Walnut Cove – Mr. Bobby Eugene Kearns passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2022, At Kernersville Medical Center. Bobby was born November 17, 1953, in Davidson County to the late Jack Ruben Kearns and Jean Mae Spaugh Upchurch. He was very active at Gospel Light Baptist Church; he loved his church family and he also loved to fish when time...
Mr. Charles Glenn Palmer, 65, passed away at his childhood home in the Francisco community on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, after a brief battle of cancer. He was born on December 20, 1956 the son of the late Glenn and Louise Palmer. Charles was raised in the Francisco community, where he grew up in the tobacco fields,...
Ms. Debra Dudley Barbee, 67, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at her residence. She was born September 4, 1954, to the late Calvin Dudley Jr. and Jean Whitlow Dudley. She was a graduate from North Forsyth High School and pursued her career at Hanesbrands Inc. Debra enjoyed spending time with her family. Along...
Betty Nifong Bowman went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. She was born March 25, 1927, to the late Leila and Clete Nifong. She had a 2-year-old sister, Cleo. After her mother’s passing when she was six months old, she became the daughter of Uncle Jamie and Aunt Ila Nifong and has...
Winston Salem – Ms. Virgie Lee Laramore Parnell, 93, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 2, 2022. She was born February 25, 1929 to the late Emory Clyde and Wynona Disher Laramore. Virgie was a charter member of Gospel Light Baptist Church in Walkertown. She is preceded in death by her husband Jack Parnell, Sr. a...
Mr. Cesar Cristobal Rijo, 65, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2022. He was born November 16, 1956, in La Romana, Dominican Republic to the late Dulce Rijo.
He was a God loving husband, brother, father, and grandfather, who loved baseball and golf, traveling around the world, and deeply enjoyed the culinary arts. He was passionate...
Mrs. Nina Blackburn Martin, 88, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at Trellis Supportive Care in Winston-Salem, NC.
Nina was a resident of Clemmons Village 2 for the past 3 years.
She was born on August 27, 1933, to the late William Rowan Blackburn and Dovie Richardson Blackburn.
Nina loved her...
Mrs. Nancy Irene White Redd, 71, of Mocksville passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at her residence. Nancy was born in Forsyth County to Ernest White and Maude Brown White on December 11, 1950. She loved photography of all kinds, from taking pictures of beaches, lighthouses, landscapes, flowers to hummingbirds and wildlife. She loved going to the beach and...
Mr. Henry Lamar Veal, 75, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away Monday, August 1, 2022.
Born September 26, 1946, in Troup County, GA, Mr. Veal was a veteran of service in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He lived in Fayetteville, GA for many years, retired as a compliance manager from Delta Airlines after faithfully working his...
Mrs. Connie Brinegar Lawson,75, passed away August 1, 2022, at her home. She was born on August 21, 1946, in Forsyth County to the late Robert Abraham Brinegar and Minnie Emma Ethel Orander Brinegar. Connie worked as a Postmaster in the post office at Wake Forest University for 33 years. She was of the Baptist faith and loved the...
Ms. Dorcas “Dottie” Gobble Wilkes, 73, of Clemmons, NC, passed away Monday, August 1, 2022, at her residence. Dottie was born on January 28, 1949, in Davie County to the late Ottis Lee Gobble and Audrey White Gobble. She was a longtime member of Ijames Baptist Church in Mocksville and a regular attendee at Center United Methodist Church in...
Chad Anderson Cornatzer, 47, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, July 31, 2022. He was born in Forsyth County on April 19, 1975 to Woody and Mary Willard Cornatzer who survive. Also surviving is a son, Anderson Kayde Cornatzer; sister, Jodi Weatherman (Jody); niece, Maggie Rogers (Caleb); nephew, Tate Weatherman (Savanna); great-nieces, Remi and Laina Rogers; also...
Mrs. Lucille Whitley Royall, 91, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. She was born on March 18, 1931, in Davidson Co. the daughter of the late William McKinley Whitley and Ollie Beeson Whitley. She was a longtime member of Jefferson Christian Church and she had retired from Hanes Knitting. She also...
Ms. Annie Livingston passed away on July 31st, 2022, at her home in Winston Salem. She was born on February 11th, 1934, in Carter, TN to the late David Livingston and Lena McKeehan Livingston. Annie was a long-time member of Woodland Baptist Church and cared very much for her church family. She enjoyed being involved in helping with family...
Lois Edwards Vipperman, 89, wife of Eugene Edward Kennedy, both of King, NC passed away peacefully Sunday morning July 31, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. due to complications of a long term illness. Mrs. Vipperman was born in Hamptonville, NC, daughter of Weaver and Ruby Edwards. She was a long time employee of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and resided...
Fannie Mae Serrin, 96, passed away quietly under hospice care at home in Kernersville, NC, on July 30, 2022. Grannie Mae, which was a name she cherished, was born on December 15, 1925, in Evergreen Alabama to the late Walter Ray Ramer and Nettie Daw Ramer in Evergreen, AL. Losing her father at an early age to a tragic accident,...
Mrs. Peggy Nunn Wilkins Belk, 87, of Pilot Mountain (formerly of Winston-Salem), went to live with Jesus on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Peggy was born in Stokes County on March 24, 1935 to the late John Henry and Ula Carson Nunn. She worked in the preschool at Gospel Light Baptist Church for many years and later worked as a...
Jonathan Michael McKnight, 30, went to be with his Lord and Savior unexpectedly on Friday, July 29, 2022 at his home. He was born in Forsyth County on January 3, 1992 to Mike and Laura Mock McKnight who survive along with his brother, Jack McKnight; also surviving are his maternal grandmother, Ruth Pope Mock; aunt, Michelle Myers (Roger) and...
Mrs. Shelby Jean Vestal Parham, 82, of Clemmons passed away Friday July 29 2022. She was born January 9 1940 in Ashe county NC. She was preceded in death by her parents, Raleigh Alton Vestal and Mary Edith Houck Vestal and a Great Grandchild Judd Gough. She is survived by her spouse of 39 years, Alvin Edward Parham who...
Rachel Morris Murphy,85, passed away peacefully in her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on July 29, 2022. Born in Coventry, England, she was a little girl during the bombings in World War II. She often told of how, after bombs had blown out the glass from the windows, the milkman would much to her delight, hand her the milk...