Elsie Scott Montgomery

Elsie Scott Montgomery

Oct 22, 2008

Mrs. Elsie Scott Montgomery, 90, of 150 Hilda Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at Golden Living Center-Surry Community. Mrs. Montgomery was born July 24, 1918, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Thomas Taylor and Ethel Hiatt Scott. She retired from Spencer's Inc. after 33 years of service and was a member of Paul's Creek Baptist...

Michael Keith Willey

Michael Keith Willey

Oct 22, 2008

Mr. Michael Keith Willey, 47, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Willey was born October 31, 1960, in Surry County, to the late Reid and Angie Underwood Willey. He was an electrician. He is survived by his wife, Angela H. Willey of the home; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Brenda and...

Ted Roosevelt Adkins

Ted Roosevelt Adkins

Oct 21, 2008

Mr. Ted Roosevelt Adkins, 68, of 208 Maple Hollow Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Adkins was born May 12, 1940, in Surry County, son of the late Joe and Inda Ward Adkins. He retired from Pike Electric Inc. and was a member of Westside Baptist Church. Surviving are his...

Mrs. Virginia W. Dalton Trent

Mrs. Virginia W. Dalton Trent

Oct 21, 2008

Mrs. Virginia W. Dalton Trent, age 75 of Patrick Springs, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on October 19, 1933 to the late Charlie and Lillie Mae Shelton Wagoner. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Trent was preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas Haley...

Irene Veronica Stanski Salek

Irene Veronica Stanski Salek

Oct 21, 2008

Mrs. Irene Veronica Stanski Salek, 84, of Mount Airy, passed Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Salek was born December 30, 1923, on Stanton Island, to the late Walter and Wilma Stanski. She is survived by a daughter, Bonnie Hickman of Wildomar, CA; two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert J. and Laura Salek of Mount Airy...

Stella Ramey Carrico

Stella Ramey Carrico

Oct 20, 2008

Mrs. Stella Ramey Carrico, 99, died Monday evening, October 20, 2008, at Central Continuing Care in Mount Airy. She was born March 26, 1909, in Surry County, to the late Pierce and Mattie Cook Ramey. Stella was the valedictorian of her graduating class at Dobson High School in 1927. She later in life attended Appalachian State Teachers' College (now Appalachian...

Kemp Russell Wolfe, Sr

Kemp Russell Wolfe, Sr

Oct 20, 2008

Mr. Kemp Russell Wolfe, Sr., 91, formerly of Copeland, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 20, 2008, at Centerclair Nursing Center in Lexington. Mr. Wolfe was preceded in death by his first wife, Sylvia Mae Livengood Wolfe; a daughter, Linda Wolfe Severino; a son, Kemp Russell Wolfe, Jr.; a step-son, Leonard Marion; four sisters; and three...

Randy Dean White

Randy Dean White

Oct 18, 2008

Mr. Randy Dean White, 29, of 181 Simpson Mill Road, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008, at his home. He was born February 7, 1979, in Surry County, to Garry White and Sarah Hutchens White Dawson. Surviving are his mother and step-father, Sarah Hutchens White Dawson and Dean of Mount Airy; his father, Garry White of Mount Airy;...

Darrell Glenn Pickerel

Darrell Glenn Pickerel

Oct 17, 2008

Mr. Darrell Glenn Pickerel, 52, of Woolwine, passed away Friday evening. He was born in Franklin County on September 18, 1956 to Robert and Lennis Via Pickerel of Pulaski, Va. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Pulaski, Va.; he graduated from Radford University with a B.S. degree and was an office manager for Corning Cable Systems in...

Bobby Lee Speer

Bobby Lee Speer

Oct 17, 2008

Mr. Bobby Lee Speer, 80, was called home to be with the Lord in Heaven on October 17, 2008. Bobby was born on August 2, 1928 in Guilford County and passed away at Forsyth Medical Center after a brief illness. Bobby lived in Surry County and was a retired tobacco farmer. Bobby was a beloved father and grandfather to a...

Margaret Inez Jones Surratt

Margaret Inez Jones Surratt

Oct 16, 2008

Mrs. Margaret Inez Jones Surratt age 68 of 768 East Bluemont Road, Mt. Airy, NC wife of Mr. Carlos Franklin Surratt passed away Thursday, October 16, 2008 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born July 12, 1940 in Carroll County, VA to the late Jacob Rufus and Maggie Mae Felts Jones. She was a Daycare operator and was...

Martha Frances Chandler Smith

Martha Frances Chandler Smith

Oct 15, 2008

Mrs. Martha Frances Chandler Smith, 85, of 256 Hylton Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Smith was born August 26, 1923, in Surry County, to the late Isaac Martin and Martha McMillian Chandler. She retired from Workman's Federal Savings and Loan (Southern National Bank) after 52 years of service. Frances...

Mr. Roger Allen Jamison

Mr. Roger Allen Jamison

Oct 14, 2008

Mr. Roger Allen Jamison, age 55 of Woolwine, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at his home. He was born in Martinsville on October 2, 1953, and was preceded in death by his father, Richard Jamison. He had retired from Cardinal Trucking as a truck driver. Mr. Jamison is survived by his wife, Penelope Hilligus Jamison of Patrick Springs; five...

Melissa Lynn Weaver

Melissa Lynn Weaver

Oct 14, 2008

Miss Melissa Lynn Weaver age 19 of 2550 Wards Gap Road, Ararat, VA, passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 with her, fiance Mark Edward Hall, Jr. Melissa was born in Fairfax VA on August 23, 1989 daughter of Scott Weaver and the late Phyllis Ann Robertson Weaver, was a graduate of Carroll County High School and was employed at...

James Franklin "Gene" Frye

James Franklin "Gene" Frye

Oct 14, 2008

Mr. James Franklin "Gene" Frye, 83, of 209 Forest Hill Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, October 14, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Frye was born November 25, 1924, in Patrick County, VA, to the late James Anderson and Lucy Alice Wright Frye. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during World...

Christopher Sean Bowman

Christopher Sean Bowman

Oct 14, 2008

Mr. Christopher Sean Bowman, 25, of 247 Holly Avenue, Mount Airy, died Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Mr. Bowman was born April 7, 1983, in Fort Stewart, GA, to Sharon Widener and Thomas Joseph Bowman. Sean was employed at Wal-Mart and was a student at Surry Community College. He attended Mount Ararat Pentecostal Holiness Church in Ararat, VA. He is survived...

Ruth Beatrice McCraw Hawks

Ruth Beatrice McCraw Hawks

Oct 14, 2008

Mrs. Ruth Beatrice McCraw Hawks, 86, of Kernersville, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hawks was born October 3, 1922, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Billie Wyatt and Katie Thomas McCraw. She retired from Renfro Corporation and was of the Baptist faith. She devoted her life to...

Theodore Dalfred "Ted" Dawson

Theodore Dalfred "Ted" Dawson

Oct 13, 2008

Mr. Theodore Dalfred "Ted" Dawson, 79, of 175 Old Toast Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, October 13, 2008, at his home. Mr. Dawson was born March 14, 1929, in Surry County, to the late Winfred and Nell Tate Dawson. He retired from United Technology and was a member of Crooked Oak Moravian Church. Surviving are his wife of 23...

Grace Miller Graham Chilton

Grace Miller Graham Chilton

Oct 12, 2008

Mrs. Grace Miller Graham Chilton, 97, of 2021 Ararat Road, Ararat, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2008, at her home. Mrs. Chilton was born October 11, 1911, in Chesterfield County, SC, daughter of the late Rev. Joseph Alexander and Queen McDonald Graham. She touched many lives through her teaching career at Eldora and Copeland schools. She was a faithful member...

Edith Irene Hawks Combs

Edith Irene Hawks Combs

Oct 12, 2008

Mrs. Edith Irene Hawks Combs, age 76 of Cana, VA, passed away Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Combs was born in Carroll County, November 30, 1931 to Eugene and Annie Akers Hawks. She was a loving homemaker and was a member of Sandy Ridge Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving is a daughter and son-in-law, Darlene...