Joe Sam Griffin
Aug 1, 2007
Mr. Joe Sam Griffin, age 64 of East Elm Street, Mount Airy passed away at Twelve Oaks Rest Home Wednesday, August 1, 2007. Mr. Griffin was born in Surry county October 3, 1942 to the late Warren Mack and Margie Corn Griffin. He was retired from Amp Incorporated in Greensboro and was a member of the Mount Airy Wesleyan Church....
Mr. Landon Ashley Priddy
Aug 1, 2007
Mr. Landon Ashley Priddy, age 27 of Germanton, North Carolina, passed away on August 1, 2007. He was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on September 30, 1979. Mr. Priddy was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Narvie N. and Winifred Spencer Priddy. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in King, North Carolina. Mr. Priddy is survived...
Mr. George Herman Foley
Aug 1, 2007
Mr. George Herman Foley, age 69 of Pole Bridge Road, Stuart, passed away on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on August 30, 1937 to the late George Edgar and Annie Hestell Turner Foley. He had worked at Bassett Furniture Industries, and was of the Primitive Baptist faith. Mr. Foley is survived by...
Rex Joel Marion, Sr
Jul 31, 2007
Mr. Rex Joel Marion, Sr. age 70 of Mt. Airy, husband of Mary Frances Holder Marion, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mr. Marion was born in Surry County, June 1, 1937 to Delmar and Carnie McMillian Marion. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and was retired from Carter Utility. Surviving...
Mr. Ralph Hicks
Jul 30, 2007
Mr. Ralph Hicks, age 91 of Stuart, passed away Monday, July 30, 2007 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Surry County, North Carolina on July 7, 1916 to the late Pete and Alma Jane Sutphin Hicks. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a brother, Walter Hicks. He had...
Ethel May York
Jul 29, 2007
Miss Ethel May York age 80 of 123 Renea Lane, Mount Airy, passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Miss York was born in Surry County on July 12, 1927 daughter of the late Felix York and Rosie Johnson York and was retired from Cross Creek Apparel. Surviving are a son, Jimmie Wayne York...
James Louis Martin
Jul 29, 2007
Mr. James Louis Martin, age 56, of Hillsville, VA, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2007, at his home. Mr. Martin was born in Carroll County, August 20, 1950, to Rev. Louis and Fay Bowman Martin. He was a self-employed truck driver. Surviving are, a daughter, Joy Martin; two sons, Glenn Martin and Brandon Martin, all of Mt. Airy; his parents,...
Mearle Jolly Sutphin
Jul 28, 2007
Mrs. Mearle Jolly Sutphin, 86, of Westfield, passed from this world into the arms of our loving Savior on Saturday, July 28, 2007. Mrs. Sutphin was the widow of John William Sutphin. She was born November 23, 1920, in Wilkes County, to S.M. and Flora Brooks Jolly. She married John on October 12, 1942, and enjoyed 62 years of happiness...
William E. Smith Jr
Jul 28, 2007
Mr. William E. Smith Jr. of Thurmond passed away on Saturday evening July 28, 2007 at Elkin Healthcare Center. He was born on August 8, 1927 in Portsmouth Virginia to the late William E. Sr. and Alice Elizabeth Schmich Smith. Bill served with the U.S. Maritime Service in 1945 and with the U.S. Army Occupation Forces in Japan. He retired...
Joseph Clyde Johnson
Jul 27, 2007
Mr. Joseph Clyde Johnson, 76, of 416 Johnson Creek Road, Ararat, VA, passed away Friday, July 27, 2007, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Johnson was born January 18, 1931, in Surry County, to Ramsey Dowell Johnson, Sr. and Josephine Webster Johnson. He was a renowned musician of old time music, having played with Slate Mountain Ramblers and the...
Helen Jeanette Hawks Johnson
Jul 27, 2007
Mrs. Helen Jeanette Hawks Johnson, age 61, of Lowgap, wife of Wallace "Wally" Gray Johnson, passed away Friday, July 27, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Johnson was born in Surry County September 17, 1945 to Naomi Ruth Brooks Hawks and the late Raleigh Thomas Hawks. She was a homemaker and a member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Surviving are her...
Evelyn Parries York
Jul 25, 2007
Mrs. Evelyn Parries York age 85 of 5540 Oscar Lane, Kernersville, NC widow of Mr. Jack Cecil York passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at Forsyth Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born December 9, 1921 in Surry County to the late John and Liza Belton Parries. She was retired from Western Electric and was a member of Samaritan...
Mary Frances Pinnix Martin Holder
Jul 25, 2007
Mary Frances Pinnix Martin Holder of Indian Lake Estates, Fla. died July 25, 2007 of heart failure. She was born on August 10, 1928 to Grady and Maude Pinnix, in Yadkin County, N.C. She was a retired nurse and former restaurant owner. She moved to Indian Lake Estates thirteen years ago from Dobson, N.C. She is survived by her husband,...
Janice Elaine Spaugh
Jul 25, 2007
Miss Janice Elaine Spaugh age 37 of Mount Airy, passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Janice was born in Forsyth County on November 24, 1969 to the late Clyde Ray Spaugh and Barbara Whisenhunt Spaugh. Surviving are a daughter, Laura Spaugh of the home; a son, Bobby Spaugh of Morristown, TN; three sisters...
James Wayne "J.W." Arrington, Jr
Jul 24, 2007
Mr. James Wayne "J.W." Arrington, Jr. age 35 of Mt. Airy, husband of Sherri Gammons Arrington, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Arrington was born in Surry County December 6, 1971 to Martha Perry Mabe and the late James Wayne Arrington, Sr. Mr. Arrington was a loving husband, father, son and friend to all who...
Mrs. Hattie Burnette Hagwood
Jul 24, 2007
Mrs. Hattie Burnette Hagwood, age 92 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in West Virginia on April 15, 1915 to the late James and Appie Rucker Burnette. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hagwood was preceded in death by her husband, Sherman Hagwood; two brothers, Samuel and...
Mr. John William "Chappy" Rorrer
Jul 24, 2007
Mr. John William "Chappy" Rorrer, age 75 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on August 2, 1931 to the late Freddie and Fannie Lawless Rorrer. In addition to his parents, Mr. Rorrer was preceded in death by a brother, Maynard Rorrer and two infant...
Thelma Ethel Hudson Gravely
Jul 23, 2007
Mrs. Thelma Ethel Hudson Gravely, 84, of 181 Beasley Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, July 23, 2007, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Gravely was born January 5, 1923, in Surry County, to the late Ambrose and Mallie Creed Hudson. She retired from Bassett Furniture and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by a daughter and...
Allen Dale Fowler, Sr
Jul 21, 2007
Mr. Allen Dale Fowler, Sr., age 67 of Dobson passed away Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Fowler was born in Surry County May 26, 1940 to the late Delmar "Bud" and Lillian Coe Fowler. He was retired from Holcomb Heating and Air Conditioning and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Fowler is survived...
Linda Janes Huffman Leonard
Jul 20, 2007
Mrs. Linda Jane Huffman Leonard, age 60 of Hillsville, VA passed away Friday, July 20, 2007 at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax, VA. Mrs. Leonard was born October 23, 1946 in Guilford County NC to the late Elmer Huffman and Louise Iddings Webster. She is survived by four sons and a daughter-in-law, Johnny Leonard, Ricky Leonard, Daniel and Michelle...