Mrs. Dorothy Ann Chilton Bateman, 83, of Mount Airy, widow of Kenneth Clenton Bateman, passed away Monday, May 9, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born January 26, 1928, in Surry County, to the late Elmer Burtis and Louella Smith Chilton. She was a homemaker and a member of Bannertown Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and John Gillespie and Jo Ann and Don Payne, all of Mount Airy, and Janet and Tommy Rice of High Point; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Maxine Simmons of White Plains and Mary Laura and Bob Stevens of Swansboro; and a brother and sister-in-law, Dalmer and Kathleen Chilton of Mount Airy. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Bateman was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Jimmie Simmons. The funeral service will be held Thursday, May 12, 2011, at 2:00 PM at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Airy, with the Rev. Milton Sewell officiating. A private burial will follow in the Smith Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 1:00 until 2:00 PM at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to the Smith Family Cemetery Fund, 195 Avondale Road, Mount Airy, NC 27030.
Mrs. Dorothy Ann Chilton Bateman, 83, of Mount Airy, widow of Kenneth Clenton Bateman, passed away Monday, May 9, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born January 26, 1928, in Surry County, to the late Elmer Burtis and Louella Smith Chilton. She was a homemaker and a member of Bannertown Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and John Gillespie and Jo Ann and Don Payne, all of Mount Airy, and Janet and Tommy Rice of High Point; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Maxine Simmons of White Plains and Mary Laura and Bob Stevens of Swansboro; and a brother and sister-in-law, Dalmer and Kathleen Chilton of Mount Airy. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Bateman was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Jimmie Simmons. The funeral service will be held Thursday, May 12, 2011, at 2:00 PM at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Airy, with the Rev. Milton Sewell officiating. A private burial will follow in the Smith Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 1:00 until 2:00 PM at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to the Smith Family Cemetery Fund, 195 Avondale Road, Mount Airy, NC 27030.
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