WINSTON-SALEM-Mr. Giovanni Battista Agnoli, 71, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born on November 8, 1941 in Bologna, Italy to Angelo Agnoli and Luciana Solimei-Agnoli. Mr. Agnoli was a renowned businessman with a career spent as an executive for International Conglomerates for over 40 years. He was an executive at...
KERNERSVILLE - Mr. Rayo Claudius Holston- a man as unique as his name, 79, died Friday, April 12, 2013. Rayo was born on March 24, 1934 in Pulaski County, VA to the late Christopher Howe and Mary Eddie Howlett Holston. He joined the US Navy in 1951 serving in the Korean Conflict until 1955 - one of his most cherished...
MOCKSVILLE, NC-Ms. Wilma Jean ""Lilly"" Lowery, 56, of Mocksville, NC, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Ms. Lowery was born on December 31, 1956 in Spartanburg, SC to James Paul Harrison and Betty Lee Palmer Harrison. Ms. Lowery was a 1973 graduate of Princeton High School in Princeton, West Virginia and she was of the...
WATSON LEWISVILLE, NC-Mr. Harold Odell Watson, 87, of Lewisville, NC, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at his home. Mr. Watson was born on August 9, 1925 in Forsyth County, NC to Hubert Franklin Watson and Elsie Blackburn Watson. He loved living in the country and as a young boy he moved there and made it his home with...
Clemmons- Mrs. Shirley Huff Averette, 81, passed away April 11, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born August 24, 1931 in Person County, NC to the late George Polk Huff and Lucy Day Huff. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Clifton G. Averette in 2011, and her half brothers, Oscar, Horace, Raymond, Flem, and...
Eugene I. Neal, 90, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Davidson County Hospice Care. Gene was born October 24, 1922 in Tannersville, VA to the late Edward R. and Virginia B. Neal. He was a member of Wesleyan Methodist Church. Gene was retired from McLean after 25 years of service. He ran Neal's Gumtree Service, and also worked for Journal...
Reverend Dr. William W. ""Bill"" Marr, Sr., 79, was promoted to Heaven, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 after a brief illness. He was born August 7, 1933 in Catawba Co. to the late Rev. William Walter Marr and Margie Hallman Marr. Bill served his country proudly during the Korean War in the United States Navy. For twenty years Bill has served...
KERNERSVILLE - Mrs. Kay Smith Weston, 64, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Kay was born July 20, 1948 in Forsyth County to the late Rufus A. and Betty Vestal Smith. Surviving are her husband of 25 years, Edgar Weston, Jr.; one son, Cecil Ray Tilley, of Yadkinville; one daughter, Carolyn Brown (Wayne) of...
Mr. Joshua Michael Rominger, 18, of Advance passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Brenner Children's Hospital after losing his battle with synovial cell sarcoma. Josh was born January 21, 1995 in Forsyth County to Michael Lee and Denna Hanks Rominger. He was a member of Mocks United Methodist Church and a senior at Davie High School. He was preceded...
Mr. Jimmy Monroe Newman, 56, passed away April 9, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born April 26, 1956 in Forsyth County to Curtis Monroe Newman and Shirley Tuttle Newman. Jimmy served in the U.S. Army and had a passion for riding his Harley-Davidson. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his daughter Angela...
John Lawrence Rutledge, 88, was called home on April 9, 2013, to be in God's presence. He was born on April 18, 1924 in Yadkinville, NC to the late William E. Rutledge and Lola Shore Rutledge. He graduated from Yadkinville High School, Mars Hill College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During WWII, he served for three...
Richard Lee Fox, 81, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. He was born October 19, 1931 to Kathleen Elizabeth Shore and William Conrad Fox, Sr. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and served in the U.S. Army in Korea. He joined Wachovia Bank in 1957, and...
McCOLLEM EAST BEND, NC-Mrs. Sarah Tucker McCollem, 83, of East Bend, NC, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. McCollem was born on December 27, 1929 in Forsyth County, NC to Roscoe Marion Tucker and Mattie Ethel Chappell Tucker. She was a member of Olivet Moravian Church where she also participated in the Senior Friends...
SPENCER- of Eagle Rock, VA Russell V. Spencer went to be with his glorious Savior on April 8, 2013. Mr. Spencer was born in Ashe County, NC on August 12, 1924 to the late Zola M. and Winton M. Spencer. Mr. Spencer was a retired letter carrier, retiring from Waughton Station Post Office in 1979. He also served as a...
William Bryan Shelton, 69, of Rural Hall was born September 23, 1943, son of William Albert Shelton and Mary Elizabeth Bryan Shelton, passed into the more immaculate presence of Jesus Christ on Monday, April 8, 2013. He was a graduate of Hanes Senior High School in 1962. He served his country in the United States Navy from 1963-1967, assigned to...
Mr. John Stewart Taylor, 77, passed away Monday, April 8, 2013 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. John was born February 8, 1936 to Charles Edward Taylor, Sr. and Kathleen Bruce Davis Taylor in Forsyth County. He graduated from Gray High School in 1956 and went on to serve as a firefighter and later as Deputy Sherriff for Forsyth...
KERNERSVILLE - Mrs. Helen Petticord Hester, 91, died Monday, April 8, 2013 at Piney Grove Nursing Center. Helen was born on January 25, 1922, in Forsyth County to the late Frank Keelen and Lula Harreld Petticord. She was a member of Goodwill Baptist Church and enjoyed crocheting. In addition to her parents, Helen was preceded in death by her husband,...
Susan Penny Krenach, 61, of Advance passed away Monday, April 8, 2013. Susan was an inspiration to all in her valiant, fifteen-year fight against cancer. Throughout her life, she loved creating parties, gathering friends and family together to enjoy life. Susan was born April 13, 1951 in Chicago, IL to Trenton and Blanche Hall. She was preceded in death by...
Mrs. Margaret (Jewel) Steelman Hull, 89, of Clemmons died Sunday, April 7, 2013 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC. She was preceded in death by her parents William Boone Steelman and Pearl Alice Renegar; husband, Troy (Cotton) Owen Hull; four sisters, Cora Lee Pope, Bernice Stewart, Jessie Pruitt, and Ruth Edsel Sapp; and two brothers, Daniel...
Ms. Ollie Blackburn Howell McIntosh, 85, passed away April 6, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born October 27, 1927 in Forsyth County to the late Henry Monroe Blackburn and Pansy Dull Blackburn. She is survived by her son, Larry W. Howell and wife Vicki of Clemmons; two grandsons, Larry Howell, Jr. and wife Lisa of Mocksville and Michael...