Obituaries
Mary Emma Adams
Jun 25, 2011
Mrs. Mary Emma Adams, age 92, passed away Saturday, June 25, 2011 at Central Continuing Care in Mount Airy. Mrs. Adams was born September 18, 1918 in Wilkes County. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bud and Sally Tucker Norman; husband, Gratis Ward Adams; son, Jimmy Dale Adams; daughter, Ruth A. Sloop; sister, Winifred Ross, and grandchildren, Rita...
Estaline Cockerham Draughn
Jun 22, 2011
Mrs. Estaline Cockerham Draughn, age 85, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at Wilkes Senior Village. Mrs. Draughn was born February 10, 1926 in Wilkes County to Lester and Marie Tilley Cockerham. Mrs. Draughn was a homemaker and a member of Shoaly Branch Baptist Church and attended Pleasant Home Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and neighbor....
Brenda Patricia Ann Jeanblanc
Jun 16, 2011
Brenda Patricia Ann JeanBlanc 71 resident of Harrison, ID died June 16, 2011 at St. Maries following an apparent heart attack. She was born Feb. 22, 1940 to Matthew and Marie Sieverson Mehtala at Oulu, Wisconsin. She grew up in Kamiah, ID. She married Ferdinand JeanBlanc on August 28, 1954 at Orofino, ID. They made their home at Kamiah. They...
William B. Cook
Jun 16, 2011
William "Bill" Cook 76 long time St. Maries area resident died June 16, 2011 in St. Maries, ID following an extended illness. He was born October 16, 1934 to William and Irma Hassel Cook in Philadelphia, Penn. As a teenager, he moved to Sierra Madre, CA where his Uncle Ed Cook was living. Following his graduation from High School in...
Kenneth Terry Flinchum
Jun 15, 2011
Mr. Kenneth Terry Flinchum, age 58 of Elkin, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Mr. Flinchum was born October 19, 1952 in Surry County to Raleigh William and Betty Jean Stanley Flinchum, Jr. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church and was retired from Surry Telephone Membership Corporation after 34 ½ years of service. Mr. Flinchum was preceded in...
Alger Clindon Bowers
Jun 13, 2011
Mr. Alger Clindon Bowers, age 83 of State Road, passed away Monday, June 13, 2011. Mr. Bowers was born May 24, 1928 in Wilkes County to John and Dorothy Bowers. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, and he enjoyed fishing and antiquing. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Hazel Walsh and...
Pauline Lyons Pike
Jun 12, 2011
Mrs. Pauline Lyons-Pike, age 89 of Jonesville, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2011. Pauline was born December 9, 1921 in Wilkes County to William Earl and Hessie Gentry Gant. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by husbands, Robert H. Lyons and James W. Pike; brother, Fred Gant; and stepson Glen Pike. Survivors include: her son, Charles...
Warren Bell
Jun 11, 2011
G. Warren Bell 77 longtime St. Maries area resident, died June 11, 2011 at Coeur d' Alene , ID following a brief illness. He was born August 7, 1933 to George and Beatrice Smith Bell at Cle Elum, WA. He grew up in Fernwood, ID. Warren left s chool at an early age to work in the woods. He enlisted...
Betty Colleen Lambert
Jun 8, 2011
Betty Colleen Lambert, age 62 of Jonesville, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Betty was born September 20, 1948 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island to Vincenzo and Helen Maher Vespia. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers, Jimmy Vespia, Vincent Vespia, and Michael Vespia. Survivors include...
Frank W. Stratton
Jun 6, 2011
Frank W. Stratton 88 resident of Santa, ID died June 6, 2011 at his home from an apparent heart attack. He was born May 26, 1923 to Frank and Thelma Brockway Stratton at St. Maries, ID He grew up in St. Maries. As a young man, he worked in the woods. He served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to...
Grace Hurt Davis
Jun 6, 2011
Mrs. Grace Hurt Davis, age 91 of Elkin, passed away Monday, June 6, 2011 at the Villages of Wilkes. Mrs. Davis was born May 31, 1920 in Surry County to William Virgil and Emma Edwards Hurt. After graduating from Elkin High School in 1936 she worked at J.C. Penney and later as a dental assistant. She married Harold Clifton Davis...
Charles Evan Mccurdy
Jun 6, 2011
Charles "Chuck " McCurdy 90 died June 6, 2011 at his home on Sanders road after battling colon and liver cancer. He was born on November 13, 1920 in St. Joseph, MO. The only child of Salome Manila Moore and Evan William McCurdy. He was graduated from Benton High School in St. Joseph, Mo in 1937. He later received his...
Marie Jolly Johnson
Jun 4, 2011
Elkin Mrs. Marie Jolly Johnson, age 80, of Collins Road, passed away Saturday June 4, 2011 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Johnson was born July 21, 1930 in Wilkes County to Paul and Beulah Morrison Jolly. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Ray William Johnson. Survivors include a son, William Randle "Randy" Johnson,...
Dessiree Ruby Carter Darnell
Jun 4, 2011
Mrs. Dessiree Rubie Carter Darnell, age 91, formerly of 120 East Robin Road, passed away June 4, 2011 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Darnell was born June 3, 1920 in Wilkes County to Willie Harrison and Laura Pettyjohn Carter. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who placed great value on God, family and home. Mrs. Darnell...
Pauline Vestal Ham
Jun 2, 2011
Elkin Mrs. Pauline Vestal Ham, age 85, passed away Thursday June 2, 2011 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Ham was born October 31, 1925 in Yadkin County to Buford Andrew and Tine Shore Vestal. Mrs. Ham retired from Chatham Manufacturing and attended Maple Springs United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Kathleen Cook Martin
Jun 1, 2011
Mrs. Kathleen Cook Martin, age 67 of Thurmond, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Mrs. Martin was born December 13, 1943 in Dauphin County, PA to Chester Davis and Frances Miller Cook. She and her husband Jerry were truck drivers together and attended Pleasant View Baptist Church. Mrs. Martin was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her husband...
Linnie Linville Roberts
May 31, 2011
Hamptonville, Mr. Linnie Linville Roberts, age 67 of Hamptonville, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Mr. Roberts was born August 4, 1943 in Iredell County to Arthur Linville and Ruby Corine Gregory Roberts. He was the owner of Rid-A-Bug exterminating and was a member of Union Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his son,...
Mary K. Adair
May 28, 2011
Mrs. Mary K. Adair, age 61 of Elkin passed away Saturday, May 28, 2011. Mrs. Adair was born October 15, 1949 in Patterson, New Jersey to Joseph and Dorothy Lennon Kerr. Survivors include her husband Peter J. Adair of the home; daughter, Bevin V. Adair of Elkin; sons, John B. Adair and his wife Mariko of Japan and Cavan P....
Mary K. Adair
May 28, 2011
Mrs. Mary K. Adair, age 61 of Elkin passed away Saturday, May 28, 2011. Mrs. Adair was born October 15, 1949 in Patterson, NJ to Joseph and Dorothy Lennon Kerr. Survivors include her husband Peter J. Adair of the home; daughter, Bevin V. Adair of Elkin; sons, John B. Adair and his wife Mariko of Japan and Cavan P. Adair...
Gladys L. Rasor
May 27, 2011
Gladys Lucille Holmes Rasor Gladys was born March 29, 1918, in Isabel, South Dakota, to Maude and Bill Holmes. She moved to Chillicothe, Missouri, with her parents when she was 16 years old. Then in 1939 she moved to Medimont, Idaho, with her parents. She married Neil Rasor July 29, 1939. During World War II they had their first son,...
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