Obituaries

Della Swaim Osborne

Della Swaim Osborne

Dec 8, 2005

Jonesville Mrs. Della Swaim Osborne, age 92, of Swan Creek Road, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2005 at Yadkin Nursing Care Center. Mrs. Osborne was born May 27, 1913 in Yadkin County to Rufus "Robert" & Mamie Stroud Swaim. Mrs. Osborne was retired after 47 years of service from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of Swan Creek Baptist Church....

Arthur Buxton Hutchins

Arthur Buxton Hutchins

Dec 8, 2005

State Road Mr. Arthur Buxton Hutchins, age 86, of Mtn. Park Road, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Hutchins was born March 14, 1919 in Surry County to Calvin Byrd & Ella Mitchell Hutchins. Mr. Hutchins was retired from the Department of Agriculture Weights and Measures division and was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church....

Ancle Monroe Couch

Ancle Monroe Couch

Dec 3, 2005

Elkin Mr. Ancle Monroe Couch, age 81, of Ancle Couch Drive passed away Saturday December 3, 2005 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Couch was born February 22, 1924 in Wilkes County to Milas Monroe and Jossie Day Couch. Mr. Couch retired from NC Department of Transportation and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where he had 30...

Gilbert Wood

Gilbert Wood

Dec 1, 2005

Roaring River Mr. Gilbert Wood, age 69, of White Plains Road, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2005 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Wood was born, January 22, 1936 in Wilkes County to William Marshall "Jack" & Ozie Sparks Wood. Mr. Wood was retired from Duke Power and was affiliated with Rachel Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was...

William Ernest Franklin

William Ernest Franklin

Nov 27, 2005

Roaring River Mr. William Ernest Franklin, age 70, of Byrd Road, passed away peacefully at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Franklin was born in Swaim County, Proctor, NC to Ernest and Hattie Wilson Franklin. He was a graduate of Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC with a Masters Degree of Arts in Education. While working on his Masters Degree...

Gertie Mae Hemric

Gertie Mae Hemric

Nov 26, 2005

Mrs. Gertie Mae Hemric , age 89 of Macedonia Church Road passed away Saturday November 26, 2005 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Hemric was born in Wilkes County May 20, 1916 to Solomon and Matilda Harris Sparks. She was retired from Lucia, and was a member of Little Elkin Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hemric was preceded...

Virginia Brooks Wilson

Virginia Brooks Wilson

Nov 25, 2005

Mrs. Virginia Brooks Wilson, age 74, passed away Friday November 25, 2005 at Hoots Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wilson was born December 4, 1930 in Allegheny County to Walter Samuel and Carrie Spicer Brooks. She was of the Baptist faith and attended Bethel Baptist Church in Yadkinville. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Burnette...

Agnes Belle Gray

Agnes Belle Gray

Nov 20, 2005

Elkin Miss Agnes Belle Gray, age 92, of Elkin died Saturday evening November 19, 2005 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in Elkin. Miss Gray was born in Wilkes County on January 1, 1913 the daughter of Condon Sheridan C.S. Gray and Annie Poindexter Gray. She was a graduate of Elkin High School and Greensboro Business College. For a number of...

James Ellis Harp

James Ellis Harp

Nov 20, 2005

Elkin Mr. James Ellis Harp, age 100, of Masonic Drive passed away Sunday November 20, 2005 at Elkin Healthcare Center. Mr. Harp was born November 15, 1905 in Surry County to James William and Alice Bell Harp. Mr. Harp was a retired WWII veteran of the United States Army and the United States Marine Corp. During his service he served...

Etta Bell Key

Etta Bell Key

Nov 9, 2005

Jonesville Mrs. Etta Bell Key, age 70, of Hwy. 67, of Jonesville, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2005. Mrs. Key was born September 28, 1935 to Jessie & Nancy Emma Noah Pack. Mrs. Key was retired from Tyson and was of the Baptist Faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Troy Key and...

Frances Alley Thompson

Frances Alley Thompson

Nov 3, 2005

State Road Mrs. Frances Alley Thompson, age 90, of Blue Ridge Road, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2005 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Thompson was born March 18, 1915 in Louisa, Kentucky to Luke S. & Angelina Smith Alley. Mrs. Thompson was a homemaker and a member of Roaring Gap Baptist Church. In addition to her parents,...

Hilary Martin Byrd

Hilary Martin Byrd

Nov 2, 2005

Elkin Mr. Hilary Martin Byrd, age 61, of Byrd Curve Road, passed away Wednesday, November 02, 2005 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Byrd was born January 15, 1944 in Surry County to Otis Fletcher & Iris Sexton Byrd. Mr. Byrd was a member of Benham Baptist Church, Benham Ruritan Club and R.E.A.C.T. Club. In addition to his father, he...

Dorothy Moody Stonestreet

Dorothy Moody Stonestreet

Nov 1, 2005

State Road Mrs. Dorothy Moody Stonestreet, age 86, of Old Hwy. 21, passed away, Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Stonestreet was born April 23, 1919 in Wilkes County to J.C. & Verma Welborn Moody. Mrs. Stonestreet was a homemaker and a member of Mountain Park Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Estelle Ila Brown

Estelle Ila Brown

Oct 29, 2005

Elkin Mrs. Estelle Ila Brown, age 88 of Johnson Ridge Road pass away Saturday October 29, 2005 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Brown was born April 11, 1917 in Wilkes County to Ambrose J. and Eva Cockerham Barker. Mrs. Brown retired from St. Josephs Hospital and attended Austin Baptist Church. In addition to her parents Mrs. Brown was...

Mary Virginia White

Mary Virginia White

Oct 29, 2005

Mrs. Mary Virginia White, 79, of State Road, passed away Saturday October 29, 2005 at her residence. Mrs White was born September 11, 1926 in Yadkin County to Mallory Odell and Oma Hazel Winters. Mrs. White retired from the Surry County Extension Service, and was previously employed at Pleasant Ridge Child Development Center, Salem Company, and Atwoods in Sparta. She...

Lois Dlanda Carter

Lois Dlanda Carter

Oct 28, 2005

Ronda Mrs. Lois Dlanda Carter, age 77 of Rocky Ridge Drive, passed away Friday, October 28, 2005 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Carter was born February 13, 1928 in Wilkes County to Ralph David & Noma Dowell Collins. Mrs. Carter was a homemaker and was a member of Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Richard Adam Kraft

Richard Adam Kraft

Oct 28, 2005

Mr. Richard A. Kraft, age 64, better known as Bud, passed away Friday, October 28, 2005 at his home in Possum Trot Valley, Thurmond, NC. Richard was born January 27, 1941 in Detroit, Mi. He is survived by his father, Adam Kraft of Pinckney MI, two sons, Brian and John Kraft of Detroit, Mi; one brother, Ronald Kraft of Detroit,...

Nell Carter

Nell Carter

Oct 27, 2005

High Point Mrs. Nell Carter, age 92, of Midview Drive, passed away, Thursday, October 27, 2005 at Westwood Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Carter was born February 22, 1913 in Wilkes County to Willard Harvey & Annie Higgins Wilson. Mrs. Carter was a homemaker. She was a graduate of Reynolds High School and was a member of Elkin First Baptist...

Margaret E. Porter

Margaret E. Porter

Oct 25, 2005

Elkin Mrs. Margaret E. Day Porter, age 82, of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Porter was born October 27, 1922 in Surry County to Herman & Rema Swaim Day. Mrs. Porter was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of East Elkin Baptist Church. In addition to her parents,...

James Haynes

James Haynes

Oct 24, 2005

Jonesville Mr. James L. "Tom" Haynes, age 76, of Messick Road, passed away Monday, October 24, 2005 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Haynes was born April 26, 1929 in Yadkin County to James T. & Alma Bray Haynes. Mr. Haynes was a retired chef and was a member of First Baptist Church of Jonesville where he was a past...