Obituaries

Hattie Kate Russell Kimber

Hattie Kate Russell Kimber

Dec 1, 2013

Hattie Kate Russell Kimber, 85, passed away Sunday December 1, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born April 29, 1928 to the late Albert Blaine and Alma Grace Hauser Russell. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Johnny W. Kimber, a sister Barbara Smith, two brothers Andy Russell and Jerome Russell. Surviving are her children Cynthia...

Marie Mosteller Vestal

Marie Mosteller Vestal

Nov 30, 2013

Vestal Jonesville - Marie Mosteller Vestal, 87, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Woltz Hospice Home. She was born January 18, 1926 in Yadkin County to the late Robert Jones Mosteller and Lela Brown Mosteller. Marie graduated from Boonville High School in 1943 as there Salutatorian. She graduated from Draughn Business School in 1944. In addition to her parents,...

Ricky Allen Harris

Ricky Allen Harris

Nov 27, 2013

Ricky Allen Harris, 56, passed away Wednesday November 27, 2013 at his residence. Ricky was born August 15, 1957 in Yadkin County to Joyce Lee and Helen Marie Steelman Harris. Ricky was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church. Ricky was a former Employee of R J Reynolds Tobacco Company where he went on to Gardner Webb where he received...

Thomas Lee Kelly

Thomas Lee Kelly

Nov 24, 2013

Thomas Lee Kelly, 75, passed away Sunday November 24, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Kelly was born May 19, 1938 in Yadkin County to the late Jerry L. and Mary Ethel Hobson Kelly. Mr. Kelly served in the US Air Force and retired from R. J. Reynolds. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters Marie Dinkins, Arlene...

Sandra Kaye Craig Pepin

Sandra Kaye Craig Pepin

Nov 24, 2013

Sandra Kaye Craig Pepin, 58, passed away Sunday November 24, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Pepin was born August 21, 1955 in South Carolina to the late Roger Craig, Sr. and Joeann Houge Fannin. She is survived by her children Sherri Sheltra, Shannon Sheltra, Ricky Sheltra, Charles Ryan Sousa, Tina Jenkins, and Brandie Baunn; nine grandchildren, two great grandchildren; a...

Lou Todd Hutchens

Lou Todd Hutchens

Nov 24, 2013

Lou Todd Hutchens Lou Todd Hutchens of Yadkinville passed away peacefully on November 26, 2013, at Yadkin Valley Community Hospital. She was born in Yadkin County on May 24, 1931. She was the oldest of eight children and was preceded in death by her parents, William (Bill) and Louisa Shermer Todd, and her sisters, Peggy Todd Spillman and Gloria Todd...

Debra Kay Caudle Stone

Debra Kay Caudle Stone

Nov 21, 2013

Debra Kay Caudle Stone, 53, passed away Thursday November 21, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. She was born March 13, 1960 in Surry County to the late Charles Edgar and Etta Lee Randleman Caudle. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Melissa Kay Stone, a son Timothy Wayne Stone, a sister Dorothy Gregory, a brother...

Kent William Casstevens

Kent William Casstevens

Nov 21, 2013

Boonville Mr. Kent William Casstevens, 64, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013 at his home. Mr. Casstevens was born November 1, 1949 in Surry County to Frank and Mary Holcomb Casstevens. In addition to his parents, Mr. Casstevens was preceded in death by a brother, Gordon Casstevens. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Casstevens; two sisters, Johnsie Fletcher and...

Elwood McCollum

Elwood McCollum

Nov 21, 2013

Winston Salem Mr. Leonard Elwood "Woody" McCollum, 74, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mr. McCollum was born April 2, 1939 in Yadkin County to Oliver and Elizabeth Kiger McCollum. He was a member of Shacktown Church of Christ and retired from RJ Reynolds. Mr. McCollum was an avid golfer and often enjoyed going...

Susie Cheek

Susie Cheek

Nov 21, 2013

Hamptonville Ms. Ivina "Susie" Cheek, 69, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at her home. Ms. Cheek was born November 14, 1944 in Surry County to Spurgeon and Notra Pardue Cheek. She was a member of Swan Creek Baptist Church and retired from Dana Corporation after many years of service. Susie loved her family...

Margaret Foust Gabard

Margaret Foust Gabard

Nov 19, 2013

Gabard Yadkinville - Margaret Foust Gabard, 93, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Yadkin Nursing Care Center. She was born November 18, 1920 in Alamance County to the late Daniel Luther Foust and Zola Belle McPherson Foust. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Escar Gabard and four sisters. Surviving are her...

Francis Alexander Hutchens

Francis Alexander Hutchens

Nov 19, 2013

Hutchens Boonville- Mr. Francis Alexander "Skip" Hutchens, 60, of Nebo Road passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at his home. He was born January 20, 1953 in Forsyth County to the late Charlie Frank and Margaret Elizabeth Whitfield Hutchens. Mr. Hutchens was retired with several years of service from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. He was a member of Forbush Friends...

Moie Sprinkle Billings

Moie Sprinkle Billings

Nov 17, 2013

Moie Sprinkle Billings, 91, passed away Sunday November 17, 2013 at Elkin Health Care. She was born June 11, 1922 in Yadkin County to the late Robert Walter and Mamie Viola Brown. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Jonesville. She was preceded in death by her parents, her 1st husband Roger William Sprinkle, her 2nd husband Worth...

Estelle Karasann Winters

Estelle Karasann Winters

Nov 17, 2013

Yadkinville Estelle Karasann Winters, 59, died Sunday morning at her home in Yadkinville. She was a beloved daughter, sister, mother, "Nana," aunt, colleague and friend to all who knew and loved her. She never once met a stranger. Karasann was born March 27, 1954, in Elkin, NC, to the late Clyde Edward Winters and Estelle Shore Nance. She spent her...

Eugene Dinkins

Eugene Dinkins

Nov 16, 2013

Dinkins Yadkinville- Mr. Eugene Dinkins, 92, of 2916 Shacktown Road passed away Saturday, November 16, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born October 9, 1921 in Yadkin County to the late Charlie Dan and Maude Dinkins. Mr. Dinkins was former owner and operator of Dinkins Brothers Shell Station of Yadkinville, and of the Yadkinville Car Wash. He was a...

John Henry Willard

John Henry Willard

Nov 14, 2013

John Henry Willard, Sr. September 2, 1922 - November 14, 2013 BOONVILLE - Mr. John Henry Willard, Sr., age 91, of Boonville passed away November 14 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born September 2, 1922 to Joseph Gorrell and Viola Speer Willard. Mr. Willard was an Elder at Mt. Nebo Church of Christ for 55 years and...

Charles Odell Porter, Sr.

Charles Odell Porter, Sr.

Nov 12, 2013

. Porter Hamptonville- Mr. Charles Odell Porter, Sr., of Mayberry Mill Road passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born February 14, 1948 in Wayne County, West Virginia. He was raised by his parents, Waldo Ray Adkins and Virginia Lee Zirkle Adkins. He was a loving, devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He...

Devon Harding Short

Devon Harding Short

Nov 11, 2013

Yadkinville Mrs. Devon Viola Harding Short, 60, separated this life unexpectedly on Monday, November 11, 2013. Mrs. Short was born July 14, 1953 in Forsyth County to Oscar and Louise Tomlin Harding. She attended Yadkin County Schools and also attended Tabernacle United Church of Christ when her health permitted her to. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Short was preceded...

Melva Legans Gough

Melva Legans Gough

Nov 11, 2013

Gough Yadkinville- Mrs. Melva Legans Gough, 73, passed away Monday, November 11, 2013 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. She was born December 4, 1939 in Yadkin County to the late Roland and Frances Reavis Legans. Mrs. Gough was retired from McLean Trucking and was owner and operator of Flowerland Florist in Yadkinville for 15 years. She was...

Walter Henry Speer

Walter Henry Speer

Nov 8, 2013

Speer East Bend - Walter Henry Speer, 95, passed away Friday, November 8, 2013 at his home. He was born September 17, 1918 in Yadkin County to the late Willie Huriah Speer and Nettie Geneva Spillman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Frank Loville Martin Speer; two sisters and a brother. As a...