Mrs. Peggy Ann Jacobs, age 63 of Patrick Springs passed away Saturday evening at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. She was born on Nov. 10, 1946 in Grundy, VA to the late John Henry Looney and Ada Mae Wagner Looney. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by a sister, Juanita McClanahan. Surviving are...
Joyce Canady Baker died Saturday, February 27, 2010, at Margate in Jefferson. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Thelma Hill Canady and James Benjamin Canady. She was born November 7, 1944, in Morehead City. Joyce grew up in Charlotte and graduated from Meredith College. She worked for the American Psychological Association for many years in Washington,...
Miss Barbara Belle Horton, 90, of Fancy Gap, VA, passed away Friday, February 26, 2010, at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax, VA. Miss Horton was born September 5, 1919, in Carroll County, VA, to Orville Anderson and Ada Mae Webb Horton. She was a retired nursing assistant and a member of Skyview Baptist Church. Surviving are a sister, Ila...
Mrs. Evangeline Lawson Tickle, 77, of 1476 Edgewood Drive, Mount Airy, wife of the late Floyd F. Tickle, passed away Friday night, February 26, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Tickle was born March 23, 1932, in Surry County, to the late Walter C.R. Lawson and Bertha Eaton Lawson. She was retired from Renfro Corporation and was of the Baptist faith....
Mr. Edward Carson Hill, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, February 26, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Hill was born February 8, 1927, in Stokes County, to Edward Verlin and Celia Humphries Hill. He served our country in the United States Army during the Korean War. Surviving are his loving wife of 56 years, Betty Throckmorton...
Mr. Foy Winfred "Sandy" Tate, 78, of 1473 Simpson Mill Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, February 26, 2010, at his home. He was born January 3, 1932, in Surry County, to the late John Emmett Tate and Vesta Leftwich Tate Richardson. He was the former owner and operator of Sandy's Knitting Company and was a member of New Charity...
Mr. James Nash Terry, 82, of 172 Marshall Street, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Terry was born June 19, 1927, in Surry County, son of the late Francis Millard and Fannie Nash Terry. He served our country in the United States Navy during World War II...
Mrs. Leeronie Etta Brim Easter, 80, of Greensboro, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2010, at Silas Creek Manor. Mrs. Easter was born February 6, 1930, in Surry County, daughter of the Rev. Romney Samuel and Voda Caroline Gammons Brim. She was a member of the United Church of God in Greensboro. "Lee's love reached far and wide" and she will...
Mrs. Linda A. Jensen, age 61 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at The Brian Center in Fincastle. She was born in Ames, Iowa on November 22, 1948. She was preceded in death by her father, Arthur Jefferson, and was of the Methodist faith. Mrs. Jensen is survived by her husband, Chris W. Jensen of the home; three...
Mr. Robert Everette Pike, 74, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, February 24, 2010, at his home. Mr. Pike was born January 16, 1936, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Joseph Daniel and Mary Lovill Pike. He attended Welcome Baptist Church as long as his health permitted. Mr. Pike is survived by a daughter, Dara Pike of the...
Mr. Jesse Wilford Creed, 86, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, February 22, 2010, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born February 15, 1924, in Surry County, to the late George Wesley and Ella Sawyers Creed. Jesse retired from National Bassett Furniture Company after 46 years of service. He was a very good sprayman for the company, and...
Mr. Bobby Nolen, age 73 of Memory Lane, Stuart, passed away Monday, February 22, 2010 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County, Virginia on January 10, 1937 to the late Andy Governor Crockett Nolen and Lucy Ann Via Nolen. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Mr. Ernest Lee Hylton, age 54 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2010. He was born in Patrick County on November 19, 1955, and was preceded in death by his father, Robert Paul Hylton, and a twin sister, Lynda Faye Hylton. He had worked for Pilson Brothers sawmill. Mr. Hylton is survived by his mother, Lena Boyd Hylton of...
Mrs. Violet Spurlock Dickens, 79, widow of the Rev. Vibert Dickens, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, February 21, 2010, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Raleigh County, West Virginia, September 21, 1930, to the late Donald Darrell and Gertrude Ball Spurlock. Mrs. Dickens was homemaker and dedicated her life to God and...
Mr. Ralph Curtis Hardy, 83, of 2853 Old Highway 601, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday morning, February 21, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Hardy was born October 6, 1926, in Surry County, the second of five children born to the late Brady Edgar and Addie Frances Smith Hardy. Ralph was a heavy equipment...
Ms. Kathleen Louise Bonds Cobler, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, February 20, 2010, at Central Continuing Care. Ms. Cobler was born January 1, 1928, in Carroll County, VA, daughter of the late Jesse Alfred and Louise Beatrice Sawyers Bonds. Kathleen worked as a hostess at Hardee's on Rockford Street for many years and was a member of...
Ms. Bernice Nichols Prillaman, 69 of Stuart, passed away Saturday morning at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born July 16, 1940 in Patrick County to the late Euel Lester and Maggie Chaney Nichols and was also preceded in death by two brothers; Layton and Milton Nichols. Ms. Prillaman was of the Brethren Faith and had retired as a data processor...
Mrs. Loredith Mae Taylor Johnson, 76, of Mount Airy, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 20, 2010, at her home, surrounded by her loving children. Mrs. Johnson was born October 15, 1933, in Surry County, to Ed and Ida Felts Taylor. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, who will be dearly missed by all...
Mrs. Margaret Louise Wilson Payne, 95, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, February 20, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Payne was born March 15, 1914, in Rockingham County, to Harvey and Annie Gwyn Wilson. She retired from Renfro Corporation after 43 years of service and was a member of Blue Ridge Baptist Church....
Mrs. Sylvia Gaynell Payne Hayslip, 61, of 197 Niston Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, February 20, 2010, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hayslip was born August 22, 1948, in Surry County, daughter of Dorothy Branch Payne Cave and the late Kenneth Ray Payne. Gaynell was a certified nursing assistant at Central Care and...