Obituaries

Ruby Elizabeth Wagoner

Ruby Elizabeth Wagoner

Jan 9, 2007

Wilkesboro Mrs. Ruby Elizabeth Wagoner, age 87, of Fletcher Street, passed away, Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wagoner was born September 27, 1919 in Wilkes County to James Bradford & Mamie Love Luffman. Mrs. Wagoner was a member of Little Elkin Baptist Church and was retired from Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. In addition to her...

Edward R. Long

Edward R. Long

Jan 7, 2007

Elkin Mr. Edward Ralston "Ral" Long, 81, passed away peacefully Sunday morning Jan. 7, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mr. Long was born Jan. 7, 1926 in the Salem Fork Community to John Alexander and Esther Haymore Long. He had lived in the Elkin area for his entire life with the exception of his service with the US Army...

Donald Lee Macemore

Donald Lee Macemore

Jan 6, 2007

State Road Mr. Donald Lee Macemore, age 64, of Mountain Park Road, passed away, Saturday, January 6, 2007 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Mr. Macemore was born August 5, 1942 in Yadkin County to Everette Daniel & Annie Benton Macemore. Mr. Macemore was retired from Piedmont/US Airways and was a veteran of the United States Army. He attended Mount...

Dwight Duncan Sale

Dwight Duncan Sale

Jan 5, 2007

Dwight Duncan Sale, age 84, of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Friday, January 5, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mr. Sale was born October 5, 1922 in Wilkes County to Dana & Eva Duncan Sale. Mr. Sale was retired from Chatam Manufacturing and was a member of Elkin Valley Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. In addition...

Lona Irwin Osborne

Lona Irwin Osborne

Jan 5, 2007

Mrs. Lona Irwin Osborne, age 75, of C.B. Eller School Road, passed away, Friday, January 5, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Osborne was born April 16, 1931 in Alleghany County to Preston & Olivia Wagoner Irwin. Mrs. Osborne was retired from Lucia and was a member of Old Roaring River Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Dwight Duncan Sale

Dwight Duncan Sale

Jan 5, 2007

Dwight Duncan Sale, age 84, of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Friday, January 5, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mr. Sale was born October 5, 1922 in Wilkes County to Dana & Eva Duncan Sale. Mr. Sale was retired from Chatam Manufacturing and was a member of Elkin Valley Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. In addition...

Jewell Brown Pruett

Jewell Brown Pruett

Jan 5, 2007

Jewell Brown Pruett, 81, of Elkin Highway 268, Ronda, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 5, 2007, at the home of her daughter, Janice Carlton of Lincolnton, NC. Born in Elkhorn, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Cyrus and Fannie Brown of Moravian Falls, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband,...

Elaine Abrams Oliver

Elaine Abrams Oliver

Jan 5, 2007

Mrs. Elaine Abrams Oliver, age 72, of Calvary Road, passed away Friday, January 5, 2007 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Oliver was born September 20, 1934 in Brooklyn, NY to Bennie & Sadie Abrams. Mrs. Oliver was retired from Ryder Trucking and was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Jerry Bobby Settle

Jerry Bobby Settle

Jan 4, 2007

Roaring River Mr. Jerry Bobby Settle, age 64, of Austin Little Mountain Road, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Settle was born February 18, 1942 in Wilkes County to Cletus B. & Fansie Mae Tucker Settle. Mr. Settle was a member of Benham Baptist Church and was retired from US Airways. He was a veteran of...

Ralph Lytle Alexander

Ralph Lytle Alexander

Jan 3, 2007

Jonesville Mr. Ralph Lytle Alexander, age 82 of Oak Street, passed away, Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at Pennybyrn at Maryfield of High Point. Mr. Alexander was born February 13, 1924 in Wilkes County to William Lytle & Mary Truitt Alexander. Mr. Alexander was a veteran of the United States Navy and served during World War II. He was retired from...

Emma Lee Spann

Emma Lee Spann

Dec 28, 2006

Jonesville Mrs. Emma Lee Spann, age 97, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Spann was born February 13, 1909 in Wilkes County to James & Alice Porter Pardue. Mrs. Spann was a homemaker and was a member of Arlington 1st Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...

Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford

Dec 26, 2006

Gerald Rudolph Ford was the thirty-eighth president of the United States. Ford was originally named after his biological father, Leslie Lynch King. When his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, remarried, Ford was renamed after his stepfather. Ford attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was a gifted athlete and scholar. After college, he received offers from two...

Sarah Elizabeth Nance

Sarah Elizabeth Nance

Dec 26, 2006

Sarah Elizabeth Nance, image-bearer of God and treasure to her parents, went home to be with Jesus on December 26, 2006, the day of her birth. "He will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom" Isaiah 40:11. "Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have ordained praise" Matthew 21:16. "The LORD...

Virginia Connie Pipes

Virginia Connie Pipes

Dec 22, 2006

Mrs. Virginia Connie Pipes age 83 of Mining Ridge Church Road passed away Friday December 22, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Pipes was born October 10, 1923 in Wilkes County to Charlie and Mary Belle Cheatwood Casey Mrs. Pipes was a homemaker and a member of Union Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...

Teresa Kaye Andrews

Teresa Kaye Andrews

Dec 20, 2006

State Road Mrs. Teresa Kaye Andrews, age 57, of Hwy. 21, passed away, Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Andrews was born January 31, 1949 in Surry County to Ed & Bernice Brown Sparks. Mrs. Andrews was a homemaker and attended State Road Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors include: her husband, Donald Andrews of the home; two daughters,...

Jean Margaret O'Neal

Jean Margaret O'Neal

Dec 14, 2006

Jonesville Mrs. Jean Margaret Tibbs O'Neal, age 79, of Oakland Blvd. passed away Thursday, December 14, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. O'Neal was born July 13, 1927 in Havre de Grace, MD to John F. & Elsie Mae Johnson Tibbs. Mrs. O'Neal was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. In addition to her parents, she was...

Imogene Nelson

Imogene Nelson

Dec 14, 2006

Traphill Mr. Johnsie Freeman Nelson, age 84 & his wife Mrs. Imogene Wilmoth Nelson, age 77, both of Traphill Union Road, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2006 at Carolina Medical Center. Mr. Nelson was born April 7, 1922 in Wilkes County to Mr. James & Susan Wagoner Nelson; Mrs. Nelson was born September 7, 1929 in Wilkes County to Q.H....

Johnsie Nelson

Johnsie Nelson

Dec 14, 2006

Traphill Mr. Johnsie Freeman Nelson, age 84 & his wife Mrs. Imogene Wilmoth Nelson, age 77, both of Traphill Union Road, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2006 at Carolina Medical Center. Mr. Nelson was born April 7, 1922 in Wilkes County to Mr. James & Susan Wagoner Nelson; Mrs. Nelson was born September 7, 1929 in Wilkes County to Q.H....

Hazel Crump Ladd

Hazel Crump Ladd

Dec 12, 2006

Elkin Mrs. Hazel Mary Crump Ladd, age 82, of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at Heritage Care. Mrs. Ladd was born February 11, 1924 in Chattanooga, TN to Lewis Henry & Della Elizabeth Morrison Crump. Mrs. Ladd was a homemaker and was a member of Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Donny F. Masterson

Donny F. Masterson

Dec 11, 2006

Donny F. Masterson 64 died December 11, 2006 at St. Maries, Idaho He was born une 28, 1942 to Lee and Verna McNinch Masterson at Prineville, Oregon. He grew up in Polson, MT. He moved to Idaho with his family in 1959. He graduated from Lakeland High School at Rathdrum, ID with the class of 1962. He enlisted in the...