James Allen Poindexter
Nov 10, 2024
Mr. James Allen Poindexter, age 47, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2024, at Novant Forsyth Medical Center with his loving family by his side. Mr. Poindexter was born in Surry County on June 8, 1977, to Troy Poindexter and Diane Odum Woods. Mr. Poindexter was well-known throughout the community as a die hard Republican, working the polls...
James Vester Overby
Nov 10, 2024
Mr. James Vester Overby, 87, of Lawsonville, passed away Sunday morning, November 10, 2024, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Overby was born July 12, 1937, in Stokes County, one of six children born to the late Dewey and Betsy Martin Overby. In his early adult life, Vester, known simply as “Vess” to those who...
Danny Lee Sidden
Nov 9, 2024
Mr. Danny Lee Sidden, age 77 of Mount Airy, passed away on Saturday November 9, 2024, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born July 21, 1947, in Alleghany County to the late Dillon Conrad Sidden and Helen Maxine Andrews White. Mr. Sidden proudly served our country in the United States Marine Corps and...
Joy Marie Harrell Jenkins
Nov 9, 2024
Ms. Joy Marie Harrell Jenkins, age 49, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on September 14, 1975 in Surry County to Iris Bennett Dobson and the late Roger Harrell. She was a loving mother, and grandmother who will surely be missed by all who knew her....
Susan Renee Darby
Nov 8, 2024
Mrs. Susan Renee Darby , age 60, of Galax, Virginia, passed away at her residence on Friday morning, November 8, 2024. Mrs. Darby was born in Surry County on June 3, 1964, to the late Herbert Hiatt, Sr., and Sarah Cockerham Hiatt. Mrs. Darby was a loving wife, mother and friend. She will be deeply missed by the many that...
Andy Lee Barker
Nov 8, 2024
Mr. Andy “Lee” Barker, age 66 of Lowgap, passed away early Friday morning, November 8, 2024, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Barker was born on February 1, 1958, in Surry County to the late H.W. and Lucille Martin Barker. Andy was a loving companion, father, stepfather, step grandfather, step great-grandfather, brother, and friend. He will be...
Marshall Dean Draughn
Nov 7, 2024
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Marshall Dean Draughn, Sr., 83, passed away on November 7, 2024, at his residence peacefully and lovingly surrounded by family. Dean was born in Surry Country, NC the youngest child of Ernest Howard Draughn and Hazel Virginia Marshall Draughn. His parents and oldest sister, Novijo Draughn Seivers preceded him in death along with his...
Marvene Freeman Stanley
Nov 7, 2024
Marvene Freeman Stanley, age 87, of Dobson passed away November 7, 2024, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born May 29, 1937, in Surry County to the late Paul Windell Freeman and Annie Odessa Nichols Freeman. In addition to her parents, she was proceeded in death by her loving husband of 62 years, Rev....
Delman "Moe" Eugene Hawks
Nov 7, 2024
Mr. Delman Eugene “Moe” Hawks, age 77 of Ararat, VA, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday morning November 7, 2024, from injuries due to an automobile accident. He was born August 10, 1947, in Patrick County to the late Delbert Francis “Duck” Hawks and Iva Gertrude Stanley Hawks Smith. Delman “Moe” worked at North Carolina Foam Industries as a chemical blender....
Mary Edith (Senter) Smith
Nov 5, 2024
Ms. Mary Edith Senter Smith, age 81, of Lambsburg, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Ms. Smith was born on October 24, 1943, in Surry County to the late Emmett and Mary Magdalene Spencer Senter. Mary was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, cousin, and friend. Surviving is her daughter and...
Theresa Kiser O'Leary "Mama T"
Nov 5, 2024
Ms. Theresa Gail Kiser O’Leary Hylton “Mama T.” age 60 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at her home. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Leon Abbott Kiser and Elizabeth Alphajean Smythers Kiser. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother-in-law, Arthur Junior Gibbons, II. Theresa will be...
John Gilbert Mitchell
Nov 5, 2024
Mr. John Gilbert Mitchell, age 86, of Martinsville, VA passed away peacefully on November 5, 2024. He was born on June 25, 1938, to the late Berkley Sanders Mitchell and Pearl Gilbert Mitchell. John was a very successful businessman for many years as a Vice President of J.P. Stevens. After his retirement he ran his own business, Global Training of...
Lillian Badgett Kirkman
Nov 3, 2024
Mrs. Lillian Badgett Kirkman, of Mount Airy, departed this life on Sunday evening, November 3, 2024, at the remarkable age of 102. Mrs. Kirkman was born March 31, 1922, in Surry County, the youngest of three children born to the late Edgar Grover and Ida Savannah Jane Canter Badgett. Lillian witnessed more than a century of history, enduring and adapting...
John Melvin George
Nov 2, 2024
Mr. John Melvin George, age 83, of Westfield, passed away Saturday afternoon, November 2, 2024, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born July 5, 1941, in Stokes County to the late John Samuel George and Evelyn Mae Collins George. Mr. George proudly served our country in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Melvin...
Pansy Ann Atkins Allen
Nov 2, 2024
Mrs. Pansy Ann Atkins Allen, 94, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, November 2, 2024, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Allen was born July 24, 1930, in Surry County, to the late Paul and Sadie Dollyhigh Atkins. Pansy was a retired registered nurse from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, and she also worked at...
Terry Richard Cave
Nov 2, 2024
Terry Richard Cave, 68, of Mount Airy, North Carolina passed away Saturday, November 2, 2024. Born February 18, 1956, to the late Jasper Roosevelt Cave and Virginia Mae Freeman Cave. Terry was a loving husband, father, son, brother, grandfather, and friend. He was an avid outdoorsman. Terry struggled with his health for a long time but never complained, that was...
John "Johnny" Samuel Boles, Sr.
Nov 2, 2024
Mr. John Samuel “Johnny” Boles Sr. age 81, of Claudville, VA, passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2024. He was born on September 9, 1943, to the late William Russell “Buck” Boles and Ann Pace Boles. He was preceded in death by a brother, Herbert Boles; an infant brother; and a great-grandson, Eli Boles.
Throughout his life Johnny possessed many attributes...
James Curtis Akers, Jr.
Nov 2, 2024
Mr. James Curtis Akers, Jr., age 82 of Stuart, Virginia passed away at SOVAH Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County on Saturday, November 2, 2024. He was born in Richmond, Virginia on December 14, 1941, to the late Dr. James Curtis Akers, Sr. and Dorothy Merrill Wilkinson Akers. Jim was a faithful member of Stuart Baptist Church, where he...
Robert Alexander Gwyn, Jr.
Nov 2, 2024
Mr. Robert Alexander Gwyn, Jr., age 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, November 2, 2024, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mr. Gwyn was born in Surry County on April 11, 1934, to the late Robert Alexander Gwyn, Sr., and Mallie Haynes Gwyn. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend that would give you the shirt off his back...
Herbert Allen Burton, Jr.
Nov 1, 2024
Mr. Herbert Allen Burton, Jr., 75, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, November 1, 2024, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in the comfort of his loving wife. Mr. Burton was born February 23, 1949, in Surry County, to Herbert Allen Burton, Sr. and Mary Ruth Coleman Burton. He graduated from Lees-McRae College and later attended Guilford College. After college,...