Winfred Charles Kinley

Winfred Charles Kinley, aged 71, of Denton, North Carolina, passed away December 12, 2025, at Hinkle Hospice House.

A visitation will be held on December 20, 2025, at Pleasant Grove Church in Lexington, North Carolina, starting at 10:30 AM, with the funeral service following at 12:00 PM with Rev. Darrell Hunt officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Following the service the family will receive guest at Mr. Kinley's residence on Chapel Wood Rd. in Denton.

Born on February 7, 1954, in Davidson County, he was the son of the late Joseph "Joe" Roosevelt Kinley and late Iva Ruth Summey Kinley. He was preceded in death by his brothers Stephen, Harold, Don, and James Kinley, as well as his sister Ruth Ann Kinney.

Surviving are his daughter, Julia Kinley Dail; his sons, Jeremiah Charles Kinley and his wife Candi, and Jacob Raymond Kinley; grandchildren,Molly Dail, Charles "Charlie" Dail, Eli Kinley, and Eliot Kinley.

Winfred is also survived by his brother, Larry Kinley and his wife Barbara; his sisters, Helen Shelly and Rebecca "Becky" Lanier and her husband Jeff.


Mr. Kinley’s grandmother is Elsie Briles Summey (m)
Also five generations back to Nancy Briles Kindley (p)

Cheryl Ann Todd Norris

Mrs. Cheryl Ann Todd Norris, 81, of Thomasville, passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at Brookdale Retirement Center of Lexington.

A funeral service will be held on Monday, December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home Chapel in Thomasville with Rev. Kirk Tutterow officiating. Interment will follow at the Norris Family Cemetery in Hurdle Mills, NC. The family will receive friends on Monday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.

She was born on October 25, 1944 in Alamance County, NC to Daniel Edward “Pete” Todd and Norma Lee Farlow Todd. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Lane Norris on September 13, 2015, whom she married on December 12, 1964; and her brother, Daniel Todd, II.

Surviving is her son, William Lane Norris and wife Wendy of Thomasville; her daughter, Kelly Susan Norris of Thomasville; and two grandchildren, Claire Norris Prevatte and husband Ayden and Blake Holder Norris, all of Thomasville.

Five generations back to Martha Briles Farlow

Dolores Long Briles

Dolores Long Briles, age 91, passed away Monday, December 8, 2025, surrounded by her family at home in Bainbridge, Georgia.

A private, family service will be held at the Tallahassee National Cemetery, Tallahassee, Florida.

Dolores Long was born June 22, 1934, in St. Petersburg, Florida to the late Clarence Bernard Long and Willie Irene Robertson Long. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larence Dee 'Larry" Briles Jr.; daughter, Elizabeth Briles, and brother, Michael Long.

Dolores is survived by her daughters, Julie Hawkins (Bill) of Mount Vernon, Ohio and Amy Briles of Bainbridge; grandchildren, Michael Grosh and Danielle Wilkinson (Michael); great-grandsons, Freddy and Ethan Wilkinson; sister-in-law, Beverly Parks; and numerous nieces and nephews.