Mr. Curtis Haywood Whitaker, 67, of 107 Effie Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, March 2, 2013, at his home. Mr. Whitaker was born October 20, 1945, in Surry County, the son of the late Curtis Henry and Hattie Virginia Stevens Whitaker. He is survived by his wife, Judy Faye Butcher Whitaker of the home; three daughters and sons-in-law,...
Mr. Donald Gray Ramey, Sr., age 77, of Lowgap, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013, at Northern Hospital. Mr. Ramey was born in Surry County on August 26, 1935 to Garner and Mamie Galyean Ramey. He was retired from ABF Trucking and was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. Surviving are his devoted wife, Barbara Pender Ramey of the...
Mr. Billy Amos Dalton, 81 of Stuart, passed away Friday at his Home after a lengthy illness. He was born on June 9, 1931 in Patrick County to the late Abe Ester and Sue Elzie Haley Dalton. Mr. Dalton Served in the Navy during the Korean War, worked in maintenance for the Patrick County School System for over twenty years,...
Michael Gordon McKinney, beloved husband and wonderful father, 58, of 389 Cedar Knoll Drive, Mount Airy, NC. passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday, March 1, 2013. He was born on September 1, 1954, in Surry County to Robert and JoAnn Tolbert McKinney. Mr. McKinney was owner of McKinney Builders. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and...
Mrs. Glenda Kaye Roberts, age 61 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the Franklin Health and Rehabilitation Center in Rocky Mount. She was born in Patrick County on December 13, 1951 to the late Cecil and Elaine Woodall Corns. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Roberts was preceded in death by a brother, Barry Corns, and a...
Mrs. Virginia Francis Collins Hensley, 80, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, February 28, 2013 at her home. She was born in Surry County on April 11, 1932 to the late James Marion and Mary Etta Lankford Collins. Mrs. Hensley was a homemaker. She is survived by five daughters and sons-in-law, Mary McHone of Pinnacle, Wanda Draughn of Mt. Airy,...
Ian Reid Tickle, age 23 months went to be with Jesus on Thursday, February 28, 2013. Ian was born in Forsyth County on April 2, 2011. Ian was smart, curious and sweet. He was a ray of sunshine to everyone whose life he touched. He was dearly loved and treasured by his mama and daddy and all his family. Ian's...
Ms. Janice Gay Snow age 61 of 1988 Fancy Gap Road, Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born February 27, 1951 in Carroll County, VA to Geneva Hawks Bean and the late James Hylton Snow. She was retired from Cross Creek and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her...
Mr. Vernon Caldwell Park, 69, of 1061 Salem Village Lane, Clemmons, passed away Tuesday afternoon, February 26, 2013, at his home. Mr. Park was born November 25, 1943, in Baltimore, MD, the son of the late Coy Mack Park, Sr. and Vera Jarrell Park. He graduated from Ragsdale High School in Jamestown in 1962, and he earned a bachelor's degree...
Mrs. Charldean Childress Gwyn, 86 of Mt. Airy, and widow of John M. "Johnny" Gwyn, Jr., passed away at Northern Hospital of Surry County on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Mrs. Gwyn was born in Surry County on April 28, 1926 to the late Clinton "C.M." and Maggie Lee Owens Childress. Mrs. Gwyn was a charter member of the Modern Gardner's...
Mr. John Raymond "Ray" Coleman, Jr., age 76 of Spencer, passed away Monday, February 25, 2013 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born in Patrick County on May 19, 1936 to the late John R. Coleman, Sr. and Ethel Wiggington Coleman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Coleman was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Wallace...
Mrs. Nancy Joan Pell Parker, 58, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, February 25, 2013 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on June 7, 1954 to the late Elbert and Katherine Holyfield Pell. Mrs. Parker worked at Quality Mills before becoming disabled and was a member of Mt. Airy Wesleyan Church. She is survived...
Mrs. Una Jane Hudson Seal, age 84 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, February 25, 2013 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Seal was born in Surry County on December 8, 1928 to Ed and Nora Creed Hudson. She was retired from Perry Mfg. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by her...
Rev. Lonnie Andrew Gunter, age 70, of 183 Glory Lane Mt. Airy, NC. went to be with his Lord and Savior Monday February 25, 2013 at the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. Rev. Gunter was born November 14, 1942 in Henry County, VA. and was raised by his grandparents, Emmett Oscar and Rena Jarvis Allen. He was the...
Mr. Granville Ernest Marshall, age 85 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Laurel Meadows Nursing Home in Laurel Fork. He was born in Carroll County on May 14, 1927 to the late George Washington Marshall and Mary Ella Puckett Marshall. In addition to his parents, Mr. Marshall was preceded in death by four brothers, Charlie...
Mr. William "Bill" Harry Roughton, age 86 of Stuart passed away Saturday at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Pennsylvania on Dec. 5, 1926 to the late William Francis Roughton and Christine Zimmerman Roughton. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by two brothers, George Roughton and Raymond Richard "Dick" Roughton....
Mr. Reuben Boatwright "Boaty" Hudgins, III, age 54 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Danbury, North Carolina on August 30, 1958 to the late Reuben B. Hudgins, II and Mary Lee West Hudgins. He had worked at American Furniture in Martinsville. Mr. Hudgins is survived by...
Mr. William Watkins Wilkins, 83 of Mt. Airy passed away at his home on Friday, February 22, 2013. Mr. Wilkins was born in Rockingham County, NC on January 24, 1930 to the late Joseph Kirby and Beulah Bondurant Wilkins. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was a recipient of a Purple Heart. Mr. Wilkins was...
Mrs. Ilene Sheppard Rorrer, age 65 of Stuart passed away Friday at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born in Patrick County on July 10, 1947 to the late Elbert and Alice Doss Sheppard. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by a sister, Othelia Sheppard. She was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are...
Mrs. Myrtle Marie Webb Utt, age 82 of Fancy Gap, VA, lost her long courageous battle to cancer on February 22, 2013 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Myrtle, a much beloved daughter was born to Robert Lawrence and Amanda (Mandy) Bowman Webb on February 24, 1930. She was married to Reaford E. Utt on...