OBITUARIES

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...

May 18, 2008

New Bern, NC:   Gerald Allen Canady, 63, of 1618 Concord Street, died at Craven Regional Medical Center in New Bern, NC, Sunday, May 18, 2008. Memorial services will be held 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 14, 2008, at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Hooper officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral home....

May 18, 2008

Reidsville – Deborah Smith Smith, 49, of 1241 Richardson Drive, died Sunday, May 18, 2008 at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held will be held 11:00 AM, Thursday, May 22, 2008 at the Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Vincent Wall officiating. The burial will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens. Deborah was born in Rockingham County to the late...

May 18, 2008

Reidsville- Infant, Nathaniel Sharp Lewis died Sunday, May 18, 2008 at Women’s Hospital of Greensboro. The funeral mass will be held at 2:00PM Friday, May 23, 2008 at Holy Infant Catholic Church with Father Joe Mack officiating. Nathaniel is survived by his parents, Phillip Lee and Leslie Sharp Lewis; brother, Zachary Phillip Lewis; sister, Emily Ann Lewis, both of the...

May 16, 2008

Reidsville – Haylea Starr Knight, 6, of 425 Whip-O-Will Way passed away Friday, May 16, 2008 at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM, Tuesday, May 20, at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Harmon officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens.   Haylea was born in Guilford County and was a first grader at...

May 11, 2008

Reidsville – Henry J. “Hank” Melvin, Jr., 66, of 977 Grooms Road, died Sunday, May 11, 2008 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital with his loving wife and children by his side. Graveside funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at Reidlawn Cemetery with Rev. Aaron Withrow officiating. Mr. Melvin was born in Durham, NC to the...

May 11, 2008

Reidsville – Pauline Cook Shreve, 87, of 273 Camp David Trail, died Sunday, May 11, 2008 at Hospice Home of Rockingham County. Funeral services will be held will be held 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at Wilkerson Funeral Home and the burial will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens. Mrs. Shreve was born in Rockingham County to the late Robert...

May 11, 2008

REIDSVILLE:     Hugh Scott Hester,born March 26th 1934 died peacefully in his sleep at his lake home with the beauty of nature surrounding him early morning on Sunday May 11th 2008. The memorial services will be held at Main Street United Methodist Church in Reidsville North Carolina at 3:00 pm on Thursday, May 15, 2008. Family will be greeting...

May 9, 2008

Reidsville – Elaine Fain Bradsher, 82, of High Grove Assistant Living, died Friday, May 9, 2008 at Annie Penn Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held will be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at Evergreen Memory Gardens. Mrs. Bradsher was born in Rockingham County to the late Jim and Pearl Gilley Fain. She was retired from American Tobacco...