Obituaries

Ann Maguire Hoffman

Ann Maguire Hoffman

Nov 30, 2006

Mrs. Ann Maguire Jones Hoffman, of Forest Hill Road, age 81, passed away Thursday, November 30, 2006 at her home. A native of Elkin, NC Ann was born August 11, 1925 to the late Samuel Oscar and Rebecca Bray Maguire. She attended Elkin City Schools and Appalachian State College. She was married to Walter E. Jones, Jr. and lived in...

Bobbie Lee Carter

Bobbie Lee Carter

Nov 28, 2006

Elkin Mr. Bobbie Lee Carter, age 73, of W. Walker Road, passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Carter was born March 10, 1933 in Surry County to Watson & Stella Carter. Mr. Carter was a member of Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church and was retired from Lucia. He was a veteran of the United States Army...

Warren Grant Cothren

Warren Grant Cothren

Nov 24, 2006

Mr. Warren Grant Cothren, age 74 of Roaring Gap Church Road, passed away Friday November 24, 2006 at Elkin Health Care. Mr. Cothren was born in Wilkes County on April 2, 1932 to Rev. Grant and Mae Warren Cothren. Mr. Cothren was a veteran of the United States Army where he served during the Korea conflict, and was retired from...

James Brandon Hamby

James Brandon Hamby

Nov 22, 2006

State Road Mr. James Brandon Hamby, age 17, of Butchers Lane, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2006. Brandon was born November 11, 1989 in Surry County to Jimmy & Barbara Cranford Hamby. Mr. Hamby attended Central Full Gospel Church and was preceded in death by his grandfather, J.T. Cranford. Survivors include: his father, Jimmy Hamby of Jonesville; his mother, Barbara...

Richard Glenn Money

Richard Glenn Money

Nov 15, 2006

Elkin Mr. Richard Glenn Money, age 79, of Pleasant Hill Drive, went to be with the Lord on November 15, 2006. Mr. Money was born July 22, 1927 in Wilkes County to Casey and Vesta Love Money. Mr. Money was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of Billings Hill Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was...

Hammett Nolden Riner

Hammett Nolden Riner

Nov 12, 2006

Elkin Rev. Hammett Nolden Riner, Jr. age 83 of Johnson Ridge Road passed away Sunday November 12, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. On October 5, 1923 God presented to Hammett Nolden and Della Thomas Riner, Sr. a son Hammett "Ham", born a twin in Richmond Virgina. Hammett was a member of Elkin Valley Baptist Church in Elkin and retired...

Alvin Brinson Welborn

Alvin Brinson Welborn

Nov 11, 2006

Ronda Mr. Alvin Brinson Welborn, age 39, of Clingman Road passed away Saturday November 11, 2006 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Welborn was born June 2, 1967 in Wilkes County to Lee and Mary Martin Welborn. Mr. Welborn was employed by Tyson, and he attended Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church of Jonesville. In addition to his father, Mr....

Ruth Howell Johnson

Ruth Howell Johnson

Nov 2, 2006

Mrs. Ruth Howell Johnson, age 83, of Trailer Drive, passed away, Thursday, November 02, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Johnson was born September 24, 1923 in Wilkes County to Ford & Matilda Boyd Howell. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker and was a lifelong member of Maple Springs United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

William Rex Pardue

William Rex Pardue

Nov 2, 2006

Elkin Mr. William Rex Pardue, age 83, of Austin Traphill Road, passed away, Thursday, November 02, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Pardue was born May 15, 1923 in Wilkes County to Heaton & Catherine Holcomb Pardue. Mr. Pardue was a member of Central Full Gospel Church and retired from Chatham Manufacturing after 46 years of service. In addition...

David Darnell

David Darnell

Nov 2, 2006

Elkin Mr. David Carlo Darnell, age 89, of Old Wagon Road, passed away Thursday, November 02, 2006 at Elkin Healthcare. Mr. Darnell was born September 27, 1917 in Wilkes County to Charlie Reece & Mary Couch Darnell. Mr. Darnell was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and was retired from Chatham Manufacturing after 47 years of service. He was...

Helen Klauder Mumford

Helen Klauder Mumford

Nov 1, 2006

Mrs. Helen Klauder Mumford, age 91, passed away, Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at Brookridge Baptist Retirement Community in Winston-Salem, NC where she had lived since 2002. She was born March 26, 1915 in Philadelphia, PA to Rudolph and Elizabeth Street Klauder. Following graduation, from Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, she worked as a secretary. Upon her marriage in 1941 she...

Thomas Lee Golden

Thomas Lee Golden

Oct 30, 2006

Kernersville Mr. Thomas Lee Golden, age 89, of Hopkins Road, Kernersville, formerly of Elkin, passed away Monday, October 30, 2006 at Forsyth Memorial. Mr. Golden was born November 27, 1916 in Surry County to Thomas Henderson & Anice V. Johnson Golden. Mr. Golden was a veteran of the United States Army and was retired from Chatham Manufacturing. He was a...

Bobby Randleman

Bobby Randleman

Oct 27, 2006

Jonesville Mr. Bobby Lee Randleman, age 70, of Jonesville Blvd. went home to be with the Lord Friday, October 27, 2006 at Hoots Memorial Hospital. Mr. Randleman was born August 9, 1936 in Yadkin County to John Ervin & Myrtle Brooks Randleman. Mr. Randleman was a member of Fall Creek Baptist Church and was retired from Chatham Manufacturing. In addition...

Dallas Southard

Dallas Southard

Oct 26, 2006

State Road Mr. Dallas Southard, age 59, of Marshall Ridge Road, passed away Monday, October 23, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Southard was born December 24, 1946 in Surry County to Coolidge & Maxine Marshall Southard. Mr. Southard owned Dallas Southard Enterprises and was a veteran of the United States Army. In addition to his father, he was preceded in...

John Scott Hall

John Scott Hall

Oct 24, 2006

Mr. John Scott Hall, age 36, of Bon Air Road, passed away, Monday, October 23, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Hall was born April 29, 1970 in Surry County to William Randolph & O'Rita Davis Hall. Mr. Hall was employed by VocMed, Inc. Survivors include: His father and mother, William Randolph & Rita Hall of the home; a brother, Brad...

Mary Lucille Hooper

Mary Lucille Hooper

Oct 21, 2006

Lucille "Nannie" M. Hooper passed away Saturday October 21, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Lucille was the second of three children born to Ed and Ila Dinkins Murphy on January 11, 1921 in Surry County. She married Rev. Cecil Hooper on August 14, 1938. To this marriage, a son was born, William Kent Hooper. She spent many years working...

Mae Gambill Byrd

Mae Gambill Byrd

Oct 19, 2006

Ronda Mrs. Mae Gambill Byrd, age 83, of Little Elkin Church Road, passed away Thursday, October 19, 2006 at Wilkes Senior Village. Mrs. Byrd was born March 14, 1923 in Wilkes County to George Dewey & Walsie Waddell Gambill. Mrs. Byrd was a homemaker and was a member of Little Elkin Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was...

Ettia Pardue Norman

Ettia Pardue Norman

Oct 18, 2006

Elkin Mrs. Ettia Pauline Norman, age 85, of Mountain Park Road, passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at Elkin Healthcare Center. Mrs. Norman was born June 16, 1921 in Surry County to Johnny & Azzie Eldridge Cockerham. Mrs. Norman was a homemaker and was a member of Union Hill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Fitzhugh Jackson Hash

Fitzhugh Jackson Hash

Oct 18, 2006

State Road Mr. Fitzhugh Jackson "Red" Hash, age 84, of Grassy Creek Drive, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Hash was born April 22, 1922 in Ashe County to Walter Allen & Cordelia Esther Pugh Hash. Mr. Hash was a veteran of the United States Army and served during World War II where he was...

Shelia Winters Smith

Shelia Winters Smith

Oct 17, 2006

Elkin After fighting the good fight and keeping the faith, Shelia Winters Smith, went home to meet her precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mrs. Smith was born September 20, 1953 in Yadkin County to Dorothy Reavis. Shelia was a devoted member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where she worked with the Children's Choir and loved her church family. Shelia...