Mr. Donald Francis Croft, 51, of Germanton died Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born May 15, 1957 in Lackawanna, NY, the son of the late Francis G. and Margaret R. Bonner Croft. Mr. Croft resided in Buffalo until moving to this area in 1997. He was a self employed carpenter and was...
Kernersville - Chester Joseph Love, 66, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008 after a valiant fight with cancer at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice and Palliative Care Center. Chester was born December 18, 1941 to the late Robert and Phoebe McGee Love. He served as a Vietnam Veteran in the U.S. Army. Surviving are two brothers, John C. Love (Janice) of...
Mr. Marshall Freeman Shoaf, 82 of Winston Salem passed away Saturday October 25, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born June 3, 1926 in Forsyth County to William Franklin Shoaf, Sr. and Eva Irene Fulk Shoaf.. He served in the United States Navy during WW II in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and was retired from Davco Corp., formerly...
Mr. Elmer Franklin Wood, 69, of Lewisville passed away October 25, 2008 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mr. Wood was born in Summers County to the late Alva and Elva Lowry Wood on September 2, 1939. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Lewisville. Mr. Wood retired from McLean Trucking with 26 years of service and...
Mrs. Margaret Kirkman Vanhoy, 95, of Clemmons, formerly of Kernersville, has, after 59 years gone to join her husband with the Lord on Friday, October 24, 2008. She was born in Forsyth County to the late William Lee and Addie Hedgecock Kirkman on December 23, 1912. Mrs. Vanhoy is a Last Charter member of Kerwin Baptist Church, which she attended...
Hammaker- Robert Loy Hammaker, 75, went to meet Jesus after ""He fought the good fight, ran the race, and finished the course"" on Friday, October 24, 2008. He was born September 5, 1933 in Harrisburg, PA to Joseph Henry Hammaker and Esther Mae Garverich Hammaker. He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Eva Buchenauer Hammaker, and his...
Mr. Clay Roosevelt Beeson, Sr., 78, of Clemmons died Wednesday, October 23, 2008. He was born November 4, 1929 in Forsyth County to Hugh R. and Bertha B. Beeson. Clay retired from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company after 37 years of service as Supervisor of #64 Case and Drying and Pony Express after 5 years of service. He was a...
Mr. Olin Ledford Beauchamp, 83, of Winston-Salem passed away Thursday, October 23, 2008 at his home. He was born September 16, 1925 in Davie County to the late Eddie Graham and Ethel Howard Beauchamp. Mr. Beauchamp loved Advent Moravian Church where he was a very active member. He served the U.S. Navy during WWII and was a charter member of...
Kathy Diane Darnell, 67, of Advance, passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, after an extended illness. She was born June 21, 1941 in Forsyth County to Jack and Kathleen Darnell. Kathy retired from RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company after 25 years of service. She was a long time...
Sybil Wray Allran Setzer, 80, of Salemtowne, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008. A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 25 at 11 am at Smith Saal at Salemtowne, a retirement community in Winston-Salem, with the Reverend Merlin Batt officiating. Sybil was born August 17, 1928, to Henry Winfield and Ethel Ona Davis Allran of Cherryville, North Carolina. A graduate...
Mr. William ""Bill"" Francis Knopf, Jr. of Lexington passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center with his wife and children by his side. He was born December 7,1945 in Darby, Pennsylvania to William F. Knopf, Sr. and Alice Lambeth Knopf. Bill was a member of Friedberg Moravian Church where he was a member of the band and...
Mrs. Hallie Dominick Weatherspoon, 96, of Winston-Salem passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at The Oaks at Forsyth. Mrs. Weatherspoon was born in Orange County, NC to the late William Porter and Mary Roberts Thompson on March 2, 1912. She was a member of Duke Memorial United Methodist Church for many years. Mrs. Weatherspoon also worked as a receptionist at...
Angelo P. Leto Sr, 48 died October 21, 2008, after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. Born on April 4, 1960 in Hollywood, FL he grew up and spent most of his life in Broward County, attending Nativity School and Graduating from Hollywood Hills High School, during his time at Hollywood Hills High, he formed and was the lead singer...
Betty Ball Parks, 72 of Winston-Salem, died Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Ms. Parks was born August 4, 1936 in Forsyth County, a daughter of Florence Fishel Ball and the late R.B. Ball. She was a member of Konnoak Hillso Moravian Church. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a son,...
Mr. John Pisko passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 from Mesothelioma. He was born June 5, 1923 in Gouldsboro, PA to the late John and Anastasia Pisko. He lived in Havertown, PA before moving to Winston-Salem. Mr. Pisko was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Michael. Surviving are his wife, Rita Pisko of the home; one son,...
Mrs. Charline Eller Kyle, 86, of Winston-Salem passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Brookridge Retirement Community. She was born March 17, 1922 in Macon County, Tennessee to Irvin David and Violet King Eller. Mrs. Kyle worked as a civilian packing parachutes for the military and that was how she met her husband, Alvin Thomas Kyle Sr., a pilot. She...
David Lonnie Hodges, 67 of Winston-Salem died Tuesday October 21, 2008 at his home. Mr. Hodges was born June 17, 1941 in Forsyth County, the son of the late David Hodges and the late Beulah Faw Hodges Lawson. Mr. Hodges was a veteran of the US Navy and the US Air Force, and was a retired correctional office in Kentucky....
Mrs. Ola Jean Cheek Wilson, 70, of Mocksville passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She was born May 21, 1938 in Forsyth County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Wilson in 2001 and by a son, Gary Wilson. Surviving are a son, Danny Wilson (Leean); three daughters, Pam Paige (Mike),...
Mrs. Barbara Born Miller, 50, passed away in her home on the morning of October 21, 2008. She was born in Winston-Salem on June 16, 1958 to Sallie Long and Thomas Jacob Born. As an active member of Pinedale Christian Church, she enjoyed attending Bible study groups with her friends. As well as being a hardworking mother of her three...
Mrs. Grace Rabuck Herb, 85, of Winston-Salem passed away Monday, October 20, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born August 9, 1923 in Dauphin County, PA to Walter Grover and Jennie Daniels Rabuck. Mrs. Herb was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania. She has been a resident of Winston-Salem for 39 years, and was a member of...