Mary Keyes
Dec 18, 2009
Ms. Mary Keyes, 70, of Mt. Airy, went home to be with her Father in heaven on Friday evening, December 18, 2009, at Central Continuing Care Nursing Home in Mt. Airy. She was born in Harford County, Maryland, August 26, 1939, to the late Herbert and Helen Elliott Keyes. She was a retired machine operator for the Bata Shoe Factory...
Loyd Hugh Hawks
Dec 18, 2009
Mr. Loyd Hugh "L.H." Hawks, Jr., 79, of 1931 Pipers Gap Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, December 18, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Hawks was born April 9, 1930, in Yeager, WV, to the late Loyd Hugh Hawks, Sr. and Grace Leftwich Hawks. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving in the...
Alice Marion Gowman Francis
Dec 17, 2009
Mrs. Alice Marion Gowman Francis, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009, at Ridgecrest Retirement Center. Mrs. Francis was born December 27, 1918, in Detroit, MI, to Carl and Bessie Gowman. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Mrs. Francis was a member of First Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters and two sons-in-law, Betty and...
Lois Martha Johnson Snow
Dec 17, 2009
Mrs. Lois Martha Johnson Snow, wife of Fred R. Snow, age 83, of Dobson passed away on Thursday morning December 17, 2009 at Northern Hospital of Surry Co. Mama was a gifted seamstress and loved piecing fabric scraps together into works of art she showcased as quilts. She loved nothing more than to be outside digging in the dirt, planting...
Mary Gean Gordon Leftwich
Dec 16, 2009
Mrs. Mary Gean Gordon Leftwich, 89, of 693 White Pines Country Club Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, December 16, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Leftwich was born June 6, 1920, in Stokes County, to the late Robert Cleveland and Nancy Lee Norman Gordon. She was a homemaker and a member of Saint Paul Church of the Brethren. She...
Herbert Eugene Faw
Dec 14, 2009
Mr. Herbert Eugene Faw, 80, of 249 South Boyles Street, Pilot Mountain, passed away Monday morning, December 14, 2009, at his home. He was born December 9, 1929, in Surry County, to the late William Euriah and Mittie Ann Jarrell Faw. Herbert retired from the North Carolina Granite Corporation and was a veteran of the United States Air Force, having...
Mamie Pauline Snow Johnson
Dec 13, 2009
Mrs. Mamie Pauline Snow Johnson, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Johnson was born June 22, 1918, in Surry County, to Richard William and Nancy Ardella Callahan Snow. She retired from Central Care Rest Home and was a member of New Life Pentecostal Church. Surviving are three daughters and...
Louise Hull Creed
Dec 13, 2009
Mrs. Louise Hull Creed, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Creed was born December 6, 1926, in Surry County, to the late Lacy Franklin and Maggie Shelton Hull. She retired from Northern Hospital of Surry County and was a member of Rockford Street United Methodist...
Ira Oxendine
Dec 12, 2009
Mr. Ira Oxendine, 83, of Elkin, passed away on Saturday evening December 12, 2009 at the Heritage Care of Elkin. He was born in Robeson County NC on November 23, 1926 to the late William French Oxendine and Gainer Graham Oxendine. He was a retired self employed painter and farmer. He was a member of Second Chance Church were he...
Marlin Winfred Hicks
Dec 12, 2009
Mr. Marlin Winfred Hicks, 81, of 6269 West Pine Street, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, December 12, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Hicks was born November 13, 1928, in Surry County, the son of the late Luther Herbert and Mallie Creed Hicks. Marlin served our country in the United States Army from...
Jim Elizabeth Miller Henry
Dec 12, 2009
Mrs. Jim Elizabeth Miller Henry, 94, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, December 12, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Henry was born September 19, 1915, in Greenville, TX, the daughter of the late John Henry and Jim Florene Gober Miller. She was a homemaker, golfer, poet, traveler, and a volunteer. Jim spent her life reaching out to others with...
Mr. Stacy Thomas Rorrer
Dec 11, 2009
Mr. Stacy Thomas Rorrer age 45 of Martinsville, VA passed away on December 11, 2009 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. Mr. Rorrer was born in Patrick County on February 2, 1964 to Robert Rorrer of Mayodan, NC and Faye Turner Rorrer of Stuart, VA. Mr. Rorrer was preceded in death by a brother Stevie Rorrer. In addition...
John William Westmoreland, Jr
Dec 11, 2009
Mr. John William Westmoreland, Jr., 84, of Oviedo, FL, passed away Friday, December 11, 2009, in Florida. Mr. Westmoreland was born April 2, 1925, in Carroll County, VA, to John William Westmoreland, Sr. and Mary Alice Willard Westmoreland. He was a retired auto sales manager. Surviving are a daughter, LuAnn and Steve Marshall of Orlando, FL; grandchildren and their spouses,...
Texie McHone Weddle
Dec 11, 2009
Mrs. Texie McHone Weddle, 77, of Salisbury, passed away Friday, December 11, 2009, at Rowan Regional Hospital. Mrs. Weddle was born May 17, 1932, in Surry County, to the late Willie Jessie McHone and Ocie Mae Johnson McHone. Surviving are her husband, Charles Weddle, Sr. of the home; a son, Charles Weddle, Jr. and his wife, Rebecca, of Salisbury; two...
Gladys Johnson Davis
Dec 10, 2009
Mrs. Gladys Johnson Davis, 86, of 348 Taylor Street, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2009, at Village Care of King. She was born November 15, 1923, in Surry County, to the late Jacob Benton and Mecie Ann Goins Johnson. She retired from Kentucky Derby Hosiery and was a member of Mount Airy Wesleyan Church. Surviving are two daughters...
Mr. Michael Thurman Lawson
Dec 10, 2009
Mr. Michael Thurman Lawson, age 67 of Lawsonville, North Carolina passed away Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina on September 4, 1942 to the late Thurman "Greek" Lawson and Zilla Priddy Lawson. He was a member of Oakridge Baptist Church, had been a former Deputy of...
Dusty Ray Venable
Dec 9, 2009
Mr. Dusty Ray Venable, 29, of Ararat, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Venable was born February 16, 1980, in Forsyth County, to Ray Venable and Bonnie Vipperman Edwards. He was a truck driver and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his mother, Bonnie Vipperman Edwards of Climax; his father, Ray Venable...
Arvin Zenith Jones
Dec 9, 2009
Mr. Arvin Zenith "Buck" Jones, 78, of Elkin, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Jones was born March 1, 1931, in Surry County, to the late Hillary and Lila Monday Jones. He retired from Cross Creek Country Club and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by two sons,...
Charles Clancy Lyons
Dec 9, 2009
Mr. Charles Clancy Lyons, 70, of 921 Red Brush Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, December 9, 2009, at his home. Mr. Lyons was born January 16, 1939, in Carroll County, VA, the son of the late Charles Lloyd and Mary Julia Jarrell Lyons. Clancy served our country in the United States Army and owned and operated Lyons Hosiery...
Bessie Mae King Mullis
Dec 8, 2009
Mrs. Bessie Mae King Mullis, 95, of 66 Sherman Drive, Cana, VA, passed away Tuesday morning, December 8, 2009, at Blue Ridge Nursing center in Stuart, VA. She was born August 29, 1914, in Pickens County, SC, to the late Irvin and Eva Palmer King. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and attended Paul's Creek Baptist Church....