Obituary For Herman Brooks Pyron Herman Brooks Pyron, 90, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at Morehead Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, January 31 at Fair Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Ridgeview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Pyron was born September 14, 1920 in Ruffin, NC, son of the late Johnnie Bartlett and Minnie Chambers Pyron. He was a World War II Army veteran having served in the Phillipines. Herman retired from Fieldcrest Mills and was a member of Draper Christian Church. Surviving is his wife of 64 years, Annie Cook Sands Pyron of the home; sons, Alton Ray Pyron and wife, Mary of Eden, Herman Lee Pyron of Riedsville; daughters, Shirley P. Stone and husband, Billy of Eden, Joyce P. Farmer of Kernersville; daughter-in-law, Marilyn Sands of Haw River, NC; grandchildren, Sharon Wofford of Burlington, Lisa Sands of Burlington, Alton R. Pyron, Jr. of Yanceyville, Patricia Powell of Eden, Jesse Stone of Greensboro, Angela Steele, Melinda Horn, Sam Gourley, Jr. and Herman Lee Pyron, Jr., all of Greensboro, and Brandy Myers of Reidsville; ten great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son, Norrie Lee Sands; brother, Ernest Penn Pyron; and sister, Ruby Pyron Corum. The family will receive friends Sunday evening, 6 - 8 PM at Fair Funeral Home and other times at the residence, 1132 Front Street in Eden. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com