Shirley Louise Heath
Jul 11, 2018
Mrs. Shirley Louise Atkins Heath, 75, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at Twelve Oaks Retirement Center. Mrs. Heath was born in Surry County on August 10, 1942, to the late Coy Nathan and Mae Marie Wolfe Atkins. She was retired from Proctor-Silex and the Mount Airy City School System. She is survived by her husband, Hal...
Betty Jean Smith
Jul 9, 2018
Mrs. Betty Jean Rakes Smith, age 84, of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, July 9, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Smith was born in Surry County on May 22, 1934, to Larkin and Beatrice DePalma Rakes. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and many friends. Mrs. Smith was...
Lummie Mae Hodges
Jul 9, 2018
Mrs. Lummie Mae Wilson Hodges, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away early Monday morning, July 9, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Hodges was born July 5, 1929, in Surry County, one of four children born to the late Jesse Raleigh and Anne Greenwood Wilson. Mae was a homemaker and a faithful and longtime...
Norman Gail Hall
Jul 8, 2018
Mr. Norman Hall, 78, of Mount Airy, passed away early Sunday morning, July 8, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born on April 18, 1940 to the late Elmer and Etta Chandler Hall. Norman worked and retired from Mosley and Reece. Left to cherish his memories are a daughter and son-in-law Tondrea and Leonard Marshal;...
Norma Faye Smith
Jul 8, 2018
Mrs. Norma Faye Johnson Smith, age 66, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2018, at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Smith was born in Surry County on October 3, 1951, to Robert and Mattie Bowman Johnson. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed. Among the many who will always cherish...
Raymond Junior Culler
Jul 8, 2018
Mr. Raymond Junior Culler, age 85, of Pilot Mountain, passed away on Sunday, July 8, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born May 30, 1933 to the late Grant Lewis and Madie Easter King Culler. Mr. Culler served our country in the U.S. Army during the time of the Korean War. Left to...
Martha Jean Cassell
Jul 8, 2018
Mrs. Martha Jean “Jeanne” Jones Cassell, age 79, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Cassell was born in Surry County on June 5, 1939, to Floyd and Ethel Cundiff Jones. She was deeply loved not only by her family, but also by everyone who met her. She was well known in the community as...
Allyn David Sapp
Jul 7, 2018
Mr. Allyn David Sapp, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away at his home Saturday, July 07, 2018. He was born in Lake County, FL to the late Isaac Jessie and Alice Ray Lucas Sapp. He worked as a truck driver and heavy equipment operator as long as health permitted. He was a faithful member of Temple Baptist Church. Mr. Sapp...
Patsy Elaine Reece
Jul 7, 2018
Mrs. Patsy Elaine Tilley Reece, 75, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Reece was born August 25, 1942, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Hugh and Linda Combs Tilley. Patsy retired as a teacher supervisor from Head Start and was a member of New Charity Baptist Church. She...
Joseph Kenneth Bledsoe
Jul 7, 2018
Mr. Joseph Kenneth Bledsoe, age 70, of Dobson passed away at his home on Saturday July 7, 2018. He was born in Surry County to the late William Joseph Bledsoe and the late Mary Elizabeth Whitaker Bledsoe on December 1, 1947. He was a veteran of the US Army having served in Vietnam. Surviving are his son and fiancée Kenneth...
Frances Elizabeth Gates
Jul 7, 2018
Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Lynch Gates, 91, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Surry Community Health and Rehab in Mt. Airy. She was born in Stokes County on September 4, 1926 to the late Merlin and Delia Heath Lynch. Mrs. Gates retired from Spencer’s and was a long-time member of Flat Rock Pentecostal Holiness Church. She is...
Raymond Conrad Nash
Jul 7, 2018
Mr. Raymond Conrad “Ray” Nash, 80, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away July 7, 2018, at the Salem VA Medical Center. Mr. Nash was born January 23, 1938, in La Cygne, KS, to the late Orville and Sophia Elizabeth Kraft Nash. He bravely served in the United States Navy and retired as an air traffic controller. He is survived by his...
Alvin William Beasley
Jul 6, 2018
Mr. Alvin William Beasley, age 93 of Westfield, North Carolina, passed away on Friday, July 06, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Stokes County on June 29, 1925, to the late Alvis V. Beasley and Elsie Dunkley Beasley. In addition to his parents he was preceded in...
Lucille Cockerham
Jul 6, 2018
Mrs. Lucille Johnson Cockerham, 85, of Mount Airy, passed away early Friday morning, July 6, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Cockerham was born April 28, 1933, in Surry County, one of seven children born to the late Elbert and Mimi McCraw Johnson. Lucille retired as an inspector from Quality Mills after 45 years of dedicated service and...
Edgar Lee Booth
Jul 5, 2018
Mr. Edgar Lee Booth, age 83, of Charity, Virginia passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018 at his homeplace. He was born in Patrick County on December 22, 1934 to the late Claude Edgar Booth and Mamie Rakes Booth. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel “Polly” Turner Booth; and seven siblings,...
Richard Lee Flippin
Jul 5, 2018
Mr. Richard Lee Flippin, age 35, of Stem, NC, passed away Thursday, July 05, 2018, due to natural causes. Richard was born in Wake County on October 13, 1982. He was kind and loving to everyone. He will be sorely missed by his parents, Douglas and Melissa Brown Flippin; a sister and brother-in-law, Brandi and David Norman; a niece and...
Randy Dean Hawks
Jul 5, 2018
Mr. Randy Dean Hawks, 38, of Lowgap passed away Thursday, July 5, 2018 at His Home. He was born in Forsyth County on October 13, 1979 to Delta Orene Hawks and to the late Junior Clyde Hawks. Mr. Hawks was in the construction business. He is survived by a son, Tucker Hawks; a sister, Linda Hawks and fiancee J.J. Edwards; brothers...
Roy "RL" Lawernce Dowell
Jul 4, 2018
Mr. Roy Lawrence “R.L.” Dowell, age 82, of Cana, passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Dowell was born in Carroll County on February 4, 1936, to John Nathan and Lala Towe Dowell. He was retired from YRC after many years of service. Surviving is his devoted wife, Evelyn Brannock Dowell; a son and daughter-in-law, Roy...
Daniel McKinley Dockery
Jul 4, 2018
Daniel Mckinley Dockery, Sr. left this earthly life the morning of July 4th, 2018 knowing three things; he had been a good man and husband, he loved his family and his family loved him, and heaven would “know” him and was waiting to welcome him home. There just isn’t much else one man could want.
Daniel (Kenny, to family and...
Paul Dale "PD" Hull
Jul 3, 2018
Mr. Paul Dale “PD” Hull, 71, of Lowgap, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on May 31, 1947 to the late John Howard and Ruby Lowry Hull. Mr. Hull retired from the Surry County School System, and was a member of Crooked Oak Moravian...