Obituaries
Bertie Creed Haynes
Mar 11, 2009
Mrs. Bertie Creed Haynes, 85, of 141 Long Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at Twelve Oaks Rest Home. Mrs. Haynes was born October 2, 1923, in Surry County, to the late Bryant and Nannie Tickle Creed. She was a homemaker and a member of Faith Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters and two sons-in-law, Rita and...
Electia Ball Marion
Mar 11, 2009
Mrs. Electia Ball Marion, 95, widow of Mr. Gaston Marion, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at Central Continuing Care surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Marion was born in Surry County on January 13, 1914 to the late George Thomas and Lettie White Ball. A loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend,...
Alvin Harvey Gammons
Mar 11, 2009
Mr. Alvin Harvey Gammons, 82, of 120 Washington Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at his home. Mr. Gammons was born June 13, 1926, in Surry County, son of the late Thomas and Susie Hicks Gammons. He retired from Bassett Furniture Company and was a veteran of the United States Army. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law,...
Gladys Allen Cook
Mar 11, 2009
Mrs. Gladys Allen Cook, 80, of Mouny Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at home. Mrs. Cook was born August 12, 1928, in Patrick County, VA, to Taylor and Ella Mae Allen. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and retired from Quality Mills. Surviving are three daughters and two sons-in-law, Patrichia McGettigan, Iona and Tommy McBride, and...
Mr. Charlie Ray Spence
Mar 9, 2009
Mr. Charlie Ray Spence, age 60 of Stuart, passed away Monday, March 9, 2009 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on July 17, 1948. Mr. Spence was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie Frederick Spence and Dorothy Pruitt Spence Gammons; one half-brother, G. W. Gammons; and one sister, Addie Mae Spence. He had retired as a...
Harvey Wayne Fain
Mar 9, 2009
Mr. Harvey Wayne Fain, 51, of Ararat, VA, passed away Monday, March 9, 2009, at his home. Mr. Fain was born April 9, 1957, in Patrick County, VA, to John Leonard and Myrtle Sarah Edwards Fain. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Surviving are his wife, Jackie Young Fain of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Sarah Jessica...
Garriet Edward Toney
Mar 9, 2009
Mr. Garriet Edward Toney, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, March 9, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Toney was born January 6, 1930, in Rutherford County, the son of the late Robert Vance and Annie Mae Blanton Toney. He was a retired teaching assistant from Surry County Schools and a member of Calvary Baptist Church....
Mrs. Frances Rorrer Taylor
Mar 9, 2009
Mrs. Frances Rorrer Taylor, age 78 of Perry Hall, Maryland, passed away Monday, March 9, 2009 at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Towson, Maryland. She was born in Patrick County on October 6, 1930 to the late Totsie Preston Rorrer and Mary Gunter Rorrer Sheppard. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond...
Mr. David Wayne Bowman
Mar 9, 2009
Mr. David Wayne Bowman, age 51, of Bassett, passed away Monday, March 9, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Caldwell County, North Carolina on August 17, 1957 to the late Euel David and Peggy Ray James Bowman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bowman was preceded in death by one brother, Danny Bowman. He...
Mrs. Winifred Edith Bateman
Mar 8, 2009
Mrs. Winifred Edith Bateman, age 90 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Norfolk, Virginia on June 10, 1918 to the late Edgar and Maggie Heath Burge. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bateman was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Bateman; one son, Donald Bateman;...
Joseph Jefferson Lawson
Mar 8, 2009
Mr. Joseph Jefferson "Jeff" Lawson, 54, of 135 Foster Lane, Lowgap, passed away Sunday morning, March 8, 2009, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mr. Lawson was born March 29, 1954, in Galax, VA, to the late Joe Shaffer and Launith Vernon Lawson. Jeff fulfilled his lifetime passion as a truck driver with several different trucking companies before...
Mr. Ravis Ray Keene
Mar 7, 2009
Mr. Ravis Ray Keene age 41 of Stuart passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born December 31, 1967 in Henry County to Curtis Ray Keene of Woolwine, VA and Dora Wagoner Keene of Stuart, VA. Mr. Keene was preceded in death by an infant brother Davis Blaine Keene. He was a member of True...
Myrtle Alene Felts Newman
Mar 6, 2009
Mrs. Myrtle Alene "Kate" Newman, 91, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away Friday, March 6, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Newman was born April 17, 1917, in Carroll County, VA, to the late John and Rose Bobbitt Felts. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Newman is survived by three daughters and a son-in-law, Annie Isom of Mount...
Frances Kay Simmons Nichols
Mar 6, 2009
Mrs. Frances Kay Simmons Nichols, 71, of 110 Hazelnut Court, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, March 6, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Nichols was born December 2, 1937, in Elberton, GA, the daughter of the late Samuel Day and Helen Worrell Simmons. She retired from Homeway Furniture Inc. and was a member of Salem United Methodist Church....
Justin Wade Edwards
Mar 6, 2009
Mr. Justin Wade Edwards, 21, of Cana, VA, passed away March 6, 2009. Mr. Edwards was born June 16, 1987, in Surry County, to Wade and Gail Cagle Edwards. He was a student at Surry Community College. Surviving are a son, Alex Ray Edwards; Alex's mother and special friend, Samantha Leath of Hillsville, VA; his parents, Wade and Gail Cagle...
Billy Gray Venable
Mar 6, 2009
Mr. Billy Gray Venable, 69, of 1565 Old Highway 601, Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, March 6, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Venable was born May 6, 1939, in Surry County, to the late Clyde William and Stella Stewart Venable. Billy was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of Haymore Memorial Baptist...
Viola Hardy Nixon
Mar 5, 2009
Mrs. Viola Hardy Nixon, 95, widow of Mr. Thomas Edward Nixon, of Dobson, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born in Surry County on October 15, 1913, to the late Edward and Hughsie Fulk Hardy. Mrs. Nixon was a homemaker and a dedicated member...
Claucy William Hawks
Mar 5, 2009
Mr. Claucy William Hawks, 69, of 58 Family Drive, Cana, VA, passed away Thursday March 5, 2009, at his home. Mr. Hawks was born May 29, 1939, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Eugene and Annie Akers Hawks. He was a farmer and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Ella Easter Hawks of the...
Mrs. Gladys Rhodes "Mimi" Akers
Mar 4, 2009
Mrs. Gladys Rhodes "Mimi" Akers, age 99 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at the Landmark Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on December 23, 1909 to the late Richard J. Rhodes and Rosalie Martin Rhodes. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Akers was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Murray Akers; four sisters,...
Laura Leigh Seal
Mar 4, 2009
Miss Laura Leigh Seal, 28, of 158 Joe Reed Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2009. She was born February 25, 1981, in Forsyth County, to Troy Richard "Ricky" Seal and Mitzi Snow Marshall. She was a homemaker and attended Friendly Tabernacle. Surviving are the father of her children, Mitchell Dean Willard of the home; two sons, William...
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