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Grace Butler Payne

Grace Butler Payne

Oct 27, 2012

Grace Butler Payne, age 84 of Denton, formerly of Thomasville died Saturday, October 27 at Wake Forest Baptist Health Lexington Medical Center following a short illness. Funeral service for Mrs. Payne will be 3:30 pm Tuesday, October 30 at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Roy Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park in Thomasville. The...

Elwina Lanier Shaw

Elwina Lanier Shaw

Oct 19, 2012

Mrs. Elwina Lanier Shaw, age 77 of Farmer Rd., Denton died Friday, October 19, 2012 at High Point Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, October 24 at Bethel Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Gerald Ward. Interment will follow at Lineberry United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Shaw was born November 15, 1934 in Davidson County to James...

Kendall Wayne Keith

Kendall Wayne Keith

Oct 19, 2012

Kendall Wayne Keith, age 56 of Jim Elliott Rd, Denton died Friday, October 19, 2012 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Keith was born January 4, 1956 in Utah to Luther Wayne Keith and Joann Hunt Keith. He was a Truck Driver and was preceded in death by his...

Warren Patrick Sparks

Warren Patrick Sparks

Oct 18, 2012

Warren Patrick Sparks, 78, of Chester St., Marston, died Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Rockingham Manor. Funeral Services were private. Pat was born March 10, 1934 in Richmond County, the son of Edgar Herbert and Lena Ruth Hatcher Sparks. He was a conductor with the Norfolk-Southern Railroad for 25 years. He was a veteran of the Korean War. He is...

Zetta Marie Fraley

Zetta Marie Fraley

Oct 18, 2012

.Ms. Zetta Marie Fraley, age 71, of Thomasville died Thursday, October 18 at High Point Regional Hospital. A graveside service will be 2:00 pm Sunday, October 21 at Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Ms. Fraley was born November 25, 1940 in Pike County, Kentucky to S. B. and Anna Mae Damron Fraley. She had worked as a nursing assistant and...

Hazel Dawkins

Hazel Dawkins

Oct 7, 2012

Mrs. Hazel Lamonds Dawkins, age 94 of McCallum Pond Rd. died Sunday, October 07, 2012 at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, Oct. 9 at Macedonia Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. Matthew Baker. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Dawkins was born February 10, 1918 in Montgomery County to Neil A. Lamonds...

Timothy Bowman

Timothy Bowman

Oct 6, 2012

Timothy Warren Bowman, age 50 of Bowman Rd., Candor died Saturday, October 6, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Wednesday at Community Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Pete Smith burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Bowman was born September 8, 1962 in Moore County to Dink and Alice Smith Bowman. He was a...

Coach Mike Crowell

Coach Mike Crowell

Sep 30, 2012

Coach Michael (Mike) Eugene Crowell, age 52 of Garner St., Denton died Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Thomasville Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 7:30 PM Thursday, Oct. 4 at South Davidson High School in the Gymnasium conducted by Rev. Sandy Young and Rev. Brian Workman. Burial will be private on Friday at Goodwill Christian Church Cemetery. Coach Crowell...

Mary Lemonds Bodsford

Mary Lemonds Bodsford

Sep 28, 2012

BISCOE-Mary Lou Lemonds Bodsford, 67, of Cedar Creek Rd., Biscoe, died Friday, September 28, 2012 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM Monday at Macedonia Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Matthew Baker officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Bodsford was born April 15, 1945 in Montgomery County, the daughter of Willie and...

Lillie Mae Kirkman

Lillie Mae Kirkman

Sep 28, 2012

Mrs. Lillie Mae Hinshaw Kirkman, age 93 of Bingham Street, Denton, NC died Friday, September 28 at Thomasville Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, September 30 at Central United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Benny Clodfelter and Rev. Joe Collins. Burial will follow in Mountain View Memorial Gardens. The family will see friends at...

Billy "Bill" Madison Lanier

Billy "Bill" Madison Lanier

Sep 24, 2012

Mr. Billy Madison “Bill” Lanier, age 81, of Kernersville died Monday, September 24 at High Point Regional Hospital. A graveside memorial service will be 11:00 am Thursday, September 27 at Tom’s Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Tammy Talbert officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at First United Methodist Church in Denton. Mr. Lanier was born...

David Goins

David Goins

Sep 21, 2012

Mr. David Ray Goins, age 43 of South Main St. Ext., Denton died Friday, September 21, 2012 at Hinkle Hospice Home in Lexington. A funeral service will be held 3:00 PM Sunday at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel conducted by Rev. Pat Withers. Interment will follow in Tom’s Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Goins was born October 19, 1968...

Sarah Bowman Scott

Sarah Bowman Scott

Sep 14, 2012

Mrs. Sarah Bowman Scott, age 87 of Denton died Friday, September 14 at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington. Funeral service for Mrs. Scott will be 2:00 pm Monday, September 17 at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Gerald Ward officiating. Burial will follow in Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 Monday,...

Eddie Kellis

Eddie Kellis

Sep 13, 2012

Glenn Edward “Eddie” Kellis, 49, of Candor, died Thursday, September 13, 2012 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Graveside service will be 3:00 PM Sunday, September 16, 2012 at West End Cemetery. He was born in Alamance County on March 20, 1963, the son of Glenn Wade and Evie Leona Williams Kellis. He was a construction worker. Eddie is...

Glenn Yates

Glenn Yates

Sep 5, 2012

R. Glenn Yates, age 95 of Jackson Creek Road, Denton, NC died Wednesday, September 5 at his residence. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM Saturday, September 8 at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel conducted by Rev. Claudie Harrison and Rev. Brian Cole. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Union Community Church Cemetery. The family will see friends...

Max Carter Allen

Max Carter Allen

Sep 1, 2012

Max Carter Allen, 83, of Denton, died Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Graveside Services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Lineberry United Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Kelly Creekmur officiating. Born in Randolph County on July 6, 1929, he was the son of John Burrell and Lou Carter Allen. He...

Betty Lou Loflin Surratt

Betty Lou Loflin Surratt

Sep 1, 2012

Betty Lou Loflin Surratt, 77 of Garner Rd., Denton, died Saturday, September 1, 2012 at her residence. Funeral Service will be 5:00 PM Monday at Pleasant Grove UMC, where she was a member, with Revs. Scott Davis and Richard Smith officiating. Burial will be private. Mrs. Surratt was born May 12, 1936 in Davidson County, the daughter of Lee Loflin...

Hester Hunt Bowman

Hester Hunt Bowman

Aug 29, 2012

Mrs. Hester Hunt Bowman, age 81, of Old Highway 109 died Wednesday, August 29 at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington. A graveside service for Mrs. Bowman will be 4:00 pm Thursday, August 30 at Clarksbury United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Bowman was born July 3, 1931 in Faraday, West Virginia to William Crockett Hunt and Millie Anderson Hunt. She had...

Buren Surratt

Buren Surratt

Aug 27, 2012

Mr. Buren Surratt, age 88 of Chapel Hill Church Rd., Denton died Monday, August 27, 2012 at Randolph Hospice House. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Friday, August 31, 2012 at Chapel Hill UMC conducted by Rev. Chris Smith. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at...

Alreta Hulin

Alreta Hulin

Aug 26, 2012

Mrs. Zella Alreta Snider Hulin, age 78, of Lexington died Sunday, August 26 at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington. Funeral service for Mrs. Hulin will be 2:00 pm Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Briggs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Ray Swaney officiating. Burial will follow in Tom’s Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6...

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