Obituaries
Ann Hoots Davis
Sep 29, 2013
Mrs. Ann Hoots Davis, 81, passed away September 29, 2013. Mrs. Davis was born March 3, 1932 to the late Ota and Glenn Hoots. She was a graduate of Yadkinville High School and Baltimore City Hospitals' Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Program. She practiced as an LPN at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, as an industrial nurse for Bassick-Sack Division and retired...
Bryon Scott Baity
Sep 28, 2013
Bryon Scott Baity left this world at 6 P.M. Saturday September 28, 2013 to be with his Lord. Even during his times of turmoil and suffering he remained a dedicated servant of his Lord Jesus Christ. He is survived by his children Cali, Korey, Kelsi and Kerry; Lisa is the Mother of his children. He is the son of Curt...
Oza Mae Cook
Sep 28, 2013
Hamptonville Ms. Oza Mae Cook, 90, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Ms. Cook was born February 13, 1923 in Yadkin County to U.C. and Myrtle Royall Cook. In addition to her parents, Ms. Cook was preceded in death by two sisters and four brothers. She is survived by a daughter, Gail (Benny) Swaim; one granddaughter,...
Hazel Crews Reavis
Sep 28, 2013
Mrs. Hazel Crews Reavis, 88, passed away Saturday September 28, 2013 at Yadkin Nursing Center. Mrs. Reavis was born May 29, 1925 In Yadkin County to the late Earlie and Myrtle Adams Crews. She was a member of Charity Bible Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Leonard Reavis; a son Dean Reavis; a daughter Karen...
Ruth Thomasene "Tommi" Dobson
Sep 27, 2013
Ruth Thomasene "Tommi" Dobson, 72, passed away Friday September 27, 2013. She was born December 20, 1940 in Yadkin County to Thomas and Annie Ruby Grinton Dobson. Ms. Dobson retired from teaching with the Greensboro city schools. She also sang many years with the Sweet Adelines International. She was preceded in death by her father Thomas Dobson; Four sisters Carolyn...
Nell Frances Newell
Sep 26, 2013
Newell Yadkinville- Mrs. Nell Frances Newell, 91, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2013 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. She was born February 26, 1922 in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Glover and Lula Robertson Grainger. Mrs. Newell married Palmer Morgan "Pat" Newell, who preceded her in death. While her husband served in World War II, Mrs. Newell joined...
Allen Leon Davis
Sep 26, 2013
Allen L. Davis, 81, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2013. He was born September 4, 1932 in Surry County, N.C. to the late Charlie and Thelma Davis. Mr. Davis served in the U.S. Army 32nd Signal Corp in Germany. In 1956, he married Virginia Sherrill Brown who survives. Other survivors are two sisters, Shirley D. Mooney and Peggy D. Littell;...
Alma Edwards Snow
Sep 26, 2013
Snow Boonville- On the morning of Thursday, September 26, 2013, Alma Edwards Snow, 100, of Boonville received her wings and went home to be with the Lord. Miss Alma was born on July 3, 1913 to Zoie Blanche Brannock Edwards and Erwin Richard Edwards. She has eight siblings. Miss Alma was preceded in death by her husband, Wade G. Snow...
Frankie Newman Foster
Sep 25, 2013
Hamptonville Mrs. Frankie Lane Newman Foster, 61, passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Foster was born November 2, 1951 in Surry County to Frank and Anzie Cheek Newman. She was a member of Swan Creek Baptist Church. Frankie's loving and caring spirit was evident to anyone she came in...
Harry George Lauer, Sr.
Sep 23, 2013
Harry George Lauer, Sr., 77, passed away Monday September 23, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Lauer was born July 19, 1936 in New Jersey to the late Gordon and Sarah Emery Lauer. Mr. Lauer was an electrician for Johnson Modern Electric, and was a member of South Oak Ridge Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, his...
Larry Dale Parker, Sr.
Sep 22, 2013
Yadkinville Mr. Larry Dale Parker, Sr., 67, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Salisbury VA Medical Center. Mr. Parker was born August 21, 1946 in Ashe County. He served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War and later in life, owned several convenience stores. Mr. Parker enjoyed fishing, Nascar, and watching football in his spare time. Mr. Parker...
Phelix Monroe Swaim
Sep 22, 2013
Hamptonville Mr. Phelix Monroe Swaim, 91, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at his home. Mr. Swaim was born July 12, 1922 in Yadkin County to Harvey and Leona Redding Swaim. He was a member of Swan Creek Baptist Church. He served in the US Army during World War II and later retired from Hanes Hosiery. Mr. Swaim enjoyed beekeeping...
Grady Lee Reavis
Sep 18, 2013
Grady Lee Reavis, 77, passed away Wednesday September 18, 2013 at Yadkin Nursing Center. Mr. Reavis was born July 24, 1936 to the late Joe Franklin and Pearl Swink Reavis. He is preceded in death by his parents, brother James Wesley Reavis, Aunt Ethel D. Swink, and Nephew Connie Aldridge. Surviving are his wife Betty Sue Reavis, Yadkinville; a daughter...
Bobby Ray Johnson
Sep 17, 2013
Johnson East Bend- Mr. Bobby Ray Johnson, 73, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born July 21, 1940 in Yadkin County to the late Ray and Evelyn Doub Johnson. Mr. Johnson worked his life as a farmer, and was retired from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company with several years of service. He was a loving...
Edwin Transou Parker
Sep 16, 2013
Edwin Transou Parker, age 90, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 16, 2013, with his family by his side. Edwin was born on November 15, 1922 to Vance and Fallie Douglas Hauser. His mother died when Edwin was only four weeks old. Edwin's Aunt and Uncle, Julius and Jellie Parker, adopted and raised him. During Edwin's...
Bettie Marie Adams
Sep 15, 2013
Greensboro Mrs. Bettie Marie Cranfill Adams, 86, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2013. Mrs. Adams was born September 10, 1927 in Yadkin County to Lloyd and Della Driver Cranfill. She was a member of Fall Creek Baptist Church and retired from Chatham Manufacturing after 38 years of service. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Adams was preceded in death by...
Lloyd Denton Willard
Sep 14, 2013
Winston Salem Mr. Lloyd Denton Willard, 80, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Willard was born September 29, 1932 in Yadkin County to Roscoe and Texas Ann Willard. He was a member of Mt. Nebo Church of Christ and was retired from Epes Transport. Mr. Willard enjoyed hunting, antique cars, but most of all, spending...
Charles Henry Thomasson
Sep 12, 2013
THOMASSON, Charles Henry, passed away on September 12, 2013. He was born to a large and close rural family in Hamptonville, NC on the 16th of February, 1917, the son of Mary Belle Cash and James A. Thomasson, and the fifth of twelve children. He was a loving husband to his wife of 71 years, Mary Jane Pittman, the proud...
Bobby James Moore
Sep 9, 2013
Moore Boonville- Mr. Bobby James Moore, 58, passed away Monday, September 9, 2013. He was born May 18, 1955 in Yadkin County. He worked for several years with a company moving mobile homes, and loved to go fishing. Surviving are his parents, Tommy M. and Darlene "Sis" McCann Swaim, Boonville; his daughter, Melissa Ann "Missy" Moore; his sister, Penny Smith,...