Haskell Lindsay Easter
Jan 21, 2013
Mr. Haskell Lindsay Easter, 76, of 255 Orchard View Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, January 21, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Easter was born April 29, 1936, in Carroll County, VA, the son of the late Floyd Gilbert Easter and Nellie Mae Easter Hall. Haskell retired from Cross Creek Apparel after...
Mr. Franklin Eugene Koehl, Jr
Jan 21, 2013
Mr. Franklin Eugene Koehl, Jr., 78, of Dobson passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, January 21, 2013 after an extended illness. He was born in Washington, DC on March 8, 1934 to the late Franklin Eugene Koehl, Sr. and Frances Attaway Koehl Crabtree. Mr. Koehl was a retired DJ from WPAQ radio station known as Al Ferguson and...
Mr. James Billy "Bill" Wood
Jan 21, 2013
Mr. James Billy "Bill" Wood, 78, of Dobson passed away on Monday, January 21, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Surry County on May 11, 1933 to the late James Richard and Pearl Reece Wood. Mr. Wood was a retired farmer and a dedicated member of Bear Creek Baptist Church as long as his health permitted. He...
Mr. Thomas Folger "Tommy" Hollingsworth
Jan 20, 2013
Mr. Thomas Folger Hollingsworth, 83, of Dobson, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Surry County on June 23, 1929 to the late James William and Annie Folger Hollingsworth. Mr. Hollingsworth began his college career at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and later graduated from Guilford College. He...
Mr. Francis "Andy" Andrews
Jan 20, 2013
Mr. Francis Eugene "Andy" Andrews age 90 of Spring S., Mt. Airy, NC, passed away Sunday, January 20, 2013, at his son's home. He was born January 30, 1922, in Henderson, NC, to the late Eugene Huguelet and Daisy Andrews Huguelet Hutchens. He was retired from Central Telephone Company and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Surviving are a...
Mr. Michael Boyd "Mike" Mitchell
Jan 20, 2013
Mr. Michael Boyd "Mike" Mitchell, age 69, of Ferrum passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2013, after a short, courageous battle with brain cancer. Mike loved his family and had a special passion for hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jessie and Mildred Clemmer Mitchell; brothers, Kenneth and Dexter Mitchell; and grandson, Kris Mitchell. Mike...
Mrs. Eula Mae Inman Morris
Jan 19, 2013
Ms. Eula Mae Inman Morris, age 92, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday morning, January 19, 2013 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. She was born in Rocky Mount on May 20, 1920 to the late James Wesley Inman and Melinda Deatherage Inman. In addition to her parents, Ms. Morris was preceded in death by her brother,...
Macy Daries Harrold Collins
Jan 19, 2013
Mrs. Macy Daries Harrold Collins, 71, of 152 Minnow Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, January 19, 2013, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Collins was born July 25, 1941, in Patrick County, VA, the daughter of the late Harrison Davis and Needa Juanita Queen Harrold. Macy retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. after 37 years of service. She is...
Mrs. Patricia Ann Rorrer Profitt
Jan 18, 2013
Mrs. Patricia Ann Rorrer Profitt, age 94 of Stuart, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in McDowell County, West Virginia on August 10, 1918 to the late Gabriel Abram Rorrer and Texas Williams Rorrer. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Profitt was preceded in death by her husband, James...
Mr. George Dwayne Simmons
Jan 18, 2013
Mr. George Dwayne Simmons age 75 of Mt. Airy, NC widower of Mrs. Shirley Jane York King Simmons passed way Friday, January 18, 2013 at Central Continuing Care. He was born April 5, 1937 in Surry County to the late John Pyrse and Nancy Zella Gammons Simmons. He graduated from Westfield High School 1956, and served in the US Army...
Mrs. Judy Reynolds Hagwood
Jan 18, 2013
Judy F. Hagwood, age 62 of 183 Roosevelt Reynolds Road, Patrick Springs, Virginia departed this life on Friday, January 18, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. She was born in Patrick County on December 30, 1950 to Bishop James Reynolds and the late Marie Clanton Reynolds. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by a...
Ms. Lora Hopkins Griffith
Jan 17, 2013
Ms. Lora Hopkins Griffith, age 94 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. She was born in Patrick County on March 3, 1918 to the late Joseph E. Hopkins and Maude West Hopkins. In addition to her parents, Ms. Griffith was preceded in death by her step-mother, Maude Soyars Hopkins and...
Mrs. Billie Marie Mauldin Eckenrod
Jan 16, 2013
Mrs. Billie Marie Mauldin Eckenrod, 86 of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on June 21, 1926 to the late Roy Franklin and Annie Mae Brintle Mauldin. Mrs. Eckenrod was a homemaker and was a member of Dover Baptist Church. She is survived by two...
Mrs. Elizabeth Whitaker Easter
Jan 16, 2013
Mrs. Elizabeth Whitaker Easter, age 96 of Lowgap, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Easter was born in Surry County on May 29, 1916 to Robert and Molly Wood Whitaker. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and many friends. Surviving are...
Mrs. Beatrice Ann Whitaker Wood
Jan 16, 2013
Mrs. Beatrice Ann Whitaker Wood, 60 of Dobson passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Wood was born in Surry County on June 2, 1952 to the late Wayne and Betty Logan Whitaker. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly Nicole and Matthew Raby of Pilot Mountain; three sons and two daughters-in-law, David Anthony...
Glenn David Simpson
Jan 15, 2013
Mr. Glenn David Simpson, 80, of 484 Roundabout Trail, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday evening, January 15, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Simpson was born November 1, 1932, in Surry County, the son of the late John and Mae McMillian Simpson. Glenn worked as a heavy equipment operator for many years for several...
Mrs. Alice Ann Dawson Haynes
Jan 14, 2013
Mrs. Alice Ann Dawson Haynes, 68 of Cana went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, January 14, 2013. She was born in Carroll County, VA on March 6, 1944 to the late Cleo Sechrist Dawson and Alph Dawson. She was a homemaker and a devoted member of Cana Baptist Church where she played piano. She was...
Mr. Wilbur Edwards Turner
Jan 13, 2013
Mr. Wilbur Edwards Turner, age 81 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Golden Living Center. Mr. Turner was born in Robeson County on August 7, 1931 to Grady and Addie Nance Turner. He served our country in the United States Army and was retired from The Winston-Salem Journal. Mr. Turner was a loving husband, father, grandfather...
Mrs. Mary Jane Liesfeld Taylor
Jan 13, 2013
Mrs. Mary Jane Liesfeld Taylor, age 61 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina due to complications of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. She was born in Richmond on July 30, 1951 to the late Charles Phillip Liesfeld, Sr. and Elnora Virginia Bussard Liesfeld. In addition...
Mr. William Emmett Forrest
Jan 12, 2013
Mr. William Emmett Forrest, Jr., 85 of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Forrest was born in Gaston County, September 3, 1927 the son of the late William Emmett Forrest, Sr. and Margaret Haynes Forrest. Mr. Forrest was retired from Pike Electric, and after his retirement he...