Pauline Grace Piekos Epperson
May 19, 2008
Mrs. Pauline Grace Piekos Epperson, 71, of 2045 Ararat Highway, Ararat, VA, passed away Monday, May 19, 2008, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Epperson was born March 12, 1937, in Lowell, MA, to the late William and Stella Lang. Pauline was a longtime employee at Rite Aid and a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church....
Batie Junior "B.J." Hodges
May 19, 2008
Mr. Batie Junior, "B.J." Hodges, 80, of Mt. Airy passed away on Monday evening May 19, 2008 at Golden Living Center in Mt. Airy. Mr. Hodges was born in Surry County on May 6, 1928 to the late Batie Turner Hodges and the late Lucy Hudson Hodges. Mr. Hodges, a dedicated and loving husband and father, was also a benevolent...
Carlos Walter Haunn
May 19, 2008
Mr. Carlos Walter Haunn, age 85, of Mt. Airy, passed away on May 19, 2008, at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Haunn was born in Surry County on February 18, 1923, to the late Hillary Hampton and Ada Marshall Haunn. He retired from National–Mt. Airy Furniture and was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. He is survived by his...
Michael Joseph Harrell
May 18, 2008
Mr. Michael Joseph Harrell, 37, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2008, at his home. Mr. Harrell was born October 28, 1970, in Buncombe County, son of Mary Ann Harrell. Surviving are his mother, Mary Ann Harrell of Mount Airy; a sister, Jennifer Hopkins of Mount Airy; a brother, Mark Harrell of Mount Airy; a special aunt, Brenda...
Nancy Jane Maynard Mahoney
May 18, 2008
Mrs. Nancy Jane Maynard Mahoney, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Mahoney was born May 14, 1929, in Surry County, to William Henry and Jessie Mae Davis Maynard. She was a loving mother and friend who will be missed dearly. She is survived by a daughter, Frances Mahoney of...
Bonnie Sue Gunnell Jones Johnson
May 18, 2008
Mrs. Bonnie Sue Gunnell Jones Johnson, 53, of 252 Beasley Road, Mount Airy, passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 18, 2008. She was born August 22, 1954, in Carroll County, VA, to Iva Lee Surratt Gunnell and the late Benton Gunnell. She was employed as a nursing assistant with Village Care of King and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving...
Mrs. Shirley C. Overby
May 17, 2008
Mrs. Shirley Jane Corns Overby, age 67 of Stuart, died Saturday, May 17, at RJR Patrick County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Patrick County to the late Harvey Lee Corns and the late Jettie Mabe Corns. She was also preceded in death by a sister Novella Shough. She worked for Pannill Knitting for 35 years and then for Vaughn...
Mary Porter Herbert Burt
May 17, 2008
Mrs. Mary Porter Herbert Burt, 80, of Mount Airy, NC, formerly of Junction, TX, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Mrs. Burt was born November 5, 1927, in Williamson County, TN, to the late Robert Christopher and Bettie Cary Bostick Herbert. Mary was a nursing assistant for many years and a member of...
Mrs. Christine H. Nester
May 16, 2008
Mrs. Christine H. Nester, age 68 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Friday, May 16, 2008 at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax. She was born in Floyd County on October 4, 1939 to the late Charlie and Susan Alderman Hylton. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Nester was preceded in death by her husband, Garner Nester, and three brothers,...
Nina Mae "Una" Tolbert Hawks
May 16, 2008
Mrs. Nina Mae "Una" Tolbert Hawks, 63, of 591 Laurel Springs Church Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, May 16, 2008, at Golden Living Center, after an extended illness. Mrs. Hawks was born September 16, 1944, in Surry County, to the late Roy R. and Ada Mae Flippen Tolbert. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith....
Rufus Quentin Holder
May 16, 2008
Mr. Rufus Quentin Holder, 89, loving husband of Mrs. Minnie Dockery Holder, of Elkin passed away on Friday May 16, 2008 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center after an extended illness. He was born in Surry County on February 26, 1919 to the late William Verlin and Bessie Tucker Holder. Mr. Holder was a retired owner and operator of Holder Plumbing....
Priscilla Ann Nixon Marshall
May 15, 2008
Priscilla Ann Nixon Marshall, 71, of 847 Crossingham Road, Mount Airy, entered life eternal on Thursday, May 15, 2008. She passed away quietly at Northern Hospital of Surry County, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Marshall was born April 23, 1937, in Surry County, to Thomas Nathaniel Nixon and Flora Ann 'Polly" Brown Nixon. She was preceded in death by her...
Larry Robert Reece
May 14, 2008
Mr. Larry Robert Reece, age 61 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2008 at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Reece was born in Surry County, September 7, 1946 to Curry Washington "Dock" and Ella Lee Gunnell Reece. He was a mechanic at Snow's Garage and later self employed. Surviving are his special dogs Susie and Flash who he adored;...
Mrs. Agnes Rorrer Shuff
May 14, 2008
Mrs. Agnes Rorrer Shuff, age 82 of Woolwine, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on February 3, 1926 to the late Talton and Maggie Foley Rorrer. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Shuff was preceded in death by one sister, Beadie McCraw, and two brothers, Henry...
Jimmy Gale Morrison
May 14, 2008
Mr. Jimmy Gale Morrison, age 59 of Mt. Airy passed away at his home Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Mr. Morrison was born in Surry County, March 29, 1949 to James Eddie Morrison and the late Bessie Lillie Gammons Morrison. Mr. Morrison was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was a former supervisor for Cross Creek Apparel. He is survived...
Gladys Ashworth Gunter
May 13, 2008
Mrs. Gladys Ashworth Gunter, age 91 of Stuart, and formerly of Maxey Drive, Spencer, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in McDowell County, West Virginia on May 7, 1917 to the late Oscar and Bertie Tuggle Ashworth. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gunter was preceded in death by...
Audry Evelene Belcher Cockram
May 12, 2008
Mrs. Audry Evelene Belcher Cockram, age 90 of Stuart, passed away Monday, May 12, 2008 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Floyd County, Virginia on August 27,1917 to the late John (Dude) Wesley Belcher and Ollie Boyd Belcher. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cockram was preceded in death by her first husband, Edward...
Vera Bledsoe Smitherman
May 12, 2008
Mrs. Vera Bledsoe Smitherman, age 84 of Siloam, NC passed away on Monday May 12, 2008 at Elkin Health Care in Elkin. She was born in Surry County on August 30, 1923 to the late Thomas Bledsoe and to the late Anna Edmonds Bledsoe. In addition to her parents two husbands Swanson Cardwell and Everette Simmons preceded her in death....
Ruth Felts McCraw
May 12, 2008
Mrs. Ruth Felts McCraw, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, May 12, 2008, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. McCraw was born February 18, 1926, in Carroll County, VA, to the late William Garfield "Doc" and Rossie Vaughn Felts. She was a loving mother and grandmother, a homemaker, and a member of Central United Methodist Church. She is survived by...
Mabeline Towe Jones
May 11, 2008
Mrs. Mabeline Towe Jones, 76, of Cana, VA, widow of Ralph Dewitt Jones, passed away Sunday May 11, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Jones was born February 18, 1932, in Carroll County, VA, daughter of the late Ed and Susie Hiatt Towe. She attended Rocky Ford Christian Church and was retired from Spencer's Inc. Surviving are two...