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Obituaries

Kathleen Johnson Jones

Kathleen Johnson Jones

Sep 30, 2021

Kathleen Johnson Jones (9/2/1933) of Dobson had just celebrated her 88th birthday before “going on,” joining her husband of 44 years, Duane “PeeWee” Jones and her beloved son, Monty, in Heaven at 10:39 am on Thursday, September 30th. Kathleen, affectionately known as “MawMaw” to her grandchildren and great grandchildren, loved her family and “wouldn’t take anything for any of them,”...

Ruth Helen Haymore

Ruth Helen Haymore

Sep 29, 2021

Ruth Helen Thompson Haymore, age 88, peacefully went to heaven from her home, surrounded by family on September 29, 2021. She was born May 16, 1933, in the Flat Rock area of Surry County, North Carolina to Roby and Margie (Watson) Thompson. A graduate of Flat Rock High School and the North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, she worked...

Shirley Diane Simmons Hudson

Shirley Diane Simmons Hudson

Sep 29, 2021

Mrs. Shirley Diane Simmons Hudson, 67, of Lowgap, passed away Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Hudson was born July 28, 1954, in Norfolk, VA, one of three children born to the late George Washington Simmons, Jr. and Dorothy Ray Simmons. Shirley retired as a call coordinator from Novant Health and...

John M. Gery, Jr.

John M. Gery, Jr.

Sep 29, 2021

Mr. John M. Gery, Jr., 88, of Mt. Airy, passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home, Wednesday, September 29, 2021. He was born in Passaic, County, January 6, 1933, to the late John M. Gery, Sr. and Susan Spell Gery. Mr. Gery was a hard worker, retiring from Bassett Furniture after many years of service. He was...

Phillip Martin Draughn, Sr.

Phillip Martin Draughn, Sr.

Sep 29, 2021

Mr. Phillip Martin Draughn, Sr., 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mr. Draughn was born October 29, 1942, in Surry County, the son of the late Dallas Draughn, Sr. and Kathleen Coalson Draughn. He retired from W.P. Simmons, Inc. after many years of service and was of the Baptist faith. He is...

Elaine Lawson Mick

Elaine Lawson Mick

Sep 28, 2021

Elaine F. Mick, age 69, passed away peacefully on September 28, 2020, at Dunmore Plantation in Dobson, North Carolina. Ms. Mick was born February 17, 1952, in Mt. Airy, NC to the late Harvey Lawson and Mary Ruth Lawson. Following a career as a legal administrative assistant and paralegal in Florida and Alabama, she divorced and returned to Mt. Airy...

Payzlee Bo Loann Potts

Payzlee Bo Loann Potts

Sep 27, 2021

Miss Payzlee Bo Loann Potts, age 3 Months, of Mt. Airy NC passed away unexpectedly on September 27, 2021. She was born in Surry County on June 14, 2021, to Christopher Shane Potts and Shalyn Dewolfe Potts. She will be ever in the hearts of her family. Surviving is her parents; sisters, Maci Potts, Baylee Dewolfe; brothers, Hayden Potts, Christopher...

Reatha Mae Trivett Baker

Reatha Mae Trivett Baker

Sep 26, 2021

Mrs. Reatha Mae Trivett Baker, age 70, of Pinnacle was peacefully and graciously called by her Lord and Savior to her eternal home on Sunday, September 26, 2021, surrounded by her family. She was born November 24, 1950, in Smyth County Virginia, to the late Riley and Callie Rotenberry Trivett. She was a loving mother, nana and great-grandmother who will...

Michael Preston Simpson

Michael Preston Simpson

Sep 26, 2021

Mr. Michael Preston Simpson, 55, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021, at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, VA. He was born in Surry County on December 4, 1965, to the late, Mitchell and Linda East Simpson. Mr. Simpson was an electrical foreman at Johnson Modern Electric Company, Inc. He is survived by his wife, Tracy Bombe Simpson;...

Jonathan Mark Riggs

Jonathan Mark Riggs

Sep 25, 2021

Mr. Jonathan Mark Riggs, 50, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021, at Northern Regional Hospital, due to complications of COVID. Born June 28, 1971, in Mount Airy, John graduated from Mount Airy High School in 1990. He completed additional studies in diesel mechanic technology at Forsyth Technical Community College. John worked for Dane Construction before he and...

Wayne Edward Arrington

Wayne Edward Arrington

Sep 25, 2021

Mr. Wayne Edward Arrington, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away early Saturday morning, September 25, 2021, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Arrington was born June 15, 1937, in Surry County, one of four children born to the late William Howard and Jennie Mae Sutphin Arrington. Wayne retired from Chappell Concrete after 27 years of...

Gene Allen Lester

Gene Allen Lester

Sep 25, 2021

Mr. Gene Allen Lester, 70, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021, at his home. He was born May 5, 1951, in McDowell County, WV, the son of the late Matthew William and Martillie Knuckles Lester. He was a loving brother and will surely be missed by all who knew him. Left to cherish his memories are five...

Eugene Jackson Gammons

Eugene Jackson Gammons

Sep 25, 2021

Mr. Eugene Jackson Gammons, 79, of Ararat, VA passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Patrick County, VA on November 30, 1941, to the late Raymond and Bertha Hayden Gammons. Mr. Gammons was a retired Electrician. He proudly served our country in the United States Army. He is survived...

Jeffery Dean Ingram

Jeffery Dean Ingram

Sep 25, 2021

Mr. Jeffery Dean Ingram, age 52 of Greensboro, NC, passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021, at his home. He was born in Patrick County on January 26, 1969, to Moir Ellis Ingram and Mary Frances Adkins Ingram of Stuart. Jeff was an avid music lover and played the drums and piano. Surviving in addition to his parents is a brother...

Dennis Wade "Dink"  Faw, Sr.

Dennis Wade "Dink" Faw, Sr.

Sep 25, 2021

Mr. Dennis Wade “Dink” Faw, Sr., 81, of Mount Airy, went to join his son Denny and his other family and friends in Heaven, Saturday afternoon, September 25, 2021, from the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. He was born in Surry County on February 2, 1940 to the late Obie Faw and Vera Lucille Midkiff Faw....

Steven  Elijah "Eli" Odum

Steven Elijah "Eli" Odum

Sep 24, 2021

Mr. Steven Elijah “Eli” Odum, 22, of Mt. Airy, passed away unexpectedly at his home, Friday, September 24, 2021. He was born in Surry County, June 9, 1999, to Steven Ray and Wendy Nunn Odum. Eli played football at North Surry High School and graduated in 2018. In addition to his parents, Eli will always be lovingly remembered by his...

Katherine Tucker Slate

Katherine Tucker Slate

Sep 24, 2021

Mrs. Katherine “Sis” Tucker Slate, 80, of Mount Airy, went home to be with the Lord on Friday morning, September 24, 2021, from the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Slate was born November 26, 1940, in Wilkes County, the daughter of the late Luther Herman Tucker and Annie Inman Tucker Jenkins. Katherine worked in the dietary...

Judy Gail Pettus

Judy Gail Pettus

Sep 24, 2021

Mrs. Judy Gail Pettus, 79, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, September 24, 2021, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on September 20, 1942, to the late Elmer and Thira Evelyn Glass Norman. Mrs. Pettus was a loving mother and grandmother. She retired from the Surry County School System after many years of...

Bill Brim

Bill Brim

Sep 24, 2021

Mr. William Arthur (Bill) Brim , age 98, passed away Friday, September 24, 2021, at Blue Ridge Nursing Center. He was born in Patrick County on August 19, 1923, to the late Lucian Andrew Brim and Mary Arrington Brim. In addition to his parents, Mr. Brim was preceded in death by his brother Wallace Brim and sister-in-law Mary Hill Brim....

Shirley Conner York

Shirley Conner York

Sep 24, 2021

Elkin, NC

September 24, 2021 Mrs. Shirley Conner York, age 78, of Elkin, passed away Friday, September 24, 2021,at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born March 1, 1943 in Surry County to the late Junior Howard Conner and the late Lela Jane Easter Conner; in addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

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