Mr. Terry Leon Wooten, Sr., ""Pop"", went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, May 1, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born on September 5, 1942 to the late Leon Stokes Wooten and Geraldine White Wooten. Terry retired from Arkansas Best Freight. He enjoyed volunteering as a Chaplain at Forsyth Medical Center. Terry was a...
KERNERSVILLE-Wayne Purnell Rogers, 72, passed away Friday, May 1, 2015 at h is home. He was born December 12, 1942 In Baltimore, MD. Mr. Rogers was a member of Holy Cross and occasionally attended Immaculate Heart of Mary. He was a United States Army Veteran with the 101st Airborne Division having served two tours in Vietnam. Wayne loved target shooting,...
On May 1, 2015 Wanda DeEtte Hilton Brown of Advance , NC left this earth to find peace and serenity after an 8 year battle with brain cancer. Wanda was born June 8, 1944 in Forsyth County to Bruce and Kathleen Story Hilton. She retired after working in the textile industry for 30 years. Wanda utilized her unmatched creative skills...
WINSTON-SALEM, NC-Mr. Floyd Charles Nichols, 83, of Winston-Salem, NC passed away on Friday, May 1, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Nichols was born on June 22, 1931 in Wilson County, NC to the late Floyd Council Nichols and Essie Wells Nichols. Floyd served his country in the United States Army and was a member of Old Town Baptist Church. Following...
Mrs. Johnnie Mae Evans Shutt, 79, of Clemmons passed away Friday, May 1, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Shutt was born in Louisiana on September 28, 1935 to John and Mae Waites Evans. Mrs. Shutt was deeply committed to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She was a faithful member of Reedy Creek Baptist Church where she enjoyed singing...
Margaret ""Butch"" Luck Yokeley, 67, of Lexington passed away Thursday April 30, 2015. She was born November 25, 1947 to Ralph Carl and Rosemary Wood Luck. Margaret was a graduate of Parkland High School where she was a Dixie Deb. She retired from Cagney's Restaurant after many years of service. Margaret loved life and she especially love her two dogs...
Mrs. Wanda Redding, passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2015. She was born in Forsyth County on January 3, 1928 to the late John W. Pegram and Bessie Transou Pegram. Mrs. Redding was a lifetime member of Boyer's Chapel Church of Christ. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting, reading and was a former basketball and softball player for Hanes Hosiery. Mrs. Redding...
Mrs. Kathleen Butner Meadows, 87, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born in Forsyth Co. on August 14, 1927 to the late David Sidney Butner and Mamie Reed Butner. Mrs. Meadows was a member of Gospel Baptist Church in Pinnacle. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend,...
Mrs. Jessie Williams Barney, 79, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Regency Care in Clemmons. She was born in Yadkin County on September 11, 1935 to the late Dexter and Annie Copley Williams. Mrs. Barney was a member of West Bend Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking and reading. Mrs. Barney was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother....
Mrs. Idema Watkins Johnson, 87, of Clemmons passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at her home. She was born May 20, 1927 in Forsyth County to Millard O. and Effie Yokley Watkins. Idema was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, a lifetime member of the YMCA and was retired from Goody's Headache Company. She was preceded in death by her...
Betty Weavil Doub, 89, of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Betty was born in Davidson County, to the late Ernest and Vada Weavil. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Jacob Mock Doub, Jr., siblings, Margaret Payne, Clewell Weavil, Juanita Kelly, Bob Weavil, and Ned Weavil, and her...
Eugene (Gene) Fielder Gillam, Jr. passed away at his home in Winston-Salem on April 29, 2015 at the age of 95. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa on November 24, 1919. He was the only child of Eugene and Neva Gillam, Sr. Gene attended public schools in Greensboro and was a member of the class of 1943 at the...
Ms. Esther Jones Walters, 86 of Winston-Salempassed away April 28th at her daughter'shome. She was born September 9th, 1928 in Goldsboro NC to William and Mary Jones. Inaddition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Constable Ernest WilsonWalters, son Ernerst (Ernie) Wilson Walters Jr. both of Winston-Salemand a sisterDoris Martin of Wilmington NC. She was a...
WINSTON-SALEM, NC-Mrs. Joyce ""Joy"" Roberts Timmons, 94, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mrs. Timmons was born on April 20, 1921 in Pulaski, Virginia to the late Lee Hampton Roberts and Martha Elizabeth ""Betty"" Johnson Roberts. Joy was a lifetime member of Salem Baptist Church. She retired from R.J. Reynolds...
Nola Graham went to be with the Lord peacefully on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. She was 95. She was born in Wolf Creek in Monroe County, West Virginia. Mrs. Graham was the daughter of the late Berton Henry Bowden and Emma Mann Bowden. For over 35 years she quietly supported her husband's pastoral ministry at the Son Light Baptist Church...
Mr. Jack Monroe Hawks, 90, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Brookdale Senior Living. He was born in Lambsburg, VA to Otis and Ola Golding Hawks. Mr. Hawks served in the U.S. Navy during WWII stationed at Pearl Harbor. He retired from Lucent Technologies and was co-owner of J&S Motors. He was preceded in death by his parents; first...
Mr. James ""Jimmy"" Franklin Moffitt, Sr., 70, of Winston-Salem, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at his home after fighting a courageous battle with leukemia. He was born April 29, 1944 in Forsyth County to John Dee and Polly Yates Moffitt. Mr. Moffitt was of the Baptist faith. He was owner and operator of James Moffitt Plumbing Company for the...
Rachel Willard Shelton went home April 27, 2015 at the age of ninety-two, pre-deceased by her husband Walter, she now dances with him in heavenly grace. She is survived by her sons David, Philip, and Tim. She leaves behind six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She worked at Hanes Clothing Factory in the late forties until she took a job with...
Gladys Lorraine Rosenberger Cochran Morawski, formerly of Little Egg Harbor, NJ, currently of Winston-Salem, passed away peacefully at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home on Monday, April 27, 2015. She was the 11th of 13 children born to James Harrison and Bessie Ewing Rosenberger in Frederick County, Virginia.She is survived by her son, Thomas C. Cochran, Jr and wife, Barbara,...
KERNERSVILLE-Harold Dewitt Hastings, 87, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015. He was born January 22, 1928 in Forsyth Co. to the late Carr and Edith Everidge Hastings. Mr. Hastings was a very active lifelong member of First Baptist Church in Kernersville as long as his health permitted; where he served as a deacon, Sunday school teacher and on the building...