Ross Montgomery Amburn
Oct 26, 2008
Mr. Ross Montgomery Amburn, 82, of 441 Blevins Store Road, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2008, at his home. Mr. Amburn was born January 11, 1926, in Surry County, to the late Eldridge Washington and Ila Marie Hayes Amburn. He retired from the North Carolina Department of Corrections and was a member of Ladonia Baptist Church. Mr. Amburn...
Harold H. Layne
Oct 25, 2008
Mr. Harold H. Layne, 79, husband of Mrs. Thelma Shelton Layne of Dobson went home to be with the Lord on Saturday October 25, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center with his loving family by his bedside. He was born in Surry County on May 28, 1929 to the late Festus Elhannan and Alma Harbour Layne. Mr. Layne was a retired...
Margaret Edwards Barker Gunter
Oct 25, 2008
Mrs. Margaret Edwards Barker Gunter, 96, formerly of Westfield Road, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Gunter was born September 9, 1912, in Surry County, to the late Benton and Lucy Handy Edwards. She did alterations for various clothing stores in Mount Airy most recently at Farees and was...
Odell Edgar Crotts
Oct 25, 2008
Mr. Odell Edgar Crotts age 75 of 340 Snowhill Drive, Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born March 1, 1933 in Carroll County to the late Bud and Media Edwards Crotts. He was a member of Ladonia Baptist Church and was a retried sawmiller. Surviving are two daughters, Bonnie Lou...
Mr. Neal "Tommy" Thomas Banks
Oct 25, 2008
Mr. Neal "Tommy" Thomas Banks, age 63 of Stuart passed away at his home on Saturday, October 25, 2008. He was born in Patrick County on December 5, 1944 to the late Avery and Elsie Webb Banks. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Carlene Charnock. Mr. Banks is survived by two sisters, Thelma...
Luther Parker "L.P." Venable
Oct 24, 2008
Mr. Luther Parker "L.P." Venable, 72, of 501 North Andy Griffith Pkwy. Mt. Airy passed away Friday October 24, 2008 at his home. Mr. Venable was born June 25, 1936 in Surry County to the late Raymond Esker and Ruby Parker Venable, he was the owner and operator of Mayberry Motor Inn for over 42 Years, was a member of...
William Henry Young
Oct 23, 2008
Mr. William Henry Young, 71, of 2347 Raven Rock Road, Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2008, at his home. Mr. Young was born July 16, 1937, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Granville Jackson and Lillie Mae Bowman Young. Henry was the custodian at Patrick County High School for 18 years. He is survived by two sisters,...
Joseph Carl "J.C." Bryant
Oct 22, 2008
Mr. Joseph Carl "J.C." Bryant, 73, of 308 Galloway Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at his home. Mr. Bryant was born December 23, 1934, in Surry County, son of the late Harvey Wesley and Sara Lila Felts Bryant. J.C. served our country in the United States Navy and was a self-employed carpenter. He is survived by...
Mrs. Bessie Mae Bowman Sutphin
Oct 22, 2008
Mrs. Bessie Mae Bowman Sutphin, age 78 of Stuart passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was born in Patrick County on October 22, 1930 to the late Zacariah and Ada Pack Bowman. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Sutphin was preceded in death by an infant daughter; four brothers, Robert Jackson, William...
Elsie Scott Montgomery
Oct 22, 2008
Mrs. Elsie Scott Montgomery, 90, of 150 Hilda Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at Golden Living Center-Surry Community. Mrs. Montgomery was born July 24, 1918, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Thomas Taylor and Ethel Hiatt Scott. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after 33 years of service and was a member of Paul's Creek Baptist...
Michael Keith Willey
Oct 22, 2008
Mr. Michael Keith Willey, 47, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Willey was born October 31, 1960, in Surry County, to the late Reid and Angie Underwood Willey. He was an electrician. He is survived by his wife, Angela H. Willey of the home; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Brenda and...
Ted Roosevelt Adkins
Oct 21, 2008
Mr. Ted Roosevelt Adkins, 68, of 208 Maple Hollow Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Adkins was born May 12, 1940, in Surry County, son of the late Joe and Inda Ward Adkins. He retired from Pike Electric Inc. and was a member of Westside Baptist Church. Surviving are his...
Mrs. Virginia W. Dalton Trent
Oct 21, 2008
Mrs. Virginia W. Dalton Trent, age 75 of Patrick Springs, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on October 19, 1933 to the late Charlie and Lillie Mae Shelton Wagoner. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Trent was preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas Haley...
Irene Veronica Stanski Salek
Oct 21, 2008
Mrs. Irene Veronica Stanski Salek, 84, of Mount Airy, passed Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Salek was born December 30, 1923, on Stanton Island, to the late Walter and Wilma Stanski. She is survived by a daughter, Bonnie Hickman of Wildomar, CA; two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert J. and Laura Salek of Mount Airy...
Stella Ramey Carrico
Oct 20, 2008
Mrs. Stella Ramey Carrico, 99, died Monday evening, October 20, 2008, at Central Continuing Care in Mount Airy. She was born March 26, 1909, in Surry County, to the late Pierce and Mattie Cook Ramey. Stella was the valedictorian of her graduating class at Dobson High School in 1927. She later in life attended Appalachian State Teachers' College (now Appalachian...
Kemp Russell Wolfe, Sr
Oct 20, 2008
Mr. Kemp Russell Wolfe, Sr., 91, formerly of Copeland, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 20, 2008, at Centerclair Nursing Center in Lexington. Mr. Wolfe was preceded in death by his first wife, Sylvia Mae Livengood Wolfe; a daughter, Linda Wolfe Severino; a son, Kemp Russell Wolfe, Jr.; a step-son, Leonard Marion; four sisters; and three...
Randy Dean White
Oct 18, 2008
Mr. Randy Dean White, 29, of 181 Simpson Mill Road, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008, at his home. He was born February 7, 1979, in Surry County, to Garry White and Sarah Hutchens White Dawson. Surviving are his mother and step-father, Sarah Hutchens White Dawson and Dean of Mount Airy; his father, Garry White of Mount Airy;...
Darrell Glenn Pickerel
Oct 17, 2008
Mr. Darrell Glenn Pickerel, 52, of Woolwine, passed away Friday evening. He was born in Franklin County on September 18, 1956 to Robert and Lennis Via Pickerel of Pulaski, Va. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Pulaski, Va.; he graduated from Radford University with a B.S. degree and was an office manager for Corning Cable Systems in...
Bobby Lee Speer
Oct 17, 2008
Mr. Bobby Lee Speer, 80, was called home to be with the Lord in Heaven on October 17, 2008. Bobby was born on August 2, 1928 in Guilford County and passed away at Forsyth Medical Center after a brief illness. Bobby lived in Surry County and was a retired tobacco farmer. Bobby was a beloved father and grandfather to a...
Margaret Inez Jones Surratt
Oct 16, 2008
Mrs. Margaret Inez Jones Surratt age 68 of 768 East Bluemont Road, Mt. Airy, NC wife of Mr. Carlos Franklin Surratt passed away Thursday, October 16, 2008 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born July 12, 1940 in Carroll County, VA to the late Jacob Rufus and Maggie Mae Felts Jones. She was a Daycare operator and was...