Rev. Johnny May Dollyhigh
Apr 30, 2008
Rev. Johnny May Dollyhigh, age 61 of Mt. Airy and the island of Eleuthera, Bahamas, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2008 in the Bahamas. Rev. Dollyhigh was born in Surry County, May 21, 1946 to Charles Raymond and Sarah Myrtle Atkins Dollyhigh. He served our country in the United States Army and was a missionary in the Bahama Islands. Surviving...
Mr. Beamer C. Conner
Apr 30, 2008
Mr. Beamer C. Conner, age 89, of Meadows of Dan, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on May 10, 1918 to the late John Robert "Shack" Conner and Rosie Jane Boyd Conner. In addition to his parents, Mr. Conner was preceded in death by six brothers, John, Lester, Ross, Jim, Joe...
Emma Mae Scott
Apr 29, 2008
Miss Emma Mae Scott, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Miss Scott was born June 5, 1928, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Roby Hoston and Roxie Zina Hall Scott. She retired from Pine State Knitwear with more than 40 years of service. She loved working in her flowers...
Elbert Eugene "Gene" Collins
Apr 29, 2008
Mr. Elbert Eugene "Gene" Collins, 71, of 302 Sunset Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at his home. Mr. Collins was born February 10, 1937, in Surry County, to the late Jim and Leenoir Boyles Collins. Gene was a stonecutter at North Carolina Granite Corporation for 16 years, and later for local stone companies. He was a...
Opal Willey Johnson
Apr 29, 2008
Mrs. Opal Willey Johnson, 89, of 886 Smith Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Johnson was born June 12, 1918, in Surry County, to the late William G. and Sarah Ila Smith Willey. She retired from Spencer's Inc. and was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters,...
Robert Edward "Doc" Wall
Apr 28, 2008
Mr. Robert Edward "Doc" Wall, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 28, 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Wall was born May 18, 1931, in Surry County, the son of the late Duke and Gellean Taylor Wall. Mr. Wall was a golf pro in Plant City, Florida, for 10 years...
Pfc. Adam Lee Marion
Apr 28, 2008
Private First Class Adam Lee Marion, 26, of Mount Airy, died Monday, April 28, 2008, while serving with the United States Army National Guard in Iraq. Adam was born January 19, 1982, in Surry County, to Donnie Lee and Pam McCormick Marion. He graduated from Surry Central High School in 2000. Mr. Marion was a former volunteer and employee of...
Larry Jacob Mayes
Apr 27, 2008
Mr. Larry Jacob Mayes, age 54 of Cana passed away at his home Sunday, April 27, 2008. Mr. Mayes was born in Carroll County VA May 4, 1953 to the late Frank Willie and Ida Mae Felts Mayes. He was a retired truck driver for the city of Mt. Airy. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Lea Anna...
Durward Wadesworth "Red" Boyles
Apr 27, 2008
Mr. Durward Wadesworth "Red" Boyles, 90, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Boyles was born April 30, 1917, in Stokes County, to the late Samuel Isaac and Eliza Gordon Boyles. He was a retired farmer. Surviving are two daughters and a son-in-law, Gail and Kenneth Branch of Mount Airy and...
Jack Monroe Duncan
Apr 26, 2008
Mr. Jack Monroe Duncan age 64 of 196 Woodcreek Drive, Mt. Airy, NC husband of Mrs. Charlotte Sargent Duncan passed away Saturday morning, April 26, 2008 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born August 30, 1943 in Ellicott City, MD to the late Simon and Gertie Wood Duncan. He was a member of Friendly Chapel Church and was...
Larry Jack Portis
Apr 25, 2008
Mr. Larry Jack Portis, 44, of 366 McBride Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, April 25, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Portis was born November 10, 1963, in Surry County, to Delane Coble Portis and the late Alton Jack Portis. He was a custodian at Franklin Elementary School and a member and lay speaker of Faith and...
Sarah Viola Easter Dawson
Apr 25, 2008
Mrs. Sarah Viola Easter Dawson, 89, of Cana, VA, passed away Friday, April 25, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Dawson was born March 29, 1919, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Jeremiah Levi and Elva Matilda Hill Easter. She retired from Pine State Knitwear and was a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church. She loved cooking,...
Willie Lee Snow Hawks
Apr 24, 2008
Mrs. Willie Lee Snow Hawks, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Snow was born August 18, 1916, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Garfield Snow and Donna Pearl Ward Snow. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Carol Hawks of Mount Airy; a son-in-law, Ray Flippen of Mount Airy;...
Agnes Maybelle Smith
Apr 24, 2008
Mrs. Agnes Maybelle Smith, 86, of Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008, at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, VA. Mrs. Smith was born May 21, 1921, in Patrick County, VA, to Pink Sheffney and Victoria Culler Smith. She was a retired registered nurse and a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Mrs. Smith was a member of The...
Lina Mae Brindle Branch
Apr 24, 2008
Mrs. Lina Mae Brindle Branch, 83, of 5184 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Branch was born July 19, 1924, in Randolph County, the first of nine children born to the late William Rufus Brindle, Jr. and Lula Ethel Haynes Brindle. Mae was reared on a rural, family farm...
Wayne Patterson Dalton
Apr 24, 2008
Mr. Wayne Patterson Dalton, 59, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Dalton was born September 21, 1948, in Surry County, to Bud Patterson and Dorothy Esther Gwyn Dalton. He was an avid fisherman and retired from the logging business. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Michelle Dalton and Lee Bowman...
Susan "Susie" Euphasean Creed Bowman
Apr 23, 2008
Mrs. Susan "Susie" Euphasean Creed Bowman, 92, of 269 Welch Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at her home. Mrs. Bowman was born October 21, 1915, in Surry County, a daughter of the late Drew Robert and Mary Naomi Seal Creed. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after many years of service and was a member of Highland...
Mrs. Orea Griffith Rakes
Apr 23, 2008
Mrs. Orea Griffith Rakes, age 95 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at the Landmark Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on November 8, 1912 to the late James J. and Ella Bennett Griffith. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rakes was preceded in death by her husband, George Taylor Rakes, and two brothers, T....
Norma Jean Taylor
Apr 22, 2008
Mrs. Norma Jean Vestal Taylor, 63, went home to be with her Lord, Tuesday evening April 22, 2008 at Mountain View Manor Nursing Facility in Bryson City, NC. Born and raised in Surry County, she was the daughter of the late Gurney and Ethel Bryant Vestal. She spent most of the life in High Point, NC and eventually settled in...
Ruth Rebecca Marion Reeves
Apr 22, 2008
Mrs. Ruth Rebecca Marion Reeves, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Reeves was born July 23, 1920, in Surry County, daughter of the late Charlie W. and Mattie Holyfield Marion. She was a housewife and a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church. Surviving are a sister-in-law, Opal Dowell Marion of Winston-Salem;...