OBITUARIES
Faye Dean Watson
Feb 8, 2020
Faye Dean Watson, 77, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday February 8, 2020 at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at Calvary Baptist Church on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 2:00PM with burial to follow at Evergreen Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5:00-8:00 PM Tuesday evening at Wilkerson Funeral Home and...
Estelle London Luck
Feb 8, 2020
Estelle London Luck, 97, was taken to her heavenly home on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Brookdale Assisted Living. Estelle was born in Rockingham County to the late Aaron Stadler and Mary Eliza Tate London. She was retired from American Tobacco Co after 35 years service. She loved gardening and cooking. She loved her many cats and dogs over the...
Betty Stiers Knight
Feb 7, 2020
Betty Stiers Knight, 87, passed away on Friday, February 7, 2020 at Moses Cone Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at Main Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Joe Tarpley officiating. The family will see friends on Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 PM at Wilkerson Funeral Home. Betty was born in...
Margie Knowles Jarrell
Feb 6, 2020
Margie Knowles Jarrell, 80, went home to be with the Lord on February 6, 2020 surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, February 10, 2020 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Pastor Ryan Crowder officiating, burial will follow at Greenview Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00PM on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at...
Dorothy Land Easter
Feb 5, 2020
Dorothy Land Easter, 92, was taken to her heavenly home on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Countryside Manor. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with her brother, Pastor Jack Land officiating. The burial will follow at Reidlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, February 7 from 6:00 – 8:00...
Bonnie Lynn LaCava
Feb 3, 2020
Bonnie Lynn LaCava, 63, went home to be with the Lord on February 3, 2020 at her home in Reidsville. There will be no formal funeral services at this time. Bonnie was born on February 6, 1956 to the late Read and Elinor Turner in Yonkers, Westcherster County, New York. She will be remembered for her loving and outgoing personality...
Walter "Bud" Purgason
Feb 2, 2020
Walter “Bud” Purgason, was gathered in the Lord’s arms and taken to his heavenly home on February 2, 2020 at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Evergreen Memory Gardens with Rev. Walter Daves officiating with full military honors. Walter was born on August 16, 1933 to the late...
Claude Lipford
Feb 1, 2020
Claude Daniel Lipford, 84, went home to be with the Lord on February 1, 2020 at his home. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Happy Home Church Cemetery with Rev. Bruce McBride Officiating. Claude was born to the late James Lee Lipford and Mamie Gatewood Lipford in Rockingham County. He worked as a...
Billie Jo Reavis Clapp
Feb 1, 2020
Billie Jo Reavis Clapp, 51, passed away on February 1, 2020 at her home. A memorial service will be held at 5:00 PM Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Clayton officiating. Other times the family will receive friends at the home of Scottie Pruitt, 823 Elm Street, Reidsville. Billie Jo was born in Sanford, NC...
Cleah Simmons Baynes
Feb 1, 2020
Cleah S. Baynes, 81, formerly of Tulsa, Oklahoma passed away February 1, 2020 after a brief illness. She is predeceased in death by her husband, of 60 years, Jack R. Baynes of Reidsville. Cleah is leaving behind 4 loving daughters, Janet Knight (Ronnie) of Bethany, Susan Reeves (Eddie) of Marion, SC, Beverly Baynes of Ruffin, Cheryl Williamson (Barry) of Mullins,...
Kenneth Elwood Ellington
Jan 30, 2020
Kenneth “PeeWee” Elwood Ellington, 80, went home to be with the Lord on January 30, 2020 at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 3:00PM on Sunday, February 2, 2020 at Mount Carmel United Methodist Church with Rev. Eric Lineberry officiating. The family will receive friends, Saturday, February 1, 2020 at Wilkerson Funeral Home from 6-8 PM and...
Elaine Wray Harrelson
Jan 30, 2020
Elaine Wray Harrelson, age 68, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 30, 2020. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Elaine was born in Reidsville, NC to the late Jack and Eva Wray. She retired from Burlington Industries after 30 years of service. For many years she fought a courageous battle...
Linda Hundley Miller
Jan 28, 2020
Linda Hundley Miller, age 66, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at Adams Farm Living and Rehabilitation after a lengthy illness. Linda was born in Reidsville, NC to the late Reuben Benjamin “Bennie” Hundley, Sr. and Georgia Handy Hundley. She graduated from Wentworth High School in 1971. Over the years she enjoyed working in retail and especially loved interacting...
Larry Wayne Vernon
Jan 27, 2020
Larry Wayne Vernon, 71, went home to be with the Lord on January 27, 2020 at his home. Graveside services will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, January 31, 2020 at Pleasantville Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Ronnie Warner officiating. Larry was born to the late Jessie Burton Vernon and Lucille Hopkins Vernon in Rockingham County. He retired from...
Betty Strader Montgomery
Jan 26, 2020
Betty Strader Montgomery, 79, went home to be with her Lord on January 26, 2020 at Hospice of Rockingham County. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Draper Christian Church, burial will follow at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00PM on Tuesday at Wilkerson Funeral Home and...
Honesta Willis Dobyns
Jan 25, 2020
July 22, 1926 – January 25, 2020. Honesta Autry Willis Dobyns died peacefully at home in the early morning of January 25, 2020. She was born near Autryville, NC on July 22, 1926 while her mother was visiting the family home in Sampson County. She grew up in Jacksonville, Florida with her loving parents, James Allen and Honesta Autry Willis....
Tamisha "Tammy" Puckett Southard
Jan 25, 2020
Surrounded by her family, Tamisha “Tammy” Puckett Southard left this world to join her Heavenly Father on January 25, 2020. She was a kind, devoted, and loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend. Her funeral service will be held at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, January 29th at 3pm and the burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens....
Terry Theriault Grubb
Jan 21, 2020
Terry Theriault Grubb, 64, returned to the Lord on January 21, 2020 surrounded by her family. The family will receive friends on Thursday, January 23, 2020 from 5:00-7:00PM at Wilkerson Funeral Home and other times at her home in Reidsville. Terry was born on April 10, 1955 to the late Francis “Yank” and Cecelia Theriault of Reidsville, NC. A graduate...
Michael Clare Bailey
Jan 21, 2020
Michael Clare Bailey,64, unexpectedly left this world on Tuesday, January 21,2020. He was born in Danville, Virginia on March 12, 1955 to the late Rev. Claude Neal Bailey and Louise Massey Bailey. Michael was a devoted father, a loving husband and brother, and a very cool Papa. He was an extremely proud veteran who served his country during the Vietnam...
Wade Louis Ray
Jan 20, 2020
Wade Louis Ray, 53, passed away on January 20, 2020 at his home. Wade was born in Washington, DC and has been a lifetime resident of Rockingham County. He loved his family and especially adored his granddaughter, Brayleigh. Wade was an avid KISS fan! He enjoyed fishing and all of the family trips to the beach and mountains. He is...
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