Obituaries
Mr. James Alvis Deal
Dec 25, 2009
Mr. James Alvis Deal, age 83 of Patrick Springs, passed away Friday, December 25, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Henry County on May 11, 1926 to the late Abe Lee and Edith Dolly Deal. He was a member of Patrick Springs Church of God of Prophecy and retired from Bassett Furniture. Mr. Deal was also preceded...
Ms. Virginia Vergie Pendleton
Dec 25, 2009
Ms. Virginia Vergie Pendleton, 97 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Friday at her daughters' home in Greensboro. She was born in Patrick County on July 17, 1912 to the late Ernest and Eliza Marshall Boyd. She was a Homemaker and a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was also preceded in death by a...
Mrs. Minnie Irene Willard
Dec 24, 2009
Mrs. Minnie Irene Willard, 76 of Stuart, passed away Thursday at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. She was born in Carroll County on July 13, 1933 to the late Perless Claude and Julie Dorella Spencer Nester. She had retired from Stanley Furniture Mrs. Willard is Survived by her husband David Willard, two sons and daughter-in-law, Frank and Alma Willard of...
Melissa Robin Hawks Beasley
Dec 24, 2009
Ms. Melissa Robin Hawks Beasley, 31, of 252 Toast Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2009. Ms. Beasley was born September 9, 1978, in Surry County, the daughter of Ronald Dean and Mozelle Goins Hawks. She was a member of Holy Cross Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Marley Beasley of Mount Airy; a son, Dylon...
Mrs. Virginia Harris Hodges
Dec 23, 2009
Mrs. Virginia Harris Hodges, age 81 of Roanoke, and formerly of Patrick County, passed away on December 23, 2009 at home, surrounded by family. She was born January 29, 1928 in Meadows of Dan to Benjamin H. Harris and Claudia Agee Harris. She was preceded in death by her parents, her cherished stepfather, George S. Wood; three brothers Ben, Jr.,...
Libby Brown Taylor
Dec 22, 2009
Mrs. Libby Brown Taylor, 74, of Mount Airy, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Taylor was born January 13, 1935, in Surry County, to Lonnie C. Brown and Leona Beck Brown. She was a retired school teacher, having taught 30 years with most of that time at Mount Airy Junior...
Robert Lane Willard
Dec 21, 2009
Mr. Robert Lane Willard, 74, of 1215 Reeves Mill Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, December 21, 2009, at his home. Mr. Willard was born July 15, 1935, in Carroll County, VA, the son of the late Roy D. Willard and Lena Easter Willard Sechrist. Lane served our country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He...
Gary Dean Suiter
Dec 20, 2009
Mr. Gary Dean Suiter, 59, of 246 Fishlake Road, Cana, VA, passed away Sunday afternoon, December 20, 2009, at his home. Mr. Suiter was born October 23, 1950, in Mercer County, WV, son of the late Robert Eugene and Minnie Leota Snow Suiter. Gary owned and operated G.P. Electronics for several years and was a member of the Round Peak...
Iva Lucille Puckett Marshall
Dec 19, 2009
Mrs. Iva Lucille Puckett Marshall, 92, of 203 Ridgeview Road, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009, at her home. She was born November 26, 1917, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Patred Matthew and Ina Marshall Puckett. She retired from Cross Creek Apparel and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Mount Airy. Surviving are...
Maybelline Lillian Haynes McMillian
Dec 18, 2009
Mrs. Maybelline Lillian Haynes McMillian, 81, of 7866 Wards Gap Road, Cana, VA, passed away Friday morning, December 18, 2009, at her home. Mrs. McMillian was born November 20, 1928, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Harvey and Rausie McMillian Haynes. She was a homemaker/farmer's wife and a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church. Mrs. McMillian was a devoted...
Molly Neal Weant Cooper
Dec 18, 2009
Mrs. Molly Neal Weant Cooper, 87, of 1612 East Fairfield Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, December 18, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Cooper was born August 27, 1922, in Rowan County, the daughter of the late Perry Ernest and Veda Winecoff Weant. She was a homemaker and a member of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church. She...
Garner Wayne Hensley, Sr
Dec 18, 2009
Mr. Garner Wayne Hensley, Sr., age 92 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Friday, December 18, 2009 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on May 16, 1917 to the late Jasper and Priscilla Yates Hensley. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hensley was preceded in death by one daughter, Sandra H. Russell, and four sisters, Avis Dalton,...
Jeffery Rady "Jeff" Hall
Dec 18, 2009
Mr. Jeffery Rady Hall, 51, devoted husband of Mrs. Debra Porterfield Hall, finished his race here on earth on Friday December 18, 2009 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home with his family gathered by his bedside. After a courageous battle with cancer, Jeff finished his climb up the mountain and found himself in the presence of God. He was...
Mary Keyes
Dec 18, 2009
Ms. Mary Keyes, 70, of Mt. Airy, went home to be with her Father in heaven on Friday evening, December 18, 2009, at Central Continuing Care Nursing Home in Mt. Airy. She was born in Harford County, Maryland, August 26, 1939, to the late Herbert and Helen Elliott Keyes. She was a retired machine operator for the Bata Shoe Factory...
Loyd Hugh Hawks
Dec 18, 2009
Mr. Loyd Hugh "L.H." Hawks, Jr., 79, of 1931 Pipers Gap Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, December 18, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Hawks was born April 9, 1930, in Yeager, WV, to the late Loyd Hugh Hawks, Sr. and Grace Leftwich Hawks. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving in the...
Alice Marion Gowman Francis
Dec 17, 2009
Mrs. Alice Marion Gowman Francis, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009, at Ridgecrest Retirement Center. Mrs. Francis was born December 27, 1918, in Detroit, MI, to Carl and Bessie Gowman. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Mrs. Francis was a member of First Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters and two sons-in-law, Betty and...
Lois Martha Johnson Snow
Dec 17, 2009
Mrs. Lois Martha Johnson Snow, wife of Fred R. Snow, age 83, of Dobson passed away on Thursday morning December 17, 2009 at Northern Hospital of Surry Co. Mama was a gifted seamstress and loved piecing fabric scraps together into works of art she showcased as quilts. She loved nothing more than to be outside digging in the dirt, planting...
Mary Gean Gordon Leftwich
Dec 16, 2009
Mrs. Mary Gean Gordon Leftwich, 89, of 693 White Pines Country Club Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, December 16, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Leftwich was born June 6, 1920, in Stokes County, to the late Robert Cleveland and Nancy Lee Norman Gordon. She was a homemaker and a member of Saint Paul Church of the Brethren. She...
Herbert Eugene Faw
Dec 14, 2009
Mr. Herbert Eugene Faw, 80, of 249 South Boyles Street, Pilot Mountain, passed away Monday morning, December 14, 2009, at his home. He was born December 9, 1929, in Surry County, to the late William Euriah and Mittie Ann Jarrell Faw. Herbert retired from the North Carolina Granite Corporation and was a veteran of the United States Air Force, having...
Mamie Pauline Snow Johnson
Dec 13, 2009
Mrs. Mamie Pauline Snow Johnson, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Johnson was born June 22, 1918, in Surry County, to Richard William and Nancy Ardella Callahan Snow. She retired from Central Care Rest Home and was a member of New Life Pentecostal Church. Surviving are three daughters and...


