Barbara Susan Moore
Feb 28, 2017
Mrs. Barbara Susan Moore, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, February 28, 2017, after a brief illness. Barbara was born January 23, 1926, in Miami, FL, and lived most of her life in Atlanta, GA. She was an avid genealogist, having spent years researching branches of the family trees for her and her late husband, Robert Allen Moore....
Mr. James Richard Beasley, II
Feb 28, 2017
Mr. James Richard Beasley, II “Beasley”, age 38 of Claudville, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at his home. He was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina on December 13, 1978. He was preceded in death by his mother, Bonita Moser; a daughter, Erica Nichole Belcher; and his paternal grandfather, James Glenn Beasley. He was of the Baptist faith, and...
Mr. James Douglas Poff
Feb 28, 2017
Mr. James Douglas Poff, 73, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Surry County on April 3, 1943 to the late Sidney and Stella McHone Poff. Mr. Poff was retired from Perry Manufacturing Company, and attended Grace Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Birda Bond Poff...
Ms. Deborah Ann Bowman
Feb 28, 2017
Ms. Deborah Ann Bowman, age 44, of Claudville, Va., passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. Ms. Bowman was born in Surry County on February 21, 1973 to Barbara Ann Bowman. She was a retired Dispatcher with Patrick County Sheriff’s office and she was also an announcer on WHEO radio in Stuart. Deborah will be dearly missed...
Rev. Robert Barlow Stanley
Feb 27, 2017
Rev. Robert Barlow Stanley, age 79, of Dobson, NC passed away unexpectedly on Monday evening February 27, 2017 at Forsyth Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem. He was born in Surry Co. on September 29, 1937 to the late Prather Coy Stanley and the late Olga Marion Stanley. Rev. Stanley was pastor of Mt. Plesant Baptist Church, Dobson, N.C. ,was a member...
Mrs. Rebecca Gale Conner
Feb 27, 2017
Mrs. Rebecca Gale Conner, age 53 of Stuart, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on June 5, 1963, and was preceded in death by her father, Joseph Allen Harbour.
Mrs. Conner is survived by her husband of 35 years, Richard Hill Conner of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, April and...
Mrs. Delsie P. Aldridge
Feb 27, 2017
Mrs. Delsie Elizabeth Pack Aldridge, age 89, of Mt Airy, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017, at Surry Community Nursing Center. Mrs. Aldridge was born in Surry County on January 4, 1928, to Quillie Armston and Oma Etta Bowman Pack. She was a well-known high school teacher for 33 years. Mrs. Aldridge was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother...
Mrs. Marie F. Smith
Feb 27, 2017
Marie F. Smith, 91, died at Dobson, North Carolina Hospice Home on February 27, 2017. Born on October 8, 1925 in Port Jervice, New York and resided most of her life on Long Island, NY. Marie worked at Brookhaven Hospital where she was loved and respected by all, as she had a mutual love and respect for. She retired after...
Mr. David Oscar Hawks
Feb 26, 2017
Mr. David Oscar Hawks, 71, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Carroll County on March 1, 1945 to the late Elliott and Fannie Underwood Hawks. Mr. Hawks was a carpenter and was owner operator of Hawks Odd Jobs. He is survived by a daughter, Angela Miller; a...
Grover Paul Jenkins, Jr
Feb 25, 2017
Mr. Grover Paul “Pete” Jenkins, Jr., 88, a resident of the Piney Grove community, went to be with the Lord on Saturday morning, February 25, 2017. Mr. Jenkins was born January 11, 1929, in Surry County, the third of five children born to the late Grover Paul Jenkins, Sr. and Viola Newman Jenkins. He was known as a loving husband,...
Mrs. Barbara Anne Clark Baughan
Feb 25, 2017
Barbara Anne Clark Baughan, age 86, of Stuart, VA., returned to her Lord and Savior on February 25, 2017.
She was born in Mt. Airy, NC on September 12, 1930 in the old Memorial Hospital, to the late J. Myron and Annie Sue Fulton Clark.
She graduated from Stuart High School in 1948, graduated valedictorian from Stratford Junior College in...
Mrs. Ruth Williams
Feb 25, 2017
Mrs. Ruth Williams, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday February 25, 2017 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Williams was born in Patrick County on June 23, 1937 to the late Benjamin Harrison Hensley and Bertie Mae Handy Hensley. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Williams is survived by two sons, Rocky Williams and Travis Williams and his fiancée,...
Mr. Michael Zane Hazelwood
Feb 25, 2017
Mr. Michael Zane Hazelwood, age 71 of Stuart, Virginia passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. He was born in Henry County on April 11, 1945 to the late William Jackson Hazelwood and Edith Hall Hazelwood. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his daughter, Sandra Craig. Mike was a...
Mrs. Edna Short Simmons
Feb 25, 2017
Mrs. Edna Short Simmons, 96, of Mount Airy passed away on Saturday February 25, 2017. She was born October 15, 1920 in Surry County to the late Ida Short. She was retired from Renfro Hosiery and a member of Indian Grove Baptist Church. She was predeceased by her husband of 73 years, Orbie Raymond Simmons. Surviving is a daughter, Clara...
Mrs. Opal Lee Marion McCraw
Feb 25, 2017
Mrs. Opal Lee Marion McCraw, age 89, of Cana, passed away, Saturday, February 25, 2017, at her home. Mrs. McCraw was born in Carroll County, VA on September 17, 1927, to William Henry Marion, Jr. and Lela Mae Marion. She taught school in the Carroll County School System for many years and then later retired as a CNA. Surviving are...
William Frederick Liebenow
Feb 24, 2017
William Frederick “Bud” Liebenow, who captained the PT boat that rescued John F. Kennedy after a Japanese destroyer sank the future president’s now-legendary PT-109, died Friday, February 24, 2017, in Mount Airy. He was 97. He died of complications related to pneumonia, said his daughter, Susan T. Liebenow.
Mr. Liebenow joined the Navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in...
Lottie Ruth Davis Griffith
Feb 24, 2017
Ms. Lottie Ruth Davis Griffith, 66, of Mount Airy passed away Friday evening at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. She was born in Surry County on March 3, 1950 to the late Carl Junior Davis and Hattie Hiatt Davis Johnson. She was retired from Aunt Bea’s Restaurant and was of the Baptist faith. Ms. Griffith is survived by her two sons,...
Mr. Kenneth Ray "Doctor Ken" Johnson
Feb 24, 2017
Mr. Kenneth Ray “Doctor Ken” Johnson, 53, of Lowgap passed away on Friday, February 24, 2017. He was born in Surry County on June 12, 1963 to Bernie William and Mildred Ann Leftwich Johnson. “Doctor Ken” was a self-employed auto body repairman. He was a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church and the Junior Warden of Round Peak Masonic Lodge...
Mr. Mark Anthony Styers
Feb 24, 2017
Mr. Mark Anthony Styers age 57, of Ardmore, Oklahoma passed away Friday, February 24, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Winston Salem, North Carolina on November 11, 1959 to Harold Walker Styers, Sr. and Mary Alice Frye Styers. Mark was preceded in death by his father; a brother, Rodney Styers; and a...
Mrs. Effie Mae Ayers Pruitt
Feb 24, 2017
Mrs. Effie Mae Ayers Pruitt, 89, of Hillsville, VA passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home on Friday, February 24, 2017. She was born in Carroll County, VA on January 26, 1928 to the late Robert “Bob” and Susie Collins Ayers. Mrs. Pruitt was co-owner with her husband of a country store and a member of Rome...