Obituaries

Dec 15, 2021

"Larry" Wingate

June 14, 1943 – December 15, 2021

Larry Wingate, 78, passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist hospital with his loving family by his side. He was admitted into the hospital Thanksgiving night, just a day after he lost his beloved wife, Sandra, to a lengthy illness....

Nov 27, 2021

John Austin Cater Jr.

John Austin Cater Jr. of Alexander City, Alabama died peacefully of natural causes at N. Wilkesboro Hospital, on the morning of November 27, 2021.  He was 90.

John was born to John Austin and Lillian Cater in Alexander City, Alabama, on August 27, 1931 and grew up in Anniston, Alabama.  He...

Nov 24, 2021

Sandra Caudle Wingate

January 30, 1945 – November 24, 2021

Sandra Caudle Wingate, 76, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 with her loving family by her side. Born in Elkin, NC to Gilmer and Jean Mathis Caudle, Sandra attended Elkin High School and Women's College (now UNC Greensboro). Growing up surrounded by a...

May 7, 2021

Carroll M. Casses, 68, of Dobson, NC passed away unexpectedly May 7, 2021 at her residence. She was born in St. Paul, MN Nov 22,1952 to Seier  and Phyllis Karrow Malling-Holm.

Carroll was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Edward Roger Edgerley.  She is survived by her daughter Amanda Edgerley of Elkin, NC. Her step...

Feb 27, 2021

Mrs ReElla Miller Ball, 95, of State Road, widow of Rev. Vernon Ball,  died unexpectedly Saturday February 27, 2021 at her home. ReElla was born October 1, 1925 in Surry Co. to Walter and Helen Burcham Miller. She retired from Wolfe Brothers Furniture Co. and was a member of  Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. ReElla served on the Surry County...

Feb 25, 2021

Robert E. Pardew, age 94, of Bel Air, Maryland passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on February 25, 2021. Bob leaves a meaningful legacy with his easygoing nature, generosity in helping others, and terrific sense of humor as family patriarch and friend to many.

Born on a tobacco farm in Roaring River, North Carolina in 1926,...

Feb 17, 2021

David Harley Morrison, 69, died on the morning of February 17, 2021 at his home after an extended battle with cancer. He was born on May 12, 1951 in Morehead City, NC to John and Jean Morrison. He graduated from West Carteret High School in 1969 and from the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy in 1975. After...

Feb 16, 2021

Carey Dennis Thompson, 74, of State Road, NC passed away at his home.

Dennis was born in Durham, NC August 1st 1946 to Carey (Bill) and Pearl Warren Thompson. He Graduated from Aurilian Springs and Bladen Technical College with a degree in Police Science.  Dennis was a veteran having served in the US Army. He was first...

Feb 14, 2021

Michelle Rose Tucker, 32, of Clemmons, NC, passed away on February fourteenth.

Michelle is survived by her parents, Ed and Nancy Tucker, her brother Stephen, and her grandmother, Margaret Tucker. Born in Colorado, she attended school in Wyoming, moving to North Carolina with her parents after graduation. Michelle worked as a waitress and created art. She settled...

Feb 11, 2021

Mrs Ruby J. Day,  94,  of Elkin, widow of Fred J. Day, died Thursday evening at the home of her son, Bobby Day after an extended illness.

Ruby was born July 10, 1926 in Wilkes Co. to John Andrew and Dallie Johnson Johnston.  She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and retired from Elkin Valley...

Feb 10, 2021

On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, The Reverend Ralph Lopez Delgadillo, loving husband and father of two, and Grandfather of Esenia-Elena Delgadillo, entered the presence of The Lord at the age of 80.

Father Ralph was born on September 10, 1940 in Phoenix, AZ to Antonio and Maria Delgadillo. He had six sisters, Mary, Betty, Sarah, Toni, Helen,...

Dec 29, 2020

Linda Sale Thomas 72, of Ronda, passed away peacefully December 29, 2020 surrounded by her loving family.  She was the only daughter of Fred A. and Nelle Morrison Sale.  She graduated from Elkin High School, attended Guilford College and graduated from Appalachian State with a degree in English.

Before graduating from college, mom married her high school...

Oct 2, 2020

Lenna Halsey Edwards Hobson, 76, of Boonville, NC passed away at home on October 2, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents Leonard Kenny Halsey and Sara Parsons Halsey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Ronald Edwards in 1985, and most recently her second husband Frank Hobson, Jr in...

May 13, 2020

Donald Meade Lewis of Elkin, NC passed away May 13, 2020.  He was a former resident of Stoughton MA and a 1960 graduate of Stoughton High School.  Don attended Williams College after serving in the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg, NC eventually settling in Enfield CT for 30 years until retiring as a VP from Bank of America.   He...

Apr 30, 2020

Sharon Ruth Deck Tucker began her cosmic journey on Thursday, April 30, 2020. She was 69 years old.

She was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on September 25, 1950, to Rev. Roy B. Deck and Ruth Kirk Deck, who preceded her in death. She graduated from Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem and from the University of North...

Apr 29, 2020

Alice Page Gwyn Heusel, an accomplished hunt seat rider, accounting executive, wife, aunt and step-mother died on April 29 th in Tacoma, Washington. She was 60 years old.

The daughter of Thomas Marshall Gwyn and the former Laura Ellen Moore of Elkin, North Carolina, she attended Elkin High School and graduated from the University of North Carolina...

Apr 28, 2020

Ruth Kirk Deck met Jesus face to face early on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. She was 100 years old.

She was born in Granite Quarry, NC on January 27, 1920, to Walter H. Kirk and Ethel Troutman Kirk. She married the love of her life, Rev. Roy B. Deck, on April 14, 1945, and they remained madly...

Apr 18, 2020

Zana Mayberry Wheeler, former resident of Elkin, NC and Bermuda Run, NC, died on April 18, 2020, at the age of 92.   Mrs. Wheeler was born on January 24, 1928, in Concord, NC, to Carl Roosevelt and Pauline Disher Rary.  After attending Appalachian State Teachers College, she married Keith Mayberry, and spent many years as a homemaker, piano teacher,...

Apr 4, 2020

Margaret Yancey (Peggy) Dudley, widow of Charles Council Dudley, MD, died Saturday April 4, 2020 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson.

Peggy was born in Raleigh NC, October 23, 1932 to Robert Gibbons and Margaret Hunter Yancey. She was a graduate of Broughton High School in Raleigh and Duke University. After their marriage and birth of four...

Mar 24, 2020

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The owner of a longtime Elkin family business, Sigmond Wallace "Wally" Holcomb Jr., died Tuesday at The Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81.

A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 14, 2020 in Hollywood Cemetery with a reception to...