Danny J. Wood
Dec 1, 2024
Our kind, loving, and brave warrior battled stage 4 pancreatic cancer for 583 days. His medical team was amazed by his strength and positive attitude. After 19 months, early Sunday morning, December 1, 2024, Danny peacefully passed away at home, surrounded by love. Danny was born on April 12, 1963, to William Allen Wood and Evelyn Steelman Wood in Forsyth...
Linda Beauchamp Ayers
Dec 1, 2024
Linda Beauchamp Ayers, 84, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2024, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born in Forsyth County on February 4, 1940, to the late Clyde Gray and Edna Pfaff Beauchamp. Mrs. Ayers retired from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. with several years of service and was a member of New Philadelphia Moravian Church. She enjoyed...
Mary Ward Huffman
Dec 1, 2024
On October 13, 1934, Mary Ward Huffman was born at the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Seven days later, she and her mother, Margaret, arrived by ambulance at their home on Rivermont Farm near the Yadkin River. She was greeted by her father, Baxter; older sister, Sally; maternal grandfather; and two of her father’s siblings. As she grew up, she...
Connor Mitchell Dillon
Nov 30, 2024
Kernersville – Mr. Connor Mitchell Dillon, 30, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, November 30, 2024. He was born in Guilford County on April 14, 1994, to Marcus Vernon and Carolyn Pegg Dillon. Connor was a teddy bear and a very loving and empathetic person. He loved to help and would do anything for anybody. He was also incredibly funny and...
Donald Wayne Myrum
Nov 30, 2024
Donald Wayne Myrum, 88, of East Bend, went to be with the Lord Saturday, November 30, 2024, at Brighton Gardens.
Mr. Myrum was born November 10, 1936, in Zion, Illinois, to Henry Wayne Myrum and Beulah Wright Myrum. He was an avid reader, gardener, and woodworker, and always started his days with Scripture. Don was a pastor at Beach Bible in...
Faye Vannoy Sharpe
Nov 30, 2024
Faye Vannoy Sharpe went peacefully to be with her Lord on Saturday, November 30, 2024. Faye was born March 4, 1929, to Will and Ella Faw Vannoy of Ashe County. Growing up, she loved school and attended Fleetwood High School, where she enjoyed playing on the basketball team. She maintained a life-long love of sports, closely following the Atlanta Braves...
Myra "Faye" Hilton Rierson
Nov 30, 2024
Mrs. Myra “Faye” Hilton Rierson, 89, of Winston-Salem, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2024, with her daughter by her side. She was born on January 27, 1935, in Winston-Salem to the late Willian Thomas Hilton and Elva Crowder Hilton. Mrs. Rierson was raised in Winston-Salem and graduated from Gray High School where she met and married the love of...
Lola "Jeanette" Church
Nov 30, 2024
Lola “Jeanette” McGuire Church, 84, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at Kate B Reynolds Hospice Home. Jeanette was born in Elk Park, NC, on January 8, 1940, to the late Fredrick and Gladys Storie McGuire. Jeanette had a personality larger than life. Her greatest accomplishment in life was having a large and tight-knit family. She had a...
Virginia Mae Smith
Nov 29, 2024
Virginia Mae Boyd Smith was born in Newport News, Virginia, June 6, 1931 to Effie May Lenz Boyd and Harry Ambrose Boyd. She was little sister to Harry and best friend since the age of 5 to Ruth Reeves Dow. Growing up she enjoyed all things outside.
In 1951, she married Conley Lee Smith, and together they had children David, Nancy,...
Billy “Bill” Reid Sealey
Nov 29, 2024
Billy Reid “Bill” Sealey, 83, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2024, at Forsyth Medical Center surrounded by his family.
Bill was born in Forsyth County on May 2, 1941, to Ira F. Sealey and Allene Reid Sealey. In the earlier part of his career, he was employed with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for a while, then drove for McLean Trucking...
William "WA" Allen Johnson
Nov 29, 2024
William “WA” Allen Johnson passed away on November 29, 2024, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
WA was born on February 3, 1948, in Fayetteville, NC, to Willie and Marjorie Johnson. He worked in telecommunications his entire career and retired from Ronco Communications.
WA loved playing golf. In retirement, he enjoyed working as a cart boy at Oak Valley Golf Club in Advance, NC....
Kip Carlton Brace
Nov 29, 2024
Kip Carlton Brace, 68, died peacefully at home in Oak Ridge, North Carolina on Friday, 29 November 2024. Kip was born in Thomasville Township, Davidson County, North Carolina on 22 February 1956, one of three children of New York native Carlton Charles Brace and Davidson County native Dorothy Lillian Davis. Since his parents divorced when Kip was age four, he...
Vernon Ross Long
Nov 29, 2024
Mr. Vernon Ross Long, 70, passed away Friday, November 29, 2024, at his home. He was born February 26, 1954, in Forsyth County to the late Ernest Long and Agnes Bailey Long. Vernon was a jack of all trades. He was a diesel mechanic and enjoyed working on anything Harley Davidson. Vernon genuinely cared for and loved spending time with...
Lonnie Eugene Riggs
Nov 29, 2024
Mr. Lonnie Eugene Riggs, 84, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2024, at his home. He was born in Forsyth Co. on May 19, 1940, the son of the late Tommy Odell Riggs and Patsy Lena Goode Riggs. Lonnie retired from APEC after many years of service. He proudly served his country in the United States Army and was stationed...
John William Ashworth
Nov 28, 2024
John William Ashworth, 80, peacefully went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 28, 2024, in Forsyth Medical Center. John was born in Lynchburg, VA, on July 11, 1944, to the late Frank and Dorothy Fischer Ashworth. He was a man of many hobbies, including photography, playing softball, watching sports, and was also an antique car enthusiast. He loved...
Eleanore Herchet Regenthal
Nov 28, 2024
Eleanore Herchet Regenthal, 97, departed this world on Thanksgiving morning, November 28th, 2024. She was the only child of the late Elizabeth and Fred Herchet. She was born on January 8th, 1927, in Elizabeth, NJ, as a first generation German-American. She lived in and attended schools in Roselle Park, NJ, graduated from Middlebury College in VT in 1948, Drake Business...
Mikey Anita Huffman Cauthen
Nov 28, 2024
Kernersville- Mikey Huffman Cauthen, 72, passed away peacefully on November 28, 2024, at Kernersville Medical Center. She was born on December 9, 1951, in Newton, N.C to the late Yates Burton and Willa Mae Huffman. Mikey graduated from Gardner-Webb University and had various roles in the legal field, finishing her career as a paralegal at Wake Forest University for over...
James Michael "Mike" Lentz, Sr.
Nov 27, 2024
Mr. James Michael “Mike” Lentz, Sr., 73, of Charlotte, NC, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. Mr. Lentz was born in Forsyth County, NC on July 23, 1951, to the late James Franklin Lentz and Carlene Isgett Lentz. Mike was a lover of music, sports (As hard as it is to be an NC State and Panthers fan),...
Laura Waynick Green
Nov 27, 2024
Laura Christine Waynick Green, age 96, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2024. She was born on March 23, 1928 in Alamance County, the daughter of Marvin McKinley Waynick and Mary Francis Lemons Waynick. She left Alamance County after High School to attend nursing school at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. She remained in Winston-Salem for the rest of her life...
Sarah Smith Bradshaw
Nov 27, 2024
Sarah Smith Bradshaw, 90, of Clemmons, NC, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at Trinity Elms Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born August 22, 1934, in West Helena, AR, daughter of the late Claude and Iva Smith. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, George Oscar Bradshaw, one son, Richard Alan Bradshaw, one grandson,...