Ms. Rhumell Hiatt Humphries, age 80, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, December 03, 2017, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on January 10, 1937, to the late Lunie and Sarah Frances Terrell Hiatt. Ms. Humphries was retired from Quality Mills, and was a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints....
Mr. Charles Ray Dollyhite went home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 2, 2017. Mr. Dollyhite was born in Surry County to the late Lacy and Hester Pike Dollyhite on May 18, 1939. His wife Jacqueline Lankford Dollyhite of the home survives him. Additional survivors include two daughters: Teresa and Les Adams of Statesville and Shannon and...
Mrs. Vernis Virginia O’Neal Marsh, age 85, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, December 1, 2017, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Marsh was born in Surry County on May 24, 1932, to Ed and Lula Forest O’Neal. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed. Among the many who will always cherish her memory...
Mrs. Bertie Gentry
Charlotte, NC Mrs. Bertie Mae Dodd (France) Gentry, age 89, formerly of Surry County, passed away Friday, December 1, 2017, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. She was born December 25, 1927 in Stokes County to the late Bosie and Nora France Dodd. She was raised by a loving grandmother, Sara France “Granny.” In addition to her parents,...
Mr. Richard Lee King, age 56, of Claudville, Virginia, passed away at his home on Friday, December 1, 2017. Mr. King was born in Surry County to Dorothy Puckett King Bowman and the late Vester Cerbin King. Left to cherish his memory are his fiancée, Brenda Dollyhigh; his children, Jonathan, Joseph, Morgan, and Jordan; step-daughter, Mikki McCraw; granddaughter, Sunshine King;...
Mr. Roger Wayne Garris, age 71, of Hamptonville, NC passed away on December 1, 2017 at the SECU Hospice Center of Yadkin County. He was born on October 21, 1946 to the late Lonnie James Garris, and the late Vurner Faye Brooks Garris. He was a retired farmer, and Beer Maker for Schlitz-Stroh’s Brewery. He was a dedicated husband of...
Mr. Kenneth Ray Sprinkle, 61, of Ararat, NC passed away Thursday, November 30, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on May 31, 1956 to Eva Marie Beck Steele and the late Leonard Ray Sprinkle. Mr. Sprinkle was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in King. He is survived...
Mrs. Dorotha Ann Henderson Besore, 84, of Mount Airy, died Thursday, November 30, 2017, in Greensboro. Mrs. Besore was born January 18, 1933, in West Grove Township, Davis County, near Moulton, IA. She was the daughter of Nova Finis and Marceline Winans Henderson and was enrolled on the cradle roll at Moulton Christian Church. She was baptized and joined the...
Ms. Janice Gail Harold Eaton, 69, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Patrick County, VA on January 24, 1948 to the late Banes and Duffie Burks Harold. Ms. Eaton was retired from Walmart and attended Fancy Gap Baptist Church. She was a loving...
Ernest Augustus Randleman, Jr., 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, November 28th at Ridgecrest Assisted Living in Mount Airy. He was born in Surry County on June 8, 1926 to the late Ernest Augustus Randleman, Sr. and Stella James Randleman. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Mary Catherine Carter Randleman, as well as his siblings James,...
Ms. Sharon Kay Bleckley Adl-Doost, age 63 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born in Washington, D. C. on September 4, 1954 to the late Jasper H. Bleckley and Sarah Kathleen Jenkins Bleckley. Sharon served the community as a personal care aid working throughout...
Mr. Junior Lee Stevens, age 63, of Mount Airy passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at his home. He was born August 29, 1954 to the Bertha Gwyn and the late Irvin Stevens. He was retired from North Carolina Granite Corporation after 44 years of service. Left to cherish his memories are his wife, Judy Stevens; two daughters and sons-in-law,...
Margarete “Gretel” Brown, 78, passed away peacefully her home on November 27th, 2017. She was born in Germany on April 24, 1939.
Gretel was born to Ida and Franz Moseleit in Haltern am see, Germany. She grew up in Germany with her 6 brothers and sisters. Gretel’s passion for helping others lead her to become a nurse in her...
Barbara S. Fields, 83, of Mt. Airy, left us for her place in heaven on Monday, November 27 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. A resident of Mt Airy since 2004, Barbara was born on February 23rd, 1934 in Baltimore, Maryland to Nelson S. and Dorothy Fenimore. She spent much of her childhood in Miami...
Mr. Otis James Willard, age 92, of Cana, VA, passed away Monday, November 27, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born in Surry County on March 27, 1925, to the late Ernest and Effie Combs Willard. Mr. Willard enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II at the age of 18. He bravely served...
Mrs. Wanda Faye Goad Isley, age 66 of Critz, Virginia passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Carroll County on June 24, 1951 to the late Eden Walker Goad and Della Virginia Quesenberry Goad. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Manuel...
The Rev. Lanny R. Atkins, 71, of Dobson, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 27, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born May 15, 1946, in Dobson, to the late Lemuel Webster Atkins and Hessie Haynes Atkins. Lanny was a teacher at Dobson Elementary School from 1968 to 1975 and Starmount High School from 1975...
Mrs. Cheryl Gaye Shelton Robertson, 73, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. She was born in Surry County, September 8, 1944 to the late Jasper Franklin and Frances Arlene Carter Shelton. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend who will be deeply missed by all. Left to cherish...
Sandra “Sandy” Parkes Brookshire, 57, of Lowgap, was called home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 25, 2017. Sandy was born in Winston-Salem on October 18, 1960 and is survived by her sisters, Patricia Shue and Debra Parkes Joyce and her brothers, Robert Parkes, Harvey Parkes, and Charles Parkes, as well as her two sons, Kevin Brookshire and...
Mr. Burrell “Coy” Plasters, age 79, of Patrick Springs, passed away Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on June 21, 1938 to the late Samuel Plasters and Jessie Mae Howell Plasters. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Muriel Hughes, Helen Plasters; and seven brothers, Samuel Jr.,...