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Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.
Janet Sue Myers
Nov 24, 2023
Our beloved mother Janet Williams Myers, 82, of Winston-Salem, NC passed away peacefully on November 24th at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born on August 7th, 1941, in Maxton SC. She was preceded in death by her parents Lloyd Williams (Bunny), Maizelle Williams, Jack Williams (brother) and sister Carolyn Merritt (Mike). She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great grandmother, mother...
Elma Lee Smith Edwards
Nov 24, 2023
Elma Lee Smith Edwards passed on into the more immediate presence of Jesus on November 24, 2023. Elma was born in Yancey County to Lewis and Bessie Ray Smith. Her mom passed when Elma was very young, and she was sent to live with her paternal grandparents. Times were hard in Buncombe County, and it was there that she learned...
James T. "Jim" Lynch
Nov 24, 2023
Mr. James T. Lynch “Jim” of Winston-Salem passed away on November 24, 2023. He was born in Pilot Mountain, NC to James Walter Lynch and Mattie Frye Lynch on April 24, 1923. Living to be 100 years old, married to his sweetheart Jenny for 73 years, his life was full of joy. An electrician by trade, he could repair or...
Judy Darlene Tucker Meadows
Nov 23, 2023
Mrs. Judy Darlene Tucker Meadows, age 69 of Advance, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, November 23, 2023 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. She was born October 14, 1954 in Surry County to Bill Tucker and Judith Pardew Tucker. She is preceded in death by her husband Larry Ray Meadows. She is survived by her daughter, Amanda Jackson (Eric), Step-Daughter...
Nancy Bostick Taylor
Nov 23, 2023
Mrs. Nancy Bostick Taylor, 84, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2023, at Forsyth Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Nancy was born in Ripley, Mississippi on February 14, 1939, to the late Onnie and Olga Nance Bostick. She grew up in Memphis, TN where she met her husband, Charles Taylor. They graduated from Messick High School and married on...
Deborah Freeman Pitts
Nov 23, 2023
Kernersville-Ms. Deborah Freeman Pitts, 60, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2023 at the Hospice Home of High Point. She was born April 8, 1963 to Carl and Laura Freeman. She was an active member of Kerwin Baptist Church and admired her church family. Deborah loved spending her time with her grandchildren, being outdoors, and watching horror movies. She...
Chester Lee "CL" Gordon, Jr
Nov 23, 2023
Chester Lee “CL” Gordon, Jr, 98, passed away on November 23, 2023. He was born on January 4, 1925, to Chester Lee Gordon, Sr., and Lula Mae Griffin Gordon in Davidson County. CL enjoyed a successful career as a life insurance agent and retired from Western and Southern Insurance Company in 1983. He was a man of faith who will...
Carol Palermo Schmidlin
Nov 22, 2023
Carol Ann Palermo Schmidlin went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 surrounded by her family. She was strong in her faith and dedication to her community and fierce in her independence and love for others. Her selflessness was second to none, as she spent her days dedicated to others in any capacity she could. The...
Geneva Landingham Mosteller
Nov 22, 2023
WINSTON SALEM – Geneva Elizabeth Landingham Mosteller, 104, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 surrounded by her family. Geneva was born on August 18, 1919 in Winston-Salem, NC to Nellie Mae Pike and Grover Landingham Sr. She was raised in the Mineral Springs community, graduating from Mineral Springs High School and attending Ogburn Memorial...
Douglas "Drew" Pleasants
Nov 22, 2023
Douglas “Drew” Pleasants, 69, passed away at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Center on November 22, 2023. Drew was born on October 11, 1954, to Douglas Deane Pleasants and Margie Thomas Pleasants in Alamance County. Following his service in the U.S. Navy, Drew was employed as an aircraft mechanic for both Piedmont and USAir Airlines. Drew enjoyed golfing and...
Janie Willard Lee
Nov 22, 2023
Janie Avalee Willard Lee, 90, passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at her daughter's Greensboro home, bathed in the love of her family. She was born in Oak Ridge and happily resided there nearly her entire life. For many decades, almost all her neighbors were siblings. She loved how they would all gather next door at her father's farmhouse...
Harry Edison Cooley
Nov 21, 2023
Harry Edison Cooley, 88, of Winston-Salem, NC went to his heavenly home November 21, 2023 after a brief illness.
Harry was born in El Paso, Texas on June 7, 1935. He surrendered his life to Christ in 1944. His family moved to Elk Park, NC when he was 9 years old after his father passed away. He attended Cranberry High...
Christopher "Chris" Lee Forrest
Nov 21, 2023
Christopher Lee Forrest, 65, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born in Forsyth Co. on December 8, 1957, the son of William “Bill” Forrest and the late Carole Needham Forrest Bray. Chris had a deep love of Harley Davidson Motorcycles and loved to make them go fast! He was president of...
David Lee Callahan
Nov 21, 2023
David Lee Callahan, 69, of Kernersville, went to be with Jesus on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 after courageously fighting his battle with cancer for over a year. It was with his Savior’s help, that he was able to endure the pain and suffering of this world, but now he is well and walking on the streets of gold.
David was...
Alice Dorsett Wahlfeldt
Nov 21, 2023
Alice Dorsett Wahlfeldt, 93 years young, has broken free of her earthly chains and taken her flight to paradise. Youngest and the last remaining of the 12 siblings of Everett Richard Dorsett and Ida Bevins Dorsett, Alice was Born August 20, 1930 in Forsyth County. She leaves behind her two children, Donna Marie W. Koroll, (husband Steve) and Melvin D Wahlfeldt, Jr...
Sandra Needham Haile
Nov 20, 2023
Mrs. Sandra Needham Haile, 72, passed away Monday November 20, 2023. She was born December 1, 1950, in Forsyth County to the late Joesph Allen Needham and Eula Massey Needham. Sandra enjoyed reading and retired from Auto Supply with 26 years of service as a payroll specialist. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Charles Haile, a...
Charles "Wayne" Carswell
Nov 20, 2023
Charles “Wayne” Carswell, 69, passed away on Monday, November 20, 2023, at his home. He was born in Forsyth Co. on April 16, 1954, the son of the late Charles Earl Carswell and Vanice Gentry Carswell. Wayne retired from IT work and was very mechanically minded and a skilled handy man. He loved his family and spending time in...
Francis "Frank" Roosevelt Myers
Nov 20, 2023
Mr. Francis (Frank) Myers, 89, quietly departed this world on Monday, November 20, 2023. Born on April 6, 1934, in Jenkins Jones, WVA, to the late Charles Myers and Beulah Myers, Frank grew up in a home in his beloved West Virginia mountains. There, he met and married the love of his life, Ruth Harris Myers. They began their new...
Shirley Trent Stanley
Nov 19, 2023
Shirley Trent Stanley, 96, passed away peacefully on November 19, 2023, with her family lovingly by her side. Born October 17, 1927, to Dorothy and Oakley Trent, Shirley lived most of her young life in War, West Virginia, where she was born. She was the 3rd oldest of five siblings – sisters Pauline (Keen), Lorraine (Wright), Marie (Horn) and...
Henry Lee Campbell, Sr.
Nov 19, 2023
Henry Lee Campbell, Sr., 89, has gone to be with the Lord. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and under the care of the wonderful staff at Kate B Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC, on the afternoon of Sunday, November 19, 2023.
Henry was born on September 30, 1934, in Winston-Salem to the late William Harry Campbell and...
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