OBITUARIES

Gaylor Dwight Evans

Gaylor Dwight Evans

Sep 4, 2016

Reidsville: Mr. Gaylor Evans, 74, of Reidsville, passed away on Sunday, September 4th, 2016. A graveside funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 10th, 2016 at one o’clock at Greenview Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Evans was born in Rockingham County to the late James Morris Evans...

Donna Lou Sandhagen Cook

Donna Lou Sandhagen Cook

Sep 4, 2016

Mrs. Donna Lou Sandhagen Cook, 76, at her lifelong home in Wentworth, passed on Sunday, September 4th, 2016, surrounded by her family and many beloved pets. Donna was born on May 16th, 1940 in Hutchinson, Kansas to the late Carl F. Sandhagen and Pauline Iris Griffin Sandhagen. She was a lifetime member of the Rockingham County Naturalist Club. She will...

Austin Elmore

Austin Elmore

Sep 3, 2016

Austin Elmore, Jr., 89, passed away Saturday, September 03, 2016 at Moses Cone Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, September 8, 2016 at Fairview Baptist Church with Rev. Heath Lloyd officiating. Burial will follow at Lakeview Memorial Park in Greensboro, NC. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM at...

Nancy Marie Perdue May

Nancy Marie Perdue May

Sep 2, 2016

Nancy Marie Perdue May, 65, passed away at her home on Friday evening, September 2, 2016. Nancy was born in Rockingham County on April 24, 1951 to the late Willie Perdue and Jennie Sharp Perdue. Nancy was a homemaker and loved taking care of her husband and family. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Her favorite pastimes included...

Herbert Wayne Anderson

Herbert Wayne Anderson

Sep 1, 2016

Reidsville – Mr. Herbert Wayne Anderson, age 59, of Reidsville, passed away on Thursday, September 1st, 2016. Wayne was born on March 17th, 1957 in Rockingham County to the late Herbert Julian Anderson and Margaret Smith Anderson. He was an avid fisherman and worked thirty years with Cone Mills. Survivors include his wife, Peggy Anderson; two daughters, Michelle Anderson; Christine...

Joseph Edwin Matkins

Joseph Edwin Matkins

Sep 1, 2016

Reidsville – Joseph Edwin Matkins, 98, passed away on Thursday, September 1st, 2016 at Brookdale Assisted Living. A graveside service will be held at 2:00PM on Sunday, September 4, 2016 at Greenview Cemetery. Wilkerson Funeral Home is assisting the family and condolences may be made to the family at www.wilkersonfuneral.com

Louise Newnam Robertson

Louise Newnam Robertson

Aug 31, 2016

Ruffin: Louise Newnam Robertson, 73, of 1948 Oregon Hill Road passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, September 2, 2016 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Pastor Heath Lloyd officiating. Burial will follow in Happy Home Church Cemetery. Louise was born on May...

Hunter Marie Oakley Hill

Hunter Marie Oakley Hill

Aug 31, 2016

Reidsville: Hunter Marie Oakley Hill, 67, of Iron Works Rd passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, September 4, 2016 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Heath Lloyd officiating. The burial will follow in Ridgeview Memorial Gardens in Eden. Marie was born on November 27, 1948...

Mary Agnes Barnhill Hux

Mary Agnes Barnhill Hux

Aug 30, 2016

Mary Agnes Barnhill Hux 91, died August, 30 at her home. Mary was born August 21, 1925 to Kenneth Raymond Barnhill and Lelia Blanche Marks Barnhill in Prince George County, Virginia. Mary spent her childhood in Halifax County, North Carolina. At age 16 in 1942, she traveled to Wright-Patterson air force base in Dayton, Ohio to help with the war...

Robert London Kirkman

Robert London Kirkman

Aug 29, 2016

Robert London Kirkman, 88, of 179 Speedway Drive, died Monday, August 29, 2016 at his home. Mr. Kirkman was born in Guilford County. He adored his wife, Dorothy and loved his family very much. Mr. Kirkman is survived by his daughters, Diane Douglas and husband, Randy of North Carolina, Toni Harrelson of South Carolina and Sandy Grogan and husband, James...

Beverly Pike

Beverly Pike

Aug 29, 2016

Reidsville: Beverly Mae Pike, 67, of 562 Country View Drive, Winston Salem, passed away on Monday, August 29, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Evergreen Memory Gardens with Pastor Tom Worley officiating. Beverly was born in Rockingham County to the late Edward Benjamin and Hattie White Pike....

Louise Carter Haskins

Louise Carter Haskins

Aug 29, 2016

Louise Carter Haskins, 79, went to be with her Savior Monday, August 29, 2016 at Hospice Home Rockingham County surrounded by loved ones. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Covington Memorial Wesleyan Church with Reverend Ralph Clayton officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service at...

Gladys  Fowler Buck

Gladys Fowler Buck

Aug 28, 2016

Reidsville: Gladys Fowler Buck, 92, of 112 Field Street, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Annie Penn Hospital. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Reidlawn Cemetery with Rev. Wendell Edwards officiating. Gladys was born in Danville, Va. to the late Eugene and Ruth Dabbs Fowler. She was a retiree of...

Tony Lee Gillespie

Tony Lee Gillespie

Aug 28, 2016

Reidsville: Tony Lee Gillespie 79, of 1341 Harrison Cross Rd., went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 28th, 2016 at Annie Penn Hospital. Graveside services will be held 1:00 Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 at Reidlawn Cemetery with Pastor Ronnie Warner officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Gillespie was born in Rockingham County to the late,...

Flossie Mae Taylor Seay

Flossie Mae Taylor Seay

Aug 27, 2016

Reidsville: Flossie Mae Taylor Seay, 92, formerly of Martinsville Va., passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Hospice Home of Rockingham County with her loving children at her side. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Angie Toth officiating. The family will see friends one hour...

Majorie  Cowden Willis

Majorie Cowden Willis

Aug 25, 2016

Marjorie Jane Cowden Willis, 86, passed from this life into eternity on Thursday, August 25, 2016, at Avante of Reidsville. She was born on February 21, 1930 in Cincinnati, OH, the third of four children. Margie was a member of Reidsville Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Ray Willis, her parents and two siblings. Survivors...

Thressa Land Willis

Thressa Land Willis

Aug 22, 2016

Reidsville- Mrs. Thressa Land Willis, 90, of Reidsville passed away at Guilford House in Greensboro on Monday, August 22nd, 2016. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday August 24th at Evergreen Memory Gardens with Rev. Jack Land officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Wilkerson Funeral Home. Mrs. Willis was...

Kenneth Warren Perkins

Kenneth Warren Perkins

Aug 22, 2016

Reidsville: Dr. Kenneth Warren Perkins, age 89, of Reidsville, died on August 22, 2016. Dr. Perkins was a native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, but was a Reidsville resident for over twenty-five years, coming here from Alamance County. Dr.Perkins was a graduate of Berea College in Berea, Kentucky and of Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana. He was chief zoologist with Carolina Biological...

James Arnold McKinney

James Arnold McKinney

Aug 22, 2016

REIDSVILLE- Mr. James Arnold McKinney Sr, 90, of 1206 Benton Lane, passed away Monday, August 22, 2016. Secure in the blessing of his familyʼs deep love, he left this earth peacefully and now rests in his Savior, Jesus Christʼs eternal embrace. A funeral service will be held 11:00 AM, Friday August 26th at First Presbyterian Church, 318 South Main Street...

Kathy Harrell Watkins

Kathy Harrell Watkins

Aug 22, 2016

Kathy Harrell Watkins, 64, went into the presence of her Lord on Monday, August 22, 2016 from her home. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Maple Lawn Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Pruitt and Rev. Billy Hicks officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Lawn Baptist Cemetery. Kathy was born December 25, 1951 in Guilford...