OBITUARIES
John David Compton, Sr.
Jun 9, 2015
Reidsville: John David Compton, Sr., 88, of 2233 South Scales Street, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Friday, June 12, 2015, at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Clayton, Rev. Ron Tuck and Rev. David Gilbert officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Memory Gardens. Mr. Compton was born...
Nellie Ward Hawkins
Jun 5, 2015
Reidsville: Nellie Ward Hawkins, 76, passed away on Friday, June 5, 2015 at Avante at Reidsville. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Monday, June 8, 2015, at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. A.C. Palmer and Rev. Ralph Clayton officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens. Nellie was born in Rockingham County to the late Major and Sallie...
Araya Nicole Cline
Jun 5, 2015
Araya Nicole Cline, infant daughter of Ashley Nicole Farmer and Tevin Justin Cline, passed away on Friday, June 5, 2015, at Brenner's Childrens Hospital in Winston -Salem, NC. Graveside funeral will be held at 4:00 PM on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Wilkerson Funeral...
Frances Moore Mabe
Jun 2, 2015
Reidsville: Frances Moore Mabe, 68, of 1677 County Home Road, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Billy’s home (1313 Ridgewood Ave). Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M., Friday, June 5, 2015, at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ronnie Warner officiating. The burial will follow at the Hall and Mabe Family Cemetery....
Donald William Priddy
Jun 2, 2015
Reidsville: Donald William Priddy, 66, of 901 Wolf Island Road, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Duke University Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 3:00 P.M., Friday, June 5, 2015, at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Greg Robertson officiating. The burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Donald was born on May...
Betty Jean Jessup Land
May 31, 2015
Reidsville– Betty Jessup Land, 75, passed into the presence of her Lord on Sunday, May 31st at UNC-Chapel Hill Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Vance Street Baptist Church, 1614 Vance Street, at 2:00 PM, with Rev. John Eure officiating. Burial will follow at Reidlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends two hours prior to...
Ethel Lee Knowles
May 26, 2015
Reidsville–Ethel Lee Parrish Knowles departed from this life to her heavenly home on May 26, 2015 at the Brian Center in Eden, NC after several years of declining health. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, May 30, 2015 at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Walter Daves officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service...
Ray T. "Swanny" Dodson
May 25, 2015
Ray T. “Swanny” Dodson, 59, of 2528 Sunnycrest Dr., died on Monday, May 25, 2015, at his home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Prichard officiating. The interment will follow in the Dodson Family Cemetery in Sandy Ridge, NC. Ray was born in Winston-Salem, NC and was...
Bettie (Elizabeth) Eades Yeich
May 21, 2015
Reidsville–Bettie (Elizabeth) Eades Yeich died quietly at home May 21, 2015 following a long illness. Born June 24, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. B.D. Smith of Omar and Man, WV. Mrs. Yeich was an elementary school teacher, business woman, homemaker and mother. She graduated from Man High School and attended the University of Kentucky...
Peggy Jones Setliff
May 20, 2015
Reidsville–Peggy Jones Setliff, 76, of 1297 Narrow Gauge Road, died on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at her home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, May 23, 2015 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Shannon Joseph and Wayne Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Mount Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery. Peggy was born in Rockingham County to...
T. Watson Rakestraw
May 20, 2015
Eden- Thomas Watson Rakestraw, 87, died at home surrounded by family and friends May 20th 2015, following a battle with cancer. He leaves his lovely wife of 61 years, Rebecca Chrismon Rakestraw; his three children Thomas Rakestraw and wife, Pam, Susan Allen and husband, James, and Scott Rakestraw and wife, Katie, his four grandchildren Emory, Graham, Caroline Rakestraw, and Nicole...
Nancy Talley Farkas
May 16, 2015
Reidsville- Mrs. Nancy Talley Farkas, 79, of Reidsville passed away on Saturday, May 16th, 2015. Mrs. Farkas was born on August 13th, 1935 in Rockingham County to the late Gilbert and Alice Wall Talley. She was a homemaker and a member of Lawsonville Road Baptist Church for over seventy years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Farkas....
Elbert "Red" Spangler
May 13, 2015
Ruffin–Elbert “Red” Spangler, 88, of 1411 Perkinson Road, died on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Moses Cone Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 16, 2015, at 10:00 AM at Happy Home Congregational Christian Church with Rev. Bruce McBride officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with military rites. The family will receive friends at 1411 Perkinson Road....
Susan Kelly Thurman
May 13, 2015
Susan Kelly Gammon Thurman, 55, unexpectedly passed away on May 13, 2015. A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Happy Home Congregational Christian Church, 6941 NC 700, Ruffin, with Rev. Bruce McBride presiding. Visitation will take place afterward at the church. Susan was born on June 6, 1959 in Rockingham County to the...
Roy W. Ingram
May 12, 2015
Roy W Ingram, 74, passed away on May 12, 2015 at his home in Summerfield North Carolina. He was born on September 26, 1940 in Cornelia, Georgia, and spent his youthful years growing up in Kenmore New York. After graduating from Kenmore High School, he enlisted in the United States Air Force where he served as an Aircraft Maintenance Crew...
Dwight Legrande Whitesell
May 11, 2015
Reidsville - Dwight Legrande Whitesell, 69, passed away Monday, May 11, 2015 at his home after a short battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM, Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ron Tuck officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens with military rites performed by the Rockingham County Honor Guard. The...
Jerry Raymond Hopkins
May 6, 2015
Browns Summit: Jerry Raymond Hopkins, 79, of 4429 E NC Hwy 150, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at Wesley Long Hospital. A visitation will be held before the service on Saturday, May 9, 2015 from 9:00 til 11:00AM at Wilkerson Funeral Home followed by the funeral service at 11:00 AM. Interment will follow at Fair Grove United Methodist...
Roger Dale Lawson
May 6, 2015
Roger Dale Lawson, 49 of 108 Primrose Lane, passed away on Wednesday May 6, 2015 at his home. A memorial service will be held Friday, May 8, 2015 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Robert Joyce officiating. Roger was preceded in death by his mother, Betty Joyce Sneed. Survivors include his wife of 15 years, Christine B. Lawson; children, James...
Shirley Soyars
May 5, 2015
Mrs. Shirley Taylor Soyars, 83, of Reidsville, passed away on Tuesday, May 5th, 2015. She was born on May 31st, 1931 in Granville County, NC to the late Roy A. Taylor, Sr.and Sarah Hobgood Taylor. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Melvin Soyars and four brothers and two sisters. Survivors are her daughter, Ann Soyars of Greensboro;...
Chase Taylor Durham
May 4, 2015
Greensboro: Chase Taylor Durham, 26, of Hidden Lakes Apartments, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, May 4, 2015 at his home. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Reidlawn Cemetery with Rev. Bruce McBride officiating with military graveside rites. Chase was born in Guilford County. He graduated from Rockingham County High School and served...
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