Oct 11, 2021

Mrs. Mary Kate “Katie” Huckaby, 90, passed away Monday, October 11, 2021. She was born December 4, 1930, in Lyman, South Carolina to the late Rufus Lister and Sally McCoy Lister. Katie was a loving wife, Mom, and Nana. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Pilot Mountain where she was a part of the choir and...

Oct 10, 2021

Kernersville – Mrs. Catherine Rice Mears, 97, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021, at Moses Cone Hospital. She was born June 8, 1924, to the late Albert Ross Rice and Treva Fern Long Rice. Catherine was the third of seven children. She was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and retired from Gilbarco....

Oct 10, 2021

Syble Smithey Dorsett, 86, passed away at Mitchell Mack Hospice on October 10, 2021. She was born on October 27, 1934, to Monroe Martin Smithey and Mae Owens Smithey in Wilkes County. Her mother died when Syble was five years old. From then on, she was raised by her father on the family farm. Following graduation from Roaring River...

Oct 10, 2021

Mrs. Virginia Dare Farmer Jordan, 94, passed away Sunday October 10, 2021, at Grayson Creek Assisted Living in Lexington, NC.  She was born September 7, 1927, in Guilford County, the daughter of Henry and Elsie Dillon Farmer.  She was a member of Muirs Chapel United Methodist Church and was a believer in Jesus Christ.  She retired from Jefferson-Pilot Life...

Oct 10, 2021

Kernersville – Mrs. Sharon Renea Wilson Cason, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021. She was born November 29, 1968  in Richland County, SC. Sharon loved her family, baking cakes, and playing on the computer, and most of all, her precious grandbaby, Lynnlee. She was preceded in death by her father, Walter John Wilson.

Surviving are; her loving...

Oct 10, 2021

Christy Marie Lord, 61, passed away at her home on October 10, 2021. Christy was born on August 23, 1960, to Charles R. Shook, Sr, and Juanita Henderson Shook in Winston-Salem. She attended Salem College and Wake Forest University. Christy was employed by American Airlines for over ten years and worked as a reservations representative in the tariff department. She always had a special place in her heart for animals. She enjoyed trips to...

Oct 9, 2021

Mr. Paul “David” Fennel, 74, passed away on October 9, 2021, in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born in Winston-Salem, NC, on December 13, 1946, to the late William Junior Fennel and Madeline Epperson Fennel.

David worked at RJ Reynolds for the majority of his working career, where he made many cherished and lifelong friendships. He also enjoyed...

Oct 8, 2021

John C. Bell, Jr., 73, of Lewisville, passed away Friday, October 8, 2021.  He was born September 23, 1948 in Forsyth County to June Edwards and John C. Bell, Sr. John was a US Army Vietnam Veteran; he served for two tours of duty as a Military Police.  He was awarded the Vietnam Service and Campaign Medal and Army Commendation Medal.  He was a...

Oct 8, 2021

Kernersville – Mr. Michael “Mike” Todd Blakely, 58, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 8, 2021 at his home. He was born on August 23, 1963 in Forsyth County to Robert James Blakely, Sr. and Mary Hubbard Blakely. For the last ten years, Mike was the owner and operator of Skate World in...

Oct 8, 2021

Kernersville   - Mrs. Sylvia Lloyd, 83, passed away Friday, October 8, 2021 at Forsyth Medical Center. Sylvia was born June 27, 1938 to the late Samuel Phillips and Esther Mae Lee Phillips. Sylvia was Veteran in the United States Air Force. She was a nurse with 35 years’ experience, an avid reader, and played the piano. In addition to...

Oct 8, 2021

Mrs. Major Doris Burchett Boyce, 96, passed away Friday, October 8, 2021, at Avow Frances Georgeson Hospice House in Naples, Florida.  Doris was born on May 29, 1925 in Oxford, North Carolina, to the late John and Beulah Burchett and grew up in Greensboro, NC., where she attended The Salvation Army Greensboro Corps. In 1945, she graduated from the...

Oct 8, 2021

Mrs. Billie Ruth Dunford Blevins, 85, passed away at her home on October 8, 2021. She was born January 14, 1936, to the late James Robert Dunford and Mary Bell Rose Davis. Billie enjoyed watching TV, reading magazines, cleaning, singing, and most especially spending time with her beloved children and grandchildren.

Billie was preceded in death by...

Oct 8, 2021

Mrs. Lynn Etta Haga O’Neal, 65, of Winston-Salem passed away Friday, October 8, 2021 at her home. Mrs. O’Neal was born in Forsyth County to the late Paul Edford Haga and Patsy Talbert Haga on January 21, 1956. Lynn attended UNCSA for music, which she was very passionate about. Playing her trumpet in the Hope Moravian church band brought...

Oct 8, 2021

Mrs. Phyllis Ann Cooksey Stillie, 80, passed away at her home on October 8, 2021. She was born on July 16, 1941, to the late Hollis Doyle Cooksey, Jr., and Margret Swaim Cooksey. Phyllis loved to collect and shop for antiques, read, and enjoyed spending time at the beach with her family.

Phyllis was preceded in death...

Oct 8, 2021

Mrs. Mary Julia Futch Fachtmann, 84, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away on Friday, October 8, 2021, at Brookridge Retirement Community.  She was born on January 25, 1937, in Lawtey, Florida.  She obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music from Florida State University and from 1962 to 1995 she taught music and elementary education in Tallahasse, Florida and at...

Oct 7, 2021

Robert Lawrence Williams, 90, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 7, 2021, in Winston-Salem, NC.  He was born in Chicago, IL on November 19, 1930. He was the son of the late Daniel Lawrence Williams and Dorothy Elson Williams. Bob was a US Navy Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He enlisted in November of 1948 at the age of...

Oct 7, 2021

Robert Wayne Hilterbrand passed suddenly at his home in Lewisville, on Thursday, October 7, 2021.  He was born to Wayne Hilterbrand and Deborah Porter in Forsyth County, NC on March 17th, 1971.  He joined the Navy when he was 20 to see the world. His first deployment was to the U.S.S. Virginia, and afterwards, he was stationed on the...

Oct 7, 2021

Our son, our world, John Lee Mathis, age 34, passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on October 7, 2021. John Lee was born to Roy Lee Mathis and Debbie Mathis on February 7, 1987, in Winston-Salem.

Surviving are his parents; Roy Lee Mathis and Debbie Mathis of Winston-Salem, paternal grandmother; Sylvia Mathis of Winston-Salem, and maternal grandmother...

Oct 7, 2021

Mrs. Marylee Hester Naples, 86, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, at her residence. She was born March 6, 1935, in Clarksburg, WV., the daughter of Charles and Clarabel Taylor Babendreier. Marylee was a parishioner of Holy Family Catholic Church, worked at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist for 22 years and later worked with Prudential Carolinas Realty. She was...

Oct 7, 2021

Bobby Gray Bailey, 90, passed away at his home on October 7, 2021. He was born on November 2, 1930, to Claude Odell “Ned” Bailey and Illa Aaron Bailey in Davie County. Bobby was a graduate of Shady Grove High School. While in the fifth grade at Shady Grove, Bobby met Maxine, who would eventually become his bride. Following...