Obituaries
Ray Earl Wilhite
Dec 21, 2007
Mr. Ray Earl Wilhite, age74 of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, December 21, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Wilhite was the youngest of eight children, born April 2, 1933, in Surry County to the late Henry and Lurinda Rakes Wilhite. He retired from the Surry County School System and attended Gospel Mission Church. He is survived by...
Martha Ann Matthews Pennix
Dec 21, 2007
Mrs. Martha Ann Matthews Pennix, age 75 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, December 21, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Pennix was born in Surry County, February 29, 1932 to Robert Lee and Ollie Virginia Hall Matthews. She was retried from Renfro Corp after twenty-six years of service. Surviving is her loving husband, Roy William Pennix of the home; two...
Mr. John Lester Allen "Buck" Williams
Dec 21, 2007
Mr. John Lester Allen "Buck" Williams, age 86 of Jessup, Maryland, passed away on Friday, December 21 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on July 22, 1921 to the late John Preston and Gracie Rorrer Williams. In addition to his parents, Mr. Williams was preceded in death by an infant son; two brothers, Jimmy Lee Williams and...
Mrs. Wilda Ivadale Mize
Dec 20, 2007
Mrs. Wilda Knight Mize, age 79 of Fairystone Park Hwy. Stuart passed away Thursday morning at RJR Patrick County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Summers County, WV on April 23, 1928 to the late Samuel Franklin Knight and Carrie Ellen Anderson Knight. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her first husband, William Eugene...
Burlie Edward Hawks
Dec 19, 2007
Mr. Burlie Edward Hawks, age 81 of Cana, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at his home. Mr. Hawks was born in Carroll County, April 1, 1926 to Mamie Elsie Hawks. He served our country in the United States Army during WWII and was a retired farmer. Surviving are five daughters and sons-in-law, Lona and Ronnie Freeman of Booneville; Mona...
Ethel McCann Folger
Dec 19, 2007
Mrs. Ethel McCann Folger, 88, widow of Mr. Charles Lee Folger, Sr., of Dobson, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born in Alleghany County on January 24, 1918 to the late James Coy and Jensie Ava Thompson McCann. Mrs. Folger was a retired school teacher from the Surry County...
Jane Vick Chapman
Dec 18, 2007
Mrs. Jane Vick Chapman, of Peachtree City, GA, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Mrs. Chapman attended Vanderbilt University, where she met her husband, William W. "Bill" Chapman. She is survived by her sons, John T. Chapman of Byron, NY, Jerry W. Chapman of Loganville, GA, and Chris Chapman of Senoia, GA; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a nephew, Matthew...
Jimmy Ray Lawson
Dec 18, 2007
Mr. Jimmy Ray Lawson age 64 of 1371 Bradley Road, Pinnacle, NC husband of Mrs. Barbara Coley Lawson passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 18, 2007 at his home. He was born May 13, 1943 in Surry County, NC to the late James Foster and Dorothy Bingman Lawson. He was a self employed brick mason and attended The Community Church. Surviving...
Kenneth Samuel Vass
Dec 18, 2007
The Rev. Kenneth Samuel Vass, 64, of 10 Vass Lane, Cana, VA, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at his home. Mr. Vass was born August 3, 1943, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Sampson Adam and Stella Mae Crane Vass. He pastored several churches throughout the area and brought many people to the Lord. Mr. Vass is survived...
Mrs. Patricia Dent Martin
Dec 18, 2007
Mrs. Patricia Dent Martin, age 52 of Patrick Springs passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Connecticut on October 18, 1955 to the late James Robert and Dorothy Dent. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Martin was preceded in death by one step-daughter, Laurie Ann Reynolds, one step-grandson, Adam...
Mrs. Evora Simmons Stone
Dec 17, 2007
Mrs. Evora Simmons Stone, age 85 of Stuart, passed away Monday, December 17, 2007 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. She was born in Tyrrell County, North Carolina on July 16, 1922 to the late Charles and Sadie Spencer Simmons. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Stone was preceded in death by her first husband, Frank Spear, her...
Flora Lee Payne Tesh
Dec 17, 2007
Mrs. Flora Lee Payne Tesh, 89, passed away Monday, December 17, 2007, at Golden Living Center in Mount Airy. Mrs. Tesh was born April 12, 1918, in Mecklenburg County, to the late Thomas Jefferson and Sadie Yokley Payne. She graduated from Mount Airy High School and attended W.C. Greensboro and Queen's College in Charlotte. She retired from Bocock-Stroud and was...
Glen Robert Puckett
Dec 16, 2007
Mr. Glen Robert Puckett, 75, of 1415 Hatchers Chapel Road, Claudville, VA, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2007, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Puckett was born November 8, 1932, in Patrick County to the late Ben Puckett and Blanche Croaff Puckett Wilson. Mr. Puckett was a veteran of the United States Army having served during...
Harley Green Vass
Dec 16, 2007
Mr. Harley Green "Boots" Vass, 101, of 5292 Wards Gap Road, Cana, VA, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2007, at Trinity Mission in Hillsville, VA. Mr. Vass was born October 22, 1906, in Carroll County, VA, to the late David and Rosey Bolt Vass. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during World War II. He...
Lucille Bates Davis
Dec 15, 2007
Lucille Bates Davis, 78, of Charlotte, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 15, 2007, at Presbyterian Hospital, surrounded by her family following a courageous battle with bone marrow disease and leukemia. Mrs. Davis was born June 6, 1929, in Mount Airy, and was the youngest daughter of the late Barney R. and Dovie Reece Bates. Mrs. Davis resided in Charlotte...
Reva Jeanette Tolliver Boyer
Dec 14, 2007
Mrs. Reva Jeanette Tolliver Boyer, 88, of 322 Taylor Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, December 14, 2007, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Boyer was born August 2, 1919, in Alleghany County, to the late Clayton and Della Edwards Tolliver. She was a homemaker and retired from Spencer's Inc. She is survived by three daughters and a son-in-law,...
Mrs. Nancy M. Moore
Dec 13, 2007
Mrs. Nancy Martin Moore, age 83 of Lawsonville, NC passed away Thursday at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born on May 20, 1924 in Stokes County, NC to the late Harry L. Martin and Judea Ray Martin. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Hubbie Moore, and...
Goldie Inez Semones Utt
Dec 13, 2007
Mrs. Goldie Inez Semones Utt Age 89 of Charlotte, NC., formally of Franklin St. Mt. Airy passed away Thursday night at Charlotte Health Care in Charlotte, NC. Mrs. Utt was born January 9, 1918 in Carroll County, VA to the late John Wilson and Minnie Inez Vass Semones, she was a homemaker and a member of Saint Andrews Lutheran Church....
Betty Doris Elkins Haynes
Dec 12, 2007
Mrs. Betty Doris Elkins Haynes age 77 of 152 Lynn Rd. Mt. Airy, NC, widow of Mr. Raymond Oscar Haynes passed away Wednesday December 12, 2007 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. Mrs. Haynes was born May 14, 1930 in York County, SC to the late George Washington and Jennie Elizabeth Shugart Elkins, she was...
Glenn Albert Gwyn
Dec 12, 2007
Mr. Glenn Albert Gwyn age 86 of 1287 Newsome Street, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Wednesday December 12, 2007 at Central Continuing Care. He was born June 14,1921 in Surry County to the late James Albert and Ann Bennett Gwyn. Mr. Gwyn was a veteran of Word War II having served in the US Army. He was retired from Rose's...
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