Betty Potter Lambert
Oct 28, 2009
Mrs. Betty Potter Lambert, 75, of Mount Airy, died Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Lambert was born October 4, 1943, in Kingston, WV, the daughter of the late Elbra and Thursie Siffers Potter. She retired from General Motors Corporation in Flint, Michigan. Surviving are a daughter, Betty Lynn Lambert Reed and her spouse, Sean, of Mount Airy;...
Harvey Lee Smith
Oct 27, 2009
Mr. Harvey Lee Smith, 48, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Smith was born October 3, 1961, in Forsyth County, to the late Buford Samuel and Ruby Estel Woodlief Smith. He is survived by two brothers, David and wife Jean Smith of Pinnacle and Buford Batterby of...
Clarence Harvey Collins
Oct 27, 2009
Tuesday Dobson Mr. Clarence Harvey (Duck) Collins, 81, of Dobson, took his heavenly flight to be with our Lord on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. He was surrounded by his loving family and many friends. He was born on October 16, 1928, to Rush Cecil and Mamie Arie Wall Collins in Rockingham County. He was employed with Washington Mills in Mayodan...
Mary Alice Hodges Mitchell
Oct 27, 2009
Mrs. Mary Alice Hodges Mitchell, age 86, of Elkin, passed away on Tuesday October 27, 2009 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry Co. on September 20, 1923 to the late Richard and Elector Hodge Hodges. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Jacob Preston Mitchell;...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...