Obituaries
Bryant Prentice Woods
Jan 3, 2011
Mr. Bryant Prentice Woods, age 64 of N. Wilkesboro, passed away Monday, January 3, 2011 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. He was born April 8, 1946 in Jasper County, TX to Hampton Oliphant and Maxine Armistead Woods. Mr. Woods was retired from the National Park Service as a supervisory park ranger. A Memorial service will be held at a later...
David L. Reeves Jr.
Jan 2, 2011
David LeRoy Reeves Jr. 49 resident of Emida, ID died Jan. 2, 2011 at St. Maries following a massive heart attack at his home. He was born October 15, 1961 to David L. and Ruth Ann Harmer Reeves Sr. at Smithville, MO. His father died before he was born and his mother married David Fuller who raised him. He spent...
Ella Mae Beshears
Dec 31, 2010
Mrs. Ella Mae Austin Beshears, age 100, passed away Friday, December 31, 2010 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born December 20, 1910 in Watauga County to Samuel Monroe and Minnie Payne Austin. Mrs. Beshears was a retired teacher of 34 years. She graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College and received a master's degree from George Peabody College which is...
Rose Emma Kennedy
Dec 27, 2010
Mrs. Rose Emma Kennedy, age 64 of Roaring River passed away Monday, December 27, 2010 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Kennedy was born February 26, 1946 in Yadkin County to Hardin and Fronie Hudson Cockerham. Mrs. Kennedy was of the Baptist Faith and a homemaker. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by brothers: Deck Cockerham, Joe...
Hope Hayes
Dec 27, 2010
Mr. Hope Hayes went to be with his Savior Jesus Christ Monday, December 27, 2010 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in Elkin, NC. He was born July 11, 1923 in Surry County to James A. and Minnie Durham Hayes. As a World War II veteran, Pearl Harbor left many painful memories. He was a very proud American. Mr. Hayes retired...
Elsie Wall Boyd
Dec 26, 2010
Mrs. Elsie Verona Wall Boyd, age 91, died peacefully on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home of Winston-Salem. She was born in June of 1919 in Surry County to W.H.H. "Dickey" and Lucindy Draughn Wall and lived most of her life in Elkin, NC. Mrs. Boyd retired as a cashier manager from Food Lion after more...
Iris Victoria Mullen
Dec 23, 2010
Iris Victoria Mullen was born April 10, 1936 on the Coeur D'Alene reservation. She was the youngest daughter to Anne Bohn, who was descended from the Spokane and Kalispell tribes. Anne had 9 children. Eleanor Peone, Marceline Leo, Edith Mahoney, Herman Zachary, Andrew Zachary, Myrtte' Patricia' Quigley, Virginia DeLorme, Iris Mullen, and Leonard Davison. Times were hard and the youngest...
William Junior Collins
Dec 21, 2010
Mr. William Junior Collins, age 79 of Elkin, passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2010. He was born April 6, 1931 in Yadkin County to Eford and Nannie Burchette Collins. Mr. Collins was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and a member of Benham Baptist Church. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister. Survivors include his wife...
Mary Jean Price
Dec 20, 2010
Mary Jean Price 86 was born November 11, 1924 to Leslie H. and Mary Sloan Lee at Kellogg, Idaho. She died December 20, 2010 at St. Maries, ID. She attended schools in Lewiston and graduated from Lewiston High School in 1942. She also attended Lewiston Sate Normal School for two years where she majored in Education. Her brother Bill, was...
Paul Columbus Southard
Dec 20, 2010
Mr. Paul Columbus Southard, age 79 of Elkin, passed away Monday, December 20, 2010. He was born July 1, 1931 in Surry County to Martin and Fannie Carpenter Southard. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a daughter Brenda Louise Whitaker. Survivors include his wife Ruth C. Southard; daughter Marie S. Lipton and husband Marcus of...
Kathleen "Tot" Peoples Barker
Dec 17, 2010
Jonesville, Mrs. Kathleen Peoples Barker, age 81 of Jonesville, passed away Friday, December 17, 2010. She was born February 28, 1929 in Forsyth County to Esker Wood and Lena White Peoples. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harold T. Barker, son Drake Anthony Barker, sisters Brenda Peoples Bell, Doris Peoples Nelson, and Arlene...
Rose Ella Smith
Dec 15, 2010
Mrs. Rose Ella Sidden Smith, age 95, passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Smith was born March 24, 1915 in Wilkes County to Charlie and Eliza Spicer Sidden. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Thomas Paul Smith and daughter Vena Smith Bowyer. Mrs. Smith was...
Winfield Levi Tilley
Dec 11, 2010
Mr. Winfield Levi Tilley, age 87, of Austin Traphill Road passed away Saturday, December 11, 2010 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Tilley was born January 14, 1923 in Wilkes County to James Luther and Minerva McCann Tilley. Mr. Tilley was a retired farmer and a member of Maple Springs Baptist Church. Mr. Tilley was a World War II veteran, having...
Wilfred John Ducommun
Dec 10, 2010
Wilfred John Ducommun, 89, went to be with the Lord on December 10, 2010 in St. Maries, ID. He was born November 17, 1921 to John and Jeanne Jacot Ducommun at the family home, at Omega. He grew up in St. Maries and attended the Omega School District No. 5, a one room school through the 8th grade. While growing...
Vera Spires Gibson
Dec 9, 2010
Mrs. Vera Spires Gibson, age 87 passed away Thursday, December 9, 2010 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Gibson was born December 8, 1923 in Columbia, SC to the late Lucius T and Ada Christmus Spires. She was a resident of Walterboro, SC for 40 years where she and her husband Roy Gibson, Jr. operated the Burger Chick restaurant and...
Donna Gene Fitzgerald
Dec 8, 2010
Donna Gene Griner Fitzgerald 83, long time Cataldo resident passed away Dec. 8 at her daughter's home in Worley. She was born October 25, 1927 to Philip and Ada Collins Griner at Harpster, Idaho. She spent her early childhood at Kooskia and later moved to the Wallace area where she attended High School. She married Robert W. Fitzgerald on May...
Ruby White Snow
Dec 6, 2010
Mrs. Ruby Helen Snow, age 96, passed away Monday, December 6, 2010 at Yadkin Nursing Center. The first of four children, she was born in Surry County to the late James H. and Ella McCann White. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband George R. Snow in 1982. Surviving are two sons she made...
Gardner Cromwell
Dec 5, 2010
Gardner Cromwell was born September 17, 1921, to C. G. and Eva Cromwell in St. Maries, Idaho. He was the eldest of three boys that would eventually include his brothers Charles and Holliday. When Gardner was 6 his family moved to Helena, Montana. It was there that Gardner was schooled and grew to adulthood. Following graduation from high school, Gardner...
Wendel Curtis Sadberry
Dec 5, 2010
Mr. Wendel Curtis Sadberry, age 47, of Elkin, passed away Sunday, December 5, 2010 at the Davant Extended Care Center in Blowing Rock. He was stricken by an aortic aneurysm in early March and remained hospitalized until his death. In Christ alone was he given the strong faith and strength to fight so valiantly for the past months. Early Sunday...
Patrick J. Rooney
Dec 3, 2010
Patrick J. Rooney 82 former St. Maries resident, died Dec. 3, 2010 at New Berlin, WI. He was born Feb. 2, 1928 to Peter and Marcella Thorn Rooney at Grandville, WI. He graduated from St. Catheran's grade school in 1941 and from Custer High School in 1945. He attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering . He served in the U.S....
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