Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.

Oct 8, 2022

Kernersville – Mrs. Lana Kiser Smith, 79, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Shannon Grey Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Guilford County on April 29, 1943, to the late Clarence Kiser and Pauline Thornton Kiser. Lana loved her family, especially her grandchildren. They were her world. She was a member of Parkwood Baptist Church, taught Sunday School,...

Oct 7, 2022

Merrick Alexander Stone Guggeis, 26, of Atlanta, GA, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 7, 2022. He was born June 29, 1996, in Forsyth County to Michael and Shelly Guggeis. Merrick grew up in Clemmons, NC where he was a 2014 graduate of West Forsyth High School. He furthered his education at Western Carolina University, graduating with honors in...

Oct 7, 2022

Mr. David Lee Griffin, Jr., 71, passed away Friday October 7, 2022. He was born February 5, 1951, in Stokes County to the late David Lee Griffin, Sr. and Mary Warren Griffin. After graduating from South Stokes High School in 1969, David began a 38-year career at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. In addition to his parents, David was preceded...

Oct 7, 2022

Ms. Ruby Kathleen “Kat” Bodenheimer, 85, passed away on October 7, 2022, at Bermuda Commons. She was born in Davidson County, NC to Paul Stanley Bodenheimer and Ruby Cody Bodenheimer. Kat graduated from South Fork High school in the class of 1955. Kat worked for Hanes Hosiery Mill for many years before starting work as a clerk at the...

Oct 7, 2022

A gentle soul and kind wanderer, Frank Ellis Stearns, Jr. ended his life’s journey on October 7, 2022, and began his heavenward ascent after 78 years. The son of Captain Frank Ellis Stearns and his wife Jessie May Pleasants Stearns, Frank, Jr. was born in Winston-Salem NC on January 24, 1944, a wartime baby who did not see his...

Oct 6, 2022

Mr. Timothy Dwane Davis, 63, went home to be with his Heavenly father October 6, 2022. He was born March 3, 1959, in Surry County to Verlie Marion Davis and the late Thomas Wayne Davis Sr. Tim was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who cherished his family. He worked over 32 years for Penn Manufacturing, had a passion...

Oct 6, 2022

Mrs. Ellen Brooke Wilder Guyan, 72, passed away after a brave and lengthy battle with cancer on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Summerstone Health and Rehabilitation. She was born on May 27, 1950, in Portsmouth, VA to Fred Maurice and Anne Benton Wilder, Jr. Ellen was a Registered Nurse and worked as one in the Operating Room for 40...

Oct 6, 2022

Mrs. Pauline Hege Jones, 98, of Winston-Salem passed away Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Vienna Village where she had resided since January 2016. Mrs. Jones was born January 21, 1924, in Winston-Salem, NC. She lived there with her husband most of her life with exception of a period of time when they lived in Succasunna, NJ from 1977 to...

Oct 6, 2022

Mrs. Vivian Marie Rush Davis, 81, passed away Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Forsyth Medical Center.  She was born December 12, 1940, in Cumberland Gap, TN, the daughter of Theodore and Eva Ferry Rush.  Vivian was a faithful member of Green Valley Baptist Church and loved Gospel Singing.  She adored her flowers and loved babysitting all the...

Oct 5, 2022

Mr. Michael William Ferguson, 65, passed away October 5, 2022, at his home. He was born April 4, 1957, in Forsyth County, NC, to the late William Howard Ferguson and Dolores Irene Merritt Ferguson. He retired from RJ Reynolds after thirty plus years of service. Michael was a member of Faith United Methodist Church, animal lover, and enjoyed gardening....

Oct 5, 2022

Nick George Chrysson, Jr., M.D. passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at the age of 61. He was born in Winston-Salem, NC on August 25, 1961 to Faye and Nick Chrysson, Sr.  He graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor’s of Science. He received a Governor’s Board of Medical Scholarships and received his M.D. from the Duke University School of...

Oct 5, 2022

Mrs. Janice Smith Stafford, 85, was called home Wednesday, October 5th, 2022, from Kernersville Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.

She was born June 5, 1937, in Forsyth County to Chester and Ida Faye Smith. She graduated from Glenn High School where she enjoyed being a cheerleader.

She was a life-long member of Glenn...

Oct 4, 2022

Mrs. Pearl Julane Jarrell Smith was born on November 24, 1939, in Cabell County, WV, the daughter of the late Porter Vass and Eathel Rebecca Meehling Jarrell. At age 82 she passed away at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home on October 4, 2022. In addition to her parents Pearl is preceded in death by her loving husband Robert Ray...

Oct 4, 2022

Mrs. Shirley Joyce Shaw Reeder, 87, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Shirley was born February 18, 1935, in Red Banks Mississippi to the late Chester Daniel Shaw and Lurline B. Shaw. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, her husband of 53 years, William Elliott “Bill” Reeder. She is survived by their three children,...

Oct 4, 2022

Timothy Matthew Dunn, 31, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 4, 2022.  He was born in New York on February 21, 1991 to John and Catherine Eichler Dunn.  He graduated from West Forsyth High School in 2009 and went on to graduate from UNC Pembroke.  He was an avid wrestler in high school and college.  Tim was an ex-president...

Oct 4, 2022

“We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.” – II Corinthians 5:8. Mr. Jesus Velez, 76, of Clemmons, NC, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2022.  Jesus was born in Puerto Rico on July 20, 1946, to the late Efrain Velez-Rodriguez and Maria Bonifasia Berrios-Lorenzana.

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Oct 3, 2022

Howard Lee King, age 83, of Kernersville NC, passed away on October 3, 2022, in Novant Kernersville Medical Center in Kernersville, NC. Born on August 22, 1939, in Mitchell County, he was the son of the late Frank and Essie Tipton King. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his sisters; Dorothy Grindstaff, Mary...

Oct 3, 2022

Mr. Chia Cho Pan, age 94 of Advance, NC, passed away in spirit peacefully on Monday, October 3, 2022, but he will always be held in the hearts of his family.  He was born in 1927, in Shanghai, China. He is preceded in death by his wife, Kae Tsun Chan Pan, and one son, Alexander Ho Kin Pan.  He...

Oct 3, 2022

Lola Lois Johnson Mason, 86, of Creekside Terrace in Winston-Salem, NC, went home to be with the Lord on October 3, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Lola was born and raised in Franklin Co., VA. She cared more about her family and her husband than she did about herself. She was a faithful wife and mother (Eph. 5:25)....

Oct 3, 2022

Mrs. Carolyn Jean Higdon Head, 89, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away Monday October 3, 2022, at Bermuda Village Retirement Community.

Carolyn was born on August 7, 1933, to the late Joseph Hidgon, Sr. and Edith Lee Johnson Higdon in Sacramento, California.

She attended St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for many years. Throughout her life, she took...