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Azelyne Miller Collins

Azelyne Miller Collins

Oct 16, 2013

Mrs. Azelyne Miller Collins, age 83 passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2013. Mrs. Collins was born November 10, 1929 in Yadkin County to Sidney and Beulah Shore Miller. Mrs. Collins was an active member of Flat Rock Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Hickory. She had a love of life, people, and her family .Mrs. Collins had a very...

Rev. Roby Floyd Wilcox

Rev. Roby Floyd Wilcox

Oct 11, 2013

Rev. Roby Floyd Wilcox, age 91 of Elkin, passed away Friday, October 11, 2013 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. He was born January 1, 1922 in Todd, NC to Floyd Roby Wilcox and Bessie Grogan Wilcox. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII. Rev. Wilcox was retired from Chatham Manufacturing with 38 years of service and...

Esther W. Steele

Esther W. Steele

Oct 7, 2013

Mrs. Esther Williams Steele of Elkin, passed away Monday, October 07, 2013, on her 86th birthday, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born on October 7, 1927 in Dobson, NC to the late Walter and Grace Love Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Cockerham Steele and a sister, Evie Williams Thompson. She is survived...

Chandler Ellis Williams

Chandler Ellis Williams

Oct 7, 2013

Mr. Chandler Ellis Williams, age 48 of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, October 7, 2013. He was born November 11, 1964 in Virginia. All services are private.

Lee Roy Hayes

Lee Roy Hayes

Oct 4, 2013

Mr. Lee Roy Hayes, age 98, went to be with The Lord on Friday, October 4, 2013 at UniHealth Post-Acute Care, Elkin, NC. Mr. Hayes was born in Surry County on May 8, 1915 to Granville Webster and Edith Masten Hayes. Mr. Hayes was the first employee to retire from Chatham Manufacturing Company of Elkin with over 50 years of...

Herman Clarence Darnell

Herman Clarence Darnell

Oct 1, 2013

Mr. Herman Clarence Darnell, age 88 of Elkin, passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2013. He was born September 6, 1925 in Wilkes County to Dossie Couch Darnell and Peter Clarence Darnell. Mr. Darnell retired from Chatham Manufacturing with 45 years of Service and Wilkes County Ambulance Service with 15 years of service. He was a veteran of the US Navy...

Billy Mccann

Billy Mccann

Sep 30, 2013

Mr. Billy Ray McCann, age 77 passed away Monday, September 30, 2013. Mr. McCann was born May 2, 1936 in Wilkes County to Jim and Maude Burcham McCann. Mr. McCann was a member of Rachel Baptist Church where he served as Trustee and was a Barber for 40 years. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...

Perry Neal Garris

Perry Neal Garris

Sep 30, 2013

Mr. Perry Neal Garris, age 70 passed away, Monday, September 30, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born May 7, 1943 in Yadkin County to Beulah and Luther Garris. Mr. Garris was retired from Wilkes Electric Armature. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Ann Garris, two brothers and three sisters. Survivors...

Mary Linda Anderson

Mary Linda Anderson

Sep 27, 2013

Mrs. Mary Linda Anderson, age 79 of Jonesville, passed away Friday, September 27, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born March 19, 1934 in Surry County to Bertha and Hillary Spann. She was a homemaker and a member of East Elkin Full Gospel Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Anderson;...

Nancy Teague

Nancy Teague

Sep 23, 2013

Mrs. Nancy Cockerham Teague, age70 passed away Monday, September 23, 2013. Mrs. Teague was born February 28, 1943 in Surry County to Ervie and Eddis Willey Cockerham. Mrs. Teague was a member of East Elkin Baptist Church and also served on the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Auxillary. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her stepmother,...

Roy Carter

Roy Carter

Sep 22, 2013

Jonesville, Mr. Roy Wilborn Carter, age 83, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013. Mr. Carter was born November 27, 1929 in Surry County to Hugh Jones Carter and Nettie Ann Carter. Mr. Carter was a member of Welcome Home Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was a member of DAV of Traphill. In...

Hoyland Harris Walls

Hoyland Harris Walls

Sep 22, 2013

Mrs. Hoyland Harris Walls, age 95, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Glenbridge Health and Rehab in Boone. She was born June 23, 1918 in Surry County to Henry Grady Harris and Mamie Johnson Harris. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrance Walls. Mrs. Walls was a member of First Baptist Church...

Mildred Dixon

Mildred Dixon

Sep 18, 2013

Ms. Mildred Poole Dixon, age 97 passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at UniHealth Post-Acute Care of Elkin. Ms. Dixon was born January 23, 1916 in Bridgeport Washington to Fred and Eva Green Poole. She was a long time member of First United Methodist Church of Elkin and head of the alter committee for many years. She was also an...

Pauline H. Pardue

Pauline H. Pardue

Sep 14, 2013

Mrs. Pauline H. Pardue, age 89, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2013 at Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehab. She was born September 23, 1923 in Wilkes County to Jesse Steve Hemric and Flora Almita Brown Hemric. Mrs. Pardue was a member of Little Elkin Baptist Church and was retired from Lucia and John Boy's BBQ. In addition to her parents...

Thomas Nelson Davis

Thomas Nelson Davis

Sep 13, 2013

Mr. Thomas Nelson Davis, age 87 of Elkin, found the loving arms of Christ open to receive him on Friday, September 13, 2013. He was born December 5, 1925 in Yadkin County to John Henry Davis and Lula Cranfill Davis. Mr. Davis was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII and was honorably discharged in 1946. He accepted...

Toby Butcher

Toby Butcher

Sep 6, 2013

Mr. Toby Allen Butcher, age 29, passed away Friday, September 6, 2013. Mr. Butcher was born February 13, 1984 in Forsyth County to Richard Manning and Gaynell Wilmoth Anderson. Mr. Butcher attended Gid Branch Baptist Church He was also preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Homer and Pauline Wilmoth. Survivors include: his wife, Kristina H. Butcher of the home...

Wilma Sale Welborn

Wilma Sale Welborn

Sep 3, 2013

Mrs. Wilma Sale Welborn, age 87 of Ronda, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Welborn was born August 30, 1926 in Forsyth County to Claude Watkins Sale and Nancy Cooke Sale. She was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and was an active member of Temple Hill United Methodist Church, having served...

Tommy Stimpson

Tommy Stimpson

Sep 2, 2013

Mr. Tommy Ray Stimpson , age 71 passed away Monday, September 2, 2013. Mr. Stimpson was born July 31, 1942 in Surry County to Glenn and Ann Ray Baker Stimpson. Mr. Stimpson was a member of Little Elkin Baptist Church. He was also a member of Elkin Masonic Lodge # 454 and served as Master Mason in 2011. Mr....

James Barker

James Barker

Sep 2, 2013

Mr. James Roosevelt Barker, age 90 passed away Monday, September 2, 2013 at Woltz Hospice Home of Dobson. Mr. Barker was born May 5, 1923 in Wilkes County to The Reverend Benjamin Harrison Barker and Bertha Pruitt Barker. Mr. Barker was a WWII Navy Veteran who particapted in the D-Day invasion in Europe. He was a retired Wet Finish Supervisor...

Peggy Beam Luffman

Peggy Beam Luffman

Aug 31, 2013

Mrs. Peggy Beam Luffman, age 70 of Elkin, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2013 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Luffman was born September 3, 1942 in Mitchell County, NC to Leslie "Bud" and Joda Benfield Beam. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher. Mrs. Luffman was a...

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