Obituaries

Apr 24, 2008

Mrs. Willie Lee Snow Hawks, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Snow was born August 18, 1916, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Garfield Snow and Donna Pearl Ward Snow. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Carol Hawks of Mount Airy; a son-in-law, Ray Flippen of Mount Airy;...

Apr 24, 2008

Mrs. Agnes Maybelle Smith, 86, of Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008, at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, VA. Mrs. Smith was born May 21, 1921, in Patrick County, VA, to Pink Sheffney and Victoria Culler Smith. She was a retired registered nurse and a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Mrs. Smith was a member of The...

Apr 24, 2008

Mrs. Lina Mae Brindle Branch, 83, of 5184 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Branch was born July 19, 1924, in Randolph County, the first of nine children born to the late William Rufus Brindle, Jr. and Lula Ethel Haynes Brindle. Mae was reared on a rural, family farm...

Apr 24, 2008

Mr. Wayne Patterson Dalton, 59, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Dalton was born September 21, 1948, in Surry County, to Bud Patterson and Dorothy Esther Gwyn Dalton. He was an avid fisherman and retired from the logging business. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Michelle Dalton and Lee Bowman...

Apr 23, 2008

Mrs. Susan "Susie" Euphasean Creed Bowman, 92, of 269 Welch Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at her home. Mrs. Bowman was born October 21, 1915, in Surry County, a daughter of the late Drew Robert and Mary Naomi Seal Creed. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after many years of service and was a member of Highland...

Apr 23, 2008

Mrs. Orea Griffith Rakes, age 95 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at the Landmark Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on November 8, 1912 to the late James J. and Ella Bennett Griffith. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rakes was preceded in death by her husband, George Taylor Rakes, and two brothers, T....

Apr 22, 2008

Mrs. Norma Jean Vestal Taylor, 63, went home to be with her Lord, Tuesday evening April 22, 2008 at Mountain View Manor Nursing Facility in Bryson City, NC. Born and raised in Surry County, she was the daughter of the late Gurney and Ethel Bryant Vestal. She spent most of the life in High Point, NC and eventually settled in...

Apr 22, 2008

Mrs. Ruth Rebecca Marion Reeves, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Reeves was born July 23, 1920, in Surry County, daughter of the late Charlie W. and Mattie Holyfield Marion. She was a housewife and a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church. Surviving are a sister-in-law, Opal Dowell Marion of Winston-Salem;...

Apr 21, 2008

Mr. Jack William Griffith, Sr., 81, of Asheboro, passed away Monday, April 21, 2008, at Sunbridge of Asheboro. Mr. Griffith was born November 15, 1926, in Surry County, to James and Zula Griffith. He served our country in the United States Army, was a retired electrician, and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are a daughter, Tammy Sue Griffith of...

Apr 21, 2008

Mrs. Fannie Elizabeth Shropshire Ayers, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 21, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Ayers was born December 21, 1924, in Carroll County, VA, to Henry and Nancy Ann York Shropshire. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and Larry Kopp of Mount Airy; a granddaughter, Stephanie Brooks and husband, Billy, of...

Apr 21, 2008

Mrs. Ida Vivian Joyce Smith, 84, of 119 Fireside Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 21, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Smith was born January 29, 1924, in Surry County, to the late Rufus Albert "Ab" and Ida Mosley Joyce. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after many years of service and was a member of Piney...

Apr 20, 2008

Mrs. Catherine Geddings Bagnal, 78, of Mount Airy, died Sunday morning, April 20, 2008, at her home after a valiant struggle with cancer. Mrs. Bagnal was born May 26, 1929, in Clarendon County, SC, daughter of the late Luther Parker and Geneva Wise Geddings. She was the last surviving member of her family of one boy and four girls. Catherine...

Apr 20, 2008

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Apr 20, 2008

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Apr 20, 2008

Mr. Wallace Gray "Wally" Johnson age 68 of Lowgap, widower of Helen Jeanette Hawks Johnson, passed away at his home on Sunday, April 20, 2008. Mr. Johnson was born in Surry County on September 12, 1939 son of the late Johnny Fred Johnson and Foye Goodson Johnson. He was a member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church and a veteran of...

Apr 20, 2008

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Apr 20, 2008

Patrick Massey Sharpe, 73, a longtime estate-planning attorney in Mount Airy, died unexpectedly on Sunday morning, April 20, 2008, at his home on West Pine Street. Mr. Sharpe was the husband of Julia (Teachey) Sharpe, whom he married in 1959. He was born October 30, 1934, in Greensboro, and attended the Georgia Military Academy (now Woodward Academy) in Atlanta, GA....

Apr 20, 2008

Apr 19, 2008

Mrs. Jean Varner Collins age 64 of 1798 Clark House Farm Road in Stuart, passed away on April 19, 2008 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. She was born in Stokes County on October 17, 1943 to the late Peter D. and the late Hessie Shelton Varner. Mrs. Collins was also preceded in...

Apr 19, 2008

Mrs. Betty Jo Marshall Blackburn, 69, of Cana, VA, widow of Grover Cleveland "G.C." Blackburn, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008, at her home. Mrs. Blackburn was born May 9, 1938, in Carroll County, VA, daughter of the late Oscar and Lillie Mae East Marshall. She was a teacher's assistant in the Carroll County School System. Surviving are a daughter,...