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Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.
Naomi Shaffer
Mar 18, 2018
Mrs. Naomi Jean Perkins Shaffer, 95, of Bermuda Run passed away March 18, 2018 at Bermuda Village Health Care Center surrounded by the love of family and friends. She was born April 25, 1922 in Mt. Vernon, Ohio to Harry Elwood Perkins and Hazel Olive Daniels Perkins. Mrs. Shaffer was preceded in death by her husband, George...
Ivey Smith
Mar 18, 2018
WINSTON SALEM - Mr. Ivey Dumont Smith, 90, passed away on March 18, 2018 at Kerner Ridge Assisted Living. Dumont was born on November 12, 1927 in Forsyth County to Ivey Blain and Diana Bodenhamer Smith. Dumont was an active member of Wallburg Baptist Church working with the youth most of his life. He was a well-known...
Mary Foster
Mar 18, 2018
Mrs. Mary "Pat" Foster, 82, of Winston-Salem, passed away on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born on October 5, 1935 in Stokes County to Jack and Brooksie Cardwell George. Mrs. Foster was preceded in death by her parents. She was a loving mother and retired from Western Electric/AT&T. Mrs. Foster is survived...
Vergie Mays
Mar 18, 2018
Mrs. Vergie Williams Mays, 89, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018 surrounded by family. She was born March 22, 1928 to the late Mary Magdalene Walker Williams and Alley Kiester Williams. Mrs. Mays loved her family and enjoyed playing Bingo with her special friend, Doris Faircloth. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Mays was preceded in death...
Carole Dillard
Mar 17, 2018
Carole White Dillard, aged 76, went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on March 17, 2018 at her home in Garden City, South Carolina after a brief battle with a brain tumor. She was born to the late James Alfred White and Ruth Dunn White on August 24, 1941, in Kinston, NC. Carole met the...
Chesley Pate
Mar 17, 2018
Mr. Chesley Hobson Pate, 75, died on Saturday, March 17, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center. Chesley was born on October 23, 1942, in Forsyth County to V.C. Pate and Nancy Parrish. Chesley loved spending time with his family and adored his grandchildren. He also enjoyed hunting, golfing, fishing, beach music, and Carolina Basketball. He graduated from Gray...
Charles Hooker
Mar 16, 2018
Mr. Charles Dewey Hooker, age 94, passed away March 16, 2018 at Village Care of King. He was born August 15, 1923 in Surry County to the late Addison Royal Hooker and Nora Blanche Westmoreland Hooker and was raised in Stokes County. Charles served in the United States Army during WWII. After leaving the military, he was...
William Chatman
Mar 16, 2018
William "Bill" Ray Chatman, 88, a faithful servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, finished his journey here on Earth on March 16, 2018. Bill was born on November 23, 1929 to the late Joseph and Pearl Chatman. A 1949 graduate of Gray High School and a lifelong resident of Winston-Salem, Bill was actively involved in the community...
Melanie Hines
Mar 16, 2018
Mrs. Melanie Sides Hines, age 60 of Lewisville, passed away Friday, March 16, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Hines was born February 8, 1958 in Cabarrus County to Farrell and Helen Bennick Sides. She is survived by her husband Michael Hines; two daughters, Katie Carter (J.W.) and Kerry Hines; two sisters, Victoria Burris (Roger) and Janice...
John Bates, Jr.
Mar 16, 2018
Mr. John Payton Bates, Jr., of Winston-Salem NC, passed away suddenly on Friday March 16, 2018. John was born in Winston-Salem on May 3, 1968. John is survived by his wife Joan Pearce Bates and his daughters Elizabeth Ann Bates and Sydney Ellis Bates; his mother Ann C. Wood; his father John Payton Bates, Sr. and wife...
Earnie Jolly
Mar 15, 2018
Mr. Earnie Arliss "Bud" Jolly, 77, died on March 15, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center. Arliss was born in Iredell County on April 6, 1940, to Fred C. and Nellie Jane Johnson Jolly. Arliss loved spending time with his family and adored his grandchildren. He was a US Army Veteran. Arliss was very personable and never met...
Vanza Patterson
Mar 15, 2018
Vanza Mae Davis Patterson, 78, passed into the waiting arms of her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on March 15, 2018. Vanza was born August 21, 1939, in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, the third child of Lettie Mae Langley and Troy Lee Davis. Vanza was raised in Greensboro, NC. After graduating from Sumner High School in...
James Westmoreland
Mar 15, 2018
James Thomas Westmoreland passed away at home on his beloved farm March 15, 2018. He was born in the City View Community of Winston-Salem to Ray Arthur Westmoreland and Thelma Pitts Westmoreland. Many fondly referred to him as "Jimbo", but he also earned the name "Hoss" for his strong work ethic. He was preceded in death by...
Barbara Smith
Mar 15, 2018
Mrs. Barbara Carlson Smith, 95, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018. She was born on April 10, 1922 in Astoria, Oregon to the late William R. and Barbara M. Carlson. Mrs. Smith served from 1943-1946 in the Women's Army Corp (WAC) during WWII. She graduated from the University of Alabama. Preceding her in death was her husband,...
Marcelene Ramsey
Mar 15, 2018
Mrs. Marcelene Mosley Ramsey, 87, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018. She was born November 23, 1930, in Surry County to the late John and Maude Mosley. In addition to her parents Marcelene is preceded in death by her husband, Maysel Ramsey; her daughter, Kellene Dunn; and three siblings: Alf Mosley, Barbara Nixxon, and Ardeen Mosley. She...
Willo Watson
Mar 15, 2018
Mrs. Willo Mae Smith Watson, 96, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at her residence. Willo Mae was born in on September 13, 1921 in Forsyth County to Clifton Hersley and Claudia Weavil Smith. She was a graduate of Sedge Garden High School and was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church. Willo Mae was...
Avery Brewer, Jr.
Mar 14, 2018
Mr. Avery Brewer Jr, 93, passed away at Mallard Ridge Assisted Living on March 14, 2018. He was born on May, 24, 1924 to Sarah Evans Brewer and Avery Brewer, Sr. in Forsyth County. Avery was a life-long member of Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of WWII having served in the U.S. Navy....
Nancy Idol
Mar 14, 2018
Mrs. Nancy Mildred Payne Idol, 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at Summerstone Health and Rehab in Kernersville, NC. Nancy was born on September 24, 1926, in Jamestown, NC. She was the eldest daughter of the late Alfred Keiffer Payne and Grace Davis Payne. Nancy was a graduate of Hanes High School, studied business...
Robert Sapp
Mar 14, 2018
Mr. Robert Henry Sapp, 87, of Arbor Acres Retirement Community, passed away on March 14, 2018 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice and Palliative Care Center after a brief period of declining health. Bob was born on May 14, 1930 to the late William Lindsay Sapp and Jessamine Cooper Sapp in Winston-Salem, where he lived nearly all of...
Nancy Brawley
Mar 14, 2018
Nancy Campbell Ritz Brawley peacefully passed away on March 14, 2018. The first of four children from the union of Allan DeWitt Campbell and Francis Ford Patterson Campbell, Nancy was born June 2, 1931 in Toledo, Ohio. After graduating from Ottawa Hills High School, she attended Ohio Wesleyan University where she was a proud member of Delta...
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