A.L. Goins
May 23, 2017
MOUNT AIRY – Mr. A.L. Goins, 79, entered into heaven from Northern Hospital of Surry County on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. He was born September 18, 1937, in Stokes County, to the late Harmie Lee and Mary Jane Goins. A.L. graduated from Flat Rock School in 1955, and he later attended Draughn’s Business College in Winston-Salem. Then he traveled with...
Mr. Frank B. Netherland, Jr
May 23, 2017
Mr. Frank Baden Netherland, Jr., age 80, of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at his home. He was born in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1936 to the late Dr. Frank Baden Netherland, Sr. and Frances Jane Campbell Netherland, formerly of Stuart. He was a direct descendant to seventeenth-century American families, the Netherland family of Virginia and the...
Mr. Columbus Martin "Lum" Payne
May 22, 2017
Mr. Columbus Martin ”Lum” Payne Mr. Columbus Martin “Lum Payne, age 79 of Boonville, passed away Monday, May 22, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born October 13, 1937 in Yadkin County to the late Robert Carlie and Julie Ann Money Payne. Mr. Payne retired from Container Corporation of America and was of the Baptist faith . He is...
Mr. ClaytonWinford Wall Sr
May 22, 2017
Mr. Clayton Winford Wall, Sr. age 79 of Dobson passed away Monday, May 22, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born May 22, 1938 in Surry County to the late Caleb Anderson and the late Susie Anna Coe Wall. He was a Veteran of the US Army and a member of Crossroads Baptist...
Mr. Samuel Roger Williams
May 21, 2017
Mr. Samuel Roger Williams, age 80, of Elkin, NC passed away unexpectedly on Sunday May 21, 2017 at his home. He was born in Essex County, New York on July 18, 1936 to the late Reese and Pauline Strafford Williams. He was a member of Salem Fork Baptist Church, was a veteran of the US Army. In addition to his...
Mrs. Sarah Opal Martin Gilbert
May 20, 2017
Mrs. Sarah Opal Martin Gilbert, age 87, of Martinsville passed away Saturday, May 20, 2017 at her home. She was born on May 28, 1929 in Patrick County to the late James D. Martin and Ada Barnard Martin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William “Bill” Melvin Gilbert; a son, David Mark...
Mr. Robert "Bob" Steve Hawks
May 19, 2017
Mr. Robert “Bob” Steve Hawks, 75 of Cana, VA, passed away on Friday evening, May 19, 2017 at Surry Community Health and Rehab of Mount Airy. Mr. Hawks was born on March 8, 1942 in Carroll County, Virginia one of ten children to the late Jonah Gilbert Hawks and Ellen Louvinia Hawks Hawks. Mr. Hawks is survived by a sister,...
William Claude Branch
May 19, 2017
Mr. William Claude Branch, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, May 19, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Branch was born July 16, 1925, in Surry County, one of seven children born to the late William Fletcher and Nannie Lee Atkinson Branch. Claude served our country as a private first class in...
Margaret Lee Childress Smith
May 19, 2017
Mrs. Margaret Lee Childress Smith, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, May 19, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Smith was born April 23, 1928, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Howard William and Josie Pack Childress. Margaret was a devoted housewife and worked as a beautician for many years....
Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Coe McCormick
May 19, 2017
Dorothy Coe McCormick, 88, of the Stony Knoll community in Dobson, NC, passed away surrounded by family and friends on Friday, May 19, 2017. Dorothy was born on her family farm in Stony Knoll on February 20, 1929 to the late Grady and Lela Coe. She married Archie Deering McCormick on June 1, 1946. Dorothy was self-employed at Stony Knoll...
Mrs. Hattie Crissman Pack
May 18, 2017
Mrs. Hattie Crissman Pack, age 71, of Lawsonville, NC passed away Thursday, May 18, 2017 at the Universal Healthcare Center of King, NC. She was born in Patrick County on Feb. 7, 1946 to the late William “Bill” Crissman and Gladys Willard Crissman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa Pack; a son,...
Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie" Seal Hawks
May 18, 2017
Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth “Lizzie” Seal Hawks passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at her home. She was born on June 27, 1909 to Samuel Seal, Sr. and Drucilla. Mrs. Hawks was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Clarence Harold Hawks. She retired from Spencer’s in Mount Airy. She was an excellent seamstress and worked in several...
Karen Montgomery Johnson
May 18, 2017
Karen Montgomery Johnson, age 62, of Charleston, SC, widow of Michael Johnson, entered into eternal rest Thursday, May 18, 2017. Karen was born in Surry County on July 1, 1954, the daughter of James E. and Doris Willard Montgomery. She was a retail sales representative with R. J. Reynolds and Food Lion. She was most recently a devoted caregiver to...
Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie" Seal Hawks
May 18, 2017
Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth “Lizzie” Seal Hawks passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at her home. She was born on June 27, 1909 to Samuel Seal, Sr. and Drucilla. Mrs. Hawks was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Clarence Harold Hawks. She retired from Spencer’s in Mount Airy. She was an excellent seamstress and worked in several...
Ms. Shelia Renae Martin Snow
May 17, 2017
Ms. Sheila Renee Snow Ms. Shelia Renae Martin Snow, age 39, of Thurmond NC, passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at her residence. She was born October 3, 1977 in Surry County to Dannie Frank Martin and Debra Colleen Shannon. Ms. Snow was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her spouse, Donnie Blackburn, of the...
Ms. Patricia Sue Holt Jenkins
May 17, 2017
Ms. Patricia Sue Holt Jenkins, 65, of Mt. Airy passed away at her home on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. She was born in Surry County on December 30, 1951 to the late Walter Charlie Holt and Lucille Bottomley Holt. She worked for many years at Kentucky Derby Hosiery prior to starting a career in Home Health Care. She is survived...
Mrs. Virginia Lee Ward Fulk
May 17, 2017
Mrs. Virginia Lee Ward Fulk, 98, of Pilot Mountain passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at Surry Community Health and Rehabilitation in Mt. Airy. She was born in Forsyth County on May 12, 1919 to the late Rev. Orville Ward and Victoria Chambers Ward. Mrs. Fulk was the first female Police Officer in Pilot Mountain. She worked for Dr. Jona...
Mr. Ray Lee Hylton
May 17, 2017
Mr. Ray Lee Hylton, age 58 of Bassett, passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on March 9, 1959 to the late Raymond Cundiff Hylton and Claris Alma H. Hylton.
Mr. Hylton is survived by two sisters, Virginia Nelson of Bassett and Geraldine Haynes of Stuart; two nieces, Melissa Turner of...
Steve Mark Davis
May 17, 2017
Mr. sportsman. He also loved his church, Firehouse Ministries. Left to cherish his memories are his wife, Annalisa Davis of the home; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Kenny Davis and Kevin and Amanda Davis; his mother, Audrey Kathleen Inman Davis; his grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Emma, and Jaden Davis; and three fur babies, Doc, Toby, and Sammy. Mr. Davis was preceded in...
Mr. Arnold Boyd Jessup
May 16, 2017
Mr. Arnold Boyd Jessup, age 77, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Surry Community Nursing Center. Mr. Jessup was born in Surry County on September 4, 1939, to Adam and Martha Anderson Jessup. He proudly served our country in the United States Army and was retired from the business he and his wife owned and operated,...