Mr. Rocky Lane Atkins
Dec 7, 2016
Mr. Rocky Lane Atkins, age 61, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Wednesday evening December 7, 2016 at his Home. He was born in Surry County on April 20, 1955 to the late Rudolph Lane Atkins and Eva Mays Atkins.He was a member of Blues Grove Baptist Church, and a retired Construction worker. In addition to his parents he...
Gary Franklin Payne
Dec 7, 2016
Mr. Gary Franklin Payne, 65 of Mount Airy, passed away on Wednesday December 7, 2016 at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, MD. Gary was born in Surry County on March 22, 1951 to Bernie Franklin Payne and Mary Pauline Young Payne. He was a long time member of Flat Rock Ruritan Club and Flat Rock Pentecostal Holiness Church. Left...
Cleo Vaughn Winkler
Dec 7, 2016
Mrs. Cleo Vaughn Winkler, 93, passed away at RidgeCrest on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. She was the last of thirteen children born to Charles Walter “C. W.” Vaughn and Lucy Sutphin Vaughn. “Clo” lived most of her adult life in Maryland. She was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church. It was her privilege and joy to work several...
Mrs. Ruth Bruner Mills
Dec 6, 2016
Mrs. Ruth Bruner Mills, 97, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on January 31, 1919 to the late Dewey Curtis and Oma Wood Bruner. Mrs. Mills was retired from Renfro Corporation, and was a member of Mt. Airy Christian Church. Mrs. Mills had...
Mrs. Ona Mae Jones Sechrist
Dec 6, 2016
Mrs. Ona Mae Jones Sechrist, age 82, of Cana, passed away Tuesday, December 06, 2016, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Sechrist was born in Carroll County on April 10, 1934 to Christopher “Ed” Columbus Jones and Etta Frances Hawks Jones. She retired from Spencer’s and was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving is her husband, Jimmy Sechrist; sons, Jimmy Marvin Sechrist,...
Mrs. Lena Snow White
Dec 6, 2016
Mrs. Lena Flurry Snow White, age 90, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning December 6, 2016 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry Co. on May 13, 1926 to the late Elmer and Lillie Mae Davis Snow. She attended Draughons Business College after graduating high school in 1944. She left...
Mr. Larry Dallas Shelton
Dec 6, 2016
Mr. Larry Dallas Shelton, age 78, of Mt. Airy, passed away at his home on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Mr. Shelton was born the son of Mildred Wagoner Shelton Collins and the late William “Pete” Shelton on December 31, 1937. He retired from Frank Welch & Sons. He was the husband, of Winnie Snody Shelton and the father of, Terry...
Roger Dale Smith
Dec 5, 2016
Mr. Roger Dale Smith, 65, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, December 5, 2016, at his home. Mr. Smith was born June 17, 1951, in Surry County, one of seven children born to the late Joseph Columbus “Joe” and Ida Vivian Joyce Smith. Roger was a brick mason’s assistant at Simmons’ Masonry for many years and a member of...
Mrs. Helen Louise Surratt Sawyers
Dec 5, 2016
Mrs. Helen Louise Surratt Sawyers, 94 of Mount Airy, passed away Monday evening, December 5, 2016 at Twelve Oaks. Mrs. Sawyers was born on October 30, 1922 in Greene County, TN to the late Swanson Surratt, Sr. and Viola Renner Surratt. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all that knew her and will be dearly missed....
Richard VanVorst Bucknall, III
Dec 5, 2016
Richard VanVorst Bucknall, III, age 15, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away on December 5, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. Richard was born April 8, 2001 in Forsyth County to Richard and Jamie Bates Bucknall. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Loren Bucknall of the home; maternal grandmother, Margaret S. Bates of Elkin; his uncles...
Scottie Eldon Epperson
Dec 5, 2016
Mr. Scottie Eldon Epperson, 62, of Pinnacle, passed away Monday, December 5, 2016, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born February 10, 1954, in Surry County, to the late Lanzo and Sara Virginia Scott Epperson. He is survived by his daughters and a son-in-law, Susan and Juan Manuel Sanchez and Sarah Perez; a son and daughter-in-law, Scotty and...
Mrs. Martha "Irene" Green
Dec 5, 2016
Mrs. Martha “Irene” Green, age 88, of Mt. Airy, passed away at her home on December 5, 2016. Mrs. Green was born in Carroll County, VA on March 22, 1928 to Joseph Festus and Nettie Mae Largen Martin. She was a retired Cooperative Extension Agent and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Surviving are a daughter and son in-law;...
Mrs. Jacqueline Smith Edwards
Dec 5, 2016
Mrs. Jacqueline Smith Edwards, 67, of Mt. Airy passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Monday, December 5, 2016. She was born in Surry County on December 26, 1948 to the late Eugene Jack Smith and Etta Frances Niten Smith. Left to cherish her memories are her daughters, Dixie Edwards and husband, Bobby Jones, Faye Collins and...
Miss Brianna Marie Voland
Dec 4, 2016
Miss Brianna Marie Voland, age 18, of Dobson, NC died after an automobile accident on Sunday evening December 4, 2016. She was born in Surry County to Jessica Voland. She was a loving daughter, granddaughter, aunt, cousin and friend who will be greatly missed. Brianna was a student at Surry Early College. Surviving are her mother, Jessica Voland of the...
Mr. Earl Littles
Dec 3, 2016
Mr. Earl Littles, age 79 of Patrick Springs, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Buchanan County on July 28, 1937 to the late Robert and Maudie Stacy Littles. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Earl Wayne Littles; one sister, Okie Weiss; and one...
Mrs. Betty Jean Harrison Faulkner
Dec 3, 2016
Mrs. Betty Jean Harrison Faulkner, 75, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Faulkner was born in Surry County on August 1, 1941 to the late Virgil W. and Zora Snow Harrison. She is survived by a sister, Helen Stoneman of Galax, VA; many nieces and nephews; many special friends and...
Mrs. Loeva Handy Mills
Dec 3, 2016
Mrs. Loeva Handy Mills, age 88 of Lawsonville, North Carolina passed away on Saturday December 3, 2016 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. She was born in Martinsville, Virginia on November 4, 1928 to the late Elija Zebedee Handy and Flora Lane Handy. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, James Marvin Mills;...
Betty Sue Coon Moser
Dec 3, 2016
Mrs. Betty Sue Coon Moser, 63, of Mount Airy, passed away early Saturday morning, December 3, 2016, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Moser was born September 23, 1953, in Surry County, one of three children born to the late Oscar Monroe “Pete” and Nannie Lou Heath Coon. Betty was a programs coordinator for Mount...
Mrs. Loeva Handy Mills
Dec 3, 2016
Mrs. Loeva Handy Mills, age 88 of Lawsonville, North Carolina passed away on Saturday December 3, 2016 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. She was born in Martinsville, Virginia on November 11, 1928 to the late Elija Zebedee Handy and Flora Lane Handy. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, James Marvin Mills;...
Mrs. Pansy Light Pendleton
Dec 3, 2016
Mrs. Pansy Light Pendleton, age 84 of Bassett, Virginia, formerly of Woolwine, went home to be with her Lord on December 3, 2016. She was born in Floyd County on March 27, 1932 to the late Robert Lee Light and Lura Ada Nolen Light. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 57...