Wilbur Thomas "Red" Collins

Wilbur Thomas "Red" Collins

May 24, 2007

Mr. Wilbur Thomas "Red" Collins, 77, of 1422 Red Brush Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, May 24, 2007, at his home. Mr. Collins was born March 16, 1930, in Randolph County, to the late Thomas Jefferson and Lillie Mae Johnson Collins. He retired as the sanding department foreman from Mount Airy Furniture Company and was a member of Community...

Eugene Foster May

Eugene Foster May

May 23, 2007

Mr. Eugene Foster May, 84, of Mount Airy, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday evening, May 23, 2007, at the Golden Living Center. He was born October 9, 1922, in Mathias, WV, to the late Grant and Lelia Strawderman May. He was an aviator in the United States Navy during World War II, serving in the South Pacific,...

Billie H. Clark

Billie H. Clark

May 23, 2007

Mrs. Billie H. Clark, age 79 of King, widow of Mr. John S. Clark, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Clark was born in Surry County, December 14, 1927 to Hugh Linwood Hennis, Sr. and Mamie Carter Hennis. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will be sorely missed by all her family and friends....

Mrs. Lena Mae Bateman Beasley

Mrs. Lena Mae Bateman Beasley

May 22, 2007

Mrs. Lena Mae Bateman Beasley, age 92 of Ararat, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at the R. J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on January 20, 1915 to the late William L. and Annie Joyce Bateman. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Beasley was preceded in death by her husband, Amos Beasley; one...

Olen Cornelius Puckett

Olen Cornelius Puckett

May 22, 2007

Mr. Olen Cornelius Puckett age 70 of 1059 Holly Tree Road, Ararat, VA, husband of Hilda Gail Goad Puckett passed away on Tuesday May 22, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Puckett was born in Patrick County on July 24, 1936 son of the late Lundie Puckett and Argie Vivian Bowman Puckett. Surviving are his wife, Hilda Gail Goad Puckett...

Mrs. Miriam Harris Boyd

Mrs. Miriam Harris Boyd

May 22, 2007

Mrs. Miriam Harris Boyd, age 80 of Woolwine, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at R. J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on July 18, 1926 to the late Stowell and Gypsy Cockram Harris. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Boyd was preceded in death by one daughter, Miriam Oneda Manns, and...

Minnie Lee Potts Mustin

Minnie Lee Potts Mustin

May 22, 2007

Mrs. Minnie Lee Potts Mustin age 82 of 108 Cooing Dove Lane, Mt. Airy, NC wife of Mr. James Lindsay Mustin passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry. She was born July 22, 1924 in Surry County, NC to the late Tom and MaHaley "Dilly" Smith Potts. She had worked at Wal Mart, was a homemaker...

Flossie Quesinberry Vipperman

Flossie Quesinberry Vipperman

May 22, 2007

Ms. Flossie Quesinberry Vipperman age 72 of 405 Linville Road, M. Airy, NC passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Forsyth Regional Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born January 20, 1935 in Surry County to Rosie Richardson Quesinberry and the late Lawrence Quesinberry. She was an accountant, a homemaker and attended Grace Moravian Church. Surviving are a son, Jimmy...

Mr. Jesse Roger Anthony

Mr. Jesse Roger Anthony

May 22, 2007

Mr. Jesse Roger Anthony, 56, of Jonesville, NC passed away on Tuesday May 22, 2007 in George Town, South Carolina. He was born on December 25, 1950 to the late Jesse Anthony and to Beatrice Fowler Anthony. He was employed by the A.C. Corporation and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law Brian and Brenda Anthony...

Mr. James Rudolph Thompson

Mr. James Rudolph Thompson

May 20, 2007

Mr. James Rudolph Thompson, 77, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, May 20, 2007. Born on September 17, 1929 in Surry County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Millard and Mattie Thompson. After serving in the United States Army from 1946 to 1951, James married Juanita Lawrence in 1952 and moved to Alexandria, Virginia where...

Virginia Louise Bullins Hayes

Virginia Louise Bullins Hayes

May 20, 2007

Mrs. Virginia Louise Bullins Hayes age 68 of 131 Bass Ridge Trail, Mount Airy, widow of Tom Hayes, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Hayes was born in Surry County on August 24, 1938 daughter of the late Kemp Glenn Bullins, Sr. and Rosa Mae McCann Bullins and was retired from M and M Textiles....

Geraldine Thais McNeil

Geraldine Thais McNeil

May 20, 2007

Miss Geraldine Thais McNeil, age 92 of Greensboro, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2007 at the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro. Miss McNeil was born in Saugus, MT, October 11, 1914 to Robert Iredell and Rosa Rebecca Church McNeil. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Mt. Airy, NC and was a retired Bookeeper. Surviving are...

Mr. Herman Thomas Hagwood

Mr. Herman Thomas Hagwood

May 19, 2007

Mr. Herman Thomas Hagwood age 47, of Martinsville, in the Carver Community, died Saturday, May 19, 2007 at the Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born in Patrick County on July 4, 1959, and was preceded in death by his father, Herman Thomas Penn, his grandparents, Charlie and Martha Ruth Hagwood and Russell and Dolly Penn; and...

Elder Walter Ivan (Pug) Branch

Elder Walter Ivan (Pug) Branch

May 19, 2007

Elder Walter Ivan (Pug) Branch of Lowgap went home to be with the Lord on Saturday May 19, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mt. Airy. He was born in Surry County, on August 31, 1926 to the late Jim and Mary Bet Jones Branch. He was a member and Elder of Fisher River Primitive Baptist Church of...

Minnie Mae Hodges Draughn

Minnie Mae Hodges Draughn

May 18, 2007

 

 

Mrs. Minnie Mae Hodges Draughn, 72, of 1094 Smith Road, Mount Airy, went home to be with her heavenly Father on Friday, May 18, 2007, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Draughn was born March 31, 1935, in Surry County, the second of seven children born to the late Coley Walter and Dixie...

Betty Sue Scales Phillips

Betty Sue Scales Phillips

May 18, 2007

Mrs. Betty Sue Scales Phillips, age 76 of Greensboro, widow of Fred Phillips, passed away at her home Friday, May 18, 2007. Mrs. Phillips was born in Patrick County, January 31, 1931 to Geo S. and Mary Ila Scales. She was a retired beautician. Surviving are two sisters, Virginia Scales of the home; and Ruth Smith of Mt. Airy; a...

Lois Pearson English

Lois Pearson English

May 18, 2007

Mrs. Lois Pearson English, age 87 of Mt. Airy passed away May 18, 2007 at Twelve Oaks Rest Home. Mrs. English was born in Wake Forest, NC May 2, 1920 to the late Howard Henry and Geneva Marshall Pearson. Mrs. English was retired from First Citizens Bank and attended First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Airy. She is survived by a...

Billy Ray Francis

Billy Ray Francis

May 18, 2007

Mr. Billy Ray Francis, age 49 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, May 18, 2007 at his home. Mr. Francis was born in Surry County, August 17, 1957 to Ruth Rakes Francis and the late Wade C. Francis. He was formerly employed with EMCO Trucking of Elkin and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving is his wife, Norma Francis of...

Mary B. Morgan

Mary B. Morgan

May 18, 2007

Ms. Mary B. Morgan, 87, passed away Friday, May 18, 2007 in Eden, N.C. at the Brian Center of Eden where she was a resident. Ms Morgan was born in Patrick County, March 24, 1920 to the late James and Josie Bowman and was retired from Fieldcrest Mills. Ms. Morgan was also preceded in death by three sisters; Estelle Branscome,...

John William Fleming, Jr

John William Fleming, Jr

May 17, 2007

Mr. John William Fleming, Jr. age 76 of 313 Broad Street, Mt. Airy, NC husband of Mrs. Peggy Belton Fleming passed away Thursday, May 17, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County, He was born June 1, 1930 in Surry County, NC to the late John William Fleming, Sr. and Essie Martin Fleming. Mr. Fleming served his country as a...