Obituaries

Comas Gray Groce

Comas Gray Groce

Dec 24, 2009

Elkin, Mr. Comas Gray Groce, age 82 of mining School Rd. passed away Thursday December 24, 2009 at his residence. He was born Feb. 25, 1927 in Yadkin County, to Sam and Nellie Wagoner Groce. Mr. Groce was retired from Chatham Mfg. and was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church, where he had served as a Sunday School teacher...

Comas Gray Groce

Comas Gray Groce

Dec 24, 2009

Mr. Comas Gray Groce, age 82 of mining School Rd. passed away Thursday December 24, 2009 at his residence. He was born Feb. 25, 1927 in Yadkin County, to Sam and Nellie Wagoner Groce. Mr. Groce was retired from Chatham Mfg. and was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church, where he had served as a Sunday School teacher for...

Gracy Hodges Brooks

Gracy Hodges Brooks

Dec 23, 2009

State Road, Mrs. Gracy Hodges Brooks, age 92 passed away Wednesday, December 23 2009 at Oak Forest Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Brooks was born April 11, 1917 in Surry County to Ernest and Emalina Mays Hodges. Mrs. Brooks was a homemaker and a member of Parkview Primitive Baptist Church. In addition to her parents Mrs. Brooks was preceded in...

Cathryn A. Ellis

Cathryn A. Ellis

Dec 23, 2009

Cathryn A. Ellis 90 resident of Tensed, ID died Dec. 23, 2009 at her home at Tensed. She was born March 5, 1919 to Andrew C. and Theresa Infeldt Northburg at Crosby, MN. She grew up at Crosby, MN She married Peter Callisto in 1937 and they were divorced in 1941. She then married Arthur Ellis May 7, 1941 at...

James Paul Gentry

James Paul Gentry

Dec 21, 2009

State Road, James Paul Gentry age 82 of Klondike Rd., passed away Monday, December 21, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Gentry was born June 17, 1927 in Forsyth County to John Ralph and Martha Parker Gentry. He was retired from ADT Fire and Burglar company, and was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. He was also a...

Donna Lynn Vannoy

Donna Lynn Vannoy

Dec 20, 2009

Thurmond, Donna Lynn Vannoy, age 45, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2009. She was born August 29, 1964 in Alleghany County to Bland Wright and Blanche Irene Brown Vannoy. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her husband Jack Wilmoth of the home, two daughters Deedra Peele of Elkin and Jackie Danielle Wilmoth Jones and husband Roby...

Benny Marlin Jolly

Benny Marlin Jolly

Dec 19, 2009

State Road, Mr. Benny Marlin Jolly, age 77, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Jolly was born May 10, 1932 in Wilkes County to Sankie Reece and Estelle Rose Jolly. He was a retired brick mason and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Jolly loved to work in his shop and was a loving...

Thomas Miles Gentry

Thomas Miles Gentry

Dec 17, 2009

Morristown, TN Mr. Thomas Miles Gentry, age 90, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin, NC. Mr. Gentry was born October 30, 1919 in Surry County, NC to Joseph Burdett & Stella Newman Gentry. Mr. Gentry was a veteran of the US Marines and served during WWII. He was retired from Roadway Transportation. In...

Gerald Renner

Gerald Renner

Dec 16, 2009

Gerald W. Renner 79 resident of Carlin Bay, ID died Dec. 16, 2009 at Coeur d' Alene, ID. He was born October 16, 1930 to Floyd and Gertrude Smith Renner at Miller, S.D. He moved to Carlin Bay in the mid 1930's. As a young man, he worked for Russell and Pugh Lumber Co. at Springston, ID. He enlisted in...

Dolores Church Fasanella

Dolores Church Fasanella

Dec 15, 2009

Dolores Church Fasanella, 86, passed away peacefully December 15, 2009. She was born in Winston-Salem, NC to Flora Jordan Church and Thomas Mitchell Church and lived in the Lomax Community of Wilkes County for most of her life. She is survived by her former husband, Anthony E. Fasanella of Cincinnati, OH. Surviving family members include her brother Max P. Church...

Mary Ellen Rushing

Mary Ellen Rushing

Dec 15, 2009

Mary Ellen Rushing, 82 of Roaring River, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Rushing was born August 9, 1927 in Stanley, NC to James and Cora Sites Matheny. She attended Beulah Land Baptist Church. Mrs. Rushing is survived by a son, David Albright of Goldsboro; daughters, Mary Ann Curry of Roaring River,...

Otis Buster Combs

Otis Buster Combs

Dec 11, 2009

Otis Jordan "Buster" Combs, 68 of Traphill, passed away Friday, December 11, 2009 at his home. Mr. Combs was born February 14, 1941 in Alleghany County to Wayne Alley and Annie Combs. He attended Old Roaring River Primitive Baptist Church and was retired from Chatham Manufacturing. In addition to his parents, Mr. Combs was preceded in death by a son,...

Winifred Groth Hodel

Winifred Groth Hodel

Dec 11, 2009

Winifred Hodel, 96, formerly of 137 Westover Drive in Elkin, passed away Friday December 11, 2009 at Carol Woods Retirement Center in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Hodel was born February 28, 1913 in Fairfield, Minnesota to Fred and Elsie Groth. She married Earl M. Hodel in 1936 and moved from Minneapolis Minnesota to Elkin in 1937, where he assumed a position...

Mary Marthaleen Vanhoy

Mary Marthaleen Vanhoy

Dec 11, 2009

Mary Marthaleen Sneed Vanhoy, 79 of Elkin, passed away Friday, December 11, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Ms. Vanhoy was born September 16, 1930 in Surry County to Andrew Jackson and Eliza Jane Brannock Sneed. In addition to her parents, Ms. Vanhoy was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul Sneed and Arthur Sneed. She is survived by two...

Louise Warren Billings

Louise Warren Billings

Dec 10, 2009

Louise Warren Billings, a devoted wife and mother, passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Billings was born January 16, 1928 in Wilkes County to Henry Harrison & Nannie Shaver Warren. She was a member of Roaring Gap Baptist Church and was retired from Chatham Manufacturing. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Billings...

Johnie Evert Absher

Johnie Evert Absher

Dec 8, 2009

Johnie Evert Absher, 84 of State Road, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at his home. Mr. Absher was born September 2, 1925 in Wilkes County to William & Charity Gamble Absher. He was a member of Roaring Gap Baptist Church and was a retired logger. In addition to his parents, Mr. Absher was preceded in death by first wife,...

Mary Miller Holder

Mary Miller Holder

Dec 6, 2009

Mary M. Miller Holder, 85 of Elkin, passed away December 5, 2009 in her home with her family by her side. Mrs. Holder was born February 3, 1924 in Watauga County to Jones Dixon and Meady Ray Miller. She graduated from Mountain Park High School in 1943 and attended National Business College in Roanoke, VA. On October 14, 1945, she...

William Clyde Brown

William Clyde Brown

Dec 6, 2009

William Clyde Brown, 82 of Traphill, passed away Sunday December 6, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Brown was born February 24, 1927 in Wilkes County to Avery and Martha Jane Holbrook Brown. He was a member of Round Hill Baptist Church and attended Briar's Creek Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Mr. Brown was preceded in death by...

Charles Franklin Evans

Charles Franklin Evans

Dec 5, 2009

Charles Franklin Evans, 71 of State Road, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Center. Mr. Evans was born December 4, 1938 in Yadkin County to Fred & Ruth Ingool Evans. He was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church and retired from the US Navy after 22 years of service as a Petty Officer...

Dorothy Mae Barnes

Dorothy Mae Barnes

Dec 4, 2009

Elkin, Mrs. Dorothy Mae Barnes, age 72, passed away Friday, December 4, 2009. She was born April 23, 1937 in Surry County to Henry and Gertie Marion Harris. Mrs. Barnes was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband John Frank Barnes, Sr., son John Frank Barnes, Jr., and wife Martha...