Obituaries

Kate Wall Martin

Kate Wall Martin

Aug 27, 2010

Elkin, Mrs. Kate Marie Wall Martin, age 89, of Elkin passed away Friday, August 27, 2010 in Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Martin was born May 21, 1921 in Surry County to A.C. and Alice Ray Wall. She was a member of Bessie's Chapel Baptist Church and was retired from Sunbeam Corporation. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

Agnes Babe Taylor

Agnes Babe Taylor

Aug 25, 2010

Agnes M. "Babe" Taylor 96 long time St. Maries area resident, died Aug. 25, 2010 at St. Maries. She was born July 16, 1914 to Guy and Margaret Cairnes Baxter at Ward, WA. She grew up at Ward, WA and graduated from Colville WA High School with the class of 1934. She graduated from St. Joseph Hospital in 1938 with...

John F. Ragan

John F. Ragan

Aug 25, 2010

John Francis "Pa" Ragan died August 25, 2010 in Hayden, Idaho. " Pa" was born February 28, 1915 to Valentine and Magdalena Pieszala Ragan at So. Milwaukee, WI. He grew up and was educated in So. Milwaukee. When he was 17 years old, he went to work for Ladish Mfg. Co. in Milwaukee as a Drop Forge Operator. The company...

Timothy James Harris

Timothy James Harris

Aug 23, 2010

Mr. Timothy "Tim" James Harris, 53 of Elkin, passed away Monday, August 23, 2010 at his home. Mr. Harris was born June 15, 1957 in Surry County to James and Ruth Lynett Harris. Mr. Harris was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his wife, Pam Stewart Harris; his mother, Ruth Lynett; his mother-in-law, Jessie Stewart; a...

Rev. Cabell Charles Cox

Rev. Cabell Charles Cox

Aug 22, 2010

Elkin, Rev. Cabell Charles Cox, age 72, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 22, 2010 in Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Rev. Cox was born October 29, 1937 in Wilkes County to Rev. Guy R. Cox and Annie Bateman Cox. He attended Piedmont Bible College and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Rev....

Billy Allen Pritchard

Billy Allen Pritchard

Aug 21, 2010

Mr. Billy Allen Pritchard, 73 of Elkin, passed away Saturday, August 21, 2010. Mr. Pritchard was born September 3, 1936 in Avery County to Granville and Flossie Davis Pritchard. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. In addition to his parents, Mr. Pritchard was preceded in death by a daughter, Gina Pritchard; a grand daughter, Taylor...

Ruth E. Baum

Ruth E. Baum

Aug 19, 2010

Ruth E. Baum 76 a resident of Santa ID, died at the Benewah County Hospital August 19, 2010. She was born October 6, 1933 in Modesto, CA to Raleigh and Grace Miller. Ruth grew up in Redding CA and graduated from Redding High School, Class of 1951. She left Redding CA in 1952 and moved to Lake Elsinore CA where...

Glenn E. Hinton

Glenn E. Hinton

Aug 18, 2010

Glenn Ellis Hinton 81 a long time resident of St. Maries ID, died August 18, 2010 at his residence. He was born August 13, 1929 in Eureka, CA to George and Alvera Hinton. He grew up in Robbins, CA where he attended schools in the area. In 1941 he moved to Vallejo, CA where he lived . He enlisted in...

Bradley Scott Holcomb

Bradley Scott Holcomb

Aug 16, 2010

Mr. Bradley Scott Holcomb, 32 of Jonesville, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010. Mr. Holcomb was born February 4, 1978 in Surry County to Timothy Gray Holcomb and Pamela Orpurt Rumple. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Jonesville and was the owner of Holcomb Lawn Care Service. In addition to his father, Mr. Holcomb was preceded in...

Edward Mitchell Mason

Edward Mitchell Mason

Aug 13, 2010

Mr. Edward Mitchell Mason, 52 of Elkin, passed away unexpectedly Friday, August 13, 2010 at his home. Mr. Mason was born July 5, 1958 in Surry County. He was employed by East Coast Mill Works in Elkin. Mr. Mason was preceded in death by his wife Martha Mason and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Everette Mitchell Crouse. He is survived by...

Ruthann Kendall

Ruthann Kendall

Aug 12, 2010

RuthAnn "Ruthie" Kendall gently went to be with our father-the Lord on August 12, 2010 at Benewah County Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born April 12, 1946 in Temple City, California to George and Billie Edwards Kendall. Ruthie grew up in California until 1976 when she moved to Idaho with her family. In 1980 she moved...

Faye R. Hayes

Faye R. Hayes

Aug 7, 2010

State Road, Mrs. Faye R. Hayes, age 84 of State Road passed away Saturday, August 7, 2010 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Hayes was born June 26, 1926 in Boomer, NC to William L. and Lelia Ann Russell. She was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church and was a devoted participant of her Sunday...

Joyce Ann Dahlby

Joyce Ann Dahlby

Aug 6, 2010

Joyce Ann Dahlby 74 resident of St. Maries, ID died Aug. 6, 2010 at St. Maries, ID from a heart attack. She was born Nov. 11, 1935 to Carl and Opal Crowe Tindell at Evansville, Indiana. She grew up in Evansville, IN. She lived in Long Beach, CA for most of her adult life where she raised her family. While...

Dr. Vernon Williams Taylor, Jr.

Dr. Vernon Williams Taylor, Jr.

Aug 6, 2010

Dr. Vernon Williams "Doc" Taylor, Jr., age 95 of Elkin passed away Friday, August 6, 2010 in Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Dr. Taylor was born August 12, 1914 in Granville County to Vernon Williams and Bannah Wheeler Taylor, Sr. He was a graduate of Wake Forest College class of 1934 and Jefferson Medical School class of 1938 and...

Vicky F. Thorp

Vicky F. Thorp

Aug 1, 2010

Vicky F. Thorp 78 resident of Coeur d' Alene, ID died August 1, 2010 following a 7 month battle with lung, pancreas and liver cancer. She was born May 6, 1932 to Charles "Babe" and Frances Harper Burrell at Cape Girardeau, MO Her young life was spent living in Des Moines, IA, Benton, IL, Independence, Kansas City and St. Louis,...

Merle Hawkins Cheek

Merle Hawkins Cheek

Aug 1, 2010

Mrs. Merle Hawkins Cheek, age 87, of Elkin, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2010 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Cheek was born October 30, 1922 in Wilkes County to Luther & Emma Smoot Hawkins. She was a member of Roaring Gap Baptist Church and worked as a greeter at Walmart for several years. In addition to her parents, Mrs....

Jack D. Coy

Jack D. Coy

Jul 30, 2010

Jack D. Coy 73 resident of Fernwood, ID died July 30, 2010 at St. Maries, ID He was born February 1, 1937 to Herbert and Lola Wilson Coy at Sturgis, S.D. He grew up at Sturgis and left school early to enlist in the U.S. Navy. He served during the Korean War. He was discharged in 1953 and returned to...

Betty D. Stancil

Betty D. Stancil

Jul 28, 2010

Betty Delores Stancil, longtime resident of St. Maries, Idaho, died peacefully in sleep Wednesday 28 July 2010 at her "Florida" home in Orlando. She lived with her daughter and son-in-law Leota Lee and Ed Ward since January 2009 - last visiting St. Maries family and friends over the Memorial Day holiday in 2009. Betty Delores Phillips was born in Lyons,...

Winfred "Wint" Doughton Lawrence, Sr.

Winfred "Wint" Doughton Lawrence, Sr.

Jul 27, 2010

Elkin, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7 Mr. Winfred "Wint" Doughton Lawrence, Sr., age 81 of Elkin passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2010 in Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Lawrence was born July 17, 1929 in Surry County to John Wesley and Samantha Emmaline Dodson Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence...

Leo G. Munden Jr

Leo G. Munden Jr

Jul 20, 2010

Leo Gordon "Smokey" Munden Jr.,63 died in an automobile accident near his home in Fernwood, ID, on July 20, 2010. Smoke was born to Leo and Violet Pryne Munden Sr. August 10,, 1946 in St. Maries, ID. He grew up in St. Maries and attended St. Maries Schools in the area. He quit school in the 9th grade and went...