Mrs. Margaret "Erlene" Brinkley Frye, age 80, died peacefully on August 25, 2010. She was the daughter of Willie Lee and Percy Lynch Brinkley. Mrs. Frye was preceded in death by her twin sister, Alene; sister, Juanita B. Collins; brothers Chester Madison, Joe Preston and Charles Wayne Brinkley and a son-in-law, James C. Hill, Jr.. She was retired from Cross...
Mr. Joseph Edward Isaacs, 76, of Thurmond, a loving husband, father, and papa, passed away Wednesday morning, August 25, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born June 21, 1934, in Rockingham County, VA, to the late Adolphus Virgil and Margie Isaacs. Ed was a member of Charity Hill Baptist Church and retired from...
Mr. Chad Franklin Rorrer, age 36 of Woolwine, passed away Monday, August 23, 2010. He was born on October 23, 1973 in Patrick County. He had been a machinist at Worley Machines. Mr. Rorrer was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Charlie G. and Etta Meadows Hylton, and his paternal grandparents, Cephus and Hester Atkins Rorrer. Mr. Rorrer is...
Mrs. Mildred Monday Richards, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, August 23, 2010, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Richards was born October 11, 1920, in Surry County, daughter of the late Jesse and Lucinda Sumner Monday. Mildred was the past owner and operator of Oak Grove Market. She was a member of Beulah United Methodist...
Mrs. Virginia Ann "Jenny" Lester Raby, 75, of Mount Airy went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday August 23, 2010 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Mercer County, West Virginia on June 12, 1935 to the late Matthew William and Martilda Knuckles Lester. Mrs. Raby was a retired knitter from Kentucky...
Mr. Arnold Junior Bowman age 57 of 791 Noah Town Road Thomasville, NC and formerly of Patrick County passed away Saturday August 21, 2010 at the Hospice Home of High Point. He was born in Patrick County on October 29, 1953 to the late Delbert and Delia Handy Bowman. He was also preceded in death by his first wife Mildred...
Mr. Larry Gene McMillian, 62, of Mount Airy, went to be with his heavenly Father on Saturday, August 21, 2010. Mr. McMillian was born August 1, 1948, in Patrick County, VA, son of the late Zelma Bowman Mabe and Joseph Elvin McMillan. Larry served in the United States Navy and a was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church in...
Mrs. Theo Nunn White, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, August 21, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. White was born August 26, 1925, in Surry County, daughter of the late Roy and Maggie Wood Nunn. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after many years of service and was a member of Mount...
Mr. Roger Dale Pack, 67, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, August 20, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Pack was born April 24, 1943, in Surry County, to Robie and Lula Mae Hicks Pack. He retired from Cross Creek Apparel and was a member of Mount Bethel Moravian Church. Surviving are a daughter,...
Mrs. Roger Loretta Ballard Elliott, 71, wife of Ronald "Ron" Allen Elliott, of Dobson, passed away in the comfort of her home on Thursday, August 19, 2010, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Elliott was born October 8, 1938, in Forsyth County, to the late Roger Cardean and Lillian Smith Ballard. She was a retired cosmetologist and a member of...
Mrs. Kathryn "Kathy" Rae Fleming Rose Emerson, 56, of Dobson, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born November 26, 1953, in Forsyth County, to Bonnie Blizzard and the late Clyde Fleming. She was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Vietnam era, and was a waitress. Surviving are...
Mrs. Annie Louise Edwards Blue, 100, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Blue was born September 9, 1909, in Surry County, to James Edward and Annie Laura Watkins Edwards. She retried from Renfro Corporation and was a charter member of the Mount Airy Fire Department Ladies' Auxiliary and...
Mr. Bernie Ray Sutphin, Sr., 88, of Lowgap, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at Alleghany Care and Rehabilitation Center in Sparta. He was born October 11, 1921, in Surry County, to the late Nicholas Hugh and Susie Haymore Sutphin. He was a retired farmer and a member of Flat Rock Pentecostal Holiness Church in Mount Airy. Mr. Sutphin is...
Fred Randall Phillips was born November 11, 1921, to Gaither and Pearl Wilmoth Phillips, in the Rockford area of Surry County. He died Monday, August 16, 2010, at the age of 88, after a brave struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. He graduated from Copeland High School in 1939, and later took many classes at Surry Community College. He was a World...
Edward Harris Jenkins, 90, of Mount Airy, formerly of Roanoke Rapids, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010. Mr. Jenkins was born November 3, 1919, in Littleton, son of the late Edward Sanford and Maude Jenkins. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great- grandfather. Mr. Jenkins, who was of the Baptist faith, loved to fox hunt, bird watch, and...
Mrs. Melissa Poindexter Key, 41, of Dobson, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born January 1, 1969, in Surry County, to Wilbur and Lou Ray Mendenhall Poindexter. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and was a nurse at Forsyth Medical Center. Surviving are her husband, Harold D. Key...
Mr. Alfred Rufus Hiatt, a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and dear friend, has gone home to be with our Heavenly Father. Mr. Hiatt, 76, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born August 7, 1934, in Surry County, to the late Alvin Lee Hiatt, Sr. and Martha Cook Hiatt. He...
Mr. James Wesley Whitt, 73, widower of Dorothy Mae Venable Whitt, of Mount Airy, passed away at his home on Saturday, August 14, 2010, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Whitt was born December 20, 1936, in Surry County, to the late David Columbus and Avvie Marion Whitt. He was a lifelong farmer who dedicated himself to God and his...
Mr. Joseph Dewitt ("J.D.") Stewart, age 81 of Stuart passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at his home. He was born on June 15, 1929 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to the late Joseph Edward Stewart and Mary Fisher Stewart. In addition to his parents, Mr. Stewart was preceded in death by one brother, Raymond Stewart. After completing high school,...
Mrs. Mildred Ellen Dehors, 75, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Dehors was born September 6, 1934, in Surry County, to the late Oscar Thomas and Dora Harriman Thomas. She retired as a foster mother and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her...