Obituaries

Robert Earl Gantt

Robert Earl Gantt

Dec 14, 2011

Mr. Robert Earl Gantt, age 73, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Gantt was born May 3, 1938 in Harrisburg, PA to Bruce and Lizabeth Patton Gantt. Mr. Gantt retired from Amp Inc/Tyco and served in the Navy Reserve. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Basil Gantt and a...

James Franklin Peterson

James Franklin Peterson

Dec 7, 2011

Mr. James Franklin Peterson, Sr. age 78, passed away Wednesday December 7, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Peterson was born February 18, 1933 in Reno, Nevada to Phillip Leon and Helen Burns Peterson. Jim was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church and a Past Master of the Mona...

Sidney Floyd Brendle

Sidney Floyd Brendle

Dec 6, 2011

Mr. Sidney Floyd Brendle, age 81, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Brendle was born June 16, 1930 in Surry County to James David and Edna Arnold Brendle. Mr. Brendle retired from Brendle's Inc. as executive vice president and was a member of First Baptist Church of Elkin. He was a member of Elkin...

Ralph John Reed

Ralph John Reed

Dec 4, 2011

Mr. Ralph John "Buttermilk" Reed, age 82 of Elkin, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Reed was born November 22, 1929 in Yadkin County to William Evan and Carrie Flynn Reed. Ralph never met a stranger and loved playing golf. He worked many years as a salesman and manager in the milk business and...

Mary Edwards Holcomb

Mary Edwards Holcomb

Dec 4, 2011

Mrs. Mary Edwards Holcomb, age 80, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center where she had resided the past year. She was born on February 14, 1931 in Webster Groves, Missouri to Charles Raner Edwards and Hazel Buck Edwards. Mrs. Holcomb graduated from Appalachian State Teacher's College and retired from Wilkes County Schools after 33 years...

Walton Clarence Green

Walton Clarence Green

Nov 30, 2011

Mr. Walton Clarence Green passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2011. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walton and Winifred Shankle Green; a sister, Ann Green Miller; and a daughter, Luann Green. Surviving are his wife Jeanne Reindollar Green of the home; a son, Mickey Walton Green of Rehoboth Beach, DE.; brother-in-law, Clarence Miller of Chattanooga, TN.; nephews, Alan...

Nancy Elizabeth Hinson

Nancy Elizabeth Hinson

Nov 20, 2011

Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Hamby Hinson, age 72 of Bermuda Run, formerly of State Road, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Hinson was born January 20, 1939 in Surry County to Tom Burnard Hamby and Verona Elva Key Hamby. Mrs. Hinson was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church for over 50 years. She...

Rebecca Russell Winebarger

Rebecca Russell Winebarger

Nov 15, 2011

Mrs. Rebecca Russell Winebarger, age 81 of Ronda, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Winebarger was born December 10, 1929 in Wilkes County to William and Lelia Ann Hudson Russell. Rebecca was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was retired and was a member of Maple Springs...

Frank Martin Wall

Frank Martin Wall

Nov 6, 2011

Mr. Frank Martin Wall, age 84 of Millers Creek, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Wall was born July, 29 1927 in Surry County to Guthrie Bryant "Buck" Wall and Hattie Flora Key Wall. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend. Mr. Wall was retired from US Fiber Corporation...

Arlen Hardin Money

Arlen Hardin Money

Nov 3, 2011

Mr. Arlen Hardin Money, age 91 of Roaring Gap, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011. Mr. Money was born August 20, 1920 in Wilkes County to William Benson and Lou Ada Laster Money. He was a member of Forbush Baptist Church and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death...

Grace Sparks Byrd

Grace Sparks Byrd

Nov 2, 2011

Mrs. grace Sparks Byrd, age 91 of Elkin, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Byrd was born February 16, 1920 in Wilkes County to Tyre Clifton and Viette Shephard Sparks. She was a member of Oak Level Baptist Church and was retired from Chatham Manufacturing. In addition to her parents she was...

Albert Mckinley Handy

Albert Mckinley Handy

Oct 29, 2011

Mr. Albert McKinley Handy, age 69 of Hays, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2011. Mr. Handy was born April 30, 1942 in Wilkes County to Morgan McKinley. and Della Rhodes Handy. He was retired from Holly Farms and was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers, Coy Handy,...

Myrtle Osborne Byrd

Myrtle Osborne Byrd

Oct 26, 2011

Mrs. Myrtle Lee Osborne Byrd, age 69 of N. Wilkesboro, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Byrd was born October 9, 1942 in Wilkes County to Samuel and Mary Ann Collins Byrd. She was a homemaker and a member of Little Mountain Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

Lucile Cockerham Golden

Lucile Cockerham Golden

Oct 25, 2011

Mrs. Lucile Cockerham Golden, age 87, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Avante at Charlotte. Mrs. Golden was born August 1, 1924 in Surry County to Luther Edgar and Laura Jane Layne Cockerham. She was retired from Wachovia Bank and was member of First Baptist Church of Elkin, where she served as church treasurer for more than 20 years....

Dorothy Simmons Pitts

Dorothy Simmons Pitts

Oct 25, 2011

Mrs. Dorothy Mae Simmons Pitts, age 82 of Jonesville, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Pitts was born January 21, 1929 in Yadkin County to George Dewey Simmons and Lula Mae Luffman Simmons. She was retired from Lucia and was a member of Jonesville Pentecostal Holiness Church. In addition to...

Margaret Paulette Saylor

Margaret Paulette Saylor

Oct 19, 2011

Mrs. Margaret "Paula" Paulette Saylor, age 62 of State Road, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Saylor was born September 27, 1949 in Rutherford County, Tennessee to Paul and Margaret Wilson. Mrs. Saylor was of the Baptist faith and a member of the Triad Austin-Heley Club. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

Jo Ann Barnette Brown

Jo Ann Barnette Brown

Oct 18, 2011

Mrs. Jo Ann Barnette Brown, age 79 of Elkin, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2011. Mrs. Brown was born July 29, 1932 in Forsyth County to Bascom and Sue Durham Barnette. She was a home maker and a member of Elkin Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Franke Elliott. Survivors include:...

Margaret Elizabeth Brown

Margaret Elizabeth Brown

Oct 18, 2011

Vale, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Brown, age 85 of Vale, formerly of Traphill, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2011. Mrs. Brown was born April 29, 1926 in Franklin County, Mississippi to Hardy Louis and Annie Lee Wooten Arnold. She was retired from Chatham manufacturing and was a member of Salem Baptist Church in Lincolnton. In addition to her parents she was...

Darrell Brent Brown

Darrell Brent Brown

Oct 15, 2011

Mr. Darrell Brent Brown, age 46 of Traphill, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Brown was born May 3, 1965 in South Carolina to Albert T. and Alta Chappell Brown. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his loving step mother, Edna Brown of the home; brother, Larry Brown and his...

Frances Jane Tharpe Key

Frances Jane Tharpe Key

Oct 10, 2011

Roaring River Mrs. Frances Jane Tharpe Key, age 90, passed away Monday, October 10, 2011 at Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Key was born April 12, 1921 in Wilkes County to Conrad "Con" and Ada Johnson Tharpe. Mrs. Key was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church where she kept the nursery and taught bible school for many years. She loved attending...