Mr. Paul G. Layman
Mar 28, 2017
Mr. Paul G. Layman, age 77 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Patrick County on August 4, 1939 to the late Posey and Emma Martin Layman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Layman was preceded in death by two sisters, Louise Stowe and Gladys Trent, and two infant brothers. He...
Billy Maxwell Jackson
Mar 28, 2017
Mr. Billy Maxwell Jackson, 77, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday night, March 28, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Jackson was born September 24, 1939, in Surry County, the younger of two children born to the late Meigs Marion “Doc” and Alma Badgett Jackson. Billy served our country in the United States Navy during the Cuban Missile...
Virginia Rachel Parries Massey
Mar 28, 2017
Mrs. Virginia Rachel Parries Massey, 99, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Massey was born September 19, 1917, in Surry County, one of eleven children born to the late John Ashby Parries and Eliza Jane Parries Belton. Virginia retired from Renfro Corporation and was a faithful member of Flippin Memorial Baptist Church. She...
Mr. Jerry Lee Hiatt
Mar 28, 2017
Jerry Lee Hiatt of the Ground Hog Mountain area of Carroll County, Virginia, died Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in the palliative acute care center of Forsyth Hospital. Born February 24, 1955, to Clarence and Stella Hiatt (deceased), Jerry’s love of family, friends, and the mountains formed early on. He graduated from Carroll County High School and began a long and...
Mr. James Spotswood "Spot" Ray
Mar 27, 2017
Mr. James Spotswood “Spot” Ray, age 95 of Stuart, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Lawsonville, NC on December 28, 1921 to the late Eugene Ray and Lula Martin Ray. In addition to his parents, Mr. Ray was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Nowlin Ray; a daughter,...
Mr. Jesse Loyd Edwards
Mar 27, 2017
Mr. Jesse Loyd Edwards, 79, of Lowgap, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017 at Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Carroll County on December 30, 1937 to the late Izer and Elva Spencer Edwards. Mr. Edwards retired from Spencer’s and was a member and deacon of Sandy Ridge Primitive Baptist Church. He is survived by his...
Mr. Gary Wayne Gray
Mar 26, 2017
Mr. Gary Wayne Gray, age 73 of Westfield, North Carolina, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017 at Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. He was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on November 26, 1943 to the late Lloyd Gray and Rachel Collins Gray Jefferson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant daughter,...
Mr. James Lee "Jimmy" Snow
Mar 26, 2017
James Lee Snow
Mt. Airy, NC – James “Jimmy” Lee Snow, 70, passed away March 26, 2017 at his home. Jimmy was born November 24, 1946 in Surry County, NC to the late Jim and Cassie Snow. Jimmy had a tremendous love for his family, and his church family. He enjoyed hunting,fishing and working in his garden. He was employed...
Mrs. Florence Clement Fain
Mar 25, 2017
Mrs. Florence Clement Fain, age 83, of Claudville, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at her home. She was born on July 2, 1933 in Patrick County to the late Raffie Clement and Sally Hiatt Clement. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Fain; a son, Delbert Fain; and one brother, Raffie Clement,...
Mrs. Virginia Haynes McMillian
Mar 25, 2017
Mrs. Virginia Haynes McMillian, age 87, of Cana, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017, at her home surrounded by her caring family. Mrs. McMillian was born in Carroll County on August 8, 1929 to David and Lucy Guynn Haynes. She was a homemaker and loving, wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Mrs. McMillian enjoyed spending time with her family and was...
Mr. Homer William Fain
Mar 25, 2017
Mr. Homer William Fain, age 85 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on March 19, 1932 to the late Paul Harold Fain and Lois Dollarhite Fain. In addition to his parents, Mr. Fain was preceded in death by a sister, Audrey Gregory and a...
Mrs. Marie Hopkins Edwards
Mar 25, 2017
Mrs. Marie Hopkins Edwards, age 85, of Stuart, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. She was born on June 26, 1931 in Patrick County to the late Joseph E. Hopkins and Maude Cochran Hopkins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph L. Edwards; one sister, Lora...
Mr. Buddy Gary Pendleton
Mar 24, 2017
The angel band came for Patrick County bluegrass fiddler, Buddy Pendleton, Friday evening, March 24, 2017 to bear him away to his immortal home. Buddy, age 81, of Woolwine was born in Patrick County to the late Roscoe N. Pendleton and Mabel Hopkins Pendleton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Kaye P....
Mr. Barry Alan Cassell
Mar 24, 2017
Mr. Barry Alan Cassell, age 49, of Charlotte, North Carolina, and formerly of Meadows of Dan passed away Friday, March 24, 2017. He was born in Roanoke on November 27, 1967 to the late Donnie Lester Cassell and Norma Harrell Cassell.
Surviving are a brother and sister-in-law, Clay and Meredith Cassell of Charlotte; a niece, Elisabeth C. Banks and...
Mrs. Imogene McBride Collins
Mar 24, 2017
Mrs. Imogene McBride Collins, 70, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on November 14, 1946 to the late Joe and Myrtle Hawks McBride. Mrs. Collins retired from Renfro and attended Bottom Road Tabernacle. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law,...
Mrs. Lillie Mae Tolbert Brooks
Mar 24, 2017
Mrs. Lillie Mae Tolbert Brooks, age 84, formerly of Surry County, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at The Brian Center in Hickory, NC. She was born March 29, 1932 in Surry County to the late Martin and Pearl Tolbert and was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church and retired from Wayne Farms. Mrs. Brooks was preceded in death...
Mr. Charles Mitchell Smith
Mar 24, 2017
Mr. Charles Mitchell Smith, age 65, of Cana, VA, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017, at Salem VA Medical Center. Mr. Smith was born in Carroll County on June 26, 1951, to Charles Arnold and Beulah Boyd Smith. He proudly served our county in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Mitchell was truly an inspiration to so many,...
Heather Leanne Wilkins Frye
Mar 24, 2017
Mrs. Heather Leanne Wilkins Frye, 36, of Mount Airy, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 24, 2017. Mrs. Frye was born November 12, 1980, in Guilford County, to Bruce Craig and Wanda Walls Wilkins. Leanne graduated from Surry Central High School in 1999 and later from East Carolina University. She was a dedicated Christian...
Mr. G. Eugene Wood
Mar 23, 2017
Mr. G. Eugene Wood, age 94 of Woolwine, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 in Richmond. He was born in Franklin County on December 19, 1922 to the late Soloman Sylvanus “Syl” Wood and Lillie Nolen Wood. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wood was preceded in death by three sisters, Flossie Richardson, Elsie Griffith and Ilene Thomas; two brothers,...
Mr. Charles Hughes Tatum
Mar 23, 2017
Mr. Charles Hughes Tatum, age 83 of Stuart passed away at his home on Thursday, March 23, 2017. He was born in Patrick County on November 20, 1933 to the late James “Jim” Tatum and Abigail Rucker Tatum. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth E. Turner Tatum; a son, Charles G. Tatum;...