Obituaries
Dorothy Cockerham
Jul 30, 2009
Elkin Mrs. Dorothy "Sue" Cockerham, age 78, of Hwy 268 West Elkin passed away Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Cockerham was born October 6, 1930 in Alexander County to Perry & Mary Hannah Icenhour Hefner. Mrs. Cockerham was a member of Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church and was employed at Wendy's in Jonesville. In addition to...
Donnie Ray Anderson
Jul 25, 2009
Roaring River Mr. Donnie Ray Anderson, age 52, of Spicer Road, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2009. Mr. Anderson was born September 23, 1956 in Surry County to Billy & Wanda Byrd Anderson. Mr. Anderson was of the Baptist faith and attended Knobbs Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Shyann Anderson and a sister, Debera Kay...
Lela Etha Reagan
Jul 25, 2009
Elkin Mrs. Lela Etha Watson Reagan, age 91, passed away Saturday July 25, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Reagan was formerly of the Thurmond community, and had been a resident of Elkin Health Care for several years. She was born September 4, 1917 in Washington State to Fate and Annis Cockerham Watson. Mrs. Reagan was a homemaker and...
Clarence Samuel Layell
Jul 14, 2009
Clarence Samuel Layell, 99, passed away peacefully July 14, 2009 at Oaks of Carolina Nursing Home in Raleigh where he had resided since December, 2006. Prior to moving to Raleigh he resided at Maple Ridge Apartments in Elkin. He was born January 4, 1910 to the late Joseph Alexander Layell and Clara Bell Butcher in the Salem Fork community. Clarence...
Dorothy Jean Hedrick
Jul 10, 2009
Elkin Mrs. Dorothy Jean Howie Hedrick, age 80, of Elkin, passed away Friday, July 10, 2009 at Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Hedrick was born August 11, 1928 in Mecklenburg County to Stacy & Marguerite Pridgen Howie. Mrs. Hedrick was a member of Elkin First Baptist Church where she was active in her early years where she served as secretary and...
Ruby M. Settle
Jul 9, 2009
Elkin Mrs. Ruby M. Settle, age 93, of Elkin, passed away, Thursday, July 09, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Settle was born May 14, 1916 in Surry County to Arch D. & Emma Lou Collins McCoin. She was retried from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of Grassy Creek United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she...
Flora Hanks Coe
Jul 8, 2009
Elkin Mrs. Flora Hanks Coe, age 83 of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Coe was born December 14, 1925 in Surry County to Tom & Rosevelt Phillips Hanks. Mrs. Hanks retired from Chatham after 27 years of service. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In addition to...
Dallas Ather Newman
Jul 7, 2009
Elkin Mr. Dallas Ather Newman, age 93 of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at Heritage Healthcare of Elkin. Mr. Newman was born September 10, 1915 in Surry County to Andrew Ather & Bertie Nixon Newman. Mr. Newman retired after 44 years of service from Chatham Manufacturing. He was a member of the United States Army and...
Cpt. Mark A. Garner
Jul 6, 2009
Captain Mark Andess Garner, 30, was the Commander of B Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, stationed in Hohenfels, Germany. He was killed 6 July 2009 from injuries sustained in an IED blast in the Agrandab District of Afghanistan. A native of State Road, North Carolina and a graduate of Elkin High School and the U.S. Military Academy at West...
Frederik Ernest Porner
Jul 2, 2009
Thurmond Mr. Frederik Ernest Porner, age 82 of Possum Trot Road, passed away, July 2, 2009. Mr. Porner was born June 3, 1927 in Czechoslovakia to Anton Friedrich "Fritz" & Berta Runge Porner. Mr. Porner was a food packaging engineer and employed with Frito Lay, Hershey and Planter's and was a member of the plastics institute, being one of the...
Walter Brady Osborne
Jun 27, 2009
Elkin, Mr. Walter Brady Osborne, age 89, of Graham St. passed away Saturday, June 27, 2009 at his residence. He was born Oct. 30, 1919 in Yadkin County, to Walter and Carrie Bell Cheek Osborne. Mr. Osborne was retired from Chatham Mfg., and attended Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in WW II.....
Vadie Luffman Money
Jun 26, 2009
Elkin Mrs. Vadie Louise Luffman Money, age 88, of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away June 26, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Money was born April 12, 1921 in Wilkes County to James Bradford & Mamie Love Luffman. Mrs. Money was a hairdresser and was a member of Forbush Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Virginia Dare Billings
Jun 16, 2009
Elkin Mrs. Virginia Dare Ross Billings, age 82, of Elkin passed away Monday, June 15, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Billings was born February 3, 1927 in Wilkes County to Calvin Alexander & Myrtle Harris Ross. Mrs. Billings was a member of Benham Baptist Church and the Red Hat Society. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Mae Emma Haley
Jun 14, 2009
Roaring River Mrs. Mae Emma Haley, age 73 of Roaring River, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Haley was born May 4, 1936 in Burke County, GA to Roger & Marie Elmore Jones. Mrs. Haley was a homemaker and was a member of Pleasant Home Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Bonnie Sue Clayton
Jun 14, 2009
Hamptonville Mrs. Bonnie Sue Pardue Hemric Clayton, age 83, of Hamptonville passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009 at Heritage Healthcare of Elkin. Mrs. Clayton was born January 31, 1926 in New Castle, NC to Robert & Dare Myers Pardue. Mrs. Clayton was a homemaker and was a member of Union Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school. She loved writing...
Roby Clay Pardue
Jun 12, 2009
Ronda Mr. Roby Clay Pardue, age 82 of Ronda, passed away Friday, June 12, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Pardue was born December 19, 1926 in Yadkin County to James W. & Alice Porter Pardue. Mr. Pardue was a retired truck driver. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a wife, Ruth...
Grace Flora Barker
Jun 11, 2009
Roaring River Miss Grace Flora Barker, age 94, of Roaring River, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2009 at her residence. Miss Barker was born December 19, 1914 in Wilkes County to Rev. Benjamin Harrison & Bertha Angeline Pruitt Barker. Miss Barker was a member of Benham Baptist Church and was a unique person with a sharp mind. She was a...
Nancy Crouse
Jun 1, 2009
Hays Mrs. Nancy Billings Crouse, age 70 of Hays, went to be with her Lord & Savior, Monday, June 1, 2009 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Crouse was born November 28, 1938 in Surry County to Clarence & Ruth Pruitt Billings. Mrs. Crouse was employed with Big Lots. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Tracy Rene Parker
May 27, 2009
Moravian Falls, Ms. Tracy Rene Parker, age 47, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2009. She was born October 1, 1961 in Alamance County to Tom and Peggy Hart Parker. She was a loving mother, homemaker and attended the Artistic Beauty School. Ms. Parker was preceded in death by her mother Peggy Hart Parker, sister Robin Parker Daniel, and sister Sandra...
Christine Swaim Burchette
May 22, 2009
Ronda, Mrs. Dovie Christine Burchette, age 68, of Hidden Acres Drive passed away Friday, May 22, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Burchette was born June 18, 1940 in Yadkin County to Atlas Hugh and Helen Kathleen Inscore Swaim. A beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and sister-in-law she was a member of First Baptist church of Ronda, and was a...
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