Obituaries

Daniel Bartley Creed

Daniel Bartley Creed

Apr 13, 2006

Elkin Mr. Daniel Bartley Creed, age 88, of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2006 at Elkin Healthcare Center. Mr. Creed was born February 13, 1918 in Wilkes County to Daniel Morgan & Carrie Couch Creed. Mr. Creed was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and was retired owner/operator of Green Leaf Nursery. In addition to his...

Nancy Ann Wagoner

Nancy Ann Wagoner

Apr 10, 2006

Traphill Mrs. Nancy Ann Absher Wagoner, age 97, of North Lomax Road, passed away Saturday April 8, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wagoner was born in Wilkes County May 17, 1908 to Daniel Alex and Sarah Melinda Jolly Absher. Mrs. Wagoner was a homemaker and was a member of Oak Level Baptist Church. In addition to her parents...

James Franklin Cantrell

James Franklin Cantrell

Apr 1, 2006

Mr. James Franklin Cantrell age 58, of Ronda passed away Saturday April 1, 2006 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Cantrell was born April 5, 1947 in Dudley Missouri to Louie A. and Patricia Bowers Cantrell. Mr. Cantrell served in the US Army during the Vietnam War, Mr. Cantrell was employed by Dewitt Construction Company, and a member...

Ray Smith Church

Ray Smith Church

Mar 27, 2006

Elkin Mr. Ray Smith Church, age 90, of West Main Street, passed away Monday, March 27, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mr. Church was born October 25, 1915 in Wilkes County to Rom & Ellen Watts Church. Mr. Church was a member of Elkin First Baptist Church and a past Deacon at West Elkin Baptist Church. Ray was past...

Clara Booker

Clara Booker

Mar 26, 2006

Elkin Mrs. Clara Easter Booker, age 77, of Elkin, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Booker was born August 10, 1928 in Cana, VA to Jasper & Ola Bryant Easter. Mrs. Booker was a homemaker and was a member of Elkin Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

Wilda Mae Long

Wilda Mae Long

Mar 23, 2006

State Road Ms. Wilda Mae Jackson Long, age 65, of Logan Road, State Road, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at Forsyth Medical Center. Ms. Long was born January 13, 1941 in Surry County to Joseph L. & Nevada Howard Jackson. Wilda was a member of Grassy Creek United Methodist Church where she was a former secretary and treasurer. Ms....

Kathryn Louise Erlandson

Kathryn Louise Erlandson

Mar 20, 2006

Charlotte Kathryn Louise Stuckey Erlandson departed this life on March 20, 2006. She was born on May 25, 1922 in Marion Ohio to Ella and Ernst Stuckey. After graduating summa cum laude from Ohio University, she married Ray S. Erlandson, Jr. In addition to raising three children, she taught piano before beginning her career as a special education teacher for...

Nancy Elizabeth Barker

Nancy Elizabeth Barker

Mar 16, 2006

Roaring River Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Woodward Barker, age 61, of Austin Little Mountain Road, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2006 at Grace Hospital. Mrs. Barker was born August 29, 1944 in Iredell County to J.V. & Martha Beckham Woodward. Mrs. Barker was a homemaker and was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and attended Benham Baptist Church. She was preceded...

Imogene Nixon Carter

Imogene Nixon Carter

Mar 15, 2006

Elkin Mrs. Imogene Nixon Stone Carter, age 91, of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Carter was born October 9, 1914 in Surry County to James Patterson & Charlotte Snow Nixon. Mrs. Carter was retired from Washington Mills and was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. In addition to her...

Florence Hayes Riner

Florence Hayes Riner

Mar 13, 2006

"Celebration of Life" Mrs. Florence Hayes Riner, age 80, of Elkin, NC passed away Monday, March 13, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. On October 6, 1925, God presented to John and Tressie Hayes a daughter, Florence, born in a log cabin at Benham, NC. Florence was a member of Elkin Valley Baptist Church of Elkin, NC and a retired...

Walter Dudley Bass

Walter Dudley Bass

Mar 11, 2006

Elkin Walter Dudley Bass, age 74, of Haywood Lane, passed away Saturday March 11, 2006 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Bass was born in Slocomb, Alabama July 19, 1931 to Lyman and Annie Mae Simmons Bass. Mr. Bass retired from the United States Army and served during the Korean Conflict and the Viet Nam War. He was...

Cooper Jane Mcbride

Cooper Jane Mcbride

Mar 8, 2006

Winston-Salem Ms. Cooper Jane McBride, age 90, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at the Oaks Nursing Home where she had resided for the past several years. She was born in Elkin on May 13, 1915 to Thomas M. & Sally Victoria Newman McBride. Cooper was a member of the Elkin Presbyterian Church and was active in the Women's Evening...

William Parmalee Byrd

William Parmalee Byrd

Mar 8, 2006

Ronda Mr. William Parmalee Byrd, age 71, of Factory Street, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Byrd was born March 21, 1934 in Wilkes County to Tyra Vaughn & Dinah Chambers Byrd. Mr. Byrd retired from Chatham Manufacturing after 32 ½ years of service. He was a member of Ronda Baptist Tabernacle and he...

Ruby Welborn Boles

Ruby Welborn Boles

Mar 8, 2006

Elkin Mrs. Ruby Welborn Boles, age 84, of Lyle Street, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Boles was born March 2, 1922 in Surry County to Willie B. & Mary Welborn. Mrs. Boles was a member of Swan Creek Baptist Church and was retired from Chatham Manufacturing. In addition to her parents,...

Nellie Elois Wood

Nellie Elois Wood

Mar 8, 2006

Jonesville Mrs. Nellie Elois Wood, age 95, of N. Park Drive, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at Elkin HealthCare. Mrs. Wood was born February 20, 1911 in Surry County to H.M. "Dock" & Cornelia Brown Holbrook. Mrs. Wood was a member of First Baptist Church of Jonesville and was retired from Chatham Manufacturing. In addition to her parents, she...

Neus Bray Miller

Neus Bray Miller

Mar 7, 2006

Dobson Nues Bray Miller, age 82, of River Road, passed away Tuesday March 7, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Miller was born in Surry County July 2, 1923 to Henry and Lela Whitaker Bray. Mrs. Miller retired from Tultex and was a member of Rocky Ford Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...

Paul Martin Sexton, Sr.

Paul Martin Sexton, Sr.

Mar 6, 2006

Elkin Mr. Paul Martin Sexton, Sr. age 91, of Austin Traphill Road, passed away Monday, March 06, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mr. Sexton was born September 24, 1914 in Wilkes County to William Martin & Elvira Sidden Sexton. Mr. Sexton was a member of Cool Springs Baptist Church and Benham Ruritan Club. He was a veteran of the...

Miranda Marie Richardson

Miranda Marie Richardson

Mar 3, 2006

Elkin Mrs. Miranda Marie Johnson Richardson, age 26 of Saddle Brook Dr. passed away Friday March 3, 2006. Mrs. Richardson was born December 28, 1979 in Wilkes County to Mark Allen Johnson and Debera Anderson. Mrs. Richardson was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, and was preceded in death by a son Logan Richardson. Survivors include : Her husband...

Vickie Luann Holleman

Vickie Luann Holleman

Feb 24, 2006

Ronda Vickie LuAnn Holleman, age 46, of Somers Road, passed away Friday February 24, 2006 at her residence. Ms. Holleman was born December 22, 1959 in Davidson County to Clyde P. and Virginia Money Holleman. Vickie graduated from East Wilkes High School in 1978, Wilkes Community College in 1980, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a degree...

Sylvia Wood

Sylvia Wood

Feb 22, 2006

Elkin Mrs. Sylvia Darnell Wood, age 87, of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wood was born October 14, 1918 in Wilkes County to Wiley Worrick & Alice Haynes Darnell. Mrs. Wood was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...