Obituaries

Charles Lee "Bud" Baity

Charles Lee "Bud" Baity

Dec 24, 2020

Yadkinville – Charles Lee “Bud” Baity, 91, went racing on December 24, 2020. He passed at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson from complications with lung disease. He was born to Clyde Newsome “C.N.” Baity and Carrie Lee Goins Baity on March 22, 1929. He was a member of Courtney Baptist Church where he attended and supported the church in many...

Bobby Lee Collins

Bobby Lee Collins

Dec 24, 2020

Bobby Lee Collins, age 88, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020. He was born August 26, 1932 in Yadkin County to the late Thomas Sanford Collins and Cora Isabell Speer Collins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Pearl Warden, Beulah Warden, Betty Cheek, Nellie Ruth Collins, and Mary “Shorty” Gray Collins Evans; brothers,...

Jessie Ray Long Casstevens

Jessie Ray Long Casstevens

Dec 24, 2020

Hamptonville – Jessie Ray Long Casstevens, 92, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020. She was born December 20, 1928 in Yadkin County to the late Dan and Sally Long. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Richard Vernon “R.V.” Casstevens, Sr.; son, Danny Casstevens; daughter-in-law, Sue Casstevens. Surviving are her children, Richard “Ricky”...

Helen Frazier Riggan Schultz

Helen Frazier Riggan Schultz

Dec 24, 2020

Helen Frazier Riggan Schultz, 86, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 24, 2020, in Mechanicsville, VA. She was a loving and devoted Mother and Grandmother. Mrs. Schultz was born August 28, 1934 in Boonville, NC, to the late Tyra Jones Frazier and Mamie Copley Frazier. She graduated from Boonville High School, and was a member of the Boonville Baptist Church...

Brian "Kevin" Miller

Brian "Kevin" Miller

Dec 24, 2020

Yadkinville Mr. Brian “Kevin” Miller, 54, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020. Mr. Miller was born July 24, 1966 in Davie County to James Anderson and Shirley Holcomb Miller. In addition to his father, Mr. Miller was preceded in death by a sister, Sharon Denise Miller; and two nieces, Kayla Reavis and Sasha Miller. He is survived by his mother,...

Sidney Victor Wilson, Jr.

Sidney Victor Wilson, Jr.

Dec 23, 2020

Sidney Victor Wilson, Jr., 91, passed away Wednesday December 23, 2020. He was born December 14, 1929 in Carroll County, VA to the late Sidney Victor Wilson, Sr. and Laura Edwards Wilson. Mr. Wilson served in the US Army and was a life member of the American Legion Post 505. He was a Mason in the Masonic Lodge in Galax,...

Cornelia "Jo" Cockerham

Cornelia "Jo" Cockerham

Dec 23, 2020

Cornelia “Jo” Lane Cockerham, age 87, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020. She was born April 9, 1933 in Yadkin County to the late Marvin Lane and Mary Ethel Lane. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Andrew Cockerham; a son, Danny Cockerham; two brothers, Wilson Lane and Edgar Lane; and step-mother, May...

Luther Gordon Welborn

Luther Gordon Welborn

Dec 21, 2020

Luther Gordon Welborn Jr passed away on Monday, December 21, 2020. He was born in Surry County on October 26, 1962, son of the late L.G. Welborn Sr. and Barbara Nelson Welborn. Other than his parents he was preceded in death by his father in law; Albert Hutchens. Gordon had a very strong Christian faith. He loved God, hunting, fishing...

Mildred Beamer Matthews

Mildred Beamer Matthews

Dec 21, 2020

Boonville – Mildred Beamer Matthews, 90, passed away Monday, December 21, 2020. She was born July 18, 1930 in Surry County to the late Charlie Mosley and Vissie Mildred Stanley Beamer. She was a graduate of Franklin High Scholl, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Appalachian State Teachers College. Mrs. Matthews was employed by Yadkin County Board of Education...

Avery T.A. Ravit

Avery T.A. Ravit

Dec 21, 2020

Avery T.A. Ravit, 28, of Yadkinville, went home to be with the Lord on December 21, 2020 after courageously battling a rare aggressive cancer for almost two and a half years. He was born July 16, 1992, in Yadkinville where he spent his childhood. He graduated from Forbush High School and worked for Yadkin Physical Therapy. Avery loved all things...

Herol Devoris Logan

Herol Devoris Logan

Dec 20, 2020

Yadkinville Mr. Herol Devoris Logan, 68, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2020 at SECU Hospice Care Center. Mr. Logan was born December 19, 1952 in Kingston, Jamaica to Charles and Eunice Wallace Logan. He loved all types of music and loved cooking and entertaining family and friends, but most of all he loved his family. He enjoyed music, working on...

Thelma Lee Barnard Chambers

Thelma Lee Barnard Chambers

Dec 20, 2020

Thelma Lee Barnard Chambers, 80, went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 20, 2020. She was born March 5, 1940 in Iredell County to the late James Phillip Barnard and Octavia Friesland Barnard. Thelma was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church where she was secretary...

Teresa Cook Taylor

Teresa Cook Taylor

Dec 19, 2020

Boonville Mrs. Teresa Lynn Cook Taylor, 64, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Taylor was born July 23, 1956 in Wilkes County to Ledford & Mary Cook. She was a member of Boonville Baptist Church and retired as a dental assistant after 42 years with many special...

Annie Lane Macy

Annie Lane Macy

Dec 19, 2020

East Bend Mrs. Annie Lou Lane Macy, 87, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Macy was born February 15, 1933 in Yadkin County to Ralph and Cornelia Johnson Lane. She was a member of Faith Community Baptist Church. Mrs. Macy owned and operated Macy’s Catering Service for many years and enjoyed baking and cooking. She...

Josephine Boyd Norman

Josephine Boyd Norman

Dec 18, 2020

Norman Dobson-Josephine Boyd Norman, 96, of Dobson, Nc, passed away peacefully Friday, December 18, 2020. She was born in Surry County on February 3, 1924 to Joe and Sarah Doss Boyd. She was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Siloam. Mrs. Norman was a wonderful and loving mother and grandmother. She loved her quilting and canning. Most of...

Janet Poindexter Hutchens

Janet Poindexter Hutchens

Dec 17, 2020

Yadkinville - Janet Lynne Poindexter Hutchens passed away on December 17th at the age of 66. She was born on December 13th, 1954 to Edward Bickett Poindexter and Jessie Ruth Hoots Poindexter in Forbush, NC. Janet was a talented pianist, organist, choir director and piano teacher. She was a kind and loving person who spent her life in service to...

Edna Mae Ashburn Crater

Edna Mae Ashburn Crater

Dec 16, 2020

Hamptonville Mrs. Edna Mae Ashburn Crater, 92, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at Yadkin Nursing Center. Mrs. Crater was born November 21, 1928 in Surry County to Ellis Gray and Lillian Simpson Ashburn. She was a member of Zion Baptist Church. Mrs. Crater enjoyed working in her flowers and her garden, she loved watching her birds, and she was...

Betty Calloway Harding

Betty Calloway Harding

Dec 16, 2020

HARDING

YADKINVILLE - Mrs. Betty Jo Callaway Harding, 86, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at Yadkin Nursing Center. Mrs. Harding was born November 12, 1934 to Vance Robert and Minnie Hazel Pendry Calloway. She was a member of Turner’s Creek Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Yadkinville High School, a Practical Nurse, a wife and a devoted and...

Mabel Hutchens Cranfill

Mabel Hutchens Cranfill

Dec 16, 2020

CRANFILL

HAMPTONVILLE -   Mabel Hutchens Cranfill of Hamptonville Road, age 94, passed away Wednesday, Dec.16, at Yadkin Nursing Home. Mrs. Cranfill was born on Aug. 30, 1926 in Yadkin County to the late John Henry and Gertha Shugart Hutchens. Mrs. Cranfill was a member of Flat Rock Baptist Church in Hamptonville. Mrs. Cranfill was a hairdresser at Mabel’s Beauty Shop...

Betty Jane Hammond

Betty Jane Hammond

Dec 16, 2020

Yadkinville Mrs. Betty Jane Hammond, 90, passed away peacefully at home, Wednesday, December 16, 2020. She was a loving mother and grandmother that will be dearly missed. A graveside service will be conducted at 11:00AM, Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Yadkinville Cemetery. Gentry Family Funeral Service in Yadkinville is serving the Hammond family.