Obituaries

Lori Mae Yow

Lori Mae Yow

Sep 17, 2009

Lori Mae Yow, 45, of Thurmond, passed away Thursday September 17, 2009. She was born on September 21, 1963 in Bangor, Maine to Robert Tyrus and Betty Jean Marlow Yow. Ms. Yow was a graduate of Surry Community College where she completed the Nursing Assistant Program. She was a former physical therapy assistant at the Physical Therapy of Wilkes, a...

Glenn S. Burton

Glenn S. Burton

Sep 11, 2009

Mr. Glenn S. Burton, age 80, passed away Friday, September 11, 2009 in Wilkes Regional Medical Center. Mr. Burton was born October 17, 1928 in Surry County to Claude and Edith Sneed Burton. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and retired from Chatham Manufacturing and the Amoco station in Jonesville. In addition to his parents he was...

Vetrol Diamy Tucker

Vetrol Diamy Tucker

Sep 9, 2009

Vetrol Diamy Couch Tucker, 94 of Elkin, passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 12 Oaks Assisted Living. She was born on August 24, 1915 in Wilkes County to Charles R. and Mary Bell Couch Darnell. Mrs. Tucker was retired from Chatham's and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School Teacher and a...

James Frank Luffman

James Frank Luffman

Sep 7, 2009

James Frank Luffman, 77, of State Road, passed away Monday September 7, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born on October 3, 1931 in Wilkes County to Curtis & Lexie Harris Luffman. Mr. Luffman served in the US Navy from 1951 to 1955, and was retired from Vintage Yarn in Boonville. In addition to his parents,...

Dwayne Coe Hampton

Dwayne Coe Hampton

Sep 6, 2009

Mr. Dwayne Coe Hampton, 65 of Elkin, passed away Sunday September 6, 2009 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born April 25, 1944 in Surry County to Wade and Dovie Coe Hampton. Mr. Hampton was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. He retired from Duke Power after 35 years of service. He was a kind hearted man with...

Holland Click Bauguess

Holland Click Bauguess

Sep 5, 2009

Traphill, Mr. Holland Click Bauguess, age 73, of N. Lomax Road passed away Saturday, September 5, 2009 in Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born November 20, 1935 in Wilkes County to William Click and Nancy Ethel Warren Bauguess. Mr. Bauguess was a member of Stony Ridge Baptist Church. In addition to his parents brothers Leon Horton Bauguess and...

Nellie Miller Greene

Nellie Miller Greene

Sep 5, 2009

Nellie Miller Greene died on September 6, 2009 at the age of 96 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Born May15, 1913, in Lafayette, Indiana, she was the fourth child of Edward Thomas Miller and Etta Kidwell Miller. In 1930 she married North Carolina native Ralph B. Greene. The marriage lasted 66 years until his death in 1996. They resided in Lafayette...

Mabel Lee Hash

Mabel Lee Hash

Sep 3, 2009

Mabel Lee Crouse Combs Hash, 87, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She was born on December 19, 1921 in Alleghany County to George Letcher and Pearl Leota Andrews Crouse. Mrs. Hash was a member of Jonesville Pentecostal Holiness Church. She retired from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia on August 1,...

Mabel C. Hash

Mabel C. Hash

Sep 3, 2009

Mabel Lee Crouse Combs Hash, 87, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She was born on December 19, 1921 in Alleghany County to George Letcher and Pearl Leota Andrews Crouse. Mrs. Hash was a member of Jonesville Pentecostal Holiness Church. She retired from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia on August 1,...

Mabel Absher Spicer

Mabel Absher Spicer

Aug 31, 2009

Mabel Absher Spicer, age 77, of Austin-Little Mtn. Road passed away Monday, August 31, 2009 in Wilkes Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Spicer was born March 20, 1932 in Wilkes County to Carl and Erma Watson Absher. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Albert Spicer, daughter Kathy Spicer, sisters Ann Luffman and Rosa Lee...

Toliver Leff Sexton

Toliver Leff Sexton

Aug 29, 2009

Mr. Toliver Leff Sexton, age 60, of Granny Hill Lane, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009 in Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Sexton was born November 12, 1948 in Wilkes County to Mckinley Leff and Mamie Lyon Sexton. He was of the Baptist Faith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Kenneth Sexton. Survivors include...

Vera Baker Southard

Vera Baker Southard

Aug 19, 2009

Elkin Mrs. Vera Baker Southard, age 91, of Elkin, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2009 in Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Baker was born December 2, 1917 in Surry County to James & Rosa Venable Baker. Mrs. Southard was a member of Bessie's Chapel Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of...

Ernest Paul Crouse

Ernest Paul Crouse

Aug 18, 2009

Elkin, Mr. Ernest Paul Crouse, age 82, of Elkin, passed away, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at Heritage Healthcare. Mr. Crouse was born May 12, 1927 in Wilkes County to George Washington & Nancy Lyon Crouse. Mr. Crouse was retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and he was a member of Center Baptist Church and he enjoyed volunteering for...

William Leslie Cox

William Leslie Cox

Aug 17, 2009

Elkin Mr. William Leslie Cox, age 88, Elkin passed away Monday, August 17, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Cox was born December 17, 1920 in Forsyth County to Eli & Ida Matlock Cox. Mr. Cox was a member of Antioch Methodist Church of Roaring Gap. He attended NCSU after which he enlisted in the United States Marines where...

Mark Worth Wood

Mark Worth Wood

Aug 15, 2009

Thurmond, Mr. Mark Worth Wood, age 54, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2009 in Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Wood was born on July 13, 1955 in Surry County to Hermit Worth and Virginia Dare Walker Wood. Mr. Wood was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and employed with Perdue Farms. He was also a member of the...

Stuart Folie Carter

Stuart Folie Carter

Aug 14, 2009

Hays, Mr. Stuart Folie Carter, age 51, passed away Friday, August 14, 2009 in Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Carter was born December 21, 1957 in Surry County to Folie and Flora Darnell Carter. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher and was employed with Wachovia. He was preceded...

Charles Parks Mullis

Charles Parks Mullis

Aug 13, 2009

Elkin, NC Mr. Charles Parks Mullis, age 70, of Elkin, passed away Monday, August 10, 2009 in Dunmore Plantation of Dobson. Mr. Mullis was born August 13, 1938 in Alexander County to Lee and Alva Luvada Kerley Mullis. Mr. Mullis attended Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church and was a veteran of the United States Air Force. In addition to his...

Maude Rodgers

Maude Rodgers

Aug 2, 2009

Elkin Mrs. Maude "Turtle" Kluttz Rodgers, age 89, of Pleasant Hill Drive, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2009 at Heritage Healthcare of Elkin. Mrs. Rodgers was born December 26, 1919 in Rowan County to John & Carrie Holshouser Kluttz. Mrs. Rodgers was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents,...

Martha Wagoner Moncus

Martha Wagoner Moncus

Jul 31, 2009

Wilkesboro, Mrs. Martha Emma Wagoner Moncus, age 85, passed away Friday, July 31, 2009 in Avante of Wilkes. Mrs. Moncus was born December 3, 1923 in Surry County to Everette and Etta Gentry Wagoner. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister. Mrs. Moncus loved crafts and making place mats and towels. She was a member of East Elkin Baptist...

Grace Edith Wyrick

Grace Edith Wyrick

Jul 31, 2009

Elkin, Mrs. Grace Edith Wyrick, age 87, passed away Friday, July 31, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in Elkin. Mrs. Wyrick was born February 15, 1922 in Danville, Virginia to Curry and Fedosia Norman Welborn. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Irvin Wyrick. Survivors include: daughter Nancy Blackburn and husband W.D. "Dub"...