Mrs. Bonnie Bode, 69, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Bode was born June 7, 1940, in Surry County, to Maudine Tolbert Inman and the late Elbert Lee Inman. She was a member of the First Church of the Brethren and the owner and operator of...
Mr. William John Haynes, 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. William was born June 8, 1931, in Surry County, to the late William Edgar and Lydia Kate Blue Haynes. He was of the Quaker faith. William was a retired farmer and owner and operator of William...
Mrs. Alberta Rucker King, age 93 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2009 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on June 28, 1916 to the late Rufus Green and Belle Davis Tatum. In addition to her parents, Mrs. King was preceded in death by her husbands; one granddaughter, Becky Joy Thomas; one great-grandson, David Eugene Thomas;...
Frank Grey LaPrade, Jr., a resident of Mount Airy, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. He was born in Martinsville, Virginia, on May 10, 1943, to the late Frank Grey LaPrade, Sr. and Ann Elizabeth Marshall LaPrade. He was predeceased by his parents and...
Mr. Victor Keith Scott, Jr., age 27 of Hampton, Virginia and formerly of Stuart, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in New Jersey on May 4, 1982. He attended Patrick County High School. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, James C. Wilcox. Mr. Scott is survived by his...
Mrs. Linda Marion Brown, 68, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2009, at Central Continuing Care, where she had been a patient since May 2008. Linda was born January 12, 1941, in Mount Airy, the daughter of the late Arnold and Helen Woodruff Marion. Linda was employed by F. Rees Company for 34 years before retiring to care...
Mr. Wesley Junior Draughn, 78, of 1094 Smith Road, Mount Airy, went home to be with his heavenly Father on Friday night, November 13, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Draughn was born October 5, 1931, in Surry County, the oldest of eight children born to the late Dan Wesley and Sadie Ann Robertson Draughn. As a child,...
Mr. Ronnie Franklin Simpson, Jr., 37, of 500 Turret Court, Murrells Inlet, SC, passed away Friday morning, November 13, 2009, at his home. He was born April 4, 1972, in Germany, to Ronnie Franklin Simpson, Sr. and Sarah Cox Simpson. He was self-employed and a graduate of University of North Carolina with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He was...
Mr. James Andrew Wilson, age 88 of Collinsville, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2009 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on September 12, 1921 to the late Robert Lee and Mary Martin Wilson. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wilson was preceded in death by two sisters, Rebecca Wilson and Mabel Agnew. He had retired from Bassett...
Ms. Tammy Renee Sawyers Newman, 46, of 920 Newsome Street, Mount Airy, went home to be with the Lord and her family who preceded her in death on Thursday morning, November 12, 2009, at her home. She was born September 5, 1963, in Surry County, to Barbara McMillian Sawyers Edmonds and the late James Henry Sawyers. She was a homemaker...
Mr. William Mack Hodges, Sr., 61, of 1450 Spring Meadow Drive, Woodleaf, passed away Wednesday, November 11,2009, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. He was born July 21, 1948, in Surry County, to the late Tobe and Bertha Nichols Hodges. He was a truck driver for Food Lion and was a member of Woodleaf Baptist Church. Surviving are...
Miss Mary Elizabeth Moser, 19, of 1594 Cadle Ford Road, Mount Airy, passed joyously from our arms into the loving arms of Jesus on Wednesday afternoon, November 11, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Miss Moser was born January 2, 1990, in Surry County, the daughter of Barry Clark and Terri O'Neal Moser. Mary graduated from North Surry High...
Mrs. Kathleen White Trivette, of Boonville, passed away at Hugh Chatham Hospital on November 11, 2009 after a short illness. She was born in Surry County on April 1, 1933 to the late Charlie C. and Edna Corder White. She retired from AT&T, Lexington Road Plant and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church of Dobson. She is survived by...
Mrs. Martha Lou Phillips Pullins, age 90 of Stuart, passed away November 11, 2009 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center. She was born in Patrick County on July 9, 1919 to the late John Henry and Catherine Spencer Phillips. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Pullins was preceded in death by her husband, Fletcher Pullins; two sons, Henry Pullins and...
Mr. James Calvin Willard, Sr., age 86 of Meadows of Dan went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He had been a resident of Blue Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Martinsville for several months. He was born in Spray, North Carolina on August 24, 1923. Mr. Willard was preceded...
Mr. Floyd Eugene "Flip" Rees, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, November 9, 2009. Mr. Rees was born December 28, 1914, in Greensboro, the son of the late Samuel and Frances Katherine Rice Rees. Mr. Rees attended Guilford College in Greensboro. He served as a major in the United States Army during World War II in the European Theater, where...
Mr. Alvis "Al" Aaron Pell, 60, of 710 Greenhill Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, November 9, 2009, at his home as a result of colon cancer. Mr. Pell was born December 13, 1948, in Surry County, to Lucy Simmons Pell and the late Paul Pell. Al was a realtor at Town and Country Realty for many years and...
The Rev. Vibert Dickens, 78, of Dobson, passed away Monday, November 9, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The Rev. Dickens was born April 17, 1931, in Naoma, WV, to the late Pete and Dessie Cooper Dickens. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and retired from the coal mines. The Rev. Dickens ministered in...
Mrs. Hester Hazel Barlow passed away Sunday, November 8, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born January 13, 1925, in Surry County, to Joseph and Annie Spencer. Mrs. Barlow was a member of Woodland Baptist Church in Mount Airy. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Barlow was preceded in death by her husband,...
Baby Malachia Lincoln Duncan, of 1668 Park Drive, Mount Airy, passed away suddenly on Sunday, November 8, 2009. He was born July 23, 2009, in Surry County, to Deeana Elieen Schmitt and Geoffrey Lincoln Duncan. Surviving are his parents, Deanna Eileen Schmitt and Geoffrey Lincoln Duncan, both of Mount Airy; his grandparents, Amber and Keith Smythers of Mount Airy, Diane...