Updated: 8:28 PM EST Jan 20, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff Emergency crews and law enforcement took part in a motorcade for longtime Surry County Emergency Services Director John Shelton Wednesday.Shelton was found dead in his home Sunday evening, sources confirm.Click the video player above to see the procession.His body was escorted from Raleigh back to Mount Airy. The motorcade traveled along Interstate 40 to Highway 52 to NC 89 and arrived at Moody s Funeral Home in Mount Airy. Overpasses had first responders honoring Shelton. Community residents lined the exit ramps with American flags from the Pinnacle exit in Stokes County to the exit for NC 89 in Surry County. Surry County Government is very saddened to learn of the passing of Emergency Services Director John Shelton. Mr. Shelton served Surry County over 40 years, rising from paramedic all the way to rank of department director. He was known as a chief expert in the field of Emergency Services across the
April 22, 2021
It takes a village to raise a child but it takes the Mississippi Nailbenders to build a local camp for youths.
That group’s name suggests it is “hammer-challenged” concerning the fastening of objects to each other using slender metal shafts with pointed ends (nails).
It is actually a mission organization of skilled volunteers who go from place to place tackling new construction projects for church congregations and related groups and probably don’t smash their thumbs all that often.
The Mississippi Nailbenders boasts more than 600 members, about 40 of whom representing nine states made their way to Surry County last week to lend their talents in launching a project known as Camp Andrew.
By Tom Joyce tjoyce@mtairynews.com
A fire at a residence just outside Mount Airy claimed the life of a 35-year-old woman after efforts to rescue her failed.
The blaze was reported shortly before 5:45 a.m. Wednesday at 2362 Westfield Road (N.C. 89-East), just beyond Reeves Mill Road east of the city.
Myra Parsons, who is said to have lived at the home with her parents, Ronald and Lisa Parsons, was identified as the victim of the fire, for which the cause had not been determined Thursday morning.
“The fire started in a bedroom she was in,” Surry County Emergency Services Director John Shelton said, and the woman was unable to escape.