Obituaries
Max Albert Dickerson
Feb 28, 2017
Hamptonville- Max Albert Dickerson, 83, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017. He was born November 9, 1933 in Yadkin County to the late Alfonzo Dickerson and Bertie Bell Dickerson. Max was a member of West Yadkin Baptist Church where he was a deacon and he was a member of Communication Workers of America. He loved gardening, shooting pool with his...
William Henry Poindexter
Feb 28, 2017
Advance Mr. William Henry Poindexter, 82, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at Bermuda Commons. Mr. Poindexter was born April 29, 1934 in Yadkin County to Posie and Alice Melie Poindexter. In addition to his parents, Mr. Poindexter was preceded in death by five sisters, Florence Ella, Stella Mae, Alma Jane, Cora Lee and Hazel Poindexter; and six brothers, Ralph...
Tony Lofton Harris
Feb 26, 2017
Harris Yadkinville – Tony Lofton Harris, 76, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017. He was born March 26, 1940 in Yadkin County to the late Willard Austin Harris and Cleo King Harris. Tony enjoyed racing and working with his boys when they were racing, it was always a family tradition for him. He also enjoyed spending time eating and hanging...
Arzie Jay Matthews
Feb 25, 2017
Matthews East Bend – Arzie Jay Matthews, 81, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born April 17, 1935 in Yadkin County to the late Floyd Willie Matthews and Minnie Pendry Matthews. Arzie was a member of Prospect United Methodist Church and active in the United Methodist Men’s Club. He was a retired member of...
Olean Royall Harris
Feb 25, 2017
Olean Royall Harris, 96, passed away Saturday February 25, 2017. She was born February 16, 1921 in Yadkin County to the late Miles Shelah Royall and Elsie Shore Royall. She was of the Baptist faith. She was a charter member of the Elkin VFW Ladies Auxiliary. She was a very loving person who will be missed by her family and...
Mary Ella Atwell Adkins
Feb 23, 2017
Mary Ella Atwell Adkins, 68, passed away Thursday February 23, 2017. She was born August 17, 1948 to the late James Harmon Atwell and Clara Owens Atwell. She was a member of Welcome Inn Church in Statesville, NC. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Jimmy William Adkins, Sr.; son Mark Adkins; grandson William Adkins; sister Shirley...
Leo Stokley Sizemore
Feb 22, 2017
Yadkinville Mr. Leo Stokley Sizemore, 92, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at his home. Mr. Sizemore was born April 19, 1924 in Yadkin County to Walter and Lona Brown Sizemore. He was a member of Northwood Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Mr. Sizemore was preceded in death by three sisters, Elois Sizemore, Ruby Gentry, and Jessie Hutchens;...
Ruby Wiles Henderson
Feb 22, 2017
Hamptonville Mrs. Ruby Irene Wiles Henderson, 87, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Henderson was born May 17, 1929 in Yadkin County to Dallas and Leona Pinnix Wiles. She was a lifelong member of Asbury UMC. Mrs. Henderson retired from Hanes Hosiery after 36 years of service. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Henderson was...
Shirley Miller Robbins
Feb 21, 2017
Boonville Oct 8, 1940 - 2017 Shirley Miller Robbins, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday February 21, 2017. She was 76 years young. Shirley was born in Boonville, NC on October 08, 1940 to the late James Winston and Mattie Spencer Miller. She was married to Dallas Ray Robbins of Jonesville, NC in August 1964. Shirley graduated from Boonville...
Vaune Rowe Mackie
Feb 19, 2017
Vaune Irene Rowe Mackie Vaune Irene Rowe Mackie, age 94, died on February 19, 2017, at her home in Cumming, GA, surrounded by loved ones. Born in Middendorf, S.C., to David McLure Rowe and Pearl Rebecca Johnson Rowe, she graduated from St. Andrews College and worked for the Defense Department after graduation during World War II. In 1947 Vaune married...
Norma Jean Caudle Carter
Feb 19, 2017
Mrs. Norma Jean Caudle Carter, 83, passed away Sunday February 19, 2017 at 6:10 PM went home to be with her Lord. She was born in Forsyth County August 31, 1933 to the late Ruth and Thomas Caudle. She was a homemaker, and a member of Mt. Carmel Friends Church. She loved her church very much. She was a loving...
Opal Wooten Wehner
Feb 15, 2017
Wehner Yadkinville – Opal Elizabeth Wooten Wehner, 94, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born November 7, 1922 in Yadkin County to the late Walter Wooten and Dixie Roupe Wooten. Opal retired from Western Electric after 40 years of service. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband,...
Betty Branon Brown
Feb 13, 2017
Brown Hamptonville – Betty Lee Branon Brown, 79, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017. She was born April 22, 1937 in Iredell County to the late David Lee Branon and Fairy Critz Branon. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Claude Samuel Brown. Surviving are her husband, Albert Ray Shumaker; sons, Samuel...
Lorene Vanhoy Simmons
Feb 13, 2017
Statesville Mrs. Betty “Lorene” Vanhoy Simmons, 85, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 at Catawba Valley Hospital. Mrs. Simmons was born December 28, 1931 in Yadkin County to John Roosevelt and Gertha Nichols Vanhoy. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Simmons was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest William Simmons; two sisters, Linda Poplin and Judy Ann Vanhoy; and...
William Ernest Fulp
Feb 13, 2017
Fulp Yadkinville- Mr. William Ernest Fulp, 77, of Old US 421 Highway East passed away Monday February 13, 2017 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. He was born June 2, 1939 in Forsyth County to the late Ernest Woodrow and Nannie Bynum Grubbs Fulp. Mr. Fulp was retired from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company with 36 years of service...
Lucy Peele Venable
Feb 12, 2017
Lucy Peele Venable, 91, passed away Sunday February 12, 2017. She was born January 1, 1926 in Surry County to the late Thomas “Tom” Peele and Myrtle Sneed Peele. She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister; two brothers. Surviving are her nieces Margie Peele Stone, Louise (Jimmy) Berrier, Tona (Doyle) Sturdivant, Juanita (George) Chriscoe; other nieces and...
Allen Franklin Holcomb
Feb 12, 2017
Allen Franklin Holcomb, 80, passed away Sunday February 12, 2017. He was born July 19, 1936 in Yadkin County to the late Marvin Peeler Holcomb and Della Calloway Holcomb. He was a member of Mitchell’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Boonville, NC. He served 6 years in the US Army National Guard. He was preceded in death by his parents;...
James "Jim" Dorman Brandon
Feb 11, 2017
James “Jim” Dorman Brandon, 92, an inquisitive man with a sharp mind until the end, passed away on Saturday February 11, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born May 7, 1924 in Yadkin County to Franklin Fisher “Fish” Brandon and Lela Ann May Brandon. Mr. Brandon was a long time resident of Winston-Salem, NC. He was a...
Frank Beamer
Feb 7, 2017
Beamer Yadkinville – Franklin “Frank” Delano Roosevelt Beamer, 86, passed away Tuesday, February 07, 2017 at Yadkin Nursing Care Center. He was born September 27, 1930 in Surry County to the late Ed Richard Beamer and Martha Annie Hodge Beamer. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his first wife, Peggy Reece Beamer; sisters, Betty...
Anna Gough Wiles
Feb 6, 2017
Anna Gough Wiles, 91, passed away Monday February 6, 2017. She was born October 13, 1925 in Yadkin County to the late L. J. and Nancy Myers Gough. She graduated from Courtney High School in 1943. Mrs. Wiles retired from Western Electric in 1981 with 35 years of service. She was a member of South Fork Baptist Church. She was...
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