Obituaries
Ralph Lewis Slate
Mar 15, 2007
Mr. Ralph Lewis Slate age 81 of 2314 McBride Road, Mount Airy, husband of Margaret Sechrist Slate, passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2006 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Slate was born in Surry County on March 22, 1925 son of the late James Madison Slate and Daisy Cassell Slate. He was a veteran of the US Navy having served...
Marylene Puckett Griffin
Mar 15, 2007
Mrs. Marylene Puckett Griffin, 66, of 319 Price Street, Mount Airy, wife of Donald Ray Griffin, passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Griffin was born January 19, 1941 in Surry County to the late Claude Turner Puckett and Maudie Hall Puckett and was a member of White Plains Baptist Church. Surviving are...
Jennifer Renae Collins Lewis
Mar 14, 2007
Mrs. Jennifer Renae Collins Lewis, 31, of 3129 Westfield Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Lewis was born December 13, 1975, in Forsyth County, to Gary Collins and Anita Avara Collins Smith. Jennifer was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend. Anyone who met Jennifer loved her instantly. She...
Hattie Lean Puckett
Mar 13, 2007
Miss Hattie Lean Puckett, 87, of 332 Watson Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at her home. Miss Puckett was born January 27, 1920, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Arthur Joseph and Etta Ada Hawks Puckett. She was a homemaker and attended Westside Baptist Church. Miss Puckett, a loving sister and aunt, will be sorely...
Jo Ann Hawks Belton
Mar 13, 2007
Mrs. Jo Ann Hawks Belton, age 75 of Mt. Airy, wife of Elder Johnie R. Belton, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Belton was born in Surry County, February 23, 1932 to Homer Jefferson Hawks, Sr. and Viola Cook Hawks. She was retired from Spencer's Inc., and was a member as well as the clerk...
Johnnie Mae Hawks Rippey
Mar 12, 2007
Mrs. Johnnie Mae Hawks Rippey age 65 of 1024 Oak Ridge Road, Cana, VA, widow of Rev. Lloyd Jay "L.J." Rippey passed away on Monday March 12, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Rippey was born in Surry County on May 9, 1941 daughter of the late Roger Hawks and Myrtle Virginia Johnson Hawks and was a member...
Nancy Louise Eggers Puckett
Mar 11, 2007
Mrs. Nancy Louise Eggers Puckett, 49, of 1009 Mitchell Street, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2007, at her home. Mrs. Puckett was born July 21, 1957, in Madison, WV, to Edsel Eggers and the late Marjorie Morris Eggers. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Wyatt Puckett of the home; her...
Frederick Ralph Mitchell
Mar 11, 2007
Mr. Frederick Ralph Mitchell, 94, widower of Marjorie Moore Mitchell, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Wyandotte County, Kansas to the late Ona and Effie Sigman Mitchell. He was a retired trucker and was of the Baptist faith. During the great depression, Mr. Mitchell served in the CC Camp, now known as...
Josephine McBride Leonard
Mar 10, 2007
Mrs. Josephine McBride Leonard, 70, of 301 Sunset Drive, Cana, VA, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2007, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, after a long illness. Mrs. Leonard was born November 27, 1936, in Surry County, NC, to the late Joseph and Myrtle Hawks McBride. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Leonard was a...
Vergie Inez Hunter Love
Mar 10, 2007
Mrs. Vergie Inez Hunter Love, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2007. Mrs. Love was born March 27, 1919, in Surry County, to the late John Edgar and Rosa Lee Adams Hunter. She was a homemaker and a member of Indian Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia and Brent Crissman of...
Garland "Dale" Poindexter
Mar 10, 2007
Mr. Garland "Dale" Poindexter, 57, devoted Christian husband of Etta Beasley Poindexter, of Siloam passed away on Saturday March 10, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Surry County on March 3, 1950 to the late Willie Jones and Kathleen Eads Poindexter. Mr. Poindexter was retired from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as a...
Samuel John Blevins
Mar 10, 2007
Mr. Samuel John Blevins, 67, devoted husband of Joyce McCraw Blevins, of Holden Beach, NC, passed away at his home on Saturday March 10, 2007 after an extended illness. He was born in Surry County on September 16, 1939 to the late James and Elsie Lou McCann Blevins. Mr. Blevins was a member of Central View Missionary Baptist Church where...
Cora Ellen Taylor Murphy
Mar 9, 2007
Mrs. Cora Ellen Taylor Murphy, age 95, of Mt. Airy, widow of Mr. Glen Murphy, passed away Friday, March 9, 2007 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Murphy was born in Goodwill, WV, March 6, 1912 to Wade and Maggie Mills Taylor. She was retired from Northern Hospital of Surry County and was a life long member of the Church Of...
Lena Belle Coleman Greenwood
Mar 7, 2007
Mrs. Lena Belle Coleman Greenwood, age 80 of Mt. Airy, widow of Mr. Joseph Franklin Greenwood, passed away Wednesday, March 07, 2007 at Surry Community Nursing Center. Mrs. Greenwood was born in Surry County, October 18, 1926 to Jack and Ollie Westmoreland Coleman. She was a loving mother, grandmother and was a member of Grave Moravian Church. Surviving are a...
Eugene Russell Midkiff
Mar 7, 2007
Mr. Eugene Russell Midkiff age 84 of 231 Wrenn Avenue, Mount Airy, widower of Mary Ellen Marshall Midkiff, passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at his home. Mr. Midkiff was born September 26, 1923 in Surry County son of the late James B. Midkiff and Pearl Brannock Midkiff. He was retired as director of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation...
Vera Virginia Collins Carpenter
Mar 7, 2007
Mrs. Vera Virginia Collins Carpenter, age 91 of Mt. Airy, widow of Mr. James Roland Carpenter, passed away Wednesday, March 07, 2007 at Surry Community Nursing Center. Mrs. Carpenter was born in Patrick County, May 16, 1915 to Luther Albert and John Emma Belton Collins. She was a member of Mt. Airy Friends Church. Surviving are a son-in-law, Donald Hiatt...
Nannie Elizabeth Jarrell Hull
Mar 6, 2007
Mrs. Nannie Elizabeth Jarrell Hull, 86, of 453 Race Track Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Hull was born February 9, 1921, in Surry County, to the late H.G. and Laura Columbia Oakley Jarrell. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She is survived by her...
Billy James Branch
Mar 6, 2007
Mr. Billy James Branch, 56, of 421 Dunmans Alley, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at his home. Mr. Branch was born September 1, 1950, in Forsyth County, to Virginia Helen Gwyn Goad and the late James Thomas Branch. He is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Marsha and Dennis McCown of Germanton and Denise Branch of...
William (Billy) Lloyd Mears
Mar 6, 2007
Mr. William (Billy) Lloyd Mears age 87 of Wood Cove Drive, Mount Airy, husband of Irene Pruitt Mears, passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Mears was born in Patrick County on May 26, 1919 to the late Samuel Mears and Jennie Pike Mears. He was a member of Family Fellowship Chapel and attended New...
Mrs. Ruby Spencer Gibson
Mar 5, 2007
Mrs. Ruby Spencer Gibson, age 84 of Blacksburg, passed away Monday, March 5, 2007 at the Richfield Nursing Center in Salem. She was born in Patrick County on November 14, 1922 to the late Herbert Lee and Maggie Craddock Spencer. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gibson was preceded in death by her first husband, Charlie Rorrer; her second husband,...


