Mr. Raymond Edward Fritts, 90, local farmer from Winston-Salem died on January 25, 2020, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Raymond was born in Sullivan county, TN, on April 24, 1929, to Elva Combs and Walter Brownlow Fritts. Raymond started his trucking career with Mclean trucking and retired from Montgomery Ward with 18 years of service. He was an...
Mr. William Holbert “Bill” Vandiver, 91, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 25, 2020.
Bill was born August 19, 1928 in Forsyth Co. to William Oscar Vandiver, Sr. and Maudie Martin Vandiver. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as a Radarman on a destroyer escort from 1945 to 1949 and four years in the...
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Mrs. Carolyn Bledsoe Miller, 100, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born August 8, 1919 in Ashe County to the late Horton and Dora Bledsoe. Prior to moving to Winston-Salem, Carolyn lived in Stanleyville for more than 50 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her grandchildren and...
Mary Elizabeth Pugh Gildersleeve died Friday January 24, 2020 at Brookridge Retirement Community in Winston-Salem. She was 102.
Born June 13, 1917 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Mary Elizabeth grew up there and graduated from Greensboro College in 1939. She began teaching French immediately at Lexington High School in Lexington, NC. In 1949, she married George Gildersleeve and the two...
Mr. Seabon Leroy Cornatzer, 89, died on Friday, January 24, 2020, at Accordius Health of Clemmons. Seabon was born in Davie county on November 14, 1930, to Jinnie Myers and Walter Thurman Cornatzer. He ran the Sinclair service station for many years and was the owner and proprietor of Cornatzer Septic Service for over 30 years. He truly never...
Betty Jean Atkinson Opengari, 89, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2020 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Betty was born on May 4, 1930 in Forsyth County. She attended Gray High School in Winston-Salem. After high school, Betty went on to work for the Winston-Salem Journal. After marrying her husband, Elmer Lee Opengari, Betty relocated to Washington...
Mrs. Helen Contos Rike passed away January 24, 2020 at the age of 101. She was born May 8, 1918, adored daughter of Ethel and Nicholas Contos. She grew up in Winston-Salem during the depression. Graduating a year early from Reynolds High, she began work in a law firm.
Helen and husband William Rike, Jr. raised their...
Kernersville – Mrs. Ruth Jeanette Jones Deas, 81, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Henritta, NC on January 26, 1938 to Johnnie and Esther Pritchard Jones. Ruth enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking, and traveling, especially to the beach. She also loved her cats very much. Ruth was a...
Betty Stout Williams Saunders flew out on the wings of an angel Thursday night and rests now in the arms of her mama. She leaves behind a legacy of love, laughter and generosity of heart so big that it extended across eight decades and created an incredible bond with anyone that knew her. She leaves behind the love of...
Mrs. Rhonda Annette Marion Gordon, age 64, passed away January 23, 2020. She was born March 29, 1955 in Forsyth County to Warren Franklin Marion and Magaline Elsie Lynch Marion. Rhonda worked as a nurse for 13 years, at which time became a homemaker. She was a member of King Moravian Church and served on The Circle of Help...
Mr. Luther Wallace Bracknell Sr., 93, went home to be with Jesus Thursday, January 23, 2020. He was a man of strength and integrity and had a wonderful sense of humor. He was strong in his faith and love of God and family. He lived his life believing there was nothing that couldn’t be accomplished by hard work. Wallace...
Dr. Robert Kenneth Bradstock, Jr., 73, passed away at his home on January 22, 2020. He was born in Pennsylvania on January 5, 1947 the son of the late Robert Kenneth Bradstock, Sr. and Frances Pell Bradstock. Ken was the last of the “Founding Fathers” of the village of Tobaccoville. He served his country proudly in the United States...
Mrs. Marie Nance Talley, 90, died January 22, 2020 at Kerner Ridge Assisted Living. She was born July 26, 1929 to the late Harry McKinley Nance and Lessie Beatrice Anderson Nance. Marie was a very active member of Christ Moravian Church where she taught Sunday School and was involved in the Women’s Fellowship. She graduated from King High School in...
Mrs. Elfi Hageman Haddock, 64, passed away at her home on January 21, 2020. She was born on March 12, 1955, to Anna Marie Eymann Hageman and Wolfgang August Hageman in Jakobsweiller, Germany. Elfi worked for Novant Health in the Pathology department for 30 years. She enjoyed helping others and would step up whenever someone was in need. Her...
KERNERSVILLE – Paul Lee Roberts, Jr., 81, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2020 while vacationing in Florida. Paul was born on October 12, 1938 in Conway, SC to Paul Lee Roberts, Sr. and Mary Beverly Roberts. He was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church and had a career as a dedicated truck driver for many years. After retirement,...
Mr. Harold Gwynn Hipp, 94, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born on March 23, 1925 in Surry County to the late Jesse Eli and Louise Lowder Hipp. Mr. Hipp was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp serving during WWII and retired from the Government as an Inspector. ...
Mrs. Mary Wise Pearce, 89 of Clemmons passed away Monday, January 20, 2020 at Vienna Village in Pfafftown. She was born April 11, 1930 in Forsyth County to the late L. F. Wise, Sr. and Charity Kiser Wise. She is preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Webster Pearce. Surviving are one son, Jon Pearce; one daughter, Jaye “Jill”...
Mr. James “Jim” Edward Carter, 77, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2020, at home surrounded by his children. He was born on April 7, 1942, in Thomasville to Edward Norris Carter and Juanita James Carter. Jim was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He graduated from Thomasville High School in 1960 and furthered his education with a scholarship...
Mrs. Billye Kay Russell Tuttle, 78, of Winston-Salem, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020. She was born in Forsyth County on August 16, 1941. Billye enjoyed watching crime shows and UNC basketball games. She also enjoyed reading mystery novels.
Preceding her in death are her parents, Robert Russell and Ruth Hicks Russell; husband, William “Tony” Tuttle; daughter,...