James Clyde Call, 87, of Roaring Gap, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at his home. He was born May 10, 1937, in Wilkes County to Clyde and Lillie Souther
For more than a century, when selectmen here honored the town’s oldest resident, the title came with a distinctive trophy: a gold-topped, ebony walking cane, engraved with the town’s name, that was theirs to keep for as long as they might live.