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Obituaries

Frances Louise Galyean

Frances Louise Galyean

Jun 9, 2022

 

Frances Louise Galyean, 89 of Greensboro, NC passed away peacefully June 9. 2022 at Adams Farm Living and Rehabilitation in Jamestown, NC.   A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday June 13, 2022, at Union Hill Friends Church, Red Brush Rd, Mt. Airy.  Louise was born in Mt. Airy, NC to the late Luther Moir Moser and...

Glenda Lena Thomas Pike

Glenda Lena Thomas Pike

Jun 9, 2022

 

Mrs. Glenda Lena Thomas Pike, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, June 9, 2022.  She was born February 6, 1932, in Surry County, one of 10 children born to the late John Samuel Thomas and Annie Mathis Thomas.  She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend.  She was always ready to welcome...

Emily Olive Clement

Emily Olive Clement

Jun 9, 2022

 

Mrs. Emily Olive Culler Clement, 94, of Ararat, VA, passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home, Thursday, June 9, 2022.  She was born in Patrick County, VA, May 22, 1928, to the late Irby Luther and Caroline Susan Bondurant Culler.  Mrs. Clement enjoyed life and helping others.  She delighted in volunteering, spending many volunteer hours at...

Billy Gray Riggs

Billy Gray Riggs

Jun 9, 2022

 

Mr. Billy Gray Riggs, 82, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, June 9, 2022, of natural causes at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson.  He was born September 10, 1939, in Surry County to the late David Riggs and Metta Hamlin Riggs.  Bill graduated with the last class from Franklin High School.  Most of his professional...

Wilma June Martin Key

Wilma June Martin Key

Jun 8, 2022

Mrs. Wilma June Martin Key of Mount Airy passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center in Huntersville.  She was 79 years old.  Mrs. Key was born June 6, 1943, to the late Belva Branscome Martin and Clifton Martin.  Mrs. Key was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend.  She was a registered nurse who selflessly...

Michael Brian Cockram

Michael Brian Cockram

Jun 8, 2022

 

Mr. Michael Brian Cockram, age 73 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at his home.  He was born in Patrick County on April 15, 1949, to the late Arthur G. Cockram and Edna Lawson Cockram.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Ronald C. Cockram.  Michael enjoyed fishing and...

Jerry Richard Gaylor

Jerry Richard Gaylor

Jun 8, 2022

Mr. Jerry Richard Gaylor, 69, of Ararat, VA, formerly of Rome, GA, passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home, Wednesday, June 8, 2022.  He was born in Vidalia, GA, March 22, 1953, to the late Ralph Gaylor and Frances Holcombe Myers.  Mr. Gaylor was an avid outdoorsman.  He enjoyed gardening and golf when he was younger but...

Brenda Ann Richardson Whitaker

Brenda Ann Richardson Whitaker

Jun 7, 2022

 

Mrs. Brenda Ann Richardson Whitaker, age 66, of Pinnacle, NC passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC.  She was born in Forsyth County on February 16, 1956, to the late Raymond Richardson and the late Josie Marshall Richardson.  She was retired from Sara Lee Hosiery.  In addition to...

Virginia Irene Bullin White

Virginia Irene Bullin White

Jun 7, 2022

Mrs. Virginia Irene Bullin  White passed away on June 7, 2022, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC.  Mrs. White was born in Surry County on February 25, 1947, to the late Marshall Bullin and Geneva “Top” Corder Bullin.  She graduated from Surry Central High School in 1965.  Afterward, she went to Appalachian State University and...

Frances Gail Fulk Atkins

Frances Gail Fulk Atkins

Jun 7, 2022

 

Mrs. Frances Gail Fulk Atkins, age 75, of Ararat NC, passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at Northern Surry Hospital. She was born March 2, 1947, in Surry County to the late William McKinley Fulk and the late Jettie Mae Reynolds Fulk. Left to cherish her memories are her loving husband, Mike Atkins; daughter and son-in, Gina and Shane...

Nannie Lou Hardy

Nannie Lou Hardy

Jun 7, 2022

 

Mrs. Nannie Lou Hardy, age 77, passed away at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy, NC on Tuesday morning June 7, 2022. She was born in Surry County on February 19, 1945 to the late Willie Lewis Coe and Mary Alma Reece Coe. Nannie was a member of Mount Herman Baptist Church. A few of Nannie’s greatest joys were...

Richard Dean Kirkman, Sr.

Richard Dean Kirkman, Sr.

Jun 6, 2022

 

Richard Dean Kirkman, Sr., passed away June 6, 2022, at Forsyth Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC, after a lengthy and courageous battle with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  Richard was born in Mt. Airy, NC, to Margaret Ruth Human Kirkman and Bobby Ray Kirkman on August 19, 1949.  He would jokingly tell people that since his mother was a Human that meant...

Virgil Ray Melton, Jr.

Virgil Ray Melton, Jr.

Jun 6, 2022

 

Mr. Virgil Ray Melton, Jr., 50, of Lowgap passed away unexpected, Monday, June 6, 2022, at his home.  He was born in Galax, VA, November 24, 1971, to Kay Manning and the late Virgil Melton, Sr.  He was a loving husband, father, son, pop-pop and friend.  Left to cherish his memories are his wife, Janet Melton; a daughter and...

Marvin Eugene Beasley

Marvin Eugene Beasley

Jun 6, 2022

Mr. Marvin Eugene Beasley, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, June 6, 2022, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson.  Mr. Beasley was born May 9, 1938, in Surry County, one of seven children born to the late Arthur and Maggie Lawson Beasley.  Marvin retired from Sprint Telephone Company in 1998, after 38 years of...

Paul Michael Hill

Paul Michael Hill

Jun 5, 2022

 

Paul Michael Hill, 62, of Pigeon Forge, TN, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, June 5, 2022.

Michael was born April 20, 1960, to Paul and Sherry Ann Hill in Selma, AL.  As a military brat born to an Air Force father, Michael quickly learned to adapt and embrace new places.  Michael...

Timothy Domonick Wareing

Timothy Domonick Wareing

Jun 5, 2022

 

Mr. Timothy Domonick Wareing, 62, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away at his home Sunday, June 5, 2022.  He was born in Forsyth County, January 31, 1960, to the late Francis Gerald and Letty Jean Venable Wareing.  Domonick was kind and willing to help anyone in need.  He is survived by his sisters and a brother-in-law, Linda Wareing, Toni Spencer...

Ruth Eastridge Pack

Ruth Eastridge Pack

Jun 5, 2022

Mrs. Ruth Eastridge Pack, age 85 of Ararat, passed away Sunday, June 5, 2022, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born in Johnson County, Tennessee on February 16, 1937, to the late “Wilburn” Wile Eastridge and Delia Hammons Eastridge. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Pack was preceded in death by her husband, Straud Pack; six...

Lt Col Keith Edwin Kiger

Lt Col Keith Edwin Kiger

Jun 5, 2022

 

Lt Col Keith Edwin Kiger, USAF retired was born on June 6, 1957, at Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL. The son of Charles (Chuck) Kiger and Virginia Boyd Kiger, he passed at his home in Okeechobee, FL on Sunday, June 5, 2022.

Growing up in an Air Force family, his love of flying began as a young boy...

Marie Johnson Willis

Marie Johnson Willis

Jun 5, 2022

 

Mrs. Marie Johnson Willis, 78, of Mt. Airy passed away at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Sunday, June 5, 2022.  She was born in Pulaski, VA, October 13, 1943, to the late Melvin Julius and Myrtle Bell Owens Johnson.  She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, friend, and a faithful member of Franklin Heights United Methodist...

Betty Lou Deatherage

Betty Lou Deatherage

Jun 5, 2022

 

Betty Lou Deatherage, age 90 of Lawsonville, NC, passed away Sunday, June 5, 2022, at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC.  She was born on December 10, 1931, in Surry County, NC to the late Albert Deatherage and Annie Martin Deatherage.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, John William Deatherage; a sister-in-law,...

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