Mazie Ann Hawks

Mazie Ann Hawks

Oct 7, 2007

Miss Mazie Ann Hawks age 76 of Mount Airy, passed away on Sunday October 7, 2007 at the Winston-Salem Rehabilitation Center. Miss Hawks was born in Carroll County on February 27, 1931 daughter of the late John Jefferson Hawks and Lula Frances Cagle Hawks. Surviving are two sisters, Dorothy Martin and Margie Carter both of Mount Airy. In addition to...

Robert Floyd Venable

Robert Floyd Venable

Oct 6, 2007

Mr. Robert Floyd Venable, 54, of 403 Wolf Creek Lane, Ararat, VA, passed away Saturday, October 6, 2007, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Venable was born December 18, 1952, in Surry County, son of the late Floyd Roosevelt and Margie Powell Venable. He was a member of the Baptist faith. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law,...

Mr. Alvin Cecil Jessup

Mr. Alvin Cecil Jessup

Oct 5, 2007

Mr. Alvin Cecil Jessup, of Clover Lane Mt. Airy, passed away on early Friday morning October 5, 2007. He was born in Patrick County Virginia on August 26, 1921 to the late Hillary and Laura Tilley Jessup. Mr. Jessup is a retired farmer, a Veteran of the US Army, and was a member of Family Fellowship Chapel. In addition to...

Lealan Elizabeth Cook Hennis

Lealan Elizabeth Cook Hennis

Oct 4, 2007

Lealan Elisabeth Cook Hennis, age 90 widow of Thomas Franklin Hennis, Sr., passed away Thursday, October 4, 2007 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston Salem, NC. She was born December 11, 1916 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC., the daughter of Charles Herman and Mazy Ridenhour Cook. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Mount Airy. Lealan...

Rev. Thomas Wade "T.W." Estes

Rev. Thomas Wade "T.W." Estes

Oct 4, 2007

Rev. Thomas Wade "T.W". Estes age 85 of Greensboro; formally of Mt. Airy and husband of Mozelle Smoot Estes passed away on Thursday October 4, 2007; at his home. Rev. Estes was born February 25, 1922 in Gallatin, Missouri to the late Harry and Mary Estes; he was a veteran of the U.S. Marines serving during several wars and received...

Hazel Boyd Cox

Hazel Boyd Cox

Oct 4, 2007

Mrs. Hazel Boyd Cox, 92, of Orange City, FL, died Thursday, October 4, 2007. Born in Carroll County, VA, Mrs. Cox was the daughter of the late Agnes Elizabeth Boyd and William Levi Boyd. She was a lifetime member of Grace Moravian Church in Mount Airy and frequently attended Rolling Hills Moravian Church in Longwood, FL. She was cherished and...

Grady James Johnson

Grady James Johnson

Oct 4, 2007

Mr. Grady James Johnson, 87, of Mt. Airy, widower of Mrs. Mamie Inez Badgett Johnson, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, October 4, 2007. He was born in Surry County on May 21, 1920 to the late Charlie and Ida Hardy Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a retired farmer and a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. He is...

Mrs. Ethel Mae Wiggington Coleman

Mrs. Ethel Mae Wiggington Coleman

Oct 3, 2007

Mrs. Ethel Mae Wiggington Coleman, age 93 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on July 16, 1914 to the late Jack and Omie Cassady Wiggington. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Coleman was preceded in death by her husband, John Raymond Coleman; one son,...

Pamela Jean Cooke Tilley

Pamela Jean Cooke Tilley

Oct 3, 2007

Mrs. Pamela Jean Cooke Tilley, 52, of 409 Worth Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Tilley was born November 26, 1954, in Surry County, to Ossie Booker Cooke and the late Hersey Cooke. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister. She is survived...

Elder William Hale Terry

Elder William Hale Terry

Oct 3, 2007

Elder William Hale Terry, age 71 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on May 25, 1936. Elder Terry was a member of New Bell Spur Primitive Baptist Church, and had pastored at four Primitive Baptist churches, Old Union Church in Indian Valley, Paynes Creek Church in Floyd,...

Jackie Hugh "Jack" Bledsoe

Jackie Hugh "Jack" Bledsoe

Oct 3, 2007

Mr. Jackie Hugh "Jack" Bledsoe, 65, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Wednesday October 3, 2007 at Hoots Memorial Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Surry County on December 27, 1941 to the late Edgar Rufus and Rumell Davis Bledsoe. Mr. Bledsoe was a retired pipe fitter and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his...

Mr. William W. "Bill" Chapman

Mr. William W. "Bill" Chapman

Oct 2, 2007

Mr. William W. "Bill" Chapman, of Peachtree City, GA, formerly of Mount Airy, NC, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2007. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt University and was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Navy. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman lived in Mount Airy, NC, from 1957 until 1988. He is preceded in death...

Arvil Clayton "Shep" Shepherd

Arvil Clayton "Shep" Shepherd

Oct 2, 2007

After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Arvil Clayton "Shep" Shepherd departed his life on this earth and went to his Heavenly Home on October 2, 2007. Born in Wilkes County on May 7, 1935 to Numa and Tate Walker Shepherd. Shep was a self employed artist. He always gave thanks to God for his artistic talent. His passion...

Margaret Horning Stone

Margaret Horning Stone

Oct 1, 2007

Mrs. Margaret Horning Stone age 70 of 407 Ararat Hwy, Ararat, VA, widow of Ralph Robert Stone, Sr. passed away on Monday at the Hospice and Palliative Care Center of Alamance-Caswell in Burlington. Mrs. Stone was born in Kittery Maine on July 8, 1937 daughter of the late George Horning, Sr. and Lena Roberts Horning was of the Baptist faith...

Anzley Lee Chilton

Anzley Lee Chilton

Sep 30, 2007

Mr. Anzley Lee Chilton, age 77 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Chilton was born in Surry County, July 28, 1930 to Archie Dee and Molly Slate Chilton. He was retired from NC Granite Corporation, was a life long farmer and loved auctioneering. Surviving are his loving wife, Inez Flippin Chilton of...

Lola Alice Weddle Hiatt

Lola Alice Weddle Hiatt

Sep 30, 2007

Mrs. Lola Alice Weddle Hiatt, 86, of 146 West Lebanon Street, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2007, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hiatt was born November 11, 1920, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Rufus and Caroline Josephine Thomas Weddle. She was a homemaker and a member of Willow Hill Moravian Church....

Mrs. C. Jean Belcher Hylton

Mrs. C. Jean Belcher Hylton

Sep 30, 2007

Mrs. C. Jean Belcher Hylton, age 72 of Laurel Fork, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2007 at her home. She was born on May 2, 1935 in Patrick County. Mrs. Hylton was preceded in death by her husband, Harvie Hylton; one daughter, Brenda Faye Hylton; her father, Joseph Arlie Belcher; one brother, Leon Belcher; one sister, Lorna Pauline Belcher; and...

Eunice Zelma Leonard

Eunice Zelma Leonard

Sep 29, 2007

Miss Eunice Zelma Leonard age 84 of 801 Old Pipers Gap Road, Cana, VA passed away Saturday, September 29, 2007 at Trinity Mission of Hillsville in Hillsville, VA. She was a homemaker and was born March 31, 1923 in Carroll County, VA to the late Edd and Bertie Dowell Leonard. Surviving are two nephews and spouses, Raymond and Rhonda Leonard,...

Rex Dale Hawks

Rex Dale Hawks

Sep 29, 2007

Mr. Rex Dale Hawks, 68, of Mt. Airy, husband of Mrs. Carol Lowe Hawks, passed away on Saturday September 29, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center Select Care after a short illness. He was born in Surry County on January 8, 1939 to the late Garney and Jessie Calloway Hawks. Mr. Hawks was retired from H&W Trucking and was of the...

Richard Joseph Southerland

Richard Joseph Southerland

Sep 29, 2007

Mr. Richard Joseph Southerland , 76, of 4510 Yadkinville Road, Winston-Salem, NC passed away Saturday, September 29, 2007 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Winston-Salem. He was born in Wilmington, NC on July 12, 1931 to the late Charlie and Margaret Galloway Southerland. He served his country in the US Army during the Korean Conflict....