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Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.
Penny Denise Cranfill Smith
May 19, 2026
Penny Denise Cranfill Smith, 64, of Kernersville, NC passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at her home. She was born on September 17, 1961, to Pattie Hubbard Cranfill and the late Harold Dean Cranfill in Forsyth County.
Penny worked for Duke Energy for 47 years as a Senior Work Management Specialist after being hired directly out of high school....
Lawrence Wales Wilson, Jr.
May 18, 2026
Lawrence W. Wilson, Jr., 89, of Fort Edward, NY, went peacefully to be with the Lord on May 18, 2026.
He was born March 17, 1937 in Saranac Lake to Lawrence Wales Wilson, Sr. and Clara Curran Wilson. Larry (Willie) retired from the U.S. Air Force, where he proudly served for 20 years. While in the military, he received many awards...
Odessa Frye Rhoades
May 18, 2026
Mrs. Odessa Frye Rhoades, 96, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 18, 2026, at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born on September 8, 1929 in Forsyth County to Claude Allen and Sophia Freeman Frye. Odessa retired from RJR Tobacco after many years of service. She was a member of Bethlehem Methodist Church. She enjoyed traveling and spending time at the...
Daniel Pangilinan Palomares
May 18, 2026
Daniel "Danny" Palomares left this world the same way he lived in it, surrounded by the people he loved most. On May 18, 2026, at the age of 75, Danny passed away peacefully, cradled by family and held in the warmth of a life extraordinarily well-lived.
Danny was many things to many people. To his beloved wife Elena, he was a...
Sylvia Jean McDavid
May 17, 2026
Jean Swaney McDavid, affectionately known as “Mean Jean” to those who enjoyed her sense of humor, passed peacefully on May 17, 2026, at the age of 71, surrounded by her family.
Jean was born in Alamance County and entered the world with two sisters who remained connected to her throughout her life. At the age of ten, she was adopted by...
Diana McKnight Grubbs
May 17, 2026
“Lord, help me today. Show me the way. One day at a time.” Mrs. Diana McKnight Grubbs, 82, of Rural Hall, died Sunday, May 17, 2026 at Yadkin Nursing Center. Mrs. Grubbs was born June 12, 1943 to Hobart David and Mary Ruth Sykes McKnight, both now deceased. She attended the local schools and graduated from Reynolds High School. She...
Frances "Fran" Holloman
May 17, 2026
Frances DeShazo Holloman “Fran” passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2026 at Mallard Ridge Assisted Living Center.
Fran was born on April 27, 1931 to Daris and Anna Mae DeShazo. Her early life was spent moving from town to town and state to state as her father’s job changed. She met the love of her life James Flanagan “Jim” Holloman in...
Stephanie Hope Welden
May 17, 2026
Stephanie Hope Welden, 93, passed away on May 17, 2026, at Salemtowne Retirement Community in Winston-Salem, NC.
Stephanie grew up in a creative family. Her mother was a painter of portraits and landscapes in oils, and her father was an industrial designer who designed the Rever Copper and Brass cookware. She attended the National Academy of Design in New York City,...
Johnny Lee Brown, Sr.
May 16, 2026
Johnny Lee Brown, Sr., age 70, of Winston-Salem, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on May 16, 2026.
Johnny was born on October 27, 1955, in Forsyth Co. to the late Gilbert Lee Brown and Annie Ruth (Hauser) Brown. Johnny was loved by all who knew him. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and friend whose kindness, humor, and gentle...
Carolyn Mae Disher
May 16, 2026
Carolyn Mae Seats Disher, 87, of Lewisville, NC, passed away on May 16, 2026 at her home.
Carolyn was born on November 21, 1938 to the late John Clingman Seats and Louise Bryant Seats of Forsyth County. Carolyn was part of the last graduating class of Lewisville High School in 1956. She then earned her degree from Appalachian State Teachers College...
Heidi Ann Smith
May 15, 2026
Heidi Ann Smith, 74, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2026, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home.
Heidi was born at Tinker Air Force Base Hospital in Midwest City, Oklahoma, to the late Lester Edward Smith and Mabel Rita Ferreira Smith on July 21, 1951.
During her life, Heidi lived in Oklahoma, the Philippines, South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, and...
Trudy Gayle Miller Sizemore
May 15, 2026
Mrs. Trudy Gayle Miller Sizemore, 74, passed away on Friday May 15, 2026, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born on December 26, 1951, in Lexington, Virginia to the late Bobby Franklin Miller and Lelia Mae Hayslett Lloyd. Trudy was a homemaker while raising her children, then worked as an accountant/office manager for Winston-Salem Engraving for over 30...
Avon Ronald Spencer
May 15, 2026
Walkertown – Mr. Avon Ronald Spencer passed away May 15, 2026, at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born January 28, 1942, to the late Orris F. Spencer and Susie Davis Spencer. Avon was a proud member of Gospel Light Baptist Church, where he proudly served as an assistant captain of the ushers. He was an avid coin collector, a lover...
Oma Lou Pruitt Pitts
May 14, 2026
Mrs. Oma Lou Pruitt Pitts, 86, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2026, surrounded by family at Hospice of the Triad in High Point, NC. She was the daughter of Nathaniel and Minnie Bullins Pruitt and the wife of Gene B. Pitts for 59 years.
She was a proud member of Smith Grove Baptist Church in Colfax, NC. She worked at and...
Nancy Virginia Johnson
May 14, 2026
Nancy Virginia Johnson, 73, of Winston-Salem, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2026, at Forsyth Medical Center.
Ms. Johnson was born November 26, 1952, in Martinsville, VA, to Henry Clifton Johnson Sr. and Ida Mae Weathers Johnson. In 1971, she graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School then later attended East Carolina University with a focus in Sports Medicine. Nancy worked for Integon...
Deborah Ann Brown
May 14, 2026
Born on April 30, 1956, in Portsmouth, Virginia, Deborah Ann Brown passed away peacefully on May 14, 2026, at 7:25 a.m. at Beacon Place, surrounded by loved ones.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Carl LeRoy Brown; her son, Thomas Allen Nelsen “Tommy”; her parents, Fredrick Grey Keene and Pearl Lucille Boyer; and her sister, Terri Lynn Homan.
She...
Samuel "Sam" Lewis Chriscoe
May 13, 2026
Samuel “Sam” Lewis Chriscoe passed away on May 13, 2026, in Greenville, South Carolina. He was born on November 23, 1943, in Asheboro, North Carolina to Lewis and Mary Chriscoe. Sam left high school to become a diesel mechanic before joining the Navy Seabees where he did a tour of duty in Vietnam. Sam loved NASCAR, country music, animals of...
Jason Theodore Grigg
May 13, 2026
Jason Grigg of Winston-Salem, North Carolina passed away in his home on May 13th from ALS.
Jason was born in Wisconsin to James and Jane Grigg. He attended West Forsyth High School. After school he served a 2-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Utah. In 1993 he married Jennifer Storms at the Chicago LDS Temple....
Ross Alexander Huneycutt
May 13, 2026
Mr. Ross Alexander Huneycutt, 80, of Lewisville, NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at Salemtowne Retirement Community. Ross was born in Stanly County, NC on September 2, 1945, to the late Paul Alexander Huneycutt and Ramelle Ross Huneycutt.
Ross served his country in the United States Army and was stationed in Texas and Walter Reed Hospital in Washington,...
Richard "Rich" Jeffrey Janik
May 13, 2026
Mr. Richard “Rich” Jeffrey Janik, 69, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2026. He was born on January 7, 1957, to the late Richard L. Janik and Eleanore Janik in Euclid, OH. He lived in Salix, PA and then moved to Rural Hall, NC in 2014. He resided in King, NC at the end of his life. Rich graduated from Greater...
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