KERNERSVILLE-Blanche Hamed Sheets, 81, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2009 at University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. She was born September 11, 1927 in Pocahontas Co., West Virginia to the late Ferris and Brownie Trainer Hamed. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Josephine Hamed; two brothers, Kenneth and Rockford Hamed. Surviving...
Mr. Horace Eugene ""Bud"" Hicks, 83 of Winston-Salem, died Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Forsyth Memorial Park. Mr. Hicks was born April 13, 1925 in Forsyth County, a son of the late Sherman Hicks and the late Mildred Hepler Hicks. He was a Chief Operator with RJ Reynolds and a member of Waughtown Baptist Church. In addition to his parents,...
Mrs. Mary Wilkins Boles 87, of Winston Salem passed away Saturday January 10, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Boles was born October 23, 1921 in Yadkin County, NC, to the late Issac Wilkins and Nettie Mason Wilkins. She attended Northwoods Baptist Church. Mary Boles has lived in Winston-Salem since 1941, where she retired from W.T. Grants with 17 years of...
FULK RURAL Hall, Mr. Norman Lee Fulk, 71 of Dixie Chipboard Rd. passed away Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home following a period of declining health. Norman was born on July 23, 1937 in Stokes County the son of the late Johnny Lee and Ludie Stewart Fulk. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in...
Mr. James Ernest Branscome, 63, of Winston-Salem passed away Friday, January 9, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born February 10, 1945 in Forsyth County to Ernest Minor and Lucy Johnson Branscome. Mr. Branscome was a country music fan and a member of the Poke Easy Club. He was a long-time and active member of Salem Baptist Church where...
ARROWOOD WALKERTOWN, Mrs. Mary Lou Johnson Arrowood, 72 of Walkertown went to be with her Lord, Friday, January 9, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Alexander County on September 7, 1936 the daughter of John W. and Ruth Boles Johnson. Mrs. Arrowood was a member of Vienna Baptist Church in Pfafftown....
Mr. Lee R. Bates, 81, passed away at Autumn Care of Mocksville on Friday, January 9, 2009. He was born March 1, 1927 in Forsyth County to the late John Henry and Lillie Holden Bates. Mr. Bates retired from AT&T with 38 years of service and was a volunteer fireman for the City View Fire Department. He was the youngest...
Mrs. Margaret McClary Campbell, 87, of Winston-Salem, loving wife, mother and grandmother passed away Friday, January 9, 2009 at the Brookridge Retirement Community. Mrs. Campbell was born September 17, 1921 in Williamsburg County, SC to the late David Hall and Mary Lucilla Montgomery McClary. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Winthrop University and taught Piano for...
Mr. Wallace Reece Gordon Sr. of Pfafftown, NC passed away January 8, 2009. He was born July 17, 1922 in Stokes County, NC to Dolphus Lee and Myrtle Nunn Gordon. Mr. Gordon was raised in the shadow of Pilot Mountain in Pinnacle, NC where he worked with his parents, sisters, and brothers on the family tobacco farm and fertilizer business....
""I have faught a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith. II Timothy 4-7"" Charles Lee Melton, died Thursday, January 8, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center, Palliative Care Unit. He was born December 3, 1923 in Kernersville to the late John and Mary Melton. Mr. Melton was a member of Salem Baptist Church. He was...
Mr. John Earl Harpe, Jr. 82 of Winston-Salem died Thursday, January 8, 2009 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mr. Harpe was born September 25, 1926 in Yadkin County, a son of the late John Harpe, Sr. and the late Stella Jane White Harpe. He was a US Navy veteran serving during WWII and was retired from AT&T with 35...
COLFAX-Violet Inez Smith Alley,92, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 surrounded by her family. She was a devoted Christian who put her Lord and Savior above all others. She was born on April 29, 1916 to the late James Albert and Viola Raper Smith. She was married to the late Edward C. Alley for more than...
Oak Ridge-Herbert H. Redman, 79, died Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at Wesley Long Community Hospital. He was born January 8, 1929 in Stokes Co. to the late Trevor Wilson and Grace Nelson Redmon. Mr. Redman was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church and was a Deacon Emeritus. He retired from Sun Oil Company. For 30 years Herb was affiliated...
Ms. Lavelle Fishel Cooper, 81, of Winston-Salem passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born January 12, 1927 in Forsyth County to Robah and Pearl Essick Fishel. Ms. Cooper was of the Baptist faith. She was retired from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. with 29 years of service. She was a loving mother and...
Mrs. Jo Casselman Price, 64, of Bermuda Run, formerly of Welcome, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born May 18, 1944 in Georgetown Co., SC to Eddie and Harriot Casselman. Mrs. Price was a former co-owner of Foltz and Wee Ceramics and N.C. Ceramic Supply. She was a member of Pawley's Island Presbyterian Church...
Winston-Salem-William Joseph Banks, Jr., 88, died Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born December 25, 1920 in Galax, Virginia to the late William Joseph Banks, Sr. and Bessie Reynolds Banks. Mr. Banks was a member of Kernersville Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He was a WWII Army Air Corp Veteran. William was employed by Stewart Buick...
Terry Wayne Johnson, 64, of Lexington, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born February 21, 1944 in Forsyth County to the late John Lester Johnson and Clara Raper Johnson. Mr. Johnson graduated from Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA and went on to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam...
KERNERSVILLE-Charles Mack Roberts, 97, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born May 16, 1911 in Jonesville, Virginia to the late Andy and Flara Roberts. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by six sisters. Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Eunice R. Roberts of the home; two sons, Dennis Roberts...
Junius A. ""Bud"" Coley, son of Ethel Williams and Junius A. Coley Sr. passed away January 5, 2009 at his home in Winston-Salem. He was born in Red Springs, Robeson County, NC August 2, 1918 and lived in Robeson County most of his life. He graduated from King's Business College in Raleigh one month before Pearl Harbor. He served in...
Kernersville-Susie Mae Tucker Hauser, 95, passed away Monday, January 5, 2009 at Salemtowne Moravian Retirement Community. She was born April 2, 1913 in Forsyth Co. to the late William Charlie and Asia Bodenhamer Tucker. Susie was a life long resident of the Union Cross community. She was a member of Union Cross Moravian Church, where she taught Sunday school for...