Mr. Richard Bruce Prutting, age 60 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in New York on December 4, 1952, and was preceded in death by his father, Clarence Kenneth Prutting. He had worked for International Paper, and was a loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend. He was...
Mr. William Mark Easter, 52 of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the home of his parents. Mark was born in Forsyth County on July 17, 1960. Mr. Easter was owner of M and J Cleaning Service and was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church. He is survived by a son William Jason Easter and his...
Mrs. Katherine Pack Epperson, age 71 of Walnut Cove, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Epperson was born in Surry County on July 24, 1941 to Elijah and Elsie McMillian Pack. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. Surviving are a daughter...
Mrs. Brenda Patricia "Pat" Key Bobbitt Hatfield, age 71 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Hatfield was born in Surry County on April 27, 1941 to David Robert and Ollie Mae Potts Key. She enjoyed the outdoors, going camping and working in her flowers in her yard as long as her...
Miss Kimberly Dawn Tilley, age 49 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Miss Tilley was born in Surry County on August 13, 1963 to Jessie and Betty Mauldin Tilley. Along with her parents, she leaves behind a sister and brother-in-law, Annette and Willie Beamer; brothers and sisters-in-law, Brent and Tammy Tilley and Tony Tilley and Robin; four...
Mr. Charles Henry "Buck" Winkler, 86, of Elkin passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 7, 1926 to the late Adam Henry Winkler and Susan Pfeiffer Winkler. Mr. Winkler was a retired poultry farmer. One of his many hobbies was woodworking "making sawdust" and of the Catholic...
Mrs. Blondell Matthews Jones, 80, of Ennice, NC passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Vienna Village in Pfafftown. She was born on December 15, 1932 in Surry County to the late John Thomas and Lydia Patterson Matthews. Mrs. Jones was a homemaker and was a member of Sparta Presbyterian Church. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Hobart...
Mrs. Cynthia Diane Young Rumley Age 58 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Monday February 18, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Rumley was born March 14, 1954 in Surry County. Surviving are her husband Gregory Rumley of the home, a son and daughter-in-law Jerry Lee and Melissa Felts of Claudville, VA., one step daughter Samantha Wilson of Mt. Airy, six...
Mrs. Connie Lee Collins Smitherman, 60 of Dobson passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Rockingham County on April 21, 1952 to the late Clarence Harvey and Betty Griffin Collins. Mrs. Smitherman was a dedicated homemaker and a member of The Rock Church in King. She leaves to...
Ms. Shona Sheryl Felts Dawson Age 38 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Sunday February 17, 2013 at her home. Ms. Dawson was born July 28, 1974 in Forsyth County. Surviving are her step father Gregory Rumley of the home, one brother and sister-in-law Jerry Lee and Melissa Felts, Jr of Claudville, VA., one step sister Samantha Wilson of Mt....
Ms. Tina Renee Goad-Tatum, age 42 of Claudville, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2013 at her home. She was born on June 28, 1970 in Martinsville, and was preceded in death by her father, Claude Marion Goad. She served in the United States Army during Desert Storm, and was a longtime member of Mary Horner Walker Presbyterian Church where she...
Havelock - Viola White Corder, 94, passed away Saturday, February 16 at Cherry Point Bay Nursing & Rehab Center. She was retired from Civil Service at Cherry Point where she was a Supervisor Material Specialist. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Havelock, a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, a member and past president...
Mrs. Rosie Annie Bowman Haymore, 84, of 195 Marigold Lane, Ararat, VA, passed away Saturday night, February 16, 2013, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Haymore was born April 21, 1928, in Patrick County, VA, one of eight children born to the late Dewey Lee and Martha Ann Hall Bowman. Rosie was a homemaker and a member of Flat...
Mr. John Cabel "J.C." Combs, 67 of Mt. Airy passed away at his home on Friday, February 15, 2013. He was born in Carroll County, VA on October 24, 1945 to the late Fred and Mary Edith Strickland Combs. He worked for Pike Electric for many years and he was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Combs is survived by two...
Mrs. Hallie Custer Kendrick, age 96 of Patrick Springs and most recently of the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013 at the Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. She was born in Patrick County on April 25, 1916 to the late Charlie J. and Lucy Martin Custer. In addition to her parents, Mrs....
Mrs. Minnie Morrison Mangrum, age 89 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on November 15, 1923 to the late Henry Lee and Myrtle Hash Morrison. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Mangrum was preceded in death by her husband, John B. Mangrum; three sisters,...
Mr. Thomas Anthony Childress, 32 of Mt. Airy passed away unexpectedly Thursday, February 14, 2013. He was born in Forsyth County on January 31, 1981. He is survived by his wife, Shannon Denise Childress; three children, Grant Gray Snow, Anthony Tucker Childress and Evan Thomas Childress; parents, June Bowman and Mike Nelson; brothers and sisters-in-law, David and Dana Childress, Jason...
Mr. Harvey Henry Goad Age 82 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Thursday February 14, 2013 at the Dunmore Plantation in Dobson, NC. Mr. Goad was born October 3, 1930 in Surry County to the late Ernest H. and Pearl Bennett Goad. Mr. Goad was a florist for Cockerham's Florist for many years. Surviving is his wife Gaynor Moles Goad...
Mrs. Opal Lee Ashburn Parker, 89, of 2026 Woodland Drive, Mount Airy, passed away early Wednesday morning, February 13, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Parker was born January 3, 1924, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Luther and Beatrice Morton Ashburn. Opal was a dedicated Christian and a charter member of...
Mr. Dudley McMillian, 84, of Cana, VA, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax, VA. Mr. McMillian was born November 22, 1928, in Carroll County, VA, to James Walter and Mary McMillian. He was retired from Bassett Furniture and enjoyed working in his garden and yard. Surviving are his wife, Ila Haynes McMillian of...