Obituaries

Ruby Mae Carpenter

Ruby Mae Carpenter

Mar 2, 2011

Ruby Mae Carpenter 90 lifelong St. Maries area resident died peacefully at her home on March 2, 2011. She was born January 21, 1921 to John and Mattie Burdine Norton at Mount Vernon, KY. She moved to Idaho when she was three years old. She grew up at Calder and St. Joe City. She graduated from St. Maries High School...

Michael Charles Telford

Michael Charles Telford

Feb 26, 2011

OBITUARY Michael C. "Mike" Telford 61 lifetime resident of St. Maries, ID died February 26, 2011 at his home following a courageous battle with brain cancer. He was born October 13, 1949 to Roland and Doris Hanson Telford at Spokane, WA Mike attended grade school at Fernwood, ID. He moved with his family to St. Maries in 1956. He graduated...

Todd Leigh Moe

Todd Leigh Moe

Feb 24, 2011

Todd L. Moe 34 resident of Coeur d' Alene, ID died suddenly on February 24, 2011 from a heart attack while at work at a Schweitzer Ski Resort resturant. He was born April 13, 1976 to Terry and Toni Bryntesen Moe at Coeur d' Alene. He lived in St. Maries, ID until he was 6 years old when he moved...

Iona Reeves

Iona Reeves

Feb 23, 2011

Iona Reeves 73, resident of Plummer, died February 23, 2011 at Coeur d' Alene, ID . She was born June 3, 1937, in Plummer to Alexander and Susan Paul Matt at Plummer. Rosary was recited at the Rose Creek Longhouse, Worley, ID on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, February 25, 2011...

Brandon K. Leach

Brandon K. Leach

Feb 19, 2011

Brandon Kent Leach 30 of Spokane, Washington, passed away unexpectedly on February 19th, 2011, while teaching English in Busan, South Korea. Brandon was born in Spokane, Washington on August 12th, 1980. He attended grade school in Spokane and at Harrison Elementary in North Idaho. He attended Junior High and High School in Moscow, Idaho where he graduated in 1998. He...

Gypsie Cockerham Settle

Gypsie Cockerham Settle

Feb 16, 2011

Mrs. Gypsie Cockerham Settle, age 89 formerly of Elkin, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at the Brian Center in Salisbury. She was born May 10, 1921 in Surry County to H.C. and Lavonia Reid Burcham. Mrs. Settle was an active member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church as well as a faithful member of her Sunday school class. In addition...

Terry Gene Whitaker

Terry Gene Whitaker

Feb 16, 2011

Terry Gene Whitaker 53 a resident of Fernwood, ID. Died February 16, 2011 of heart failure. He was born to Nolan and Madeline Whitaker February 8, 1958 in Lewiston, ID. Terry grew up in Weippe, ID., attended schools in St. Maries. ID. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1976 and trained in Advanced Artillery. He served in Germany....

Frederic C. Rosenburg Sr.

Frederic C. Rosenburg Sr.

Feb 16, 2011

Frederic Carl Rosenburg Sr. 69 a resident of St. Maries died February 16, 2011 following an extended illness. He was born June 24, 1941 to Frederic W. and Caroline Rosenburg at New York, New York. He spent his early years in New York. In 1950 he moved with his parents to Sylmar, CA. Where he grew up and attended schools...

Rosa Lee Parker

Rosa Lee Parker

Feb 14, 2011

Rosa Lee PARKER 85 a long time resident of St. Maries died at Sacred Heart Hospital, Spokane, WA. February 14, 2011. She was born December 3, 1925at Portland, OR. She grew up in Camas, WA. and attended schools there. She married Donald Parker February 16, 1943 at Camas, WA. And they made their home in Bengin , WA. while her...

Nannie Sue Pardue

Nannie Sue Pardue

Feb 13, 2011

Mrs. Nannie Sue Pardue, age 91 of Elkin, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2011 at Heritage Care of Elkin. Mrs. Pardue was born April 13, 1919 in Wilkes County to Dewitt and Julie Ann Mathis Burchette. Mrs. Pardue was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Ronda where she was a choir member and held several offices in the...

James Kelly Prevette

James Kelly Prevette

Feb 10, 2011

Mr. James Kelly Prevette, Jr., age 55 of Roaring River, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born January 13, 1956 in Wilkes County to James Kelly and Margie Dancy Prevette. Mr. Prevette was a member of New Light Baptist Church and was a past employee with Brendle's in Elkin....

Richard Edward Brower

Richard Edward Brower

Feb 4, 2011

Mr. Richard Edward Brower, age 64 of Jonesville, passed away Friday, February, 4, 2011. He was born August 2, 1946 in Islip, NY to Joseph Edward and Marion Elizabeth Johnson Brower. Mr. Brower was employed at Wal-Mart and attended Jonesville First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife Stephanie Allen Brower of the home, children Clara Atha and her husband...

Mellon Burchette Walls

Mellon Burchette Walls

Feb 2, 2011

Mellon Burchette Walls passed on to Heaven, February 2, 2011. Mrs. Walls was blessed to live to be 100 years old, born on September 20, 1910 in Elkin, North Carolina. She spent most of her life in the Elkin and Ronda areas of North Carolina. She worked 47 years for Chatham Manufacturing Company and became an expert seamstress. She would...

Gwendolyn Kay Wakolee

Gwendolyn Kay Wakolee

Jan 31, 2011

Gwen Faught –Wakolee passed away on January 31, 2011 with the Love of her life, Phil Baird and Best Friend, Ann Patterson at her side. Gwen was born July 29, 1947 in Spokane, WA. to Willis and Sylvia Fern Faught. She was a graduate of Clarkston High School in 1965 and a LPN graduate of Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech. Gwen also...

Norma Gilliam Casstevens

Norma Gilliam Casstevens

Jan 30, 2011

Norma Gilliam Casstevens walked into Paradise on January 30, 2011. On a bright sunny day on August 22, 1923, Norma Ethel Gilliam Casstevens was born to Don S. and Myrtle Harris Gilliam within sight of Bethel Baptist Church in Ronda, NC. For the next eighty-seven years she called "home" Bethel Community. It was in this community in 1947 she married...

Eva Adams Macy

Eva Adams Macy

Jan 27, 2011

Mrs. Eva Adams Macy, age 91, of Elkin passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Macy was born in Wilkes County October 29, 1919 to James Parks and Azeal Hager Adams. Mrs. Macy was a member of West Elkin Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph...

Deette Newman Slawter

Deette Newman Slawter

Jan 24, 2011

Mrs. Mae DeEtte Newman Slawter, age 88 of Elkin, who was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 24, 2011. She was born Agust 5, 1922 in Surry County to Robert Clarence and Ina Belle Smith Newman. DeEtte was an avid homemaker and graced her family and friends...

Raymond Wesley Harris

Raymond Wesley Harris

Jan 23, 2011

Mr. Raymond Wesley Harris, age 94 of Elkin, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born October 7, 1916 in Wilkes County to John and Levia McCann Harris. Mr. Harris was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of Knobbs Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and was the...

Clark Charlie Tate

Clark Charlie Tate

Jan 22, 2011

Mr. Clark Charlie Tate, age 97, of State Road passed away Saturday, January 22, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Tate was born May 19, 1913 in Watauga County to Athan and Lillian Moretz Tate. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and was retired from Chatham Manufacturing after 34 1/2 years of service. In...

Dale Alan Pirnat

Dale Alan Pirnat

Jan 18, 2011

Dale Alan Pirnat 51 resident of Avery, ID died January 18, 2011 following a sudden heart attack at his home. He was born September 17, 1959 to Charles and Sondra Simpson Pirnat at Everett, WA. He grew up in Marysville, WA and graduated from Marysville H.S. With the class of 1977. He then began to work as a finish carpenter...