Obera 'Bobbie' Messer Sink
Jan 12, 2013
Mrs. Obera ""Bobbie"" Messer Sink, 83, of Lewisville died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born March 8, 1929 in Haywood County, the daughter of the late, Seymore and Nettie Plemmons Messer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gaither William Sink and a son, Paul William Sink. Survivors include...
Louis Roger Melton
Jan 12, 2013
Mr. Louis Roger Melton, 75, of Winston-Salem, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born July 11, 1937 in Forsyth County to Haywood and Fannie Phelps Melton. Mr. Melton was a member of Mt. Carmel Church of the Living God. He was a hardworking man that loved his family, church and his Lord. He was...
Samuel Talmadge Boger
Jan 12, 2013
Mr. Samuel Talmadge Boger, 79, of Clemmons passed away on Saturday evening, January 12, 2013, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, after a lengthy illness. Mr. Boger was born in Forsyth County on September 3, 1933 to Guy and Dora Creason Boger. He was preceded in death by his parents; an older brother, Irving Gray Boger; his first wife,...
Dorothy Byerly Spaugh
Jan 11, 2013
Mrs. Dorothy""Joann"" Byerly Spaugh, 79, of Clemmons, passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on Saturday, January 12, 2013. She was born in Davidson County on May 8, 1933 to Arthur Lee and Minnie Sink Byerly. Mrs. Spaugh was a member of Hope Moravian Church for 59 years. Dorothy was retired but continued working as a loving wife, mother and grandmother...
Vestal J. Potts
Jan 11, 2013
Mr. Vestal J. Potts, 81, of Advance passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Potts was born on March 9, 1931 to Solomon Franklin and Ida Jane Hendrix Potts. He was a very active member of Advance Baptist Church, participating on many committees, teaching Sunday school, and acting as the church secretary. Mr. Potts was inducted...
Michael Patrick Sekelsky
Jan 11, 2013
Michael (Mick) Patrick Sekelsky, 53, unexpected passed away on Friday, January 11, 2013 at Forsyth Memorial Hospital, in Winston Salem, NC. He was born on May 2, 1959 in Groton, CT to Navy Chief Michael Martin and Ann Dolan Sekelsky. As a child of a Navy Chief, Mick was offered the adventure and and opportunity of living in some fascinating...
Judy Anne Woodruff Brabham
Jan 11, 2013
Mrs. Judy Anne Woodruff Brabham, 69, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, January 11, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem. She was born July 31, 1943 in Knoxville, TN the daughter of the late Horace G. Woodruff and Frances Brown Woodruff. Judy was retired from Sara Lee and attended Vienna Baptist Church. She was a loving...
Monroe Martin
Jan 11, 2013
Mr. Monroe Martin, 77, of Hamptonville, NC passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mr. Martin was born October 22, 1935 in Murphy, NC to the late Wade and Bessie Graham Martin. Monroe was a member of Unaka Baptist Church in Murphy, NC and loved fishing and hunting. He was the Chief Shop Steward for...
Harry Byron Cheek
Jan 11, 2013
Mr. Harry Byron Cheek, 65, of Clemmons passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born June 16, 1947 in Wilkes County to Quincy Albert and Lucy Gentry Cheek. Mr. Cheek was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and was retired from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company after 42 years of service. Surviving...
Edith Ward Ashburn
Jan 11, 2013
Mrs. Edith Ward Ashburn, 96, passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at Priddy Manor in King. She was born in Stokes Co. on August 7, 1916 the daughter of the late Nathaniel and Vannie Nunn Ward. Mrs. Ashburn was baptized in a creek in Stokes Co. as a child and was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church where she...
Mary Baynes Owen
Jan 10, 2013
Mary Lucy Baynes Owen of Winston-Salem departed this life on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at the age of 89. She was born September 23, 1923 in Forsyth County, NC, the fourth daughter of W.T. Baynes and Vera Masten Baynes. Growing up in Winston-Salem on Gloria Ave. she attended Trinity Moravian Church and graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School and Salem...
Ryan Wesley Wood
Jan 10, 2013
Ryan Wesley Wood, a kind and gentle soul entered the gates of heaven on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at the tender age of 16, after a valiant fight with cancer. Friend to all, loved by many touched an unimaginable amount of people the last week of his time on earth. #PrayForRyan became a mantra that permeated the very soul of...
Lois Peddycord Gregory
Jan 10, 2013
Greensboro - Lois Peddycord Gregory, 85, a loving wife, mother that always put her children first, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Blumenthal Jewish Home. She was born September 22, 1927 in Yadkin Co., to the late John and Leola Vestal McCollum. Mrs. Gregory grew up in Kernersville and was a former member of Gospel Light...
Lucy Campbell Vanhoy
Jan 10, 2013
Lewisville - Mrs. Lucy Maybelle Campbell Vanhoy, 80, passed away at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born April 8, 1932 in Forsyth Co. to the late Isaac Lafayette and Lucy Ketner Campbell. Mrs. Vanhoy was a member of Ketner's Church of Christ, and retired from Sara Lee Corporation after 21 years of service. She was a gardening enthusiast who loved...
Julia Liles Lewis
Jan 10, 2013
WINSTON-SALEM-Ms. Julia Liles Lewis, 76, of Winston-Salem, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC. Ms. Lewis was born in Norfolk, VA on October 8, 1936 to Alvin Williard Liles, Sr. and Julia Elizabeth Dewar Liles. Preceding Ms. Lewis in death are her parents. Ms. Lewis is survived by three...
William Ralph Smith
Jan 10, 2013
Mr. William ""Ralph"" Smith, 93, of Advance passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Smith was born in Alabama on March 27, 1919 to Samuel Jones and Ethel Armstrong Smith. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Lelia Mae Smith; a son, William Glen Smith; four daughters, Glenda Wendel, Lori Myers, Lisa Smith and Vonda Anders; two...
Barbara Jean Hoots Howell
Jan 9, 2013
Mrs. Barbara Jean Hoots Howell, 79, passed away Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born in Yadkin Co. on September 19, 1933 the daughter of the late George Hoots and Bertha Todd Hoots. Mrs. Howell was a lifelong member of Germanton Baptist Church and retired from Winston-Salem/ Forsyth Co. Schools Transportation Department. She loved...
Gerald Eugene Dowell
Jan 9, 2013
Mr. Gerald Eugene Dowell, 71, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away January 9, 2013 at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. He graduated from James A. Gray High School where he met the love of his life, Pattie. He worked for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Co for 35 years. He, along with his wife, were members of New Philadelphia Moravian Church. Gerald was such a...
Jon Wilson Brown
Jan 9, 2013
Jon Wilson Brown, 52, of Winston-Salem, NC, son of the late Ralph A. Brown and Evelyn B. Brown died suddenly January 9, 2013. An avid outdoorsman, botanist, mountain camper, and restorer of antiques, Jon graduated from Appalachian State University with a master's degree in Biology. He was a kind, loving person who enjoyed cooking for others, bursting into song, nurturing...
Katie Victoria Calderon
Jan 8, 2013
OAK RIDGE - Miss Katie Victoria Calderon, a sweet soul of 10 years, returned to be with her Heavenly Father January 8, 2013 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. In spite of her struggles with life-long health issues, Katie shared her kindred spirit with everyone she met and was loved by all. She was born on June 8, 2002 in...