Ronnie Dale Short

Ronnie Dale Short

Sep 27, 2007

Mr. Ronnie Dale Short, 55, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2007, at his home. Mr. Short was born July 4, 1952, in Surry County, to George Franklin Short, Sr. and Bessie Elizabeth Sutphin Short. Ronnie was a loving brother and a wonderful friend to all who knew him. Surviving are four sisters and a brother-in-law, June and...

Cecil W. Worrell, Sr

Cecil W. Worrell, Sr

Sep 27, 2007

Mr. Cecil W. Worrell, Sr., age 69 of Mt. Airy, passed away on September 27, 2007. He was born April 18, 1938 in Mt. Airy to the late Woodrow and Phoebe Goings Worrell and was of the Baptist faith. He was retried from Pine State Knitwear and a veteran of the US Army having served in Korea. Surviving are two...

Mr. Gilbert "Gil" Leroy Wilson

Mr. Gilbert "Gil" Leroy Wilson

Sep 27, 2007

Mr. Gilbert Leroy "Gil" Wilson, age 66 of Woolwine, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2007 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on April 2, 1941 to the late Herbert and Lois Randall Wilson. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a step daughter, Lisa Geoffrion. He had served in the United...

Edward "E.P." Parr Thomas

Edward "E.P." Parr Thomas

Sep 27, 2007

Mr. Edward "E.P." Parr Thomas age 79 of 382 Bear Trail Road, Cana, VA, husband of Gladys Alease Thomas Thomas passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2007. Mr. Thomas was born in Carroll County on June 28,1929 son of the late Charlie Moses Thomas and Mary Jane Edwards Thomas and was the former owner of Thomas Grocery, a Carroll County...

June Christopher Jones

June Christopher Jones

Sep 26, 2007

Mr. June Christopher "Chris" Jones, 47, of 173 Bluff Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at his home. Mr. Jones was born February 26, 1960, in Surry County, to June Coy Jones and Faye Hall Starr. He was a machine fixer at Kentucky Derby Hosiery for several years and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ...

Jessie Pruett Jones

Jessie Pruett Jones

Sep 25, 2007

Mrs. Jessie Pruett Jones, 80, of 335 Taylor Street, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Jones was born May 6, 1927, in Surry County, to the late George Edward and Eunice Westmoreland Pruett. She was a homemaker and a lifelong member of Grace Moravian Church. She is survived by a son...

Mr. Buster Thomas Pack

Mr. Buster Thomas Pack

Sep 25, 2007

Mr. Buster Thomas Pack, age 82, of Critz, passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on August 16, 1925 to the late Euell and Nannie Pack. In addition to his parents, Mr. Pack was preceded in death by his wife, Eunice Lee Pack Tilley; four brothers, Ray,...

Richard Estil Dawson

Richard Estil Dawson

Sep 24, 2007

Mr. Richard Estil "Bo" Dawson, 71, of Carrollwood Trailer Park, Cana, VA, passed away Monday, September 24, 2007, at his home. Mr. Dawson was born November 26, 1936, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Winfred Nelson and Nell Tate Dawson. He was a veteran and retired. He is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Wayne Dawson and Dean...

Silas Oscar Harrison, Jr

Silas Oscar Harrison, Jr

Sep 23, 2007

Mr. Silas Oscar Harrison, Jr., 73, husband of Violet Lowe Harrison, passed away on Sunday September 23, 2007 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Carroll County, VA. on September 2, 1934 to the late Silas Oscar, Sr. and Eva Bedsaul Harrison. Mr. Harrison was retired from Webb Furniture #2 and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his...

Mr. Donald Shockley "Donnie" Gunter

Mr. Donald Shockley "Donnie" Gunter

Sep 23, 2007

Mr. Donald Shockley "Donnie" Gunter, age 60 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, September 23, 2007 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on August 24, 1947 to the late Wade H. and Evelyn Shockley Gunter. In addition to his parents, Mr. Gunter was preceded in death by two brothers Ivan Wade Gunter and Charles Elbert Gunter. He had...

Ella Mae Vernon Jones

Ella Mae Vernon Jones

Sep 21, 2007

Mrs. Ella Mae Vernon Jones, age 90 of Cana, widow of Isaac Arlis Jones, passed away Friday, September 21, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Jones was born in Carroll County, June 1, 1917 to William Henry "Billy" and Mary Matilda McCraw Vernon. She was a loving, caring mother, grandmother, great grandmother and was a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church...

Mrs. Nellie Lelia Puckett Barnard

Mrs. Nellie Lelia Puckett Barnard

Sep 21, 2007

Mrs. Nellie P. Barnard, age 80, of Meadows of Dan passed away at her home on Friday morning, September 21, 2007. She was born October 8, 1926 in Patrick County to the late Samuel "Sambo" Puckett and the late Dora Lee Cockran Puckett. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Myrtle Boyd and a brother, Charlie Puckett. Mrs...

Mrs. Betty Harrison Russell

Mrs. Betty Harrison Russell

Sep 21, 2007

Mrs. Betty Harrison Russell, age 59, of Thurmond, NC passed away on Friday September 21, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. She was born in Grayson Co. Virginia on August 2, 1948 to the late Walter Harrison and to Laura Hampton Dickens. She was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving are her husband Lawrence Russell of the home; one...

Garland Grant Bryant

Garland Grant Bryant

Sep 21, 2007

Mr. Garland Grant Bryant, 90, devoted husband of Sarah Cordella Shelton Bryant, of Ararat, NC, passed away on Friday September 21, 2007 at Central Continuing Care. He was born in Surry County on March 8, 1917 to the late Elisha Phillip and Jenny Ann Cummings Bryant. Mr. Bryant was a retired farmer and a veteran of the US Air Force...

Frank Dee Chilton

Frank Dee Chilton

Sep 20, 2007

Mr. Frank Dee Chilton, 79, of 2556 Westfield Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2007, at his home. Mr. Chilton was born October 10, 1927, in Surry County, to the late Marshall Andrew and Minnie Ella Hill Chilton. Frank served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Princeton during World War II and was a devoted member...

Mr. Todd Allen

Mr. Todd Allen

Sep 19, 2007

Mr. Todd Allen, age 37 of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Allen was born in Surry County, September 24, 1969 to Karen Willis Allen and the late Dennis Ray "Denny" Allen. He was of the Baptist Faith and was a construction worker. Surviving are daughter, Tessa Allen of Mt. Airy, two sons,...

Mrs. Kim Keckler Coleman

Mrs. Kim Keckler Coleman

Sep 18, 2007

Mrs. Kim Keckler Coleman, age 50 of Spencer passed away Tuesday evening due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born on May 23, 1957 in Patrick County to Robert "Bunny" Keckler of Stuart and Louise Bowman of Spencer. Mrs. Coleman was preceded in death by her step mother, Evelyn Odell Keckler. Surviving in addition to her parents...

Mrs. Catherine Vergie Buchanan Nowlin

Mrs. Catherine Vergie Buchanan Nowlin

Sep 18, 2007

Mrs. Catherine Vergie Buchanan Nowlin, 77, of 1121 Round Peak Church Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2007, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Nowlin was born December 3, 1929, in Rich Valley, Virginia, to the late William D. and Mary Alice Woods Buchanan. She was retired owner and operator of Carolina Market and...

Rufus Lee Angell

Rufus Lee Angell

Sep 17, 2007

Mr. Rufus Lee Angell, age 88 of State Road, passed away on Monday September 17, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. He was born in Davie County on January 11, 1919 to the late James Henry Angell and the late Mary McClamrock Angell. Mr. Angell was a member of Rocky Ford Baptist Church and was retired from Drexel...

Margaret Emily Jenkins Madren

Margaret Emily Jenkins Madren

Sep 17, 2007

Mrs. Margaret Emily Jenkins Madren age 76, wife of Paul L. Madren, Jr of Mt. Airy passed away Monday September 17, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Madren was born January 2, 1931 in Surry County to the late Oscar and Dorris Burcham Jenkins. Mrs. Madren graduated from Mt. Airy High School in 1948. She graduated from the North...