Mrs. Marie Lewis Hooker Judson
Mar 15, 2017
Mrs. Marie Lewis Hooker Judson passed away peacefully at RidgeCrest Assisted Living on March 15, 2017 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s, where she had been a residence since 2014. Marie was born in Patrick County Virginia and was a long-time residence of Mt. Airy, where she graduated from Mt. Airy School in 1941. She was instrumental in organizing the...
Laura Jean Tagliamonte
Mar 15, 2017
Ms. Laura Jean Tagliamonte, age 48, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Baptist Hospital. Ms. Tagliamonte was born in Huntington, NY on November 8, 1968, the daughter of Alice Roberts Cavallo and the late Nicholas Bianculli. Laura will be sorely missed by her family and friends. Those who will always cherish her memory are her son,...
Mrs. Magdalene Creed
Mar 14, 2017
Mrs. Candis Magdalene East Creed, 74, of Mount Airy, passed away early Tuesday morning, March 14, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Creed was born August 12, 1942, in Surry County, to the late Wilburn and Mary Inez McMillian East. Magdalene was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend who will be dearly missed by all that knew her. She was...
Mr. Walter Dalton Leonard, Jr
Mar 14, 2017
Mr. Walter Dalton Leonard, Jr. age 87, of Mount Airy, died on March 14, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Mount Airy on April 1, 1929. Walter was preceded in death by his parents, Walter Dalton Leonard, Sr. and Alice Harris Leonard. A graduate of Mount Airy High School and Riverside Military Academy, he later attended The...
Mrs. Carrie Sue Melton Muzquiz
Mar 12, 2017
Mrs. Carrie Sue Melton Muzquiz, age 77, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Muzquiz was born in Carroll County on June 8, 1939, to Kelly and Abby Spencer Melton. She was a loving homemaker who will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. Surviving are daughters and sons-in-law, Eloisa...
Mr. Kenneth Calloway Reynolds, Jr
Mar 12, 2017
Mr. Kenneth Calloway Reynolds, Jr., age 78 of Henry, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Patrick County on August 28, 1938 to the late Kenneth Calloway Reynolds, Sr. and Myrtle Roberson Reynolds. In addition to his parents, Mr. Reynolds was preceded in death by a daughter, Carol Reynolds, and a sister, Jean...
Charlie Woltz Hull, Sr
Mar 11, 2017
Mr. Charlie Woltz Hull, Sr., 95, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, March 11, 2017, at his home. Mr. Hull was born December 18, 1921, in Surry County, one of ten children born to the late John Hillery and Emma Davis Hull. Charlie proudly served our country in the longtime member of Round Peak Masonic Lodge #616 AF and...
Nina Mae Cockerham Simmons
Mar 10, 2017
Mrs. Nina Mae Cockerham Simmons, age 75, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017, at Surry Community Health and Rehab. Mrs. Simmons was born in Surry County on February 8, 1942, to Kelly and Maggie Cockerham. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and many friends. Those who will...
Ashley Reid Benfield
Mar 10, 2017
Our special beloved brother Ashley Reid Benfield went to be with Jesus March 10, 2017, and reunited with his daddy and mama Fred and Hallie Benfield. He was born April 5, 1954 in Surry County and was raised in Lowgap, NC, living the last twenty years in Johnson City, TN. He was a member of Roaring Gap Baptist church but...
Mr. Garry Lynn Hutchens
Mar 9, 2017
Mr. Garry Lynn Hutchens
Reidsville, NC Mr. Garry Hutchens, age 62, of Reidsville, NC, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at his residence. He was born November 10, 1954, in Surry County to the late Oscar Marvin and Gurtha Lou Hutchens. Mr. Hutchens was an employee of the US Postal Service and a devoted member of New Home Church of...
Mrs. Velma Hawks Haynes
Mar 9, 2017
Mrs. Velma Hawks Haynes, 91, of Mt. Airy after a long illness, won her battle to go on to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, March 09, 2017 from Priddy Manor in King. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7. Born in Surry County, on December 16,...
Mr. Billy Baker Smith
Mar 9, 2017
Billy Baker Smith passed away on March 9, 2017 just four weeks after the passing of his dear wife, Vilena. He was born on August 25th, 1932 to the late Ernest and Thelma Smith. He was a veteran of the US Army, having served from January 1954 - January 1956. Most of his service time was spent serving in France....
Mr. Taylor Clinton Hawks
Mar 9, 2017
Mr. Taylor Clinton Hawks, age 84, of Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Hawks was born in Patrick County on June 26, 1932 to George Washington Hawks and Roxanna Thompson Hawks. He was a loving father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend to so many in his community. He will be dearly missed....
Mrs. Ruby Mosley
Mar 9, 2017
Mrs. Ruby Alice Samuel Mosley, 78, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on November 6, 1938 to the late G. M. “Doc” Samuel and Ethel Elise Williams Samuel. Mrs. Mosley was a longtime member of Holly Springs Baptist Church which she loved and adored....
Mrs. Kathleen Sophia Cheape
Mar 9, 2017
Miss Kathleen Sophia “Kitty” Cheape, age 91, of Meadows of Dan, passed away March 9, 2017. Kitty was born in Greensboro, Alabama on Nov. 6, 1925 to the late Dudley Willis Cheape and Julia Tutwiler Cheape. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Julia Cheape Lindsay; and two brothers, Dudley W. Cheape, Jr., and...
Mrs. Margie Frances Cave Joyce
Mar 9, 2017
Mrs. Margie Frances Cave Joyce, 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, March 09, 2017 at her daughters home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on March 4, 1932 to the late William Harrison and Edna Hodges Cave. Mrs. Joyce retired from Renfro and was a member of Westside Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Mary Eloise Perkinson Swann
Mar 9, 2017
Mary Perkinson (Eloise) Swann, age 88, of Mount Airy, North Carolina, passed away at Ridgecrest Retirement Community in Mount Airy, on March 9th, 2017 following an extended illness and is now peacefully and joyfully at rest with the Lord. Mrs. Swann was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia on October 1, 1928, to the late Claiborne F. Perkinson and Mary F....
Daniel Cowell Vogler
Mar 8, 2017
Mr. Daniel Cowell Vogler, age 67, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 08, 2017, at his home. Mr. Vogler was born in Surry County, to the late Jack Cowell and Bessie Viola Atkins Vogler. He was a very special brother as well as a loving father and a friend to all who knew him. Mr. Vogler also served in...
Miss Hailey Renee Bowman
Mar 7, 2017
Miss Hailey Renee Bowman, age 22, of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Hailey was born in Surry County on January 29, 1995 to Harold Dean Bowman, Jr. and Dana Leeann Hawks Bowman. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister and friend. Left to cherish her memories are her daughter, Claira Deviegh...
Mrs. Bessie Virginia Clark Overby
Mar 7, 2017
Mrs. Bessie Virginia Clark Overby, age 96 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Pioneer Community Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on May 5, 1920 to the late Jim and Una Martin Clark. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Overby was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Arthur Overby; a son, Willie “Bernice” Overby; a...