Obituaries
Nancy Groce Mackie
Dec 28, 2020
Yadkinville Mrs. Nancy Matilda Groce Mackie, 97, passed away Monday, December 28, 2020 at Yadkin Nursing Center. Mrs. Mackie was born May 4, 1923 in Yadkin County to Floyd and Bessie Shore Groce. She was a member of Maplewood Baptist Church. Mrs. Mackie enjoyed cooking, traveling, quilting, and playing golf with the Tanglewood ladies. She volunteered with Yadkin Christian Ministries...
Annie Pendry Lynch
Dec 28, 2020
Yadkinville Mrs. Annie Lou Pendry Lynch, 88, went to be with her Lord & Savior and the love of her life, Loyd Lynch, Monday, December 28, 2020. Mrs. Lynch was born July 30, 1932 in Yadkin County to Charlie and Telia Cook Pendry. She graduated from Yadkinville High School in 1951. Mrs. Lynch was a member of Turner’s Creek Baptist...
Betty Jo Vestal Nance
Dec 28, 2020
Yadkinville Mrs. Betty Jo Vestal Nance, 83, passed away Monday, December 28, 2020 at Yadkin Nursing Center. Mrs. Nance was born October 17, 1937 in Yadkin County to the late Charles “Fred” and Mae Reavis Vestal. She was a member of Turner’s Creek Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir, taught Sunday school., and served as Church Treasurer as...
Mary Bell Roberts Wagoner
Dec 27, 2020
Boonville Mrs. Mary Bell Roberts Wagoner, 78, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Wagoner was born January 20, 1942 to William and Harriet Kimmer Roberts. She was a member of Gospel Chapel Church and played the piano there for many years. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Wagoner was preceded in death by several siblings. She...
Carol Jean Royall Walsh
Dec 27, 2020
Carol Jean Royall Walsh, 75, passed away Sunday December 27, 2020 at Yadkin Nursing Center. Carol was born March 4, 1945 in Forsyth County, the daughter of the late Hubert Royall and Lucille Steelman Royal. Mrs. Walsh was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Clyde Walsh, her twin sister Nancy Joan Royall and two brothers; Michael and Richard Royall...
Claude "Buck" Marion Strickland
Dec 27, 2020
Claude Marion “Buck” Strickland
Mr. Claude Marion “Buck” Strickland, 94, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020 at McLeod Health in South Carolina. Mr. Strickland was born in Siler City, NC to Claude Bailey and Amanda Fields Strickland. He was a veteran of the US Army serving in World War II and retired from Cone Mills Trucking. After retirement, Mr....
Shirley Swaim Shore
Dec 26, 2020
East Bend Mrs. Shirley Mae Swaim Shore, 84, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Pruitt Healthcare. Mrs. Shore was born June 30, 1936 in Surry County to Thad and Annie Royall Swaim. She was a member of Longtown Holiness Church and retired from Sara Lee Hosiery after 43 years of service. Mrs. Shore loved her family and enjoyed going...
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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