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Nancy Bush Preas

Nancy Bush Preas

Feb 16, 2010

Eden: Dr. Nancy Bush Preas, 80, of 1125 Harris Street, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Morehead Memorial Hospital.A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, February 19, 2010 at Boone-Reynolds Chapel and the family will receive friends after the service in the chapel. There will be a private committal service at a later date.Dr. Preas was a...

William Christler Smith

William Christler Smith

Feb 14, 2010

Reidsville – William “Bill” Christler Smith, 80, of 1401 Wentworth Street, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2010 at Annie Penn Hospital.A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel.William Smith was born and lived the majority of his life in Rockingham County from the age of 12. Prior to that...

David Ivory Miller

David Ivory Miller

Feb 12, 2010

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, February 15, 2010 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Mickey Alcorn, Rev. Marvin Bowman and Rev. Billy Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Miller was a native of Rockingham and the son of the late Dave and Florene Witty Miller. He loved his work and was...

Judy Perkins Stone

Judy Perkins Stone

Feb 12, 2010

Reidsville: Judy Perkins Stone, 61, of 1611 Wolf Island Road, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2010 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Monday, February 15, 2010 at Freedom Baptist Church with Pastor Ronnie Warner officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Stone was a native of Rockingham County and the...

Jesse Daniel Chilton

Jesse Daniel Chilton

Feb 11, 2010

Reidsville: Jesse Daniel Chilton, 92, of Reidsville died Friday, February 12, 2010 at Hospice Home. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, February 15, 2010 at Covington Wesleyan Church with Rev. Ralph Clayton and Rev. Sandy Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens. Born on November 8, 1917 in Rockingham County, Jesse was the 10th...

Florine James Farmer

Florine James Farmer

Feb 10, 2010

Reidsville: Florine James Farmer, 87, of Avante at Reidsville, died on Wednesday, February 10, 2010.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, February 12, 2010, at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Kenneth Hammock officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Memory Gardens. Mrs. Farmer was born in Rockingham County to the late James William and Mamie Brown James....

Mary Madgelene Johnson

Mary Madgelene Johnson

Feb 9, 2010

Reidsville, NC: Mary (Maggie) P. Johnson – Equils, 71 died February 9, 2010 at home surrounded by family.Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Friday, February 12, 2010 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Bland Leebrick officiating. The interment will follow in Greenview Cemetery. Mary was a resident of Rockingham County, growing up on the Narrow Gauge Road. She was...

Ethel Newton Murphy

Ethel Newton Murphy

Feb 7, 2010

Ruffin: Ethel N. Murphy , formerly of Ruffin, NC died of natural causes on February 7, 2010 at 12:15 AM at Blue Ridge Rehab Center in Martinsville, VA at the age of 94. Ethel was born on August 22, 1915, the daughter of the late J.O. and Myrtle Newton of Draper, NC. She was the eldest of nine children and...

Florence Barbour Haskins

Florence Barbour Haskins

Feb 3, 2010

Reidsville – Florence Barbour Haskins, 88, of Carolina House, died Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at the chapel of Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Curtis English and Pastor Shannon Newsome officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens.Mrs. Haskins was born in Pittsylvania County,...

Kenneth Chastain Southard

Kenneth Chastain Southard

Feb 1, 2010

Reidsville – Kenneth Chastain Southard, 86, of 2303 Richardson Drive, passed away Monday, February 1, 2010 at Wesley Long Hospital. Entombment will be held 3:00 PM Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Reidlawn Cemetery Mausoleum with Rev. Michelle Chappell officiating. Mr. Southard was born in Rockingham County to the late William and Pearl Southard. Kenneth retired with 40 years of service...

Eugene Fuller

Eugene Fuller

Jan 31, 2010

Eugene Fuller Way, Jr of Reidsville died Sunday, January 31, 2010, at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro following a brief illness. He was born July 15, 1930, to the late Margaret Wilson Way and Eugene Fuller Way of Reidsville. In addition to his parents, preceding him in death were his grandparents Janie T. and Peter E. Wilson and Emma...

Ricky Allen Strader

Ricky Allen Strader

Jan 31, 2010

Augusta, Ga. – Entered into rest Monday, January 31, 2011, Mr. Ricky Allen Strader, 56, husband of Mrs. Kaye Strader. Funeral services were held 2:00 PM Friday, February 4, 2011 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery.Mr. Strader was a native of Reidsville and resided in Augusta, Ga. for the past 21 years....

Ricky Allen Strader

Ricky Allen Strader

Jan 31, 2010

Augusta, Ga. – Entered into rest Monday, January 31, 2011, Mr. Ricky Allen Strader, 56, husband of Mrs. Kaye Strader. Funeral services were held 2:00 PM Friday, February 4, 2011 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery.Mr. Strader was a native of Reidsville and resided in Augusta, Ga. for the past 21 years....

Judy Gibson Bowles

Judy Gibson Bowles

Jan 30, 2010

Reidsville: Judy Gibson Bowles, age 60, died at her home in Reidsville on January 30 after a lengthy illness. She was born in Rockingham County to Leonard Jackson Gibson and Margaret Martin Gibson who predeceased her. She was also predeceased by a sister Donna Marie Cheek.She is survived by a brother Leonard Jackson "Jackie" Gibson of Winston-Salem, a daughter Beverly...

Frances Wilcox White

Frances Wilcox White

Jan 29, 2010

Reidsville: Frances Wilcox White, 82, of 221 Faye Lane, passed away Friday, January 29, 2009 at her son’s residence.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Midway United Methodist Church with Rev. George Robertson and Rev. Larry Scott officiating. The interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. White was a native of Ashe County...

Ruby Doss Scearce

Ruby Doss Scearce

Jan 25, 2010

Reidsville: Ruby Doss Scearce, 83, formerly of 8092 US Hwy 158, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, January 25, 2010 at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Martin officiating. The burial will follow in Reidlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Scearce was born in Rockingham County...

Diann Logan Overby

Diann Logan Overby

Jan 25, 2010

Ruffin – Diann Logan Overby, 64, of 206 Overhut Lane, died Monday, January 25, 2010 at her home. Graveside services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at Mayfield Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Johnny Dyer officiating. Diann was born in Pittsylvania County, Va. to the late Harvey Lee and Odelia Duncan Logan. She was a homemaker...

Sallie Brooks Vaughan Smith

Sallie Brooks Vaughan Smith

Jan 22, 2010

Sallie Brooks Vaughan Smith was born January 22, 1924, of Talbott, TN, and formerly of Reidsville, passed away Friday, January 22, 2010 at Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System. She was a member of Magna View Baptist Church and a retired teacher from the Hamblen County School System. After retirement she volunteered at the Pregnancy Crisis Center in Hamblen County. She graduated Magna...

Barbara Wilson Harris

Barbara Wilson Harris

Jan 22, 2010

Reidsville: Barbara Wilson Harris, 55, of 1622 Brooks Road, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, January 22, 2010 at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held 2:00PM Monday, January 25, 2010 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Clayton and Rev. Garfield Doss officiating. The burial will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens. Barbara was born in Rockingham...

Gustavious Adolphus Shelton

Gustavious Adolphus Shelton

Jan 21, 2010

Reidsville – Gus A. Shelton, Jr., 88, of Trinity, NC, died Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Hospice Home At High Point. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 22, 2010 at the Chapel of WilkersonFuneral Home in Reidsville, NC.Mr. Shelton was born in Danville, Va. and was a son of the late Gustavious Adolphus Shelton,...

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