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Obituaries

Bobby Lee Hawks

Bobby Lee Hawks

Dec 8, 2020

Mr. Bobby Lee Hawks, 78, of Mt. Airy, passed away at his home Tuesday, December 8, 2020.  He was born in Carroll County, Virginia, October 17, 1942, to the late Albert Fred Hawks and Virginia Faye Edwards Hawks.  Mr. Hawks is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Ricky and Barbara Hawks, Michael and Lisa Hawks; grandchildren, Heather Hawks and husband,...

Jerry Wayne Knowles

Jerry Wayne Knowles

Dec 8, 2020

          Mr. Jerry Wayne Knowles, age 35 of Meadows of Dan, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020.  He was born in Patrick County on July 4, 1985.  He enjoyed playing his guitar and singing in church.  He loved attending Faith Baptist Church, and would lead congregational singing while playing his guitar.  He had worked at Wood’s Produce since he...

Helen Anne Cowley

Helen Anne Cowley

Dec 7, 2020

Helen Anne Buck Cowley 

March 13, 1928 - December 7, 2020

 

Helen Anne Buck Cowley died December 7, 2020.  She was 92 years old.  She lived on her beloved property in Patrick County, Virginia until 2 weeks before her death.  She and her husband fed countless birds and deer and also fed the family and many friends with the...

Helen Lorraine Beesmer

Helen Lorraine Beesmer

Dec 7, 2020

Mrs. Helen Lorraine Bishop Beesmer 72, of Mount Airy NC, passed away at her home, Monday, December 7, 2020.  She was born in Honesdale, PA to the late Virgil and Helen Hazen Bishop. Mrs. Beesmer was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.  She worked for the Wayne County PA Family Center as a Parent Educator, prior to retirement...

Faye Martin

Faye Martin

Dec 6, 2020

Mrs. Faye  Earles Martin, 80, of Mt. Airy passed away at Central Continuing Care, Sunday, December 6, 2020.  She was born in Henry County, Virginia, December 18, 1939, to the late Rev. Dewey and Rives Hopkins Earles.  Mrs. Martin was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.  She had an incredible sense of humor and loved to play practical jokes. ...

Eldridge Worrell

Eldridge Worrell

Dec 6, 2020

Mr. Edgar Eldridge Worrell ‘Big Un’, as many knew him, 82, of Mount Airy, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 6th, 2020 surrounded by family.  Eldridge was born October 8, 1938 in Carroll County and was a faithful member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Lowgap.  Anyone who knew him knew he was a...

Porter Harold Smith

Porter Harold Smith

Dec 6, 2020

Mr. Porter Harold Smith, 94, of Mount Airy passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family.  Mr. Smith was born in Surry County, North Carolina on September 19, 1926, to the late Granville Harold and Blanche Mayes Smith.  Porter served our grateful nation in the United States Army during World War II.  He retired...

Garland E. Hall

Garland E. Hall

Dec 6, 2020

         Mr. Garland E. Hall, age 78 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at his home.  He was born in Randleman, NC on June 24, 1942 to the late Moir Leonard Hall and Louise Spencer Hall.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Janelda H. Turman, and a brother, Robert Leonard Hall. ...

Mabel Shaw

Mabel Shaw

Dec 5, 2020

Mrs. Mabel Pitzer Shaw, 101, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Saturday afternoon, December 5, 2020, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson.  Mrs. Shaw was born September 18, 1919, in Stokes County, the daughter of the late Charles Snow and Myrtle Neal Pitzer.  Mabel attended Old Town High School and graduated with the Class of...

Everdina Bartha Nieuwenhuis

Everdina Bartha Nieuwenhuis

Dec 4, 2020

Miss Everdina Bartha Nieuwenhuis, 82, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away at Homestead Hills, December 4, 2020.  She was born in Den Helder, Netherlands, December 28, 1937, to the late John and Annie Mackenzie Nieuwenhuis.  Miss Nieuwenhuis came to the US in 1945 at the age of eight.  She graduated from Mt. Airy High School, and then Agnes Scott College in...

Gertrude Arbutus Carte

Gertrude Arbutus Carte

Dec 4, 2020

Mrs. Gertrude Arbutus Honaker Carte, age 85 of Beulah passed away, Friday, December 4, 2020 at the SECU Hospice Home in Yadkinville. She was born April 3, 1935 in West Virginia to the late Mr. Elsie Arthur Honaker and Louise Dorsey Honaker. In addition to her parents, She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Ray Carte; and her...

Chelsea Blauvelt Barnes

Chelsea Blauvelt Barnes

Dec 4, 2020

Mrs. Chelsea Blauvelt Banta Barnes, 42, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, December 4, 2020, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.  Mrs. Barnes was born March 3, 1978, in Onslow County, the daughter of Robert and Mary Engler Banta.  Chelsea was an educator in North Carolina for 16 years.  She taught first grade in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School...

Gracie Veo "Mema" Amos

Gracie Veo "Mema" Amos

Dec 4, 2020

Mrs. Gracie Veo “Mema” Collins Amos, 95, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, December 4, 2020 at Northern Regional Hospital in Mt. Airy.  She was born in Surry County on August 7, 1925 to the late Wiley and Gracie Lowe Collins.  Mrs. Amos retired from Spencer’s after 40 years of employment, and was a member of River of Life Community...

Corina Faye Sechrist

Corina Faye Sechrist

Dec 3, 2020

Mrs. Corina Faye Linville Sechrist, 75, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Northern Regional Hospital in Mt. Airy.  She was born in Grayson County, VA on September 18, 1945 to the late Richard and Artha Lineberry Linville.  Mrs. Sechrist was a loving homemaker and a member of Trinity Fellowship.  She is survived by a daughter and...

Randy "Yogi" Tate

Randy "Yogi" Tate

Dec 3, 2020

Mr. Randy “Yogi” Tate, age 62, of Mt. Airy, son of Carlie and Peggy Tate passed away on Thursday, December 03, 2020 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson.  He is survived by a very special friend, Patty Johnson. All services will be private. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Mountain Valley Hospice and...

Lillian Viola Payne

Lillian Viola Payne

Dec 3, 2020

Mrs. Lillian Viola Riggs Payne, age 79, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020, at her home.  She was born in Surry County, on November 15, 1941, to the late Rev. Dan Franklin Riggs and the late Nannie Elizabeth Haymore Riggs.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Odell George...

Fred Homer Abels

Fred Homer Abels

Dec 2, 2020

Mr. Fred Homer Abels, age 84, of Mount Airy passed away December 2, 2020 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Surry County, March 28, 1936 to the late John and Mamie Bowman Abels. Mr. Abels was retired from Dixie Concrete Products and attended Flower Gap Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are his daughter, Dorlisa Abels and Alan Quesinberry; brother...

Mildred Ann Gonzalez

Mildred Ann Gonzalez

Dec 2, 2020

Mrs. Mildred Ann Norman Gonzalez, 62 of Mount Airy, passed away early Friday morning December 4, 2020 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home.  She was born March 2, 1958 in Davidson County to the late Howard Swanson Norman and Annie Lorraine Tate Norman.  She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend who will be dearly missed. ...

Beverly Jean Beverly

Beverly Jean Beverly

Dec 2, 2020

Mrs. Beverly Hicks Beverly, age 77, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy.  She was born in Wake County on May, 13, 1943 to the late William Alfred “Bill” Hicks Sr. and Edith Sylvia Jarrell Hicks.  She was a loving Mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will surely be missed...

Kimberly Dawn McHone

Kimberly Dawn McHone

Dec 2, 2020

Mrs. Kimberly Dawn McHone, age 54, of Mt. Airy, passed away on December 2, 2020.  She was born in Surry County on August 5, 1966 to Jimmy and Betty Lowe McHone.  She was a loving Mother and grandmother who will surely be missed by all who knew her.  She was so full of life and loved her family more than...

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