Mr. Clay Roosevelt Beeson, Sr., 78, of Clemmons died Wednesday, October 23, 2008. He was born November 4, 1929 in Forsyth County to Hugh R. and Bertha B. Beeson. Clay retired from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company after 37 years of service as Supervisor of #64 Case and Drying and Pony Express after 5 years of service. He was a...
Mr. Olin Ledford Beauchamp, 83, of Winston-Salem passed away Thursday, October 23, 2008 at his home. He was born September 16, 1925 in Davie County to the late Eddie Graham and Ethel Howard Beauchamp. Mr. Beauchamp loved Advent Moravian Church where he was a very active member. He served the U.S. Navy during WWII and was a charter member of...
Kathy Diane Darnell, 67, of Advance, passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, after an extended illness. She was born June 21, 1941 in Forsyth County to Jack and Kathleen Darnell. Kathy retired from RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company after 25 years of service. She was a long time...
Sybil Wray Allran Setzer, 80, of Salemtowne, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008. A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 25 at 11 am at Smith Saal at Salemtowne, a retirement community in Winston-Salem, with the Reverend Merlin Batt officiating. Sybil was born August 17, 1928, to Henry Winfield and Ethel Ona Davis Allran of Cherryville, North Carolina. A graduate...
Mr. William ""Bill"" Francis Knopf, Jr. of Lexington passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center with his wife and children by his side. He was born December 7,1945 in Darby, Pennsylvania to William F. Knopf, Sr. and Alice Lambeth Knopf. Bill was a member of Friedberg Moravian Church where he was a member of the band and...
Mrs. Hallie Dominick Weatherspoon, 96, of Winston-Salem passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at The Oaks at Forsyth. Mrs. Weatherspoon was born in Orange County, NC to the late William Porter and Mary Roberts Thompson on March 2, 1912. She was a member of Duke Memorial United Methodist Church for many years. Mrs. Weatherspoon also worked as a receptionist at...
Angelo P. Leto Sr, 48 died October 21, 2008, after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. Born on April 4, 1960 in Hollywood, FL he grew up and spent most of his life in Broward County, attending Nativity School and Graduating from Hollywood Hills High School, during his time at Hollywood Hills High, he formed and was the lead singer...
Betty Ball Parks, 72 of Winston-Salem, died Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Ms. Parks was born August 4, 1936 in Forsyth County, a daughter of Florence Fishel Ball and the late R.B. Ball. She was a member of Konnoak Hillso Moravian Church. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a son,...
Mr. John Pisko passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 from Mesothelioma. He was born June 5, 1923 in Gouldsboro, PA to the late John and Anastasia Pisko. He lived in Havertown, PA before moving to Winston-Salem. Mr. Pisko was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Michael. Surviving are his wife, Rita Pisko of the home; one son,...
Mrs. Charline Eller Kyle, 86, of Winston-Salem passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Brookridge Retirement Community. She was born March 17, 1922 in Macon County, Tennessee to Irvin David and Violet King Eller. Mrs. Kyle worked as a civilian packing parachutes for the military and that was how she met her husband, Alvin Thomas Kyle Sr., a pilot. She...
David Lonnie Hodges, 67 of Winston-Salem died Tuesday October 21, 2008 at his home. Mr. Hodges was born June 17, 1941 in Forsyth County, the son of the late David Hodges and the late Beulah Faw Hodges Lawson. Mr. Hodges was a veteran of the US Navy and the US Air Force, and was a retired correctional office in Kentucky....
Mrs. Ola Jean Cheek Wilson, 70, of Mocksville passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She was born May 21, 1938 in Forsyth County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Wilson in 2001 and by a son, Gary Wilson. Surviving are a son, Danny Wilson (Leean); three daughters, Pam Paige (Mike),...
Mrs. Barbara Born Miller, 50, passed away in her home on the morning of October 21, 2008. She was born in Winston-Salem on June 16, 1958 to Sallie Long and Thomas Jacob Born. As an active member of Pinedale Christian Church, she enjoyed attending Bible study groups with her friends. As well as being a hardworking mother of her three...
Mrs. Grace Rabuck Herb, 85, of Winston-Salem passed away Monday, October 20, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born August 9, 1923 in Dauphin County, PA to Walter Grover and Jennie Daniels Rabuck. Mrs. Herb was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania. She has been a resident of Winston-Salem for 39 years, and was a member of...
GERMANTON Mr. Hobert Eugene Lawson, 90, passed away Monday, October 20, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. He was born in Stokes County on June 6, 1918 to the late Thomas Blaine Lawson and Delzen Tuttle Lawson. Mr. Lawson was a member of Corinth Church of Christ and was a retired carpenter and general contractor. In his...
Miss Margaret Ann Lortie, 51, of Winston-Salem, passed away October 19, 2008 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born August 5, 1957 to Dick and Mary Alice Lortie. Miss Lortie was a member of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. She graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School in 1975 and North Carolina State University in 1979. She...
Mrs. Laurette Elizabeth (Smith) Hensley, 86, of 332 Burkewood Dr. Winston-Salem, NC. passed away Sunday, October 20, 2008, at The Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hensley was born Aug, 2, 1922, to the late George and Sally Markland of Davie County. She married the late Robert Edward Hensley (known as; Floss or Curley) of Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hensley...
Mrs. Gladys Apple Stinson, 90, left this earth to be with her Lord and Savior on October 19, 2008 at her home. She was born in Rockingham County to the late Robert Hester and Ella Mae Dye Apple. Mrs. Stinson was preceded in death by her adoring husband, Gorrell Robert Stinson; three brothers, Cleo, Clyde, and Curtis Apple; and a...
Willard Gray Speaks, 88, of Winston-Salem, NC was called to heaven on Oct. 18, 2008. Willard was born July 30, 1920 in Winston-Salem and passed away at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ada Speaks, a brother Ralph Speaks, a sister Lou Long, and his loving wife Ruth Davis Speaks. He is survived by his...
Mr. Earl Michael Henderson, 59, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born September 15, 1949 in Surry County, the son of the late, Earl and Anna Henderson. For 35 years Mike traveled around North Carolina and Virginia as a Whole Sale Parts Representative; the last few years have been a joy to...