OBITUARIES

Dec 28, 2018

Mary Leona Freeman Hanks, 83, of 9448 US Hwy 158 West, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2018 at the Rockingham County Hospice Home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Monday, December 31, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Randy Pearman officiating. The entombment will follow at Evergreen Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at Darrell’s...

Dec 25, 2018

Douglas Wayne Hundley, 59, of 571 Chandler Mill Road, passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, December 30, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Saturday evening, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Doug was born...

Dec 24, 2018

Vicki Carol Knight, 68, of Summerfield passed away at her residence surrounded by her loving family Monday, December 24, 2018. There will be a visitation with song from 2:00 -3:00 PM Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Mt. Bethel Church, 8130 Hwy 65, Summerfield with Pastor Olaf van de Klashorst officiating. A graveside service will follow at Hillsdale Primitive Baptist Church...

Dec 21, 2018

Otis Franklin Saunders, 87, passed away on December 21, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, December 27, 2018 at Stony Creek Presbyterian Church, 2140 Stoney Creek Church Road, Burlington, NC 27217 with Rev. Randolph Wellford officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Otis was born in Caswell County to the late John Frank Saunders and...

Dec 20, 2018

Cynthia “Cindy” Davis Phillips, 61, of Reidsville, passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends at Wilkerson Funeral Home on Saturday, December 22, 2018 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. Cindy was born in Rockingham County to Amelia Lynn and the late Anthony Franklin Davis. She was a nurse for 35 years,...

Dec 18, 2018

Sara Tucker Mims-Thompson, 85, of Reidsville, passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, December 21, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Pastor Sandy Brown officiating. Burial will follow at the Gibsonville City Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service and other times at the home of...

Dec 17, 2018

James Allen “Hollerhead” Perdue, 55, of Westover Drive, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family and friends on Monday, December 17, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, December 21, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Reidlawn Cemetery with Rev. Tommy Massey officiating. The family will receive friends at Wilkerson from 6-8...

Dec 15, 2018

Jerry David McCann, 75, of 183 Hillcrest Road, passed away at his home on Saturday, December 15, 2018. Graveside funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Salisbury National Cemetery with full Military graveside honors. The family will receive friends at Wilkerson Funeral Home from 6:00 – 8:00 PM on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. Jerry...

Dec 15, 2018

There will be no formal services.

Dec 15, 2018

Judy Hooper Sizemore mercifully passed away on December 15, 2018 at Hospice of Rockingham County with her beloved daughter and son-in-law, Suzanne and Ron Vernon at her side, she was 73. Judy was born and raised in Reidsville, NC, a town she loved to call home where she had some of her fondest memories, best friends, and met the love...

Dec 13, 2018

Interment will be at a later date.

Dec 12, 2018

Dec 10, 2018

Bette Myrick Cobb Busick, 86, of 814 McCoy Road, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 10, 2018 at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ryan Burris officiating. The family will see friends one hour prior to the service from 1:00PM until...

Dec 8, 2018

Billy Franklin Clifton, age 85, passed away on Saturday, December 8, 2018, at VCU Medical Center. Born February 28, 1933, in Reidsville, he was the son of the late Arthur Davis Clifton and Lona Duggins Clifton. A private burial service will be held at Reidlawn Cemetery followed by a memorial service at  Main Street United Methodist Church on Wednesday, December 12,...

Dec 8, 2018

Glendora Stiers Roberts, 91, went home to be with The Lord peacefully on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at the Rockingham County Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor CA “Sandy” Brown and Pastor Steve Housewright officiating. The burial will follow...

Dec 8, 2018

John Wayne Smithey, 76, of Sands Circle, passed away peacefully at the Hospice Home of Rockingham County on Saturday, December 8, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 7 PM Wednesday evening, December 12, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with the family receiving friends from 5-7 P.M. prior to the service. Entombment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Thursday, December...

Dec 7, 2018

Elbert Monroe Suthard Jr., 91, of VFW Road, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, December 7, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, December 13, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Evergreen Memorial Gardens with military graveside rites. The family will receive friends at Wilkerson from 6-8 PM on Wednesday, December 12,...

Dec 7, 2018

Linda McMillan, 66, of Reidsville, passed away at Moses Cone on Friday, December 7, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, December 16, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Clayton officiating. The burial will follow at Greenview Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Wilkerson one hour prior to the service. Linda was born in...

Dec 7, 2018

For us who have known and loved her, Marjorie Handy’s Life with us was unfairly brief - March 6, 1936 to December 7, 2018. Born Marjorie Louise Smith, she grew up in the Casville Community of Caswell County, NC, the daughter of G.R. Smith, Sr. and Louise Jones Smith. She was known as Margie to contemporaries with whom she attended...

Dec 6, 2018

Rev. William Claude Harrelson, 94, of Grooms Road, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, December 6, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Wilkerson Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Reidlawn Cemetery with military graveside rites. Claude was born in Caswell County to the late George W. and Mary Somers Harrelson....