Opal Virginia Stanley Nixon
Nov 6, 2007
Mrs. Opal Virginia Stanley Nixon, age 91 of Yadkinville formally of Thurmond, NC the widow of the late Edward Earnest Nixon passed away on Tuesday November 6, 2007 at Willow Brook Health Care in Yadkinville. She was born in Surry County on May 22, 1916 to the late William Richard Stanley and the late Minnie Coe Stanley. She was a...
Mr. William C. Staples
Nov 5, 2007
Mr. William Cabell (Bill) Staples, Jr., age 85 of Stuart passed away Monday, November 5, 2007 at the R. J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital. He was born on May 19, 1922 in Lynchburg to the late William Cabell and Lucy Clark Staples. In addition to his parents, Mr. Staples was preceded in death by two sisters, Ethel Kimball and...
Mr. Winfred M. Griffith
Nov 5, 2007
Mr. Winfred Marvin "Wimpy" Griffith, age 84 of Ridgeway, passed away Monday morning, November 5, 2007 at the Golden Living Center in Martinsville. Mr. Griffith was born in Woolwine on July 26, 1923 to the late William Frank and Lena May Roberson Griffith. In addition to his parents, Mr. Griffith was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret; step-daughter, Rebecca...
Mrs. Sunny Jo Jett
Nov 3, 2007
Mrs. Sunny Jo Jett, age 69, of Woolwine, passed away Saturday evening, November 3, 2007 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem. Mrs. Jett was born in Patrick County on May 21, 1938 to the late John C. and Mary E. Clark Hubbard. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Jett was preceded in death by a sister; Nancy Hubbard Duncan....
Arthur Franklin Carter
Nov 3, 2007
Mr. Arthur Franklin Carter age 85 of 409 Farmbrook Road, Mount Airy, husband of Virginia Brannock Carter passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at Surry Community Nursing Center. Mr. Carter was born in the Brim community section in Surry County on February 7, 1922 son of the late James Walter Carter and Evelyn Spencer Carter and was 1940 graduate...
Rhonda Haden Rakes
Nov 3, 2007
Mrs. Rhonda Haden Rakes, age 49 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on September 6, 1958 to Moir and Elva Lee Haden of Stuart. She was a member of Woolwine United Methodist Church, and had been a teacher at Stuart Elementary School for 27 years. In addition to her...
Dixie Harrell Byrum Showers
Nov 2, 2007
Mrs. Dixie Harrell Byrum Showers, age 84 of Mt. Airy, NC formerly of Richmond, VA died Friday, November 2, 2007 in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Showers was born, January 14, 1923 in Chowan County, NC to the late Luther and Pattie Harrell. She was preceded in death by her first husband Roscum Lee Byrum and her second husband John Walter Showers;...
Bette Sue Childress Creed
Nov 1, 2007
Mrs. Bette Sue Childress Creed, 78, of 222 Valley View Road, Mount Airy, widow of John R. Creed, Sr., passed away Thursday morning, November 1, 2007, at her home. Mrs. Creed was born April 29, 1929, in Davie County, to the late Claude Swanson and Maggie Lou Hill Childress. She was co-owner of Wolfe Brothers Furniture in State Road and...
Stephen Henry Clark, Sr
Nov 1, 2007
Mr. Stephen Henry Clark, Sr., 55, of 127 Great View Lane, Pinnacle, passed away Friday, November 2, 2007, at his home. Mr. Clark was born May 3, 1952, in Lynchburg, VA, to Henry and Janet Dawson Clark. He was a truck driver for Slate Sand Company. He is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Nickole and Barry Hawks of...
Ulysses Ray Dollyhigh
Nov 1, 2007
Mr. Ulysses Ray Dollyhigh, 66, of 920 Smith Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2007, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Dollyhigh was born October 19, 1941, in Surry County, to the late Charles Raymond and Sarah Myrtle Atkins Dollyhigh. He was a salesman at Motor Supply Company for more than 44 years and a member of...
Raymond Chester Martin
Oct 31, 2007
Raymond Chester Martin, age 86 of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2007. Mr. Martin was born November 12, 1920 in Mt. Airy, NC. to the late Troy and Eliza Jane Money Martin. Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, Edith Jones Harrell Martin; one son Larry D. Martin and wife Jane Mt. Airy; two granddaughters Melissa Huffman and...
Gracie Hardy Pridgen
Oct 30, 2007
Mrs. Gracie Hardy Pridgen age 88 of Dobson, NC the widow of Joseph Pridgen passed away on Tuesday October 30, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. She was born on April 7, 1919 to the late John Wesley Hardy and the late Martha Wall Hardy, in addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by...
Juanita Taylor Barber
Oct 29, 2007
Juanita Taylor Barber, 88, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 20 at an assisted living facility in King. The daughter of Celia and Lawrence Taylor of Surry County, Barber was preceded in death by siblings Jack, Mary Frances,Paul and Hassel Taylor. An accomplished businesswoman, Barber co-owned Oakdale Knitting Company with husband, Tollie Chester Barber, Jr. In the mid-1960s, Barber moved to...
Delia Charlene Marshall
Oct 29, 2007
Ms. Delia Charlene Marshall Age 52 of 908 Green Springs Road, Ararat, VA passed away on Monday, October 29, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Ms. Marshall was born in Patrick County on November 20, 1954 to Maybelle Collins Marshall and the late Avery Marshall. Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Harlen "Chuck" and Amy Hawks; two grandchildren, Holly...
Werner "Vannie" Leupold
Oct 29, 2007
On the 29th of October at 4:10 pm, Heaven opened its gates and accepted its newest angel. Werner "Vannie" Leupold, 70. of State Road was born in Hanau Germany. He was an extraordinary man that toughed the lives of everyone he encountered. No one could have asked for a better husband, father, brother, son, papa or friend. He was an...
Lora Felts Rippey
Oct 28, 2007
Mrs. Lora Felts Rippey, age 66 of Fancy Gap, VA wife of Mr. James L. Rippey passed away Sunday, October 28, 2007. Mrs. Rippey was born January 31, 1941 in Carroll County, VA. to the late Charles Sherman and Hattie Hall Felts she was retired from American Mirror and was a member of New Laurel Fork Baptist Church. Surviving are...
Vertie Griffith Cook
Oct 28, 2007
Mrs. Vertie Griffith Cook, passed away at the home of her daughter, Sunday, October 28, 2007. Mrs. Cook was born in Surry County April 8, 1911 to the late Sara Frances "Sallie" Taylor and John Dee Griffith. She had been a resident of Mt. Airy all her life and was retired from Spencer's where she worked for 40 years. She...
Mrs. Ruth G. Gilbert
Oct 28, 2007
Mrs. Ruth Gilbert Gilbert, age 92 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2007 at R. J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on January 20, 1915 to the late Clee and Mary Ida Handy Gilbert. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gilbert was preceded in death by her husband, George Newman Gilbert; four sisters,...
Amber Dawn Love
Oct 27, 2007
On October 27, 2007 our precious Amber Dawn Love, 30 of Mt. Airy, North Carolina was unexpectedly called home to be with our Lord. She was preceded in death by her very special grandfather, O'Brien Hayes. She is survived by her two angelic daughters Destiney Shockley, 11 and Desiree Shockley, 7 of the home, and their father, Thomas Shockley of...
Mrs. Julia Beane Seiber
Oct 27, 2007
Mrs. Julia Beane Seiber, age 79 of Dobson passed away on Saturday October 27, 2007 in Winston Salem at the Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Surry County on July 22, 1928 to the late Burly Wilson Beane and the late Julia Katherine Roberts Beane. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her husband Leeroy...