Mr. Eddie Gray Shumate
Feb 28, 2018
Eddie Gray Shumate “Ham”, 51, life long resident and General Contractor of Elkin, NC passed away unexpectantly February 28, 2018 with family by his side at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Eddie was a Master Carpenter and owned Shumate Construction, INC. He built with his heart and that was conveyed in each project he completed. He loved farm life and...
Sadie Wolfe Byerly
Feb 27, 2018
Sadie Wolfe Byerly, 96, of Charlotte, NC, passed away Tuesday afternoon, February 27, 2018 at her Sharon Towers home with her two beloved daughters by her side. Sweet, gracious, delightful Sadie was born June 28, 1921, in Mount Airy, NC, the daughter of the late William Samuel Wolfe and Susan Ashby Wolfe. She excelled and graduated with honors from Mount...
Mr. Linwood Ray McCraw
Feb 27, 2018
Mr. Linwood Ray McCraw, 68, of Sparta, NC, formerly of Cana, VA passed away unexpectedly at Alleghany Memorial Hospital Tuesday, February 27, 2018. He was born in Carroll County on November 18, 1949 to the late Troy Lee and Ruth Dawson McCraw. Mr. McCraw proudly served in the U.S. Army and retired from L.R. McCraw Trucking. He was a gentle...
Mr. Glenn Davis Holt
Feb 27, 2018
Mr. Glenn Davis Holt, age 69, of Mount airy passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at Surry Community Health and Rehab. He was born December 5, 1948 to the late Ernest and Lois Woods Holt. He was a loving father and will be dearly missed by all who knew him. Left to cherish his memories are a daughter Megan Holt...
Mr. James "Jim" McMillan
Feb 26, 2018
Mr. James “Jim” Lee McMillan, age 80, of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, February 26, 2018, at his home. Mr. McMillan was born in Surry County on March 31, 1937, to Elbert Chester and Josephine McCraw McMillan. He was such a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be dearly missed by all his family and many friends....
Charlie Thomas Sexton
Feb 25, 2018
Mr. Charlie Thomas Sexton, 89, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Sunday morning, February 25, 2018, at his home. Mr. Sexton was born July 16, 1928, in Grayson County, VA, one of seven children born to the late John and Effie Mae Puckett Sexton. Charlie retired from Billy Hicks Construction Company and attended Little Mountain Baptist Church. He is survived by...
Margaret H. Taylor
Feb 24, 2018
Margaret Elizabeth Hennis Taylor, 93, of Mount Airy, passed away February 24, 2018. The daughter of Hugh L. and Mamie Carter Hennis, she was loved by many and will always be missed. She was a longstanding member of First Baptist Church. Surviving is a daughter, Cindy T. McCabe and husband, Mike of Raleigh; sons, Hugh Taylor of Mt. Airy, and...
Mrs. Peggy Ann Nixon Miller
Feb 24, 2018
Peggy Ann Nixon Miller of Thurmond, NC was born September 6, 1935 and passed away February 24, 2018. Peggy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend who cherished spending time with the people she loved and is now reunited with her late husband of 62 years, Dan Miller. Peggy is survived by her children: Reginia Miller Wolfe (David)...
Mr. Jessie James "Jay" Thomas
Feb 24, 2018
Mr. Jessie James “Jay” Thomas, age 88, of Dobson, NC passed away on Saturday February 24, 2018 at Surry Rehab in Mt. Airy. He was born in Patrick County, VA on February 2, 1930 to the late Jessie James Thomas and the late Senica “Sindy” Vernon Thomas. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife...
Dr. Jeanette Coe Ainsworth
Feb 24, 2018
Dr. Jeanette Therese (Coe) Ainsworth, a resident of Ararat, Virginia, died on February 24, 2018 at the age of 91. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on June 17, 1926, the first of three daughters of James A. and Gertrude (Clark) Coe. Her early years were spent in the family bungalow on Yetman Avenue in Tottenville, Staten Island,...
Mr. Roy Ralph Walker Sr
Feb 23, 2018
Mr. Roy Walker Mr. Roy Ralph Walker, Sr., age 80, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Betty Whitaker Walker. They shared 58 years of marriage. He was born in the Stoney Fork Community of Wilkes County, the second of seven boys born to Ivory Calvin Walker and...
Mr. Monroe Franklin Thomas
Feb 23, 2018
Mr. Monroe Frank Thomas, age 91, of Cana, passed away on Friday, February 23, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born March 23, 1926 to the late Robert Martin and Martha McMillian Thomas. He worked at Mount Airy Furniture Company where he retired after many years of Service. Left to cherish his memories are his wife, Lois...
Mrs. Magdalene Griffin Jenkins
Feb 23, 2018
Mrs. Magdalene Griffin Jenkins, age 87, of Elkin, NC passed away at her home on Friday February 23, 2018. She was born in Surry County, NC on June 15, 1930 to the late Gossie James Griffin and the late Dorothy Fleming Griffin. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son Kenneth Wayne Griffin; a daughter...
Mr. Moir Ray Vaughn
Feb 22, 2018
Mr. Moir Ray Vaughn, age 78, of Stuart passed away Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 at Sovah Health in Martinsville. He was born in Patrick County on Oct. 24, 1939 to the late Moir W. Vaughn and Sally Dollarhite Vaughn. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Vera Burnette, Ellen Handy, Stella Gusler; and two...
Mr. Phillip George D’Amico, Jr
Feb 22, 2018
Mr. Phillip George D’Amico, Jr., 48, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Surry County on December 17, 1969 to Phillip George and Mavis Juanita Allen D’Amico. In addition to his parents Mr. D’Amico is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Scott D’Amico; and his son, Tanner D’Amico. A funeral...
Mr. James Edwin Baum, Sr
Feb 22, 2018
Mr. James Edwin Baum, Sr., 87, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on January 20, 1931 to the late Everett and Blannie Hiatt Baum. Mr. Baum was retired from Quality Mills – Cross Creek, and was a member of Willow Hill Moravian Church....
Mrs. Sherry Snow Scott
Feb 20, 2018
On Tuesday evening, February 20, 2018 our loving wife, mother and friend went home to be with her Heavenly Father. Sherry Snow Scott was a beautiful, selfless and caring soul who always put others before herself and enjoyed life to the fullest. Sherry never met a stranger and she made everyone feel welcome in her heart and home. She loved...
Liza Lucille Whitaker Chandler
Feb 20, 2018
Mrs. Liza Lucille Whitaker Chandler, age 95, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Twelve Oaks in Mount Airy. She was born in Surry County on November 18, 1922 to the late Robert and Molly Wood Whitaker. Mrs. Chandler was a member of Kingdom Hall but most of all she was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister,...
Mr. Clyde Estridge Lee Ratliff
Feb 20, 2018
Mr. Clyde Estridge Lee Ratliff, age 84 of Stuart, and formerly of Boston, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at the V.A. Medical Center in Salem. He was born in Patrick County on May 8, 1933 to the late Dimon Lee Ratliff and Verna Etta Cassell Ratliff. In addition to his parents, Mr. Ratliff was preceded in death by...
Mr. Richard Ira Wyatt
Feb 20, 2018
Mr. Richard Ira Wyatt, age 67 of Martinsville, Virginia passed away on February 20, 2018. He was born on February 25, 1950 to the late Ira Bane Wyatt and Maude Evans Wyatt. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by an infant son, one brother, Joseph “Joe” Wyatt; and three sisters, Mary L. “Patsy” Branson, Carol Sue...