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Obituaries

Ruth DeHart

Ruth DeHart

Jan 16, 2019

Mrs. Ruth Midkiff DeHart, age 92 of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem.  Mrs. DeHart was born September 18, 1926, in Surry County to the late Maggie Deatherage and Ben Midkiff.  Mrs. DeHart faithfully attended Community Baptist Church and worked at Renfro until her retirement.  Mrs. DeHart is survived by sons and...

James Robert Miller

James Robert Miller

Jan 15, 2019

Mr. James Robert “Jim” Miller, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 15, 2019, at his home.  Mr. Miller was born January 11, 1927, in Surry County, the younger of two children born to the late James Emmett and Stella Faye Blackburn Miller.  Jim proudly served with the 304th Signal Operations Battalion, 8th Army Headquarters, in Yokohama, Japan,...

Harding "Cotton" C. Vaughn

Harding "Cotton" C. Vaughn

Jan 15, 2019

Mr. Harding Carlis “Cotton” Vaughn, age 82 of Collinsville, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.  He was born in Patrick County on January 22, 1936 to the late Moir and Sallie Dollarhite Vaughn.  In addition to his parents, Mr. Vaughn was preceded in death by three sisters, Ellen Handy, Vera Burnette and Stella Gusler; and four...

Roy L. Belcher

Roy L. Belcher

Jan 15, 2019

            Mr. Roy Linford Belcher, age 61 of Woolwine, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.  He was born in Patrick County on January 27, 1957 to the late Vernon Eugene Belcher and Eulah Mae Conner Belcher.  Roy was a member of the Woolwine Volunteer Fire Department.

            Surviving are...

Virginia Estelle "Tootsie" Wright

Virginia Estelle "Tootsie" Wright

Jan 14, 2019

          Mrs. Virginia Estelle “Tootsie” Pilson Wright, age 98 of Stuart, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019 at the Landmark Center in Stuart.  She was born in Patrick County on June 21, 1920 to the late William Royal Pilson and Jeanette Alice “Nettie” Pendleton Pilson.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. Wright was preceded in death...

Polly Payne

Polly Payne

Jan 14, 2019

Mary Pauline Hiatt Edwards Payne, age 93, went home to her Heavenly Father on Monday, January 14th, 2019, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living.  “Polly” was born in Surry County to the late Albert and Macy Hiatt on November 11th 1925.  She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-laws; Mary and Dennis Stone and Sue and Dale Shinault of Mount Airy,...

Rebecca Madeline Roberts

Rebecca Madeline Roberts

Jan 14, 2019

Mrs. Rebecca Madeline Freedle Walker Roberts, age 84, of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019, at Central Continuing Care.  Mrs. Roberts was born in Davidson County on May 30, 1934, to Walter Lee and Violet Mae Sink Freedle.  She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed.  Surviving are daughters and a son-in-law,...

Joseph Abe "J.A." Midkiff, Jr.

Joseph Abe "J.A." Midkiff, Jr.

Jan 13, 2019

         Mr. Joseph Abe “J.A.” Midkiff, Jr., age 78 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019, at Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart.  He was born in Patrick County on February 1, 1940, to the late Joseph A. Midkiff, Sr. and Elsie Brammer Midkiff.  In addition to his parents, Mr. Midkiff was preceded in death by...

Rachel Magdalene Tesh

Rachel Magdalene Tesh

Jan 13, 2019

Mrs. Rachel Magdalene Hall Tesh, age 81, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019, at the Woltz Hospice Home.  Mrs. Tesh was born in Surry County on March 29, 1937, to Floyd Edgar and Ellen Chandler Hall.  She was a loving grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed.  Surviving are her granddaughters, Heather Montgomery; and Jessica...

Kermit Hampton Younger

Kermit Hampton Younger

Jan 12, 2019

Mr. Kermit Hampton Younger, 97, formerly of Mt. Airy passed away on January 12, 2019, at Walnut Ridge Assisted Living in Walnut Cove.  He was born in Surry County on September 21, 1921, to the late Harrison Seymore and Myrtle East Younger.  Mr. Younger retired from United States Postal Service in Mt. Airy, and was a member of Community Baptist...

Evelyn Hughes

Evelyn Hughes

Jan 12, 2019

 

        Mrs. Evelyn Morse Hughes, age 94 of Stuart, Virginia passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina.  She was born in Patrick County on July 6, 1924 to the late Jesse R. Morse and Beatrice Lawson Morse.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two husbands, Welborn P....

Donna Atkins

Donna Atkins

Jan 11, 2019

Mrs. Donna Elliott Atkins, age 58, of King, NC passed away on Friday, January 11, 2019, at the Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Atkins was born in Forsyth County, July 31, 1960, the daughter of Gene and Patsy Whitlock Elliott. Mrs. Atkins graduated from East Forsyth High School, and worked for Pepsi, Inc. She was a member of New Home Church...

Ruth Lennis McBride

Ruth Lennis McBride

Jan 11, 2019

Mrs. Ruth Lennis Duncan McBride, age 91, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2019 at Surry Health and Rehabilitation.  She was born in Patrick County on May 29, 1927 to the late George and Mary Wilson Duncan.  She was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will surely be...

Anna Carolyn York

Anna Carolyn York

Jan 11, 2019

Mrs. Anna Carolyn Moore York, 85, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, January 11, 2019, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson.  Mrs. York was born on her mother’s birthday, September 25, 1933, on the family farm in Siloam, to the late Dwight and Etta Jones Moore.  She was a member of White Plains Friends Meeting,...

Verlie Nellie Head

Verlie Nellie Head

Jan 11, 2019

Mrs. Verlie Nellie Gates Head, 98, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, January 11, 2019, at Central Continuing Care.  Mrs. Head was born April 17, 1920, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Charles Solomon and Bertha Utt Gates.  Verlie retired from Lynne Hosiery Mill and was a faithful member of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church until her health...

Nancy Joe Hagan

Nancy Joe Hagan

Jan 10, 2019

Nancy Joe Hagan, born to the late Robert and Lena O'Neal Belton, beloved wife of the late Mark D. Baucom Sr., Donald A. Gerst and Robert Hagan, devoted mother of Mark D. Baucom Jr., Thomas E. Baucom, Robert W. Baucom, Donald W. Gerst and John M. Gerst, dear sister of Mary Ann Willis, Thomas Belton and the late Johnny Belton,...

Josephine Willey

Josephine Willey

Jan 10, 2019

Josephine Johnson Willey, age 88 of Lenoir City, passed away peacefully on January 10, 2019.

 

Jo was born in Dobson, NC, on March 3, 1930 to Dillard and Mallie Johnson, the fifth of nine children. After graduating from Dobson High School in 1948, she worked for Spainhour’s Department Store as a buyer. In 1951 she married her husband of...

Cora "Allene" Gilley

Cora "Allene" Gilley

Jan 10, 2019

Mrs. Cora “Allene” Williams Gilley, 87, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Northern Hospital of Surry County.  She was born in Surry County on August 11, 1931 to the late Roma and Martha Flippin Williams.  Mrs. Gilley was retired from Quality Mills and a member of Grace Moravian Church.  She will be dearly missed by all...

Eva Louise Frazier

Eva Louise Frazier

Jan 10, 2019

          Mrs. Eva Louise Belcher Frazier, age 82, of Meadows of Dan, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2019 at her home.  She was born in Floyd County on November 29, 1936 to the late Thomas Henry Belcher and Della Bolt Belcher.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Prentiss Dillard...

Larry Henry Wall

Larry Henry Wall

Jan 10, 2019

Mr. Larry H. Wall, 71, of Pilot Mountain passed away January 10, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center.  He was born May 12, 1947 to the late James Corbett Wall, Jr. and Barbara Pardue Wall.  He was employed as a bus driver for Surry County Schools, dedicating over 40 years of his life to a job he truly loved.  Mr. Wall...

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