Obituaries
Luther Barker
Jul 25, 2015
Mr. Luther McKinley Barker, age 94, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Barker was born March 11, 1921 in Wilkes County to Benjamin Harrison and Bertha Angeline Pruitt Barker. Mr. Barker retired from Chatham Manufacturing after more than forty years of service and enjoyed working on his farm. Mr. Barker was a member of...
Kelly Luffman
Jul 23, 2015
Rev. Richard Kelly Luffman, age 81, triumphantly entered Heaven on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Mr. Luffman was born April 7, 1934 in Wilkes County to Richard Carl and Claire Forest Norman Luffman. Mr. Luffman was a veteran of the U.S. Arm. He spent 6 months in Germany and remained in the reserves for six years due to Vietnam War and...
Frank Mahan
Jul 22, 2015
Mr. Roy Franklin "Frank" Mahan, age 74, passed away July 22, 2015 at Pruitt Health Care of Elkin. Mr. Mahan was born December 18, 1940 in Finity, West Virginia to Homer and Zala Adkins Mahan. Mr. Mahan was a member of Way of Life Full Gospel Church. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brothers,...
Nancy Gale Russell
Jul 22, 2015
Mrs. Nancy Gale Combs Russell, age 64, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mrs. Russell was born August 27, 1950 in Iredell County to George Vance and Mae Miller Combs. Survivors include: her daughters, Stephanie Holbrook and husband Allen of State Road and Amber Johnson and husband Caleb of Wilkesboro; brothers, Ronnie Combs of...
Roy Grant Lyon
Jul 18, 2015
Mr. Roy Grant Lyon, age 87 of Thurmond, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Lyon was born October 9, 1927 in Wilkes County to Clyde and Pearl Wood Lyon. Mr. Lyon was retired from Chatham Manufacturing, a member of Knobbs Baptist Church and a charter member of Austin Volunteer Fire...
Julia Holthouser Richards
Jul 15, 2015
Julia Holthouser Richards, passed away, July 15, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents Branch M. and Grace Rankin McNeely, brothers, Branch and Rankin McNeely, sister, Jean McNeely, husband's, Manuel Carston Holthouser and Richard Richards and son, Richard Carston Holthouser. She is survived by her three Holthouser sons: John, Will, Robert and their families: the family of her...
Ed Royall, Jr.
Jul 13, 2015
Mr. George Edwin "Ed" Royall, Jr., age 95, passed away Monday, July 13, 2015 at Trinity Elms Nursing & Rehab in Clemmons. Mr. Royall was born June 16, 1920 in Surry County to George Edwin Royall, Sr. and Janie Bell Royall. Ed entered the U.S. Army in 1942 serving during WWII and became a medic having just completed his education...
Earline Carter Brown
Jun 30, 2015
Mrs. Earline Carter Brown, age 78 of Sterling, VA., passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Mrs. Brown was born May 12, 1937 in Wilkes County to Reece Connie Carter and Ethel Brooks Carter. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Thompson Carter; brother, Ward; and sisters, Lilly, Maxine, Wanda, and Violet. Survivors include:...
Marie Frances Norman
Jun 27, 2015
Marie Frances Norman, age 93, passed away Saturday June 27, 2015 at Chatham Nursing Center. Mrs. Norman was born May 13, 1922 in Surry County to Charlie and Lula Waddell Collins. Mrs. Norman retired from Chatham Manufacturing and also worked several years as a private duty CNA. Mrs. Norman was a member of Elkin Valley Baptist Church. In addition to...
Vanice Elwood Taylor
Jun 24, 2015
Mr. Vanice Elwood Taylor, age 83, passed away June 24, 2015. Mr. Taylor was born April 25, 1932 in Mercer County, West Virginia to Walter James and Charity Elizabeth Roupe Taylor. All services are private.
Shirley Jay Bedwell
Jun 24, 2015
Mrs. Shirley Jay Bedwell, age 63, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Bedwell was born May 21, 1952 in Cumberland County, N.J. to Anthony and Janet Brooks Barnabei. Mrs. Bedwell was of the Baptist faith and was employed at Ingles of Elkin for 16 years. In addition to her parents she was...
Carolyn Vivian Hinson
Jun 22, 2015
Mrs. Carolyn Vivian Benfield Hinson, age 63, passed away Monday, June 22, 2015. Mrs. Hinson was born June 1, 1952 in Wilkes County to Rex and Imogene Alexander Benfield. Survivors include: her husband, Steven Ricky Hinson of the home; daughter, Cindy Astin and husband Norman of Wytheville, VA.; brother, Rex Benfield of Ronda; sister, Sue Weaver of Hays; three grandchildren,...
Matthew Wayne Holbrook
Jun 17, 2015
Mr. Matthew Wayne Holbrook, age 52, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Mr. Holbrook was born July 28, 1962 in Surry County to Bonner and Lena Mae Collins Holbrook. Survivors include: his daughter, Heather Holbrook of Elkin; step-daughters, Amber Eleva of Yadkinville and Christina Hughes of Thurmond; brothers, Andy Holbrook of State Road, Sandy Holbrook of Thurmond and Scottie Holbrook...
Randy Hester
Jun 14, 2015
Mr. Jack Randall "Randy" Hester, age 58, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. Randy was born in Elkin, NC on May 18, 1957 to Barbara Hester and the late Jack J. Hester. He was a loving father, grandfather, caring son, grandson and sibling. Randy served in many capacities as an EMT, volunteer firefighter,...
Ann Park Hampton
Jun 12, 2015
Ann Park Hampton age 70, passed away, Friday June 12, 2015. She was born February 26, 1945 in Surry County to John and Vivian Cass Park. Mrs. Hampton was a member of Friendship Baptist Church where she served as church secretary for 20 plus years, and led Church Training Union for several years. She was also retired from the Brendles...
Jeffery "Jeff" Plumley
Jun 11, 2015
Mr. Jeffery "Jeff" Allen Plumley, age 57, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2015. Mr. Plumley was born February 17, 1958 in Raleigh County, West Virginia to Hobert C. Plumley and Betty Brinegar Dudley. Mr. Plumley attended Faithful Living Ministries & Jesus Life Worship Center. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by his brother, Terry Plumley; daughter,...
Sadie Park Martin
Jun 10, 2015
Mrs. Sadie Park Martin, age 85, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Mrs. Martin was born September 20, 1929 in Surry County to James Winfield and Beulah Mae Sloop Park. Mrs. Martin was retired from First Union National Bank and was a graduate of Elkin High school. She was a member of Bessie's Chapel Baptist Church. In addition to her...
Helen Elizabeth Brown
Jun 10, 2015
Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Bostic Brown, age 89, passed away June 10, 2015 at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Brown was born November 2, 1925 in Surry County to William Ledbetter and Ida Mae Woodruff Bostic. Mrs. Brown loved to travel and visited all 50 states after retiring from Sunbeam Manufacturing of Elkin. She was a member of First...
Infant Lucas Ray Billings
Jun 9, 2015
Infant Lucas Ray Billings, son of Dylan Billings and Nikki Calhoun of Wilkesboro, peacefully entered into heaven Tuesday, June 9, 2015 surrounded by his family and loved ones. Survivors include: his paternal grandparents, Melissa and Daniel Greene of Roaring River and maternal grandparents, Junior and Selena Calhoun of Hamptonville; paternal great-grandparents, Ann Eller and Rita Billings; maternal great-grandparents, Barbara Carter...
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