Mrs. Margie Thomas Pleasants, age 86 of Winston-Salem, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born December 9, 1927 in Pennsylvania County, VA. to Andrew and Annie Amos Thomas. Mrs. Pleasants was a member of Burkhead United Methodist Church and she had retired from Wake Forest University. She is preceded in death by her parents...
Mrs. Jane ""Nana"" Armstrong Dodson, 85, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Forsyth County to Rev. Turner Dewey Armstrong and Margie Land Armstrong. Mrs. Dodson was a charter member of First Baptist Church of Stanleyville where she taught pre-school Sunday school for 25 years. Mrs. Dodson enjoyed cooking and her family loved...
Mrs. Peggy Greene Rhodes 73, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born November 17, 1940 in Montgomery County to Jesse Leonard Greene and Grace Harris Greene. Mrs. Rhodes was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and was loved by her family very much. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Jack Wesley...
KERNERSVILLE -- Mr. Dalton Britton Goodwin, 72, died Saturday, January 4, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Dalton was born on November 29, 1941 in Richland County, SC to the late Dalton E. and Helen Welch Goodwin. Dalton worked for a number of years for Flow Motors and Paul Ciener Ford in the Finance Department. Surviving are his wife, Judy...
Mr. Henry Marshall Snow, age 94 of Winston-Salem went to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mr. Snow was born in Forsyth County, October 1, 1919 to James Edgar and Minnie Ester Wood Snow. He was a member of Marshall Baptist Church and retired from Pritchard Electrical Company...
KERNERSVILLE -- Mr. Jerry Curtis Manuel, 73, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. Jerry was born on July 9, 1940 in Forsyth County to the late Wilber and Gladys Sapp Manuel. He retired from RJ Reynolds with many years of service and was a member of Sedge Garden Baptist Church. Jerry loved his family and left them...
GREENSBORO -- Mr. Ralph Ellington Johnson, 92, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Bradford Village West Nursing Home. Ralph was born on July 5, 1921 in Alamance County to the late Dolph Moore and Lilly Mae Moore Johnson. Ralph was a US Navy WWII veteran. He was the owner and operator of Bessemer Coal in Greensboro for many years. Ralph...
KERNERSVILLE -- Miss Mary Ann Lankford, 77, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Murdock Developmental Center. Mary Ann was born on July 9, 1936 in Forsyth County to the late Noah Cornelius and Mary Vanhoy Lankford. Mary Ann was disabled from birth but showed no limitations in the love that she shared with her family. She had a unique personality,...
Mr. Hermanus Van Helmondt, 86, died Friday, January 3, 2014. He was born April 21, 1927 in Indonesia to Hermanus Van Helmondt and Amoi Kwee. Herman was a POW of the Japanese in WWII. He served with the Dutch Army and the Merchant Marine. Herman immigrated to the USA from Holland in 1961. Herman is survived by his wife Andrina...
Wayland Charles Sarvis, age 80, died on Friday, January 3, 2014 at Silas Creek Manor in Winston-Salem. He was born April 2, 1933 in Tabor City, NC to the late Bostain Sarvis and the late Rachel Louella Fowler Sarvis Fipps. A longtime resident of Davie County, he was retired from Foodcraft, Inc. A devout Christian, Mr. Sarvis was a member...
Mr. William J'Van Morgan, 84 of Winston-Salem died Friday, January 3, 2014 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born April 10, 1929 in Stokes County, the son of the late, Charlie Davis and Annabelle Martin Morgan. Mr. Morgan was a member of Advent Moravian Church and was retired from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. He served with the...
Mrs. Betty Elizabeth Sowers Gunter, 79, of Advance passed away Thursday, January 2, 2014 at her home. She was born in Davie County on November 4, 1934 to Walter Floyd and Mary Franklin Sowers. Mrs. Gunter was a 1953 graduate of Lewisville School in Lewisville, NC, the same community her and her husband, Wiley, owned and operated a Country Store...
PFAFFTOWN--Mr. Richard ""Dick"" Edgar Caudle, 85, of Pfafftown, NC, formerly of Kernersville, NC, went to Heaven on Thursday, January 2, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Caudle was born on March 28, 1928 in Forsyth County to Lester Gray Caudle and Ruth Mae Windsor Caudle. Richard served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He retired...
Mrs. Dorothy Louise King Lawson, 91, passed away Wednesday January 1, 2014 at her residence. She was born March 25, 1922 in Stokes County to Orange Columbus King and Bertha Ann Joyce King. Mrs. Lawson was a member of Mineral Springs Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Lawson. Surviving is one daughter, Debbie Dedmon and...
Mrs. Betty Andrews Mitchell, 85, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born on November 22, 1928 in Alleghany Co. the daughter of the late Claude and Nora Saddler Andrews. Mrs. Mitchell was a homemaker and a member of Crestwood Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, James L....
FAGG CLEMMONS, NC--Marie Shecton Fagg, 85, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2014 peacefully at Mallard Ridge Assisted Living facility in Clemmons, NC. She was born in Sicily, Italy on May 15, 1928 the daughter of Anna and Guiseppe Shecton. She came to the United States at the age of 19 with her family including her siblings Joe, Anna and Teresa....
June Elliott Blackmon, 79, of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at the Danby Home. She was born June 16, 1934 in Forsyth County to Wade Wadsworth and Bessie Davis Elliott. Ms. Blackmon was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Dale Blackmon; and two brothers, Kenneth Elliott and Albert Elliott. Surviving are one son, Tony Blackmon; one...
Mr. Raymond Edward White, 83, of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born March 26, 1930 in Forsyth County to Gaither W. and Edna Flynn White. Mr. White was a member of Pine Grove United Methodist Church and the Methodist Men's Fellowship. He had 50 years of service with the Boy...
Mrs. Jeanette Orrell Cornatzer, 75, of Advance passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. Jeanette was born in Davie County on July 11, 1938 to John and Maybelle Markland Orrell. She was a lifelong and active member of Advance United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir. Jeanette was a very involved member of the community...
WINSTON SALEM -- Evelyn Montgomery Smith West, 93, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at Oak Forest Health and Rehab. Evelyn was born on September 25, 1920 in Augusta County, VA to the late James and Eva Thacker Smith. She was a member of Edgewood Baptist Church and later attended Kernersville Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, Evelyn was...