Obituaries
Geneva Elizabeth Smith
Jan 28, 2007
Miss Geneva Elizabeth Smith, age 74 of Mt Airy passed away Sunday January 28, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Miss Smith was born April 24, 1932 in Patrick County VA to the late Susie Elizabeth Smith. She was a homemaker and a member of White Plains Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Pam and...
Max Edward Simpson
Jan 28, 2007
Mr. Max Edward Simpson, 59, of 299 Radar Road, Ararat, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2007, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Mr. Simpson was born August 4, 1947, in Surry County, to the late William Lacy and Maggie Edwards Simpson. Max served our country in the United States Army during the Vietnam era. He was employed by Wilford Simpson...
John Garnet Jones
Jan 27, 2007
Mr. John Garnet Jones, age 71, of Mt. Airy, husband of Annie Draughn Jones, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2007 at Central Care. Mr. Jones was born in Surry County, August 25, 1935 to George and Mary Alene Hawks Jones. He was a retired farmer and was of the Primitive Baptist faith. Surviving are his wife, Annie Draughn Jones of...
Mary Ruth Wilson Barker
Jan 26, 2007
Mrs. Mary Ruth Wilson Barker, 69, of Pittman Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, January 26, 2007, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Barker was born March 26, 1937, in Surry County, to the late Earl Wilson, Sr. and Linda Moore Wilson. Mary Ruth worked at Hollingsworth Drug Store for many years and retired from B.H. Tharrington...
Carroll Elwood Amburn
Jan 26, 2007
Mr. Carroll Elwood Amburn, 91, of Galax, VA, passed away Friday, January 26, 2007, at his home. Mr. Amburn was born October 15, 1915, in Carroll County, VA, to Guy S. and Arizona Judith Brannock Amburn. Mr. Amburn is survived by a daughter, Betty Pilson of Stuart, VA; three grandchildren, Christopher Amburn, Marcie Mabe, and Kelly Frost; and two great...
Mr. Leonard Cecil Spencer
Jan 26, 2007
Mr. Leonard Cecil Spencer, age 73, of Stuart went home with the Lord on Friday, January 26, 2007. He was born February 7, 1933 in Patrick County to the late Lemuel Wilbert Spencer and Ruth Tuggle Spencer. He served in the Army during the Korean conflict, he was retired from J. P. Stevens, a former deacon with First Southern Baptist...
Mr. Ronald Vincent Cyb
Jan 26, 2007
Mr. Ronald Vincent Cyb, age 54, of Stuart, passed away on Friday, January 26,2007. He was born on September 4, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Frederick F.Cyb and the late Helen Dybata Cyb. Mr. Cyb is survived by his wife Patricia Anne Cyb. Three sons, Frederick H. Cyb of Stuart, VA, Jack R. Cyb of Taylor, Michigan, Ronald...
Joyce Hawks
Jan 25, 2007
Ms. Joyce Hawks, 54 of Cana, VA went home to be with the Lord Thursday, January 25, 2007. Ms. Hawks was born in Surry County April 12, 1952 to the late Clifford Oscar and Lila Duncan Doss. She was a member of Fellowship Tabernacle Church and a loving mother, grandmother and a wonderful friend to everyone. She leaves behind a...
Charles Steven Koves
Jan 25, 2007
Mr. Charles Steven Koves, 65, devoted husband of Rose Marie Hudak-Koves of Dobson, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday January 25, 2007. He was born in Lorain County, Ohio on December 8, 1941 to the late Joseph and Irene Kowalek-Koves and was a member of Divine Redeemer Catholic Church of Boonville. Mr. Koves was a veteran of the United States Air...
Mary Norman Edwards Inman
Jan 25, 2007
Mrs. Mary Norman Edwards Inman, age 90 of 325 Bluemont Rd. Mt. Airy, widow of Mr. Roscoe "Tobe" Inman passed away at Surry Community Nursing January 25, 2007. Mrs. Inman was born March 30, 1916 in Surry County to the late Frank and Nettie Wagoner Norman. Mrs. Inman was retired from Renfro Corporation after 45 years of service and was...
Savannah Lee King Dowell
Jan 24, 2007
Mrs. Savannah Lee King Dowell, age 88 of Mt. Airy, widow of Mr. Byron Ambrose Dowell, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Dowell was born in Patrick County, September 23, 1918 to John Henry and Ada Chilton King. She was co-owner/operator of Dowell Brothers Supermarket and was of the Presbyterian faith. Surviving are a daughter...
Madge Hutchens (Stone) Badgett Rollins
Jan 24, 2007
Mrs. Madge Hutchens (Stone) Badgett Rollins, 92, of RidgeCrest Retirement and Assisted Living Community, 1000 Ridgecrest Lane, Mount Airy, died Wednesday afternoon, January 24, 2007, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born April 4, 1914, in Surry County. She retired after having taught 44 years in the Surry County School System and served as both pianist and organist...
Mrs. Linda Puckett Moore
Jan 24, 2007
Mrs. Linda Puckett Moore, age 58 of Bassett, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. She was born in Patrick County on June 3, 1948. She was preceded in death by her husband, Allen Jackson Moore; her father, Lester Hayes Puckett; and one sister, Odesa Turner. She was a member of Mount Calvary...
Mr. Carroll David Flippin
Jan 24, 2007
Mr. Carroll David Flippin, age 83 of Westfield, North Carolina, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at his home. He was born in Franklin County, Virginia on March 31, 1923 to the late George Cladie and Emma Eddie Fuller Flippin. In addition to his parents, Mr. Flippin was preceded in death by his wife, Euna Ward Flippin; one daughter, Elaine...
Thomas Codell Reeves
Jan 23, 2007
Mr. Thomas Codell Reeves age 87 of Mount Airy, husband of Ruth Marion Reeves, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Reeves was born in Surry County on April 15, 1919, son of the late Thomas Benton Reeves and Mamie Jackson Reeves, was a veteran of WWII having served in the US Army....
Clara Lucille Cain Davidson Nester
Jan 23, 2007
Mrs. Clara Lucille Cain Davidson Nester, age 80, widow of Mr. Garland D. Nester, of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Nester was born in Carroll County, February 23, 1926 to Elmer Glen and Effie Belle Baker Cain. She was a loving mother whom we will miss dearly and was a member of...
Margaret Madeline Gilbert Solters
Jan 23, 2007
Mrs. Margaret Madeline Gilbert Solters, 80, of 152 Boxwood Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Solters was born June 2, 1926, in Surry County, to the late Charles Preston and Lottie Tilley Gilbert. She was retired from Quality Mills after 28 years of service. She was a member of First...
Mr. William Michael Fulcher
Jan 21, 2007
Mr. William Michael "Mike" Fulcher, age 60 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2007 at his home. He was born in Washington, D.C. to the late Colonel G. H. Fulcher and Mae Hampton Fulcher. He received his degree in accounting from Appalachian State University, was the owner/operator of Hampton Manufacturing, Inc. in Vesta, and had worked for Applied Felts/Max...
Charlie George Shelton
Jan 21, 2007
Mr. Charlie George Shelton, 74, of 205 Cotswold Lane, King, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2007, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mr. Shelton was born September 25, 1932, in Surry County, to the late John Quincy Shelton, Sr. and Maude Frances Goad Shelton. He proudly served our country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict....
Bessie H. Cave
Jan 21, 2007
Mrs. Bessie Hodges Cave, age 85 of Mt. Airy, formerly of Elkin passed away at Surry Community Nursing Center in Mt. Airy on Sunday evening January 21, 2007. She was born in Surry County On December 10, 1921 to the late Richard Pless Hodges Sr. and the late Electra Hodge Hodges. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...


