Velma Carter
Aug 12, 2013
Velma Carter, 100, passed away August 12, 2013 at Lexington Health Care Center. She was born October 18, 1912 to Harrison Lee Carter and Bessie Howard Carter in Davie County. Velma was a member of First Baptist Church of Winston-Salem for over 60 years. She remained active for as long as possible by quilting and maintaining a vegetable garden. Velma...
Patricia 'Susie' Cobler Beistel
Aug 11, 2013
KERNERSVILLE, NC-Mrs. Patricia C. ""Susie"" Beistel, 58, of Kernersville, NC, passed away suddenly at her home after a lengthy illness on Sunday, August 11, 2013. Mrs. Beistel was born on July 3, 1955 in Guilford County, NC. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Doug Johnson. She is survived by her husband, William ""Bill"" Beistel of...
Warren Edgar Wood
Aug 11, 2013
Mr. Warren Edgar Wood, 91, of Clemmons, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Mr. Wood was born on May 5, 1922 to Paul Wood and Ethel Key Wood Grubbs. He was a veteran of the US Navy, serving during World War II in the submarine service. Mr. Wood began his sales career with Proctor and...
Letha Motsinger Joyce
Aug 11, 2013
KernersvilleMrs. Letha Motsinger Joyce, 86, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013. She was born September 19, 1926 in Forsyth County to the late Faude and Sally Reid Motsinger. Mrs. Joyce was a member of First United Church of Christ. She loved nature and gardening. Letha and Roy enjoyed playing canasta and vacationing with Margaret and Harry Berry their lifelong friends....
Mr. William Roger Cooke
Aug 11, 2013
Kernersville - Mr. William Roger Cooke, 68, died peacefully with his loving family by his side, after a five week battle with lung cancer. He was born August 25, 1944 in Forsyth County as the proud son of the late William Russell and Margaret Dean Cooke. Roger was a graduate of Walkertown High School in 1962. He attended Forsyth Tech...
Drucilla Isabel Langley Lawrence
Aug 10, 2013
Mrs. Drucilla Isabel Langley Lawrence, 99, of Winston-Salem died Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born November 24, 1913 in Forsyth County, the daughter of the late James L. and Alice Robinson Langley. Mrs. Lawrence was of the Moravian faith. She never met a stranger and loved everyone she met. Most dearly she loved her family....
Hudson Jude Bell
Aug 10, 2013
Hudson Jude Bell, 4, of East Bend, passed away Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Brenner Children's Hospital. He was perfectly healed for eternity after a brief and sudden illness. Hudson was born May 22, 2009 in Forsyth County to Kevin and Catherine Fonville Bell. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, Fisher Simon Bell, all of...
Ruby Gerolene Vanhoy
Aug 10, 2013
Mrs. Ruby Gerolene Vanhoy, 78, of Kernersville died Saturday, august 10, 2013 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born August 3, 1935 in Winston-Salem, the daughter of the late, Cromer Narvin and Emma White Grubbs. Mrs. Vanhoy was a member of Linville Forest Church of Christ. She was a graduate of Griffith High School and worked for a...
Dorothy Meadows Wooten Creed
Aug 10, 2013
RURAL HALL Mrs. Dorothy Meadows Wooten Creed, 94, passed away Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice home in Winston-Salem. She was born the seventh of eight children on June 17, 1919 on a farm in King, NC to the late Robert Cicero 'R.C.' Meadows and Vertie Ludolfa Goff Meadows. She attended King School where she finished in...
Mrs. Stella L. Fish
Aug 10, 2013
KERNERSVILLE - Mrs. Stella L. Fish, 89, died Saturday, August 10, 2013. A service at a later date. Hayworth-Miller Kernersville Chapel is assisting the Fish family.
Charles Herbert Calhoun
Aug 10, 2013
Mr. Charles Herbert Calhoun, 83, of Winston-Salem passed away August 10, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Stokes County on October 23, 1929 to Dewey and Jettie Golden Calhoun. Mr. Calhoun was a veteran of the US Army serving during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Linville Forest Church of Christ and retired from Roadway...
Randy Lee McTheny
Aug 9, 2013
Mr. Randy Lee McTheny, 42, passed away on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. He is survived by his wife Melissa McTheny; children Ashley and Samantha: mother Rene¢ McTheny; brother Ryan McTheny; nephew Cody McTheny; aunts Sandra Tomlinson and Lynn Bear; cousin Paula Mooney; 2nd cousins Josh and Cori Skeen; 1 step-niece and 3 step-nephews: special friends William Smith, Thomas Brown and...
Ernest âAirplaneâ Parker Burton
Aug 9, 2013
Kernersville- Ernest ""Airplane"" Parker Burton, 87, went home to be with The Lord, Friday, August 9, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Ernest was born October 24, 1925 in Guilford County to the late Oscar Dennis Burton and O'shea Edwards Burton. Mr. Burton was a charter member of Kerwin Community Tabernacle, and loved attending singings at church on Saturday nights. Parker...
Bobby Levon Brown
Aug 9, 2013
Mr. Bobby Levon Brown, 76, of Winston-Salem, passed away Friday, August 9, 2013 at the VA Hospital in Salisbury. He was born October 10, 1936 in Forsyth County to Maude Redding Brown and Edwin Brown. Mr. Brown served in the United States Air Force and was awarded the United States Air Force Commendation Medal at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force...
Walter Francis Smith
Aug 9, 2013
Mr. Walter Francis Smith, 71, of Winston-Salem passed away Friday, August 9, 2013 at his home. Mr. Smith was born on October 24, 1941 in Milford, MA to Edward Smith, Sr. and Ella Pepin Smith. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving during the Vietnam Conflict. Mr. Smith retired from Middlesex News in Framingham, MA with many...
Deborah Jean Watson Holton
Aug 9, 2013
Mrs. Deborah Jean Watson Holton, 63, passed away Friday, August 9, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born February 19, 1950 in Forsyth County to James Jorl Watson and Dorothy Butcher Watson. Mrs. Holton was a loving wife, sister, daughter, and aunt. She was an extremely generous person and was always there for everyone. She was preceded in death...
Avril McGee Peterson
Aug 8, 2013
Mrs. Avril McGee Peterson, 75, of Winston-Salem died Thursday, August 8, 2013 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born March 24, 1935 in Beaver County, PA, the daughter of the late Robert Lewis and Helen Irene Irvin McGee. Mrs. Peterson was a member of Winston-Salem First. She enjoyed designing and making children's clothes and teaching ceramics. Most important,...
John Julius Hicks
Aug 8, 2013
Mr. John Julius Hicks, 69, passed away at his home on Thursday, August 8, 2013.He was born in Forsyth Co. on March 13, 1944 to son of the late Otis Long and Elsie Hicks. Mr. Hicks retired from Walmart Store # 1849 in the meat department and loved to work on cars and anything with a motor. He is survived...
Jeanne Lynch White
Aug 8, 2013
Jeanne Lynch White passed away unexpectedly August 8, 2013 following a brief illness. Jeanne was born January 27th 1932 in Memphis TN to Lester and Lula Lynch. She was a graduate of Memphis State with a Major in Elementary Education and a Minor in Home Economics. She married her high school sweetheart George S. White in 1953. Jeanne was an...
Ella Mae Gambill Brown Sheets
Aug 7, 2013
SHEETS - RURAL HALL Ms. Ella Mae Gambill Brown Sheets, age 87, passed away on Wednesday, August 07, 2013 at her home. She was born in Slab Fork, WV on March 30, 1926 to the late Susan Archie Rhoades Gambill and Carl Montgomery Gambill. Mrs. Sheets graduated from Wilkes County High School in 1943 and attended the US Cadet Nursing...