OBITUARIES

Ronald Wesley  Busick

Ronald Wesley Busick

Feb 5, 2013

Ruffin: Ronald Wesley Busick, 61, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held 11:00 AM on Friday, February 8, 2013 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Clayton officiating. The family will receive friends after the service at the funeral home. Ronald was born in Rockingham County to the late Henry...

Sara Adams  Chambers

Sara Adams Chambers

Feb 4, 2013

Reidsville– Sara Adams Chambers, 86, of 1304 North Woodleigh Circle, passed away on Monday February 4, 2013 at Hospice Home of Rockingham County. Funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 6. 2013, at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dan Jones officiating. Interment will follow in Reidlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Chambers was born in Danielsville, Georgia to the...

Raymond Nathaniel Gunn

Raymond Nathaniel Gunn

Jan 31, 2013

Reidsville – Raymond Nathaniel Gunn, 79, died on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at the Rockingham County Hospice Home. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, February 4, 2013 at Reidlawn Cemetery with military graveside rites. Raymond was born in Rockingham County to the late Arnie and Margaret Walker Gunn. He was an electrician with Adams Electric...

Barbara Seef Shaffer

Barbara Seef Shaffer

Jan 31, 2013

Ruffin: Mrs. Barbara Shaffer went home to be with her Lord, surrounded by her family, after 71 blessed years. Barbara was born in Chicago on July 13, 1941 to Henry and Dorothy Seef who she meets in heaven along with her sister Donna Shive. Barbara attended Milligan Bible College, where she met the love of her life Roger Shaffer. They...

Frances Weaver  Washburn

Frances Weaver Washburn

Jan 29, 2013

Reidsville – Frances Weaver Washburn, 77, of 251 Mizpah Church Road, died on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral service will be held 3:00 PM Friday February 1, 2013, at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Doug McLeroy officiating. Interment will follow in Reidlawn Cemetery. Frances was born in Rockingham County to the late Percy G. and Naomi...

Jack Sherrill Rumley

Jack Sherrill Rumley

Jan 28, 2013

-- View a Video -- Jack "Pete" Rumley Stokesdale – Mr. Jack “Pete” Rumley, 74, of 8176 Flat Rock Road, Stokesdale, died Monday, January 28, 2013. Mr. Rumley was born August 27, 1938, in Rockingham County to the late Richard Rumley and Peggy Price Rumley. He was a self-employed auto mechanic and a member of Maple Lawn Baptist Church. Mr....

Laura Arlene Williams  Griffith

Laura Arlene Williams Griffith

Jan 27, 2013

Reidsville: Arlene Williams Griffith, 92, of 543 Harrison Crossroad Loop, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, January 27, 2013 at the Penn Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Bethlehem United Methodist Church with Rev. Stephen Blair officiating. The burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Also, the family will...

Mary Fitzgerald  Gillie

Mary Fitzgerald Gillie

Jan 26, 2013

Reidsville: Mary Fitzgerald Gillie, 97, of Brookridge Retirement Community, passed away Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Brookridge. There will be a graveside committal service at 12PM Noon, Thursday, January 31, 2013 at Greenview Cemetery in Reidsville with Rev. Jeffrey Smith officiating. A Memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Thursday afternoon, January 31 at Feezor Auditorium with Rev. Ray...

Joe Cleveland  Tilley

Joe Cleveland Tilley

Jan 24, 2013

Reidsville –Mr. Joe Cleveland Tilley, of 314 Copperhead Road, Reidsville, died Thursday, January 24, 2013. Joe was born March 1, 1934 in Rockingham County to the late Howard Tilley and Bertha Parker Tilley. He was a self-employed carpet installer and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Mary Tilley; brothers, Wayne V. Tilley...

Christine Moore Hilton

Christine Moore Hilton

Jan 22, 2013

Summerfield: Christine “Memaw” Moore Hilton, 81, of 312 Glencoe Church Loop, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at the Hospice Home of Rockingham County. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Glencoe United Methodist Church with Rev. Donald Haynes officiating. The burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs....

Robert Billy  Osborne

Robert Billy Osborne

Jan 19, 2013

Reidsville, NC – Robert Billy Osborne, 63, of 241 Lorriane Drive, died on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Jacob’s Creek Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Reidlawn Cemetery. Robert was born in Alamance County to the late Russell Joe Osborne, Sr. and Virginia...

Joyce Witherspoon  Craddock

Joyce Witherspoon Craddock

Jan 19, 2013

Eden: Joyce Witherspoon Craddock, 64 of 147 Village Drive, passed peacefully on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital, with her family by her side. At Joyce’s request, there will no public memorial service. Joyce was born in Person County NC to the late John Henry and Ruby Childress Witherspoon. She was a retiree of UNIFI and Ball...

Jo Ann Dickens Wray

Jo Ann Dickens Wray

Jan 18, 2013

Reidsville: Jo Ann Dickens Wray, 78, of 657 Boyd Road, died Friday, January 18, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, January 21, 2013 at Smyrna Presbyterian Church with Rev. Terry Larsen officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Jo Ann was born in Rockingham County to the late Charlie Dickens and Mabel...

Lee Roy  Stanley

Lee Roy Stanley

Jan 18, 2013

Lee Stanley, 88, of 705 Parkway Boulevard died Friday, January 18, at Penn Nursing Center. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 22 at First Baptist Church, with Dr. Bill Duke officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. Lee was preceded in death by his mother, Grace...

Aaron Sands

Aaron Sands

Jan 17, 2013

Reidsville – Aaron Sands, 78 of 397 Moore Road, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Moses Cone Hospital. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in New Lebanon Christian Church Cemetery. Mr. Sands was born in Stokes County to the late Johnie and Hallie White Sands...

Catherine Vaughn  Williams

Catherine Vaughn Williams

Jan 17, 2013

Reidsville –Catherine Vaughn Williams, 86, of Avante at Reidsville, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2013. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 PM, Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Mt. Bethel Christian Church, 8130 NC Highway 65, Summerfield, NC with Rev. Harry Smith and Rev. David Hill officiating. Mrs. Williams was born in Rockingham County to the late Roy and...

Brenda Harris  Medina

Brenda Harris Medina

Jan 16, 2013

Reidsville – Brenda Harris Medina, 63, of Lexington Health Care Center, passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2013. A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ralph Clayton and Rev. Dwayne Anders officiating.. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 1-2 PM. Interment will...

Porter Rakestraw

Porter Rakestraw

Jan 16, 2013

Reidsville – Porter Graves Rakestraw, 84, of Penn Nursing Center, died on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Annie Penn Hospital. A memorial service will be held 11:00 AM Friday, January 18, 2013 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sandy Brown officiating. Mr. Rakestraw was born in Rockingham County to the late Fitzuh Dewey and Phoebe Mitchell Rakestraw. He was...

Thelma Loftis  Toler

Thelma Loftis Toler

Jan 15, 2013

Brown Summit-Thelma Loftis Toler, 88, of 5929 Bush Road, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at Blumenthal Jewish Nursing and Rehab Center of Greensboro. Funeral services will be held at one o’clock in the afternoon on Friday, January 18th, 2013 in Hillcrest Baptist Church, 3920 Baylor Street, Greensboro, North Carolina with Pastor Larry Pugh...

Margaret York Dixon

Margaret York Dixon

Jan 13, 2013

Reidsville, NC Mrs. Margaret York Dixon, 88, of 605 Cedar Lane, Reidsville went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 13, 2013, at Morehead Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who dearly loved the Lord with all her heart. She was a loyal member of Penn Memorial Baptist Church until illness...

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