Mar 6, 2020

Mr. Darrell Connette Venable, 83, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020.  He was born to the late Ida Simmons Venable and Samuel Harvel Venable in Stokes County on November 11, 1936. He was a very loving man that would always do anything for anyone, no matter what it was.  He was a great husband to his wife and father...

Mar 6, 2020

Dora Lee Moore Shouse went home to her Lord and Savior Friday March 6, 2020. Dora Lee was born April 13, 1927 in Stokes County, NC. She was the daughter of James Henry Moore and Mary Madeline Boles. She had a large family with 15 siblings.  Dora Lee was a dedicated and active member of Kingswood United Methodist Church. She...

Mar 6, 2020

Raymond Pritchard, 94, died peacefully at the Katie B. Reynolds Hospice Home on March 6, 2020, following a period of declining health.

A son of Willard Jackson Pritchard and Emma Maltba Pritchard, Raymond Jackson Pritchard was born at home August 15, 1925 in Avery county NC.  He was a WWII and Korean War veteran who earned a...

Mar 5, 2020

Mr. James “Benny” Davis, Sr., 77, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home.  He was born in Yadkin County on October 21, 1942 to the late Guy and Katherine Welch Davis.  Mr. Davis retired from Amp Inc. as a machinist.  He enjoyed golfing, bowling, and camping.  Mr. Davis loved to play in the...

Mar 4, 2020

Mr. Jackie “Jack” Charles Chambers, 83, passed away Wednesday, March 04, 2020.  He was born November 8, 1936 in Forsyth County to the late Thomas and Leona Chambers.  Jack was of the Baptist Faith.  He was a graduate of Mineral Springs High School in 1956 where he played basketball and was voted all-county, team MVP, and Journal Sentinel Player...

Mar 4, 2020

Mrs. Marian Koontz Hampton, 96, of Winston-Salem, died on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.  Marian was born in Forsyth County on May 26, 1923, to the late Webster Otis Koontz and Lonnie Ree Sink Koontz.  She worked in the retail sales and personnel departments at Sears for 40 years.  Following retirement, she was the Secretary of Sears Retirees.  Marian was...

Mar 3, 2020

Mrs. Ima “Ruth” Lunsford Clements, 68, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born in Brewton, Alabama on April 6, 1951 to Herman Lunsford and Claudia Lunsford. Ruth was a member of Edgewood Baptist Church and she loved her church dearly. She taught kindergarten for many years. Children were the joy of her life. Ruth loved to...

Mar 2, 2020

Mrs. Lougenia “Genie” Thompson Gaines, 79, of Winston-Salem went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 2, 2020. Genie was born March 29, 1940 in Draper, NC to Rev. N.A. Thompson Jr. and Mollie Harris Thompson. She attended Tennessee Temple College and Memphis State University, receiving B.A. and M.Ed. degrees. Her life was given in ministry to...

Mar 2, 2020

Wayne Edward Hackett, 75, passed away March 2, 2020 at Wake Forest Baptist Health. He was born April 20, 1944 to Perry and Lillian Hackett in Forsyth County.  Wayne was a talented athlete. As a young man he traveled with a local softball team, earning the nickname, “Boomer” for hitting the ball out of the park. His family says...

Mar 2, 2020

Mr. Russell “Rusty” Simmons, 74, of Winston-Salem, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 2, 2020.

Rusty was born June 6, 1945 in South Carolina to Ray and Carolyn Simmons.  He received his MBA from Wake Forest University and worked at Sara Lee in the IT department, making many friends there before his retirement.  In his free time,...

Mar 1, 2020

Miss Meredith Paige Cortesis, 23, of Clemmons, passed away peacefully and unexpectedly on Sunday, March 1, 2020 in Boca Raton, FL.  Meredith was born in Junction City, Kansas on March 4, 1996.  She attended Winston-Salem/Forsyth County schools and Forsyth Technical Community College.  Meredith was hysterically funny, unapologetically raw, super witty, always her expressive self and an extreme lover of...

Feb 29, 2020

Mr. Charles David Patterson, Jr. passed away Saturday morning February 29, 2020, at his home. David was born in Forsyth County, on July 28, 1937 to the late Charles David Patterson, Sr. and Audrey Snyder Patterson. He was an active member of Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church and retired from C.D. Patterson Company with 35 years of service, which...

Feb 29, 2020

Mr. Larry Delane Curry, GYSGT, USMC, Ret., 86, of Winston-Salem, passed away Saturday, February 29, 2020, at Trellis Supportive Care. Larry was born in Roaring River, NC, on January 30, 1934, to the late Samuel Thomas Curry and Samantha Jane Dimmette Curry.

Surviving are his wife, Jean; three children: Cathy Woitineck (Fred), Dennis Curry (Suki), and Jackie...

Feb 29, 2020

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cain Whiteheart, 95, passed away Saturday, February 29, 2020 at Citadel of Winston-Salem.  She was born January 21, 1925 in Mecklenburg County, the daughter of Ernest and Cora Cain.  She was a member of Fries Memorial Moravian Church and retired from Sears working in the Home Décor Department. Mrs. Whiteheart enjoyed gardening and was an artist, who specialized...

Feb 29, 2020

George Dennis Canavos passed away peacefully on February 29, 2020, after a courageous and determined fight against a severe stroke he suffered in November 2019.  He was born on April 17, 1960 to Fr. Dennis C. Canavos and Marika B. Canavos in Winston-Salem, NC.  He was predeceased by his father and mother.  George is survived by his extraordinary fiancé, Katie Mohr Haywood of King George, VA, his loving sister Alexandra Canavos and her sons...

Feb 28, 2020

Mr. William “Bill” Ulysses Thompson, Jr., 62, of Thomasville, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020, at his residence. He was born on October 11, 1957 in Forsyth County to William Ulysses and Eleanor Dalton Thompson. Mr. Thompson was a member of Union United Methodist Church. He enjoyed his ham radio and his call letters were KK4Z1U. He also enjoyed...

Feb 28, 2020

Jane Young Tilson was born on January 19, 1935 in Davidson County to the late Willis F.

Young and Lynis Hooper Young. She passed away on Friday, February 28, 2020 at the

Babcock Health Care Center at Salemtowne after many years of declining health.

Jane was a proud graduate of Lexington High School...

Feb 28, 2020

Mrs. Shelby Jean Hutchens Crews, 73, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020 at Oak Forest Health and Rehabilitation. She was born in Surry Co. on October 18, 1946 the daughter of the late William Junior Hutchens and Macy Mae Shinault Hutchens. Shelby retired from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and was a member of Union Tabernacle Church. She loved working...

Feb 28, 2020

Lura Holland Hoots, 93, of Lewisville, NC, daughter of Blanche Tutterrow Holland and Quince T. Holland, passed from this life on February 28, 2020 following a brief illness  She was born September 13, 1926 in Union Grove, NC, one of 7 sisters, (one of whom was her twin), and 8 brothers, all of whom predeceased her.  She and Corbett Hoots,...

Feb 28, 2020

Born May 17, 1941 in Vance County, North Carolina

Died February 28, 2020 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC

Shelby's growing up years were spent in Greensboro, NC with summers in Henderson, NC “happily” working in tobacco.  The part about working in tobacco may explain why she never smoked a day in...