Obituaries
Needa Juanita Queen Harrold
Oct 27, 2008
Mrs. Needa Juanita Queen Harrold, 98, of 1398 Pine Ridge Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, October, 27, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born January 17, 1910, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Quincy and Lula Bennett Queen. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two daughters and...
Mrs. Carrie DeHart Via Westmoreland
Oct 27, 2008
Mrs. Carrie DeHart Via Westmoreland, age 95 of Stuart, and formerly of Horsepasture, passed away Monday, October 27, 2008 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on April 7, 1913 to the late Elder Leander DeHart and Cornelia Hall DeHart. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Westmoreland was preceded in death by her...
Minnie Mae Coe
Oct 26, 2008
Miss Minnie Mae Coe, 84, of Dobson went home to be with the Lord on Sunday October 26, 2008 at Golden Living Nursing Center after several months of declining health. She was born in Surry County on May 6, 1924 to the late John Wesley and Sarah Bertha Wood Coe Draughn. Miss Coe was a retired Secretary from the former...
John C. Holyfield
Oct 26, 2008
Mr. John C. Holyfield, age 97, of Dobson passed away on Sunday evening October 26, 2008 at his home. He was born in Surry County on September 18, 1911 to the late Lacy and Florence Cave Holyfield. He was a Elder, Deacon and member of Welcome View Baptist Church, he was a retired farmer. In addition to his parents he...
Ross Montgomery Amburn
Oct 26, 2008
Mr. Ross Montgomery Amburn, 82, of 441 Blevins Store Road, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2008, at his home. Mr. Amburn was born January 11, 1926, in Surry County, to the late Eldridge Washington and Ila Marie Hayes Amburn. He retired from the North Carolina Department of Corrections and was a member of Ladonia Baptist Church. Mr. Amburn...
Harold H. Layne
Oct 25, 2008
Mr. Harold H. Layne, 79, husband of Mrs. Thelma Shelton Layne of Dobson went home to be with the Lord on Saturday October 25, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center with his loving family by his bedside. He was born in Surry County on May 28, 1929 to the late Festus Elhannan and Alma Harbour Layne. Mr. Layne was a retired...
Margaret Edwards Barker Gunter
Oct 25, 2008
Mrs. Margaret Edwards Barker Gunter, 96, formerly of Westfield Road, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Gunter was born September 9, 1912, in Surry County, to the late Benton and Lucy Handy Edwards. She did alterations for various clothing stores in Mount Airy most recently at Farees and was...
Odell Edgar Crotts
Oct 25, 2008
Mr. Odell Edgar Crotts age 75 of 340 Snowhill Drive, Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born March 1, 1933 in Carroll County to the late Bud and Media Edwards Crotts. He was a member of Ladonia Baptist Church and was a retried sawmiller. Surviving are two daughters, Bonnie Lou...
Mr. Neal "Tommy" Thomas Banks
Oct 25, 2008
Mr. Neal "Tommy" Thomas Banks, age 63 of Stuart passed away at his home on Saturday, October 25, 2008. He was born in Patrick County on December 5, 1944 to the late Avery and Elsie Webb Banks. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Carlene Charnock. Mr. Banks is survived by two sisters, Thelma...
Luther Parker "L.P." Venable
Oct 24, 2008
Mr. Luther Parker "L.P." Venable, 72, of 501 North Andy Griffith Pkwy. Mt. Airy passed away Friday October 24, 2008 at his home. Mr. Venable was born June 25, 1936 in Surry County to the late Raymond Esker and Ruby Parker Venable, he was the owner and operator of Mayberry Motor Inn for over 42 Years, was a member of...
William Henry Young
Oct 23, 2008
Mr. William Henry Young, 71, of 2347 Raven Rock Road, Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2008, at his home. Mr. Young was born July 16, 1937, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Granville Jackson and Lillie Mae Bowman Young. Henry was the custodian at Patrick County High School for 18 years. He is survived by two sisters,...
Joseph Carl "J.C." Bryant
Oct 22, 2008
Mr. Joseph Carl "J.C." Bryant, 73, of 308 Galloway Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at his home. Mr. Bryant was born December 23, 1934, in Surry County, son of the late Harvey Wesley and Sara Lila Felts Bryant. J.C. served our country in the United States Navy and was a self-employed carpenter. He is survived by...
Mrs. Bessie Mae Bowman Sutphin
Oct 22, 2008
Mrs. Bessie Mae Bowman Sutphin, age 78 of Stuart passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was born in Patrick County on October 22, 1930 to the late Zacariah and Ada Pack Bowman. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Sutphin was preceded in death by an infant daughter; four brothers, Robert Jackson, William...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...


