Obituaries
Roy Reece Gillespie
Feb 16, 2007
Thurmond Mr. Roy Reece Gillespie, age 79, of Union Hill Road, passed away, Friday, February 16, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mr. Gillespie was born July 13, 1927 in Surry County to James William & Louinda Rae Harris Gillespie. Mr. Gillespie was a member of Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church and was retired from Super Tire Service. He was...
Bessie Jane Weatherman
Feb 16, 2007
Mrs. Bessie Jane Weatherman age 76, of Wagoner Lane passed away Friday February 16, 2007 at Britthaven of Wilkesboro. Mrs. Weatherman was born April 15, 1930 in Yadkin County to Mitch and Lula Brown Anderson. Mrs. Weatherman was a poultry farmer and homemaker and a member of Austin Full Gospel Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...
Ima Mae Crouse
Feb 15, 2007
Thurmond Mrs. Ima Mae Hinson Crouse, age 85, of Thurmond, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2007 at Britthaven of Wilkesboro. Mrs. Crouse was born November 13, 1921 in Surry County to George Dewey & Orchey Lyon Hinson. Mrs. Crouse was retired from Lucia and was a longtime member of Center Baptist Church and volunteered at B.R.O.C. senior meal site. In...
Franklin Moe Gaither
Feb 13, 2007
Elkin Mr. Franklin Martin "Moe" Gaither, age 86, of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at Elkin Healthcare. Mr. Gaither was born October 8, 1920 in Iredell County to Ray & Callie Barber Gaither. Mr. Gaither was retired from Henry Key Grading, Co. and was of the Protestant and Baptist faith. He was a veteran of the...
William Wesley Osborne
Feb 7, 2007
Elkin Mr. William Wesley Osborne, age 95, of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at Yadkin Nursing Center. Mr. Osborne was born November 29, 1911 in Surry County to Thurmond & Maggie Napier Osborne. Mr. Osborne was a member of Grassy Creek United Methodist Church and was a veteran of the United States Navy and served during...
Lester Cox
Feb 4, 2007
Ronda Mr. Lester Harold Cox, age 61, of Little Elkin Church Road, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Cox was born March 13, 1945 in Surry County to Daniel Lester & Ida Jane Wilmoth Cox. Mr. Cox attended Benham Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served during Vietnam....
Herbert Monroe Collins
Feb 2, 2007
Mr. Herbert Monroe Collins age 78, passed away Friday February 2, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in Elkin. Mr. Collins was born in Wilkes County July 26, 1928 to Troy Monroe and Bessie Day Collins. Mr. Collins was retired from Century Furniture Company, he was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hickory where he served as a...
Lucille Watkins Cardwell
Feb 2, 2007
Mrs. Lucille Watkins Cardwell, age 85 of Woodland Dr. passed away Friday February 2, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Cardwell was born February 11, 1921 in Damascus Va. to Elbert and Drucilla Brown Watkins. Mrs. Cardwell was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Sparta. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Rosalie June Lewis
Jan 31, 2007
Thurmond Mrs. Rosalie June Mattice Lewis, age 83, of H.G. Lewis Road, passed away Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Lewis was born June 25, 1923 in Primghar, Iowa to Robert & Lillie Johnson Mattice. She was a devoted mother and grandmother, Rosalie lived her life with simplicity, wisdom and grace. Mrs. Lewis graduated from Paullina High School...
Bobby Joe Gentry
Jan 28, 2007
State Road Mr. Bobby Joe Gentry, age 71, of Mining School Road, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2007 at Elkin Healthcare. Mr. Gentry was born January 25, 1936 in Surry County to George McKinley & Eunice Fay Gambill Gentry. Mr. Gentry retired from the United States Postal Service where he was a rural letter carrier in State Road and he...
Kevin Burchette
Jan 27, 2007
Ronda Mr. Kevin Hugh Burchette, age 31, of Hidden Acre Dr. passed away Saturday, January 27, 2007 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Burchette was born July 31, 1975 in Surry County to Granville William and Christine Swaim Burchette. Mr. Burchette was a 1997 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a member of...
Ola Jean Prevette
Jan 27, 2007
Elkin Mrs. Ola Jean Cockerham Prevette, age 85, of Hawthorne Road, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Prevette was born March 25, 1921 in Surry County to Luther Edgar & Laura Jane Lane Cockerham. Mrs. Prevette was co-owner of Roy's Restaurant and was a member of Elkin First Baptist Church where she was a...
Connie Ruth Darnell
Jan 26, 2007
Elkin Mrs. Connie Ruth Talley Darnell, age 95, passed away Friday, January 26, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Darnell was born July 7, 1911 in Yadkin County to James & Fannie Weatherman Talley. Mrs. Darnell was retired from Chatham Manufacturing where she worked for more than 50 years and was a member of Elkin Valley Baptist Church. In...
Aline Shamel Engel
Jan 24, 2007
Mrs. Aline Shamel Engel, 83, of 124 Argonne Road, Elkin, North Carolina, the widow of Ernst Engel, died Wednesday, January 24, 2007 in Knoxville, Tennessee at the home of her daughter, Judy Teasley. Mrs. Engel, a lifelong Democrat, was born in Forsyth County on October 18, 1923 to Ezra Timothy and Marguerite Hine Shamel. She graduated from Salem College and...
Bobby Eugene Wilson
Jan 21, 2007
Mr. Bobby Eugene Wilson age 71, of Northwood Drive passed away Sunday January 21, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Wilson was born October 25 1935 in Harrison TN. to Thomas Ray and Mary Effie Burns Wilson. Mr. Wilson was a member of 1st Baptist Church of Elkin, and a Veteran of the U.S. Army. Mr. Wilson was the...
Paul Ernest Butcher
Jan 20, 2007
Thurmond Mr. Paul Ernest Butcher, age 81, of US Hwy. 21, Thurmond, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2007. Mr. Butcher was born July 26, 1925 in Surry County to Troy & Ida Gilly Butcher. Mr. Butcher was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served during WWII, and received numerous...
Ruby Cockerham Key
Jan 15, 2007
State Road Mrs. Ruby Frances Cockerham Key, age 91, of Mountain Park Road, passed away Sunday, January 14, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Key was born July 5, 1915 in Surry County to Eugene Holton and Laura Elizabeth Simmons Cockerham. Mrs. Key was a retired sales clerk at Chatham Country Store and was a lifelong member of Mount...
Jack Gray Day
Jan 12, 2007
Jonesville Mr. Jack Gray Day, age 78, of Bethel Road passed away Friday, January 12, 2007 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem. Mr. Day was born October 8, 1928 in Wilkes County to Charles and De Etta Hampton Day. Mr. Day was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and was a retired Pattern Builder with Chatham Manufacturing Co....
Alma Ruth Lassiter
Jan 12, 2007
Elkin Mrs. Alma Ruth Lassiter, age 82, of South Street, passed away Friday, January 12, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Lassiter was born February 2, 1924 in Randolph County to John Lee & Sally VonCannon Burkhart. Mrs. Lassiter was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
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