Mr. Thomas Wilson “Tom” Irvin, age 81, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, March 9, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Irvin was born March 18, 1936 in Bluefield, W. VA to the late William and Ona Mae Ratliff Irvin. He was retired from Procter Silex. He served his country in the US Air force for four years. Mr. Irvin...
Mr. Joe Dean Gardner, 71, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Surry County on December 13, 1946 to the late Robert and Mary Lee Key Gardner. Mr. Gardner was retired from Shenandoah Life Insurance Company and was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church...
Mrs. Elizabeth Jo Anne Johnson Bryant, 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, March 8, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Bryant was born November 6, 1939, in Surry County, one of seven children born to the late King Brady and Mary McHone Johnson. Jo Anne was a loving homemaker and a faithful member of...
Mr. Roger M. Hawks, 82, of Lowgap passed away at his home March 8, 2018. He was born in Surry County on September 28, 1935 to the late Wilburn and Lilly Bryant Hawks. He is survived by daughters and a son-in-law, Sandra and Clint Fisher and Kimberly Robertson; sons and daughters-in-law, Rodney and Wanda Hawks, Ronald and Rhonda Hawks, Randy...
Mrs. Linda Faye “Nanny” Beck Horton, 68 of Mount Airy went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Horton was born in Forsyth County on October 24, 1949 to Mozelle Gillispie Harrell and the late Elmer Lee Beck. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend who...
Mrs. Elizabeth Ernestine Phillips McCraw, age 80 of Mt. Airy, N.C., widow of Mr. Jesse Franklin McCraw, passed away on Wednesday morning, March 7, 2018 at Brookdale Assisted Living of Eden, N.C. Mrs. McCraw was born in Carroll County, VA on August 17, 1937, daughter of the late Charlie Lee Phillips and Nerina Dalton Bolt. She was retired from retail...
Mr. Brian Glenn Brindle, age 52, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, March 5th, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born August 13, 1965 in Flint Michigan to the late Robert Glenn and Dorothy Ann Gordon Brindle. He is survived by his loving wife, Crystal Gail Leftwich Brindle; his daughter April Brindle; sons Craig Brindle and Brandon...
Mr. George Everette Spencer, 73, of Dobson passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Henry County, VA on March 28, 1944 to the late Amos Washington and Florence Craighead Spencer. Mr. Spencer was retired from Bassett Furniture Company, and was a member of Chestnut Grove Primitive Baptist Church. He is survived...
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Harris Truesdale, age 97 of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018. She was born March 26, 1920 in Surry County to the late Major Garfield and Rose Emma Todd Harris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Thomas Clyburn Truesdale; her brothers, Johnny Harris and Odell Harris; her...
Mr. James Robert “J.R.” Martin, age 29, of Patrick Springs passed away Tuesday March 6, 2018. He was born in Roanoke on Dec. 7, 1988. J.R. was preceded in death by his mother, Patricia Dent Martin; a sister, Laurie Ann Reynolds; his paternal grandparents, Randolph and Annie Martin; and his maternal grandparents, James Dent and Dorothy Simpson. J.R. was a...
Mrs. Medera Marion Fulk, 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, March 5, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Surry County on January 1, 1933 to the late Rev. Carl William Marion and Eva Carrie Overby Marion. She was a home maker and a member of Shining Light Baptist Church. Mrs. Fulk is...
Ms. Elizabeth “Carol” McKinney Johnson, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, March 5, 2018, at Surry Community Health and Rehabilitation Center. Ms. Johnson was born Christmas Day, 1934, in Galax, VA, one of six children born to the late Eli Grover “E.G.” and Loucinda Elizabeth “Cindy” Payne McKinney. Carol was a graduate of Franklin School, class of 1952....
Mr. Carl Harris “Putter” Mosley, Jr., 76, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, March 04, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Wiscoal, KY on September 17, 1941 to the late Carl Harris Mosley, Sr. and Sophia Allen Gilbert. He is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Rodney Mosley, and Todd...
Mrs. Rebecca Jane Cox Davis, age 70, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Forsyth County on December 22, 1947, to the late Bill and Nonnie Martin Cox. Mrs. Davis was a loving homemaker, and a member of Faith Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Donald Davis of...
Mrs. Viola Craig Voorhees, age 91, of Patrick Springs passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. She was born in Patrick County on February 2, 1927 to the late Flem Davis Craig and Queenie Hancock Craig. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Lera C. Washburn, Vivian C. Ratliff,...
Mr. Henry L. Penn, age 82, of Stuart passed away March 2, 2018 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Patrick County on March 3, 1935 to the late Ernest Preston Penn and Rosa Lee Hylton Penn. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Charlotte Penn Carter; and three brothers, Dewey Preston Penn,...
Mrs. Delsie Gertrude Edwards Wolson, 105, passed away Friday, March 2, 2018. She was the daughter of the late John Eldridge and Laura Ada Holt Edwards. Delsie and her seven siblings grew up on the Edwards farm near Dobson. During the Depression, Delsie moved to Philadelphia and trained as a hairdresser. She met and married Leon Wolson in 1937. When...
Jason Fredrick Moore, age 40, departed this life on Friday, March 2, 2018 at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County, Virginia on November 8, 1977. Jason graduated from Patrick County High School in 1995. He received a B.S. Degree in English and Finance from Virginia Tech University in 2000. Jason had a career as...
Mrs. Phyllis Jean (Meme) Poore Jones, age 78, of Mount Airy, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born January 31, 1940 to the late Arlis Taylor and Nellie Grey Shaw Poore. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Richard Dean and Susan Jones; her only granddaughter, Alexandra “Lexi” Jones; a...
Mrs. Emily Carolene Surratt Moseley, age 79, of Mt. Airy, went to be with her Lord on February 28, 2018. Mrs. Moseley was born in Surry County on January 9, 1939, to Moir and Hallie Benge Surratt. She was a very dear lady who will be sorely missed by all her family and friends. Surviving are special sisters-in-law, Luvenia Simmons,...