Obituaries
Arthur Edward "Cotton" Goins
Oct 8, 2007
Mr. Arthur Edward "Cotton" Goins, 75, of 368 Seminary Avenue, Rahway, NJ, passed away Monday, October 8, 2007, at his home. Mr. Goins was born February 16, 1932, in Claudville, VA, son of the late Fletcher and Annie Elizabeth Wilson Goins. He lived in Mount Airy for many years before moving to Rahway, NJ, where he lived for the past...
Larry Wayne Dickerson
Oct 7, 2007
Mr. Larry Wayne Dickerson, 67, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2007, at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Dickerson was born October 28, 1939, in Surry County, to the late Curtis Grayton Dickerson, Sr. and Elois Jones Dickerson. He was a retired electrician. Larry is survived by his wife, Brenda Jo Kincaid Dickerson of Richmond, VA; three daughters, Cindy...
Nonnie May Galyean Parker
Oct 7, 2007
Mrs. Nonnie Mae Galyean Parker age 82 of 324 Bullin Hollow Lane, Ararat, NC widow of Mr. Louis Parker passed away Sunday October 7, 2007 at her home. She was born May 22, 1925 in Surry County to the late John and Martha Craddock Galyean. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving are daughter and son-in-law,...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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