Ernest Lee Montgomery

Mr. Ernest Lee Montgomery, 84, of 140 Foothills Lane, Pilot Mountain, passed away Friday, November 3, 2006, at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mount Airy. Mr. Montgomery was born September 18, 1922, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Mack Robert and Lona Marshall Montgomery. He was a farmer for many years and attended Beulah Land Baptist Church. Ernest was also an avid foxhunter. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and James Robert Stevens of Pilot Mountain; a granddaughter, Carla Warden Houck of Winston-Salem; and a brother and sister-in-law, Charlie and Ellen Montgomery of Asheboro. In addition to his parents, Mr. Montgomery was preceded in death by his first wife, Nancy Viola Beck Montgomery; his second wife, Bertha Alice Edwards Montgomery; a daughter, Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Montgomery Warden; a grandson, James Robert Stevens, Jr.; a sister, Hattie Edwards; a brother, Frank Montgomery; and a half-sister, Ola Bowman. The funeral service will be held Monday, November 6, 2006, at 2:00 PM at Beulah Land Baptist Church. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Anthony Gordy and the Rev. Clayton Smith, and burial will be in the Beulah Land Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Moody Funeral Home in Mount Airy, where his body will remain until carried to the church to lie-in-state 30 minutes before the funeral service. The family may also be contacted at the Montgomery home, 140 Foothills Lane, Pilot Mountain.