Billy Avara
Sep 28, 2007
Mr. Billy "Bill" Avara age 78 of 139 Orchard View Drive, Mount Airy, husband of Estelle Hiatt Avara, passed away at his home on Friday, September 28, 2007. Mr. Avara was born in Shelby County TN on August 24, 1929 son of the late Betty Jackson Avara and William Avara . He was a member of Flat Ridge Baptist Church,...
Ethel Octavia Simmons
Sep 28, 2007
Mrs. Ethel Octavia Simmons, age 82 of Mt. Airy passed away at her home Friday, September 28, 2007. Mrs. Simmons was born in Surry County May 18, 1925 to the late John Curtis and Gracie Edna McCraw Bond. She worked at Barber Hosiery, was a homemaker and a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church. Mrs. Simmons is survived by daughters...
Joseph Glenn Nixon
Sep 27, 2007
Mr. Joseph Glenn Nixon, 93, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2007, at his home. Mr. Nixon was born February 24, 1914, in Surry County, to Worry Emory and Latisha Etta Coe Nixon. He was retired from Mount Airy Furniture Company. Mr. Nixon was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church, where he served as deacon and trustee....
Charles Lewis Shelton
Sep 27, 2007
Mr. Charles Lewis Shelton, 76, of 135 Sea Gull Lane, North Topsail Beach, NC, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2007, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC. Mr. Shelton was born October 25, 1930, in the Flat Rock community of Surry County, NC, to the late Roy Oscar and Vannie Smith Shelton. Charles proudly served in the United...
Lucy Alice Welborn
Sep 27, 2007
Miss Lucy Alice Welborn, 95, of 1287 Newsome Street, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2007, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Miss Welborn was born March 31, 1912, in Surry County, daughter of the late Arthur Herbert and Laura Belle Peele Welborn. She retired from Renfro Corporation and was a member of Flat Rock Presbyterian Church. She is...
Mrs. Shirley S. Carroll
Sep 27, 2007
Mrs. Shirley Lou Spittler Carroll, age 52, of Floyd passed away Thursday, September 27, 2007 at her home. She was born in Globe, Arizona on December 13, 1954. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph N. "Joe" Carroll; her father, Paul Eugene Spittler; one sister, Pat Shelby; and one brother, Stanley Spittler. She had been a certified nurse's...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...