Mrs. Anna Rae Byers Lawrence, age 79 of Thurmond, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2017 at Hugh Chatham Hospital. She was born August 27, 1937, in Indiana, to the late Richard and Alice Mae Craig Byers. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic Faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her Husband, Mr. Joy...
Mr. Terry Dale Edwards, 56, of Mount Airy, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, April 3, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Edwards was born in Carroll County, VA on July 22, 1960 to the late Oscar Davis Edwards and Mildred Hawks Edwards. Mr. Edwards...
Mrs. Geneva Wilson Thore, widow of Claude Washington Thore passed away April 3, 2017 at Northern Hospital Surry County, Skilled Nursing Facility. Mrs. Thore was born July 10, 1915 in Surry County, to the late George Washington Wilson and Martha Jane Wilson. She had resided at the family home place at 176 Prison Camp Road since 1933 where Claude was...
Mrs. Brenda Sue Johnson Holder, 67, of Mount Airy, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 2, 2017. Mrs. Holder was born on June 8, 1949 in Surry County to Jerilene Webb Johnson and the late Roy Lewis Johnson. Brenda was retired from the Town of Pilot Mountain as the town clerk and attended Roaring Gap...
Mr. Herbert H. Gammons, age 83 of Ararat, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on October 7, 1933 to the late James Jesse Gammons and Susie Ada Goins Gammons. In addition to his parents, Mr. Gammons was preceded in death by four brothers, David Lee Gammons, William James...
Mrs. Loma Lee Bobbitt Money, 77, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born February 5, 1940 to the late Loman and Annie Lillian Bobbitt. Mrs. Money was a retired school bus driver for Surry County Schools where she drove for Franklin Elementary School. Mrs. Money also retired from Roses...
Mr. Larry Phil Horton, 73, of Mt. Airy, passed away at his home Saturday, April 01, 2017. He was born in Patrick County, VA on May 22, 1943 to the late Orbra and Bessie Pack Horton. He was a faithful member of Temple Baptist Church. Mr. Horton is survived by his wife, Rita Ann Puckett Horton of the home; two...
Mr. Gregory David Allagood, 46, of Cumming, GA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, March 31, 2017. Mr. Allagood was born November 7, 1970, in Dade County, FL, to Joyce Triplett Allagood and the late Irwin Hines Allagood. Gregory attended North Point Church in Alpharetta, GA, and worked as a technician at AT&T. He proudly...
Mrs. Betty Jean Baker Shelton, age 81, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home on Friday, March 31, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on August 7, 1935 to the late Floyd Clobis and Myrtle Smith Baker. Mrs. Shelton was a retired Hairdresser having worked many years at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living....
Mr. Wilbur Lane Hawks, age 79, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017. Mr. Hawks was born in Surry County on June 16, 1937, to Olen and Sadie O’Dell Hawks. He was a loving father, grandfather and great-great grandfather who will be dearly missed by his family and many friends. Those who will always cherish his memory are...
Mrs. Jan Tomlin
Mrs. Jan Denise Gates Tomlin, age 65, of Dobson, passed away peacefully, Friday, March 31, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born December 9, 1951 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late James Gates and Merlyn Frances Trager. Mrs. Tomlin was a homemaker and a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her daughters and...
Mr. Marcos Garcia Aquino , age 25 of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017. He was born October 24, 1995 in Mexico to Marcos Garcia and Maria Aquino. He is also survived by his Fiancee, Angie Creed; his son, Jeremiah Holyfield; his grandmother, Hilda Aquino; his sister, Clara Aquino; his brother Carlos Aquino, Luis Aquino, and Fernando Aquino;...
Mae Estelle Ring Carlyle, 92, of Siloam, died Thursday March 30, 2017 at her home. She was born in Surry County on October 26, 1924 to the late Irvin S. Ring and Etta Caroline Patterson Ring. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Ring was preceded in death by her husband, John R. “Dock” Carlyle after 52 years of marriage. Also...
Mrs. Billie Hardy Bradley, age 81, of Mt. Airy, widow of Dr. Harris Bradley, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017, at Surry Community Health & Rehab. Mrs. Bradley was born in Surry County on June 8, 1935 to James Ethard and Annie Ausborne Hardy. Mrs. Bradley was retired from United Savings in Mount Airy, and was longtime member of First...
Mr. Ephriam Jackson “June” Loftis, Jr., 100, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 29, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. June was born February 1, 1917, in Surry County, the son of the late Ephriam Jackson Loftis and Willie Shelton Loftis. June was married for 74 years to his loving and devoted wife,...
Mrs. Armida Hall Rule, 63, of Pilot Mountain, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday night, March 29, 2017. Mrs. Rule was born December 23, 1953, in Chicago, IL, the daughter of the late James and Alicia Hall. Armida proudly served our country in the United States Marine Corps. She later graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a...
Mr. Victor Surville De Lan, Jr., 86, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, March 29, 2017, at Commonwealth Assisted Living Facility in Hillsville, VA. Mr. De Lan was born September 24, 1930, in New York, NY, one of two sons born to the late Victor Surville De Lan, Sr. and Penelope Hale De Lan. Victor served our country in...
Mrs. Sandra Delma McHone Francis, age 73, of Pilot Mountain passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Francis was born in Lowell, MA on June 27, 1943, to Robert Worth and Delma Crews McHone. She was a loving homemaker and was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church. Those who will forever cherish her memory are her...
Rebecca Shelton Daniele, sister, child, friend and loving mother, simply adored her two children. Roman and Gabriel loved her deeply, and she never failed to let them know how much she cared for them and the events going on their lives... even to within hours of our Lord calling her home. Many people were blessed to know Rebecca, and those...