Barbara Ann Everhart Pruitt
Feb 26, 2013
Barbara Ann Everhart Pruitt, 74, passed away Tuesday morning February 26, 2013 at her home. She was born in Forsyth County on March 18, 1938 to the late Walter and Cora Snyder Everhart. Barbara retired from AT&T with 25 years of service. She was preceded in death by a grandson Ryan Little. Barbara is survived by husband Leon Pruitt; step-daughters...
Howard 'Pete' Colbert
Feb 26, 2013
Howard Junior ""Pete"" Colbert, 77, passed away Feb 26, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born December 19, 1935 in Yadkin County to Howard Andrew and Sadie Frye Colbert. Howard retired from RJR Tobacco Company after 36 years of service. He was a member of Farmington United Methodist Church. Howard served in the Honor Guard for the VFW and...
Bruce Lee Swaim
Feb 25, 2013
KERNERSVILLE - Mr. Bruce Lee Swaim, 58, died Monday, February 25, 2013, at his home. Bruce was born on March 18, 1954 in Forsyth County to William Clay and Marion Hastings Swaim. He was a life long member of First Baptist Church in Kernersville where his nurturing personality and love for children made him an asset to the Children's Ministry....
Karen Leigh Harper
Feb 25, 2013
Winston-SalemOn bended knees, Karen Leigh Harper, 50, has left this world behind. Karen is the daughter of Betty D. Pennington and Samuel L. Harper. Karen leaves behind her father and step-mother, Sam and Tannie; step-father, Bill; sisters, Lynda and Lori; brother-in-law, Darren; niece, Brittany; nephew, Austin; three step-sisters and their families, Debbie, Cathy, and Lisa; also surviving are several special...
Catherine E. Roster Watson
Feb 25, 2013
Catherine (Kate) E. Roster Watson, 97, of Winston-Salem, died February 25, 2013. She was born in New Brunswick, NJ and moved to Winston-Salem in 1948 after brief periods in Atlanta and Miami. Mrs. Watson worked for Sears Roebuck & Co. for thirty-four years and continued to be actively involved in the Sears Retiree Association. She is survived by her dearly...
Shirley Williams Snyder
Feb 25, 2013
Mrs. Shirley Williams Snyder, 73, passed away February 25, 2013 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born on May 15, 1939 in Forsyth County to the late William Dayton Williams and Hazel Margaret Turner Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Ray Snyder and her brother, Ronald Mitchell Williams. She was a member of Agape...
Vera Buck Roper
Feb 25, 2013
KERNERSVILLE - Vera Buck Roper, 71, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Monday, February 25, 2013 at High Point Regional Hospital. She was born August 8, 1941 in Guilford Co. to the late Earl and Eva Deaton Buck. Mrs. Roper was a member of Highland Baptist Church. She loved taking care of her flower beds and sewing....
Barbara Powell
Feb 25, 2013
Barbara Powell, 80, of Winston-Salem died of natural causes at her home Monday, February 25, 2013. Barbara was born February 17, 1933 to William Lindsay Temples and Noma Beatrice Haneline Temples in Forsyth County. Barbara was a graduate of Walkertown High School. She was a quiet lady who loved flowers, reading novels and collecting beautiful dolls. She was preceded in...
Connie Mae Smith
Feb 24, 2013
Connie Mae Smith, 79, of Winston-Salem died February 24, 2013 at her home. She was born December 6, 1933, in Forsyth County to Samuel Hope and Annie Grace Albright Smith. A graduate of Griffith High School, she was employed by McLean Trucking Company almost 35 years. She was the secretary at Friedberg Moravian Church until 2010. Connie was a member...
Richard Edward Stafford
Feb 23, 2013
Mr. Richard Edward Stafford, 80, of Ridgehaven Dr., passed away on February 23, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born on October 20, 1932 in Forsyth County to Haden and Elizabeth Thompson Stafford. Mr. Stafford was a member of Becks Baptist Church. He retired from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. with 30 plus years of service and was a Master...
Richard 'Rick' Jarvis
Feb 23, 2013
Mr. Richard ""Rick"" Jarvis, 62, of Clemmons, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 23, 2013, after an 18 year long battle with cancer. Rick fought his illness with every ounce of his reserve and never once complained about what life had dealt him. He was born in Forsyth County on July 29, 1950 to William Tennyson and Glenola Farrington Jarvis....
Annie Hartman Cunningham
Feb 22, 2013
Mrs. Annie Hartman Cuningham, 84, of Winston-Salem died Friday, February 22, 2013 at her home. She was born February 7, 1929 in Forsyth County, the daughter of the late, Charlie Nathaniel and Hessie Victoria Inscore Cunningham. Mrs. Cunningham was retired from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company following 41 years of service. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Dorothy Pauline Rikard
Feb 22, 2013
Dorothy Pauline Rikard, 94 of Clemmons, NC passed away Friday,, February 22, 2013. Dorothy was born March 4, 1918 in Bishopville, SC to the late Jesse Olin and Dorothy Inez Parrott Rikard. She was retired from the Federal Government and also from Wake Forest University as a Secretary to the India Professor. Dorothy was a member of Burkhead United Methodist...
Ivan Davis
Feb 22, 2013
Stokesdale - Mr. Ivan ""Poppy"" Davis, 85, passed away Friday, February 22, 2013 at his residence. He was born in LaGrange, Georgia July 26, 1927 to the late Charlie and Amelia Smith Davis. In addition to his parents Mr. Davis was preceded in death by a daughter Jan. Surviving are his wife Shirley Vanderburg Davis of the home, four sons,...
Shirley Grandy Shutt
Feb 21, 2013
Mrs. Shirley Grandy Shutt, 86, of Winston-Salem, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born February 13, 1927 in Massachusetts to Harold and Beulah Hale Grandy. Mrs. Shutt helped organize and then led the Jonestown Senior Citizens Club for many years. She enjoyed many activities in her church including singing in the choir, visiting friends...
Revene Edwards Flinchum
Feb 21, 2013
Mrs. Ravene Edwards Flinchum 90, died February 21, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born on September 24, 1922 in Alleghany County to Garnett and Cleo Edwards. She was preceded in death by her husband A.E. Flinchum, Jr. and one sister Edith Edwards Carpenter. She graduated from City Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. And High Point College. She retired...
Phyllis Ford Ryder
Feb 21, 2013
PfafftownMrs. Phyllis Ford Ryder, 75, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013 at her home. She was born in Springfield, Ohio on November 12, 1937 to the late Chester and Hazel Bevins Ford. Mrs. Ryder was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Preceding her in death was her husband, Earnest R. Ryder. Surviving are two daughters, Rebecca Lane and...
Mary Jim Joslin
Feb 21, 2013
Ms. Mary Jim Joslin, 86, of Yadkinville passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Springwood Care. Ms. Joslin was born in Lanett, Alabama on November 21, 1926. She was a veteran of the United States Air Force, working with NASA. Ms. Joslin was part of the Apollo 11 crew, the first to land humans on the moon. She worked for...
Edith Louise Shaw Cockerham
Feb 21, 2013
KERNERSVILLE - Edith Louise Shaw Cockerham, 85, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born November 9, 1927 in Davidson Co. to the late Charles Dalton and Gertrude Landreth Shaw. Mrs. Cockerham was a member of First Baptist Church in Kernersville. She loved to read and enjoyed working in her flower gardens. Surviving...