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David Michael Boyd, 66, of 149 Ruffin St., Cooleemee, died April 1, 2008 in Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
He was a native of Louisville, Ky., and retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years. He was last employed as a security guard at Wachovia Bank.
Survivors: his wife, Gina Yun Boyd of the home.
Mr. Boyd was a donor to Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Judy A. Reavis
Judy Reavis, 64, of Advance, died Tuesday, April 1, 2008 after a brief illness.
She was born on July 17, 1943 to the late Albert and Bessie Dobson Reavis. She retired from the Davie County School System as an assistant teacher and bus driver.
She was also preceded in death by a brother, Daniel Reavis.
Survivors: her son, Michael Tutterow of Mocksville; a daughter, Lea Ann (Bill) Jones of Sylva; 3 grandsons; a granddaughter; sisters, Carolyn (Willie) Beck of Florida, Pat (Ed) Cartner of Harmony, and Mary (Bill) Howard of Mocksville; brothers, Jerry (Sylvia) Reavis of Siler City and Joe (Debbie) Reavis of Burlington; sister-in-law, Kathy Reavis; 6 nieces, 5 nephews and several great nieces and nephews.
A brief prayer service was held at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 4, followed by the family receiving friends until 8 p.m. at Vogler and Sons Funeral Home in Clemmons.
Memorials: Autism Society of America Foundation, 7910 Woodmon Ave. Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20814-3067.
Ira Wilson Ijames
Ira Wilson Ijames, 104, died on Sunday, April 6, 2008.
Mrs. Ijames was born on Jan. 8, 1904, in Davie County to the late Robert Wesley and Louisa Campbell Wilson. She attended school in Davie County and built her home. She was a multi-talented homemaker, sewing, cooking, gardening, reading and quilting. Mrs. Ijames spread wisdom and love to all she encountered, especially with her infectious smile. She joined Mainville AME Zion Church. She was united in marriage to Wesley Roosevelt Ijames on July 8, 1932. To this union eight children were born.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1987, a son, Claude Calvin Ijames in 1968 and a daughter, Ruth Faye Sales in 1996.
Survivors: a daughter, Betty Ijames Naylor of Mocksville; 5 sons, Alvis Thomas Ijames of Tobaccoville, William Edward Ijames, Franklin Nathaniel Ijames, Donald Eugene Ijames and John Arthur Ijames, all of Mocksville; a sister, Alberta Foster of Long Island, N.Y.; 26 grandchildren; 40 great- grandchildren; 7 great-great-grandchildren; with a host of other relatives and friends.
Gladys Mayes Walker
Gladys Mayes Walker, 93, of Mocksville, died April 5, 2008 at her home.
She was born on Dec. 7, 1914 in Iredell County and was the daughter of the late Claude Mayes and Estelle Cornelius Mayes of Statesville. She was the wife of Lester Walker. Mrs. Walker was a member of Salem United Methodist Church acting as pianist for a number of years and was a member of the Kappa Homemaker's Club.
She was preceded in death by 3 brothers: Burette Mayes, Elmer Mayes and Raymond Mayes.
Survivors: her husband, M. Lester Walker; children, Sylvia W. McDaniel (Charlie) of Mooresville, Robert A. Walker (Bernice), Henry L. Walker (Sandra) of Mocksville, and Sheila W. Collins (Harold Jr.) of Lewisburg, Tenn.; 9 grandchildren; 12 great- grandchildren; 3 step-grandchildren; 3 step-great-grandchildren; a sister, Marie Bell; 2 brothers, Glenn Mayes (Mabel) and Ross Mayes (Agnes).
The family visited with friends Monday night, April 4 at Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home in Statesville. Graveside services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, at Salem United Methodist Church, Davie Academy Road, Mocksville, with the Rev. Stephen Blair officiating.
Memorials: Salem Methodist Cemetery Fund, or the building fund, c/o Jack Koontz, 1444 Davie Academy Road, Mocksville; or to Hospice/Palliative Care of Iredell, 2347 Simonton Road, Statesville, 28625.
Floyd Monroe Dillon
Floyd Monroe Dillon, 70, of Eden died on Wednesday morning, April 2, 2008 at Morehead Memorial Hospital.
The graveside service was held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 at Lawson Cemetery.
Mr. Dillon was born in Spray (now Eden) on June 5, 1937, a son of Wingfield and Dora Scott Dillon, both deceased. He was owner of Dillon’s Produce for 30 years. He was of the Baptist faith.
He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Hazel Grogan, his sisters, Dora, Hazel and Annie and his brothers, Douglas, Johnnie, James and Andrew.
Survivors: his wife, Estelle Dillon of Eden; his children, Steven Dillon and wife Lisa, Matthew Dillon, Lucille McClenney and husband Larry, Mary Grannamon, all of Davie County, Barbara Brown and husband Johnnie, Geraldine Halloway and husband Sam and Shirley Roberts, all of Eden; stepchildren, Joanne Rogers of Charlotte and Danny Moretz of Eden; brother, Charles “PeeWee” Dillon; 23 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
The family received friends Friday, April 4 at Boone-Reynolds funeral Home.
Online condolences: obits@boone-reynolds.com.
Lewis Edwin Hubbard
Lewis Edwin Hubbard, 82, of Winston-Salem, died Saturday evening, April 5, 2008 in the Palliative Care Unit of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Survivors: his wife of 63 years, Emma; 4 sisters, Betty Kate Carroll of Fayetteville, Orretta Honeycutt of Godwin, Florence Dowd and husband Bill of Fayetteville, and Janice Mobley of Stedman; 3 children, Lewis E. Hubbard Jr. and wife Diane of Advance, Bruce R. Hubbard and wife Marsie of Winston-Salem, and Beverly H. Godfrey and husband Brant of Clemmons; 6 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Hubbard was born Feb. 11, 1926 in Stedman, on the family farm the son of Willie James and Carrie Williams Hubbard, the 7th of 12 children. After graduation from Stedman High School in 1942, he married the former Emma Cleveland Brown. After stints farming and working with the Veterans Administration, he moved to Winston-Salem in 1946 and founded Hubbard Real Estate. He worked part-time at the Zinzendorf Hotel for the use of a desk and a telephone. He established firms engaged in real estate brokerage, residential and commercial land development, insurance, construction, construction-lending, property management and building supplies throughout the area. Mr. Hubbard’s had served on the boards of trustees of Fairview Moravian Church and Salemtowne Retirement Community and the Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pa.; as a director of the city boards of North Carolina National Bank and Lexington State Bank, the Better Business Bureau, the Consumer Credit Counseling Service, the North Carolina Association of Realtors, the Salvation Army, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was a past president of the Winston-Salem Board of Realtors and the Multiple Listing Service. He was honored as the Realtor of the Year, an inaugural member of the Thomas A. Lambe Hall of Fame, recipient of the A.R. Tuttle Memorial Award, and of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Winston-Salem Homebuilders Association. He served on the board of Presidential Advisors of Campbell University, which honored him on May 13, 1996 as the recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award.
The family received friends at Salem Funeral and Cremation Services on South Main Street Tuesday, April 8. A funeral service was held at New Philadelphia Moravian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2, followed by a graveside service at Salem Moravian Graveyard.
Memorials: Fairview Moravian, 6550 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, 27106; or the Salvation Army, 130-A Stratford Court, Winston-Salem, 27103.
Vernell Ijames Barger
Vernell Ijames Barger, 96, of Cooleemee, died April 7, 2008 in Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.
A native of Davie County and the daughter of the late James and Bessie Hudson Ijames, she was a member of Redland Church of Christ.
Her husbands, Lorenzo Maxwell and James Barger, preceded her in death.
The funeral will be Friday, April 11 at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Graham Funeral Home in Mocksville. Burial will follow in Liberty AME Zion Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends 30 minutes before the service.
Survivors: a sister, Berlie White of Cooleemee; and several nieces and nephews.
Online condolences: www.grahamfuneralhome.net.
Rev. Fred Coolidge Shoaf
The Rev. Fred Coolidge Shoaf, 82, of Farmington, died on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center.
He was born on Aug. 12, 1925 to John Henry and Myrtle Craver Shoaf. Rev. Shoaf attended the Divinity School at Duke University where he completed his ministerial studies. He served many churches in the Western North Carolina Conference, including Mocksville, Farmington, Stokesdale and Kernersville, before retiring in 1988.
He was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Addie Shoaf and Evelyn Sink and 2 brothers, Clyde Shoaf and Wayne Shoaf.
Survivors: his wife of 61 years, Helen Motsinger Shoaf; 2 sons, Richard Shoaf and the Rev. Timothy Shoaf, and a daughter, Angela Spach and husband Eddie, all of Farmington; 3 grandchildren; and 2 sisters, Mildred Hege of Gastonia and Pansy Sink of Midway.
A funeral service was conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6 at Farmington United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jack Tookey officiating. Burial followed at Farmington Community Cemetery. The family received friends Saturday at Hayworth-Miller Kinderton Chapel.
Memorials: Farmington Methodist Building Fund, 1939 Farmington Road, Mocksville; or American Heart Assoc., 4217 Park Place Court, Glen Allen, VA 23060. Online condolences: www.hayworth-miller.com.
Harley David Howell
Mr. Harley David Howell, 74, of Adams Road, Mocksville, died Monday, April 7, 2008, at Davie County Hospital.
He was born April 1, 1934, in Yadkin County to the late Willie Sanford and Ellie Hollar Howell. Mr. Howell was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Mocksville. His pastor, Dr. Darrell Cox and Sunday school teacher Dana Irvin were a blessing to him. Mr. Howell was retired from Lucent Technologies and had been in contract labor with Ingersoll Rand. He was a charter member of Piedmont Antique Power Association and loved antique John Deere tractors and motors. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed feeding the birds, gardening, farming and working with horses. He was instrumental in the design of the Howell Memorial Building and was supportive of North Carolina organ and tissue donor services. He loved spending time with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, telling them stories of past times.
He was also preceded in death by 3 granddaughters, Tara Howell Parker, Mysti Howell Poplin and Megan Elizabeth Howell, and 2 sisters, Coleen Dull and Maxine Hodgson.
Survivors: his wife of 56 years, Betty Adams Howell of the home; 4 daughters, Gail Allison of Clemmons, Lisa (Rob) Anderson of Mocksville, Debra (Steve) Dunn of Dalton, Ga. and Gina M. (Jeff) Harrison of Cornelius; a son, Ricky (Brenda) Howell of Advance; 3 brothers, Harry Lee (Marlene) Howell of Harmony, Kenneth (Julia) Howell and Gary (Glenda) Howell, all of Mocksville; 5 grandchildren; 4 step grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at Trinity Baptist Church with Dr. Darrell Cox officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 1-3 p.m. Inurnment will be in Rowan Memorial Park Mausoleum in Salisbury.
Memorials: Trinity Baptist building fund, 2722 US 601 S., Mocksville; or to Carolina Donor Services, 3621 Lyckan Parkway, Durham, 27707.
Online condolences: www.eatonfuneralservice.com.