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Obituaries

Mr. Charles Marion "Poppy" Sheppard

Mr. Charles Marion "Poppy" Sheppard

Aug 23, 2011

Mr. Charles Marion "Poppy" Sheppard, age 70 of Walkertown, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at his home. He was born in Lawsonville, North Carolina on February 27,1941 to the late Ralph and Rilla Stevens Sheppard. In addition to his parents, Mr. Sheppard was preceded in death by one brother, Kenneth Owen Sheppard. He had served in the...

Mrs. Vivie Mae Boles

Mrs. Vivie Mae Boles

Aug 23, 2011

Mrs. Vivie Mae Boles 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 23, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born March 5, 1926 in Surry County to the late John Jake and Veattrice Painter McCreary. Mrs. Boles was owner and operator of Boles Fabric Shop in Bannertown. She is survived by two sons and daughter-in-law,...

Oliver Talmadge Draughn

Oliver Talmadge Draughn

Aug 22, 2011

Mr. Oliver Talmadge Draughn, 82, of High Point, passed away Monday, August 22, 2011, at High Point Regional Hospital. Mr. Draughn was born September 13, 1928, in Surry County, the son of the late Benjamin Edgar and Clara Watson Draughon. He was a United States Army veteran and retired from Kroger's. Mr. Draughn is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law,...

Mrs. Susie Wood Stanley

Mrs. Susie Wood Stanley

Aug 21, 2011

Mrs. Susie Magdalene Wood Stanley, age 88 of Dobson, NC passed away on Saturday August 20, 2011 at Dunmore Plantation in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on November 24, 1922 to the late Pete Wood Sr. and the late Elita Slaydon Wood. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Ford Manuel Stanley;...

Clarence Wade Golding

Clarence Wade Golding

Aug 20, 2011

Mr. Clarence Wade Golding, 53, of 130 York Thicket Road, Lambsburg, VA, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born January 28, 1958, in Carroll County, VA, to Forest Bryant Golding and the late C.J. Golding. He was an employee of North Carolina Granite Corporation and attended Peace Haven Baptist Church in Yadkinville....

Mr. David Beamer Childress

Mr. David Beamer Childress

Aug 20, 2011

Mr. David Beamer Childress, age 61, of Elkin, NC , passed away on Saturday August 20, 2011 at the Wake Forest Baptist University Hospital in Winston-Salem , NC . He was born in Surry County on March 30, 1950 to the late Paul and Gladys Dollyhigh Childress. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and was retired from...

Mrs. Gertrude Mae Copeland McRoberts

Mrs. Gertrude Mae Copeland McRoberts

Aug 20, 2011

Mrs. Gertrude Mae Copeland McRoberts, age 97 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011 at Golden Living Center. Mrs. McRoberts was born in Wythe County, May 16, 1914 to Frank and Emma Collins Copeland. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her dear family and friends. Surviving are daughters...

Mrs. Nellie Faye Holt

Mrs. Nellie Faye Holt

Aug 19, 2011

Mrs. Nellie Faye Holt, 80 of Stuart, passed away Friday morning at her home. She was born in Patrick County on March 27, 1931 to the late Emmitt George East and Mary Ethel Stephens East. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband; William "Bill" Bernard Holt, an infant daughter Paige Holt, two brothers, James...

Sean Christopher Key

Sean Christopher Key

Aug 19, 2011

Mr. Sean Christopher Key, 21, of 514 Broad Street and 105 Cole Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, August 19, 2011, in Eden. He was born February 4, 1990, in Surry County, to Travis Key and Patricia Tipton Kidd. He attended Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church. He is survived by his father and stepmother, Travis and Suzanne Key of...

Jerry Arnold Gardner

Jerry Arnold Gardner

Aug 19, 2011

Mr. Jerry Arnold Gardner, 63, of 3172 Park Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, August 19, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Gardner was born September 2, 1947, in Surry County, the son of the late Wayne Joseph and Jane Frances Simmons Gardner. Jerry retired as a supervisor from United Plastics Corporation after 35 years of service....

Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer

Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer

Aug 19, 2011

Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer, age 88 of Lowgap, passed away Friday, August 19, 2011 at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Spencer was born in Carroll County, March 9, 1923 to George Washington Spencer and Eller Senter Spencer. He worked with the CC Camp in his early years and was a retired from the sawmilling business. Surviving is a daughter and...

Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer

Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer

Aug 19, 2011

Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer, age 88 of Lowgap, passed away Friday, August 19, 2011 at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Spencer was born in Carroll County, March 9, 1923 to George Washington Spencer and Eller Senter Spencer. He worked with the CC Camp in his early years and was a retired from the sawmilling business. Surviving is a daughter and...

Harvey Coolidge Atkins

Harvey Coolidge Atkins

Aug 18, 2011

Mr. Harvey Coolidge Atkins, 86, of 1095 Smith Road, Mount Airy, passed away early Thursday morning, August 18, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Atkins was born October 30, 1924, in Surry County, the third of six children born to the late Paul and Sadie Dollyhigh Atkins. Harvey served our country in the United...

Mr. Simon "Lee" Pilson

Mr. Simon "Lee" Pilson

Aug 16, 2011

Mr. Simon "Lee" Pilson, age 82 of Woolwine, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on July 13, 1929 to the late James Garfield Pilson and Judy Via Pilson. In addition to his parents, Mr. Pilson was preceded in death by a sister, Cora Ethel Joyce, and a brother, Calvin Pilson. He...

Verlie Dean Hiatt Sheppard

Verlie Dean Hiatt Sheppard

Aug 16, 2011

Mrs. Verlie Dean Hiatt Sheppard, 78, of 346 Holly Avenue, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday evening, August 16, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Sheppard was born March 15, 1933, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Ephriam Alfred and Lula McCloud Hiatt. Verlie retired from Spencer's Inc. after many years of...

Mrs. Georgia Ethel Culler Johnson

Mrs. Georgia Ethel Culler Johnson

Aug 16, 2011

Mrs. Georgia Ethel Culler Johnson, 72 of Mt. Airy, widow of Oliver Lee Johnson passed away at the home of her daughter, Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Mrs. Johnson was born in Patrick County on December 11, 1938 to the late Grant and Madie King Culler. She retired from Henredon Furniture and was a member of the Blue Ridge Tabernacle. Mrs....

Mrs. Cenda "Ethel" Ruth Ross Rakes

Mrs. Cenda "Ethel" Ruth Ross Rakes

Aug 15, 2011

Mrs. Cenda "Ethel" Ruth Ross Rakes, age 97 of Woolwine, passed away Monday, August 15, 2011 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on July 20, 1914 to the late Abe and Mary Vie Ross. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rakes was preceded in death by her husband, Everette Lee Rakes; a...

Mr. John Lee Johnson

Mr. John Lee Johnson

Aug 12, 2011

Mr. John Lee Johnson, 80, of Mount Airy passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center surrounded by his loved ones. He was born in Surry County on August 30, 1930 to the late Berry Martin and Lovina Edwards Johnson. Mr. Johnson was retired from Surry County as a Maintenance Supervisor and a dedicated...

Charlie Monroe Thomas

Charlie Monroe Thomas

Aug 12, 2011

Mr. Charlie Monroe Thomas, 66, of 1940 Wards Gap Road, Cana, VA, passed away early Friday morning, August 12, 2011, at Laurel Meadows Nursing Center in Laurel Fork, VA. Mr. Thomas was born March 12, 1945, in Carroll County, VA, the third child born to the late Charlie Roe and Sarah Jane Ayers Thomas. He worked as an inspector at...

Bobby Michael Speer

Bobby Michael Speer

Aug 11, 2011

Mr. Bobby Michael Speer age 54 of 128 Steve Jones Lane, Lowgap, NC husand of Mrs. Betty McCann Speer was called to heaven Thursday, August 11, 2011 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born December 14, 1956 in Yadkin County to Dorothy Whitaker Speer and the late Bobby Lee Speer. He was a member of Ladonia Baptist...

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