Mrs. Katherine McCarty Keys
Nov 20, 2012
Katherine Lillian McCarty Keys, 94, died Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at Forsyth Medical Center, following a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Andrew Keys, and survived by her daughter, Kay Keys Allison and her husband Roy of Richmond, VA. Also surviving are the grandchildren she adored: Clay Gilbert and his wife Stephanie, Andy Gilbert and...
Mrs. Joan Patricia Law Southern Wood
Nov 19, 2012
Mrs. Joan Patricia Law Southern Wood, 63 of Mt. Airy went to her heavenly home Monday, November 19, 2012 from the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Wood was born in Alamance County on January 3, 1949 to Alma Mae Corder and the late James Franklin Law. She was retired from Central Continuing Care and was a...
Mrs. Jewell Light Alderman
Nov 19, 2012
Ms. Jewell Light Alderman, age 78 of Gretna, passed away Monday, November 19, 2012 at the Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Meadows of Dan on September 9, 1934 to the late James Andrew and Leitha Pearl Boyd Light. In addition to her parents, Ms. Alderman was preceded in death by her first husband, William Lloyd Handy;...
Bobby Alvie Mills
Nov 19, 2012
Mr. Bobby Alvie Mills, 76, of 189 Norman Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, November 19, 2012. He was born April 27, 1936, in Surry County, to the late John Archie and Ruby Alma Love Mills. He served our country in the United States Amry and was a retired electrician. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Parker Mills...
Mr. Lewis Roger Berrier
Nov 18, 2012
Mr. Lewis Roger Berrier, 83, of 2979 Flower Gap Road, Cana, VA, passed away Sunday night, November 18, 2012, at his home. He was born May 22, 1929, in Carroll County, VA, the son of the late R.L. and Sallie Vernon Berrier. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict, receiving a Purple Heart and Silver Star. Mr....
Leonard Grady Isaacs
Nov 18, 2012
Mr. Leonard Grady Isaacs, 70, of 496 Belton Road, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2012, at his home. Mr. Isaacs was born February 25, 1942, in Carroll County, VA, the son of the late Jessie Ephriam and Thelma Cena York Isaacs. Leonard was a self-employed farmer and mechanic. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Theresa and...
Mr. Joseph Glenn Sawyers
Nov 17, 2012
Mr. Joseph Glenn Sawyers, 94, of Ararat entered the Portals of Heaven on Friday, November 16, 2012 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on June 23, 1918 to the late Frazier Edward and Katie Alice Venable Sawyers. Mr. Sawyers was a retired farmer and a dedicated member of Bryant's Chapel...
Mrs. Faye Beaux Simpson Francis Atkins
Nov 17, 2012
Mrs. Faye Beaux Simpson Francis Atkins, 86 of Ararat, NC passed away Saturday, November 17, 2012 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on October 10, 1926 to the late Tyra and Roxie Badgett Simpson. Mrs. Atkins was retired from the Renfro Sock Store and was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. She is...
Curtis Hylton Wright
Nov 17, 2012
Mr. Curtis Hylton Wright, 88, of Mount Airy, died Saturday, November 17, 2012. Mr. Wright was born June 19, 1924, in Surry County, the son of Grover C. and Roxie Ashburn Wright. Mr. Wright retired from Central Telephone Company after 43 years of service. Currently, he was the chairman of Surrey Bank and Trust in Mount Airy as well as...
Baby Angel Rain Floyd
Nov 16, 2012
Baby Angel Rain Floyd age 5 months of Lowgap, NC passed away Friday November 16, 2012. She was born June 1, 2012 in Surry County to Billie Jo Floyd and J. W. Noisey. Surviving are her mother, Billie Jo Floyd, Mt. Airy, her father, J.W. Noisey, Mt. Airy, two sisters Alaina Floyd and Hailey Floyd, two brothers Nathan Martin and...
Mr. Vernon Avery Hodges
Nov 16, 2012
Mr. Vernon Hodges, age 77, of Elkin, NC passed away at his home on Friday November 16, 2012. He was born in Surry County to the late James Alvin Hodges and the late Bertha White Hodges on September 30, 1935. Mr. Hodges was a graduate of Dobson High School in 1953. He retired from Surry County with Twenty Five years...
Mrs. Beulah Belton Freeman
Nov 16, 2012
Mrs. Beulah Belton Freeman age 92 of Mt. Airy, NC passed away Friday, November 16, 2012 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born on April 27, 1920 in Surry County County to the late Joe and Bessie Trail Belton. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and great- grandmother. Mrs. Freeman is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Daisy...
Mr. Allen M. Poole
Nov 15, 2012
Mr. Allen M. Poole, age 49 of Patrick Springs passed away Thursday morning at his home. He was born in Danville on May 27, 1963. He was a Customer Service Rep for Results in Stuart. He is survived by his mother, Mary Jones Hogan of Myrtle Beach, SC; three sisters, Marilyn Cassady of Bassett, Janice Tabor of Bassett, Rachel Smith...
Mr. Edward "Ray" Lawson
Nov 14, 2012
Mr. Edward "Ray" Lawson, age 83 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on June 11, 1929 to the late William Joseph and Sallie Mae Wood Lawson. In addition to his parents, Mr. Lawson was preceded in death by and infant brother,...
James Woodrow "Woody" Gwyn
Nov 14, 2012
Mr. James Woodrow "Woody" Gwyn Age 70 of 157 Broken Branch Trail Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Wednesday morning November 14, 2012 at his home. Mr. Gwyn was born April 12, 1942 in Surry County to the late James Richard and Lucy O'Neal Gwyn, he retired from Simmons Nissan after 25 years of service, he was a self employed mechanic...
Mrs. Pearl Howlett Pyles
Nov 14, 2012
Mrs. Pearl Florence Howlett Pyles, age 75 of Mt. Airy, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 from the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Pyles was born in Patrick County on December 27, 1936 to George Eldridge and Sadie Gunnell Howlett. She was a devoted Christian mother, grandmother and great grandmother who dearly loved all her family,...
Mrs. Winona "Fern" Sykes Key
Nov 12, 2012
Mrs. Winona "Fern" Sykes Key, 73 of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, November 12, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on June 26, 1939 to the late Coy Leonard and Essie Faye Snow Sykes. Mrs. Key was retired from Renfro Manufacturing and was a member of East Side Baptist Church. She is...
Mrs. Nettie Maye Russell Martin
Nov 12, 2012
Mrs. Nettie Maye Russell Martin, age 89 of Stuart, passed away Monday, November 12, 2012 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born August 18, 1923 in Bogue (Carteret County), North Carolina, a daughter of the late William Nebraska Russell and Della Elizabeth Godwin Russell. She was a homemaker, manager of The Music Shop on Main Street...
Mrs. Dorothy Ayers Senter
Nov 12, 2012
Mrs. Dorothy Lee Ayers Senter, age 76 of Mt. Airy, went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 12, 2012. Mrs. Senter was born in Carroll County on July 17, 1936 to Arlis Ayers and Mary Velen Pugh Jones. She was a long time member of Bottom Road Tabernacle, was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend to...
Mrs. Joy Lynette Gammons Leftwich
Nov 11, 2012
Mrs. Joy Lynette Gammons Leftwich, age 45 of Cana, VA passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family, Sunday, November 11, 2012. Mrs. Leftwich was born in Surry County on August 24, 1967 to Joyce Hamlin Gammons and the late Billy Rex Gammons. She is survived by her husband, Rudy Leftwich of the home; a daughter and son-in-law,...