Obituaries

Pauline Collins Dollyhigh

Pauline Collins Dollyhigh

Aug 16, 2009

Mrs. Pauline Collins Dollyhigh, 81, of 963 Red Brush Road, Mount Airy, went to be with the Lord on Sunday afternoon, August 16, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Dollyhigh was born January 14, 1928, in Surry County, to the late Thomas Jefferson and Lillie Mae Johnson Collins. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister,...

Frances Carter Shelton

Frances Carter Shelton

Aug 16, 2009

Mrs. Frances "Ma" Carter Shelton, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2009, at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Shelton was born July 22, 1922, in Guilford County, to Frank and Olivia Moore Carter. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, who will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. Mrs. Shelton was...

Betty Viola Doss Potts

Betty Viola Doss Potts

Aug 16, 2009

Mrs. Betty Viola Doss Potts, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday morning, August 16, 2009, at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax, VA. She was born September 28, 1928, in Rockingham County, to the late Jim and Mandy Johnson Doss. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth Ray and Darlene...

Mr. Ernest E. Hoback

Mr. Ernest E. Hoback

Aug 16, 2009

Ernest E. Hoback, 86, of Stuart passed away and went home to be with the Lord on August 16, 2009. He was born on August 22, 1922, to the late Charlie Roman and Sheffey Sands Hoback in Bedford County, Virginia. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U. S. Navy aboard the destroyer escort USS Cooner....

Robert Lewis Allen

Robert Lewis Allen

Aug 15, 2009

Mr. Robert Lewis Allen, 37, of 226 Cedar Ridge Place, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2009. Mr. Allen was born February 24, 1972, in Patrick County, VA, to Robert Lee Allen and Jane Hylton Williams. He was an auto mechanic and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his father and stepmother, Robert Lee and Gladys Allen of Mount...

Maxie Bullington Dezern

Maxie Bullington Dezern

Aug 15, 2009

Mrs. Maxie Bullington Dezern, 88, of Shoals, passed away Saturday evening, August 15, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born July 12, 1921, in Surry County, to the late Walter and Loretta Lankford Bullington. She was a homemaker and a member of Pinnacle View Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Brenda Dezern Brown...

Richard Joseph Rybarczyk

Richard Joseph Rybarczyk

Aug 14, 2009

Mr. Richard Joseph Rybarczyk, 67, of 185 Parker Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, August 14, 2009, at his home. He was born January 25, 1942, in North Tonawanda, NY, to the late John and Stella Kureczka Rybarczyk. He retired as plant manager from the L.S. Starrett Company. After his retirement, Mr. Rybarczyk was employed part-time by O'Reilly Auto Parts....

Agnes Pernie Leftwich Sechrist

Agnes Pernie Leftwich Sechrist

Aug 14, 2009

Mrs. Agnes Pernie Leftwich Sechrist, 79, of Cana, VA, passed away Friday, August 14, 2009, at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, VA. Mrs. Sechrist was born June 5, 1930, in Surry County, to the late Walter and Hallie Collins Leftwich. She was a devoted Christian and a dedicated prayer warrior. She was a homemaker and a loving mother and...

Greenberry Upchurch

Greenberry Upchurch

Aug 14, 2009

Mr. Greenberry Upchurch, age 72 of Mt. Airy, passed away on Friday morning August 14, 2009 at his home. He was born in Carroll Co. VA on April 4, 1937 to the late Frank and Betsy Baker Upchurch. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister Raleigh, Clayton, Brady Upchurch, and Emmie...

Herbert Hoover Chilton

Herbert Hoover Chilton

Aug 12, 2009

Mr. Herbert Hoover Chilton, 79, of 424 Stanford Church Road, Siloam, passed away Wednesday morning, August 12, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Chilton was born September 4, 1929, in Surry County, to the late Jasper and Eliza Johnson Chilton. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served in Germany. He was a loving and...

Mr. Earnest Richard Harris

Mr. Earnest Richard Harris

Aug 12, 2009

Mr. Earnest Richard Harris, age 80 of Meadows of Dan passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was born in Floyd County, Virginia on January 29, 1929 to the late George Washington Harris and Liza Alderman Harris. In addition to his parents, Mr. Harris was preceded in death by three sisters,...

Jerry Glenn Nester

Jerry Glenn Nester

Aug 11, 2009

Mr. Jerry Glenn Nester, of 1605 East Wensley Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, August 11, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem after an extended illness. Mr. Nester was born July 1, 1937, in Surry County, son of the late Dexter Marion and Eleanor Simmons Nester. He was a veteran of the United States Army and retired from...

Mary Virginia Scales

Mary Virginia Scales

Aug 11, 2009

Miss Mary Virginia Scales, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Miss Scales was born April 24, 1929, in Patrick County, VA, to the late George S. and Mary Ila Gates Scales. She was a homemaker and a retired farmer. Miss Scales is survived by a sister, Ruth Smith of Mount...

Jimmy Franklin Hiatt

Jimmy Franklin Hiatt

Aug 11, 2009

Mr. Jimmy Franklin Hiatt, 54, of Lowgap, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Hiatt was born October 30, 1954, in Surry County, to Zelma Katrina Adams Hiatt and the late William Franklin Hiatt. After graduating from Basic Law Enforcement Training at Surry Community College, Mr. Hiatt joined the North Carolina Department...

Mrs. Pauline Pilson Cockram

Mrs. Pauline Pilson Cockram

Aug 10, 2009

Mrs. Pauline Pilson Cockram, age 92 of Seminole, FL and formerly of Stuart passed away Monday morning at the Woodside Hospice Home in Florida. She was born on July 29, 1917 in Pennsylvania to the late William C. Pilson and Ethel Craddock Pilson. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Lonise B. Cockram....

Lettie Geneva Berrier McMillian

Lettie Geneva Berrier McMillian

Aug 10, 2009

Mrs. Lettie Geneva Berrier McMillian, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, August 10, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. McMillian was born March 19, 1919, in Carroll County, VA, to Robert Lee and Sally Vernon Berrier. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and attended Rockford Street United Methodist Church. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law,...

Dorothy Tilley Milton

Dorothy Tilley Milton

Aug 9, 2009

Mrs. Dorothy Tilley Milton, 78, of 2089 West Westmoreland Road, King, passed away Sunday morning, August 9, 2009, at her home. She was born November 21, 1931, in Surry County, to the late Hugh and Ollie Shaw Tilley. She was a homemaker and retired from Hanes Brands. Mrs. Milton was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Surviving are her...

Pauline Bruner Johnson

Pauline Bruner Johnson

Aug 9, 2009

Mrs. Pauline "Polly" Bruner Johnson, 88, of 1452 Old Highway 601, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Johnson was born June 4, 1921, in Surry County, to the late Curtis and Oma Bruner. She was a homemaker and a member of White Plains Friends Meeting. Surviving are two grandchildren and their...

Mr. Cecil Eugene Wise, Jr

Mr. Cecil Eugene Wise, Jr

Aug 9, 2009

Mr. Cecil Eugene Wise, Jr., age 70 of Claudville, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2009 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Burkburnett, Texas on December 15, 1938 to the late Cecil E. Wise, Sr. and Lodena Cody Wise. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wise was preceded in death by...

Michael Lee Leftwich

Michael Lee Leftwich

Aug 8, 2009

Mr. Michael Lee Leftwich, 58, of 110 Shady Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2009. Mr. Leftwich was born January 12, 1951, in Surry County, the son of Joe Wilford and Mary Edith Hawks Leftwich. Mike retired from Mount Airy Machine Shop after 20 years of service as co-owner and operator and later worked at Steak

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