Obituaries
Jimmie Lee Burcham
Nov 5, 2009
Jimmie Lee Burcham, 82, of Elkin, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. He was born August 23, 1927 in Wilkes County to James and Ada Key Burcham. Mr. Burcham was a member of Benham Baptist Church and was also a member of VFW Post #10346. He served in the US Navy during World War II...
Charles Thomas Wheeler
Nov 4, 2009
Mr. Charles Thomas Wheeler, Jr., age 87 passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Wheeler was born June 14, 1922 in Wake County to Charles Thomas and Gladys Poole Wheeler. He was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and attended Clemmons Moravian Church. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Sarah...
Nina Singleton Tharpe
Nov 4, 2009
Nina Singleton Tharpe, 79, of Ronda passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. She was born November 7, 1929 in Morganton, NC to Donald and Zelda Hayes Singleton. Mrs. Tharpe was a member of Elkin First United Methodist Church and was a member of The Barbara Heck United Methodist Women, The National Association of Educators, and...
Georgia Absher Smith
Nov 2, 2009
Georgia Absher Smith, passed away on a beautiful sunny day in the loving arms of her family on Monday, November 2, 2009. She left this earthly home to join her beloved husband, Joe, never to suffer or be lonesome again. Georgia was born on January 16, 1937 to loving parents Carl and Erma Absher. She was reared in a Christian...
Billy Anderson
Oct 28, 2009
Billy Anderson, 70, of Elkin, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. He was born March 11, 1939 in Wilkes County to Henry and Iva Pruitt Anderson and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his father, Mr. Anderson was preceded in death by a daughter, Debera Kay Anderson; a son, Donnie Ray Anderson; and...
Doris Lyon Speaks
Oct 27, 2009
Doris Faye Lyon Speaks, 69, of Ronda, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at her residence with her children and family by her side. She was born June 16, 1940 in Wilkes County to Charlie and Faye Durham Lyon. Mrs. Speaks was a devoted wife to her husband Junior and a loving mother and grandmother. She was a member of...
Leona Carter Davis
Oct 26, 2009
Leona Carter Davis, 100, of Elkin passed away Monday, October 26, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center.. She was born December 2, 1908 in Wilkes County to John and Mattie Mae Carter. Mrs. Davis was a member of Grassy United Methodist Church and was retired from Chatham Manufacturing after 43 years of service. She was also a member of the...
Luther Martin Byrd
Oct 20, 2009
Luther Martin Byrd, 87, of Ronda passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. He was born November 1, 1921 in Wilkes County to James Thomas & Lessie Mae Jolly Byrd. Mr. Byrd was a member of Little Elkin Baptist Church and was a minister of music and youth at Ronda First Baptist Church for 18 years....
Ralph Delmar Couch
Oct 20, 2009
Ralph Delmar Couch, 80, of Elkin, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at his home. He was born March 19, 1929 in Yadkin County to Worth and Esther Reece Couch. Mr. Couch was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. He served in the US Army during the Korean War and retired from Abitibi. In addition to his parents, Mr....
Mack Arthur Settle
Oct 19, 2009
Mack Aurthur Settle, 83, of State Road, passed away Monday, October 19, 2009. He was born July 30, 1926 in Wilkes County to Clifton and Flossie Lyons Settle. Mr. Settle was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in State Road. He served in the US Army during WWII in Germany, and retired as a building contractor. In addition to...
Beatrice Money Mounce
Oct 16, 2009
Mrs. Ina Beatrice Money Mounce, age 86, passed away suddenly Friday, October 16, 2009 in her home. She was born November 28, 1922 in Surry County to Worth and Sally Smith Money. Mrs. Mounce was a loving wife, mother, and friend. She was a graduate of Elkin City Schools and was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church and was...
Naoma Kassay Olinger
Oct 16, 2009
Naoma Kassay Olinger, 65, of State Road, passed away Friday, October 16, 2009 in Britthaven of Wilkesboro. She was born on March 27, 1944 in Camp Creek, West Virginia to Steve and Nell Stevenson Kassay. Mrs. Olinger was a member of the Elkin Jacette and was a volunteer for Elkin City School. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Olinger was...
Vivian Rose Durham
Oct 15, 2009
Vivian Rose Durham, 67, of Roaring River, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She was born in Wilkes County to Cortez and Lura Pruitt Wiles and was a member of New Light Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Durham was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Wayne Durham; three brothers,...
Rebecca Williams Gilliam
Oct 15, 2009
Rebecca Williams Gilliam, 94, of Elkin, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. She was born August 31, 1915 in Union County to Thomas Marsh and Wilma Helms Williams. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Elkin and was a member of the Fidelis Sunday School class. She was also a charter member of...
Patricia Clark Robinson
Oct 10, 2009
Patricia Clark Robinson, 75 of Yadkinville, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009 at Hoots Memorial Hospital. She was born June 1, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois to Edward Allen & Elsie Ellen Catner Clark. Mrs. Robinson was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and was employed at Food Lion until 2008. In 2005, at the age of 71, she received...
Shirley Gail Wyatt
Oct 8, 2009
Shirley Gail Wyatt, 52 of State Road, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born on April 12, 1957 in Surry County to William Junior and Marie Money Coe, whom both preceded her in death. Ms. Wyatt was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church and worked at Harris Leather Shop. Ms....
Ruby Parks Pruitt
Sep 23, 2009
Ruby Beatrice Parks Pruitt, 94 of Traphill, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2009. She was born December 12, 1914 in Wilkes County to Chye & Martha Ellen Handy Pruitt. Mrs. Pruitt was a member of Roaring River Methodist Church and attended Traphill Baptist Church. She worked as a dental hygienist for more than thirty years. Mrs. Pruitt was preceded in...
Zelma Key Newman
Sep 22, 2009
Zelma Fay Key Newman, 89, of Elkin passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. She was born May 5, 1920 in Wilkes County to Robert and Bessie Terrell Key. Mrs. Newman was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and was a very talented seamstress and quilter. She was retired from Chatham Manufacturing. In addition to...
Stone Monroe Cooper
Sep 21, 2009
Stone Monroe Cooper, 98 of Jefferson, Georgia, passed away Monday, September 21, 2009. He was born November 15, 1910 in Surry County to Charles Augustus and Maude Deborde Cooper. Mr. Cooper was a member of Elkin Valley Baptist Church where he sang in the church choir for 72 years. He was also a member of the Elkin VFW Post 7794.....
Emma Jean Turnage
Sep 20, 2009
Emma Jean Turnage, 68 of Elkin, passed away Sunday Sept. 20, 2009 at Heritage Care of Elkin. Ms.Turnage was born April 3, 1941 in Meridian Mississippi to Edward Wilson Turnage, Sr. and Margaret Louisa May Turnage. She was retired from Tyson of Wilkesboro and was of the Episcopal Faith. Survivors include; two daughters, Joyce Hanks of Elkin, and Judy Biedrycki...
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