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Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.


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Olga  Frances Etheridge

Olga Frances Etheridge

Jun 1, 2009

Olga Frances Etheridge, 95, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 1, 2009 at Clemmons Village II. She was born March 12, 1914 in Allegan, Michigan to Frank J. and Mary L. Osicka. She was of Czech descent. Mrs. Etheridge was raised in Dixon and Harvard, IL. As a young adult, she went to work at Walgreen's Drug Store on the...

Joan  Shelton Palmer

Joan Shelton Palmer

May 31, 2009

WESTFIELD Mrs. Joan Shelton Palmer, 76, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2009 at Stokes Reynolds Hospital in Danbury. She was born February 3, 1933 in Stokes County the daughter of the late Sam and Daisy Mickey Shelton. Mrs. Palmer was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She retired from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. with 34 years of service. In...

Mary  Lancos Shavel

Mary Lancos Shavel

May 30, 2009

Mrs. Mary Lancos Shavel, 85, of Winston-Salem, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born March 17, 1924 in Bayonne, NJ to Joseph and Ella Lancos. She spent most of her life in South Windsor, Conn. Mrs. Shavel was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Kernersville. She was preceded in death by her...

Raymond  Edward Brown

Raymond Edward Brown

May 30, 2009

Mr. Raymond Edward Brown, 76 of Darwick Rd. passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mr. Brown was born in Iredell County on November 27, 1932 the son of the late Solomon Levi and Pearl Swaim Brown. He was a member of Immanuel- New Eden Moravian Church and was a member of Forsyth Lodge #...

Nadine Chaney

Nadine Chaney

May 30, 2009

Mrs. Nadine Ring Chaney, 69 of Kernersville passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born August 22, 1939 in Rockingham County to Lewis and Phoebe Corthen Ring. She was a member of Triad Baptist Church. Nadine was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and touched the lives of all who...

Kevin  Charles Bennett

Kevin Charles Bennett

May 29, 2009

KERNERSVILLE-Mr. Kevin Charles Bennett age 42 passed away Friday May 29, 2009 at his home. He was born March 1, 1967 in Forsyth County to Rex Charles Bennett and Dianne Whitt Bennett. Kevin was a 1985 graduate of East Forsyth High School and attended Gospel Light Baptist Church. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by two...

Phillip  Landrus Stanley

Phillip Landrus Stanley

May 29, 2009

Phillip L. Stanley, 72, of Winston-Salem died Friday, May 29, 2009 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home after a short illness of leukemia. He was born July 10, 1936 in Carroll County, VA, the son of the late Landrus W. and Josephine Stanley. After college and serving two years in the military, he retired from the Winston-Salem Fire Dept as...

Mary  Patterson Simmons

Mary Patterson Simmons

May 29, 2009

Mrs. Mary Patterson Simmons, 85 formerly of Cloister Drive Winston-Salem, passed away Friday, May 29, 2009 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mrs. Simmons was born June 18, 1923 in Winston-Salem and was a lifelong member of Pine Chapel Moravian Church. She retired from Hanes Hosiery and was a long time member of the Order of the Eastern Star serving...

Sammy  Martin Inman

Sammy Martin Inman

May 29, 2009

Kernersville - Sammy Martin Inman, 55, of Kernersville, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2009. He was born on August 28, 1953, in Forsyth County, to Bill and Doris Inman. Sammy served in the US Army Special Forces and was a truck driver for MC of A in Greensboro. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by...

Evelyn Murden

Evelyn Murden

May 28, 2009

Evelyn Murden passed away peacefully at home on May 28, 2009. She resided in Carolina Beach, NC, formerly of Winston-Salem, NC. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Minnie Dority, Three husbands, Edward L. Redd, William S. Myers, Jr. and James Murden, sister, Ruth Hayes, brother, Woodrow Powell and brother, James Dority. She was born in Eastover,...

Thelma Tuttle Smith Hicks

Thelma Tuttle Smith Hicks

May 28, 2009

HICKS - Winston-Salem Mrs. Thelma Tuttle Smith Hicks, 88, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009 at her home. She was born January 24, 1921 in Forsyth County to the late Joseph Golden Tuttle and Flora Madie Creason Tuttle. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hicks was preceded in death by her first husband, Cleve Smith; two brothers, Junior and Buddy...

Nellie  Joyce Gann

Nellie Joyce Gann

May 28, 2009

KERNERSVILLE-Nellie Joyce Gann, 99, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Britthaven of Kernersville. She was born October 28, 1909 in Stokes Co. to the late Martin and Delia Manuel Joyce. Mrs. Gann was the oldest living member of Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Gann, Sr.;...

Karyn  Eve Dorsett

Karyn Eve Dorsett

May 28, 2009

Miss. Karyn Eve Dorsett, 56 of Winston-Salem died Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. Miss. Dorsett was born August 10, 1952 in Forsyth County, a daughter of Melba Poole Dorsett of Winston-Salem and the late Harrison Lindsay Dorsett, Sr. She graduated from UNC Chapel Hill and was employed with Wachovia Bank and Trust until her retirement due to...

Maude  McDade Atchley

Maude McDade Atchley

May 28, 2009

Mrs. Maude McDade Atchley, 89, of Winston-Salem, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009 at the Brian Center in Lexington. She was born October 14, 1919 in Rutherford County to Madison Lynch and Eunice Holland McDade. Mrs. Atchley was a member of Southside Baptist Church for 47 years. She loved to work in her flower garden and enjoyed making everyone laugh....

Evelyn  Long Dalton

Evelyn Long Dalton

May 28, 2009

Mrs. Evelyn Long Dalton, 92, of Pfafftown, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009. She was born April 21, 1917 in Forsyth County to Oliver E. and Lela Dull Long. Mrs. Dalton was preceded in death by her husband, Jasper Louis Dalton; five sisters and four brothers. Surviving are two daughters, Peggy Pierce (Ed) of Lewisville and Judy Oliver (Richard) of...

Thomas  Edd Johnson

Thomas Edd Johnson

May 27, 2009

Mr. Thomas Edd Johnson, 74, of Winston-Salem passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born June 21, 1934 in Wilkes County to Thomas and Hattie Hayes Johnson. He was preceded in death by his parents; five sisters, Nora Collins, Hazel Parrish, Peggy Kanupp, Mae Duncan and Ruth Hart; and three brothers, Herman, Avery, and Sam...

Pauline  Saftit Wooten

Pauline Saftit Wooten

May 27, 2009

Pauline Edna Safrit Wooten, 89, of Winston-Salem died Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at her home. She was born February 6, 1920 in Forsyth County to Arthur James Safrit and Ollie Elizabeth Sink Safrit. She was a most loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Walter Wooten; her parents; two...

Frances  Mathes Nelson

Frances Mathes Nelson

May 27, 2009

Frances Mathes Nelson, beloved wife of James Nelson, died at her home in Winston-Salem on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. ""Francie"" as she was lovingly called by her family and friends was born April 25, 1958 in Winston-Salem. Upon her graduation from Parkland High School, she began work for the Veterans Administration and for 13 years she was secretary of the...

Dr. Kenan Banks Williams

Dr. Kenan Banks Williams

May 27, 2009

Dr. Kenan Banks Williams, for many years a well-loved pediatrician in Winston-Salem, passed away May 27, 2009. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. Born on March 11, 1920 in Sanford, NC, to Warren R. and Ellen Makepeace Williams, Dr. Williams attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill for college and medical school. He finished his...

Betty Ann Jones Shepherd

Betty Ann Jones Shepherd

May 27, 2009

Mrs. Betty Ann Jones Shepherd, age 76 of Winston-Salem passed away Wednesday morning, May 27, 2009 at her home. Betty was born September 23, 1932 in Lyon County, KY to the late Newman C. and late Grace Edna Richardson Jones. She was a member of Welcome Door Baptist Church in Kernersville. Betty enjoyed her grandchildren and will be greatly missed...

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