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Gladys Baynes Obituary
REIDSVILLE — Gladys Tickle Baynes, 89, of 6166 N.C. Highway 65, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, March 26, 2009, at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 29, at Bethany United Methodist Church, 316 Witty Road, Summerfield, with Rev. James Raines officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Baynes was born in Rockingham County to the late John Arthur and Lottie Davis Tickle. She was a long time faithful member of Bethany United Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir, taught Sunday school and served on the building committee that constructed the present church.
Gladys was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who loved her family and the Lord. She was very talented in crafts and needlework and enjoyed entertaining with her storytelling and songs. Gladys leaves numerous friends to cherish her memory.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J. D. Baynes; brothers, Clarence, Leonard and Johnny Tickle, and sister, Edith Tickle Carter.
She is survived by her son, Kenneth E. Baynes, Sr. and wife, Billie; daughter, Sybil Baynes Larimore and husband, Gene; grandchildren, Kenneth E. Baynes, Jr. and wife, Terri, Gregory B. Larimore and wife, Linda, Janet D. Larimore Shaw and husband, Kevin, and Kimberly B. Bowman and husband, Chad; eight great-grandchildren, Daniel, Ashley, Holly, Justin, Jackson, Madelyn, Audrey and Adelaide; sisters, Audrey Bowman and Catherine Shelton.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. tonight, Saturday, March 28, at Wilkerson Funeral Home, and other times at the residence.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Bethany United Methodist Church.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.wilkersonfuneral.com
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Gordon Williams
March 28, 2009
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