renfro Corporation after 50 years of service and was a member...
Mr. Clyde Edward Cox, 75, of 908 Willow Street, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2009, at Universal Health Care in King. Mr. Cox was born October 8, 1933, in Surry County, to the late Edward and Thelma Atkins Cox. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Korean Conflict, and retired from the...