Obituaries

William Allen Norman

William Allen Norman

Jun 11, 2009

Mr. William Allen Norman, 63, loving husband of Mrs. Susie Whitaker Norman, of Dobson, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday June 11, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Forsyth County on July 6, 1945 to the late William Ernest and Mary Steelman Norman. Mr. Norman was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and a member of...

James Elonza Edwards

James Elonza Edwards

Jun 10, 2009

Mr. James Elonza Edwards, 68, of 114 Edgewood Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Edwards was born July 13, 1940, in Surry County, to the late James Claude and Gertrude McMickle Edwards. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a retired electrician. Surviving are his wife,...

Elizabeth Edwards Hawks

Elizabeth Edwards Hawks

Jun 10, 2009

Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards Hawks, 77, of 2278 Pauls Creek Road, Cana, VA, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hawks was born July 10, 1931, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Henry Clay and Amelia Ann Virginia Hawks Edwards. She was a homemaker and a member of Sandy Ridge Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving...

Mrs. Stella Odell Hylton

Mrs. Stella Odell Hylton

Jun 9, 2009

Mrs. Stella Odell Hylton, age 81 of Martinsville, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at the Blue Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Martinsville. She was born in Stokes County on June 5, 1928 to the late Homer and Stella Ann Shelton Nelson. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hylton was preceded in death by a son, Larry Hylton, and her twin...

Alice Mary Kenyon Boutin

Alice Mary Kenyon Boutin

Jun 9, 2009

Mrs. Alice Mary Kenyon Boutin, 66, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM at the home of Mrs. Boutin, 158 Doe Run Lane in Mount Airy. Friends and family are welcome.

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Ruby Thelma Snow York

Ruby Thelma Snow York

Jun 8, 2009

Mrs. Ruby Thelma Snow York, 95, of Charlotte, NC passed away Monday, June 8, 2009, at South Miami Hospital in Miami, FL. Mrs. York was born October 31, 1913, in Surry County, NC, daughter of the late Preston Hale Snow and Alice Goins Snow. She attended Appalachian State College and taught first grade in Siloam, NC. In 1932, she married...

Virginia Ann Wood Crouse

Virginia Ann Wood Crouse

Jun 7, 2009

Mrs. Virginia Ann Wood Crouse, 72, of Dobson went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday evening June 7, 2009. She was born in Surry County on June 29, 1936 to the late Hilary Wood and the late Lucy Jane Amburn Wood.. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Elwood Jackson...

Ted Lowe

Ted Lowe

Jun 6, 2009

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...

Earl James Byington

Earl James Byington

Jun 6, 2009

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...

Carrine Avis Secrest Dixon

Carrine Avis Secrest Dixon

Jun 5, 2009

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...

Claudia Catherine Childress Woods

Claudia Catherine Childress Woods

Jun 5, 2009

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...

Grace Virginia Willard Inman

Grace Virginia Willard Inman

Jun 5, 2009

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...

Kenneth Craig Payne

Kenneth Craig Payne

Jun 3, 2009

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...

Ruth Mae Martin Ferguson

Ruth Mae Martin Ferguson

Jun 3, 2009

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...

Ethel Mae Tesh Hall

Ethel Mae Tesh Hall

Jun 3, 2009

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,...

Mildred Louise Stillwell Easter

Mildred Louise Stillwell Easter

Jun 3, 2009

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...

Mary Stella Branch Coble

Mary Stella Branch Coble

Jun 3, 2009

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,...

Anvil Smith

Anvil Smith

Jun 3, 2009

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...

Lora Jayne Fortune DelGuercio

Lora Jayne Fortune DelGuercio

Jun 2, 2009

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...

Thelma Allene Inman Anderson

Thelma Allene Inman Anderson

Jun 2, 2009

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...