Richard Leon Slate
Dec 11, 2006
Mr. Richard Leon Slate, 67, of Brodhead, KY, passed away Monday, December 11, 2006, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, KY. Mr. Slate was born May 28, 1939, in Stokes County, NC, to the late Charlie and Gertie Hall Slate. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Pierce Slate; two daughters, Roseanne Matherly of Pfafftown, NC, and Teresa Slate of...
Ludie Catherine Moser Marsh
Dec 11, 2006
Mrs. Ludie Catherine Moser Marsh, age 87 of Dobson, widow of Roma Leonard Marsh, passed away Monday, December 11, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Marsh was born in Surry County, June 3, 1919 to Charlie and Martha Cranfield Moser. She was retired from Copeland School Cafeteria and attended Level Cross United Methodist Church. Surviving are a daughter and...
Gladys Hazel Jarrell Martin
Dec 11, 2006
Mrs. Gladys Hazel Jarrell Martin, age 94 of Mt. Airy, widow of Mr. Bodie Brown Martin, passed away Monday, December 11, 2006 at Universal Healthcare in King. Mrs. Martin was born in Surry County, January 1, 1912 to Albert Franklin and Leake Tilley Jarrell. She was a loving homemaker and was of the Methodist faith. Surviving are a sister, Ernestine...
Dale Franklin Nunn
Dec 10, 2006
Mr. Dale Franklin Nunn, 59, of 439 Culbert Street, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2006, at his home. Mr. Nunn was born June 12, 1947, in Surry County, to the late Elliott and Gracie Frye Nunn. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in Vietnam, a life-time member of the VFW Post 2019 of...
Ann Simmons Atkins
Dec 10, 2006
Mrs. Ann Simmons Atkins, 78, of 354 Robin Road, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2006, at her home. Mrs. Atkins was born January 8, 1928, in Surry County, to the late Carl Lee and Mary Alice Thompson Simmons. She was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Mount Airy. She is survived by her husband,...
Martha Jennie McMillian Brown
Dec 10, 2006
Mrs. Martha Jennie McMillian Brown age 83 of Ararat, VA widow of Mr. William H. Brown, Jr. passed away Sunday morning, December 10, 2006 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born February 16, 1923 in Patrick County to the late Wright and Bertie Arrington McMillian. Mrs. Brown was a member of Fellowship Church and was a homemaker. Surviving...
Ruby Louise Jarrell O'Dell
Dec 9, 2006
Mrs. Ruby Louise Jarrell O'Dell age 91 of Surry Community Nursing Center in Mt. Airy and formally of Toast the widow of Mr. Cullen O'Dell passed away Saturday December 9, 2006 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mt. Airy. Mrs. O'Dell was born July 30, 1915 in Surry County to the late H. G. and Laura Columbia Oakley...
Jeremy Louis Martin
Dec 9, 2006
Mr. Jeremy Louis Martin, age 20 passed in Mt. Airy December 9, 2006. Mr. Martin was born in Forsyth County October 10, 1086 to Kelly Ramey Martin Hiatt and Timothy Eugene Martin. He was employed by Warco Enterprises. He is survived by his mother and step father, Kelly Ramey Martin Hiatt and Tony Hiatt of Lowap; his father, Timothy Martin...
Minnie Frances Hodges Lawrence
Dec 8, 2006
Mrs. Minnie Frances Hodges Lawrence, 77, of 982 Prison Camp Road, Dobson, passed away Friday, December 8, 2006, at her home. Mrs. Lawrence was born June 6, 1929, in Surry County, to the late Howard Norman and Minnie Edna Calloway Hodges. Frances and her husband, Henry Davis Lawrence, owned and operated Mountain View Dairy Farm for many years. She was...
William Henry McCann
Dec 7, 2006
Mr. William Henry McCann, age 81 of Lowgap, widower of Ruby Ethel Hiatt McCann, passed away Thursday, December 07, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. McCann was born in Surry County, January 29, 1925 to Ruben and Verlie Blevins McCann. He was a loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather and was a retired farmer. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Ann...
Shirley Christella Robinson Greenway
Dec 7, 2006
Mrs. Shirley Christella Robinson Greenway, age 61 of Mt. Airy, wife of Marion Greenway, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2006 at her home. Mrs. Greenway was born in Logan County, WV to Hazel Reed Robinson and the late Dave Robinson. She was a loving homemaker and was a member of The Church of God. In addition to her husband, surviving...
Roland "Bill" Draughn
Dec 7, 2006
Mr. Roland Hoover "Bill" Draughn, 78, of 2408 Old Highway 601, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2006, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Draughn was born September 18, 1928, in Surry County, to the late Charlie and Lillian Kidd Draughn. He was retired from Renfro Corporation and a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. He is survived...
Dallas Gray Thomas
Dec 6, 2006
Mr. Dallas Gray Thomas, 80, of 601 Courtyard East, Beaufort, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City. Mr. Thomas was born April 18, 1926, in Surry County, to the late Murray C. and Esther Riggs Thomas. He was a revenue officer with the North Carolina Department of Revenue for many years. He was a...
Flora Mae Richardson Hale
Dec 5, 2006
Mrs. Flora Mae Richardson Hale, 75, widow of Dr. Christy Mathewson Hale, passed away on December 5, 2006. She was born on April 22, 1931 to Bessie Irene McGary Richardson and the late Samuel Isaac Richardson. Mrs. Hale taught school for 22 years in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Billings Montana before moving to North Carolina. She taught at St. Paul School...
Mrs. Ollie Mae Joyce
Dec 5, 2006
Mrs. Ollie Mae Joyce, age 79 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at her home. She was born in Patrick County on October 20, 1927 to the late James Will and Sir Ida Mize Sawyers. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, George Everett Joyce; two sons, an infant, Harold Leonard...
Davis Lee (David) Gates, Sr
Dec 5, 2006
Mr. Davis Lee "David" Gates, Sr., 72, of 1026 Jaques Avenue, Rahway, NJ, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at Robert Woods Hospital in Rahway, NJ. He was born May 22, 1934, in Patrick County, VA, to the late John Cable and Eva Pruitt Gates. He was retired from General Motors in Linden, NJ, with 30 years of service. Surviving...
Rufus Lee Bowman, Jr
Dec 4, 2006
Mr. Rufus Lee Bowman, Jr. age 79 of 1010 Pink Smith Road, Walnut Cove, NC widower of Mrs. Nellie Bond Bowman passed away Monday morning, December 4, 2006 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born March 27, 1927 in Patrick County, VA to the late Rufus Lee Bowman, Sr. and Bertie Lee Pack Bowman....
Ruby Smith Hardy
Dec 4, 2006
Mrs. Ruby Katherine Smith Hardy, 67, widow of Bobby Hardy, of Mount Airy, NC passed away at her home on Monday December 4, 2006 with her loving family by her bedside. She was born in McDowell County, West Virginia on October 19, 1939 to the late Troy and Susie Mabe Smith. Mrs., Hardy was a retired Certified Nursing Assistant formerly...
Luther Lee Carpenter
Dec 3, 2006
Mr. Luther Lee Carpenter, 84, of 1982 Red Brush Road, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 3, 2006, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Palliative Care Unit in Winston-Salem. Mr. Carpenter was born April 16, 1922, in Surry County, to the late David and Emma Goings Carpenter. He was a farmer and attended Flower Gap Primitive Baptist Church He...
Russell Allen Poore
Dec 3, 2006
Mr. Russell Allen Poore, age 80 of Fancy Gap, VA passed away December 3, 2006 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Mr. Poore was born in Surry County, May 22, 1926 to the late Joseph Benjamin and Leota Lineback Poore. Mr. Poore served in the US Army during World War II and during this time, he received two...