Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.

Nov 2, 2019

Kernersville – Mr. Bart Hamilton Walsh, 56, passed away from natural causes on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at his residence. He was born on May 14, 1963 in Forsyth County to Ray Hamilton and Velda McMichael Walsh. He was a 1981 graduate of East Forsyth High School and later attended East Carolina University, Cal State North Ridge, and...

Nov 2, 2019

Kernersville – Mr. Wallace Wayne “Jess” Jessup, 69, passed away after battling complications from kidney disease on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Cone Health. He was born on December 23, 1949 in Rockingham County to Raymond Andrew and Helen Mabe Jessup. Jess Loved the Lord and was a member of First Christian Church in Kernersville. He was a kind...

Nov 1, 2019

Fred Adams, known to friends as "Acey," went and met our Lord on November 1, 2019, at the age of 90 years.  With the exception of his last 17 months living in Fredericksburg, VA, Acey lived his life in Winston-Salem.  He graduated from Hanes High School, worked and retired from Western Electric, and in his more active years played...

Nov 1, 2019

Winston-Salem- Lt. Col. John Odell Newsom, U.S. Army (ret.), passed away peacefully on Friday, November 1, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center, surrounded by loving family members.  He was born October 29, 1923 in Iredell County, the son of Henry and Treva Speer Newsom.  He was a graduate of James A. Gray High School and was drafted into the U.S....

Oct 31, 2019

Ms. Wanda Ogburn Hunter, of Winston-Salem, NC, died on Thursday, October 31, 2019, after a period of declining health.  Wanda was born in Winston-Salem on September 22, 1924, to the late Walter J. and Ethel L. Ogburn.  She graduated from Old Town High School in 1941 and later worked at the carbon plant near the end of World War...

Oct 30, 2019

Mr. Clarence Rufus Kiger, 88, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home.  He was born June 28, 1931, in Surry County to the late Rufus Arthur Kiger and Doris Ella Owen Kiger.  Mr. Kiger was a member of Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rural Hall.  He was a kind and generous soul who was...

Oct 30, 2019

Winston-Salem – Mr. John Nicholas “Jabe” Baloga, 68, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born April 3, 1951 in Perth Amboy, N.J. He was of the Catholic faith. He lived in Hazlet, N.J. for 35 years until moving to the triad in 2009 where he worked for Mack/Volvo/HCL. John was an...

Oct 29, 2019

Sheriff Ronald “Ron” Nathan Barker, 86, of Kernersville, passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2019. He was born in Thomasville on April 8, 1933, to the late Ira and Dora Sullivan Barker.

Sheriff Barker was a proud veteran who served his country in the US Army as a Sergeant during the Korean Conflict. He graduated in 1963 from...

Oct 29, 2019

Mrs. Joyce Lee Scott, 75, passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2019.  She was born January 28, 1944 in Forsyth County to the late Hobert Glenn Church and Irene Goslen.  Joyce was a generous and loving mother, wife, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend.  She was a lifelong member of Shiloh Methodist Church.  In addition to her parents, Joyce is preceded...

Oct 29, 2019

Mrs. Judith ( Judy) Algieri Lyon passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home surrounded by family.  She was born on February 19, 1941 in Westerly, to Louis and Annuziata Algieri.

Judy is survived by her two sons: Robert Salimeno ( Tammy) and Richard Salimeno (Jane); five grandchildren and a...

Oct 29, 2019

Lorraine Lee Fahnestock Sanders, 92, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at Carillon Assisted Living in Clemmons.

Lorraine was born on June 20, 1927 in Winchester, Virginia to the late Kendall C. Fahnestock and Beatrice Lee Fahnestock. She graduated from John Handley High School in Winchester and went on to attend the Bible Institute of Pennsylvania...

Oct 28, 2019

KERNERSVILLE – Sammy Dwayn Idol, 67, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2019 at his home. Sammy was born on November 14, 1951 in Guilford County to Estil Denver and Nancy Ingram Idol. He was part owner of his family business, Ingram Furniture in Kernersville and was a member of Bunker Hill United Methodist Church. Sammy loved working on home...

Oct 28, 2019

Ms. Dreama Earlee Graham Shirley, 84, passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC.

She was born on April 1, 1935 in Roanoke, VA, to Roy M. and E. Lucille Graham.  She graduated from George Washington High School in Alexandria, VA in 1953 and completed additional courses at a...

Oct 28, 2019

Mrs. Helen Hester Parnell, 92, went home to be with her Lord and loved ones on Monday, October 28, 2019, at Piney Grove Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Kernersville, NC. Helen was born in Forsyth County on January 30, 1927, to Clarence D. and Mary Osborne Hester. She retired after 27 years of service with North Carolina Baptist Retirement...

Oct 28, 2019

On Monday, October 28th, 2019, Michael D. Wall, 60, passed away at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center after a 3-month battle with esophageal Cancer. Born June 9th,1959 to Jack D. Wall and Edna Brindle Wall, he was a native of Rural Hall, NC and was a member of the First Baptist Church there. He graduated from North Forsyth High...

Oct 27, 2019

On Sunday, October 27, 2019, Earlie Gaston Gilley Jr., 60, of Pilot Mountain, surrounded by his loving family, took Jesus’ hand into eternity after a brave battle with cancer.  He was born to the late Earlie Gilley Sr. and Lorraine Gilley on January 19, 1959.  He married the love of his life and best friend, Tammy Gilley, on September...

Oct 27, 2019

Mrs. Ethel Mae Adams Barber, 93, of Winston-Salem passed away Sunday, October 27, 2019 at Clemmons Village II. Mrs. Barber was born in Wilkes County to the late William R. Adams and Minnie Lola Blevins Adams on May 14, 1926. Ethel was a member of Calvary Baptist Church for the past fifty years. She was a loving mother, grandmother...

Oct 26, 2019

Harold Loyd Rollins, Sr., 87, of Mocksville, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center with his beloved family by his side.  Harold was born in Davie County to the late Glenn B. and Pearl Baker Rollins.  He was a 1952 graduate of Mocksville High School.  He was employed by Hanes Hosiery/Sara Lee in Winston-Salem as a...

Oct 26, 2019

Mr. Roynal Shore Baker, 82, passed away at his home on October 26, 2019.  He was born on February 27, 1937, to Zeta Rae and Thomas Baker in Yadkin County. He worked 50+ years in the construction industry as a heavy equipment operator. He will be remembered for his skill with the excavator; a man full of wisdom. Surviving are his loving wife of 48 years, Lois Baker; children, Ronnie Baker, Robin Baker, and Jasen Baker (Joy); as...

Oct 26, 2019

Mrs. Emma Davis Tesh, age 85 of Clemmons, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2019 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home.  She was born April 29, 1934 in Forsyth County to the late Thomas Jefferson Davis and Emily Bessent Davis.  She is preceded in death by one brother, Sam Davis and one sister, Sarah Foster.  She is survived by...