Marvin Leonard Laster
Sep 5, 2018
Mr. Marvin Leonard Laster, age 92, of Elkin, NC passed away on Wednesday September 5, 2018 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born in Surry County on August 29, 1926 to the late John Houston Laster and the late Mary Ann Butcher Laster. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving...
Jakob Goettel
Sep 5, 2018
Mr. Jakob Goettel, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away early Wednesday morning, September 5, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Goettel was born June 28, 1928, in Feketitsch, Yugoslavia, one of three children born to the late Jakob and Elisabeth Schmidt Goettel. Jakob served our country in the United States Army during the Korean...
Kennie Nelson Bobbitt, Sr.
Sep 4, 2018
Mr. Kennie Nelson Bobbitt, Sr., age 96, of Galax, passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at Baptist Hospital. He was born in Carroll County on September 3, 1922, to Charlie and Frances Moore Bobbitt. Mr. Bobbitt proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was retired from United Plastics. Surviving are daughters and a son-in-law, Linda McGlockin,...
Roy June Hall
Sep 4, 2018
Mr. Roy June Hall, age 93, of Mt. Airy passed away on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at Kate B Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston Salem. He was born November 27, 1924 to the late William Archie and Sarah Barnes Hall. Mr. Hall proudly served our country in the U.S. Army during World War II and was also retired from R.J....
Rev. Marlie Hawks
Sep 4, 2018
Rev. Marlie Hawks, age 80, of Winston-Salem, went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Mr. Hawks was born in Carroll County on November 12, 1937, to Eugene and Annie Akers Hawks. He was a retired minister who pastored several churches in North Carolina and Virginia. He started preaching when he was 17 years old and preached...
Zoy Israel Gammons
Sep 4, 2018
Mr. Zoy Israel Gammons, age 94, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Mr. Gammons was born in Surry County on January 16, 1924, to Reid and Ada Reynolds Gammons. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and great-great grandfather who will be dearly missed. Surviving are his wife, Maxie Wall Gammons; a daughter, Tincy Parries;...
Regina Lynn Hatton
Sep 3, 2018
Mrs. Regina Lynn Derrick Hatton, 52, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, September 3, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hatton was born September 7, 1965 in Habersham County, GA, the daughter of the late James Robert and Frances Irene Tyler Derrick. Regina worked as a cook in her sister’s restaurant, Reba’s Buffet and Grill in Hollywood, GA,...
Laura Lee Hege
Sep 3, 2018
Laura Lee Coon Hege, 55, of Winston-Salem died Monday, September 3rd, 2018 at her home. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Allan Gregory Coon and Barbara Ray Kimbrough Roerig Coon.
Laura was a graduate of Surry Central High School and UNCG. She was an accounting instructor at Surry Community College and a caring wife and mother in later life....
Carolyn Ann Smith
Sep 2, 2018
Mrs. Carolyn Ann Sears Smith, age 73, of Ararat VA, passed away on Sunday, September 2, 2018 at her home. She was born in Walhalla, SC to the late Claude Edward Sears and Irene Carolyn Sanders Sears on April 7, 1945. Carolyn grew up in Hickory, NC and graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne University with a BA in Mathematics in 1967. Carolyn...
Florence Elizabeth Boothe
Sep 1, 2018
Miss Florence Elizabeth Boothe, 74, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Geneva, NY on December 29, 1943 to the late Waldron and Agnes Mehnert Boothe. Miss Boothe was retired from the State of NY, and a faithful member of Union Hill Friends Meeting. She...
James Lynwood Clark, Jr.
Aug 30, 2018
James Lynwood Clark, Jr., age 51, of Critz, passed away Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 at Sovah Health in Danville. He was born in Henry County to James Leonard Clark, Sr. and Earlene Baker Clark of Critz. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Eddie and Mary Baker; and his paternal grandfather, George Moir...
Debra "Debbie" Sue Shelton
Aug 30, 2018
Mrs. Debra Sue Culler Shelton, age 65, of Mount Airy, passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2018, at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Shelton was born in Mount Airy on August 7, 1953, to the late Winfred Morgan Culler and Ruby Etta Cloud Culler. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and will be dearly missed. ...
Jerrod Freeman White
Aug 29, 2018
Mr. Jerrod Freeman White, 32, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2018. Mr. White was born January 29, 1986, in Surry County, to Barry Freeman White and Tracy Parries White. He is survived by the mother of his children, Becca Noah; a daughter, Adley White; a son, Paxton Noah; his parents Tracy Parries White and Barry Freeman White and...
Pamela "June" Akers
Aug 29, 2018
Mrs. Pamela "June" Jenkins Akers, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Wednesday August 29, 2018 in Forsyth Co. She was born in Surry Co. on March 16, 1959 to the late Ernest Eugene Jenkins and the late Annie Sue Bryant Jenkins. She was a homemaker, She was married to the late Eddie Dean Akers who died on August 29th 2018. ...
Eddie Dean Akers
Aug 29, 2018
Mr. Eddie Dean Akers, 64, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2018. Mr. Akers was born August 12, 1954, in Surry County, to Eileen Higgs Akers and the late Robert Akers. He was formerly employed at Proctor-Silex Inc. He was married to Pamela June Jenkins Akers, who also died August 29, 2018. He is survived by two brothers, Donald...
Gary Lee Cox
Aug 29, 2018
Mr. Gary Lee Cox, age 68 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on October 23, 1949, to the late Hobert Lester Cox and Alice Gay Pace Cox. He was a member of Five Forks Wesleyan Church and...
Calvin Carl Love
Aug 28, 2018
Mr. Calvin Carl Love, 66, of Pilot Mountain, passed away early Tuesday morning, August 28, 2018, at his home. Mr. Love was born November 14, 1951, in Patrick County, VA, one of seven children born to the late Carl Willie and Mary Lee Hill Love. Calvin served our country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He proudly...
Daylon Thomas Greene
Aug 27, 2018
Mr. Daylon Thomas Greene, 83, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Monday, August 27, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, following a brief illness. Daylon was born August 25, 1935, in Nash County, to the late Joseph Edmond Greene and Tassie Coppedge Greene of Spring Hope. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 55...
Charles Sidney Vaughn
Aug 26, 2018
Mr. Charles Sidney Vaughn, age 81, of Mount Airy, NC “received the gift of life on November 3, 1936, and the gift of eternal life on August 26, 2018.” Mr. Vaughn was born in High Point, NC to Joseph Edward and Dollie Estelle Patterson Vaughn. He attended Duke University and graduated from High Point University with a degree in Christian...
Donna Jaye Goad
Aug 26, 2018
Ms. Donna Jaye Goins Goad, age 69, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Ms. Goad was born in Surry County in November 13, 1948, to Arlis and Imogene Haley Goins. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed. Surviving are daughters, Laurie Beeson; and Mary Forrest;...