Mr. Donald Franklin Tickle, 66, of 695 McKinney Road, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, September 17, 2006, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Tickle was born December 1, 1939, in Surry County, to the late Frank Howard and Lillie Betty Beasley Tickle. Mr. Tickle served our country in the United States Army following the Korean Conflict. He was the...
Mr. Glenn Edward Pike, 74, of 2036 East Pine Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, September 15, 2006, at his home. Mr. Pike was born August 15, 1932, in Patrick County, VA, to the late James William and Nellie Mitchell Pike. After 40 years of service, he retired as vice president from Pike Electric Inc. in 1990. He is survived...
Mrs. Myrtle Alene Sawyers Hunter Andrews age 77 of 141 Angela Lane, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Friday, afternoon, September 15, 2006 at her home. She was born September 9, 1929 in Patrick County to the late Jim and Ella Mae Cassidy. She was a homemaker and was a member of Gospel Mission Baptist Church Surviving are five daughters and...
Mrs. Nancy Sophia Hanes Hamlin, 78, of 909 Rockford Road, Dobson passed away Thursday, September 14, 2006 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Hamlin was born in Surry County on April 10, 1928 to Grover Watson Hanes Sr. and Nancy Emma Fields Hanes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-five years,...
Mrs. Ethel Daniel Beamer age 96 of Mount Airy, widow of Samuel Frank Beamer, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Beamer was born in Surry County on April 22, 1910 to the late Robert Daniel and Maude Atkins Daniel and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church for over 60 years....
Mrs. Ollie Mae Crigger Hicks, age 80 of Mt. Airy, widow of Mr. Sam Hicks, passed away Thursday, September 14, 2006 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Hicks was born in Wythe County, May 5, 1926. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, September 25, 2006 at Midkiff Cemetery directed by the staff of Mountain Valley Hospice. Online...
Mrs. Sadie Taliferro Patrick Hays of 542 Allred Mill Road, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Wednesday morning, September 13, 2006 at Surry Community Nursing Center. She was born in Jacksonville, FL October 24, 1912 to Sadie Jones Patrick and Glenn Newton Patrick, where she was a member of the Christian Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Mr. James Todd Hiatt age 41 of 185 Brigadoon Branch Road, Whittier, NC, passed away on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Hiatt was born in Surry County on February 25, 1965 son of Vera Stevens Hiatt and the late Arlyss Edmond Hiatt, was the owner of Hiatt Environmental Services and was a veteran of...
Mr. Brent Andrew Gilbert, 31, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2006, at his home. Mr. Gilbert was born September 6, 1975, in Robeson County, to Dr. Roger and Deidra Jones Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert graduated from Whiteville High School in 1994, and was a member of Whiteville First Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Jaclynn Rose...
Mr. Abram Haywood Merritt, Jr., 77, of 833 East Country Club Road, Mount Airy, husband of Claire Frank Merritt, passed away Monday, September 11, 2006, at Fitzgerald Health Care of Arbor Acres in Winston-Salem. Mr. Merritt was born December 26, 1928, in Surry County, to the late Abram Haywood Merritt, Sr. and Minnie Lee Siegler Merritt. He was a veteran...
Mrs. Ruth Lawrence "Nannie Ruth" Sawyers, 86, of 1776 Park Drive, Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, while surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Sawyers was born in Surry County on September 14, 1919, to the late Willis Fulton and Sarah Etta Smith Lawrence. She was a homemaker and a former secretary from Franklin Elementary School....
Mrs. Edith Dowell Joyce, 85, of 715 Mulberry Road, Martinsville, VA, passed away Sunday, September 10, 2006, at Blue Ridge Manor in Martinsville, VA. Mrs. Joyce was born October 9, 1920, in Surry County, to the late Ambrose and Lessie Deatherage Dowell. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Mount Airy. She is survived by...
Ralph Lee Funk age 51 of Cana, Va. passed away Sunday, September 10, 2006 in Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Galax, Virginia on May 31, 1955 to Foster Graham and Verla Robertson Funk. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by his first wife, Linda Sue Burcham Funk. He is survived by his...
Mrs. Helen Joann Easter Cornelius, 66, of 1287 Newsome Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, September 8, 2006, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Cornelius was born June 19, 1940, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Harmon William and Laura Rippey Easter. She is survived by a daughter, Susie Smith of Spindale; several grandchildren; several...
Mr. Kurt Boyd Kiger, age 39 of Mt. Airy passed away unexpectedly, Friday, September 8, 2006 in Yukon Territory, Canada. Mr. Kiger was born in San Antonio, TX to Charles "Chuck" Kiger and the late Virginia "Jenny" Ann Boyd Kiger. He was a loving father, son and brother. Surviving are a son, Kade Kiger of Mt. Airy ; his father,...
Mrs. Opel Maggie Retha Teague, age 89 of Ridgeway passed away Friday morning at her home. She was born on Feb. 23, 1917 in Surry County, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband, William "Bill" Teague; and 10 brothers and sisters. She was a member of Maple Grove United Methodist Church in Mt. Airy, NC. Surviving are two...
Ms. Sheila Jo Snow age 47 of 160 Gingerbread Lane, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Thursday morning, September 7, 2006 at her home. She was born June 2, 1959 in Surry County to Mac B. and Nellie Hall Snow. She was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving are her parents, Mac B. and Nellie Hall Snow of Mt. Airy, NC, a...
Mrs. Cora Ethel Joyce, age 87 of Martinsville, passed away Thursday, September 7, 2006 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. She was born in Patrick County on June 17, 1919 to the late James G. and Judy Via Pilson. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Lee Joyce; a great-granddaughter,...
Mrs. Norma Faye McHone Tickle, age 69 of Mt. Airy, wife of Mr. Oliver Tickle, passed away Wednesday, September 06, 2006 at Universal Healthcare in King. Mrs. Tickle was born in Surry County, January 21, 1937 to Howard Taft and Elsie Moser McHone. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and was a retired nursing assistant with Northern Hospital....
Mr. Joseph Franklin "Joe" Cook, age 90, of Mt. Airy, passed away at Central Continuing Care on September 6, 2006. Mr. Cook was born in Surry County, August 15, 1916 to the late Caleb Franklin and Ida Elizabeth Haymore Cook. He was a graduate of Flat Rock High School and attended Draughon's Business College in Winston Salem, NC. While in...