GERMANTON Mr. Hobert Eugene Lawson, 90, passed away Monday, October 20, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. He was born in Stokes County on June 6, 1918 to the late Thomas Blaine Lawson and Delzen Tuttle Lawson. Mr. Lawson was a member of Corinth Church of Christ and was a retired carpenter and general contractor. In his...
Miss Margaret Ann Lortie, 51, of Winston-Salem, passed away October 19, 2008 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born August 5, 1957 to Dick and Mary Alice Lortie. Miss Lortie was a member of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. She graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School in 1975 and North Carolina State University in 1979. She...
Mrs. Laurette Elizabeth (Smith) Hensley, 86, of 332 Burkewood Dr. Winston-Salem, NC. passed away Sunday, October 20, 2008, at The Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hensley was born Aug, 2, 1922, to the late George and Sally Markland of Davie County. She married the late Robert Edward Hensley (known as; Floss or Curley) of Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hensley...
Mrs. Gladys Apple Stinson, 90, left this earth to be with her Lord and Savior on October 19, 2008 at her home. She was born in Rockingham County to the late Robert Hester and Ella Mae Dye Apple. Mrs. Stinson was preceded in death by her adoring husband, Gorrell Robert Stinson; three brothers, Cleo, Clyde, and Curtis Apple; and a...
Willard Gray Speaks, 88, of Winston-Salem, NC was called to heaven on Oct. 18, 2008. Willard was born July 30, 1920 in Winston-Salem and passed away at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ada Speaks, a brother Ralph Speaks, a sister Lou Long, and his loving wife Ruth Davis Speaks. He is survived by his...
Mr. Earl Michael Henderson, 59, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born September 15, 1949 in Surry County, the son of the late, Earl and Anna Henderson. For 35 years Mike traveled around North Carolina and Virginia as a Whole Sale Parts Representative; the last few years have been a joy to...
Mr. Rexford ""Rex"" Earl Collins, 57, of Kernersville, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born February 9, 1951 in Mecklenburg County to Dewey W. and Mary Boone Collins. Mr. Collins was a member of Pine Chapel Moravian Church and was employed with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather...
KERNERSVILLE--Mrs. Sylvia Smith Saylor, 74 of Atlantic Beach, formerly a long time resident of Kernersville, passed away October 17, 2008. She was born in Spencer, NC to the late Elva and Adrian Smith. She graduated with honors from Boyden High School in 1951, and from business college in Salisbury. She was a loving and dedicated mother, grandmother, and friend to...
KING WINSTON-SALEM, Mr. Bernard Thomas ""Bernie"" King, 96, died Friday, October 17, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. Bernie was born in the Westfield Community on May 12, 1912 the son of the late Thomas and Kate Atkinson King. Mr. King was a member of Mineral Springs Baptist Church in Winston-Salem for 54 years. A member of the Forsyth Lions Club....
KERNERSVILLE - William Lee Wright, Jr., 46, a loving husband, father, and son, went home to be with his Lord Thursday, October 16, 2008. He was born November 26, 1961 in Davidson County. Lee was a member of Kerwin Baptist Church. He was owner and operator of Wright Plumbing. Surviving are his wife, Michelle Bradley Wright of the home; three...
Mr. John ""Jack"" Richard Krogh, 67, of Clemmons passed away Sunday, October 16, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born November, 24 1940 in Omaha Nebraska to Richard and Bernice Kelley Krogh. Mr. Krogh graduated from the University of Nebraska in Omaha with a B.S. in Engineering. He retired from the Continental Can/Imperial Bondware after many years of service....
KERNERSVILLE - Mabel Peoples Beam, 82, passed away Thursday, October 16, 2008 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She was born May 22, 1926 in Forsyth Co. Mrs. Beam was employed by Hooker Furniture for 24 years, then worked for Angela's Grill and Pub for 5 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Raymond Beam and...
SHORT - Winston-Salem Mrs. Helen Marie Mullins Short, 79, passed away Thursday, October 16, 2008 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital Palliative Care Unit. She was born August 17, 1929 in Sullivan County, TN to the late Melvin Roy and Hazel Marie Estelle Orfield Mullins. Helen was a member of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church and participated in Meals on Wheels and...
KERNERSVILLE - Nellie Gunnell Lawson, 91, a loving, caring mother and grandmother went to be with her Lord, Wednesday, October 15, 2008. She was born September 3, 1917 in Patrick Co., Virginia to the late Dixie and Alice Greenwood Gunnell. Mrs. Lawson formerly resided on Adams St. in Kernersville. She retired from RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. after 33 years of...
Mrs. Alice Shimkonis Lashmit, 89, of Winston-Salem passed away Wednesday morning, October 15, 2008 at her home, surrounded by her family, following a long battle with cancer. She was born January 20, 1919 in Tamaqua, PA.. She was a member of Hope Moravian Church, the Women's Fellowship, the Clemmons VFW and the Women of the Moose. Mrs. Lashmit was retired...
CARTER - Pfafftown Mr. LeRay Carter, 66, passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at his home. He was born May 25, 1942 in Yadkin County to the late Thomas Harold Carter and Ethel Leona Sizemore. Mr. Carter retired from Forsyth County Garage with 30 years service. He attended Old Richmond Evangelical Methodist Church. Mr. Carter was a loving husband, father,...
Robert Duncan Sipprell, Sr, age 96, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at Bermuda Village Health Center. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. A native of Western New York, Bob was born in Orchard Park, NY on December 30, 1911 to the late Henry V. Sipprell and Martha Anderson Bonnar Sipprell. He graduated from Ohio State...
Rev. Robert P. Bunch, 84, of Winston-Salem died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was a native of Iredell County, born in Statesville on April 2, 1924, the son of the late Fred B. Bunch, Sr. and Lizzie Mae Pardue Bunch. Rev. Bunch was a minister of the United Methodist Church and a member of...
Mr. Frank Herman Reid, 78 of Winston-Salem died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at his home. Mr. Reid was born April 14, 1930 in Forsyth County, a son of the late Willis Reid and the late Dolly Myers Reid. He was an US Navy veteran serving during the Korean War and was retired from R.J. Reynolds with 30 years of service....
PINNACLE Mr. Mark Edward ""Eddie"" Hall Jr., 21, passed away unexpectedly along with his girlfriend, Melissa Weaver on Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Eddie was born in Forsyth County on October 7, 1987 the son of Mark and Yvonne Hall. He was of the Baptist faith and was employed by Wal-Mart in Mt.Airy. Eddie graduated from West Stokes High School in...