Obituaries

Mabel Lee Hash

Mabel Lee Hash

Sep 3, 2009

Mabel Lee Crouse Combs Hash, 87, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She was born on December 19, 1921 in Alleghany County to George Letcher and Pearl Leota Andrews Crouse. Mrs. Hash was a member of Jonesville Pentecostal Holiness Church. She retired from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia on August 1,...

Mabel C. Hash

Mabel C. Hash

Sep 3, 2009

Mabel Lee Crouse Combs Hash, 87, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She was born on December 19, 1921 in Alleghany County to George Letcher and Pearl Leota Andrews Crouse. Mrs. Hash was a member of Jonesville Pentecostal Holiness Church. She retired from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia on August 1,...

Mabel Absher Spicer

Mabel Absher Spicer

Aug 31, 2009

Mabel Absher Spicer, age 77, of Austin-Little Mtn. Road passed away Monday, August 31, 2009 in Wilkes Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Spicer was born March 20, 1932 in Wilkes County to Carl and Erma Watson Absher. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Albert Spicer, daughter Kathy Spicer, sisters Ann Luffman and Rosa Lee...

Toliver Leff Sexton

Toliver Leff Sexton

Aug 29, 2009

Mr. Toliver Leff Sexton, age 60, of Granny Hill Lane, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009 in Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Sexton was born November 12, 1948 in Wilkes County to Mckinley Leff and Mamie Lyon Sexton. He was of the Baptist Faith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Kenneth Sexton. Survivors include...

Vera Baker Southard

Vera Baker Southard

Aug 19, 2009

Elkin Mrs. Vera Baker Southard, age 91, of Elkin, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2009 in Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Baker was born December 2, 1917 in Surry County to James & Rosa Venable Baker. Mrs. Southard was a member of Bessie's Chapel Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of...

Ernest Paul Crouse

Ernest Paul Crouse

Aug 18, 2009

Elkin, Mr. Ernest Paul Crouse, age 82, of Elkin, passed away, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at Heritage Healthcare. Mr. Crouse was born May 12, 1927 in Wilkes County to George Washington & Nancy Lyon Crouse. Mr. Crouse was retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and he was a member of Center Baptist Church and he enjoyed volunteering for...

William Leslie Cox

William Leslie Cox

Aug 17, 2009

Elkin Mr. William Leslie Cox, age 88, Elkin passed away Monday, August 17, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Cox was born December 17, 1920 in Forsyth County to Eli & Ida Matlock Cox. Mr. Cox was a member of Antioch Methodist Church of Roaring Gap. He attended NCSU after which he enlisted in the United States Marines where...

Mark Worth Wood

Mark Worth Wood

Aug 15, 2009

Thurmond, Mr. Mark Worth Wood, age 54, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2009 in Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Wood was born on July 13, 1955 in Surry County to Hermit Worth and Virginia Dare Walker Wood. Mr. Wood was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and employed with Perdue Farms. He was also a member of the...

Stuart Folie Carter

Stuart Folie Carter

Aug 14, 2009

Hays, Mr. Stuart Folie Carter, age 51, passed away Friday, August 14, 2009 in Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Carter was born December 21, 1957 in Surry County to Folie and Flora Darnell Carter. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher and was employed with Wachovia. He was preceded...

Charles Parks Mullis

Charles Parks Mullis

Aug 13, 2009

Elkin, NC Mr. Charles Parks Mullis, age 70, of Elkin, passed away Monday, August 10, 2009 in Dunmore Plantation of Dobson. Mr. Mullis was born August 13, 1938 in Alexander County to Lee and Alva Luvada Kerley Mullis. Mr. Mullis attended Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church and was a veteran of the United States Air Force. In addition to his...

Maude Rodgers

Maude Rodgers

Aug 2, 2009

Elkin Mrs. Maude "Turtle" Kluttz Rodgers, age 89, of Pleasant Hill Drive, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2009 at Heritage Healthcare of Elkin. Mrs. Rodgers was born December 26, 1919 in Rowan County to John & Carrie Holshouser Kluttz. Mrs. Rodgers was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents,...

Martha Wagoner Moncus

Martha Wagoner Moncus

Jul 31, 2009

Wilkesboro, Mrs. Martha Emma Wagoner Moncus, age 85, passed away Friday, July 31, 2009 in Avante of Wilkes. Mrs. Moncus was born December 3, 1923 in Surry County to Everette and Etta Gentry Wagoner. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister. Mrs. Moncus loved crafts and making place mats and towels. She was a member of East Elkin Baptist...

Grace Edith Wyrick

Grace Edith Wyrick

Jul 31, 2009

Elkin, Mrs. Grace Edith Wyrick, age 87, passed away Friday, July 31, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in Elkin. Mrs. Wyrick was born February 15, 1922 in Danville, Virginia to Curry and Fedosia Norman Welborn. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Irvin Wyrick. Survivors include: daughter Nancy Blackburn and husband W.D. "Dub"...

Dorothy Cockerham

Dorothy Cockerham

Jul 30, 2009

Elkin Mrs. Dorothy "Sue" Cockerham, age 78, of Hwy 268 West Elkin passed away Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Cockerham was born October 6, 1930 in Alexander County to Perry & Mary Hannah Icenhour Hefner. Mrs. Cockerham was a member of Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church and was employed at Wendy's in Jonesville. In addition to...

Donnie Ray Anderson

Donnie Ray Anderson

Jul 25, 2009

Roaring River Mr. Donnie Ray Anderson, age 52, of Spicer Road, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2009. Mr. Anderson was born September 23, 1956 in Surry County to Billy & Wanda Byrd Anderson. Mr. Anderson was of the Baptist faith and attended Knobbs Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Shyann Anderson and a sister, Debera Kay...

Lela Etha Reagan

Lela Etha Reagan

Jul 25, 2009

Elkin Mrs. Lela Etha Watson Reagan, age 91, passed away Saturday July 25, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Reagan was formerly of the Thurmond community, and had been a resident of Elkin Health Care for several years. She was born September 4, 1917 in Washington State to Fate and Annis Cockerham Watson. Mrs. Reagan was a homemaker and...

Clarence Samuel Layell

Clarence Samuel Layell

Jul 14, 2009

Clarence Samuel Layell, 99, passed away peacefully July 14, 2009 at Oaks of Carolina Nursing Home in Raleigh where he had resided since December, 2006. Prior to moving to Raleigh he resided at Maple Ridge Apartments in Elkin. He was born January 4, 1910 to the late Joseph Alexander Layell and Clara Bell Butcher in the Salem Fork community. Clarence...

Dorothy Jean Hedrick

Dorothy Jean Hedrick

Jul 10, 2009

Elkin Mrs. Dorothy Jean Howie Hedrick, age 80, of Elkin, passed away Friday, July 10, 2009 at Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Hedrick was born August 11, 1928 in Mecklenburg County to Stacy & Marguerite Pridgen Howie. Mrs. Hedrick was a member of Elkin First Baptist Church where she was active in her early years where she served as secretary and...

Ruby M. Settle

Ruby M. Settle

Jul 9, 2009

Elkin Mrs. Ruby M. Settle, age 93, of Elkin, passed away, Thursday, July 09, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Settle was born May 14, 1916 in Surry County to Arch D. & Emma Lou Collins McCoin. She was retried from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of Grassy Creek United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Flora Hanks Coe

Flora Hanks Coe

Jul 8, 2009

Elkin Mrs. Flora Hanks Coe, age 83 of Johnson Ridge Road, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Coe was born December 14, 1925 in Surry County to Tom & Rosevelt Phillips Hanks. Mrs. Hanks retired from Chatham after 27 years of service. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In addition to...