Donald Ray Akers
Mar 6, 2017
Mr. Donald Ray Akers, 63, of Mount Airy, passed away at his home on Monday March 6, 2017. He was born in Surry County on April 11, 1953 to the late Lonnie Eldridge Akers and Dovie Edwards Akers. Mr. Akers was retired from Mount Airy City Schools maintenance department after many years of dedicated service. Mr. Akers was an avid...
Mr. Ralph Columbus Gunnell, Jr
Mar 6, 2017
Mr. Ralph Columbus Gunnell, Jr., 75, of Mt. Airy passed away at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital on Monday, March 6, 2017. He was born on January 20, 1942 to the late Ralph Columbus Gunnell, Sr. and Perlie Smith Gunnell. Mr. Gunnell managed Ralph Gunnell Grocery for many years prior to working in sales for Merritt Supply where he retired after...
Jo Ann Tolbert McKinney
Mar 5, 2017
Mrs. Jo Ann Tolbert McKinney, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home on Sunday, March 5, 2017. She was born June 6, 1937, in Surry County, to the late William Emmett and Myrtle Medley Tolbert. Mrs. McKinney retired from Mount Airy OB-GYN and was a nurse for 53 years. She was a member...
Mr. Jackie Darrell Wilmoth
Mar 5, 2017
Mr. Jackie Darrell Wilmoth, age 74, of Dobson passed away on Sunday evening March 5, 2017 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on January 1, 1943 to the late Rufus Jackson Wilmoth and the late Cora Eva Hudson Wilmoth. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...
Mrs. Nelvra Susan Mayes Dozier
Mar 5, 2017
Mrs. Nelvra Susan Mayes Dozier, age 52, of Dobson, NC passed away on Sunday evening March 5, 2017 at her home. She was born in Surry County on August 8th, 1964 to the late Curtis Hover Mayes and to Hassie Moore Mayes Jarrell. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband Kenneth “Earl” Dozier of the home; one daughter Teshia...
Mrs. Ruth Virginia Moore Hutson
Mar 5, 2017
Mrs. Ruth Virginia Moore Hutson, age 77, daughter of Sheppard A. Moore, Sr. and Ruth Elizabeth Beasley Moore, passed away on March 5, 2017 at the Woltz Hospice Home. She was a homemaker, enjoyed quilting, loved her family, her church, many friends and watching her grandsons play ball. She is survived by her husband, Bobby Ray Hutson to whom she...
Mr. Mark Duane Harrell
Mar 5, 2017
Mr. Mark Duane Harrell, 51, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday March 5, 2017. Mr. Harrell was born in Surry County on December 26, 1965 to Lena Harrell Dixon and the late Ray Mabe. Mr. Harrell was an avid bass fisherman and he had a love and passion for football, especially the Carolina Panthers, “Keep Pounding”. Mr. Harrell is survived...
Mrs. Dorothy Vernon Shockley
Mar 4, 2017
Mrs. Dorothy Vernon Shockley, age 86, of Stuart, passed away Saturday, March 04, 2017 at her home surrounded by her children. She was born in Patrick County on Nov. 16, 1930 to the late Felix Leonard Vernon and Minnie Nelson Vernon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Arthur Guy Shockley,...
Ms. April Dawn Ayers
Mar 4, 2017
Ms. April Dawn Ayers Ms. April Dawn Ayers, age 35, of Dobson, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017, at her residence. She was born on April 5, 1981 to the late Ricky Dale Ayers Sr. and Carolyn Annelle Willard Carrier. She was an excellent server at Putter’s Restaurant and of the Baptist faith. In addition to her mother, she is...
Mrs. Verda Elizabeth Vaden Smith
Mar 4, 2017
Verda Elizabeth Vaden Smith passed into the Lord’s presence peacefully on Saturday, March 4, at Wake Medical Center in Cary, NC. She was born August 29, 1915 in Stokes County, NC to William Oscar Vaden and Ida Jackson Vaden. Her mother died when she was 6 years old, and after her father remarried, she was blessed to call Lula Mabe...
Mr. Johnny Lee White Sr
Mar 4, 2017
Mr. Johnny Lee White, Sr.
Mr. Johnny L. White, age 83 of Dobson, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017 at his residence. He was born, May 17, 1933 in Surry County to the late Benton and Marie White. He was a retired welder with McLean Trucking and a member of Freedom Gospel Church. Mr. White is survived by his loving...
Donald Mickey Dobson
Mar 4, 2017
Mr. Donald Mickey Dobson, 76, of Boonville, passed away early Saturday morning, March 4, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Dobson was born November 25, 1940, in Forsyth County, one of two children born to the late Joe and Mable Vivian Collins Dobson. Donald proudly served our country in the United States Navy from...
Ms. Ada Olene Wagoner Taylor
Mar 4, 2017
Ms. Ada Olene Wagoner Taylor, age 88 of Lynchburg, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on July 28, 1928 to the late Charles Reed Wagoner and Lillie Shelton Wagoner. In addition to her parents, Ms. Taylor was preceded in death by two sons, James Ray Wagoner and Johnny Grant Taylor,...
Mr. Howard Lewis Ullrich, Sr
Mar 3, 2017
Mr. Howard Lewis Ullrich, Sr., age 79, of Patrick Springs, passed away Friday, March 3, 2017 in the loving care of his family. He was born in Waco, TX on Aug. 20, 1937 to the late Lorenz W. Ullrich and Fannie Lou Bennett Ullrich Casey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Cummings...
Mrs. Ethel Oneida Brown Russell
Mar 3, 2017
Mrs. Ethel Oneida Brown Russell, 99, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday March 3, 2017 at Northern Hospital of Surry County Skilled Nursing Facility. She was born in Charlottesville County, Virginia on May 1, 1917 to the late Purley Brown and Mary Payne Brown. Mrs. Russell was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend who will be dearly missed by all...
Annie "Ruth" Donathan Watson
Mar 3, 2017
Ms. Annie “Ruth” Donathan Watson, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, March 3, 2017, at her home. She was born in Yadkin County on October 9, 1937, to the late Riley Anderson and Lizzie Ellen Jones Donathan. Ms. Watson retired from Pine State Knitwear and was a member of Westside Baptist Church. Ruth was a loving mother, grandmother, sister...
Mrs. Marie Turner Hopkins Foster
Mar 2, 2017
Mrs. Marie Turner Hopkins Foster, age 87 of Martinsville, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on January 29, 1930 to the late Homer and Lilia Mize Turner. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a husband, John Still; the father of her children, Grover Hopkins, five brothers,...
Mrs. Anita Martin Baliles
Mar 1, 2017
Anita Jane Martin Baliles passed away suddenly on March 1, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. She was predeceased by her parents, Moir Green Martin and Anna Bel Meade, and her husband of 44 years, Larry W. Baliles, who was Chief Deputy Sheriff in Patrick County, Virginia. Anita was born February 18, 1937 in Bassett, Virginia and graduated from Bassett High School....
June Elizabeth Moody Franks
Mar 1, 2017
Mrs. June Elizabeth Moody Franks, 77, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at her daughter’s home. Mrs. Franks was born September 9, 1939, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Roger Howard and Mary Elizabeth Kingsbury Moody. She retired as a clerical accountant and was a member of the North Carolina Society of Accountants. Mrs. Franks...
Larry Sherman Smith
Feb 28, 2017
Mr. Larry Sherman Smith, also known as Larry Edmond Carpenter, 67, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday night, February 28, 2017, at his home. Mr. Smith was born January 18, 1950, in Galax, VA, the son of the late Aldie W. Carpenter and Edith Young Carpenter Reavis. Larry retired from Cross Creek Apparel after 40 years of service and was...