Jan 1, 2017

Ms. Deana Gaye Lovill, 47, of Mt. Airy passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Forsyth County on February 16, 1969 to Geraldine Reece Lovill and the late Larry Dean Lovill. Ms. Lovill was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and daughter. Left to cherish her memories in addition to her mother, are...

Jan 1, 2017

Mr. Marion “Allen” Goad, age 49 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. He was born in Henry County on July 31, 1967 to Claude Marion Goad and Leonia H. Goad. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by a sister, Tina Renee Goad-Tatum. Allen...

Jan 1, 2017

Dec 31, 2016

Mr. Quincy Leon Cook, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away early Saturday morning, December 31, 2016, at Universal Health Care in King. Mr. Cook was born February 14, 1940, in Surry County, to the late Quincy Johnnie and Cora Lee Hiatt Cook. He worked in a furniture factory for many years and was a member of the Christian faith. He...

Dec 31, 2016

Mr. Kenneth Ray Flippin, age 73 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on December 31, 2016 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. He was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on December 26, 1943 to the late Andy Jesse Flippin and Lula Mae Bingman Flippin. In addition to his parents, Mr. Flippin was preceded in death by a...

Dec 31, 2016

Mrs. Lucy Jane Poore Browne, 91, of Mt. Airy, died Saturday, December 31, 2016, at Forsyth Medical Center surrounded by her family. Mrs. Browne was born in Surry County on October 15, 1925, to Walter Allen and Doris Allred Poore. She attended Women’s College of Greensboro, and was retired from the Mount Airy Merchants Association and Credit Bureau after 35...

Dec 31, 2016

Mrs. Ramona Lowe Bowlin, 87 of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday December 31, 2016 at Transitions Life Care Hospice in Raleigh, NC. She was born in Surry County on May 17, 1929 to the late Lloyd Lowe and Susie Matthews Lowe. Mrs. Bowlin was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend who will be dearly missed by all that knew...

Dec 30, 2016

Mrs. Lynn Cagle Collins, 60, of Cana passed away unexpectedly Friday, December 30, 2016 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on September 6, 1956 to the late William Marlie and Wanda Irene Edwards Cagle. Mrs. Collins was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend, always putting the welfare of others before her own. She...

Dec 29, 2016

Mr. John Thomas “J.T.” Hall, 78, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born In Carroll County, VA on May 31, 1938 to the late Elmer Garland and Emma Gracie Dowell Hall. Mr. Hall was retired from Pine State Knitwear after 35 years of service, and...

Dec 29, 2016

Mr. Eddie Carson Dorsett Jr, 92, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Surry Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born January 13, 1924 to the late Eddie Carson and Bessie Hunt Dorsett. Mr. Dorsett was raised in a loving family that took in two cousins who were raised as his brothers. He grew up in the...

Dec 29, 2016

Mr. Michael Anthony Jennings, 60, of Cana VA passed away Thursday, December 29,2016 at his home. Mr. Jennings was born April 17, 1956 in Patrick County to the late James Franklin and Mary Eaton Jennings. Left to cherish his memories are daughters and sons in-law, Theresa and Gerald France, Ann and Bradley Poindexter, and Tina Ayers; a son Michael Bowman,...

Dec 28, 2016

Mr. Hubert Isaac Jones, age 92 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at Fork Mountain Adult Rest Home in Rocky Mount. He was born in Patrick County on June 14, 1924 to the late Henry and Susan Hatcher Jones. In addition to his parents, Mr. Jones was preceded in death by six sisters, Lottie Jones, Lora Elgin, Pearl...

Dec 27, 2016

Mrs. Opal Boyd Gregory, age 81 of Stuart, went to be with the Lord on Dec. 27, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Floyd Co. on July 6, 1935 to the late Grover Boyd and Nancy Burnette Boyd. She had retired from Phillip Morris Tobacco Co. in Richmond after 37 years. Since her retirement she loved...

Dec 27, 2016

Mr. Richard Ray “Skinny” Wagoner, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday morning, December 27, 2016 at his home. He was born in Surry County on July 11, 1933 to the late Robert Benton Wagoner, Sr. and Clara Jane Watts Wagoner. Mr. Wagoner was the owner of Wagoner’s Body Shop, a member of the Granite Masonic Lodge #322 for over...

Dec 26, 2016

Mrs. Jessie Antoinette Coulson Dawson, age 89, of Ararat, passed away Monday, December 26, 2016, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Dawson was born in Carroll County on September 9, 1927 to Thomas Sperry and Louella Clementine McMillian Coulson. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and a faithful Christian. Left to cherish her memory is her devoted husband, Everett...

Dec 26, 2016

Mrs. Marie Gilley Shelton, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 26, 2016, surrounded by her family, after several years of declining health. She was 95 years old. Mrs. Shelton was born July 16, 1921, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Walter Erastus and Pearl Lee Long Gilley. Marie worked her entire...

Dec 25, 2016

Mrs. Betty Jean Bowman Combs, 84, of King, passed away Sunday morning, December 25, 2016, at her home. Mrs. Combs was born on March 18, 1932 in Surry County to the late James Tyrie Bowman and Maggie May Felts Bowman. Mrs. Combs was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be dearly missed by all that knew her. She...

Dec 25, 2016

Mrs. Lettie Lee Willard Thomas, 94, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 25, 2016, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Thomas was born January 20, 1922, in Carroll County, VA, to the late General Meigs “G.M.” and Cora Westmoreland Willard. Lettie was married to the late Clarence Edward Thomas the love of...

Dec 25, 2016

Mr. William “Bill” Dexter Inscore, age 69, passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Genesis Nursing Home in Sparta. Mr. Inscore was born in Patrick County on March 7, 1947 to John Dexter and Waneta Gray Inscore. He will be dearly missed by his family and friends. Surviving is a sister-in-law, Linda Inscore; nephews, Ronald Inscore and Dwayne Hiatt...

Dec 25, 2016

Mrs. Lillie Irene McBride Edwards, 81, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday evening, December 25, 2016, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Edwards was born March 11, 1935, in Surry County to the late Carl McBride and Gladys Haynes McBride Johnson. Lillie retired from Cherry Street Pharmacy in Flushing, MI and was a Volunteer for the Northern Hospital of...