Longtime Mount Airy News journalist and former Lifestyles Editor Eleanor Powell will be laid to rest today in a service scheduled for 2 p.m. in Mount Airy. Heartland had recently purchased the Mount Airy News, along with several other newspapers in North Carolina, and many of the Mount Airy News staffers walked off the job without giving notice. Most weeks during her tenure Surry Scene was chock full of social and feature events. “In conversations about editorial teams, the Society writer in Mount Airy was given as an example of how the work should be done. “She will truly be missed, and was loved by so many, especially her friends here at The Mount Airy News,” Hurley said.

Source: Daily Nation May 20, 2021 23:37 UTC