Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Stephen Hastings Byrd
Oct 10, 2011
Elkin Stephen Hastings Byrd, age 60, passed away Monday October 10, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Byrd was born February 5, 1951 in Surry County to Raymond O. and Bessie Luffman Byrd. Mr. Byrd was a member of Oak Level Baptist Church. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by an infant brother, Danny Byrd, brothers, Aldean...
D Paul Hodge
Oct 9, 2011
Elkin Mr. D. Paul Hodge, age 81, passed away Sunday October 9, 2011 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Hodge was born in Surry County on November 27, 1929 to Herbert and Jettie Cox Hodge. Paul was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three brothers, Raymond Hodge,...
Nellie Pardue Harris
Oct 8, 2011
Ronda Mrs. Nellie Pardue Harris, 92, passed away Saturday October 8, 2011 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Harris was born October 13, 1918 in Wilkes County to Everette M. and Estelle Sale Pardue. Mrs. Harris was a member of Maple Springs United Methodist Church and a charter member of Maple Springs United Methodist Women's Circle. She was also a...
Edith Johnson Lawrence
Oct 8, 2011
Mooresville Mrs. Edith Johnson Lawrence, 90, passed away Saturday October 8, 2011 at Summit Place of Mooresville. Mrs. Lawrence was born in Wilkes County March 28, 1921 to Roscoe and Addie Glass Johnson. Mrs. Lawrence retired from Sunbeam and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Lorene Pruitt Cockerham
Oct 8, 2011
Traphill Mrs. Lorene Pruitt Cockerham, age 73, passed away Saturday October 8, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Cockerham was born in Wilkes County on October 24, 1937 to Archie Eugene and Jettie Mae Shaver Pruitt. Mrs. Cockerham retired from Gardner Mirror and was a member of Oak Level Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include;...
Henry E. Mullins
Oct 5, 2011
Henry Earl Mullins 78 longtime Fernwood, ID resident, died October 5, 2011 at St. Maries, ID He was born May 8, 1933 to Joseph and Edith Gatewood Mullins at Lamont, MO. He grew up in the Lamont, MO area and as a young man, he farmed with his father there. Henry served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955...
James Earnest Burchette
Oct 5, 2011
James Earnest Burchette went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. James was born in Wilkes County on May 10, 1924 to William Jennings Burchette and Rosa Ella Reynolds Burchette. Mr. Burchette was a veteran of WWII with U.S. Marines serving in the south pacific theaterfrom June 1944 to August 1946. He retired from Chatham Manufacturing and was...
Myra Sale Helms
Oct 1, 2011
Mrs. Myra Sale Helms, age 102 of Ronda, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2011. Mrs. Helms was born July 25, 1909 in Wilkes County to William E and Laura Reeves Sale and was the wife of Thurman Brown Helms of Monroe, NC. She was a graduate of Ronda High School and Appalachian State Teachers College, majoring in Elementary Education. She...
Virgie Wilcox Richardson
Sep 30, 2011
Mrs. Virgie Wilcox Richardson, age 72 of Elkin, passed away Friday, September 30, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Richardson was born May 24, 1939 in Wilkes County to Floyd and Bessie Mae Grogen Wilcox. She was a dedicated member of Central Full Gospel Church and she loved gardening and her family. In addition to...
Mary Frances Calloway Smith
Sep 29, 2011
Mary Frances Calloway Smith, age 68 of Jonesville, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Heritage Healthcare of Elkin. Mrs. Smith was born October 20, 1942 in Surry County to James Leo and Erlene Macemore Calloway. She was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of Mineral Springs Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband,...
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