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Helene Aylon

Earth Ambulance Itinerary, 1982

From the performance Terrestri:

Rescued Earth

2-sided poster (front and back)

Courtesy of the Helène Aylon Estate and Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects

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Helene Aylon, "The Foremothers' Challah Cover", 2009, Linen, 21.75x21.5 inches, https://thejewishmuseum.org/collection/33888-hallah-cover-the-foremothers-challah-cover

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Andrea Bowers in 'Ecofeminism(s)’ at Thomas Erben Gallery

‘Ecofeminism(s)’ at Thomas Erben Gallery, curated by Monika Fabijanska, is not only one of the first but one of the best shows recently opened to the public. Featuring iconic projects like Helene Aylon’s ‘Earth Ambulance,’ for which she transformed a truck into an ambulance for earth picked up at military bases, mines and nuclear reactors, and Cecilia Vicuna’s delicate assemblages of natural objects that convey fragility and connectedness, the exhibition presents important projects from the 70s and 80s alongside more recent work. Here, Andrea Bowers extends the continuum to the present and adds a note of urgency by flashing the word ‘real’ on and off in this neon sign. (On view in Chelsea through July. No appointment is necessary but visitors numbers are limited and masks are required.) Andrea Bowers, Climate Change is Real (Multiple), neon, MDO, paint, 20 ¾ x 57 inches, ed of 3 with 2 Aps, 2017.

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Artists’ Book Display for the week of December 9th, 2019

Cherry Products and Services by Owen Thompson, 1995

Video-Golem by Larry Litt, New York, NY : Oral Litt Press, 1995

Forgeries by Karen Reimer- Chicago, IL: Sara Ranchouse Publishing, 1996

Writer's Workout Video by Cold Drill Magazine- Boise, ID: Boise State University, 1995

Untitled by Helene Aylon, 1991

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Helène Aylon

Helène Aylon was born in New York, USA in 1931. She was raised in an orthodox Jewish home, which she grapples with in her later artwork. She attended Brooklyn College, and in 1973 moved to California to teach at San Francisco State University. Here, she developed her ecofeminism and over the next three decades, she worked on projects that addressed “what she perceived as the three landscapes of feminism [of the last three decades]: biological, ecological, and theological.” 

She says in her artist statement, “the 70's work was about the visceral and orgasmic body and the inevitability of change; The 80's was about the earth, halting the arms race, uniting women from warring nations; In the 90's my aim was to shine a feminist lens with scholarly inquiry into ancient texts and practices that omit or deny the presence/input of women; In the 00's the G-D work has become more autobiographical regarding my ultra orthodox background.” Her work in the 70s included process art, in which she would use oil and allow it to move in whichever way it did naturally. Aylon’s work in the 80′s included powerful political pieces, such as “A Stone Carrying” which sought to bring together Arabic and Jewish women, and an ecofeminist piece in which she drove from military base to military base in an “Earth Ambulance” and collected dirt in pillowcases to drive them to a hospital. In the 90s, Aylon turned to Judaism, and worked on “The G-d Project.” In the G-d Project, part of which is titled “The Liberation of G-d,” Aylon laid parchment paper over the 5 books of Moses and used a pink marker to circle any misogynistic occurrences, and put pink dashes anywhere a female presence was missing. She is now focusing on foremothers, and her own status as a foremother. 

Want to know more? Check out: 

Helène Aylon’s website: heleneaylon.com 

“The Liberation of Helène Aylon” (2015) - documentary

Whatever Is Contained Must Be Released: My Jewish Orthodox Girlhood, My Life as a Feminist Artist by Helène Aylon

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Conversations | Helène Aylon & Feminism: A Fiscally Sponsored Artist at the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale

“Art history has been one incomplete truth, which makes it a lie.”

As the conclusion to a 20-year NYFA Fiscally Sponsored project, “G-d Project: Nine Houses Without Women,” Helène Aylon’s exhibition, Afterword: For the Children is now on view at the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale. Aylon is a prominent American visual artist and feminist and her exhibition forcefully confronts the Second Commandment (specifically “I Thy God, will visit the sins of the fathers onto the children—to the third or fourth generation of those who hate me”) as if to reclaim children and their future from an underlying and sustained patriarchy within Jewish texts.

Under the title of Watershed, this year’s Biennale presents works that add to the conversation of Contemporary Jewish Art and signify both the splits and convergences between individuals and groups. Aylon’s work not only literally extends the Watershed metaphor as they reflect tears of the children but also suggests the partitions and inequalities that exist in our society today.

Along with fresh insights on Aylon’s participation in this year’s Jerusalem Biennale, we are delighted to re-share an interview with Aylon back in early 2016, where we celebrated her achievements in the art world for Women’s History Month.

Title: Helène Aylon’s exhibition Afterword: For the Children at the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale Exhibition Dates: Now through November 15, 2017 Hours: Sunday - Thursday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Where: Hamachtarot Museum (Museum of Underground Prisoners), Rehov Mishol Hagvura 1, Russian Compound, Jerusalem, 9131401

NYFA: Central to the Jerusalem Biennale is the question of whether there is such a genre or concept of “contemporary Jewish art.” Do you consider your own work in that category?

Helène Aylon: I do not consider my own work “contemporary Jewish art.” My work merely looks to “rescue” myself from patriarchy wherever it comes close to me. In the 70s, with my process paintings, “The Breakings,” I challenged the playboy culture with images of the body as visceral—because the body leaks and sweats and shrivels and gives birth, etc. It makes one live or die. In the 80s, I sought to face the Arms Race which was also cowboy-esque with its male rivalry acting out which faction had the bigger stockpile of arms. This sickness inspired the Earth Ambulance. In the 90’s, I had to look at my own orthodox Jewish upbringing and schooling, and I sought to liberate G-d from the projection of my patriarchal forefathers who also dismissed the precious history of my foremothers.

Now, in my current appendage to my 20-year “The G-d Project: Nine Houses Without Women," my addendum currently at the Jerusalem Biennale is called Afterword: For the Children. I am distraught that the Second Commandment of The Ten Commandments states, “I Thy God, will visit the sins of the fathers onto the children—to the third or fourth generation of those who hate me.”

Therefore, as it were, I am “rescuing" G-d from the patriarchy!

NYFA: Your work engages with and at times poses as opposites themes of Jewish orthodoxy and feminism. Is there a relationship between these two themes? Are they opposites?

HA: I am being a detective, so to speak—searching for the anonymous prayers and traditions that have no authorship—and imagining that these were written and inspired and made into a female tradition by the foremothers. For example, lighting the Sabbath candles is not prescribed in “The Five Books of Moses.”

NYFA: Since beginning your career in 1960’s New York, you witnessed transformations to the art scene, the fabric of the city and cultural perceptions of feminism. How have such social and cultural changes influenced your studio practice? What do you think the landscape for emerging artists is today, in comparison to when you began exhibiting work?  

HA: Emerging women artists have more opportunity to be seen and hopefully will change the culture if they see the legacy bestowed upon them with appreciation.

The greatest nonviolent revolution has been feminism. I am focusing on the tragedy of lost foremothers we will never know and what their great contributions might have been. I see myself as a future foremother. Art history has been one incomplete truth, which makes it a lie.

NYFA: In a June 2017 article titled "Why Old Women Have Replaced Young Men as the Art World's Darlings," there is talk about the growing, commercial interest of older women in the art world. Do you think this is evidence of gender equity and a success of feminism?

HA: Yes, this is delayed consciousness raising! It has taken a long long time to catch on, but once it goes click, the obvious reality cannot be overlooked.

NYFA: You began taking courses at Brooklyn College when your daughter entered kindergarten. What fueled your decision to study art and how did your mother and father respond?

HA: My mother would rave about the birthday cards and Jewish New Year cards I designed for her and would introduce me as her “daughter the artist” to distinguish me from my two younger sisters. I knew that my mother surely had a different concept of art. Perhaps she thought it might even be a plus when I came of marriageable age! But her designation, no matter the derivation, was encouragement enough for me.  

I yearned to express myself and live my life on my terms. Before, I did what my parents dictated, what my teachers dictated, what my late husband dictated, what the community dictated and thus [this is] what my children came to expect. Art would be something they could not dictate.

I played down my secret thrill of attending Brooklyn College as an art student, though I felt much older than the other students. In this way my father could rationalize that I was getting a college degree so I could teach art and get a job.

NYFA: How did you support your children and negotiate the demands of motherhood with your work as an artist?  

HA: Always my children came first and my art came next, but the art would not be compromised.

I tried a NY Times ad: working at an ad agency. I soon got fired. I tried to get a job as a guard in the Metropolitan Museum but they saw right through me. I applied for grants. I got into one of the first SoHo galleries, Max Hutchinson Gallery. Then, before my exodus to California, I signed up with Betty Parsons Gallery.  

I taught for a few years in San Francisco State University which was my excuse for getting far away. I would sublet my studio when in San Francisco and also when I went to retreats such as Yaddo, Macdowell, VCCA, to avoid paying rent and still have a place to make art.  

My uncle thought I should design wallpaper, my late husband’s teacher thought I could fake an accent and get a job advertising on TV. I would feign interest but ignore these "practical” suggestions [and] continue to struggle.

After my job was over and I did not get tenure at San Francisco State (see my memoir for why!), I no longer could afford the studio where I created the liquid sacks that broke. Nuclear America became my studio when I drove the Earth Ambulance to ‘rescue’ the earth from nuclear military sites in pillowcase sacks.

It was never smooth sailing and the situation has barely improved, even now, after getting a Lifetime Achievement Award on my 85th birthday last month. My small studio has become a storage space. I am now able to create art around activist work, but I have not a clue how to find a gallery. Betty Parsons found me and so did Max Hutchinson and Susan Caldwell. What gallerist will find me now?????

NYFA: The obstacles you faced and are currently battling seem to resonate with other artists. Where do you find the motivation to sustain your practice?

HA: I am motivated to learn for myself in ways that only art can teach.

NYFA: What artists inspired your work when you were beginning to make art and what artists are you looking at now?  

HA: Then, my teacher at Brooklyn College was Ad Reinhardt, who did not teach but made me think. There is no “how to” and each artist must find the answers in oneself or ask the questions to oneself. But what gets me going is where I left off in my own last piece.

Now I like to look at Agnes Martin who said that “helplessness is the natural state for an artist and this is a good thing.” I relate to Ana Mendieta and dedicated my installation Wrestlers to her. I am drawn to Mierle Ukeles (who in the early ‘80s jokingly called herself and me “Mitzva Artists”), William Kentridge, Martha Rosler, Maya Linn, Bill Viola, and then there is Glenn Ligon… In 1996 Glenn Ligon wrote to me that he liked my "austerity” in The Liberation of G-d. But I am so blown away by his emotional splotches in his work. I wish I did not have to contain myself politely when it comes to my emotions about the misogyny and the erasure of the female. But I must “austerely” allow the viewer to be the Midrashist as the text I use is scripture, which is supposedly the words of G-d…

NYFA: “The G-D Project” has been fiscally sponsored since 1999. The work explores the way God has been used in the Old Testament to reflect patriarchal characteristics. Why did you initially seek sponsorship and how has sponsorship made this project possible? How did “The G-D Project” evolve over the past seventeen years?  

HA: It was hard to deal with this very personal subject matter. G-d can be a potentially inflammable volatile subject. Calling it a “project” through NYFA neutralized it so that it could be looked at as an artwork. Furthermore, seeing G-d through a feminist lens became tagged as theological which made it easier to absorb. These subtle factors took away any sermonic stance that brings out tensions. Working through NYFA thus set the tone for exploration and radical truth-telling which is the realm of artists.

“The G-d Project” used my background to deal with feminist issues such as inequality. I find that theological feminism has not yet been dealt with, as has biological feminism and ecological feminism. The San Francisco Jewish Museum programmed “Four Rabbis and an Artist: A Talmudic Debate!" Yes, I took on Orthodox, Conservative, Reformed, and Reconstructionist rabbis! The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, and Ackland Art Museum all programmed this debate with Rabbis from their communities. The Liberation of G-d and the Unmentionable has been the subject of a conference and the thesis of a Ph.D. and [these] theological public debates were viewed as activist performance art.

In Jerusalem women judges are forbidden to judge in the religious Court, which is the subject of All Rise. A patron has offered to pay for its transportation to Jerusalem if it will be shown in the Jerusalem Biennale in 2017. I am holding my breath as this has the potential to affect change.

-Interview by Madeleine Cutrona, Program Officer, Fiscal Sponsorship; Updated and edited by Priscilla Son, Program Assistant, Fiscal Sponsorship & Finance

NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship’s next quarterly no-fee application deadline is December 31, and you can learn more about NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship program here. 

Images from top: Wipe detail, Photo Credit: Susan Sandholland; Vanishing Pink Children, Photo Credit: Heratch Ekmekjian; Tears for the Children, Photo Credit: Jacob Kleinberg; Tears for the Children detail, Photo Credit: Heratch Ekmekjian; Wipe detail, Photo Credit: Heratch Ekmekjian

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The Foremother’s Challah Cover by Helene Aylon (1931-2020).

“Perhaps she braided Her hair in the morning Like she braided the havdala candle For the end of the Sabbath And surely she braided the dough On Friday before She put the dough in the oven And when she laid the cover Over the twin challas (as mother gently covers her babes in the night) I say she was the first to say Who bringest forth bread from the earth.”

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HottyToddy.com would like to congratulate everyone who made the Honor Roll and Dean’s List this first nine weeks of the school year.

Della Davidson Elementary School Honor Roll – First Quarter 2017-2018

Principal’s List (All A’s) Abraham, Luke Elias Adams, Catherine Archer Adams, Indaniya A’myani Albadry, Malak Mohamed Alderson, Michael Rel Alford IV, John Warner Allen, Hardy Vinson Amidon, Annabelle Kristin Anderson, Chloe Ryan Baeshen, Norah Ruth Beard, Bradley William Belk, Rylee Erin Bell, Valerie Denise Blackburn, Collins Brantley Blackwood, Donald James Bodie, Eden Brooks Bouldin, William Maxwell Bowling, Poppy Katherine Bragg, John Lawson Brasell, Thomas Murry Burkes, Avery Jane Burlaka, Anna Campbell, James Bryan Carlisle, Dylan Cerny Carr, Sophie Anne Chambers, Chi Tianna Tameko Chavis, Ruby Maude Chen, Winnie Clark, Hudson Truett Colby, Andrew David Collums, Paisley Isabelle Cooper, Adam Michael Cormack, Madison Leigh Cowgill, Benjamin Garrett Curry, Nilydia Nicole Dale, Lake Reed Denevan, Brody Patrick Edlin, Lydia Catherine Embry, Mamie Caldwell Farese, Alexa Perry Feltenstein, Liza Kimbrell Ferguson, Jordyn Armani Fortyz, Xander Bryce Franks, Addison Elise Fruge’, Benjamin Guy Gandhi, Sanya Manish Gary, Walker Edmond Giles, Harris Fisher Gray, Sadie Alan Green, Mary Bea Greene, Isabel Faye Hale, Mary Elena Hall, Hayden Zackery Hamilton, Judson Silas Hill, Jordan Amir Hipp, Abigail Laura Houston, Zaria Mau’Ja Hyneman, Howard Povall James, Calvin Larry Jang, Jun Jones, Eleanor Claire Jones, Molly Caroline Jones, Sawyer Reed Kariuki, Claire Ng’endo Kava, Luseane Keskin, Adem Keskin, Sibel Elizabeth King, Eleanor Anne Knef, Ava Grace Knight, Evan Dewayne Koestler, Andrew Preston Kosko, Garrett Alexander Kovachev, Martin Evgeni Laporte, Kenton James Lauzon, Kimberly Madison Levy, Lillian Vera Lewis, Julia Slade Lowery, Ellie McCay Luber, Charlotte Allen Lynch, Breannah Danielle Lynn, Tate Alden Mason, Katherine Mims McGinness, Alexandria Eve McLellan, Elizabeth Rose Meyer, Logan Charles Milton, Henry Tucker Moore, Andrew Taygen Moore, Russell Paul Morales-Romero, Brittany Michelle Morgan, D’Nijha Danielle Morris, Wyatt Bryan Myers, Carter Lewis Nemesek, Jackson James Nichols, Kelling Elizabeth Nordstrom, Katherine Crenshaw Odom, Streater Bliss Oliver, Leecie Bella Overby, Hogan Ryan Oyler, Henry Chadwick Pan, Raymond Park, Jinseo Patel, Rishi Rakesh Payne, Peyton Rowe Pegues, Madison Renae Percy, Phinizy Davis Percy, William Strong Perry, Anna Reed Pettis, Jerkeria Amyai Phillips, Preston David Putt, Harrison Gage Rainey, Elijah Edward Rajesh, Saishri Reeder, Ella Grace Reynolds, Madison Nicole Rhodes, Mary Helen Roane, Kathryn Annette Robbins, Michael Anderson Roberson, Ann Lillian Robinson, James Barrett Robinson, Rachel Lynn Rogers, Chanijah Makaila Santiago, Krizhan Wynn Tubale Schuesselin, Nancy Elaine Shaw, Zoe Elizabeth Shelton, John Mack Sherman, Gracie Jackson Sherman, Olivia Cate Shinall, Trevor Dean Shipman, Samuel Aylon Sisk, Trinity Ja’Kiya Smith, Anna Prescott Smith, Collier Elizabeth Smith, JoAnna Maize Smith, Zander Kade Snider, Kylie Anne Stein, Michael Anthony Mack Steinriede, Eleanor Catherine Still, Michael Banks Sullivan, William Russell Tatum, Cohen Hux Thompson, William Wright Toms, Pearce Pegram Tosh, Amanda Claire Trout, Davis Walker Turner, James Talmadge Turner, Sullivan Catledge Urbanek, Evan Harper Van Every, Thaxton Delane Vaughan, Graham Thomas Vega, Isabella Leigh Vincent, Ari Levi Wadlington, Keirra Lynn Waldrop, Cameron Lee Waldrop, Elise Ann Waller, Andrew Hinton Warrington, John Patrick Weaver, Dorian Jacob White, John Wilson Wigginton, Aubrey Mae Wiley, Lorelei Kathryn Wilfawn, Claire Kamryn Wilkes, Alice Gardner Williams, Ellen Kate Wilson, Loughran Samantha Woo, Yewon Youngblood, Cameron Layne Zinn, Dequan Montez

Teacher’s List (All A’s & B’s) Adams, Olandria Lashea A’layshia Agnew, Andrew Laster Alhusban, Ghaith Ali Amaya Hernandez, Noeli Nicole Anthony, Joshua Cole Armstrong, Kylan Lashun Arya, Medha Avdiienko, Anatolii Balderama, Ingrid Yamilet Ball, Camden Jace Barnes, Lela Monae Barrett, Aniston Claire Bass, Eden Derartu Beard, Mary Virginia Beauchamp, Luly Anne Bell, Jacob Taylor Bennett, Callie Grace Blackwelder, Jaxon Xander Bogue, Ali Cheyanne Bolton, Parker Elizabeth Bondurant, Stanford James Booker-Wilkins, Mary Kay Booker, Zaniyah A’Leah Booth, Stephen Armand Brannon, Ca’Mari D’Aisha Brannon, Khalisia Anaya Brownlee, Addison Elizabeth Brownlee, Olivia Gracelyn Burrell, David Lee Carroll, Thomas David Cassidy, William Garner Castillo, Yostin Yarid Cayetano, Caitlin Cayetano, Caylee Denise Centellas, Javier Enrique Certion, Kasidy Allyse Chaney, Elliott Chavis, Bazil Major Cockrum, McKenna Renee Cook, Joe Garrett Cowgill, Isabella Katherine Crain, Kennedy Clark Crouch, Campbell Cathryn Crowe, Clara Darden Cunningham, Harper Ray Davis, Brooklyn Landry Davis, Lyric Alexander Davis, Sierra Niquel Denham, Emerson Grace Dennis, Elijah Daniel Ding, Joanna Donahoe, Barrett Hardy Douglas, Grace Adin Downing, Margaret Caroline Doyle, Sean Riley Elhawy, Abdallah Khaled Elhawy, Sohila Khalid Erwin, Parker Thomas Evans, Hunter Lee Feathers, Reagan Leigh Ferguson, Cade Baxter Fields, August Flowers, Marcus Jerome Foster, Nevan David Fountain, Thomas Whittingtion Freeman, Salayah Samere Frierson, Deslyn Reann Gaia, Wesley Stephens Gammill, Brayden Thomas Gilliom, Aryanna Kenise Ginn, Micah Joseph Gist, Grayson Taylor Gray, Parker Thompson Greer, Micah Alexxander Gregory, Kingston Wells Gregory, London Jules Griffin, Clayton Rusty Wayne Hankins, Deangelo Omari Harbin, Mariah Kionna Hardenburgh, Madelyn Brooke Harrington, Sophia Clair Harris, Lainey Elizabeth Harrison, Taylor Matthew Haymans, George Stouton Helveston, Susan Patton Hendrickson, Carson Alexander Herrington, Carter Matthew Hervey, Adaysia Holcomb, Benjamin Cade Hom, Nathanael Ioan Hopper, Jeremy Campbell Hosemann, Sarah Katherine Howell, LaKayla Lauren Maree Huchin, David Alexander Hunt, Kaden Deshawn Hunter, Riley Claire Jacobs, Da’Niya Rena James, William David Jernigan, Maier Dixon Johnson, Hannah Brooke Johnson, William Jay Jones, Makinzi Gabrielle Jones, William Wesley Kelley, Caroline Jewel Kelly, Jasmine Grace King, Emily Katherine Knighton, Cohen Hoyt Le, Ryan Gia Bao Lewellen, Grady Charles Lewis, Allyson Kate Lilly, Lucy Lujie Love, Caroline Grace Lovelady, William Niles Lowe, Nicholas Wallace Luke, Harrison Thomas Maiden, Simeon Rashad Marzouk, Farida Omar Masinelli, Andrew Charles Mathis, Isaiah Contrell Mayo, John Alexander Mayo, William Bradley McCullough, Brody Cole McEwen, Kennedy Brooke McJunkins, Addyson Auraiyana McKenzie, Layton Rose McThune, Deundrea Rowmel Montgomery, Ann Luckett Morgan, Emma Hardin Najjar, Noah Joseph Nautiyal, Riddhi Neely, Robert Myril Nguyen, Phuoc James Thien Nocentino, Gabrielle May Notestone, Nancy Carole Nuon, Ian Cole Oliver, Robert Eli Owens, Chequila Aeisha MyAngel Perez Alfaro, Itzari Perry, Jamari De’Juan Phillips, Antonio Deangelo Pritchard, Serenity Juliet Radwan, Renad Ramsey, Bradley Wayne Ray, Siobhan Julia Reed, Germaine Emmanuel Roane, Braxton Jewell Robinson, Andrea Nicole Robinson, Cory Brandon Robinson, Jada Sha’Mya Rodriguez-Padilla, Stephanie Ross, Elijah James Russell, John Alden Sanchez, Alexander Cash Sankar, Deekshita B Schock, Kennedy Jo Schornhorst, Lillian Hannah Schweigart, Tryston Scott Scoggins, Ethan Sheldon, George Lawson Shepard, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Shoaf, Jack Hamilton Shows, Anderson Grady Sims, A’niyah Jhana’e Sims, Ja’Niyah Zha’Rai Singletary, Jane Anne Sisk, Hannah A’lise Smith, Chase Manning Smith, Ly’Niyah Smith, Zyterrion Spight, Xavion Y’Urijah Staten, Haley Marie Stewart, Rebecca Ann Striplin, Alli Reese Sullivan, Anna Kate Summers, Brady Eli Terrell, Destiny L Tew, Dashiel Cohen Thompson, Mariah La’Vonne Torres, Miguel Angel Travis, Savannah Grace Trimble, Tristan Nathaniel Turner, Cortez Lamont Urbina, Alex David Urbina, Gustavo Ussery, Lauren Addison Walker, James Radford Wallace, Rakerion Rickyus Watts, Kayla Marie Watts, Madalynne E Webb, Colten Joseph Wells, Reid Thornton Westmoreland, Allie Jaymes Westmoreland, Luke Chadwick Wilkins, Jayden Rashaan Wilks, Alexis Makayla Williams, Cooper Marshall Williams, Olivia Louise Williams, Sarai’ Danielle Wilson, Jussyaih Keeyunnah Wilson, Zanija Alexis Nicole Windham, John Colvin Winkler, Lily Anne Woodard, Audarrius Dewayne Yourn, Kloey Lynn Zhang, Grant Ruiyuan

Oxford Intermediate School Honor Roll – First Quarter 2017-2018

Principal’s List (All A’s) Adams, Lily Belden Alexander, Captain Provine Allen, Hylan Gates Arevalo, Luis Angel Bain, Samuel Stewart Baker, Harley Jayne Barr, Nelson Mandrill Berry, Caroline Lillian Bigham, Ann Hunter Boone, Pharis Louise Bourn, Mary Mills Bradley, Taylor Kate Brown, Ajzah Iyuana-Jakia Bruce, Elliot Olen Bundren, Sara Kate Byars, Mary Dale Campbell, Benjamin Marshall Cancer, Zaria Cannon, Ty’Derrius Quavieon Carleton, Carley Gray Carlisle, Connor Hugh Carroll-Gonzalez, Sophia Jeanette Cassidy, Jillian Everett Claassen, Juneau Cohen, Rachel Cohn, Sofia Grace Coleman, Sariyah Mae-Lynn Colley, Megan Elizabeth Collins, Deandre Quevon Cooper, Nathaniel Harry Covington, Blake Elliot Crenshaw, Jacob D Dabbs, Alice Kathryn Dale, Atticus Darwin Daniels, John Swayze Daugherty, Miller Michael Denham, Evelyne Lee Dennis, Jeffrey Brown Dolan, John Henry Dossett-Bridgers, Elsie James Dossett-Bridgers, Lee Tucker East, Ava Lee Edwards, Lucas David Eubanks, Nikki Mae Farese, Luke William Ferriss, Cayden Quin Floate, Wyatt Matthew Flowers, Alexander Harris Foster, Larcen Michelle Fountain, James Michael Frierson, Camaria Calyse Fruge’, Charles Mitchell Fuller, Andrevion Rayshad Gentry, Claire Renae Gililland, Hayden Claire Golden, Quevyn Javion Golmon, William Bradley Goolsby, Victoria Ann Goulet, Gilad Grafton, Carolyn Chase Grantham, Bradley Wynne Gray, Harper Elizabeth Gray, Madeline Elizabeth Greene, Samuel Thomas Greenlee Doty, Georgia Love Hamilton, Taylor Grace Harper, John Andrew Heard, Parker Madison Helsel, Maci Hemmins, Scarlet Virginia Henderson, Susanna Elise Heuer, Sam Robertson Hill, Jack Westbrook Hill, William Maxwell Hilliard, Xaikeese Deontae Hitchcock, Jonas Grey Hollinger, Christopher William Homan, Madeline Taylor Hooker, Anna Elise Houston, Walker Wyatt Hurdle, Ella Beth Ibrahim, Mennah Mohamed Ali Ivy, Jack Whitten Jones, Henry Tucker Jones, Kamari Danielle Jones, Kobe Isaiah Jones, Madison Elizabeth Jones, Zoey Denise Karahan, Elisa Fonseca Kevin, Bridgette Kirk, Benjamin Carter Koestler, Leland Matthew Langendoen, Isabelle Terezija Lawhead, Christine Elizabeth Laws, Edward Knox Le, Michelle T Lowery, Madeline Grace Luber, Miles Atchison Majumdar, Sneha Makamson, Benjamin Joseph Maloney, Brady Michael Mauney, Ellie Katherine Maxwell, Mae Covington Mayo, Ian James McClellan, Ella Catherine McCready, Carson Neal McLellan, Andrews Mitchell Meagher, Mary Lucile Beatrice Mina-Reyes, Gabriel Alexander Monroe, George Henry Moss, Lucy Claire Murthy, Prajwal Narasimha Nagle, Nicholas Ming-Rui Najjar, Adam Alexander Nichol, Thomas Osborn Noel, Mary Grace Notestone, William King Oyler, Cole Madeline Perry, Lucy Clare Randle, Ava Caroline Rayburn, Thomas Harrison Rayner, Lila Elizabeth Reeder, Emma Kathryn Ritchie, Alexandra Ingrid Roland, Elijah Sessions Salau, Fawaz Olaitan Samuels, Charles Kane Sanchez, Tomas Alessandro Schmelzer, Carson Joseph Schmelzer, Catherine Elizabeth Scott, Anne Bailey Scott, Cooper Aubrey Shaw, Annie Cade Sherman, Evelyne Graham Shipman, Mary Margaret Shorter, Addyson Grace Shows, Emily Crawford Smith, Julia Anne Smith, Sharpe Holiman Smith, Sutherland Ross Solinger, Jordan Maxwell Srinath, Navaneeth Stinnett, Brady Patrick Sudduth, Ashley Lorraine Taylor, Janiya B A Tomlinson, Vivian Anne Tschumper, Katherine Mae Tulchinsky, Jacob Tulchinsky, Payton Ann Urbanek, Kaitlyn Sanders Valliant, Wells Gregory Van Every, Everhett Hawkins Vasilyev, Vivian Scott Vega, Sarah Kendall Vijayasankar, Arjun Vo, Binh Quoc Wages, Mallory Jennings Waldrop, Fisher Wells Walker, Ava Taylor Walker, Samantha Daye Walls, Jason Kendrick Weaver, Alana Ann White, Charles S Wicker, Claire Catherine Wigginton, Georgia Gray Wilkes, Carter Broom Wilkinson, William Pratt Williamson, Alice Lindley Wilson, Ava Elizabeth Wilson, Caroline Rose Wilson, Jeremiah Windham, Byron Pearson Windham, Clayton Page Young, Grant Powell

Teacher’s List (All A’s & B’s) Abbott, Carolyn Rose Al-Ostaz, Mohannad Ahmed Allen, Walker Harrison Almutairi, Hanin Anderson, Jakeria Anderson, Seger Cappaert Anjanappa, Saurab S Aquino, Zaiden Allen Arnold, Bailey Reighn Atkinson, Landon Kyle Austin, Mariam Catherine Avery, Kanalu Olamana Baddour, Paul Marion Balkin, Gabriela Analise Banks, Cam’Ron Barry, Brooke Padgitt Barton, Katherine Louise Bass, James Tanner Bean, Z’nyla Amor Belenchia, Natalie Paige Benedict, Anna Lauren Bishop, Margaret Ann Blackwelder, Jagger Anthony Blair, Natalie Elizabeth Blount, Levi Daniel Bombelli, Nicholas Boyas, William Joaquin Brasell, Jane Saxon Brown, Madison Ann Buford, Julian Burleson, Dixie Katherine Burns, Hunter Kylen Busby, Jack Garland Busby, Mary Caroline Buschlen, Keaton Vaughn Buzareiba, Raghad Omran Caldwell, Jordan Austin Campbell, A’Yhuna Nakeyia Carmean, Evelyn Rose Carmean, Jane Reeves Carrington, Glenn Elizabeth Carter, Callie Grace Case, Olivia Linton Castillo-Tabora, Genesis Causey, Jacquelynne Jeanne Edith Certion, M’Layjah Jovian Cerveny, Andrew David Coleman, Nadia Bethanie Cope, John Grayson Cormack, Kennedy Reese Cottom, Leiaidra Mi’Joi Crocker, Timothy Ezekiel Dale, Madelyn Sophia Daniels, Annika Marie Davis, Madison Rihanna Doner, Emileigh Grace Dowling, Larkin Bernini Dudley, Jeremiah Lajordan Ealey, So’Nia Carrie Christine East, Michael Ann Eastland, Hiram C Espinoza, Jayda Sophia Estes, Wesley Brett Farmer, Marjorie Elizabeth Fassinger, Kaden Chase Felix, Matthew Ripken Finner, Christopher A J Flaschka, Max Russell Wolf Flaschka, Mollie Blair Ford, Christopher Ezekiel Fowler, Kathryn Presley Franklin, Thomas Gerald Freeman, Wyatte Holden Fuller, Kardesia Janae’ Gaia, John Wallace Gandhi, Syna Manish Gillis, Lindsey Elizabeth Glenn, Raven Tarrell Dee Green, Ladaejah Jeriah Grem, William Miles Gussow, Shaun David Hamilton, Emma Kathleen Haralson, Hannah Lynn Harrington, Chloe Marie Hazlewood, Margaret Elaine Henderson, Evelyn Lynn Herrera, Alexander Santiago Herron, Kentravion Temelle Hilliard, Akevia Leigh-Ann Hilliard, Ryan Glenn Hillmer, Cailey Nicole Hobson, Breuna Cheri Hodges, Makyah Zaire Horton, Auriana Hyche, Avery Lynn Ibrahim, Zeyad Mohamed Ali Jackson, Elise Ann Jernigan, Patricia Bell Joyce, Colby Richard Jubera, Robert Judson, Braylen Terrell Kamman, Barrett Denton Kelley, Madelyn Kent, Reid Andrew Kimbrell, Elizabeth Rivers Knef, Andrew H Knight, Colton Gray Kosko, Bailey Mullins Landry-Rahaim, Rose Latimer, Sarah Ross Le, Kevin Lewis, Avery Pierce Lewis, Elaina Renee Lewis, Jon Allen Lewis, Samuel Wallace Lovorn, Rowan Elliott Lowe, Jane Claire Martin, Colton Andrew Martins, Pedro Machado May, Olivia Helen Mayo, Cait Frances Mayoral, Braden John McCarty, Tamiyiah MoShay McCollins, Zuri Ayana McCullen, Laura Kathleen McCurdy, Sean Thomas McDaniel, Aden Gregory McElroy, Mattie Elizabeth McMillian, Javien Malachi Mercier, Georgia Rose Metcalf, Zoe Abigail Miller, Ana Mitchell, Ameir Mercedes Montgomery, Elizabeth Stewart Moreton, Anders Morgan, Houston Rivers Morgan, Michaela Lynn Mott, William Ross Munoz-Pascacio, Nathalie Nautiyal, Rishi Ndaruhutse, Boaz Tonto Nichols, William Ray Nordstrom, William Davis Norman, Robert Harrell O’Dowd, Brendan Charles Osborne, Annelise Taylor Parker, Elijah Parsons, Madelyn Yahel Pascacio, Joshten Raul Patton, Nyla Danielle Perkins, Anna Claire Pharr, Luke Benjamin Pruitt, Parker Jude Randle, Ethan Monroe Ray, Layton Ramsey Reed, Virginia Lynn Richards, Benjamin Graham Richards, Elijah Davis Rico, Anna Beatrix Rico, Patrick Finlay Robertson, Rivers Burton Robinson, Chance Robinson, Lillian Grayson Roy, Sam Morgan Samaniego, Alexa Itsallana Saxton, Andrew Martin Schardan, Julian Schock, Landon David Schwaegerl, Lena Charlotte Schweigart, Brenleigh Paige Scott, Nicholas Dane Scruggs, Sydney Kathryn Shoaf, Abby Elliston Sipes, Brooks Sipps, Annabelle Grace Smith, Emaleigh Sosa Rodriguez, Franklin Speed, John Thomas Strum, Madison Grace Swingle, Jack Manning Tallie, Kamayia Tallie, Keon’Taye Da’Shan Tatum, Carlisle Emery Taylor, Avaleigh Renee Taylor, Sovient Zantrell Thigpen, Alicia Renee Thomas, Amelia Walker Toles, Noah Elex Tompkins, Lillie Lizabeth Toney, Deriah Elizabeth Treloar, Davis Alexander Tyson, Tara Nicole Urbina, Natalia Elena Ussery, Reed Fowler Valliant, Rebeka Claire Vaughn, Brinnan Jaynes Vaughn, Makinly Grace Wadley, Amari Latrice Wadley, JaMarion Martavis Weathersbee, Mary Carolyn Elizabeth Webb, Elizabeth Riggan White, Kierstan Marcia Wicker, Bryce Chapin Wiley, Violet Nicole Wilkins, Stella Kathryn Wilkinson, Katherine Owen Wishon, Dylan Lee Wymer, Abraham Young, Kasiyah Kevionna Youngblood, Olivia Ashlyn Zachos, Lucian

Oxford Middle School Honor Roll – First Quarter 2017-2018

Principal’s List (All A’s) Abernathy, Sallie Virginia Addy, Aiden Lamar Alluri, Ajay Varma Amidon, Noah Jared Atchley, Andrew Crawford Austin, Katherine Grace Baggett, Kanesha Latrice Ball, Braden Matthew Barksdale, Brianna Denise Barrett, Lealand Gracie Barrios, Emory Caperton Beauchamp, Mattie Hanks Berry, William Wells Bianco, Catherine Louise Bigham, Brock Thurman Blair, Lydia Helen Bland, Hudson Lawrence Boudreaux, Claire Brewer, Joshua Alexander Brown, Jonathan Campbell, William Hayden Caradine, Miles Milton Emett Carter, Elijah Guy Carter, Joseph Andrew Case, Audrey Davis Cassisa, Carolina Grace Clark, Lacey Katherine Clinton, Nora Dean Cook, Madeline Ellsworth Cooper, Ciara Jo Crawley, Carsyn Swayzie Dabbs, Walker Pace Daniels, Dorothy Grace Davis, Farryn Kennedy Dennis, Julia McQueen Devera, Rowan Hayes Douglas, Faith Ann Dyminski, Thomas Randall Farmer, Sadie Grace Fruge’, Rosemary Katherine Giles, Lucian Witherspoon Goulding, Aidan S. Green, Henry Hasselman Greene, Amelia Lea Greer, Allison Reed Habeeb, Reagan Leigh Harper, Hannah Heard, Kaitlyn Paige Heuer, Everett Bowen Hill, John Bailey Hunt, Addison Marleigh Johnson, Josianna Elizabeth Kang, Mina Karthikeyan, Keerthin Kendricks, John Scott Knight, Ethan Tyler Latil, Jacob Walker Le, Johnson Le, Thu Anh Lewis, Louise Anne Ligon, Charles Thomas Little, Rosemary Elizabeth Love IV, John Clark Maryam, Numa Mathis, Kaylin Jennae Maxwell, James Donald McClure, Jeffrey Williams Miller, Saylie Parker Monteith, Savannah Isabel Bel Moore, Sarah Grace Murphy, Patrick Francis Newsom, William Luke Nordstrom, Benjamin Eli Ormon, Ava Kathryn Patel, Aidan Rakeah Perry, John West Purdom, Kara Elizabeth Ratliff, Charleston Edward Rayburn, Cecilia Reed, Vanessa Nicha Reysen, Ember Noelle Rhodes, Katelin Faith Roberson, Riley Elizabeth Robinson, Grant Wilson Rock, Cassidy Nicole Rubenstein, Zoe Elizabeth Sawyer, MacKenzie Lee Sawyer, Madison Nicole Schmelzer, Callie Grace Sharp, Chloe Anne Shelton, Emma Sanders Shipley, Savannah Harlow Shorter, Ashten Dean Smith, Stratton Holt Steinriede, Anne Walcott Stevens, Heath Michael Stewart, Olivia Ellen Sullivan, Aidan Thomas Sweeney, Connor Patrick Swingle, Molly Caroline Thompson, Ella McKinley Tosh, Ella Kathryn Trujillo, Aaron Michael Valdez, Xavier Edgar Wages, Caroline Grayson Walker, Anna Caroline Warrington, James Davis Weathersbee, Jeremiah Davis White, Avery Hannah Wicker, Sarah Grace Wigginton, Luke Lafayette Wilkinson, John Franklin Hassell Windham, William Thomas Woo, Nathan Kyoungseo Yant, Jane Isabella Zhang, Luke Xi

Teacher’s List (All A’s & B’s) Alexander, Zakeri Alan Alger, Anna Aloia, Jonah Grayson Anderson, James Wilder Arizaga, Genoveva Grace Armstrong, Aubrey Laine Austin, Brooks Crockett Baeshen, Andrew Hesham Bailey, Ramey Elliott Barnett, Evelyn Eliot Barton, Grace Anne Beebe, John Robert Belk, Aiden James Bell, Diamond Kierra Bergeron, Molly Merritt Best, Lauren Elizabeth Bial IV, Joseph John Bishop, Steven Matthew Blaylock, Evelyn Isabella Blount, Hope Davidson Bogan, Ticyana Anecia Renay Booker, Kirsten Ja’Derria Bowling, Adam Miller Brazell, Jessica Paige Brewer, Kaitlyn Emma Bruce, Norah Mary Jane Buchanan, Joseph Thomas Burkes, Anna Sophia Burkes, Delaney Grace Busby, Hattie Elizabeth Buschlen, Ethan Gareth Bush, Levi Matthew Byars, Charles Randolph Cabello, Michael Caldwell, Kalvia O’Nealvea Caldwell, Sparkle Ariel Campbell, Alysia Michelle Carothers, Sharenity Lynn Carwile, William Westmoreland Case, Mary McLauren Childers, Eva Ruth Contractor, Ria Zaksis Cooper, Noah Emmanuel Cope, Aiden Saliba Crane, John Spencer Crowe, Ellen Emerson Dabney, Thompson Daugherty, Amelie Parker Dennis, Ivy Suzanne Dennis, Jackson William Dorrell, Colin Semmes Downing, Stephen Matthew Dunaway, Drue Alexis Elliott, William M Ellis, William Vaiden Enfinger, Jena Brooke Fair, Virginia Ross Brown Fiveash, Jayda Grace Floate, Aidan Mark Freeman, Grace Kennedy Freeman, Samari Shani Fyke, Lola Carter Gaia, Madeleine Barnett Gililland, Joshua Alan Grantham, Robert Sharp Hanbury, Lauren Elizabeth Hardy, Julia Brent Harvey, Michael David Helsel, Mia Claire Hemmins, Jude Owen Henderson, Isabel Morrow Hewitt, Mary Alexandra Hickey, Morgan Hill, Anna Louise Ho, Jennifer Hodge, Claire Elise Hood, Catelin Grace Houston, Audria Aerial Huggins, Lylian Douglas Hunter, Sara Grace Hyneman, Henry Lewis Jacob, Katherine Elizabeth Jo, Samuel Hwanhee Johnson, Luke Daniel Jones, Averie Taylor Kincaid, David William Kirkwood, Ryan Tray’Shawn Langley, Avery Marie Lewis, William Goodloe Lipsey, JaMichael Takyland Logan, Vincent Chase Lowery, Charles Gavin Lynch, Robert Michael Madkins, Sariah Monyae May, Sarah Lynlee McGinness, Arkady Walker McInnis, Taylor McKey, Jude McMillan, Andersen Elizabeth Mercier, Audrey Elizabeth Metts, Linley Ann-Marie Mims, Allyson Rhea Mitchell, Makalah Renea Montgomery, Joel David Moore, Hayden Tyler Moore, Kallie McKade Morarie, Veronica Magdalena Morse, Allie Lynn Mott, Tacie Jane Mullen, Bryce Owen Murphey, Archer Smith Murphey, Webb Smith Norphlet, Elijah JaQuon O’Dowd, Davis Winton Owens, Laila Arquel Pasco-Pranger, Asa James Patterson, Michael Elias Perry, Ada Grace Pettis, Keanna Ne’veah Ponder, Michael Stratton Porcha, Quincy Allen Porter, Sania Loronz Portera, Owen Samuel Radigan, Luke Thomas Regan, Natalie Grace Renfroe, Land Harris Rhodes, William Lawton Riddell, Ellis Walker Robertson, Lane Brice Rogers, Currie Benton Rousseau, Helen Reed Rowland, Margaret Herron Rucker, Tyler JaJuan Russell, Drake Alan Saenz-Lopez, Darlyn Karina Sanchez-Garcia, Carlos Sanders, Blake Lee Savage, Michael Baylor Schneider, Emery Kathryn Schove, John Stanley Seicshnaydre, Elizabeth Lee Sharp, Aaron Shipman, Bella Scott Short, Ethan Andrew Shows, Cashe Newell Shows, Ross Alan Shull, Charles Wallace Singletary, Matthew Ray Skipworth, Tyler Wesley Smith, Alexis Grace Smith, Chaffin Elizabeth Smith, L’Asia Shekendrea Smith, Larrmyne Colton Spears Smith, Lewis Wynne Smith, Zaria Tyanna Solomon, Ross Whitlow Stallings, James Kyle Stewart, Christian Hope Turner, John Preston Vaughn, Jakira Sharda Vaughn, Leona Abigale Waddell, Olivia Ann Webb, Dixon Thomas Webb, Wesley Whitaker, Martha Sutton JiLu Wicker, Addie Elise Wicker, Luke McNabb Wicker, Tyler Kent Wilfawn, Keegan Douglas Wilkinson, Mary Katherine Suzette Winters, Taylor Woodfin, Aiden Scott Yerger, Harlan Yoste, John Geraghty

Oxford High School Honor Roll – First Quarter 2017-2018

Principal’s List (All A’s) Abernathy, Frances Hazie Addy, Alaina Kathleen Al-Ostaz, Nadeen Ahmed Al-Sherri, Zynub A. Atchley, Abigail Taylor Austin, Lillian Rose Baker, Ellyn Elizabeth Bartholomew, Gretchen Case Beard, Ashley Paige Bial, Lauren Frances Boudreaux, Christian Thomas Boutwell, Allie Kathryn Buchanan, Niamke Conner Bundren, Megan Leigh Burcham, Abagail Elizabeth Buskes, Anneke Lee Jing Qiu Callicutt, William Houston Chatman, Raven Nichelle Cheng, Calendula Yunong Cizdziel, Claire Theresa Cizdziel, Siena Catherine Cohen, Ross Gabriel Coon, Walker Thomas Crawley, John-Russell Cooper Cromwell, Clay Hollingsworth Crouch, Carter Fox Deese, David Henry Doerksen, Edmund Siwei Duperier, Alfred Wortham Elgohry, Marawan Moustafa Farese, Ellis Kilbourne Forgette, Anna Kathryn Freeze, Jordan McKenzie Fruge’, Don Luis Gershon, Eve Miranda Golmon, Graham Truett Goulet, Gabrielle E Goulet, Nicole Mayan Grafton, Addison Hibbs Green, Johnson McCallum Greene, Mary Emma Heiskell, Lucia Lamar Hemmins, Lilian Carroll Ho, Vivian Thuy Hu, Edward Yang Johnson, Walter Warren Jones, Emma Katherine Jones, Grace Anne Kendricks, Mary Charles Larson, Anna Mathis Li, Qing Yun Ligon, John Allen Livingston, Magnolia B Lizotte, George Britson Logan, Grace Nicole Luber, Kurre Thomas Luke, Cayden Angela Mallette, Pope Dolby Maxwell, Ellinor Minhinnette McEachern, Lorie Jordan McIntosh, Ann Caroline McKey, James Keith McKey, Mia Maureen McPhail, Joshua Robert Meagher, John Micheal Mercier, Marcus Karl Mercier, Mary Isabella Metcalf, Zkyra Monique Meyers, Gillian Elizabeth Mills, Addison Marie Mitchell, Lilian Camille Mobley, Alexander James Moen, Rebekah Hannah Mounce, Abigail Lauren Mullen, Sarah Neely Nagle, Alexandra M Nelson, Lauren Anada Renee Norman, Neal Garner Norris, Joseph Landon O’Keefe, Daniel Ryan O’Keefe, Joseph Thomas Overby, Haeden Ryan Pasco-Pranger, Sadie Charlotte Patel, Karina Rakesh Patel, Suhani Ashok Patterson, George Alexander Pearson, Claire Love Pham-Dao, Albert Phu Pham, Tu Nha Anna Pittman, Cady Grace Quinn, Sophia Adams Randall, Hannah Elizabeth Ratliff, Sarah Ann Renfroe, Anna Lauren Rester, Ann Claire Rester, Sydney Ruth Riley, Katherine Cook Robinson, Joseph Daniel Rock, Katelyn Virginia Rogers, Donald Forrest Roland, Virginia Olivia Roth, Hays Spicer Shelton, Samuel David Simpson, Philip Ryan Smith, Keon De’Morris Smith, Lily McCalla Soto, Lorelai Makenzie Spillers, Hannah Elizabeth Stevens, Emily Elise Strum, Carissa Ann Sullivan, Ann Morgan Swords, Julia Adeline Tann, Julia Elizabeth Tannehill, Jack Rhea Teng, Emmanuelle Rachel Thompson, Addison Mae Thompson, Halford Madeline Torrent, James Thomas Travis, Jaxon Owen Van Ness, Peter Fancher Waller, Mary Marshall Ward, Andreel Ti’Keshia Webb, Jaqaun Darnell White, Ava Camille Williams, Ellen Benson Wymore, Martha Olivia Leigh Yerger, Sarah Jane Young, Carter Thomas Zediker, Charlie Evan

Teacher’s List (All A’s & B’s) Abel, Elijah Taylor Abraham, Katherine Louise Adams, Margaret Pepper Adamson, Michael Joel Addy, Elias James Alexander, Breiana LaShaye Andrews, Daniel Logan Archer, Thomas Neal Arnold, Madeline Jean Baggett, Tamyra Alicia Baker, Wilson Benton Barrett, Anna Katherine Beard, Brittni Gail Berry, Eleanor Alexander Best, Aubrey Caroline Bianco, Andrew Joseph Bianco, Samuel Marquette Bishop, Aubrey Reed Bishop, Mary Katherine Blake, Christian Quin-Maronye Boone, Morgan Taylor Boudreaux, Keith Anthony Boughton, Aaliyah Bourn, Gracie Caroline Bradley, Brandon DaShun Bradley, Connor Blake Bradley, Zachary Mar’Tez Brewer, Timothy Hutson Brines, Lawson Henry Brown, Ryan Edward Bruce, Owen Wulff Buskes, Elsie Lee Hua Da Byars, Kathryn Culpepper Byars, Wilton Vance Calderwood, Kathryn Rose Caldwell, Deijanee Nicole Campbell, Saniah Nicole Caraway, Savannah Eve Carothers, Karen Elise Carrington, William Tucker Carwyle, Davis Monroe Case, Catherine Bryan Case, Lucy Catherine Chandler, Lauren Claire Chiniche, Lucy Dale Cipkowski, Leo O’Neil Clark, Abigail Lynn Coleman, Alijah Montana Collins, Alice Cofield Cook, Mary Ellen Coon, Russell Connor Cooper, Jessica Lynn Copley, Jessica Elizabeth Cousar, Reece Franklin Creekmore, Catherine Elizabeth Crosby, Madison Elizabeth Culpepper, Robert Fallon Dabney, Sally Kate Davidson, Adrian J’Quarie Davis, Arden Alicia Davis, Emily R. Davis, Hallie Jane-Lord Dawkins, Anna Gabrielle Dear, Jackson Kent Desler, Elizabeth Brooks Douglas, Jonathan Michael Dukes, Kylin Maurice Durham, James Taylor Dyer, Grace Thompson Easley, Colby J. Eastland, Mary Allyn Edge, Jesse Clifton Evans Elgohry, Kareem Moustafa Evans, Christina Camilla Evans, David Aitken Farese, Emma Reed Farmer, Nolan Scott Field, Catherine Newell Finn, Matthew Evan Flowers, Ty’Derriya J Fogerty, Daryl Charles Franks, Sarah Grace Freelon, Khyan Marquee Frierson, Demarius Ja’Shoun Fuller, Brooks Brown Fulton, Joshua Grey Gardner, Andrew Stephens Gililland, John Michael Gordon, Kyle Dekendric Gordon, Taylor D Gough, Mary Mobley Goulet, Yaniv Liberman Goza, Meredith Tatum Grafton, Daniel Cole Gul, Sharjeel Waseem Gunn, Elizabeth Abigail Hakim, Benjamin Stewart Hale, Benjamin Lewis Hall, Daniel Louis Hardy, Sarah Katherine Harrell, Logan Andrew Avant Harris, Keiona Aaliyah Hartnett, Eli Curtis Hartnett, Samuel Mark Harvey, John McCormick Hayward, Mary Clark Henderson, Andrew Hollensworth Hester, Andrew David Hester, Emily Amanda Hill, Caroline McLain Hillmer, Carter Neil Hitchcock, Grayson Chance Hitchcock, Kaden Presley Hitchcock, Landon Grant Holben, Ethan Clay Holley, Abigail Rose Hollingsworth, William Thomas Holmes, Klaria Ernese Hooker, Preston Alexander Horton, Khaniaya Raquakkia Taylor Hubbell, Hayden Elizabeth Huggins, Nicholas David Hughes, Patricia Kathleen Hultman, Emerson Moffatt Hunter, Lilly McKay Huynh, Kelly Hyche, Nathan Howard Ivy, Anthony Clay Jackson, Charles Julian Jekabsons, Mathew Elias Jenkins, Ruth Anne Johnson, Grace Elizabeth Jones, Khloe Tzion Joyce, Grace Ann Kamman, Caroline Wood Kennedy, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Kimbrell, Avery Ryan Kincaid, Caroline Grace Koestler, William Downing Lamar, Elizabeth Merrill Langendoen, Noah Patrick Lewis, Desiree Nicole Little, William Jacob Longnecker, Alex Jeffery Loper, Michael Blake Lopez, Frida Esparza Madlock, Antonio Dewane Bailey Madlock, Kyndal Camille Marsh, Jeffrey Coleman Marzouk, Heba Omar Marzouk, Mohamed Omar Mayes, Tamara Octavia Divin Mayo, Thomas Hayes McCormick, Parker Keen McCready, Campbell Elizabeth McCullen, Mary Alice McCullough, Tajah Brianna McDaniel, Emma Kate McKeown, Lucas James McKinney, Savannah Rene’e Merrell, Aubrey Kate Metcalf, Zharia Dominique Meyer, Olivia Nicole Mims, Addison Grace Mitchell, Julia Braden Mitchell, Lilli-Grace Camille Moore, Martha Mikaela Moore, Robert Cole Morales Romero, Luis Antonio Morgan, Joshua Carr Morrow, Dolnesha Ka’Jettie Morse, Emily Elizabeth Mott, Matthew Dean Mullins, Ann McCall Munoz, Aldrin Harvey Munoz, Esmeralda Alondra Murphey, Carole Addison Murphy, Anna Lea Murthy, Srujana N. Nalls, Makayla Antoinette Nash, Bo Thomas Neilson, Marjorie Ann Nelson, Olivia Claire Renee Newsom, Anna Grace Newsom, Caroline Virginia Nichopoulos, Alexis Athena Norris, Christian Graham Norris, Niles Spencer O’Neill, Griffin Elliot O’Reilly, Felicity Rose Oliver, Corey Vincent Overby, Ryleigh Grace Parker, Landon Wyatt Parker, Sara Grace Patton, Kathleen Sampson Pearson, Joshua Eli Perkins, John Seton Perrier, Justine Elodie Perry, Knox Nelson Peters, Ann Fava Pettis, Darius Jordan Pittman, Anne Elizabeth Ponder, Stetson Lane Powell, Charles Obie Prillerman, Egypt Ayanna Purdon, Elinor Claire Rankin, Randi Elizabeth Ravishankar, Anish Reynolds, Evangeline Marie Reysen, Summer Victoria Roach, Tejeland Renee Robbins, Lydia Bailey Ross, Taylor Brooke Roth, Andrew Evan Rousseau, Jacob Louis Rowland, Whitman Morse Roy, Jackson Medwick Russell, Abby Grace Rychlak, Olivia Claire Salau, Farid Schove, Mary Dewitt Scott, Tucker Rhodes Scruggs, Michael Andrew Shinall, Ally Virginia Shorter, Tristan Dean Sisk, Syrena Victoriah Smith, Andrew Hartley Smith, Evelyn Gates Smith, Graham Benjamin Smith, Tyler James Smith, Virginia Madeline Smith, William Alexander Sockwell, Ryan James Solinger, Eli Charles Southern, Derrius Ke’Shaun Spears, Sydney Nicole Sterling, Benjamin Dakota Stewart, John Franklin Stinnett, Parker Joseph Stone, Anthony Cade Sudduth, Margaret Ann Sudduth, Virginia Kathryn Surbeck, Collin Queiroz Tann, William Harrison Tannehill, Margaret McKenzie Tatum, Julien Rundell Thompson, Grace Jean Thompson, Julie Marie Tidwell, Vasilios Zachery Tingle, Brooklyn Noelle Toma, Emily Anne Torrent, Charles Joseph Torrent, David Allan Tosh, Dennis Stone Treloar, Avery Elise Trott, Joseph Howard Tyner, Susan Rebecca Upton, Morgan Mackenzie Urbina, Alenys Van Ness, Morgan Alexandra Vijayasankar, Akshaya Wadlington, Hiram Donavon Waller, Sara Katherine Wang, Qi Hang Warrington, Wesley Anne Watts, Ana Brooke Watts, Brandon Hugh Waxler, Elijah Latimer Webb, Hollin Sebastein Webster, Lindsey Marie Wheeler, Kayla Kaprice Wheeler, Sophia Pauline White, Brian Garrett White, Jammie Marcell White, KeMariaha Elise White, Lindsey Cameron Whitehead, Dalton Garvis Whitwell, Davis Carroll Wicker, Eli Scott Wilfawn, Quentin Carter Wilkins, William Thomas Williams, Tyler Jamal Wilson, Paschal Peolia Woodard, Niquisha Monquie Yerger, Frank Montague Young, Jalon Kershun

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August 29, 2018: Obituaries

Nancy  Church, 96

               Nancy Lee Alexander Church, "Nana," 96, of North Wilkesboro, widow of John Robert Church passed away Monday, August 27, 2018, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in North Wilkesboro.  She was born in Matthews, N.C., on March 21, 1922; Mrs. Church was the daughter of Neilly Orman Alexander and Hattie Smith Alexander.

   In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Church; four brothers, Glenn, David, Franklin, and Ralph; three sisters, Mary Neil, Ruth, and Doris.  Mrs. Church is survived by her daughter, Dr. Karolen Church Bowman and her favorite son-in-law, Dr. J. Thomas Bowman of North Wilkesboro; grandchildren, Dr. John Daniel Bowman and wife Ruhi of Highland Park, Illinois; Dr. David Neil Bowman and wife Mandy Jones of Wake Forest, N.C.; Paul Thomas Bowman of Asheville, N.C.; and Katherine Lee Lundy and husband Nathan of North Wilkesboro; great grandchildren Debra, Abigail, and Elijah Bowman, and Flynn Lundy.

   Mrs. Church attended high school in Matthews, and graduated with a degree in Home Economics from Woman's College (Now UNC-G) in Greensboro and received her Master's degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. For  a while she taught Home Decorative Arts at Bowling Green College in Kentucky.

  While teaching high school in Haw River, N.C., she met John Robert Church from North Wilkesboro who was then working for Melville Dairy.  The folks she was living with arranged a dinner that included Nancy and John Robert.  After that dinner, she would say with a smile, they went for a walk, and the rest is history. While they were seeing each other, John Robert went into the Army in 1943; was in the Second Wave of the invasion against German forces in occupied France at Normandy, was wounded and received the Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars.  After he returned home from World War II, they were married on Oct. 25, 1947 and returned to North Wilkesboro where she became a homemaker. Clearly, she was a strong woman behind a successful man.  John Robert Church passed away in Feb. of 1981.

   Mrs. Church loved to sew and make quilts and was widely recognized for being instrumental in the growth of Home Demonstration Clubs in this area.  An excellent cook, she was known for her lemon pound cakes and chocolate cakes--which she always said weren't quite up to par--but she was the only person ever who said that.

   A lifelong Presbyterian, and a faithful member of the North Wilkesboro Presbyterian congregation, Mrs. Church was very active in the Children's Program, Sunday School, Bible School, she was the Youth Group leader, and a member of the Women's Circle. In fact, in 1965 she was elected as the first female Deacon in the North Wilkesboro church.

   Burial services will be held on Sunday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.m. at Mountlawn Memorial Park in North Wilkesboro. Everyone is invited to attend. Funeral services will be held on Monday, Sept. 3, at the North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church on E Street in North Wilkesboro.  The family will greet friends beginning at 10 a.m., with the funeral service beginning at 11 a.m.  Officiating will be Dr. Susan Moorefield.  

   Memorials may be made to the Wilkes Community College Endowment Corporation or the North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church Building Fund.

 Patricia Bentley 71

Ms. Patricia Ann Bentley age 71 of Ferguson passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Wilkes Senior Village.

               Funeral services were held   August 29, at Reins Sturdivant Chapel with Pastor Billy Hoss Moore officiating.  

                               Ms. Bentley was born March 11, 1947 in Caldwell County to Jay Wesley and Mary Lou Welsh Bentley. She was retired from Broyhill Furniture. Ms. Bentley was a member of Independent Decision Baptist Church in Lenoir.

               In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son; Carl Bentley and a brother; J.C. Bentley.

               She is survived by two brothers; Gene Bentley and wife Eliza of Ferguson and Jerry Edward Bentley and wife JoAnn Bentley of Ferguson, three grandchildren; Caleb Bentley Lane, Nathan Carroll and Amber Yoder, nieces and nephews; Allen Bentley, Pam Furr and husband Wayne, Gerald Bentley and Jaime Lane and husband Chris, great nieces and nephews; Kimberly Lane and Katelyn Lane.

               In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wake Forest Care at Home Hospice 126 Executive  Drive Suite 110 Wilkesboro, NC 28697.

 Eugene Hartley, 74

Mr. Eugene (Gene) Hayes Hartley, age 74 of Boomer, husband of Betty Lou Johnson Hartley, died Saturday, August 25, 2018 at his home.

               Funeral services were August 28,  at Sharon Walker Baptist Church with the Rev. Fred Staley and the Rev. Burl Jones officiating.                                  Mr. Hartley was born February 3, 1944 in Wilkes County to Frank Austin and Connie Faye Walker Hartley.  He was a member and deacon of the Sharon Walker Baptist Church. He retired as co-owner of Hartley Brothers Sawmill.

               He was preceded in death by his parents; one great-grandchild, Johnny Luna; and five brothers, Phillip Hartley, Tommy Hartley, David Hartley, Danny Hartley, and Charles Hartley.

               He is survived by his wife, Betty Lou Johnson Hartley, of the home; three daughters, Sandra Pearson and husband, Greg, of Boomer, Diana Roark and husband, Ernie, of Boomer, and Lisa Greene and husband, Michael, also of Boomer; five grandchildren, Stephanie and Adam Eller, Jonathan and Jennifer Pearson, Brandon and Samantha Roark, Sheena and John Luna, and Justin and Erica Greene; and thirteen great-grandchildren, Cameron Pearson, Cole Pearson, Lindsay Eller, Salem Eller, Peyton Eller, Jeffery Church, Haley Roark, Madison Roark, Breanna Roark, Amy Roark, Shon Luna, Macie Greene and Paisley Greene;  two sisters, Sue Soots and husband, Andy, of Wilkesboro and Teresa Triplett of Ferguson; and three brothers, James Hartley and wife, Janet, of Wilkesboro, Mike Hartley and wife, Wanda, of Ferguson, and Mark Hartley and wife Caren, of Boomer.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorials made to Wake Forest Care at Home Hospice, 126  Executive Drive, Suite 100, Wilkesboro NC 28697.

 Ned  Hall, 78

Mr. Ned Clark Hall, age 78 of Boomer, husband of Barbara Cottrell Hall, died Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Danby House in Winston-Salem.

 Mr. Hall was born in Wilkes County to William Clyde and Virgie Siana Triplett Hall.  He was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church in Darby.

               He was preceded in death by his parents and three siblings, Helen Hall, Kathie Hall and Billy Drake Hall.  

               He is survived by his wife, Barbara Cottrell Hall, of the home; two daughters, Kayren Michele Hall and husband, Skip Erb, of Bluffton, SC, and Shana Marlise Hall of Ferguson; and one son, Victor Karl Hall or Wilkesboro.

               In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pruitt Health Hospice, 924 Main Street,  Suite 100, North Wilkesboro NC 28659.

               No services will be held.

 Lisa   Brown, 46

Lisa Combs Brown, age 46, of North Wilkesboro, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born October 25, 1971 in Wilkes County to Merrill and Wanda Stanley Combs. Mrs. Brown loved her dogs, Sephi, Lucy, Sam and Marley and her favorite color was purple from childhood. She was preceded in death by her father.

Surviving are her husband, Donnie Brown; sons, Timothy Wayne Bell and wife Amber, Rusty Shane Bell all of North Wilkesboro; her mother, Wanda Stanley Combs of Wilkesboro; brother, Travis Combs and wife Vanessa of North Wilkesboro; sisters, Teresa Watson and husband Chris of North Wilkesboro, Rebecca Combs and Javier of Wilkesboro; grandchildren, Addyson Bell, Alyvia Bell, Aylon Bell; several nieces and nephews.

               Funeral service were held August 29, at Miller Funeral Chapel with Rev. Mark Barlow and Pastor Tommy Mikeal officiating. Burial  followed in Combs Family Cemetery in Hays.  Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to ASPCA, PO Box 96929, Washington, DC 20090-6929.

               With the loss of Lisa's life, Lisa will live on as she was able to save two lives by being a donor.

Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

 James Lankford,   71

Rev. James Edward Lankford, age 71, of Wilkesboro, NC passed away Friday, August 24, 2018 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston- Salem. He was a graduate from Holmes Bible College with a Holmes Seminary Degree; and a US Air Force Veteran. He was also a Home Care Aide. Rev. Lankford was born June 26, 1947 in Wilkes County, NC to Cansue and Vernie Cannon Lankford. Rev. Lankford was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Clyde, William and Floyd Lankford; and sister, Nina Call.

               Rev. Lankford is survived by his sister; Juanita O'Neal of Wilkesboro; several nieces, nephews; and cousins.

               A private family service will be held.

               Miller Funeral Services are in charge of the arrangements.  

 Michael Almond, 79

Mr. Michael "Mickey" Almond, age 79 of North Wilkesboro, passed away Thursday, August 23, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem.

               Funeral services were held  August 27th, at Baptist Home Baptist Church with Rev. David Jones, Rev. Darrell Tate and Rev. Mark O. Hollar officiating. Burial with Military Honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1142 was in the church cemetery.  

               Mr. Almond was born August 9, 1939 in Raleigh County WV to Levi Garfield Almond and Jenny Sheets Almond. He was retired from Wilkes ADAP where he worked as a Job Coach. Mr. Almond was a veteran of the US Army.

               In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four sisters and seven brothers.

               Mr. Almond is survived by his wife of 57 years; Loretha Sue Meadows Almond of the home, two daughters; Lori Almond Miller and husband Shannon of North Wilkesboro, Alecia Almond Prevette and husband Jason of Wilkesboro, one son Timothy Michael Almond and wife Rita of North Wilkesboro, six grandchildren; Arynn Minton Anderson and husband Shaun, Lacy Story Greene and husband Jarrett, Jenna Mitchell Walker and husband Josh, Jared Michael Story and wife Laken, Graylen Miles Mitchell and Earl Johnson, Jr., four great grandchildren; Mason Joshua Walker, EmberLynn Terra Greene, Trentyn Levi Walker and Zolie Trapper Anderson, a sister; Carol Almond Bailey and husband Dicky of Christiansburg, VA and a brother; Donnie Almond and wife; Kitty of Charleston, SC.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to ADAP PO Box 968 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 or Wake Forest Care at Home Hospice 126 Executive Drive Suite 110 Wilkesboro, NC 28697.

   Minnie  Joyner, 85

Mrs. Minnie Sue Prevette Joyner, age 85 of Ronda, passed away Thursday, August 23, 2018 at her home.

               Funeral services were held   August 26, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Clingman with Rev. Dennis Murphy and Mrs. Peggy Smith officiating.               Mrs. Joyner was born March 17, 1933 in Wilkes County to Lewis and Kizzie Anderson Prevette. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Clingman and was retired from Chatham Country Store.

               In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband; James (Jim) Joyner a grandson; Justin Alexander, two sisters and seven brothers.

               She is survived by a daughter; Patricia Alexander of Moravian Falls, two sons; Scott Joyner of Ronda and Darryl Joyner and wife Eleisa of Ronda, three grandchildren; Sarah Alexander of Winston Salem, Shannon Joyner Hall and husband Darrell of Thurmond and Andrea Joyner Younger and husband Andrew of Ronda and two sisters in law; Alma Prevette and Polly Prevette.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Pledge 3982 Clingman Road Ronda, NC 28670 or the American Cancer Society PO Box 9 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

               The family wishes to express their gratitude to Wake Forest Care at Home Hospice and especially Samantha Billings. The family would also like to thank Long Term Caregiver Sara Wiles.

 Ray Dillard, 56

Mr. Ray Dillard age 56 of North Wilkesboro, passed away August 23, 2018 at Select Specialty Hospital in Greensboro.

               Funeral services were held  August 27th, at Reins Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Danny Dillard officiating. Burial was in the Osborne Family Cemetery.                               Mr. Dillard was born January 30, 1962 in Wilkes County to James Vestal and Dorothy Ann Bowers Dillard. He was a truck driver for Wayne Farms.

               He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers; Jimmy Holbrook and Clifford Holbrook.

               Mr. Dillard is survived by his wife; Sandra Jean Roten Dillard of the home, two daughters; Cassandra Kay Dillard of Harmony and Elizabeth Ann Kilby of the home, a son; Ray Eugene Dillard of the home, five grandchildren; James Ray Dillard, Hailey Madison Foster, Dixie Ava Lynn Kilby, Kristalin Hermione Avya Kilby and Isabella Nevaeh Smith, three sisters; Verna Faye Johnson of North Wilkesboro, Laura Ann Palmer of North Wilkesboro and Rose May Childress of Moravian Falls, four brothers; Lester Eugene Dillard of Austin, Cecil Holbrook of Millers Creek, Robert Holbrook of North Wilkesboro and AC Holbrook of Austin.

               Flowers will be accepted.

 Doris  Hunter, 79

Doris L. Hunter, age 79, of New Castle, DE, formerly of Bear, passed away peacefully at Christiana Hospital on Thursday, August 23, 2018.

               Born in North Wilkesboro, NC, Doris was the daughter of the late Samuel Eakey and Molly Cordova (Blackburn) Lankford.  She worked for First USA Bank as a credit collector until her retirement. She was a member of the Red Hat Society group.  Her husband of 59 years, Charles Glenn Hunter, Jr., predeceased her in 2015.

               Doris will be dearly missed by her son and daughter-in-law, Chuck and Roxanne Hunter of Cape May County, NJ; and her daughters and sons-in-law, Dianne and Conrad Wachowski of New Castle, DE and Casana and Eric Zistl of Oldman's Township, NJ. Also surviving are five grandchildren and their spouses, Gwen and Michael Grant, Jarrod and Camme Wachowski, Melissa and Chris Kazmach, Rachel and Bryan Schuler and Natalie Hunter; three great grandchildren, Bradley, Austin and Brayden; and two brothers and sisters-in-law, George and Jackie Lankford of North Wilkesboro, NC and William and Margie Lankford of Lincoln, NC.

               She is also predeceased by sister, Lovella Lankford Lovette, and bothers Sammie Lankford and John Lankford, all of Wilkes County.

               All services are private and held at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Red Lion United Methodist Church, 1545 Church Road, Bear, DE. 19707.

 Margie   Ware, 83

Margie Lee Allen Ware, age 83, of Millers Creek, passed away Thursday, August 23, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Ware was born November 1, 1934 in Cleveland County to Riley and Florence Elizabeth Ledford Allen. She was a  

member of Chestnut Grove Baptist Church. Margie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Samuel Eugene Ware; two brothers, Burnie Allen and D.C. Allen; and a sister, Emogene Dixon.

Surviving are her children, Barbara Faye Johnson of Millers Creek, Samuel Eugene Ware, Jr. and wife Lynne of Moravian Falls, Joseph Lawrence Ware and Nancy Elizabeth Ware Osborne and husband David all of Millers Creek; sisters, Phyllis Ann McSwain of Cherryville, N.C. and Patricia Elaine Barrett of Florida; grandchildren, Jeremy Daniel Bowlin, Matthew Bowlin, Brandon Ware, Katey Smithey, Vanessa Osborne, Brooklyn Osborne, Abby Osborne, Kaitlyn Ware, Dalton Ware; and great grandchildren, Corbin Ware, Colton Anderson, Alainna Johnson, Aria Barr, Annie Wilcox.

               Funeral service was Wednesday, August 29,  at Miller Funeral Chapel with Pastor Tom Moore officiating. Burial was  in Mountlawn Memorial Park.  Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Mtn. Valley Hospice, 688  North Bridge Street, Elkin, NC 28621. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

  Hazel   Lowe,  83

Mrs. Hazel Mae Miller Lowe, age 83 of Moravian Falls, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2108 at her home.

               Funeral services were held  August 25th, at Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Brandon Lowe, Rev. Eddie Tharpe,  Rev. David Wellborn and Rev. Sherrill Wellborn officiating. Burial was in Scenic Memorial Gardens.  Mrs. Lowe was born December 24, 1934 in Wilkes County to Dock Robert Miller and Rutha Church Miller. Hazel retired from Tyson Foods where she worked as a Food Inspector for the USDA. She loved her children and grandchildren and was a faithful member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. She also had a deep love for Southern Gospel Music and traveled often with the Faith Trio and The Joyful Sounds. She was an avid baseball fan and spent her free time cheering on The Atlanta Braves.

               In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband; Claude Edward Lowe, six sisters; Clara Cozart, Florence Miller, Nora Miller, Emmer Miller, Vernell Miller and Esther Thornburg and a brother; Glenn Miller, Sr.

               Mrs. Lowe is survived by three sons; Dwight Lowe and wife Wanda of Wilkesboro, Gerald Lowe and wife Judy of Boomer and Sherrill Lowe and wife Wanda of Wilkesboro, eight grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and one great -great grandchild.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Piedmont Triad Chapter 216 W Market Street Suite B Greensboro, NC 27401 or Wake Forest Care at Home Hospice 126 Executive Drive Suite 110 Wilkesboro, NC 28697.

 William   Myers, 76

William Rubin Myers, age 76, of North Wilkesboro, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at SECU Hospice Care Center in Yadkinville. He was born December 29, 1941 in Wilkes County to Percy Alexander and Violet Cothren Myers. Mr. Myers was employed with Holly Farms/Tyson Foods as a supervisor for 42 years. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Kenneth Wayne Myers, Sr.; and brothers, Paul Ernest Myers and Percy Junior Myers.

               Surviving are his daughter, Pamela Bailey and husband James of North Wilkesboro; sister, Johnsie Mae Sidden of Traphill; brother, Rev. Don Myers of North Wilkesboro; four grandchildren, Michael Evan Myers, Anthony Ray Bailey, Miranda Leigh Bailey, Kenneth Wayne Myers, Jr.; three great grandchildren, Sophie Marie Bailey, Isaac Jordan Bailey, Madelyn Grace Myers; a host of nieces and nephews.

               Memorial service was held  , August 31,   at Miller Funeral Chapel with Rev. Julius Blevins officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the family. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

 Linda  Wiles, 59

Mrs. Linda Jean Church Wiles, age 59 wife of Ricky Joe Wiles of Millers Creek passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist-Wilkes Medical Center.

               Funeral services was held  August 25,   at Rein-Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Clarence Cloer and Rev. Jerry Blevins officiating.  Burial will be in Haymeadow Baptist Church Cemetery.  

               Mrs. Wiles was born June 13, 1959 in Wilkes County to Pressley Brown Church and Roxie May Fraizer Church.  She was a member of Friendly Grove Baptist Church.

               She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother; Bill Church and brother-in-law; Ernest Wyatt.

               She is survived by her husband; Ricky Joe Wiles of the home, daughter; Alisha Wiles of Millers Creek, three grandchildren; Mason Reynolds, Kaylea Jones, Brian Jones, four sisters; Peggy Reynolds and husband Lance, Novella Houck and husband Don, Drucella Joines and husband James, Rosella Wyatt, two brothers; Rex Church and wife Lessie, Edward Church and wife Marlene.

Wayne H. Pybas, 98

Wayne H. Pybas, 98, most currently of Wilkesboro, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center in North Wilkesboro. Mr. Pybas was born on July 26, 1920 in Warrens Bend, Texas, to Jordan and Lelia Pybas. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Norma Woods Pybas, and his 9 brothers and sisters.

Mr. Pybas was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corp and United States Air Force, where he served in WWII, Korea, and other locations for 22 years. He was a devoted husband and was his wife's caregiver for the last 25 years of her life. He loved fishing, gardening, and reminiscing about his WWII experiences. He was generous with his time in helping others and helping his great grandchildren to afford a higher education.

Mr. Pybas is survived by his son, Barry W. Pybas and wife, Polly A. of Wilkesboro, NC; three grandsons, Geoffrey W. Pybas and his family of Broken Arrow, OK, Timothy H. Pybas and his family of Palatka, FL, and Corey J. Mason of Rising Sun, OH; granddaughter, Leanne M. Brewster and her family of Sunbury, OH; and 9 great grandchildren.

Interment will be held at Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL, at a later date, with veteran's honors. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, 239 Champion/Mt. Pleasant Rd., Wilkesboro, NC 28697.

The Pybas family would like to extend a very special thanks and appreciation to Brenda Church, Maria Greene, and the rest of their care team for the wonderful help they gave Wayne in his final months.

 Della McPeak,  96

Della (Rhea) McPeak, age 96, of Wilkesboro, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born January 5, 1922 in Watauga County to Samuel Smith and Maggie Miller Church. Della was a member of Mt. Paran Baptist Church in Deep Gap and enjoyed gardening. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arthur James McPeak; numerous brothers and sisters; daughters-in-law, Barbara Hodges Waters and Paulette Adkins Waters.

               Surviving are her sons, Vernon Waters of Boone, Jim Waters of Millers Creek, Bill Arvin Waters and wife Neida of Painesville, Ohio, Arthur McPeak, Jr. and wife Angela of Lenoir; daughter, Janet Rhea Waters Huffman and husband Carl of Purlear; grandchildren, Lori Waters Corbin and husband Carroll of Boone, Tony Waters of Wilkesboro, Rickie Waters and wife Sylvia of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Andrew Waters of Painesville, Ohio, Rhonda Waters Soppitt and husband Todd of Leroy, Ohio, Penny Waters Krieg of Painesville, Miranda McPeak Hammond and husband Matthew of Lenoir, Kristina McPeak Reeves and husband Will of Hickory, Laci K. McPeak of Lenoir, Carla Huffman Myers and husband Ralph of North Wilkesboro, Angela Rhea Foster and husband J.D. of Purlear; fourteen great grandchildren; and six great great grandchildren.

               Funeral service was August 25,   at Mt. Paran Baptist Church in Deep Gap with Rev. Rick Cornejo officiating. Burial   followed in the church cemetery.  Flowers will be accepted. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

 Aubra  Allison

Mrs. Aubra "Arbie" Della Turner Allison, age 78 of Wilkesboro passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at her home.

               Mrs. Allison was born October 10, 1939 in Ashe County to Paul John and Ruth Lillian Jones Turner. Mrs. Allison was a supervisor at First Union Bank, an active member of the 4H Club, where she served as Vice President of North Carolina 4H Volunteers.

               In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister; Betty Jones

               She is survived by two sons; David Allison and wife Della and Robert Allison all of Wilkesboro, two grandchildren; Robert Allison II and Jonathan Owens and one brother; Hubert Turner and wife Sue of Georgia.

 George  McNeil

Mr. George Franklin McNeil, 1128 Winkler Mill Road, Wilkesboro, NC died Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist-Wilkes Medical Center.  He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife; the former Joyce Dancy and an infant son. He is survived by one brother; Commodore C. McNeil, Jr. of Imperial, CA, one son; Kevin L. McNeil and wife Denise Lackey McNeil of Mooresville, NC and two grandsons; Drew McNeil and Cole McNeil.

               Mr. McNeil was born in a rural farmhouse near Ebony, VA on May 5, 1934, son of Commodore C. McNeil and Eva Clary McNeil.  In 1940, he moved with his family to Wilkes County and settled in the Charity Church Community between Millers Creek and Purlear.  He graduated as valedictorian of the Millers Creek High School Class of 1952. He received a Congressional Appointment to Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps but was not able to pass the physical examination.

               Mr. McNeil began working as a trainee for The Northwestern Bank immediately after graduation, when it was a small regional bank with branches in 12 towns in Northwestern North Carolina.    It became a multi-billion-dollar financial organization with more than 230 branches throughout the state. He worked in all areas of the bank and built a career by devising ways to make those parts work together more effectively and efficiently.  In the late 1960s, he was a member of the multi-state steering committee that overcame the competitive concerns and developed the technical specifications and operating procedures that allowed an association of banks to introduce Master Charge (now MasterCard) credit cards to the Atlantic States.  He served on the Board of Directors of NorCACHA (North Carolina Automated Clearing House Association.) He chaired the Operations Committee of that organization and was responsible for writing the first User's Manual that guided banks in North Carolina and South Carolina to begin to originate and receive Direct Deposit and Direct Debit (paperless) transactions.  He was also on the Board of Directors of NorCaPS (North Carolina Payment Systems) when that organization developed the technical and operational framework that made possible the multi-state deployment of shared ATMs and merchant point-of-sale terminals. He was Vice President of the Automation Division of The Northwestern Bank for twelve years. He later worked in the Regulatory Compliance Department of the Bank, and then developed the concept, wrote procedures for, started and managed Central Installment Loan Operations for the Bank.  When Northwestern merged with the First Union National Bank, he continued on a part-time consulting basis and implemented major computer assisted systems for First Union in Charlotte, Atlanta and Jacksonville; one dealing with computer-indexed micrographics and one dealing with computer-assisted collections. He retired in 1989.

               As a condition to his initial employment with the bank, Mr. McNeil joined the North Carolina National Guard in 1952.  He served seven years as an enlisted man, achieving the rank of SFC E-6, then was in OCS Class 1 of the North Carolina Military Academy.  He attended Basic Infantry Officers course at Ft. Benning, GA, and received his officer's commission. He held various positions in the National Guard units in Asheville, Boone, North Wilkesboro, Lenoir and Winston-Salem.  He served six years as Commanding Officer of the local National Guard Company, leading it through a change-of-branch reorganization - from Infantry to Transportation (Heavy). His last assignment was as a S3 (Supply Officer) of the 540th Transportation Bn.  He transferred to Inactive Reserve in 1973 with the rank of Captain and retired in 1999.

               Before becoming deeply involved in National Guard and regional bank-related trade and research organizations, Mr. McNeil was in the Jaycees and was Chairman of the Local Board of West Wilkes High School for several years.  

               After retirement, Mr. McNeil helped his wife in her genealogical pursuits.  Together, they tried to locate every burial site in the county, document the location and record who was buried there. Undoubtedly, there are some abandoned graveyards that they did not visit, but they recorded more than a 52,000 graves in more than 770 graveyards in the county.  Years of research resulted in determining the name of the parents and spouse(s) of about 85% of these people. Mr. McNeil adapted personal computer applications to store this information and make it accessible in a variety of ways that assist those doing genealogical research on people who have lived in Wilkes County.  They also abstracted and indexed many types of local public records, such as Census enumerations, marriage licenses, delayed birth certificates, land grants, the Grandfather Book, etc. In 2014, the computer files and research material became the Joyce D. McNeil and George Franklin McNeil Family History Collection at the Wilkes Heritage Museum in Wilkesboro.

               Mr. McNeil was active in Pleasant Home Baptist Church and Brushy Mountain Baptist Association until 2003, when he joined Wilkesboro United Methodist Church.  There, he has served as Church Treasurer, Chair of the Endowment Committee, as a member of various other committees and as a lay speaker.

               The family requests no food or flowers.  Memorials may be made to Wilkes Heritage Museum for the McNeil Family History Room, PO Box 935, Wilkesboro, N C 28697.Funeral services were held August 26,  at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Paul Hugger and Rev. Karen Roberts officiating.

               Burial with Military Honors by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1142 will be in Pleasant Home Baptist Church Cemetery.

 John Beadenkopf, Jr.

Mr. John William Beadenkopf, Jr., age 73 of Moravian Falls passed away Monday, August 20, 2018 at his home.

               Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Crossfire United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Alan Rice officiating.  The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:00 PM prior to the service at the church.

               Mr. Beadenkopf was born June 7, 1945 in Baltimore, MD. to Johnny William and Mary Elizabeth Wharry Beadenkopf, Sr.  

               He was preceded in death by his parents, one son; John William Beadenkopf III, and two step-sons; Travis and Harold Hamby.

               He is survived by his wife; Judith Elizabeth Minton Beadenkopf of the home, one daughter; Mallie Cookus and husband Lloyd of Baltimore, MD, one son; Charles Beadenkopf and wife Mary, two step-sons; Gary Hamby and wife Maria and Phillip Hamby all of Moravian Falls, ten grandchildren; Christina Taylor, Travis Hamby, Patrick Hamby, Scottie Hamby, Chelsea Woodworth, Charles Beadenkopf, II, Joshua Beadenkopf, Nevaeh Beadenkopf, David Beadenkopf, Travis Beadenkopf, five great grandchildren; Jaydon Taylor, Brandi Taylor, Athal Woodworth, Drakkar Nelson and one sister; Patsy Phillips and husband Stanley of Baltimore, MD.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorial may be made to Crossfire United Methodist Church, 3200 Statesville Road, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659

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Actual Art

Actual Art as a genre of art that involves “the self-conscious enlistment of the forces of nature, by artists, toward the completion of their art”. Collaboration with nature necessarily brings the dimension of time into as an integral component of the artworks, with some requiring many thousands of years for their completion. The artists consider the future of the work to be as important as its present, relinquishing control over the work to nature. Actual Art ambivalence in the expressive line about the fine arts, which are at once the eminent manifestations of art and its deepest. The need for the purist line to decide between speaking for all actual art or only for adversary art. Actual Art is a genre of art that was first named by critic Alfred Frankenstein of the San Francisco Chronicle in a review of Helene Aylon’s work. The name was chosen because the art was "real", but the term realism was already in use. In Actual Art, what future generations will see is programmed into the work, making time an element of the work, as well as space, form or color. The artists introduce time as a tool in the making of art. Actual Art is about energy; specifically, about the energy and life in the materials. Words like “decay”, “deterioration” or “destruction” are replaced with “change”. Tery Fugate-Wilcox is quoted as saying, “The work will last forever, as long as you understand it changes.” Actual Art moves one to think about ways to work with nature instead of fighting it. In place of the constant attempts to inhibit materials’ natural tendency to change (to the detriment of the planet), man might be examining and exploiting the inherent qualities of the materials we work with. Actual Artists have a visionary sense of the natural order of the material world. [pt_view id="53c7ae3stn"] History: In 1982, the Actual Art Foundation formed in the Tribeca district of New York City to promote exclusively artists working in the Actual Art genre, and in 1985, obtained its 501-C3 not-for-profit tax-exempt status to fund exhibitions of Actual Art and projects proposed by Actual Artists. The most notable early exhibitions sponsored by the Actual Art Foundation were: "It's About Time" at the New York City Gallery in 1983 "Time Will Tell" at Squibb International, Princeton, NJ in 1984 "Slow Kinetic Art" at the Wadsworth Athenium, Hartfortd, CT "Time Waits..." co-sponsored with Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Gloria at Schloss St. Emmeram in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. The "Time Will Tell" exhibit was documented in articles appearing in the New York Times, the Bergen County Record, the Princeton Packet, and the Trentonian. Artists: Helene Aylon, whose work employing the qualities of linseed oil to “bleed” into patterns or form a “skin”, prompted the naming of the genre by Alfred Frankenstein; "'Actualism' because 'Realism' is already taken." Michelle Brody, who suspended living plants in long, hanging tubes of water; Maria Ceppi, of Switzerland, grew grass in patterns on canvas & scented soap paintings; Gregg Degn, using gunpowder, lead, explosives & fuses to make intricate & evolving paintings & sculpture; Dan Dempster, of Bermuda, who took his drawings beneath the sea, to allow the salt water to etch his drawings into steel & whose work was reviewed in American Mensa Robert DuGrenier, whose hand-blown glass pieces are permanently part of the trees, as they grow into and become one with the sculptures; Untitled by Robert DuGrenier, hand blown glass sculptures on tree hand-blown glass "sea" shells, that living hermit crabs move into and take as their homes; and a glass beehive, that is home to thousands of Italian honey bees who busy themselves making wax & honey sculptures, as programmed into the construction of the hive, by the artist. James Horton, who used the materials of photography as a painting medium. Nathan Slate Joseph, of Israel, making gigantic wall pieces of pigmented & galvanized steel that have weathered over many years; Joseph was commissioned to create all of the art, including major indoor & outdoor installations by the King David Dan Hotel in Elat, Israel. Yutaka Kobayashi, of Japan, imbedding rust in handmade paper or concrete & stone sculptures; Elaine Lorenze, with living plants in concrete; David Myers, put lead shot in enclosed, tilting table, making endless patterns; "Winding" by Tony Reason, rust in encaustic on linen, 44" x 44" Richard Thatcher, encasing uranium, transmuting to lead, in exquisite metal boxes; Merrill Wagner, using steel, allowed to rust in patterns, slate & rocks, weathered with pigments; Tery Fugate-Wilcox, uses water-soluble paint & rain to make ever-changing painting on canvas; Called the “Avatar of Actualism” He uses rain to make paintings of water-soluble paint; shotguns, explosives & lightning; dust in “dust drawings”; metals that oxidize, or diffuse together over thousands of years, the actuality of any material. His work is in the collections of the Guggenheim & Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Wadsworth Athenium in Hartford, Connecticut, the National Gallery of Australia & a 36-foot (11 m) sculpture purchased by the City of New York for J. Hood Wright Park. The headquarters of Actual Art Foundation was also used for an episode of Law & Order circa 1990, featuring Actual Art. Actual Art Foundation lost its Tribeca headquarters in the attacks of 9/11 and created an Art Center at Candlewood Lake in Connecticut

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“The Liberation of G-D" (detail) by Helene Aylon.

In which the artist has gone through Torah, page by page, crossing out passages that refer to vengeance, deception, cruelty and misogyny using a pink magic marker