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Obituaries

John Wayne Hicks

John Wayne Hicks

Oct 27, 2009

Mr. John Wayne Hicks, Sr., 73, of 1401 Park Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born June 13, 1936, in Surry County, to Viola Haynes Hicks and the late Robert Thomas Hicks. He was the former owner and operator of Surry Hosiery and a member of Highland Park Baptist...

Rodger Anderson Holt

Rodger Anderson Holt

Oct 27, 2009

Mr. Rodger Anderson Holt, 62, of Cana, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at his home. Mr. Holt was born November 13, 1946, in Patrick County, VA, to the late David Oscar and Susie Gammons Holt. Rodger served in the United States Army with time spent in Vietnam. He retired from Unifi, Inc. after 29 years of service and...

Verlie Florence Hiatt Brown

Verlie Florence Hiatt Brown

Oct 27, 2009

Mrs. Verlie Florence Hiatt Brown, 94, of Mount Airy, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Brown was born June 7, 1915, in Carroll County, VA, the seventh of eight children born to Robert and Laura Harrell Hiatt. She grew up on the family apple orchard, and graduated from Mount Bethel High School. She met...

Lucille Snow Dockery

Lucille Snow Dockery

Oct 26, 2009

Mrs. Lucille Snow Dockery, 92, of 1088 Romie Snow Road, Dobson, passed away Monday, October 26, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Dockery was born April 9, 1917, in Surry County, to the late Andrew Jerome and Metta Banner Snow. She was a vital part of her husband's business, Dockery and Associates, until her retirement...

Ruby Hazel Norman Brinkley Leonard

Ruby Hazel Norman Brinkley Leonard

Oct 26, 2009

Mrs. Ruby Hazel Norman Brinkley Leonard passed away Monday, October 26, 2009, at the age of 89 in Landrum, SC. Mrs. Leonard was born October 17, 1920, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Cora Ella Puckett and William Anderson Norman and lived there as well as in Mount Airy, NC. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

James Thurmond Carter

James Thurmond Carter

Oct 26, 2009

Mr. James Thurmond Carter, 80, of 394 Skyview Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, October 26, 2009, at his home. Mr. Carter was born August 21, 1929, in Forsyth County, to the late Willie and Ethel Dull Carter. He retired from the Mount Airy City Schools as principal at Jones Elementary School and later at Tharrington Elementary School. Mr....

Sue Jackson Hardy

Sue Jackson Hardy

Oct 25, 2009

Ms. Sue Jackson Hardy, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, October 25, 1927, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Ms. Hardy was born June 27, 1927, in Surry County, to the late Randall Hobart and Lena Matthews Jackson. She retired from the North Carolina School System and was a member of First Presbyterian Church in...

Mrs. LaVergne Tuck Woody

Mrs. LaVergne Tuck Woody

Oct 25, 2009

LaVergne Tuck Woody (Sept.30, 1927- Oct. 25, 2009) LaVergne Tuck Woody died on Sunday, October 25, 2009 after a lengthy illness. LaVergne was a native of Patrick County, VA. The daughter of Thomas Jefferson Tuck and Hattie Rhodes Tuck, she and her sister Dorothy Tuck Johnson grew up in Stuart where LaVergne was the Valedictorian of Stuart High School. She...

Mr. Charles William Holt

Mr. Charles William Holt

Oct 24, 2009

Mr. Charles William Holt, age 74 of Mount Airy, North Carolina, passed away on Sunday, October 24, 2009 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Patrick County on January 21, 1935 to the late Crockett and Cora Lawson Holt. In addition to his parents, Mr. Holt was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Handy Holt; two...

Susie Puckett Coalson

Susie Puckett Coalson

Oct 24, 2009

Mrs. Susie Puckett Coalson, 90, of 107 Prison Camp Road, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Coalson was born February 18, 1919, in Surry County, to the late Jesse and Lola Davis Puckett. She retired from Spencer's Inc. and was a member of Salem Fork Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Geneva Nixon of...

Rufus Hosea Cook

Rufus Hosea Cook

Oct 23, 2009

Mr. Rufus Hosea Cook, 91, of 143 Gwynwood Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, October 23, 2009, at his home. Mr. Cook was born November 10, 1917, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Yancy Lee and Mary Jane Jackson Cook. Hosea served our country in the United States Army during World War II and retired as a lineman...

Cora Beola Tolbert

Cora Beola Tolbert

Oct 23, 2009

Ms. Cora Beola Tolbert, 90, of 303 Linville Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, October 23, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Ms. Tolbert was born September 13, 1919, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Joseph Daniel and Florence Ayers Tolbert. She was a substitute teacher in Surry County Schools for many years and was affectionately known as...

Ules Murphy Hawks

Ules Murphy Hawks

Oct 23, 2009

Mr. Ules Murphy Hawks, 72, of Cana, VA, passed away Friday, October 23, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born July 20, 1937, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Troy Murphy and Viola Edwards Hawks. He was owner and operator of Hawks Brothers Grocery in Cana and was a member of Rocky Ford Christian Church. Mr....

Harold Reid Southern

Harold Reid Southern

Oct 23, 2009

Mr. Harold Reid Southern, Sr., 73, husband of Mrs. Janet Hill Southern, of Dobson passed away on Friday, October 23, 2009 at Joan and Howard Hospice Home. He was born in Surry County on February 3, 1936 to the late Reid and Emma Jones Southern. Mr. Southern was retired from General Motors and was later employed by Golding Trucking. He...

Margie Payne Thomas

Margie Payne Thomas

Oct 22, 2009

Mrs. Margie Payne Thomas age 85 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2009 in Birmingham, AL. Mrs. Thomas was born in Surry County, February 7, 1924 to Colombus Franklin and Sarah Berrier Payne. She was retired from Hanes, Inc. and was a member of Stewart's Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving is her loving husband, Robert Oah Thomas of...

Harvey Lenwood Horton

Harvey Lenwood Horton

Oct 22, 2009

Mr. Harvey Lenwood Horton, age 66 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2009 at his home. Mr. Horton was born in Carroll County, December 16, 1942 to Glenn Woodrow and Mable Lorraine Cagle Horton. Surviving is a son, Timothy Horton and fiancee Tracie; grandchildren, Tryton and Landon Horton; a sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Rush Edwards; a half...

Ruth Abigail Neal Simmons

Ruth Abigail Neal Simmons

Oct 22, 2009

Mrs. Ruth Abigail Neal Simmons, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday evening, October 22, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Simmons was born December 7, 1917, in Stokes County, to the late Robert William and Hester Kallam Neal. Ruth retired from Pine State Knitwear after many years of service and was a faithful...

James Newton King

James Newton King

Oct 22, 2009

Mr. James Newton King, 73, of 125 Gillwalt Way, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, October 22, 2009, at his home. Mr. King was born August 29, 1936, in Surry County, to the late Walter Swain and Gillie Ruth Smith King. Newton served our country in the United States Navy during the 1950s and was the owner and operator of...

Joye Monday Hawks

Joye Monday Hawks

Oct 21, 2009

Mrs. Joye Monday Hawks, 69, wife of Mr. R.C. Hawks, of Mount Airy, passed away on Wednesday October 21, 2009 in the comfort of her home while surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on February 27, 1940 to the late Earl Samuel and Ruby Woodall Monday. Mrs. Hawks was retired from Spencer's Inc. and a...

Beatrice Towe Draughn

Beatrice Towe Draughn

Oct 21, 2009

Mrs. Beatrice Towe Draughn, 92, of Mount Ariy, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta. Mrs. Draughn was born February 6, 1917, in Carroll County, VA, to Willie and Sally Payne Towe. She was a loving mother and a homemaker. Surviving are four daughters and two sons-in-law, Betty Draughn of the home, Christine and Garland...

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