Mr. Gerald A.C. Lawless, age 85 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. His wife, Mrs. Essie Marie Handy Lawless, age 83 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. Mr. Lawless was born in Patrick County on March 15, 1930 to the late Abe Chap...
Mr. Paul Folger Whitaker, 90, of Winston-Salem, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 8, 2015, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Whitaker was born August 18, 1925, in Surry County, to the late Emery Marvin and Ellen Hudson Whitaker. Paul retired as a night watchman and was a member of Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church in Dobson. He is survived by two...
Ms. Bertie Mae Goodman, age 63 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick in Stuart. She was born in Carroll County on August 19, 1952 to the late Eden Walker Goad and Della Quesinberry Goad. In addition to her parents, Ms. Goodman was preceded in death by two brothers, Dorsie Goad and Sidney...
Mrs. Mary Ann Rector Steele, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, December 7, 2015, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Steele was born January 20, 1932, in Guilford County, the daughter of the late Tony and Nell Byrd Rector. Mrs. Steele was a retired real estate broker, an avid golfer, and a member of the Mount Airy...
Mr. Kenneth Aaron "Pepa" Rogers 72, of Westfield, passed away on Monday, December 7, 2015 at his home. Mr. Rogers was born in Stokes County on April 3, 1943 to Clidie Jessup Rogers and the late Ralph Rogers. Mr. Rogers was a lifelong farmer and an avid Duke Basketball fan, fisherman and deer hunter. Mr. Rogers is survived by his...
Rev. R. Stuart Baliles, 71, formerly of Stuart, VA, died December 7, 2015 in Sebring, Florida, having fought a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. He was an exceptional man who loved and served the Lord Jesus Christ with all his heart.
He was born in Washington, D.C. on January 22, 1944 to the late Syrus and Lottie...
Mr. John Rondal Casstevens, age 72, of Boonville, NC passed away on Sunday morning December 6, 2015 at the Willow Brook Rehab and Care Center in Yadkinville. He was born in Surry Co. on January 3, 1943 to the late John Thurman Casstevens and the late Mallie Swaim Casstevens. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...
Mr. Connie Ray Campbell, age 73 of Bassett, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. He was born in Patrick County on September 8, 1942 to the late Woodrow and Hazel Lawson Campbell. In addition to his parents, Mr. Campbell was preceded in death by a brother, Roger Campbell, and a sister, Allie Mae Bullins. He...
Mr. Roy Cleveland Haymore, Jr., age 71, of Dobson, NC passed away on Friday night December 4, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Surry Co. on September 2, 1944 to the late Roy Cleveland Haymore Sr. and the late Stella Marion Haymore. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death...
Miss Florence Griffith 87, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Friday morning, December 4, 2015 at Golden Living Center. Miss Griffith was born in Surry County on February 25, 1928 to the late Samuel Walter and Ada Coke Griffith. Miss Griffith was a faithful and loyal member of Midway Baptist Church for over fifty years. Miss Griffith is survived by...
Mrs. Doris Belle Allen Weller, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, December 4, 2015, at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital in Rocky Mount, VA. Mrs. Weller was born September 28, 1935, in Town of Day, NY, the daughter of the late Norman Monroe Allen, Sr. and Ellen Vernon Allen. Doris was a devoted homemaker, who loved caring for her...
Mr. Christopher Stephen Conlon, 25 of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, December 03, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Forsyth County on October 5, 1990 to Nancy Ann Linville and the late Paul Wayne Conlon. He was a certified welder and of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Conlon is survived by his wife,...
Mr. Thomas Wade Collins, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, December 4, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on January 10, 1932 to the late J Van and Edith Parries Collins. He was owner and operator of Wade Collins Upholstery and was a member of Highland Park Baptist...
Mr. Charles Franklin Jordan Jr. age 58 of Patrick Springs, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Henry County on January 11, 1957 to the late Charles Franklin Jordan Sr. and Donna Ellis Jordan Helms. In addition to his parents he was preceded in...
Mrs. Dora Elaine Speas Fleming, 87, of Mount Airy, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday morning, December 1, 2015, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Fleming was born January 10, 1928, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Fredrick Ireland and Hallie Elizabeth Smith Speas. Dora retired from Spencers Inc. after 50 years of service and...
Mrs. Pauline Jane Creed Fleenor, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on October 15, 1932 to the late Bryant and Nannie Tickle Creed. Mrs. Fleenor was retired from the Wagon Wheel Restaurant and was a member of Union Hill Friends...
Mrs. Shrenia Irene Edwards Thomas 86, of Cana, VA passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart, VA. Mrs. Thomas was born on February 9, 1929 in Surry County to the late Cable and Margaret Vaughn Edwards Thomas. Mrs. Thomas is survived by her husband of sixty-eight loving years, Louis Samuel Carrell Thomas of the home;...
Mrs. Mary Kathryne “Catsy” Draughn Jenkins, 85, a resident of the Piney Grove community, went to be with the Lord on Monday afternoon, November 30, 2015. Mrs. Jenkins was born February 24, 1930, in Surry County, the fourth of four children born to the late Charlie Martin and Lillian Kidd Draughn. Catsy was known as a loving wife, mother, grandmother,...
Mr. Linville Edward Harrell, 79, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, November 29, 2015 at his home. He was born in Surry County on October 18, 1936 son of the late John Roscoe and Etta Hill Harrell. Mr. Harrell is survived by his wife of sixty years, Margaret Edmonds Harrell of the home. Mr. Harrell served in the US Army...
Mr. Glenn Elbert McBride, Sr., age 77 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2015 at his home. Mr. McBride was born in Surry County on August 30, 1938 to Millard Kellup and Hattie Mae Young McBride. He was retired from Pike Electric and was a member of Flat Rock Pentecostal Holiness Church. Left to cherish his memory are...