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Annie Lou Phipps Costley
Apr 8, 2017
Yadkinville: Annie Phipps Costley, 97, passed away quietly late Saturday, April 8, 2017 while at Yadkin Nursing Care Center. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at Penn Memorial Baptist Church at 2:00 PM with Rev. Randy Roberts officiating. Mrs. Costley was born in Mellow Valley, Alabama to the late Beamon F. Phipps and Emily Irene...
Hugh Clay Johnson
Apr 6, 2017
Reidsville: Hugh Clay Johnson, 55, loving husband, father and grandfather passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. Memorial services will be held 11:00AM on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Steve Housewright officiating. Inurnment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Monday evening, April...
Joseph Collins Echols
Mar 30, 2017
Reidsville: Joseph Collins Echols, 76, of 405 NW Market Street, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ron Tuck and Rev. Garfield Doss officiating. Interment will follow in Greenview Cemetery. Joseph was born in Rockingham County to the...
Jesse Ben "Johnny" Dickerson
Mar 29, 2017
Burlington- Mr. Jesse Ben “Johnny” Dickerson, III, 60, of Burlington, passed away on Wednesday, March 29th, 2017. Funeral services will be held at eleven o’clock on Monday, April 3rd, 2017 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Revs. James Garner and Tommy Bright officiating. Interment will follow in the Mabe Family Cemetery. The family will receive guests one hour prior to the...
Ronald "Ronnie" Jay Handy
Mar 29, 2017
Reidsville : Ronald “Ronnie” Jay Handy, 67, passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Rockingham County Hospice Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Pastor Beau Cooksey officiating. Ronnie was born on October 26, 1949, in Frankfurt, Germany to the late Samuel Edward Handy and Ruth Gammon Howell....
Wayne W. Ellzey, Sr.
Mar 28, 2017
Wayne W. Ellzey, Sr., age 88, of Reidsville, North Carolina, husband of the late Peggy Poston Ellzey, went to be with the Lord on March 28, 2017. Born in Progress, Mississippi, on September 29, 1928, he was the son of the late Nathaniel and Agnes Ellzey. Wayne committed his life to his country, his career, the outdoors and his family....
Robert Lee Cox
Mar 28, 2017
Reidsville : Robert Lee Cox III 60, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. A graveside service will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Greenview Cemetery. Robert Lee “R.L” Cox III was born on April 11th, 1956 to Loretta Simpson Cox and the late Robert Lee Cox Jr. He was a lifetime native of Reidsville , a...
John Wade Hancock
Mar 21, 2017
John Hancock, 55, suddenly passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at his home. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 4:00 PM at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Julius Koonce officiating. Mr. Hancock was born in Danville, VA on January 27, 1962. John was an awesome and caring nurse. He had a very...
Lucille Dunn Mangum
Mar 15, 2017
Reidsville: Lucille Dunn Mangum, 95, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Avante Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service may be held at a later date. Mrs. Mangum was born in Clarksville, VA to the late Oscar Jackson Dunn and Fannie Beth Thomas Dunn. She lived most of her life in Durham, NC before moving closer to her family in Reidsville....
Helen Bateman Hord
Mar 13, 2017
Helen Christine Bateman Hord, 91, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017 at Penn Nursing Center. A memorial service will be held at 1:00PM on Wednesday March 15, 2017 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Warrick officiating. The family will see friends prior to the service from 12:30 til 1:00PM. Helen was born in Rockingham County to the...
Brian Haynes
Mar 12, 2017
Brian Haynes, 56, of 180 Michrob Lane, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Moses Cone Hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Logan Haynes and Jeff Greenway offering the eulogy. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens. The family will see friends on...
William Wade "Bill" Norman
Mar 10, 2017
Reidsville: William Wade "Bill" Norman Jr., 67, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, March 10, 2017, at his home. Bill was a graduate of Reidsville Senior High School and the College of Business at East Carolina University. Vice President of Sales and Purchasing of Spray Cotton Mills before its closing and self-employed for the past 15 years, Bill loved the art...
Sandra Patterson Barber
Mar 10, 2017
Reidsville: Sandra Patterson Barber, 57, of Reidsville, passed away on Friday, March 10, 2017, at Annie Penn Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M., on Monday, March 13, 2017, at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Wendell Edwards and Rev. Milton Kennon, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Reidlawn Cemetery. Sandra was born on June 18, 1959, in...
Harold Clay "Buck" Palmer
Mar 8, 2017
Reidsville: Harold Clay “Buck” Palmer, Sr., 79, of 137 Palmer Road, was called home on Wednesday March 8, 2017 at Annie Penn Hospital. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Community Baptist Church with Rev. Randy Hester and Rev. Angie Toth officiating. The burial will follow in Evergreen Memory Gardens with Military Graveside Honors. Buck...
Clarence James "CJ" Watson
Mar 7, 2017
Eden: Clarence James “CJ” Watson, Jr., 61, passed away March 7, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. CJ was born in Forsyth County and was the son of the late Clarence James Watson, Sr. and Novella Tate Watson. CJ is survived by his wife, Pamela Martin Watson and his sister, Christin James Kennedy. There will be no formal services...
Ruth Clapp Walker
Mar 5, 2017
Ruth Clapp Walker, formerly of Reidsville, departed this life on Sunday March 5, 2017. Mrs. Walker was born on June 5, 1923 in Randolph County and moved to Rockingham County at an early age. There will be a graveside service at 3:00 PM at Greenview Cemetery, Reidsville on Saturday, March 11, 2017. There will be no visitation. The family requests...
Ruth Gammon Howell
Mar 3, 2017
Ruth Gammon Howell, 88, passed away March 3, 2017 at Avante Rehabilitation Center. A funeral service will take place Monday March 6, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Bill McKinney officiating. Burial will follow at Happy Home Church Cemetery. Ruth was born in Rockingham County to the late Silas Lester Gammon and Mary Hooper Gammon. She...
John Mitchell Slocum
Mar 2, 2017
Greensboro- Mr. John Mitchell Slocum, III, 66, of Greensboro, passed away on Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 at his home. A memorial service will be held at eleven o’clock in the morning on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 at Wilkerson Funeral Home, 1909 Richardson Drive, Reidsville, North Carolina 27320. The Reverend Morris Brown will officiate. A reception will begin at four o’clock...
Harry Gale Strader
Mar 1, 2017
Reidsville: Harry Gale Strader, 68, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at his home and taken to Annie Penn Memorial Hospital. Harry will be laid to rest in Evergreen Memory Gardens with no formal services planned at this time. Harry was born December 2, 1948 in Rockingham County to the late Lee Roy Strader and Mary Edna Strader. Harry loved...
Douglas "Doug" Thomas Doss
Feb 28, 2017
Reidsville: Douglas “Doug” Thomas Doss, 74, passed away February 28, 2017 while at Avante Rehab Center. A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM on Friday, March 3, 2017 at Covington Wesleyan Church with Rev. Ralph Clayton officiating. Burial will follow in Reidlawn Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will take place one hour prior (1:00- 2:00 PM) to the...
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