Mrs. Ruth Dempsey Hoyle

Mrs. Ruth Dempsey Hoyle

Sep 20, 2009

Mrs. Ruth Dempsey Hoyle, age 89, of Patrick Springs, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2009 at Northern Hospital of Surry County, North Carolina. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 24, 1919 to the late Henry V. Dempsey and Clara Shaver Dempsey. She was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Robert B. Hoyle who passed away on...

William Edward Reeves

William Edward Reeves

Sep 19, 2009

Mr. William Edward Reeves, 65, of 139 Apex Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, September 19, 2009, at Central Adult Care. Mr. Reeves was born January 16, 1944, in Pittsylvania County, VA, to the late William Otto and Thelma Marsh Reeves. Ed was a police officer for the town of Pilot Mountain in the early 1970s and was later...

Lois Hall Southard

Lois Hall Southard

Sep 19, 2009

Our mother, Mrs. Lois Lorene Hall Southard, 83, of Elkin, loving wife to Mr. S.M. Southard, Jr. for more than 60 years passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home after a long term illness as her loving family gathered by her bedside. Mother was born on December 4, 1925 in Stokes County to...

Mr. Edward R. Gunter

Mr. Edward R. Gunter

Sep 19, 2009

Mr. Edward Rogers Gunter, 71, of Stuart passed away Saturday at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Patrick County April 21, 1938 to the late Wade H. and Evelyn Shockley Gunter and was also preceded in death by three brothers; Donnie, Ivan Wade and Charles Elbert Gunter. Mr. Gunter was retired from Rubber Thread - J.P.S....

Mr. Curtis Clayton Kendrick, Sr

Mr. Curtis Clayton Kendrick, Sr

Sep 17, 2009

Mr. Curtis Clayton Kendrick, Sr., 78, of Patrick Springs passed away Thursday at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born March 14, 1931 in Patrick County to the late Edgar and Trudy Adams Kendrick, he was an Army Veteran of the Korean War had retired from Rubber Thread - J. P. Stevens and was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Kendrick was...

Harlie Raymond McMillian

Harlie Raymond McMillian

Sep 17, 2009

Mr. Harlie Raymond McMillian, 94, of Cana, VA, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2009, at his home, surrounded by his family. Mr. McMillian was born July 30, 1915, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Stonewall Jackson and Margaret Evaline Easter McMillian. He was a kind and gentle man and well known and liked by everyone in the community. Mr....

Ruth Nixon Norman

Ruth Nixon Norman

Sep 15, 2009

Mrs. Ruth Nixon Norman, life-long resident of Mountain Park, NC, passed away Tues., Sept. 15 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 20 at Mountain Park Baptist Church, led by Dr. Carl Childs and the Rev. Russell Nixon. The family will greet friends...

Mr. Coy G. Clifton

Mr. Coy G. Clifton

Sep 15, 2009

Mr. Coy Garland Clifton age 94 of Stuart, formerly of Cherry Creek Road Meadows of Dan passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at Blue Ridge Nursing Center. He was born on March 5, 1915 in Patrick County to the late Austin M. Clifton and Martha Jane "Mattie" Plasters Clifton. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...

Harry Wayne Spillman

Harry Wayne Spillman

Sep 15, 2009

Mr. Harry Wayne Spillman, 57, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Mr. Spillman was born February 25, 1952, in Chapel Hill, to Clara Frances Mills Bondurant and the late Dr. Louis C. Spillman. He was a dear loved one who will be sorely missed. Surviving are his mother, Frances Mills Bondurant of Pilot Mountain; a special sister,...

Frances Marion Rowlett

Frances Marion Rowlett

Sep 15, 2009

Mrs. Mary Frances Marion Rowlett, 79, passed away on Tuesday September 15, 2009 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was born in Surry County on December 17, 1929 to the late John and Rhoda Smith Marion. She and her husband of sixty years, Dr. Thomas Rowlett, Jr.; moved to Corpus Christi in 1955 where she became an educator in the local...

Clifford Boyd

Clifford Boyd

Sep 15, 2009

Mr. Clifford Boyd, 79, of Ararat, VA, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Boyd was born July 26, 1930, in Patrick County, VA, son of the late Charlie Harvey and Sarah Margaret Gwynn Boyd. Clifford served our country in the United States Army during World War II, enlisting at the age of 15....

Mr. Bill Underwood

Mr. Bill Underwood

Sep 15, 2009

Mr. Bill G. Underwood, age 73 of Stuart passed away Tuesday at Northern Hospital in Mt. Airy, NC. He was born on July 13, 1935 to the late Oscar and Evie Bobbit Underwood. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife, Ordie Nunn Underwood; and one sister, Lettie Mae Willard. Mr. Underwood served in...

James Edward Culler

James Edward Culler

Sep 15, 2009

Mr. James Edward Culler, 64, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Culler was born December 13, 1944, in Surry County, to the late Woodrow Culler and Lettie Mathis Culler. He retired from Xerox Corporation in Greensboro. Surviving are his wife, Dianne Culler of the home; two daughters and...

Opal Marie Atkins Ayers

Opal Marie Atkins Ayers

Sep 14, 2009

Mrs. Opal Marie Atkins Ayers, 78, of 161 Welcome Baptist Church Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, September 14, 2009, at Alleghany Care and Rehabilitation Center in Sparta. Mrs. Ayers was born December 13, 1930, in Grayson County, VA, to the late Raymond and Hallie Sexton Adkins. Marie retired as an administrative assistant from Moody Funeral Services, Inc. after...

Glada Maye Conklin

Glada Maye Conklin

Sep 14, 2009

Mrs. Glada Maye Conklin, age 90,formerly of Elkin passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. She was born in Epperly West Virginia on November 12, 1918 to the late James M. and Ella Maye Hale. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Raymond Conklin. She is survived by...

Mr. Lawrence "Smiley" Smiley

Mr. Lawrence "Smiley" Smiley

Sep 14, 2009

Mr. Lawrence "Smiley" Smiley age 68 of Meadows of Dan, passed away September 14, 2009 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida November 22, 1940, to the late Herbert Smiley, Sr. and Marguerite Laney Smiley. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Herbert Smiley, Jr. and a son-in-law,...

Mr. Ammon Sears

Mr. Ammon Sears

Sep 13, 2009

Mr. Ammon Sears, age 91 of Stuart passed away Sunday morning at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born on May 23, 1918 in Salem, VA to the late John H. Sears and Minnie Wimmer Sears. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a daughter, Carolyn Sears Dance; three brothers and five sisters....

Mrs. Elizabeth Mays Manning

Mrs. Elizabeth Mays Manning

Sep 13, 2009

Mrs. Elizabeth Mays Manning, age 98 of Martinsville passed away Sunday at the Kings Grant Healthcare Center. She was born on Sept. 20, 1910 in Patrick County to the late Benjamin Hill Mays and Carrie Hatcher Mays. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, William E. Manning; and one sister, Lena Mays Leach....

Ronnie Dale Edwards

Ronnie Dale Edwards

Sep 12, 2009

Mr. Ronnie Dale Edwards, 52, of Cana, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2009, at his home. Mr. Edwards was born August 8, 1957, in Forsyth County, to Betty King Edwards and the late Roy Ernest Edwards. He worked as the dye house computer room operator for Cross Creek Apparel and was a member of Paul's Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Edwards...

Geraldine Fletcher Duffy

Geraldine Fletcher Duffy

Sep 12, 2009

Mrs. Geraldine Fletcher Duffy, 66, of 1215 Old Highway 601, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, September 12, 2009, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Duffy was born May 17, 1943, in Surry County, to the late Benton Johnny and Rebecca Venable Fletcher. She was a registered nursing assistant and a member of White Plains...