Obituaries

May 24, 2016

Mr. Jon Wayne Stryker, age 67, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Stryker was born in Schenectady County, New York to Barent and Constance Dearborn Stryker. Mr. Stryker was employed with Henry Key Grading and was an accomplished CDL driver and a master mechanic. In his younger years Mr. Stryker was an...

May 19, 2016

Mr. Harvey Monroe Bryant, age 85, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Bryant was born August 8, 1930 in Yadkin County to Andrew Harvey and Fannie Elizabeth Brown Bryant. Mr. Bryant was a member of Christ Lutheran Church of Jonesville. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...

May 10, 2016

Mr. George Lee McCoin, 81, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at his home in Elkin. He was born in Elkin in 1934 to Maierene McCoin Bates. Mr. McCoin was a life-long member of Friendship Baptist Church.  He was a wonderful husband, father, and Grandpa to his family. Mr. McCoin was an avid gardener and...

May 5, 2016

Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Southard, age 75, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Southard was born October 30, 1940 in Surry County to Willie and Daisy Brown Chipman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brothers, Curt Chipman and Otis Chipman; sister, Frankie Shaffner. Survivors include: her husband...

May 3, 2016

Mrs. Mary Jane Morrey, age 94, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Morrey was born December 14, 1921 in Chicago, IL to John and Irene Foster Carr. Mrs. Morrey enjoyed playing tennis, golf and bridge and was an avid Notre Dame, Chicago Bears and Chicago Black Hawks fan. In addition to...

Apr 27, 2016

Mr. Early Junior “E.J.” Grimsley, age 80, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Mr. Grimsley was born March 5, 1936 in Robeson County to Early, Sr. and Olie Ivey Grimsley. Mr. Grimsley was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during the Korean Conflict from 1954-1956, after which he attended Pfeiffer University where he met his wife, Carole, of...

Apr 27, 2016

Mrs. Inez Caudle Kidd, age 89, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital.  Mrs. Kidd was born January 7, 1927 in Wilkes County to Barney and Sarah Harris Caudle. Mrs. Kidd was a homemaker and a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother.  She was a devoted Christian and a member of Friendship Baptist Church where...

Apr 27, 2016

Mrs. Barbara Ruth Melven, age 75, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Mrs. Melven was born May 12, 1940 in Hyannis, Massachusetts to Delmar and Ruth Long. Mrs. Melven was a member of Maple Springs United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her son, Bryan Edward Dembowski and brother, Delmar Long. Survivors...

Apr 24, 2016

Mrs. Mildred Spencer Edmonds Lawrence, age 86, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Chatham Nursing & Rehab Center. Mrs. Lawrence was born March 9, 1930 in Surry County to Rufus Samuel and Ada Kidd Edmonds. Mrs. Lawrence was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church in Dobson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...

Apr 24, 2016

Mrs. Oma Kathryn Sloop, age 84, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Chatham Nursing & Rehab Center. Mrs. Sloop was born June 20, 1931 in Surry County to Charlie Wilson and Dorothy Jean Swaim Haynes. Mrs. Sloop was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Everett Alexander Sloop;...

Apr 23, 2016

Mr. William Sidney “Sid” Brendle, age 61, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016. He was born August 11, 1954 in Surry County to Sidney Floyd and Kathryn Cranford Brendle. Sid was an avid outdoorsman, animal lover, family man and was known for his artistic and culinary abilities. He was preceded in death by his father, Sidney Floyd Brendle. Survivors...

Apr 23, 2016

Miss Pamela Ann Simmons, age 63, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016. Pamela was born November 24, 1952 in Surry County to Harold and Peggy Wolfe Simmons. She was preceded in death by her father, Harold Simmons. Survivors include: her mother, Peggy Simmons of Jonesville; sisters, Sandra Banner and husband Alan of Statesville, Debbie Collins and husband Ronald of...

Apr 22, 2016

Mrs. Cathy Ellen Toop, age 64, passed away Friday, April 22, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born July 12, 1951 in New Jersey to Doris Jean Olsen Murphy and Dennis Murphy. The family will hold a private memorial service at a later date.

Apr 18, 2016

Mr. John Henry Steele, age 82, passed away Monday, April 18, 2016. Mr. Steele was born June 10, 1933 in Surry County to Henry J. and Emma Crouse Steele.

John was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in State Road. He loved his church and church family and...

Apr 17, 2016

John James Cahill , a resident of State Road, NC, age 73 died peacefully on April 17, 2016. He was born in Manhattan, NY on October 1st 1944, the son of John Joseph and Elizabeth Vaugh Cahill.  He graduated St Joseph’s High School in Barrytown NY, a novitiate for the Christian Brothers, and from Manhattan College as...

Apr 10, 2016

Mr. Sammy Edward Layell, age 60, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016. A memorial service will be held Friday, April 15, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Elkin Funeral Service Chapel with Pastor Tim McCann and Pastor Philip Moore officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The family requests memorials be...

Apr 5, 2016

Mr. Leo Joshua Darnell, age 92, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Darnell was born January 16, 1924 in Wilkes County to Clarence P. and Doris Ann Couch Darnell. Mr. Darnell was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during WWII and the Korean War. He was an avid woodworker and a retired...

Mar 29, 2016

Mr. Dennis Neil McDonald, age 59, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. McDonald was born July 22, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan to Everett and Geraldine Gant McDonald. All services for Mr. McDonald will be private.

Mar 25, 2016

Mr. Robert Eugene Linquist, Jr., age 72, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center.  Mr. Linquist was born October 20, 1943 in Tennessee to Robert Eugene and Aliece Roberts Linquist.  Survivors include: his sons, Robert Eugene Linquist II of Georgia and Walter Kenneth Linquist and his wife Holly of Jonesville; daughter, Alexis Ponce-de-Leon and her husband Matty...

Mar 21, 2016

Mr. Teddy Gene White, age 75, passed away Monday, March 21, 2016. Mr. White was born November 9, 1940 in Surry County to John Clarence and Selma Coe White. Mr. White retired from Carolina-Pacific and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Linda Wagoner...