Gracie Irene Edwards Whitaker
Feb 10, 2016
Mrs. Gracie Irene Edwards Whitaker, age 87, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Whitaker was born in Surry County on September 3, 1928, to the late James Hardin and Flora Ella Upchurch Edwards. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all...
Mr. Virgil Dixon
Feb 9, 2016
Mr. Virgil Dixon, age 86, of Lowgap, NC passed away on Tuesday February 9, 2016 at his home. He was born in Surry Co. on December 10, 1929 to the late John Wesley Dixon and the late Abbie Ray Goodson Dixon. He was a member of Zephyr Missionary Baptist Church and operated a sawmill. In addition to his parents, he...
Charles Brian Greenwood
Feb 9, 2016
Mr. Charles Brian Greenwood, 40, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2016. Mr. Greenwood was born August 23, 1975, in Surry County, to Charles Allen and Sharon Lynn Adams Greenwood. Brian was a graduate of North Surry High School, High Point University, and Gardner-Webb University. He had a long career in grocery retail. Left to cherish his memories...
James Russell "Jimmy" Nixon
Feb 8, 2016
Mr. James Russell “Jimmy” Nixon, 71, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Surry County on August 15, 1944 to the late, Elwood and Rena Calloway Nixon. Mr. Nixon was retired from Cross Creek Apparel and was of the Baptist faith. He proudly served our country in...
Mr. Jack Anderson Loftis
Feb 8, 2016
Mr. Jack Anderson Loftis, 85, passed away at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Monday, February 8, 2016. He was born in Surry County to the late Robert Houston Loftis and Ethel Geneva Doss Loftis McMillian. Mr. Loftis was a graduate of Mount Airy High School and the National Business College of Roanoke. He proudly served in the U.S. Marines from...
Mr. Charles "Charlie" Gray Golding
Feb 7, 2016
Mr. Charles "Charlie" Gray Golding, age 76, of Elkin, NC a loving husband, father and grandfather, and a friend to everyone he met passed away February 7, 2016. He was born on January 21, 1940 to the late Dock Golding and to Allie Flippen Golding. He was a retired teacher, coach, driver education instructor, and a member of the Dobson...
Mrs. Polly Mildred Blizard Prim
Feb 7, 2016
Mrs. Polly Mildred Blizard Prim, age 89, of Mount Airy, died Sunday February 7, 2016, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Prim was born in Surry County on October 17, 1926, the daughter of the late Carl A. and Myrtle Harrison Blizard. Mrs. Prim was retired from Spencer’s Inc., and was a long time member of the Flat Rock...
Mrs. Margaret Cummings Ullrich
Feb 7, 2016
Mrs. Margaret Cummings Ullrich, age 79 of Patrick Springs, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2016 at her home in the loving care of her family. She was born in Patrick County on January 18, 1937 to the late Casper Doctor “Dock” Cummings and Sallie Mae Koger Cummings. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Ullrich was preceded in death by a...
Agnes Irene Haynes Chilton
Feb 6, 2016
Mrs. Agnes Irene Haynes Chilton, 88, of Mt. Airy passed away after a brief illness Saturday, February 6, 2016. She was born in Surry County on June 15, 1927 to the late William Edgar and Lydia Kate Blue Haynes. Mrs. Chilton was retired from White Plains School and was a member of White Plains Friends Meeting. She is survived by...
Linda Sue Yonts Smith
Feb 5, 2016
Mrs. Linda Sue Yonts Smith, 59, of 120 East Side Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, February 5, 2016, at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Smith was born March 17, 1956, in Detroit, MI, the daughter of the late Thomas Tate and Dallas Blair. Linda retired from Walmart and was a member of the Christian faith. She is survived by...
Mrs. Lou Nell Kallam Hardy
Feb 4, 2016
Mrs. Lou Nell Kallam Hardy age 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday afternoon, February 4, 2016, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family. Lou Nell was born on October 25, 1932 in Surry County, one of eight children to the late William Allen Kallam and Lillian Simpson Kallam. Lou Nell was a wonderful...
Mr. Douglas Anthony "Tony" Smith
Feb 3, 2016
Mr. Douglas Anthony “Tony” Smith, 53 of Mt. Airy, passed away at his home Wednesday, February 3, 2016. He was born in Surry County on May 17, 1962 to the late James Douglas and Carol Jean Johnson Smith. Mr. Smith was owner and operator of Smith Body Shop in Mt. Airy. He is survived by his wife, Teresa Anne Vernon...
Lacey Grace Longworth
Feb 3, 2016
Lacey Grace Longworth
Lacey Grace Longworth, age 2, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at her home. She was born July 7, 2013, in Forsyth County. She is survived by her parents, Jerry and Deena Longworth of Elkin; grandparents Ronald and Mary McMillian and Betty and Roy Cox; sisters and brothers-in-law, Allison and Brandon Coates, Nicole and Wesley Wendorf and...
Emily Blum Smith
Feb 3, 2016
Mrs. Emily Blum Smith, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, February 3, 2016, at Ridgecrest Retirement Community. Mrs. Smith was born October 12, 1931, in Forsyth County, the only child born to the late Frank Leonidas and Helen Woolley Blum. Emily graduated from Summit School and Salem Academy in Winston-Salem and attended Mount Vernon Junior College. Mrs. Smith...
Matilda "Mae" O'Neal Creasy
Feb 3, 2016
Mrs. Matilda “Mae” O’Neal Creasy, 86, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on May 30, 1929 to the late Monroe and Maggie Hooker O’Neal. Mrs. Creasy and her husband Charles were past owner and operator of Deluxe Cleaners and was a...
Mrs. Eulalea Virginia Hylton
Feb 2, 2016
Mrs. Eulalea Virginia Hylton, age 90, of Critz passed away Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at her home. She was born on July 20, 1925 in Patrick County to the late Harrison Henry Hylton and Nannie Sue Edwards Hylton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Hylton; two daughters, Joan Tatum, Virginia Penn;...
Mr. William Robert Thomas
Feb 1, 2016
Mr. William Robert Thomas, 51, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, February 01, 2016. He was born in High Point, NC on February 25, 1964 to the late Johnny Allen and Alpha Naomi Strickland Thomas. Mr. Thomas was a Fitter at USA Attachments and proudly served in the US Army. He is survived by his wife, Lisa Seal Thomas; a...
Mrs. Elsie Rakes Pendleton
Jan 31, 2016
Elsie Rakes Pendleton, age 97, of Stuart, VA, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County in Stuart, VA. She was born on January 6, 1919 in the Poplar Camp section of Patrick County, the daughter of the late Thomas Homer and Cassie Lena Brammer Rakes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Mr. Kenneth Theodore Waters
Jan 31, 2016
Mr. Kenneth Theodore Waters, age 93, of Mt. Airy, died Sunday, January 31, 2016, at his home. Mr. Waters was born in Philadelphia, PA on June 18, 1922, to Theodore Bidwell and Edith Elizabeth Nims Waters. He served in WWII as a B17 Bomber Pilot and participated in operation Aphrodite. He was an avid sailor and played tennis. He retired...
Mr. Joe Carlie Haymore Sr
Jan 31, 2016
Mr. Joe Carlie Haymore, Sr., 93, of Mount Airy, passed away January 31, 2016, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Haymore was born in Surry County on June 21, 1922, to David Carlie and Lulu Mae Reeves Haymore. He proudly served our country in the United States Army during WWII in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre....