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Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.


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Lonnie  Junior Melton

Lonnie Junior Melton

Apr 28, 2012

MELTON - RURAL HALL A soldier, Lonnie Junior Melton, died Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born on February 3, 1922 in Carroll County, VA to the late Thelma Green Melton and Thomas Wade Melton. Mr. Melton proudly served his country in the United States Army during WWII. He was a devoted, long-time member of First...

Harry  Hauser Tucker

Harry Hauser Tucker

Apr 27, 2012

Clemmons-Mr. Harry Hauser Tucker, 81, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born September 30, 1930 in Forsyth County to the late George Edward and Mattie Hauser Tucker. Mr. Tucker was a faithful and devout Christian. He was a long-time member of Salem Baptist Church and was a current member of Center Grove...

Hope  Elaine Griffin

Hope Elaine Griffin

Apr 27, 2012

Hope Elaine Griffin passed away April 27, 2012 at the age of 95 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She had been in declining health for several months. She was a lifelong resident of Rural Hall, NC and a member of Rural Hall Baptist Church. She was born February 8, 1917 to Cammie Jane Griffin, who predeceased her in...

Berma  Tucker Foster

Berma Tucker Foster

Apr 27, 2012

Berma T. Foster passed away peacefully on April 27, 2012. It was the kind of day that she loved the most with spring flowers blooming and birds singing. She was a life long resident of Davie County and a life time member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church. She and Eugene Foster were married in 1944. They were married for 54...

E.C. Reavis,  Jr.

E.C. Reavis, Jr.

Apr 26, 2012

The Lord has received into His loving embrace His faithful and loving servant E. C. Reavis, Jr. Mr. Reavis passed away at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Mr. Reavis was born in Wilkes County to Eugene and Sadie Reavis on May 16, 1926. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mae Pettit...

Charlotte  Parker Irwin

Charlotte Parker Irwin

Apr 26, 2012

Charlotte Parker Irwin, 94, Clemmons, NC. Charlotte was born in November, 1917 and was raised in Baltimore, MD before moving to Rutherford, NJ in 1957 with her husband and 3 children, where she raised her family until moving to Clemmons, NC with her daughter in 2009. Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother passed from this life, April 26th, 2012 to...

Helen  Golds Gordon

Helen Golds Gordon

Apr 25, 2012

KERNERSVILLE - Helen Golds Gordon, 84, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Kerner Ridge Assisted Living. She was born August 1, 1927 in Forsyth Co.to the late Willie Jackson and Virginia Baldwin Golds. Mrs. Gordon was a member of Friedland Moravian Church and a retiree of Western Electric. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...

Leo  Glen Randall

Leo Glen Randall

Apr 25, 2012

Mr. Leo Glen Randall, age 78, of Walkertown passed away at his home Wednesday morning, April 25, 2012. Mr. Randall was born in Madison County on November 30, 1933 to Charlie and Glates Roberts Randall. He attended Old Time Baptist Church in King and retired from Branscomb Produce after 30 plus years of service. In addition to his parents Mr....

Anthony Romanowsky

Anthony Romanowsky

Apr 25, 2012

Mr. Anthony Romanowsky, 87, formerly of Winston Salem, passed away unexpectedly on April 25, 2012 at Danville Regional Medical Center. He was born February 18, 1925 in Trumbull County, Ohio to the late Peter Romanowsky and Pauline Sahaydak Romanowsky. He was a member of Peace Haven Baptist Church where he was previously a Deacon and sang in the choir with...

Helen Elizabeth Fulk Welch

Helen Elizabeth Fulk Welch

Apr 25, 2012

Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Welch, 71, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born May 31, 1940 in Stokes Co. to the late Walter and Lacie Fulk. She was a member of Isom Baptist Church in Walnut Cove. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Eller Welch, one...

Edna Mae Doggett Weatherford

Edna Mae Doggett Weatherford

Apr 25, 2012

Kernersville - Mrs. Edna Mae Doggett Weatherford, 99, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Edna was born on June 7, 1912 in Oconee, GA, to the late William Shade and Nancy Brown Doggett. She worked as a seamstress at a local hosiery mill and was an active member of Main Street Baptist Church as...

Mrs.  Elmire  Klimm Harrison

Mrs. Elmire Klimm Harrison

Apr 24, 2012

Mrs. Elmire Klimm Harrison, 83 of Advance, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Harrison was born in Orleans Parrish, LA on March 27, 1929 to the late Edward Rudolph and Elizabeth Keefer Klimm. Her husband, William Henry Harrison, Jr. preceded her in death. Mrs. Harrison is survived by a son, William H. Harrison, III, M.D. and...

Harvey Tuttle

Harvey Tuttle

Apr 24, 2012

Mr. Harvey Tuttle, 82, of Germanton, died Tuesday morning, April 24, 2012 following a period of declining health. Mr. Tuttle was born December 30, 1929 in Forsyth County, NC to the late Grover Lester and Mattie Grubbs Tuttle. He was a well-known home builder in the area with Tuttle and Freeman Builders. In the community, he was a member of...

Miss  Nancy  Ruth Brann

Miss Nancy Ruth Brann

Apr 24, 2012

Winston-SalemMiss Nancy Ruth Brann, 91, entered into the more immediate presence of her Lord and Saviour from the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home on Tuesday evening, April 24, 2012. She was born, the youngest of eight children, on June 30, 1920, in Forsyth County to Thaddaeus Rholider and Sarah Jane Crater Brann. With her simple, child-like mind, she loved life,...

Margaret  Wise Goins

Margaret Wise Goins

Apr 24, 2012

Mrs. Margaret Wise Goins, 85, of Winston-Salem, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Salemtowne. She was born August 17, 1926 in Lincoln County to Edgar Marshall and Gladys Gant Wise. Mrs. Goins was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and a former employee of Salem Paper Company. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband,...

Charles  Norman Gilliland

Charles Norman Gilliland

Apr 24, 2012

Winston Salem - Charles Norman Gilliland, 96, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2012. He was born April 13, 1916 in Danville, VA to the late James Edward and Ethel Brandon Gilliland. Mr. Gilliland was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church for over 40 years and had retired from Piedmont Coach and AMP Corp. In addition to his parents he...

Hazel Virgina Nelson Eaton

Hazel Virgina Nelson Eaton

Apr 23, 2012

KERNERSVILLE-Mrs. Hazel Virginia Nelson Eaton, 87 went home to be with her Lord April 23, 2012 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Hazel was born in Stokes County to the late William Grover and Stacey Abbott Nelson. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Hazel loved to sing gospel music and she loved her church. In addition...

Glenna  Sowers Overby

Glenna Sowers Overby

Apr 23, 2012

WINSTON-SALEM---Glenna Overby, born April 3, 1951, of Winston-Salem, NC, went to be with her Heavenly Father on April 23, 2012 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was preceded in death by her parents O'Neal and Ethel Solesbee. She is survived by her daughter, Andrea Sowers of Mocksville, NC; one sister, Jane Redman (Wayne) of Advance, NC; two brothers, Dallas...

Kathryn 'Kathy' Braswell Burgess

Kathryn 'Kathy' Braswell Burgess

Apr 23, 2012

Mrs. Kathryn Jean Braswell Burgess, 60, passed away Monday, April 23, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. Kathy was born in Cabbaruss Co. on April 18, 1952 to the late Samuel Lee Braswell Jr. and Eugenia Elizabeth Hegler Braswell. She was a member of Union Tabernacle Church and a private duty nurse for over 20 years. Kathy loved her family, especially...

Mary Lee Means Colpitts

Mary Lee Means Colpitts

Apr 22, 2012

Mary Lee Means Colpitts, 91, of Winston-Salem, passed away April 22, 2012 after a brief illness. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 13, 1920 to Franklin Emmett Means and Mada Kester Means. She graduated from Northwest High School/Community College in 1938 and subsequently attended the University of Chicago. There she met and married the Rev. Robert M....

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