Obituaries

Jun 9, 2017

Mr. David Lee Sparks, age 75, passed away Friday, June 9, 2017.  Mr. Sparks was born August 17, 1941 in Yadkin County to Marvin Wade and Lula Eller Sparks.

Mr. Sparks was a member of Swan Creek Baptist Church.  He was a veteran of the United States Army and retired from RJ Reynolds.

In addition...

Jun 5, 2017

Mrs. Betty “Kaye” Reves, age 78, passed away Monday, June 5, 2017 at her residence.  Mrs. Reves was born January 23, 1939 in Surry County to Jay and Edith Blackburn Mayes.

Kaye was high school valedictorian and played women’s basketball.  At Appalachian State, she was Phi Beta Kappa and on the debate team.  She earned a master’s...

Jun 1, 2017

Mr. Chadwick “Chad” Brent Sowers, age 45, passed away Thursday, June 1, 2017.He was born May 23, 1972 in Forsyth County to Stanley Bruce and Willa Nifong Sowers.

Chad was a loving husband, father, son, and brother.  He was a good Christian man and a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Chad was a graduate of Appalachian...

May 30, 2017

Mr. Zeb Witherspoon, Jr. age 86, passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Woltz Hospice Home.  Mr. Witherspoon was born on April 16, 1931 in Ashe County to Zeb V. and Doris Sanders Witherspoon, Sr.

Mr. Witherspoon was a member of Roaring Gap Baptist Church and was a veteran of the United States Air Force.

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May 30, 2017

Mrs. Libby Katherine Vestal Mastin, age 81, passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital.  Mrs. Mastin was born on February 13, 1936 in Wilkes County to Ira Harrison and Ethel Viginia Cooper Vestal.

Mrs. Mastin was a member of Roaring Gap Baptist Church and retired from Chatham Manufacturing.

In addition to...

May 28, 2017

Mr. Robert Monroe Newman, Jr., age 64, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem.  Mr. Newman was born March 26, 1953 in Wilkes County to Robert Monroe and Pauline Durham Newman Sr.

Mr. Newman attended Little Elkin Baptist Church and retired from Surry-Yadkin Electric.

In addition to his parents, he...

May 27, 2017

Mrs. Rebecca Sides Julian, age 75, passed away Saturday, May 27, 2017 peacefully at her home on the mountain in Devotion, NC, following a short illness.  Mrs. Julian was born November 21, 1941 in Forsyth County to Roscoe E. and Catherine Dorset Sides.

Rebecca attended Griffith High School and Appalachian State Teachers College, where she met and...

May 25, 2017

Elkin

Donna Gail Nixon, age 71, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care in Elkin. Donna was born September 1, 1945 in Surry County to Claude and Lillian Lewis Nixon. She graduated from Surry Central High School, class of 1963. Donna received her BS degree in social work from Western Carolina University in 1967,...

May 20, 2017

Mr. William "Bill" Lee Duenkel, age 90, passed away Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Chatham Nursing and Rehab. Mr. Duenkel was born November 17, 1926 in Yadkin county.  He retired from the US Navy as a Chief Petty Officer and later was a school teacher in Baltimore, Maryland.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his...

May 16, 2017

Mr. Robert (Bob) Theodore Roth, age 79, passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at Chatham Nursing Center after a lengthy illness.  Bob was born on July 28, 1937 in Paterson, NJ to Elizabeth Hickerson Roth of Ronda and William T. Roth of Elkin.

Bob studied architecture at N.C. State College.  He also studied design in schools in...

May 14, 2017

Mrs. Cynthia Annette Mitchell, age 45, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Wake Forrest Baptist Medical Center.  Mrs. Mitchell was born March 8, 1972 in Wilkes County to Edward and Paulette Whittington Burleson, Jr. Cynthia was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Asheville, NC.

Survivors include: her parents, Ed and Paulette Burleson, Jr. of the...

May 14, 2017

Mrs. Tonia Karen Sprinkle “Kay” Jennings, age 78, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Jennings was born June 10, 1938 in Surry County to Harold and Pauline Adams Sprinkle.

Kay was a member of First Baptist Church of Elkin and retired from Belk Department stores where she enjoyed serving the public...

May 13, 2017

Paul Spencer Corder, 98, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 13, 2017 in Wilmington, NC.  He was born January 01, 1919 to Gilmer and Jocie Phillips Corder in Surry County, NC. Paul loved gardening, telling stories, coconut cake, apples from the trees on his land, fishing, hunting and anything in nature.  He...

May 12, 2017

Mr. Haston Dula Luffman, age 86, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem.  Mr. Luffman was born on February 13, 1931 in Surry County to Grady and Maude Dula Luffman.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Vassie Carter Luffman; sisters, Helen Carter and Opal Southard...

May 10, 2017

Mrs. Margaret Lounsy McCann Smoot, age 82, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at Woltz Hospice Home.  Mrs. Smoot was born March 4, 1935 in Wilkes County to Otto and Mamie Laster McCann.

Mrs. Smoot retired from Chatham Manufacturing and was a member of Charity United Methodist Church.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in...

May 9, 2017

Mr. William Leonard “Bill” Boles, age 88, passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at Chatham Nursing & Rehab.  Mr. Boles was born June 29, 1928 in Yadkin County to Oscar Edwin Boles, Sr and Beulah Mayberry Boles.

Bill was a graduate of Wake Forest University, class of 1950, and was a veteran of the United States Army,...

May 9, 2017

Rev. Willard Amos Lyon, age 90, passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the home of his daughter and son-in law and in the care of Richmond County Hospice in Rockingham, NC.  Rev. Lyon was born August 3, 1926 in Wilkes County to C.S. and Luray Hawkins Lyon.

Rev. Lyon was a member of Knobbs Baptist Church...

May 7, 2017

Mrs. Frances Abercrombie Simpson, age 89, passed away Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Chatham Nursing and Rehab Center in Elkin.

She was born July 14, 1928 in Laurens County, South Carolina to Willie Gray and Liddie Mae Graydon Abercrombie.  Mrs. Simpson was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother.  She retired from Elkin High School and...

May 2, 2017

Mr. Ray Lyles 87, of State Road, and formerly of Winston-Salem, passed away Tuesday evening, May 2, 2017 at Woltz Hospice Home.

Mr. Lyles was born September 20, 1929 to Archie Glen and Vera Bedwell Lyles.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings;  brothers, Charlie and Carlie...

May 1, 2017

Mrs. Mary Lou Longworth, age 71, passed away unexpectedly Monday, May 1, 2017 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital.  Mary Lou was born on November 4, 1945 in Surry County to Ralph and Grace Lawrence McCoin. She graduated from Elkin High School, class of 1964, and attended Central Piedmont Community College before working as an executive assistant at a variety of...