OBITUARIES

Jun 18, 2008

Reidsville: Mary Lou Taylor Joyce, Our Dear Sweet Mary Lou, 86 years young, has gone home to her Father.   Everyone who has known her will miss her tremendously. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 21, 2008 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel.    Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Park, Hwy 29 N., Greensboro, N.C. Mrs....

Jun 16, 2008

Reidsville, NC – Iris Temple Foster Stephens, 73, of 8745 US Hwy 29, died Monday, June 16, 2008, at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, June 19, 2008 at Ruffin Stacey Baptist Church with Rev. Michael Tillman and Rev. Ralph Clayton officiating. The burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Stephens was born...

Jun 15, 2008

Reidsville, NC – Gary Steven Johnson, 54, of 190 Teal Drive, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, at his residence. Funeral Service will be held at 5:00 PM Thursday, June 19, 2008 at Wilkerson Funeral home chapel with Rev. Bland Leebrick and Rev. George Fox officiating. A graveside committal service will be held in Evergreen Cemetery in Louisville, KY on Friday,...

Jun 13, 2008

Greensboro:  Ruby Wylene Smithey, 83, of 5833 Carla Lane, died Friday, June 13, 2008 at her residence.   Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, June 15, 2008 in Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery. Miss Smithey was born July 20, 1924, in Gibsonville, North Carolina to the late Alfred Jackson Smithey, Sr. and Grace Loy Smithey. She...

Jun 11, 2008

Reidsville –Grady Prescott Wall, 89, of 175 Grady Road, died Friday, July 11, 2008, at Moses Cone Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, July 13, 2008 at Lawsonville Road Baptist Church with Rev. Ron Tuck officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Wall was born in Rockingham County to the late John Cleveland Wall...

Jun 11, 2008

Ruffin:   Robert “Boyd” Cantrell, 30, of 48 Casview Acres #1, died on Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 14th at Reidlawn Cemetery with Rev. George Fox officiating.   Boyd was born in Rockingham County and was a graduate of Reidsville Senior High.   He was a product technician with Aaron’s...

Jun 9, 2008

Reidsville: Lena Mae Martin Harrelson Lovelace, 85, of 515 Triangle Road, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, Monday, June 9, 2008 at her home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2008, at 2:00 PM at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Johnny Roberts officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Baptist Church cemetery. Mrs. Lovelace was...

Jun 5, 2008

Reidsville – Michael Lewis Glover, 56, of 2032 Benaja Road, died Thursday, June 5, 2008 at his home. A Graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, June 8, 2008 at Evergreen Memory Gardens with Rev. Jeff Bartolett officiating. Mr. Glover was born in Guilford County to Robert M. and Geneva Minor Glover. He was of the Baptist faith...

Jun 3, 2008

Lynchburg, Va.-Judy Busick Zimmerman, 50, of 2105 Carrington Road, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at Lynchburg General Hospital.– Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 6, 2008, at 4:00 PM at Wilkerson Funeral Home, with  Rev. Gene Davis and Rev. Earnie Carey officiating. Pallbearers will be James Zimmerman, Justin Crank, Greg Adair, Ryan Adair, Nathan Adair and Kevin Brown...

Jun 3, 2008

Reidsville – Naomi Comer McGehee Johnson, 90, previously of 431 Huffines Mill Road and the Carolina House passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at New Lebanon Congregational Christian Church with Dr. Mark Harris and Rev. Mike Martin officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The...

Jun 2, 2008

Reidsville – Annie Groff Gray, 87, of 1755 South Scales Street, passed away on Monday, June 2, 2008 at Annie Penn Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00AM on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at Reidlawn Cemetery with Rev. George Fox officiating. Mrs. Gray was born in Pittsylvania County, VA to the late Robert L. and Arabelle Burnett Groff....

Jun 1, 2008

May 31, 2008

Reidsville – Thomas Edward Lawson, 43, of 213 Burton Street, passed away on Saturday, May 31, 2008.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dan Jones Officiating. Interment will follow in Carnegie Oklahoma.. Thomas was born in Alexandria, Virginia. He was an employee of Lynn Rae Electrical Company...

May 30, 2008

Reidsville – Aura Lea Snead Hill, 84, of 616 N. Elm St. in Eden, died Friday, May 30, 2008 at the Hospice Home of Rockingham County. Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM , Sunday, June 1, 2008 at East Side Baptist Church with Rev. Gene Davis officiating. Interment will follow in Reidlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Hill was born in Guilford...

May 25, 2008

Reidsville: Norman James “Tim” Walker, 84, of 507 McCoy Road died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. George Fox and Rev. Ronnie Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Memorial Park in Greensboro, NC. Mr. Walker was born in Stokesdale, NC...

May 23, 2008

Reidsville – Helen M. Talley, 85, of 199 Manley Farm Road, died on Friday, May 23, 2008, at Penn Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 26 2008, at 11:00 AM. at Lowes United Methodist Church and the burial will follow in Reidlawn Cemetery, with Rev. Dale Swofford officiating. Mrs. Talley was born in Rockingham County to the...

May 22, 2008

Reidsville: Lewis Curtis Ellis, Jr., 46, of 148 Wright Trail, died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Moses Cone Hospital. There will be a private service at a later date. Curtis was born in Guilford County to Lewis Curtis Ellis, Sr. and Mattie Elisick Knipper on October 30, 1961 and has lived in Rockingham County for twenty years.   He attended...

May 22, 2008

Reidsville: Betty Barrow Bradley, 85, of 2123 Belmont Drive died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Woodmont United Methodist Church with Rev. Carl Johnson officiating.   Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson, Mississippi on Tuesday, May 27 at 2:00 PM. Betty was born...

May 21, 2008

Reidsville – Claude Lindsey Miller, 82, of 7316 US Business 29, died on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at Annie Penn Hospital. Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 24 2008, at 2:00 P.M. at Reidlawn Cemetery, with Rev. Mike Tilman officiating. Mr. Miller was born in Rockingham County to the late June and Nannie Hudson Miller. Mr. Miller was a...

May 20, 2008

Summerfield – Debra Jean Lovelace Porter, 46, of 155 Glencoe Church Road, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at Hospice Home of Rockingham County. Funeral services will be held will be held 11:00 AM, Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Glencoe United Methodist Church with Rev. Daniel Gaddy officiating. The burial will follow in the church cemetery. Debra was born in...