Obituaries
Bobby Randal "Randy" Hodges
May 26, 2007
Mr. Bobby Randal "Randy" Hodges, 39, a loving father son and brother of Advance, formerly of Lowgap, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2007, at Davie County Hospital in Mocksville. Mr. Hodges was born August 8, 1967, in Surry County, to Bobby J. Hodges and Louise Hawks Jenkins. He was employed by Carolina Control Systems, LLC in Gray Court, SC. He...
Corbit Garfield Wilmoth
May 26, 2007
Mr. Corbit Garfield Wilmoth, 90, widower of Lucille Stokes Wilmoth, passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2007. He was born in Surry County on August 27, 1916 to the late James Calvin and Effie Pardue Wilmoth. Mr. Wilmoth was a veteran of the US Army and a former member of Union Hill Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon....
Wayne Eugene Upchurch
May 26, 2007
Mr. Wayne Eugene Upchurch age 77 of 117 Crescent Street, Martinsville, VA husband of Mrs. Peggy Lawrence Upchurch passed away Saturday, May 26, 2007 at the home of his daughter, Tammy Edens in Huntersville, NC. He was born April 20, 1930 in Carroll County, VA to Dennis and Maggie Spencer Upchurch. He was retired from Bosch Tool Company and was...
Jeremy "Brett" Ray
May 26, 2007
Mr. Jeremy "Brett" Ray, 21, of Dobson, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday May 26, 2007 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born in Surry County on May 24, 1986 to Rex Brett Ray and Donna Branch. Mr. Ray was employed at Mt. Airy Yamaha- Suzuki and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his father, Rex Ray...
William Cecil Chappell
May 25, 2007
Mr. William Cecil Chappell, age 86 of Cana, widower of Rachel Joyce Hall Chappell, passed away Friday, May 25, 2007 at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Chappell was born in Carroll County, March 17, 1921 to Frank and Lillie Mae Edwards Chappell. He was a retired Orchardist and was also a retired security Guard at Spencer's Inc. Surviving are three daughters...
Grady Thomas Hicks
May 24, 2007
Departing a life lived with boundless curiosity and a wide-open heart, Mr. Grady Thomas Hicks, 88, formerly of Mount Airy, NC, and Accokeek, Md passed away Thursday, May 24th in Aurora, Colorado, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Hicks was born September 9th, 1918 in Flat Rock, N. C. to the late Benton and Mamie Sutphin Hicks. He received degrees...
Wilbur Thomas "Red" Collins
May 24, 2007
Mr. Wilbur Thomas "Red" Collins, 77, of 1422 Red Brush Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, May 24, 2007, at his home. Mr. Collins was born March 16, 1930, in Randolph County, to the late Thomas Jefferson and Lillie Mae Johnson Collins. He retired as the sanding department foreman from Mount Airy Furniture Company and was a member of Community...
Eugene Foster May
May 23, 2007
Mr. Eugene Foster May, 84, of Mount Airy, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday evening, May 23, 2007, at the Golden Living Center. He was born October 9, 1922, in Mathias, WV, to the late Grant and Lelia Strawderman May. He was an aviator in the United States Navy during World War II, serving in the South Pacific,...
Billie H. Clark
May 23, 2007
Mrs. Billie H. Clark, age 79 of King, widow of Mr. John S. Clark, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Clark was born in Surry County, December 14, 1927 to Hugh Linwood Hennis, Sr. and Mamie Carter Hennis. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will be sorely missed by all her family and friends....
Mrs. Lena Mae Bateman Beasley
May 22, 2007
Mrs. Lena Mae Bateman Beasley, age 92 of Ararat, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at the R. J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on January 20, 1915 to the late William L. and Annie Joyce Bateman. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Beasley was preceded in death by her husband, Amos Beasley; one...
Olen Cornelius Puckett
May 22, 2007
Mr. Olen Cornelius Puckett age 70 of 1059 Holly Tree Road, Ararat, VA, husband of Hilda Gail Goad Puckett passed away on Tuesday May 22, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Puckett was born in Patrick County on July 24, 1936 son of the late Lundie Puckett and Argie Vivian Bowman Puckett. Surviving are his wife, Hilda Gail Goad Puckett...
Mrs. Miriam Harris Boyd
May 22, 2007
Mrs. Miriam Harris Boyd, age 80 of Woolwine, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at R. J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on July 18, 1926 to the late Stowell and Gypsy Cockram Harris. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Boyd was preceded in death by one daughter, Miriam Oneda Manns, and...
Minnie Lee Potts Mustin
May 22, 2007
Mrs. Minnie Lee Potts Mustin age 82 of 108 Cooing Dove Lane, Mt. Airy, NC wife of Mr. James Lindsay Mustin passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry. She was born July 22, 1924 in Surry County, NC to the late Tom and MaHaley "Dilly" Smith Potts. She had worked at Wal Mart, was a homemaker...
Flossie Quesinberry Vipperman
May 22, 2007
Ms. Flossie Quesinberry Vipperman age 72 of 405 Linville Road, M. Airy, NC passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Forsyth Regional Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born January 20, 1935 in Surry County to Rosie Richardson Quesinberry and the late Lawrence Quesinberry. She was an accountant, a homemaker and attended Grace Moravian Church. Surviving are a son, Jimmy...
Mr. Jesse Roger Anthony
May 22, 2007
Mr. Jesse Roger Anthony, 56, of Jonesville, NC passed away on Tuesday May 22, 2007 in George Town, South Carolina. He was born on December 25, 1950 to the late Jesse Anthony and to Beatrice Fowler Anthony. He was employed by the A.C. Corporation and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law Brian and Brenda Anthony...
Mr. James Rudolph Thompson
May 20, 2007
Mr. James Rudolph Thompson, 77, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, May 20, 2007. Born on September 17, 1929 in Surry County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Millard and Mattie Thompson. After serving in the United States Army from 1946 to 1951, James married Juanita Lawrence in 1952 and moved to Alexandria, Virginia where...
Virginia Louise Bullins Hayes
May 20, 2007
Mrs. Virginia Louise Bullins Hayes age 68 of 131 Bass Ridge Trail, Mount Airy, widow of Tom Hayes, passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Hayes was born in Surry County on August 24, 1938 daughter of the late Kemp Glenn Bullins, Sr. and Rosa Mae McCann Bullins and was retired from M and M Textiles....
Geraldine Thais McNeil
May 20, 2007
Miss Geraldine Thais McNeil, age 92 of Greensboro, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2007 at the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro. Miss McNeil was born in Saugus, MT, October 11, 1914 to Robert Iredell and Rosa Rebecca Church McNeil. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Mt. Airy, NC and was a retired Bookeeper. Surviving are...
Mr. Herman Thomas Hagwood
May 19, 2007
Mr. Herman Thomas Hagwood age 47, of Martinsville, in the Carver Community, died Saturday, May 19, 2007 at the Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born in Patrick County on July 4, 1959, and was preceded in death by his father, Herman Thomas Penn, his grandparents, Charlie and Martha Ruth Hagwood and Russell and Dolly Penn; and...
Elder Walter Ivan (Pug) Branch
May 19, 2007
Elder Walter Ivan (Pug) Branch of Lowgap went home to be with the Lord on Saturday May 19, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mt. Airy. He was born in Surry County, on August 31, 1926 to the late Jim and Mary Bet Jones Branch. He was a member and Elder of Fisher River Primitive Baptist Church of...


