Franklin Barker Haynes
Nov 11, 2007
Mr. Franklin Barker "Barkie" Haynes, 56, of 101 Marantha Lane, Lowgap, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2007, at his home. Mr. Haynes was born July 5, 1951, in Forsyth County, to the late Franklin Pierce and Foye Barker Haynes. He retired from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and was a member of Temple Baptist Church. He is survived by two daughters,...
Grace Matilda Pettyjohn Morgan
Nov 9, 2007
Mrs. Grace Matilda Pettyjohn Morgan, age 85, passed away Friday, November 09, 2007 at Sunbridge Nursing Center in High Point. Mrs. Morgan was born in Wilkes County, January 7, 1922 to Robert Hugh and Isabella Augusta Creed Pettyjohn. She was retired from Lorillard Tobacco Company and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Willie Haneline, Jr....
Katy Elizabeth Kirkman Farmer
Nov 7, 2007
Mrs. Katy Elizabeth Kirkman Farmer, 94, of 714 Depot Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2007, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Farmer was born June 1, 1913, in Surry County, to the late Gurney Oscar and Nannie Shelton Kirkman. She retired from Belk Department Store, was a member of the Mount Airy Church of God, and...
Carlie Roosevelt Marion
Nov 7, 2007
Mr. Carlie Roosevelt Marion, 94, of Elkin widower of Myrtle Slaydon Marion and Ethel Pardue Marion passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on February 8, 1913 to the late Jessie Franklin and Fannie Atkins Marion. Mr. Marion was a retired farmer and carpenter...
Tony Lee Towe
Nov 7, 2007
Mr. Tony Lee Towe age 55 of Ararat, NC, husband of Ruth O'Neal Towe, passed away on November 7, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Towe was born December 9, 1951 in Forsyth County to the late Herbert Henry and Irene Hazel Bennett Towe and served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He is survived by his wife,...
Sadie Ina Snow Thomas
Nov 6, 2007
Mrs. Sadie Ina Snow Thomas, 77, of 117 Kimberly Street, Mount Airy, widow of Will Thomas, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Thomas was born December 29, 1929, in Forsyth County, daughter of the late Earl and Pearl Moore Snow. She was a member of Mount Bethel Moravian Church and...
Maggie Ella Smith Smith
Nov 6, 2007
Mrs. Maggie Ella Smith Smith, 83, of 3657 Unity Church Road, Ararat, VA, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, VA. Mrs. Smith was born May 20, 1924, in Surry County, NC, daughter of the late Ellis and Emma Anderson Smith. Maggie retired from Spencer's Inc. after 38 years of service and was a...
Opal Virginia Stanley Nixon
Nov 6, 2007
Mrs. Opal Virginia Stanley Nixon, age 91 of Yadkinville formally of Thurmond, NC the widow of the late Edward Earnest Nixon passed away on Tuesday November 6, 2007 at Willow Brook Health Care in Yadkinville. She was born in Surry County on May 22, 1916 to the late William Richard Stanley and the late Minnie Coe Stanley. She was a...
Mr. William C. Staples
Nov 5, 2007
Mr. William Cabell (Bill) Staples, Jr., age 85 of Stuart passed away Monday, November 5, 2007 at the R. J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital. He was born on May 19, 1922 in Lynchburg to the late William Cabell and Lucy Clark Staples. In addition to his parents, Mr. Staples was preceded in death by two sisters, Ethel Kimball and...
Mr. Winfred M. Griffith
Nov 5, 2007
Mr. Winfred Marvin "Wimpy" Griffith, age 84 of Ridgeway, passed away Monday morning, November 5, 2007 at the Golden Living Center in Martinsville. Mr. Griffith was born in Woolwine on July 26, 1923 to the late William Frank and Lena May Roberson Griffith. In addition to his parents, Mr. Griffith was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret; step-daughter, Rebecca...
Mrs. Sunny Jo Jett
Nov 3, 2007
Mrs. Sunny Jo Jett, age 69, of Woolwine, passed away Saturday evening, November 3, 2007 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem. Mrs. Jett was born in Patrick County on May 21, 1938 to the late John C. and Mary E. Clark Hubbard. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Jett was preceded in death by a sister; Nancy Hubbard Duncan....
Arthur Franklin Carter
Nov 3, 2007
Mr. Arthur Franklin Carter age 85 of 409 Farmbrook Road, Mount Airy, husband of Virginia Brannock Carter passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at Surry Community Nursing Center. Mr. Carter was born in the Brim community section in Surry County on February 7, 1922 son of the late James Walter Carter and Evelyn Spencer Carter and was 1940 graduate...
Rhonda Haden Rakes
Nov 3, 2007
Mrs. Rhonda Haden Rakes, age 49 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on September 6, 1958 to Moir and Elva Lee Haden of Stuart. She was a member of Woolwine United Methodist Church, and had been a teacher at Stuart Elementary School for 27 years. In addition to her...
Dixie Harrell Byrum Showers
Nov 2, 2007
Mrs. Dixie Harrell Byrum Showers, age 84 of Mt. Airy, NC formerly of Richmond, VA died Friday, November 2, 2007 in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Showers was born, January 14, 1923 in Chowan County, NC to the late Luther and Pattie Harrell. She was preceded in death by her first husband Roscum Lee Byrum and her second husband John Walter Showers;...
Bette Sue Childress Creed
Nov 1, 2007
Mrs. Bette Sue Childress Creed, 78, of 222 Valley View Road, Mount Airy, widow of John R. Creed, Sr., passed away Thursday morning, November 1, 2007, at her home. Mrs. Creed was born April 29, 1929, in Davie County, to the late Claude Swanson and Maggie Lou Hill Childress. She was co-owner of Wolfe Brothers Furniture in State Road and...
Stephen Henry Clark, Sr
Nov 1, 2007
Mr. Stephen Henry Clark, Sr., 55, of 127 Great View Lane, Pinnacle, passed away Friday, November 2, 2007, at his home. Mr. Clark was born May 3, 1952, in Lynchburg, VA, to Henry and Janet Dawson Clark. He was a truck driver for Slate Sand Company. He is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Nickole and Barry Hawks of...
Ulysses Ray Dollyhigh
Nov 1, 2007
Mr. Ulysses Ray Dollyhigh, 66, of 920 Smith Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2007, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Dollyhigh was born October 19, 1941, in Surry County, to the late Charles Raymond and Sarah Myrtle Atkins Dollyhigh. He was a salesman at Motor Supply Company for more than 44 years and a member of...
Raymond Chester Martin
Oct 31, 2007
Raymond Chester Martin, age 86 of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2007. Mr. Martin was born November 12, 1920 in Mt. Airy, NC. to the late Troy and Eliza Jane Money Martin. Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, Edith Jones Harrell Martin; one son Larry D. Martin and wife Jane Mt. Airy; two granddaughters Melissa Huffman and...
Gracie Hardy Pridgen
Oct 30, 2007
Mrs. Gracie Hardy Pridgen age 88 of Dobson, NC the widow of Joseph Pridgen passed away on Tuesday October 30, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. She was born on April 7, 1919 to the late John Wesley Hardy and the late Martha Wall Hardy, in addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by...
Juanita Taylor Barber
Oct 29, 2007
Juanita Taylor Barber, 88, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 20 at an assisted living facility in King. The daughter of Celia and Lawrence Taylor of Surry County, Barber was preceded in death by siblings Jack, Mary Frances,Paul and Hassel Taylor. An accomplished businesswoman, Barber co-owned Oakdale Knitting Company with husband, Tollie Chester Barber, Jr. In the mid-1960s, Barber moved to...