Obituaries

Dorothy Ruth Scales Smith, 98, of Mount Airy, N.C., died on Friday May 6, 2016, at Central Continuing Care. She...

Dwight David Atkins, 59, of Ararat, died Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was...

Effie Collins Clifton 90, of Martinsville, died Thursday, April 28, 2016. She was born February 13, 1926, in Stuart, and...

Herbert Lee Cobler, 80, of Ridgeway, died on Monday, May 2, 2016, at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County....

Mary Nancy Cruise, 87, of Bassett, died Sunday, May 1, 2016, at her residence. Nancy was born in Patrick County...

Sam Robert Holt, 86, of Westfield Road, Westfield, N.C., died Sunday afternoon, May 1, 2016, at the Joan and Howard...

Martha Campbell Honse, age 72, of Woolwine, died Monday, April 25, 2016, at Fairfax Hospital. She was born in Pennsylvania...

Alvis Spencer “Dickie” Joyce, age 91, of Critz, died Thursday, April 28, 2016, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center...

Howard Lee Lawson, 64, of Bassett, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at the Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County....

Samuel David “Sammy” Martin, age 75, of Stuart, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C....