Mrs. Mattie Belle Snow Belton, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Belton was born June 13, 1934, in Surry County, to Frank and Cecil Spencer Snow. She was a loving homemaker, who will be dearly missed by her loved ones. Surviving are her husband, Clarence Belton of the home; a son and daughter-in-law,...
Mr. James Junior Jessup, 74, of 1322 Grove Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born July 4, 1935, in Surry County, to the late Ora Wayne and Versie Mae East Jessup. He was a retired stonecutter from W.P. Simmons, Inc. and a member of Temple Baptist Church for 32...
Mrs. Mary Lou White Hall, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Hall was born June 3, 1925, in Surry County, to the late Charlie and Mecie Jessup White. She retired from Belk Department Store and was a member of the Holy Angels Catholic Church. Surviving are her husband, Gary...
Mr. Arthur Lee Hawks, 67, of 1197 Red Brush Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 5, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Hawks was born September 18, 1942, in Carroll County, VA, son of the late Edgar Eugene Hawks, Sr. and Annie Mae Akers Hawks. Arthur was self-employed for many years and...
Mr. Delmar Ramey Collins, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Collins was born February 19, 1933, in Surry County, to Noah Washington and Pearl Mae Hiatt Collins. He was a well-known farmer. Surviving are a sister, Dorothy Collins of the home; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to...
Mr. Jason Lee Barker, 31, loving husband of Mrs. Angie Mae Barker, passed away peacefully on Monday January 4, 2010 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center as his family surrounded his bedside. He was born in Surry County on November 3, 1978 to Andy Lee Barker and the late Mary Ann Edwards Masqueda. He leaves to cherish his memory...
Mrs. Gladys Barnard Durham, age 93 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Monday, January 4, 2010 at the UAB Hospital's Palliative Care Unit in Birmingham, Alabama. She was born in Carroll County on February 16, 1916 to the late John Robert Barnard and Sarah Alice Cruise Barnard. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Durham was preceded in death by her...
Mr. Tony Gray Portis, 54, of 135 J.W. Branson Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, January 4, 2010, at the East Liverpool City Hospital in East Liverpool, OH. He was born October 3, 1955, in Surry County, to Thomas Christopher and Patsy Gray Shambley Portis. He was a truck driver for Sterling Trucking Company and was of the Baptist faith....
Mr. Eddie Ray "Wormie" Combs, 57, of Cana, VA, passed away Monday, January 4, 2010, at his home. Mr. Combs was born July 22, 1952, in Surry County, to Marvin Edward Combs and the late Clarsie Mae Dawson Combs. He was a member of Paul's Creek Baptist Church and was a truck driver as long as his health permitted. He...
Mrs. Vera Susan Blair Jessup, 96, of 168 Bradford Lane, Pilot Mountain, passed away Monday evening, January 4, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born July 4, 1913, in Surry County, to the late William Bunyan and Mervia Rosella Taylor Blair. Mrs. Jessup was a retired employee of the Surry County Schools, working...
Mrs. Eva Elgin Wood Pendleton, age 90 of Stuart and formerly of the Lone Ivy Community passed away Sunday evening at The Landmark Center in Stuart. She was born on July 27, 1919 in Patrick County to the late George and Callie Elgin. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, James Leo Wood;...
Mr. Franklin Pierce Towe, 82, of Cana, VA, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He was a member of Epworth Untied Methodist Church. Mr. Towe worked for most of his life as a farmer and TV/radio repairman. He served the people of Carroll County, VA,...
Ted Thomas Ring, 71, of 226 Mike St. Dobson, NC passed away at home from a brief illness on Saturday, January 2nd, 2010. He was born the ninth of ten children to Irvin Scott and Etta Caroline Ring in Siloam, NC on May 5th, 1938. Following graduation from Copeland High School in 1956, he began working for the maintenance department...
Mr. Harold Earl Moxley, 82, of 123 Daiquiri Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, January 1, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Moxley was born January 11, 1927, in Forsyth County, to the late Robert Earl and Nancy Salena Chipman Moxley. He served our country in the United States Army during World War...
Mr. Charles Edgar Haymore, Sr., 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, January 1, 2010, at his home. Charles was born in Surry County, North Carolina, to Hillery and Thelma Kirkman Haymore. He grew up with his brother, Leon, on a tobacco farm in Holly Springs, near his grandparents. He attended Flat Rock School where he met Ruth, his loving...
Baby Tyson Bracky Rogers was born to the Lord on Thursday, December 31, 2009. Tyson is the beautiful son of Dustin Bracky and Britni Journey Rogers. He has a sister, Kenedi Blaire Rogers of the home; grandparents, Teresa and Keenan Journey and Mark and Deidre Rogers, all of Mount Airy; great-grandparents, Benston Kirkman, Bracky and Wanda Rogers, Betty Blackmon, and...
Mrs. Vickie Lynn Durham Hodges, 52, of 2730 Haystack Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday afternoon, December 31, 2009. Mrs. Hodges was born December 18, 1957, in Alamance County, the daughter of the late James Daniel and Mattie White Durham. Vickie was a professional land surveyor for several years, serving North Carolina and Virginia, and a member of Oak Grove...
Mrs. Judy Adams Shrewsbury, age 60 passed away on Sunday evening January 31, 2010 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She was born in Wyoming County West Virginia to the late Oscar and Macy Graham Adams. In addition to her parents her husband Jarrett Shrewsbury preceded her in death; a son Randy Shrewsbury, four sisters Shirley Robertson, Laura...
Mr. Charles "Goose" Sidney Woods, 57, of Mt. Airy a loving Husband, Father, and Grandfather passed away on Wednesday evening at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Forsyth County on June 3, 1952 to the late William Riley and Elsie Chandler Woods. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...
Mr. Jeffrey Maxwell Thomas, 50, of Holly Avenue, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Thomas was born September 3, 1959, in Cleveland, OH, to the late Marvin and Pauline Breedlove Thomas. He was employed by Ottenweller and a member of the Mount Airy First Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are a daughter,...