Virginia Wheatley White
Nov 1, 2012
Mrs. Virginia Wheatley White, 94, of 854 Old Creed Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday evening, November 1, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. White was born September 17, 1918, in Rockingham County, the oldest of six children born to the late Coleman McKinley and Nora Hicks Wheatley. Virginia retired as an inspector from...
Mrs. Lillian Simmons Jackson
Oct 31, 2012
Thurmond, NC October 31, 2012 Mrs. Lillian Simmons Jackson, age 75, of Thurmond, NC passed away on Wednesday morning at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. She was born in Surry County on January 30, 1937 to the late Roy Simmons and the late Hallie Wilmoth Simmons. She was retired from Masonic and Easter Star Home of Greensboro, NC, and...
Mr. Cyd Robẽe
Oct 30, 2012
Mr. Cyd Robẽe, age 86 of Stuart, Virginia passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Los Angeles, California on February 12, 1926 to the late Sidney and Ella Guella Smith. In addition to his parents, Mr. Robẽe was preceded in death by a brother and a sister. He served in the...
Mrs. Mary Combs Isaacs
Oct 30, 2012
Mary Combs Isaacs,91, of Richmond, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012. She was thewidow of Jerome Clifford Isaacs, and was also preceded in death by six brothers and one sister. She is survived by two nieces and two nephews; and special friends, George Winn and Carolyn Cole. Mrs.Isaacs was retired from the Federal Reserve Bank. The family will receive friends...
Mr. Jody Alan Davis
Oct 29, 2012
Mr. Jody Alan Davis, age 25, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Monday October 29, 2012 in Surry County, North Carolina. He was born in Surry County on December 28, 1986 to Glenn and Jan Davis. He was a graduate of Surry Central High School, and worked for Samuel Johnson Construction and was a member of Blues Grove Baptist...
Mr. Michael Wayne "Mike" Brooks
Oct 29, 2012
Mr. Michael Wayne "Mike" Brooks, age 63, of Dobson, NC passed away on Monday October 29, 2012. Mr. Brooks was born in Surry County, NC, on August 3, 1949 to the late Sam Brooks and to Pearl Thompson Brooks. He was employed by Van-Heusen. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by one brother Richard Brooks. Surviving...
Mrs. Clara Smith Freeman
Oct 29, 2012
Clara Smith Freeman died the evening of October 29, 2012 at 104 years, Dobson's oldest resident. She was born July 19, 1908 in Reidsville, N.C. to Dillon C. and Mattie Amos Smith on their farm, which has been in her family since 1835. She was educated in the Reidsville public schools and was graduated from North Carolina Woman's College (UNC-Greensboro)....
Mrs. Ethylene Moorefield Shelton
Oct 28, 2012
Mrs. Ethylene Moorefield Shelton, 81, of Mt. Airy, NC, wife of Mr. Paul Shelton passed away Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on July 28, 1931 to the late Columbus and Mallie Bryant Moorefield. She was a member of Bannertown Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband,...
Mr. Jackson Bob Freeman
Oct 27, 2012
Mr. Jackson Bob Freeman, age 92, of Pleasant Garden, NC, formally of Surry County, NC passed away at his home on Saturday morning October 27, 2012. He was born in Surry County on August 1, 1920 to the late Vance and Rosie Belle Jones Freeman. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Josephine Stanley...
Margie Irene Beck Baker
Oct 26, 2012
Mrs. Margie Irene Beck Baker, 88, of Westfield, passed away Friday afternoon, October 26, 2012. Mrs. Baker was born September 27, 1924, in Surry County, the first of twelve children born to the late Joe and Ethel O'Neal Beck. She was a homemaker and a member of Old Pine Hill Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Shirley Crissman...
Carroll Gray Hawks, Jr
Oct 25, 2012
Mr. Carroll Gray Hawks, Jr., 55, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Hawks was born August 23, 1957, in Galax, VA, to Christine Walker Hawks and the late Carroll Gray Hawks, Sr. Mr. Hawks served as a combat medic in the United States Army. He worked...
Mr. Oscar Charlie Martin
Oct 25, 2012
Mr. Oscar Charlie Martin, age 93 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2012 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina on May 19, 1919 to the late Charlie Walter and Nannie Lou Kendrick Martin. In addition to his parents, Mr. Martin was preceded in death by two sisters, Bealie Martin...
Mr. Willie Reed Martin
Oct 24, 2012
Mr. Willie Reed Martin, age 75 of Stuart, passed away on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on October 29, 1936. Mr. Martin was preceded in death by a son, Charles Leon Martin; a daughter, Linda Conner Layman; the mother of his children, Norma Jean Boyd Martin Hylton; his mother,...
Aaron Steven Dowdy
Oct 24, 2012
Aaron Steven Dowdy, age 19 of Mt. Airy, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Aaron was born in Surry County on August 9, 1993 to Tim and Brandy Hiatt Dowdy. "Aaron had a brilliant mind and was a caring, loving soul." He was proud of being a graduate of Mount Airy High School and really...
Mr. Dennis Edward Sheppard
Oct 24, 2012
Mr. Dennis Edward Sheppard, age 94 of Lawsonville, North Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on February 24, 1918 to the late Charlie and Bercie Hall Sheppard. In addition to his parents, Mr. Sheppard was preceded in death by his wife, Myrtle Martin Sheppard; one son, Paul Leonard Sheppard;...
Mr. James Ray "Slim" Trexler
Oct 24, 2012
Mr. James Ray "Slim" Trexler, age 71 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on August 23, 1941 to the late Paul and Dolly Talbert Trexler. In addition to his parents, Mr. Trexler was preceded in death by a step great-granddaughter,...
Mrs. Almeda Mitchell Park
Oct 23, 2012
Mrs. Almeda Mitchell Park, age 93, of Mt. Airy, NC, passed away on Monday afternoon October 22, 2012 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. She was born in Surry County on December 30, 1918 to the late John Sherman Mitchell and the late Lucy Ellen Hodges Mitchell. In addition to her parents she was preceded...
Edward Hugh Spencer
Oct 23, 2012
Mr. Edward Hugh Spencer, 77, of 238 Sherry Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, October 23, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Spencer was born July 28, 1935, in Randolph County, WV, the son of the late Edward and Cora Marsh Spencer. He was affectionately known as "Bud" to his family, friends, and...
Mrs. Reva Elsie Handy Sutphin Hodges
Oct 21, 2012
Mrs. Reva Elsie Handy Sutphin Hodges, 84 of Thomasville, NC, formerly of Dobson passed away Sunday, October 21, 2012 at the home of her daughter, Betty Williams and family. Mrs. Hodges was born in Patrick County, VA June 16, 1928 to the late William Alonzo and Crystal Elizabeth Rorrer Handy. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. Mrs....
Mrs. Rachel Lambert Simmons
Oct 21, 2012
Mrs. Rachel Lambert Simmons, 71, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, October 21, 2012 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on November 12, 1940 to the late William Lambert and Gracie Hiatt Lambert Carter. Mrs. Simmons was a homemaker and was a member of Midway Baptist Church. She is survived by a...