Peggy Elizabeth Childress Carpenter
Sep 29, 2009
Mrs. Peggy Elizabeth Childress Carpenter, 70, of Mount Airy, passed Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at Brian Center in Winston-Salem. She was born March 5, 1939, in Surry County, to Devader Wood Childress and the late Eugene Monroe Childress. Mrs. Carpenter retired as a telephone operator and was a member of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters...
Timothy Lane Alderman
Sep 28, 2009
Mr. Timothy Lane Alderman, 41, of 443 Beacon Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, September 28, 2009, at his home. Mr. Alderman was born April 22, 1968, in Surry County, to Imogene Farmer Alderman and the late Clifton Marshall. He was a diesel mechanic for Easter Transportation. Surviving are his wife, Mattie Sue East Alderman of the home; two daughters...
Edith Tilley Allen Hill
Sep 28, 2009
Mrs. Edith Tilley Allen Hill, 82, of 1705 Aberdeen Terrace, Winston-Salem, passed away Monday morning, September 28, 2009, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hill was born January 4, 1927, in Surry County, to the late Ellis and Mallie Mathis Tilley. She worked many years in the textile industry, including 28 years at Spencer's Inc., and was...
William Mark Atkins
Sep 27, 2009
Mr. William "Mark" Atkins, 52, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Winston-Salem on Sunday, September 27, 2009. Mark was born November 5, 1956, in Forsyth County, to Ed Atkins and Juanita Dix Davis. He was a member of the Metropolitan Community Church of Winston-Salem, where he will be greatly missed. Mark is survived by his...
Curtiss Hoover Sutphin
Sep 26, 2009
Mr. Curtiss Hoover Sutphin, 80, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born March 31, 1929, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Ewell Lee and Lubenda Eula Bowman Sutphin. Mr. Sutphin bravely served his country as a United States Marine during the Cuban Crisis, the Korean Conflict, and...
Mr. Ronald E. Dalton
Sep 26, 2009
Mr. Ronald E. Dalton, age 54 of Meadows of Dan passed away at the Annie Penn Memorial Hospital in Reidsville, NC. He was born on Oct. 16, 1954 in Patrick County to the late John Henry Dalton and Claudine Agnes Handy Dalton of Meadows of Dan. In addition to his father he was also preceded in death by two brothers,...
Dewey Lawrence Dunn
Sep 26, 2009
Mr. Dewey Lawrence Dunn, 72, of Elkin, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, September 26, 2009. He was born in Lewis County, New York, to the late James Monroe and Ella Mae Pluff Dunn. A loving father, grandfather and friend, Mr. Dunn leaves to cherish his memory a daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Charles Norman of East Bend;...
Mr. Cornelius Spencer
Sep 25, 2009
Mr. Cornelius H. Spencer, age 70 of Galax passed away Friday at Twin County Hospital in Galax. He was born in Henry County on Sept. 29, 1938 to the late Widdie and Hester Mize Spencer. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by four sister, Viola Hall, Kathy Cassidy, Vada Spencer, Vera Riddle; and two brothers,...
Richard Garrett Calloway
Sep 25, 2009
Mr. Richard Garrett Calloway, 62, of Mount Airy, passed away early Friday morning, September 25, 2009, at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville. Born July 29, 1947, in Asheville, he was the son of William Douglas Calloway and Frances Edwards Calloway. He voluntarily enrolled in the United States Marine Corps, and, after four years of active duty, including...
Lola Irene Sawyers Boles
Sep 24, 2009
Mrs. Lola Irene Sawyers Boles, 88, of 1022 Radar Road, Ararat, passed away Thursday morning, September 24, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Boles was born May 3, 1921, in Surry County, to the late Lee Grant and Emma Sadie Venable Sawyers. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after 25 years of service and was...
Bertha Virginia Nichols Hodges
Sep 24, 2009
Mrs. Bertha Virginia Nichols Hodges, 92, of 147 Galyean Street, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, September 24, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Hodges was born September 29, 1917, in Alleghany County, to the late William and Laurel Joines Nichols. She was a homemaker and a member of Shining Light Baptist Church. Surviving are...
Odell East Wilkinson
Sep 23, 2009
Mrs. Odell East Wilkinson, 87, of 286 Boyd Dickens Road, Lowgap, passed away Wednesday night, September 23, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Wilkinson was born December 4, 1921, in Stokes County, to the late Jesse Reid and Lillie Mae Lynch East. Odell was a simple country person who loved tending her flowers and spending time with family...
Effie Bowman Richardson
Sep 23, 2009
Mrs. Effie Bowman Richardson, 80, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born in Patrick County, VA, June 3, 1929, to the late Arthur and Caroline Willard Bowman. She was retired from Renfro Hosiery in Mt. Airy. Surviving are her two daughters, Delores A. Richardson of Ohio and Linda M. Webb of Hillsville,...
Helen Louise Davenport Childers
Sep 23, 2009
Ms. Helen Louise Davenport Childers, of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2009, after years of struggle with an incurable bipolar disorder. Helen was born May 21, 1946, in Surry County, daughter of Edward and Lora Semones Davenport. She was a 1967 graduate of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing and spent most of her life in Charlotte....
Phillip Mark Beamer
Sep 22, 2009
Mr. Phillip Mark Beamer, 45, of 185 Cedar Knoll Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, September 22, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born January 18, 1964, in Forsyth County, to Robert Ross "Bobby" Beamer and Shelby Phillips Hinson. He was member of Mount Bethel Moravian Church. Surviving are a daughter, Shelby Alexandra...
Mr. Alvis McCray Foley, Sr
Sep 22, 2009
Mr. Alvis McCray Foley, Sr., age 74 of Stuart passed away Tuesday evening, September 22, 2009 at the V.A. Medical Center in Salem. He was born on February 7, 1935 to the late James "Boss" and Vada Sawyers Foley. In addition to his parents, Mr. Foley was preceded in death by one sister, Odean Thomas, and three brothers, Alexander, Frank...
Alice Seal Horton
Sep 22, 2009
Mrs. Alice Seal Horton, 97, of the Eastern Star Home in Greensboro, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, September 22, 2009, at the Eastern Star Home. She was the widow of Troy Edgar Horton. Mrs. Horton was born April 22, 1912, in Surry County, to the late William Lonzo Seal and Mamie Victoria Younger Seal. She was a...
Oliver Trent Cromer
Sep 21, 2009
Mr. Oliver Trent Cromer, 56, of 328 Circle C Farm Road, Ararat, VA, passed away Monday, September 21, 2009, in Chapel Hill. Mr. Cromer was born June 22, 1953, in Forsyth County, to Alvin and Maydee Scott Cromer. Trent was the owner and operator of Circle C Farms and the co-owner of Cana Produce. He is survived by his wife...
Larry Duane Guss
Sep 21, 2009
Mr. Larry Duane Guss, 72, of 1800 Siloam Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, September 21, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Guss was born November 21, 1936, in Bismarck, ND, to the late Donald and Ella Hanson Guss. He was an engineer at Briggs and Company in Maryland for many years. He is survived by his wife...
Linda Galyean Davis
Sep 21, 2009
Mrs. Linda Galyean Davis, 61,of Dobson, passed away Monday, September 21, 2009, unexpectedly at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. She was born in Surry County April 6, 1948, to the late Osby and Amy Hodges Galyean. She was a loving mother and homemaker and was a member of Amazing Grace Baptist Church. Surviving are her three sons and daughters-in-law,...