Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.

Oct 7, 2020

Linda Stephens Collins, 74, passed away October 7, 2020 after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia on August 28, 1946. Linda graduated from North Davidson High School and earned a BA in English from Western Carolina with honors. She then earned her MSW from UNC-CH. Linda spent her entire adult life Counseling and...

Oct 7, 2020

Mr.  Donald “Don’ Eugene Wilkins, Sr., 86, of Winston Salem, N.C., passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at Wake Forest Medical Center. Mr. Wilkins was born on October 30, 1934 in Forsyth County to David Turner and Ethel Lee Bates Wilkins. He was a member of The First Pentecoastal Holliness Church, and was retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff...

Oct 7, 2020

Mr. Jerry Douglas Baity, 73, lovingly known as “Doug” and “Paw Paw” passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at Forsyth Medical Center. Doug was born October 4, 1947 in Forsyth County to Clifton Harding “Jack” and Geraldine Caudle Baity.  He was a member of Huntsville Baptist Church.  Doug proudly served his country in the Vietnam War earning four medals.  He...

Oct 6, 2020

Lorraine Mitchell, 89, passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 6, 2020.  Lorraine was born March 11, 1931 in Rome, GA to Charles and Emmie Bell Smith Boalch.  She was of the Baptist faith.

Always deeply devoted to her family, her duties as wife and mother came before all else.  She loved holidays and spending time with her children...

Oct 6, 2020

Mrs. Sue Beauchamp Ellis, 87, of Advance, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at Trellis Supportive Care. She was born October 11, 1932 in Davie County to Anna Rights Beauchamp and Charlie Roy Beauchamp, Sr. Mrs. Ellis was a charter member of Redland Pentecostal Holiness Church, now Redland Church, IPHC and retired from Hanes Knitting Company. Sue was an...

Oct 4, 2020

Mr. Jon Judson Coffey, 81, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020 at his home.  He was born in Detroit, MI on April 22, 1939 to the late H.L. Coffey and Gladys Moretz Coffey.  Mr. Coffey was a veteran of the U.S. Army and later worked for McLean Trucking Company.  He retired from Mail Contractors of America and was a...

Oct 4, 2020

Vasiliki “Bessie” Tsiolkas Gallins, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. She was born to the late Elefterios and Ourania Gioldasis Tsiolkas on December 2, 1925, in Monastiraki, Evrytania, Greece. Bessie grew up in the small village of Monastriraki, Greece tending land with her family where they farmed. She survived being captured by Communist Guerilla...

Oct 4, 2020

Mrs. Mary “Anne” Seamon, 80, of Winston-Salem passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020 at Trellis Supportive Care. Anne was born in Whitney, SC on July 16, 1940. She lived a simple, authentic, non-pretentious life. It was the simple things in life that brought her the most joy, and it was the simple things she did and said that brought...

Oct 4, 2020

Ms. Laura Hobson Pardue, 88, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020, at Forsyth Medical Center.  She was born January 17, 1932 in Yadkin County to the late Vance Hobson and Nelly Wooten Hobson.  Ms. Pardue enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and needlepoint.  She also loved to travel.  In addition to her parents, Ms. Pardue was preceded in death by five brothers:...

Oct 4, 2020

WINSTON SALEM – Stephen Edgar Holland, 73, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020 at Forsyth Medical Center. Steve was born on August 25, 1947 in Forsyth County to James Ray Holland, Sr. and Lucille Houston Holland. Steve was a Veteran of the US Army serving two tours in Vietnam and was a Purple Heart Recipient. He was a life-long...

Oct 3, 2020

Mrs. Brenda Jo Burnette Redmond, 73, of Clemmons passed away Saturday, October 3, 2020 surrounded by her family at Forsyth Medical Center. Brenda was born in Danville Virginia to the late Melvin Burnette and Dorothy Arnold Burnette on September 6, 1947. She was married to the love of her life, David for over 56 years. Brenda loved to go...

Oct 3, 2020

Ms. Elnora “Pat” Marshall Jones, 91, of Kernersville, NC, passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2020 at Trellis Supportive Care.  Pat was born in Forsyth County on September 17, 1929, to the late Early J. Marshall and Gillie Bennett Marshall.  She retired from AT&T with 35 years of service.  Pat was active in the Telephone Pioneers of America and...

Oct 3, 2020

Mrs. Molly Corbitt Jones, 84, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2020. Ms. Jones was born in Greene County, NC on March 30, 1936 to the late Isiah Corbitt and Effie Corbitt Vaughn.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, William Harrell Jones; one brother, Hector Corbitt; two sisters, Evelyn Hubbard and Jo Ceil Radford; two...

Oct 3, 2020

Mrs. Jo Ann Linville Tuttle, 73, passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on October 3, 2020. She was born on January 19, 1947 to Robert Emmanuel Linville and Rosa Blackburn Linville in Forsyth County. Jo Ann attended Salem Baptist School and went on to graduate from West Forsyth High School. She earned a BS from Winston Salem State and...

Oct 2, 2020

Mrs. Martha Poteat Hutchens, 87, passed away at her home on Friday, October 2, 2020.  She was born in Winston-Salem, NC to the late Telas Poteat and Pansy McGlamery Poteat on December 13, 1932. Marty was a 1951 graduate of South Fork High School. She retired from Integon Insurance Company in 1992 with 25 years of dedicated service and...

Oct 1, 2020

High-Point – Mr. John Matthew Beenen, Sr., 78, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at his residence. He was born on November 11, 1941 in Ane, Overijssel, Netherlands to Gerrit and Johanna Beenen. He immigrated to the United States when he was 17 years old. He was very proud to be an American and considered it...

Oct 1, 2020

Mrs. Connie Lynne White Watson, 67, of Winston-Salem, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2020. She was born in Winston-Salem on July 22, 1953, to the late Henry Roscoe and Julia Ann Hawks White. Lynne graduated from Parkland High School and attended Winslom College. She was retired from Sara Lee/Hanesbrands with over forty years of dedicated service. Lynne loved crafts...

Oct 1, 2020

Mrs. Blanche Earlette Peek, 70, passed away on October 1, 2020 at Wake Forest Baptist Health. She was born on January 5, 1950 to Earl Hampton Keene and Nellie Mae Keene in Tampa, FL.  She was a loving mother and wife. Blanche had a lifelong passion for crafting, art, gardening, event decorating/planning and most notably flower arrangements of all...

Sep 30, 2020

Mr. Wallace Wayne Reynolds, 80, of Winston-Salem passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Bristol Virginia to the late Thomas Reynolds and Ludenia Delp Reynolds on July 27, 1940. Wallace was a devoted husband to his late wife Margie, a loving and giving tender hearted man that had a heart of gold. He...

Sep 30, 2020

Mr. Michael (Mike) Robey Vestal, 66, of McGrady NC, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2020 after a long, courageous battle with multiple myeloma and more recently, leukemia.  He was born in Surry County to Buddy James Vestal and Emaline Mitchell Vestal.  Mr. Vestal retired from a long career working with dear friends at Baity’s Tire Sales in Greensboro.  He...