Obituaries

Jul 25, 2016

Mrs. Hazel Cox Byrd, age 94, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Byrd was born November 7, 1921 in Wilkes County to Everett and Verna Smith Cox. Mrs. Byrd was a very active member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church until she retired. She also served with her husband at Knobbs Baptist Church and...

Jul 20, 2016

Mrs. Sarah Robinson Williams, age74, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Mrs. Williams was born August 20, 1941 in Gaston County to Robert Lee and Elise Lewis Robinson. Mrs. Williams was a member of Elkin Presbyterian Church. Sarah received her teaching degree from East Carolina University and retired as a teacher at Mountain Park Elementary School where she was...

Jul 20, 2016

Mr. Benny Leonard Groce, age 89, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Mr. Groce was born April 30, 1927 in Yadkin County. Mr. Groce was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during WWII. Benny was a member of the mason and shriner club. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Gene Triplett...

Jul 13, 2016

Mr. Robert Reece Jolley, age 90, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Mr. Jolley was born October 24, 1925 in Wilkes County to Reece and Estelle Rose Jolley. Mr. Jolley retired from Chatham Manufacturing after 43 years of service. He was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church and a former deacon. Mr. Jolley also served in the Elkin...

Jul 10, 2016

Mr. Russell “June” Scales a loving husband, father, grandfather and uncle took his Heavenly flight Sunday, July 10, 2016 at Chatham Nursing & Rehab Center. Mr. Scales was born December 5th in Surry County to Russell and Mable Phillips Scales. Russell was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served during WWII. He retired from Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital...

Jul 9, 2016

Mr. Billy William Layell, age 79, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016.  Mr. Layell was born May 2, 1937 in Wilkes County to Vonce and Iva Swift Layell.

Mr. Layell retired from Wilkes County School System at C.B. Eller Elementary School and was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church.  In addition to his parents he was...

Jul 8, 2016

Mrs. Bennie Bernice Absher Luffman, age 84, passed away Friday, July 8, 2016.  Mrs. Luffman was born June 24, 1932 in Surry County to Benjamin Blaine and Collie Cockerham Absher.

Mrs. Luffman retired from Elkin Furniture and was a member of Little Elkin Baptist Church.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...

Jul 5, 2016

Mr. Roy Dale Baldwin, Sr., age 69, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Mr. Baldwin was born July 27, 1946 in Surry County to William Eugene and Hessie Lee Luffman Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin was an active member of Mining Ridge Baptist Church where he sang in the choir and was a Sunday school teacher. Roy was also an avid...

Jul 4, 2016

Infant Madison Paige English passed away Monday, July 4, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Madison was born June 24, 2016 to Shayne English and Stephanie Thomas. In addition to her parents she is survived by her, paternal grandfather, Marc English; paternal grandmother, Stephanie Brown; paternal great-grandfather, Lamar Harrison; maternal grandmother, Wendy Spicer; maternal great-grandmother, Deborah Money; maternal...

Jul 4, 2016

Mrs. Frankie Hawkins Simmons, age 76, passed away Monday, July 4, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Simmons was born December 7, 1939 in Wilkes County to Nymphus and Donna Moletta Crabb Hawkins. Frankie was a loving wife, sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was the owner of Frankie’s Café and a member of Middle Cross Baptist Church. In...

Jul 3, 2016

Mr. Pozzy Daniel Johnson, age 82, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Johnson was born December 17, 1933 in Wilkes County to James Ovid and Ella Matilda Spicer Johnson. Pozzy was a Veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of Center Baptist Church. He also served on the Board of Directors of...

Jul 1, 2016

Mrs. Eloise Love Dimmette, age 79, of Ronda passed away Friday, July 1, 2016 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born April 12, 1937 in Wilkes County to Rosevelt and Grace Call Love.  Mrs. Dimmette was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.  She was an avid sewer and gardener...

Jun 30, 2016

Mrs. Katie Garris Darnell, age 69 passed away Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Darnell was born May 23, 1947 in Surry County to Luther and Beulah Johnson Garris. Mrs. Darnell was a member of Cool Springs Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her daughter, Rania...

Jun 26, 2016

Mr. James Blake Caudill, age 88, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2016 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Caudill was born October 21, 1927 in Wilkes County to James Weaver and Ida Mathis Caudill. Mr. Caudill was a graduate of Clemson University and N.C. State University and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a...

Jun 21, 2016

Miss Bethany Carol Byrd, age 24, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. She was born February 11, 1992 in Surry County to Ezra M. Byrd, Jr. and Carla Calloway Byrd.  Bethany was preceded in death by a grandfather, Douglas Eugene Calloway and Uncle, Christopher Bruce Calloway. Survivors include: son, Caiden Gonzalez; father, Ezra...

Jun 21, 2016

Mrs. Pauline “Polly” Winebarger Finley, age 76, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Finley was born December 1, 1939 in Wilkes County to Charlie Thomas and Edith Rae Beshears Winebarger. There is no perfect place to begin as we reflect upon the life of our special Polly. As so many have simply said,...

Jun 18, 2016

Mr. Harold L. Dinwiddie, age 76 of Thurmond, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Dinwiddie was born December 27, 1939 in Norfolk, Virginia to Harold George Dinwiddie and Mildred Scarborough Dinwiddie. Mr. Dinwiddie was a retired telephone subcontractor and a Veteran of the US Army. Survivors include: his wife,...

Jun 7, 2016

Mrs. Linda Bill Stroud Wall, age 81, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 in Raleigh. Bill was born August 13, 1934 the third child of Walter and Eddie Stroud, neighborhood pillars of Jonesville. Bill grew up in a large family surrounded by love, happiness and caring respect for others. Though Bill was challenged by health issues for many...

Jun 6, 2016

Mrs. Reba Mae Bennett Cheek, age 87, passed away Monday, June 6, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Cheek was born September 25, 1928 in Alleghany County to Clayton and Mittie Shaw Bennett. Mrs. Cheek was a lifelong member of East Elkin Full Gospel Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband...

Jun 4, 2016

Mrs. Bonnie Ledbetter Spicer, age 90, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Spicer was born July 22, 1925 in Wilkes County to Coy and Lona Cockerham Ledbetter. Mrs. Spicer was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother and was a member of Center Baptist Church.  Mrs. Spicer will...