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Obituaries

Mrs. Margaret Fay Reece Moncus

Mrs. Margaret Fay Reece Moncus

Dec 20, 2011

Mrs. Margaret Faye Reece Moncus, 68 of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, December 19, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Moncus was born in Surry County, October 3, 1943 to the late C. W. "Dock" and Ella Gunnell Reece. She was retired from Time Warner Cable and was a member of Northside Baptist Church. She is survived by...

Mr. Paige Delon Thompson

Mr. Paige Delon Thompson

Dec 20, 2011

Mr. Paige Delon Thompson, age 66 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Thompson was born in Surry County on April 2, 1945 to Walter William and Alice Holder Thompson. He was retired from Renfro Corp. Surviving is his devoted wife, Nancy Hooper Thompson of the home; sons and...

Ms. Catherine Jackson Gates

Ms. Catherine Jackson Gates

Dec 20, 2011

Ms. Martha Catherine Jackson Gates, 76, of Dobson passed from this life to Glory in the comfort of her home on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on February 1, 1935 to the late Culmer and Mary Dobbins Jackson. Ms. Gates was retired from the Surry County School System and a...

Claudia Annette Lyons Bowman

Claudia Annette Lyons Bowman

Dec 19, 2011

Mrs. Claudia Annette Lyons Bowman, 88, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away Monday, December 19, 2011, at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax, VA. Mrs. Bowman was born April 2, 1923, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Cortez and Maggie Jarrell Lyons. She retired from the Carroll County School System, where she taught for over 30 years. She was a...

Margie Faye King Beck

Margie Faye King Beck

Dec 19, 2011

Mrs. Margie Faye King Beck, 89, of Winston-Salem, passed away Monday, December 19, 2011, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Patsy and Mark Kistler, in Warren, OH. Mrs. Beck was born May 7, 1922, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Hosea and Virginia Elizabeth Leonard King. She diligently worked beside her husband until his death...

Irvin Donald Ward

Irvin Donald Ward

Dec 18, 2011

Mr. Irvin Donald "Pete" Ward, 72, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center as it was his time for his body to be at peace. Pete, as he was known, was born March 27, 1939, in Surry County, to the late Irvin Dewy "ID" Ward and Nina Cook Ward. He was a retired building contractor. A memorial...

Mrs. Julia Anderson Wells Jackson

Mrs. Julia Anderson Wells Jackson

Dec 18, 2011

Mrs. Julia Anderson Wells Jackson died December 18, 2011. She was born in Edgefield, SC on March 16, 1920, daughter of the late Mitchell Preston Wells and Julia Mason Anderson Wells. Her parents died when she was seven years old and she and an older brother made their home with their cousins, the John C. Anderson family of Erie, PA....

Margaret Elizabeth Norman Lovill

Margaret Elizabeth Norman Lovill

Dec 18, 2011

Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Norman Lovill, 89, of Asheboro, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Brian Center Nursing Care in Lexington. Mrs. Lovill was born June 3, 1922, in Surry County, one of six children born to the late James and Sarah Caroline McCreary Norman. Margaret retired from Golden Age in Lexington. She is survived by...

Mr. Douglas Wayne Conner

Mr. Douglas Wayne Conner

Dec 18, 2011

Mr. Douglas Wayne Conner, age 50, of Stuart, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011. He was born in Martinsville on April 20, 1961, and was preceded in death by his father, Donald Gray Conner. He had worked for the Virginia Department of Transportation and was a very hard worker. He was a good mechanic and was always working on something....

Nettie Ruth Bowman Bell

Nettie Ruth Bowman Bell

Dec 17, 2011

Mrs. Nettie Ruth Bowman Bell age 75 of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday December 17, 2011 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Bell was born April 2, 1936 in Surry County to the late John Avery and Stacy Ellar Edmonds Bowman, she was retired from Renfro Corporation and was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving are one...

Mrs. Norma Lee "Lou" Ring Swaim

Mrs. Norma Lee "Lou" Ring Swaim

Dec 17, 2011

Mrs. Norma Lee "Lou" Ring Swaim, age 89 of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, December 16, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Surry County on October 27, 1922 to the late Irvin Scott and Etta Caroline Patterson Ring. Mrs. Swaim owned Lou's Beauty Shop was a hairdresser for over 50 years; she retired only ten years ago....

Mrs. Iris Lovenia White Hayden

Mrs. Iris Lovenia White Hayden

Dec 17, 2011

Mrs. Iris Lovenia White Hayden, 88 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday morning December 17, 2011 at Golden Living Center-Surry Community in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Hayden was born in Surry County, January 8, 1923 to the late Cephus William and Maggie Lee Rogers White. She was retired from Spencers Inc. and was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. After...

Mr. Anthony Lee Watson

Mr. Anthony Lee Watson

Dec 16, 2011

Mr. Anthony Lee Watson, age 27 of Dobson passed away Friday, December 16, 2011. Mr. Watson was born in Surry County on February 16, 1984. Mr. Watson is survived by his mother and step father, Rhonda Kay Norman Atkins and Gurney of Dobson; father and step-mother, Timothy Wilton and Alisa Watson of SC; a sister, Ashley Watson and her fiancé,...

Mrs. Candis Ethelene Simmons Wilson

Mrs. Candis Ethelene Simmons Wilson

Dec 16, 2011

Mrs. Ethelene Simmons Wilson, age 90 of Pilot Mountain, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 16, 2011. Mrs. Wilson was born in Surry County on August 1, 1921 to Elzavan and Sophronia Jessup Simmons. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her devoted family and friends. Surviving...

Peggy Ann Gravley Thomas

Peggy Ann Gravley Thomas

Dec 15, 2011

Mrs. Peggy Ann Gravley Thomas, 78, of 518 North Franklin Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Thomas was born February 26, 1933, in Surry County, to the late Albert and Bertha A. Jones Gravley. She retired from Renfro Corporation and was of the Baptist faith. She...

Mr. Benny Ray Holt

Mr. Benny Ray Holt

Dec 15, 2011

Mr. Benny Ray Holt, age 59 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on October 22, 1952 to the late Harvey Lester Holt and Rachel Virginia Lawson Holt. Mr. Holt is survived by four sisters, Mildred Collins of Stuart, Ann Holt of Claudville, Barbara Brown of Claudville and Audrey Pendleton...

Mrs. Clara Joyce Flippin

Mrs. Clara Joyce Flippin

Dec 15, 2011

Mrs. Clara Joyce Flippin, age 86 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on August 17, 1925. Mrs. Flippin was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Flippin; her parents, Charlie Joyce and Linnie Hill Joyce Mills; and one brother, Rev. Weldon Joyce. She was a longtime...

Glenn Morris Gammons

Glenn Morris Gammons

Dec 15, 2011

Mr. Glenn Morris Gammons, 85, of 686 Holly Springs Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday night, December 15, 2011, at his home. Mr. Gammons was born November 6, 1926, in Surry County, the son of the late Andrew and Alma Inman Gammons. Glenn served our country in the United States Navy following World War II. He retired as a knitting...

Mrs. Mary Ethel Cox Vernon

Mrs. Mary Ethel Cox Vernon

Dec 14, 2011

Mary Ethel Cox Vernon, of Cana, Virginia, widow of Calvin Clayton Vernon died Tuesday, December 6, 2011, in Houston, Texas. Ethel was born October 3, 1916, the daughter of Herman Glenn and Minnie Bailiff Cox of Crooked Creek, Virginia. She graduated from Radford College and began teaching at Elkhorn School in Virginia at age 17. She then moved to Cana,...

Louise McHone Brown

Louise McHone Brown

Dec 13, 2011

Mrs. Louise McHone Brown, 86, of 1518 Flippin Road, Lowgap, passed away Tuesday morning, December 13, 2011, at her home. Mrs. Brown was born January 1, 1925, in Surry County, one of sixteen children born to the late Marion and Stella Hall McHone. Louise retired from Cross Creek Apparel and was a member of Central View Baptist Church. She is...

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