Dr. Lucia Aubert Rooney Karnes passed away on September 8, 2012, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC. She was a noted psychologist, educator, and community organizer. Born on March 9, 1921, in Moncton County, New Brunswick, Canada, to Charles William and Jean Robson Rooney, Karnes grew up in Decatur, GA. She attended Georgia State College for...
Infant Scarlett Rose Alexander passed away unexpectedly at her home on September 8, 2012. She was born on August 5, 2012 in Forsyth Co. the daughter of Chris and Amber Alexander. Scarlett was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Ray Alexander. In addition to her parents Scarlett is survived by two sisters, Addison and Ashley, a brother, Justus, her...
Mrs. Mabel Myers Binkley, 67, went to Heaven on September 8, 2012. She was born December 1, 1944 in Forsyth County to Raymond Myers and Martha Edwards Myers. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Eugene Binkley, a son, Christopher Binkley, her father, Raymond Myers, a brother, Donald Myers, and a sister, Carol Stowe. Mrs. Binkley is survived...
Dorothy ""Dot"" Cook Martin, beautiful, dedicated, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-great grandmother passed away Saturday, September 8, 2012. She was born in Virginia, February 2, 1921, the daughter of Jim and Maggie Cook. She spent her childhood years in Fieldale, VA, moving to NC in 1937 when she married her husband of 74 years Haran R. Martin, who preceded...
Mr. Robert Richard Wilson, Sr., 84, of Clemmons, passed away Friday, September 7, 2012 at his home. He was born May 4, 1928 in Indiana to Embree and Lulla France Wilson. Mr. Wilson was of the Quaker faith and a member of Winston-Salem Friends Meeting. He was retired from Ingersoll-Rand in Mocksville. His favorite hobby was collecting model railroad trains....
Mr. Drewy Dwight Walker, 85, of Winston Salem passed away Friday, September 7, 2012 at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Mr. Walker was born May 27, 1927 in Forsyth County to the late William Martin, Sr. and Eliza Wilner Walker. He was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church and was retired from Pepsi Cola with 27 years of loyal service...
Mr. Guy Henry Foster, 89 of Winston-Salem, passed away Friday, September 7, 2012 at Wake Forest Baptist Health. He was born March 11, 1923 in Wilkes County, NC to the late Thomas and Zora Patrick Foster. Mr. Foster served in the US Army during WWII where he met his wife while serving in Liverpool, England. Mr. Foster had retired from...
Mr. Charlie Benbow Jester, 90, of Winston-Salem, passed away Friday, September 7, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born August 19, 1922 in Forsyth County to Bessie Hutchins Jester and Ernest Martin Jester. Mr. Jester served in the Army Air Corp during World War II. He served the Lord for many years by teaching Sunday School and leading the...
Mr. Carson ""Mac"" Ivan McDaniel, 89, passed away Friday, September 7, 2012 at Kernersville Medical Center. He was born July 17, 1923 in Elliston, Virginia to Warren McDaniel and Radie Maxey McDaniel. Mr. McDaniel retired from Norfolk-Southern Railroad after 43 years of service. He was most proud of serving in the U.S. Navy where he was a decorated serviceman on...
Charles Edward (""Charlie"") Robinson, 67, left this world to be with his Lord and Savior Friday morning, September 7, 2012. A life-long resident of Winston-Salem, he was born on June 1, 1945 to James Robert and Otelia Simmons Robinson. He graduated from Griffith High School in 1963 and then spent several years at Western Carolina, enjoying life there as the...
Mrs. Mary Ellen Boyd Brown Lawson, 92, passed away Friday, September 7, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born in Forsyth Co. on August 24, 1920 the daughter of the late Rev. Jesse Franklin Boyd and Eliza Jane Cromer Boyd. Mrs. Lawson was of the Baptist faith and retired from Hanes Hosiery with 27 ½ years of...
Sarah Catherine Myers Klutz, 91, passed away on September 7, 2012, in Burgaw, North Carolina at Huntington Healthcare. She was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on August 20, 1921, the daughter of the late Ralph Bernard and Sarah Catherine Shouse Myers. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Daywalt Kluttz, to whom she was married from March 23,...
BYRD Mrs. Shirley Felker Craven Byrd, 84, of Winston-Salem, passed away Thursday, September 6, 2012 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born on June 1, 1928 to the late William and Louise Felker in Waterford, CT. Mrs. Byrd was retired from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System, where she dearly loved working with kindergarten children. She was a member...
Mr. Raymond Warren Bogart, 78, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, September 6, 2012 at the Wake Forest Baptist Health after a lengthy illness. He was born August 18, 1934 in Smithville Flats, NY to Raymond Bailey Bogart and Almeda Sutton Bogart. He loved the Lord and was a member of Salem Baptist Church. He was a graduate...
Mr. Johnny Gabriel Bumgardner, Jr., 53, of Walnut Cove died Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born June 2, 1959 in Winston-Salem to Johnny Gabriel Bumgardner, Sr. and Jane Adams Bumgardner. He was a truck driver his entire life and enjoyed horseback riding. He was preceded in death by his father and his beloved horse, Princess....
Mrs. Linda ""Gigi"" Lee Grubbs Tally, of Walkertown, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Forsyth County on November 27, 1942 to the late Leona Maxine Wiles Grubbs and Robert Samuel Grubbs. Mrs. Tally retired from WS/FCS with 29 years of service. She was a member of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church in...
Mr. Sammie Eldred Hatfield, 83, of Tobaccoville, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born April 23, 1929 in Branchland, WVA to Fred and Blanche Hatfield who preceded him in death. Mr. Hatfield was of the Baptist faith. He was retired from Gravely Tractor with 43 years of service. He was a WWII...
Mr. Gilmore Anton Walter, born January 13, 1923 to Clayton Walter, Sr and Mabel (Adams) Walter, passed away at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. Preceding him in death were his parents, his first wife, Mary Virginia (Perkins) Walter and his brother, Clayton Walter Jr. Surviving are his wife, Arlene Offerdahl-Walter, Advance, daughter Carolynn (Lynn) and...
Mr. Bobby Alton Clodfelter, 71, of Lexington died Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at Wake Forest Baptist Health. He was born December 22, 1940 in Forsyth County, the son of the late, Robert Andrew and Bertha Mae Forbus Clodfelter. Mr. Clodfelter was a member of Samaritan Baptist Church and was retired from Burger King Corporation following nine years of service. He...
Mrs. Marcia Ann Everett Polanis, 63, of Winston-Salem, passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born March 27, 1949 in Latrobe, PA to Arthur Carr Everett and Margaret Ann Popernack Everett. She was Department Chair Office and Medical Administrator at Forsyth Technical Community College, and an elder at Parkway Presbyterian Church where she...