May 18, 2020

Mrs. Artie Andes Cunningham Walker, 91, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020 at Trellis Supportive Care. She was born in Mercer County, WV on May 30, 1928 to A.C. Cunningham and Bessie McKinney Cunningham. In 1954, Artie married the love of her life, Conrad Barger Walker, Jr. They resided in Beckley, WV during this time but then later...

May 18, 2020

Kernersville – Mr. Ivey Clay Hedgecock, 96, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 18, 2020 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born on May 30, 1923 in Forsyth County to Ira Clay and Lavada Welch Hedgecock. Ivey was a faithful member of Union Grove Baptist Church where he served for many years as a Deacon. Before he retired, Ivey...

May 17, 2020

Mr. Lee Armfield Gibson, Jr., 86, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Winston-Salem, NC on November 13, 1933 to the late Lee Armfield Gibson, Sr. and Neely Kirby Gibson.  Lee graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and attended Oak Ridge Military Academy.  He was married to Geraldine Miller Gibson. They...

May 17, 2020

Horace Lee “Matt” Matthews, 88, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 17, 2020. He was born August 14, 1931 in Perry, Ga. His parents were Henry Jackson Matthews and Mattie Lee Boswell Matthews.

He is predeceased by his father and mother, son, Horace Edward Matthews, and brother, James Henry Matthews (Sharon). He is...

May 17, 2020

Mr. Lee Armfield Gibson, Jr., 86, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born in Winston-Salem, NC on November 13, 1933 to the late Lee Armfield Gibson, Sr. and Neely Kirby Gibson.  Lee graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and attended Oak Ridge Military Academy.  He was married to Geraldine Miller Gibson. They had a son, Stephen Miller Gibson. He was a faithful member...

May 16, 2020

Mr. Roland Floyd Eller has entered into eternal rest.  Mr. Eller was born on October 20, 1934 in Forsyth County, NC to the late Marshall and Jettie Mitchell Eller. He graduated from North Carolina A&T University where he is enrolled in their baseball home of fame, and a member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. He was an active...

May 16, 2020

Mr. Benard Roy Harris Jr., 68, passed away on Saturday May 16, 2020 at his home. He was born in Thomasville, NC, to the late Ben R. Harris Sr. and Isabel Boyles Harris. He graduated high school from Christ School in Ashville, NC in 1969. Ben remained active in the Christ School Alumni Group and often attended events in...

May 16, 2020

Mrs. Helen G. Chapel, 98, of Winston-Salem, died Saturday, May 16, 2020, at her home surrounded by her three children.  Mrs. Chapel was born in Winston-Salem on June 24, 1921, to the late Willie Avery and Bessie Eugenia Griffin.  Mrs. Chapel was a member of Waughtown Baptist Church and worked at R.J. Reynolds and Sears Roebuck and Company.  She...

May 15, 2020

John “David” Masten, 55 of Clemmons passed peacefully at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center on May 15, 2020 after a long battle with substance abuse.  David was born October 10, 1964 in Winston-Salem, the son of the late Richard Kyle and Virginia Rutherford Masten.  Left to mourn his passing are his siblings, Richard K. Masten Jr. (Pat) of Winston-Salem...

May 15, 2020

My dear, sweet, wonderful wife, Lisa Denise Carlyle Brown has taken the journey we have all known we would travel, but much sooner than we ever anticipated. On Friday night, May 15, 2020 as she lay sleeping, she unexpectedly passed away. We are beyond devastated and have no idea where this road leads us. But to honor...

May 15, 2020

Kernersville – Mrs. Connie Ray Lemons Smith, 82, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 15, 2020 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born in Forsyth County to Howard Taft and Ruth Blue Lemons. She was a member of Sprague Street Baptist Church (formally Missions Baptist Church) and later, Century Park Baptist Church. She loved to cook...

May 15, 2020

Our heavenly father has called his daughter home to heaven on May 15, 2020.  Norma was born July 24, 1957 in Guam, from the village of Chalan Pago. She fought tenaciously, but died peacefully surrounded by her devoted loving husband, Michael Frugé; their children, Tina, Desiree, Jasmine, Christopher, and Jeremy; and grandchildren Hayden and Kekoa. Although not present, she...

May 14, 2020

Jo Ann Ketner Totten, age 72 passed away unexpectedly on May 14, 2020 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Winston Salem, NC on April 2, 1948 to William (Bill) Edwin Ketner and Dorothy (Dot) Tucker Ketner.

Jo Ann was a member of Boyer’s Chapel Church of Christ in Clemmons, NC and was a graduate of...

May 14, 2020

Mrs. Robin Denise Baynes McKeown, 62, of Clemmons, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020. She was born in Forsyth County on October 2, 1957, to Paul G. and Carol A. Baynes. Denise was an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She was retired from the WSFCS/Children’s Center with twenty-nine years of service. Denise was a loving...

May 13, 2020

Mrs. Lucille Davis Coker, of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at Brookridge Retirement Community. She was born in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Friday, August 26, 1927 to Rufus (Fiddler) Decatur Davis and Myrtle Elizabeth McKinney Davis. Lucille grew up in Winston-Salem. She graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School class of 1944. She played the clarinet in the school...

May 13, 2020

Mrs. Judy Gail Hancock Morris, age 76 of Clemmons, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Wednesday, May 13, 2020.  Mrs. Morris was recently retired from Wake Forest Baptist Health as an ER Nurse and Nurse Anesthetist.  She will be truly missed by her husband of 43 years, Reuben Franklin Morris, Jr. and her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. ...

May 13, 2020

Mrs. Opal Elaine Roddy Parker, 88, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2020. She was born Surry Co. on December 29, 1931 the daughter of the late Winter Thomas Roddy and Elsie Mae Quesinberry Roddy. Mrs. Parker was a truck driver, specializing in delivering munitions all over the United States. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

May 13, 2020

Mr. Grady Allen Rothrock, 91, lived, loved, and left here peacefully May 13, 2020 at his home. He was born April 14, 1929 in Forsyth County to the late Roby Rothrock and Julia Idol Rothrock. He was a member of Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Grady was preceded in death by his loving wife, Elizabeth Swaim Rothrock.

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May 12, 2020

Mrs. Nora Ellen Shelburne Vaughn, 90, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at Oak Forest Health and Rehabilitation. She was born in Radford, VA on April 28, 1930 the daughter of the late Wiley Shelburne and Emma Carroll Kant. Mrs. Vaughn was a member of Red Bank Missionary Baptist Church and had retired as a parking attendant at Wake...

May 12, 2020

Mr. John Frank Howard, 93, of Mocksville, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem with his family by his side.  Mr. Howard was born April 26, 1927 in Davie County to the late Joseph Henry Howard and Martha Rebecca Allen Howard.  John was a loving husband, father and “papaw/grandpop.” John was...