Obituaries

Apr 5, 2016

Mr. Leo Joshua Darnell, age 92, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Darnell was born January 16, 1924 in Wilkes County to Clarence P. and Doris Ann Couch Darnell. Mr. Darnell was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during WWII and the Korean War. He was an avid woodworker and a retired...

Mar 29, 2016

Mr. Dennis Neil McDonald, age 59, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. McDonald was born July 22, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan to Everett and Geraldine Gant McDonald. All services for Mr. McDonald will be private.

Mar 25, 2016

Mr. Robert Eugene Linquist, Jr., age 72, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center.  Mr. Linquist was born October 20, 1943 in Tennessee to Robert Eugene and Aliece Roberts Linquist.  Survivors include: his sons, Robert Eugene Linquist II of Georgia and Walter Kenneth Linquist and his wife Holly of Jonesville; daughter, Alexis Ponce-de-Leon and her husband Matty...

Mar 21, 2016

Mr. Teddy Gene White, age 75, passed away Monday, March 21, 2016. Mr. White was born November 9, 1940 in Surry County to John Clarence and Selma Coe White. Mr. White retired from Carolina-Pacific and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Linda Wagoner...

Mar 21, 2016

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants” – Psalm 116: 15 Late on Monday night, March 21st 2016, the Lord rejoiced at the homecoming of His faithful servant, Major James Eddie Blackburn.  While Eddie left this earth at the young age of 56, he used the years given to him in impactful...

Mar 21, 2016

Mrs. Deloris Varner Gray Welborn of 108 Welborn Street, Jonesville, N.C. was called to her eternal reward of March 21, 2016 following a brief illness. Mrs. Welborn was born March 28, 1942 in Summerville, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Lewis David Emmanuel Varner and Eloise Shannon Varner. Deloris was a 1959 graduate of Summerville High School,...

Mar 18, 2016

Mr. Tony Gray Snow, age 76, passed away Friday, March 18, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Snow was born November 9, 1939 in Wilkes County to George Raymond and Ruby Helen White Snow.

Mr. Snow retired from Farmer’s Home Administration as the county supervisor. He actively served his community, being a member of the Yadkin...

Mar 15, 2016

Mr. Samuel Lee Foster, age 46, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Foster was born November 15, 1969 in Forsyth County to Jimmy Lester and Shirley Ann Waddell Foster. Mr. Foster was a member of Ronda Church of God and was a member of The Gospel Four Quartet for 22 years. In...

Mar 12, 2016

Mr. Ira Samuel “Sam: Lloyd, age 74, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Lloyd was born January 26, 1942 in Surry County to Frank and Ruby Shores Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd was a member of Charity Hill Baptist Church. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife,...

Mar 12, 2016

Mr. Max Soots, age 82, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Soots was born April 17, 1933 in Wilkes County to Charlie and Lessie Harris Soots. Mr. Soots was a charter member of Thanks to Calvary Baptist Church and retired from Chatham Manufacturing. He was...

Mar 9, 2016

Mrs. Rita Faye White, age 58, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Genesis Healthcare of Sparta. Mrs. White was born June 29, 1957 in Yadkin County to Dewey Franklin and Perchie Mae Macemore Reed. Survivors include: her brothers, Dewey Reed and wife Sarah of Jonesville and David Reed and wife Lisa of Moravian Falls; sister, Hilda Brewer of...

Mar 8, 2016

Mrs. Nancy Cynthia Wallo Burley, age 69, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Sunrise Assisted Living in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Mrs. Burley was born September 12, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan to Clark J. and Hilda Hanks Wallo. Mrs. Burley was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She was a homemaker and an avid needle worker. She enjoyed...

Mar 5, 2016

Douglas D. Wall, 56, of Richmond, Virginia, passed away on March 5, 2016 . He was the loving son of Gilly W. Wall and the late Tommy A. Wall. He is survived by his devoted wife of 33 years, Debbie Wall, and two children: Eryn King (Patrick) and Tyler Wall. He is also survived by his brother, Gifford Trent...

Mar 4, 2016

Mrs. Diane Katherine Johnson, 58, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.  Mrs. Johnson was born January 26, 1958 in Waldlake, Michigan to Eugene Daniel and Jeanie Hall Gossett, Sr.

Mrs. Johnson was a member of Minnie’s Chapel Methodist Church.  She was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include;...

Mar 3, 2016

Mrs. Virginia Doris Burger Hodges, age 65, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016 at her residence. Virginia was born January 28, 1951 in Canton, Georgia to Guy Lynn and Louise Haynes Burger. She was employed with the Candle Corporation and was a member of Rocky Ford Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in...

Feb 29, 2016

Mrs. Rosa Lee Brock, age 71, passed away Monday, February 29, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Brock was born February 7, 1945 in Surry County to Edgar Clayton and Bertie Hodges Johnson. Mrs. Brock was of the Baptist Faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, James Horace Brock. Survivors include: her...

Feb 28, 2016

Mrs. June Hepler Wright Gaffney of Elkin, NC passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, Maryland. She was born March 13, 1936 in Winston-Salem, NC to Jennie Comer Hepler and Robert L. Hepler.

In 1954 she married her first husband M. Edward Wright, Jr. who died November 16, 1979. In...

Feb 26, 2016

Infant Angel Rose Johnson, firstborn daughter of Mickayla Renee Edwards passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. The family will conduct a memorial service at a later date.

Feb 16, 2016

Mr. Wiley Estel McNeil, Jr., age 91, passed away at 10:16 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. Mr. McNeil was born January 4, 1925 in North Wilkesboro to late Wiley Estel McNeil, Sr. and Golda Hurt McNeil. He was the first born of six children. Mr. McNeil attended high school in Wilkes County. He served with the 8th Air...

Feb 13, 2016

Mr. Allen Stewart Pritchard, age 50, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016. He was born February 27, 1965 in Forsyth County to Billy Allen Pritchard and Lois Cook Pritchard.

Survivors include: his mother, Lois C. Pritchard; brothers, Robert Charles Pritchard and David Sanders Pritchard; sisters, Cathy Reece, Sheri Norman...