Mr. Jack Devinet Lingafelt, 74, of Winston-Salem passed away Sunday, August 10, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born in Burke County to the late Lee Roy and Della Whisnant Lingafelt. Mr. Lingafelt was a member of Waughtown Baptist Church and a former member of Antioch Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, Sunday school teacher...
Jack Stephens - man of God, beloved husband, father, son, brother, friend and jokester - died early Sunday morning, August 10, 2008, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. He was born Sept. 6, 1957, in Brownwood, TX. In 1981, Jack married Kimberly Freitag in her hometown of Fairbury, NE. The couple recently celebrated their twenty-seventh wedding anniversary on...
BOLES - Tobaccoville Mr. William Earl ""Bill"" Boles, 83, died on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born in Monroe, VA on November 28, 1924 to the late Charles Norman and Mary Maude Harris Boles. Mr. Boles was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy having served in WWII. He retired from R.J. Reynolds...
KERNERSVILLE-Mrs. Nona Hepler Ford went to be with her Lord Saturday August 9, 2008 at her home. She was born March 20, 1920 in Forsyth County to the late Zeb F. and Rosa Lee Bodford Hepler. Mrs. Ford was a member of Kerwin Baptist Church where she was ""Mother of the Year"" in 1995. In addition to her parents she...
Rev. Blaine L. Possinger, Sr. went to be with the Lord Saturday, August 9, 2008. He was born December 2, 1921 in Stroudsburg, PA. to the late George F. and Emma E. Dyson Possinger. Mr. Possinger was a minister/pastor for 40 years in the triad area. While serviving in the U.S. Army during WWII, he met and married the late...
KERNERSVILLE - Frances Magdeline Bauguess Englebert, 82, passed away Friday, August 08, 2008 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She was born May 18, 1926 in Forsyth Co. to the late Carl and Nora Key Bauguess. Mrs. Englebert was a member of Main St. Baptist Church in Kernersville. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
DATELINE: King Mrs. Gladys ""Imogene"" Ward Presswood, age 81 of King died Friday morning August 8, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Presswood was born in Forsyth County, April 18, 1927 to the late Elonzo Columbus and late Elizabeth Rachael Hill Ward. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, embroidering, crochet, cooking and gardening. In addition to...
Edith Ussery Lyons died early Friday evening, August 8, 2008 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. She was born September 17, 1920 in Sanford, NC. In 1945 Edith married Paul Lyons, a New York native, and the couple moved to Raleigh. During the summer of 1964, Edith and Paul came to Winston-Salem where they lived the rest...
KERNERSVILLE - Billy Joseph Hull, Sr. 75, passed away Friday, August 8, 2008 at Northern Hospital of Surry Co. He was born March 3, 1933 in Forsyth Co. to the late James Columbus Hull, Sr. and Edna Boles Hull. Mr. Hull served in the United States Navy and was a farmer. In addition to his parents he was preceded in...
Mrs. Kathleen Hanes Denton, 82, of Winston-Salem, passed away on Friday, August 8, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Davie County on January 12, 1926. Mrs. Denton was an active member of Canaan United Methodist Church. She was a certified ceramic artist and loved card making. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. Mrs....
After a hard fought battle with cancer, Mr. Verlon Grey Kyle 72, of Winston-Salem, NC passed away August 7, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born May 19, 1936, in Carroll County, VA to the late Elbert David Kyle and Lola Mae Newman Kyle. Mr. Kyle grew up in Carroll County VA. He was a lover of all sports,...
KERNERSVILLE -Stephen ""Steve"" Earl Jumper, 50, passed away Thursday, August 7, 2008. He was born April 24, 1958 in Forsyth Co. to Peggie Dezern and Enos A. Jumper, Jr. Steve was a graduate of West Forsyth High School, and a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church. At the age of 16 he gave his heart to Jesus while attending Gospel...
Mrs. Janice Beam passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Cleveland County on May 13, 1938. Janice was a member of Covenant Baptist Fellowship Church and a member of the Eastern Star. She retired from Piedmont Airlines (USAirways) after 34 years of service. Janice was preceded in death by her parents, Gene...
Mrs. Joyce Vaughn Battle, 44, of Winston-Salem passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center after a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born in Ft. Bragg, NC on September 14, 1963 to Johnny and Mary Biven Vaughn. Joyce was a graduate of Fayetteville State University where she earned ALL-CIAA honors as a junior....
Mrs. Lucille Dugan Nichols, 86, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at the Palliative Care Unit at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born January 1, 1922 in Cook County, Illinois. Mrs. Nichols was a member of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church and was Auxillary President of the VFW Post 9010 in Clemmons since 1977. She retired from Eckerd Pharmacy...
Lucille (Lucy) Mahood Spain, 82, died on August 6, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born on October 13, 1925 to Glenn Ray and Annie Nash Mahood. Lucy graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School in 1944 and was a graduate of City Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She worked at City Hospital for a number of years and finished...
Mr. Robert Lester Wade, 85, of Clemmons has left our presence to the presence of our Heavenly Father on August 6, 2008 from the W.G. ""Bill"" Hefner V.A. Medical Center in Salisbury, NC. His life began on February 15, 1923 in Huntington WVA from a hard-working, faith-based, dedicated family that shaped his character. As a young man he joined the...
Mr. Joseph Herman, 82, formerly of 400 Cocker Hill Road, Binghamton, NY 13904, passed away Tuesday, August 5th at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Broom County, NY on February 7, 1926 to the late Frank and Anna Herman. Mr. Herman proudly served during WWII in the 7th Army 101st and participated in the Battle of...
Audrey LaCourse Parsons, 94, passed away early on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, at Brookridge Retirement Community in Winston-Salem, surrounded by the love of her family. She was born in Bristol, Conn., on July 31, 1914, the daughter of Omer and Julia LaCourse. She was the first member of the family to attend college, graduating from Connecticut College with a degree...