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Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.
Jane Transou
Dec 30, 2025
Jane Transou, 82, of Lewisville, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2025, surrounded by family. Jane was born on September 30, 1943, in Forsyth County, to the late Spencer and Stella Reich. From an early age, she carried a deep compassion for others, a trait that would define her life’s work and the way she loved those around...
Jack Raymond Moore, Jr.
Dec 30, 2025
Jack R. Moore Jr., 74, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, after a long battle with bladder cancer.
While our hearts are broken and we grieve his passing, we rejoice in knowing he is healed and celebrating in heaven.
Jack was born December 25, 1951, in Kernersville, NC, to the late Jack R. Moore Sr. and...
Arlis Eugene Pike
Dec 30, 2025
Arlis E. Pike, 78, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, surrounded by his family. Arlis Eugene Pike’s story began on September 26, 1947 in Surry County. The son of the late Alma Goins and Luther Warren Pike, “Shorty” was nicknamed by his father. He moved to Kernersville with his parents and siblings when he was 11. It didn’t...
Kaydence Jett Spurlock
Dec 30, 2025
Kaydence Jett Spurlock went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her mother, father, and girlfriend up to the time of her passing. While our hearts are broken and we grieve her loss, we rejoice in knowing she is healed, whole, and celebrating eternal life in...
Sammy "Sam" D. Boyer
Dec 29, 2025
Mr. Sammy “Sam” Dennis Boyer, 71, of Winston-Salem, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2025, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home.
Born in Forsyth County, Sam was the son of the late John C. Boyer and Sarah Miller Boyer. A true jack of all trades, there was very little Sam could not fix with his hands. He was a hard worker...
Perie Beattie Combee-Smith
Dec 27, 2025
Perie J. Combee-Smith, 93, went home to meet her Heavenly Father on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
While our hearts are broken and we grieve her passing, we rejoice in knowing she is healed, whole, and celebrating eternal life in Heaven.
Perie was born on June 1, 1932, in Patterson, NJ, to the late Matthew Beattie, Sr and Perie Beattie (DeVisser). She was...
Jacque Blackwelder Allen
Dec 27, 2025
Jacque Sue Blackwelder Allen, 88, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2025, peacefully at her home. She was born July 31, 1937, in Iredell County to the late Lonnie and Evelyn Current Blackwelder. Jacque loved gardening, traveling and spending time with her family. Jacque particularly enjoyed spending time in their Blowing Rock home. She was very talented in arts, such as...
Cathy Denise Mathis
Dec 27, 2025
Cathy Denise Mathis, 66, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at her home in Winston-Salem, NC.
Cathy was born in Forsyth County, NC, on April 5, 1959, to Bill Hayes and Hazel Virginia Flynt. She was a graduate of the class of 1977 from North Davidson High School. Cathy worked at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital for 33 years. She attended...
Johnnie Lou Simpson
Dec 27, 2025
Miss Johnnie Lou Simpson, 85, of Kernersville, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at Trinity Elms in Clemmons. Born in Charlotte, on November 11, 1940, she was the only daughter of the late Howard Jerome Simpson and Wilma Blanche Stilwell Simpson of Indian Trail. Surviving are her brother, Brinkley “Tiny” Simpson, of Kernersville; her niece, Fran Simpson Stover (Michael),...
Kaye Blakley Powers
Dec 26, 2025
Mrs. Kaye Blakley Powers, 86, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2025, at Kate B Reynolds Hospice Home.
Mrs. Powers was born on December 7, 1939, in Davidson County to Martha Perryman Blakley and Carl Ober Blakley.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 59 years, James "Rowdy" Grady Powers; and her brother, Carl (Pat) Blakley, Jr. She is...
Rodney Earle Reich
Dec 26, 2025
Rodney Earle Reich, 91, passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2025.
Rodney was born on April 1, 1934 - Easter Sunday – at City Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem to Robert E. Reich and Joy Irene Yokely Reich. Rodney grew up in the Washington Park neighborhood in Winston-Salem with his parents and sister Rita Rae Reich Carper. In his early teens, he...
Rose "Lib" Elizabeth Culler
Dec 26, 2025
Mrs. Rose Elizabeth “Lib” Hayes Culler, 101, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2025, at her home in Winston-Salem. She was born on September 12, 1924, in Wilkes County to the late Tyre York Hayes and Minnie Lee Haigwood Hayes. Lib was a longtime member of Mineral Springs Baptist Church. She delivered meals on wheels in Winston-Salem for 25 years....
Rev. Dr. David Riffe
Dec 25, 2025
Rev. Dr. David Riffe, 92, passed away on December 25, 2025, at Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community. He was born on October 27, 1933, to Harold Montgomery Riffe and Pansy Humphreys Riffe in Beckley, WV. In 1955 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Teachers College at Marshall College. He subsequently attended Duke Divinity School for...
Eugene James Ruminski
Dec 25, 2025
Mr. Eugene James Ruminski, 71, of Winston- Salem, NC passed away Thursday, December 25, 2025 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born March 14, 1954, in Pontiac, Michigan to Joseph Isidore Ruminski and Anastasia Lamparski Ruminski. Eugene worked at Taracorp in Winston Salem, NC for many years. He enjoyed spending time with his family, golfing, NASCAR,...
Sadie Raynor Jones
Dec 25, 2025
Ellen Rose Raynor (nicknamed Sadie) was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on March 7, 1932. Sadie married her childhood sweetheart, William Jones, in 1948. William (known as Vernon to many) and Sadie were married nearly 60 years before his death in 2007. They modeled a faithful marriage and traveled the world while Vernon served in the United States Army for...
John Robert Whitehurst, Sr.
Dec 25, 2025
John Robert (Bob) Whitehurst passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2025, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice home in Winston-Salem, NC, after a long battle with Cancer. He was surrounded by family and friends up to the time of his passing.
Robert was born on December 02, 1931, in Greenville, North Carolina, and lived there with his parents, Maude Bailey Whitehurst and...
Elicia "Lisa" Tilley Henry
Dec 25, 2025
Mrs. Elicia “Lisa” Tilley Henry, 64, peacefully entered her eternal home with Jesus Christ our Lord on Thursday, December 25, 2025, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born on November 28, 1961, in Forsyth County to Rev. Franklin Myers Tilley and the late Shelby Jean Wall Tilley. During her professional years, Lisa was a Certified Human Resource Administrator,...
Virginia "Ginger" Creed McKnight
Dec 24, 2025
Virginia “Ginger” Creed McKnight, 83, went home to meet her Heavenly Father on December 24, 2025, just one day after celebrating her birthday. While our hearts grieve her passing, we rejoice in knowing she is healed, whole, and celebrating eternal life in Heaven.
Ginger was born on December 23, 1942, in Surry County to the late George and Pearlie Lowe Creed....
Teresa "Faye" Anderson
Dec 24, 2025
Ms. Teresa “Faye” Anderson, 61, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at Cone Health Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, NC.
Faye was born on May 15, 1964, in Yadkin County, NC, to Noah Guy Anderson and the late Cynthia Faye Macy Anderson.
Faye was deeply dedicated to her Baptist faith and was a longtime member of Pfafftown Baptist...
William "Bill" Allen Tittsworth
Dec 24, 2025
William “Bill” Allen Tittsworth, 78, passed away on December 24, 2025, in Winston-Salem, NC.
Bill was born on August 14, 1947, in Iredell County, NC, to Rev. Clifton A. Tittsworth and Carrie Rasor Tittsworth. He graduated from Gray High School and earned an associate's degree in accounting from Forsyth Technical Community College. Bill’s career was in trucking, which began at McLean...
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