Mr. James Roy Nicholas, 94, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away on February 25, 2017. He was born near Hampton Court in the UK and retired as Chairman and Chief Executive of Royal Insurance, a position he held for ten years. His business and civic activities included Director of Royal Insurance PLC and The Liverpool, London & Globe both located in...
Mrs. Phyllis Pinnix Jones, 76, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017 at Bermuda Commons. She was born June 5, 1940 in Forsyth County to the late Benjamin Franklin and Hazel Luper Pinnix. Mrs. Jones was a lifelong resident of Lewisville, NC, a member of the Class of 1958 at Southwest High School and was a member of Concord United Methodist...
Mrs. Jane Raper Buckner, 83, of Winston-Salem passed away Friday, February 24, 2017.Jane was born July 10, 1933 in Forsyth County to William Grady and Beulah Raper. She worked for several years as Head Teletype Operator at Western Electric. Later, she spent time as a tour guide at Old Salem. Jane also worked with Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful and was a...
WINSTON SALEM - Mrs. Linda Lee Robbins Reavis, 79, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at her residence. Linda was born on September 17, 1937 in Forsyth County to Dee C. and Margaret Temples Robbins. She loved to eat and to try out new restaurants. She also loved to laugh. Linda loved to travel and had a great sense...
Mr. W. Raymond Jones, 90, passed away at Brookridge Rehabilitation Center on Thursday, February 23, 2017. He was born on November 13, 1926 to Lewis Jones and Clara Swaim Murphy in Winston-Salem. Raymond served in the U.S. Navy during WWII in the Philippines. He owned and operated Jones TV for 35 years. He and his wife, Lorraine, lived in Atlantic...
Mrs. Wynona Arrington Butner died shortly after midnight on February 23, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Butner was born in Jackson County, North Carolina to A.F. Arrington and Zona Wood Arrington on January 19, 1924. A graduate of Western Carolina University, she also studied at the University of Miami and Wake Forest University. For a time she was employed...
Mrs. Sylvia Lee Baity Sink, 76, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at The Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born on November 14, 1940, to Spencer Lee Baity and Mary Francis Poplin Baity Cromer in Mocksville. Sylvia married Fred Samuel Sink on November 21, 1959, and dedicated herself to her career as an insurance clerk at Baptist...
Margaret Snyder Harrison passed away on February 22, 2017 at Salemtowne Retirement Community. Born on January 22, 1923 in Forsyth County to Treva Shore Snyder and John Wesley Snyder, Margaret graduated from Griffith High School and attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Margaret married William T. Harrison (Bill) on September 5, 1942. She was a lifelong member of...
Ms. Barbara Ann French, 75, died February 22, 2017, surrounded by loved ones at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born March 5, 1941, in Schenectady, NY to Gordon William and Ethel (Church) Barnhardt. She attended Utica College in Utica, NY and graduated in 1982. She became a certified public accountant and worked for many...
Mr. David Rufus Sheets Jr., 90, of Winston-Salem passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 22, 2017. David was born July 23, 1926, in Forsyth County to David and Lillian Sheets. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He retired from AT&T after many years of faithful service. In his free time, David was an avid hunter and fisherman. In addition...
Mrs. Evelyn Elizabeth Gregory Serber, 83, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, February 22, 2017. She was born December 2, 1933 in Glade Spring, VA to the late Nora Elizabeth Davis Gregory and Arch Emery Gregory. Mrs. Serber was a charter member of Calvary Baptist Church of King. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother...
KERNERSVILLE - Frederick Harry Willis, Sr., 72 passed away February 22, 2017 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Fred was born February 1, 1945 in Baltimore, MD to George Branson and Anna Kowall Willis. He served in the US Navy on board the USS Little Rock. He retired from Steel Performance, Inc. in Greensboro. He loved to ride motorcycles and...
Mrs. Bunny Waller Still, 58, of Wínston Salem, NC went to be with our Lord and savior on February 21, 2017, unexpectedly. Bunny was a kind and loving person. She was an active member of Agape Faith Church of Clemmons, NC. Her memory will live in her family's hearts forever. In addition to her parents, John & Mary Waller, she...
Mrs. Ardena ""Duckie"" Whiteheart Mayberry, 87, of Winston-Salem, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. She was born on August 1, 1929 in Forsyth County to Cicero Harrison Whiteheart and Lois Hauser Whiteheart. More than anything, she loved God and her family with true sacrificial love. She will be remembered as a prayer warrior, an...
Rev. John Caldwell Calhoun, 89, of Winston-Salem, passed away on February 21, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born on August 18, 1927 in Trumbull, CT to John Caldwell Calhoun, Sr. and Cynthia Cole. He was a member of Konnoak Baptist Church for numerous years. He worked the mission field for the International Mission Board for 26...
Mrs. Beverly Ann Russo Figlar, age 71 of Rural Hall passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Figlar was born in Fairfield County, CT on October 23, 1945 to the late Vincent Anthony Russo and the late Margaret Elizabeth O'Reilly Russo. She was a very loving wife, mother and grandmother. Beverly never...
Herbert Curtis Dunn, 78, passed away February 21, 2017. He was born on January 11, 1939 in Richmond County, Augusta, GA to the late Roland Herbert Dunn and Mamie Lou Mallard Dunn. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Norma Dunn. Herbert is survived by his loving wife of 24 years, Betty Shoffner Dunn;...
Mrs. Doris Diane Swaim Pegram, 69, of Lexington, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. Doris was born in Forsyth County on February 22, 1947, to the late Joseph Fair Swaim and Maude Mae Richardson Swaim. She was a member of Church of Christ at Ketners Chapel. Doris was a graduate of East Forsyth High School...
Rev. William L. Hutchens, 86, of Lewisville, NC went home to be with the Lord on February 20, 2017. Rev. Hutchens was born June 25, 1930 in Yadkin County to the late William R. and Nellie Jane Spillman Hutchens. He was a member of Woodland Baptist Church. He served in the United States Marines during the Korean War on the...
Mr. Ronnie Lee Myers, 73, of Garner, formerly of Winston-Salem, passed away Monday, February 20, 2017 at Johnston Health Center in Smithfield. He was born December 31, 1943 in Baltimore, MD, the son of the late, Robert and Clara Stoltz Myers. Mr. Myers was a 1962 graduate of Hanes High School and was retired from US Air (Piedmont). He served...