Buddy Baker
Jan 29, 2019
Mr. Hilbert Wilson “Buddy” Baker, Jr., age 74, of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at Surry Community Health & Rehab. Mr. Baker was born in Surry County on May 5, 1944, to Hilbert and Helen Draughn Baker. Surviving is his wife, Annette Darnell; daughters and a sons-in-law, Tracey and Terry Browder, Dana Baker, Torie and Trey Harris,...
Jimmy Wayne Belcher
Jan 29, 2019
Mr. Jimmy Wayne Belcher, age 63 of Woolwine, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Patrick County on July 2, 1955 to the late Waller E. Belcher and Beadie E. Hylton Belcher. In addition to his parents, Mr. Belcher was preceded in death by a brother, Samuel Roy Belcher;...
Ethel Smith
Jan 28, 2019
Mrs. Ethel Sue Hill Smith, age 88 of Siloam, passed away Monday, January 28, 2019 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born December 9, 1930 in Surry County to the late John Martin and Ada Jessup Hill. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 62 years, James Elbert...
John Lewis Hice
Jan 28, 2019
Mr. John Lewis Hice, 81, of Lowgap, passed away Monday morning, January 28, 2019, at his home. Mr. Hice was born May 9, 1937, in Surry County, the son of the late Pate Hice and Ima Jane Todd Hoover. John served our country in the United States Air Force from 1956 until 1960. He worked at Proctor-Silex, Inc. for many...
Sabrina Gail Keith
Jan 27, 2019
Miss Sabrina Gail Keith, 37, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, January 27, 2019 at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro. She was born in Surry County on April 2, 1981 to Wade and Julie Morris Keith. Miss Keith was employed at AmeriGas Propane before her illness. Sabrina will be dearly missed by all her family and many friends. In addition to...
Ronald Ervin Williams
Jan 26, 2019
Mr. Ronald Ervin “Rocky” Williams, 54, of Mount Airy, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 26, 2019, at his home. Mr. Williams was born November 1, 1964, in Surry County, the son of the late Clarence Ervin and Anice Ruth Hensley Williams. Rocky retired from the City of Mount Airy after many years of service. He is survived by a...
Virginia Midkiff
Jan 26, 2019
Ms. Virginia Bennett Midkiff, age 90, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, January 26, 2019. Ms. Midkiff was born in Surry County on August 5, 1928, to Jay and Geneva Goad Bennett. She was a well-known and very well respected Realtor for 40 years and retired from Town & Country Realty. Surviving is a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Jim...
Gracie Isabell Tolbert
Jan 25, 2019
Mrs. Gracie Isabell Flippen Tolbert, age 94, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2019 at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living in Mt Airy. She was born April 22, 1924 to the late Samuel and Lutishia Boles Flippen. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will surely be missed by all who knew her. Left to cherish her...
Mrs. M. Faith Balzer
Jan 25, 2019
Mrs. M. Faith (Albrecht) Balzer of Thurmond passed away peacefully on January 25, 2019, at the age of 98 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Halliday, North Dakota on August 2, 1920, to the late Louis J. Albrecht and the late Augusta T. (Rank) Albrecht. Faith was predeceased by her husband Dale Balzer and her son...
Curtis Edmond Hodges
Jan 24, 2019
Mr. Curtis Edmond Hodges, 84, of Cana, VA, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2019 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on October 7, 1934 to the late James Edmond and Lizzie Cave Hodges. Mr. Hodges was an independent truck driver for many years and drove, many millions of miles. He...
Mary Lou Lawless Dawson
Jan 23, 2019
Mrs. Mary Lou Lawless Dawson, age 87 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at Sovah Health of Martinsville. She was born on March 23, 1931 in Floyd County to the late Early Goad and Kayoulah Marshall Goad. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her 1st husband, Owen E. Lawless;...
Donald Ray Gravely
Jan 23, 2019
Mr. Donald Ray Gravely, age 83 of Mt. Airy, passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at Central Continuing Care in Mt Airy. He was born on April 3, 1935 to the late Marion and Elvira Portis Gravely. Mr. Gravely proudly served our country in the United States Army and was retired from the dry cleaning business. Left to cherish...
Ila Mae Bledsoe O'Neal
Jan 23, 2019
Mrs. Ila Mae Miller Bledsoe O’Neal, 87, of Dobson, passed away Wednesday morning, January 23, 2019, at Chatham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Elkin. Mrs. O’Neal was born May 2, 1931, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Charlie Vestal and Ethel Whitaker Miller. Ila Mae was a lifelong homemaker and loved cooking, gardening, basket weaving, and quilting. She...
Margie Jane Dezern
Jan 21, 2019
Ms. Margie Chrismon Dezern, age 77, of Dobson, passed away Monday, January 21, 2019 at Chatham Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born June 24, 1941 to the late Carl Richard and Lucy Manervia Atkins Chrismon. She is survived by her daughter, Kathy Dezern (Jeff Hanks); son, Robby Dezern; grandchildren Morgan Robertson and Madison Robertson, and sister and brother-in-law, Ellen and...
Mrs. Inez Fowler Nations
Jan 20, 2019
Mrs. Inez Fowler Nations, age 73, of Elkin, NC passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2019, at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin, NC. She was born in Surry Co. on April 23, 1945, to the late Delmer “Bud” Fowler and to the late Lillian Coe Fowler. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son-in-law,...
Willie Mae Gray Rogers Ray
Jan 20, 2019
Mrs. Willie Mae Gray Rogers Ray, age 89 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on January 20, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Patrick County on February 6, 1929 to the late Willie S. Gray and Lottie Martin Gray. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands, Ralph Rogers and James Spotswood “Spot”...
Glenn Alexandria Wood
Jan 18, 2019
Mr. Glenn Alexandria Wood, age 93, passed away January 18, 2019 at his home in Stuart, VA. He was born in Patrick County, VA on July 18, 1925 to the late J. Walter Wood and Ada DeHart Wood. Mr. Wood was also preceded in death by his older brother, Garland Clay Wood. He was a sawmiller,...
Rebecca "Becky" Shreves
Jan 18, 2019
Mrs. Rebecca (Becky) Carter Shreves, age 76 of Glade Hill, passed away Friday, January 18, 2019. She was born in Martinsville on August 28, 1942 to the late Raymond Avery Carter and Vaughnie Maxey Carter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, William Carter; an infant sister, a...
John Marshall Wilson
Jan 18, 2019
Mr. John Marshall Wilson, 75, of Lowgap, passed away Friday afternoon, January 18, 2019, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Wilson was born October 15, 1943, in Surry County, one of six children born to the late Brisco and Nollie Lowe Wilson. John worked as a truck driver for 40 years and later worked as...
Mary Ann Tate
Jan 18, 2019
Mrs. Mary Ann Shelton Tate, 62, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, January 18, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Stokes County on March 10, 1956 to Lou Ella Bowman Shelton and the late Hobart Shelton. Mrs. Tate was a loving homemaker who will be dearly missed by all her family and many friends. ...