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Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.
Novella Simms Bull
Jul 24, 2011
KERNERSVILLE - Novella Simms Bull, 101, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011. She was born April 23, 1910 in Chesterfield Co., SC to the late Hollis and Minnie Hasty Simms. Mrs. Bull was a member of First Baptist Church in Kernersville and taught Sunday school for over five decades. She moved to Stuart, VA in 2009 and became a resident...
Maurice Samuel Smith
Jul 24, 2011
Maurice ""Smitty"" Samuel Smith, 87, of Winston-Salem passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Springwood Care. Mr. Smith was born in White County, Illinois on November 14, 1923 to Charles Samuel and Vernice Mae Rippy Smith. He was of the Methodist faith and was a veteran of WWII in the United States Navy serving on the USS Stingray, the USS...
Mrs. Nelda Sheets Howell
Jul 23, 2011
HOWELL Clemmons- Nelda Lou Sheets Howell went to be with her heavenly father on July 23, 2011 after a series of health problems. She was born March 25, 1933 in Forsyth County to George and Mattie Lawrence Sheets. She graduated from Lewisville High School in 1951. She married Carl Edward Howell on January 10, 1953. They were married for 51...
Thomas Campbell Karnes, Jr.
Jul 22, 2011
Thomas Campbell Karnes, Jr., 90, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away Friday, July 22, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Karnes was born January 7, 1921, in Covington, Virginia, to the late Thomas Campbell Karnes, Sr. and Lucy Gilley Kincaid Karnes. Tom was a 1942 graduate of Georgia Tech University with an engineering degree and also was a member of the...
Nellie Elizabeth Hill Gordy
Jul 22, 2011
A very loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother Mrs. Nellie Elizabeth Hill Gordy, age 76 went to be with her Lord and Savior Friday evening July 22, 2011 at her home in Germanton. Mrs. Gordy was born October 9, 1934 in Davidson County to the late Vandy R. and late Rosie Kiger Hill. She was a very active member...
Reverend Douglas âDougâ Howard Butler
Jul 22, 2011
BUTLER - WINSTON-SALEM The Reverend Douglas ‘Doug' Howard Butler, 72, died Friday, July 22, 2011. Reverend Butler was born August 14, 1938 in Richmond, VA to Samuel E. and Kathleen Beeton Butler. He grew up in Alexandria, VA and in 1957 moved to Salisbury, NC. He met the love of his life at Boyden High School and married Sarah in...
Effie Victoria Wright Smith
Jul 21, 2011
Winston-Salem- Effie Victoria Wright Smith, 105, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 21, 2011. She was born in Surry County to the late Albert N. Wright and Mary Frances Tickle Wright on December 24, 1905. She spent most of her life in Winston-Salem. She was a member of Ardmore Baptist Church. ""Grandma"", as she...
Talmadge 'Tink' Baker
Jul 21, 2011
Winston Salem - Talmadge ""Tink"" Baker, 76, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born June 12, 1935 in Forsyth Co. to the late Marvin Poindexter Baker and Lula Bell Thomas Baker. Tink was a member of Union Cross Baptist Church. He retired from Amp, Inc. after several years of service. In addition...
Ruth ReavisVestal
Jul 20, 2011
Mrs. Ruth Reavis Vestal, 86, of Winston-Salem passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born November 19, 1924 in Yadkin County to Benjamin Franklin and Nora Hampton Reavis. Ruth loved growing flowers, especially roses and had a fondness for cooking and was well known for her Moravian ginger cookies. She was of...
T.G. Preston, Jr.
Jul 20, 2011
Belews Creek - T.G. Preston, Jr., 90, passed peacefully from this life on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 to his new home ""not made with hands eternal in the heavens"". He was born in Forsyth Co. to the late Thomas Graydon Preston, Sr. and Mary Neal Preston. Mr. Preston was a lifelong member of Goodwill Baptist Church. He was a United...
Robert Wayne Calloway
Jul 19, 2011
Winston-Salem- Mr. Robert Wayne Calloway, 47, passed away July 19, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born January 11, 1964 to Bobby E. Calloway, Sr. and Margie Rippey Calloway. Mr. Calloway served in the U.S. Navy and will always be remembered as a loving son, father, and friend. He was preceded in death by his father, Bobby E. Calloway,...
Arthur Lester Garner
Jul 19, 2011
Mr. Arthur Lester Garner, 86, of Winston-Salem, passed away on Tuesday July 19, 2011 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mr. Garner was born on February 9, 1925 in Randolph County, NC to the late Conrad and Mary Garner. Mr. Garner proudly served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. He graduated from boot camp in Bainbridge, MD...
June Thomas Swaim
Jul 19, 2011
Browns Summit - June Thomas Swaim, 62, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. She was born January 11, 1949 in Forsyth Co. to the late Warren H. Thomas and Blanche D. Fulp. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two sisters, and one brother. Surviving are her husband, Michael...
Wilbur McMahan
Jul 18, 2011
Mr. Wilbur McMahan, age 89 of Advance, died Monday, July 18, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born April 14, 1922 in Davidson County to the late Frank and Sadie Tucker McMahan. Mr. McMahan served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was a member of Redland Pentecostal Holiness Church. He is preceded in death by his wife, Thelma...
Jerry Mack King
Jul 18, 2011
Jerry Mack King, 81, of Winston-Salem, went home to the Lord on Monday, July 18, 2011, to join his wife, Betty Coggins King; his father, John William King; and his mother, Genevra Wilkerson King. He was born in Harnett County, NC, and lived most of his life in Winston-Salem. He is survived by his brother, Stacy King and wife Mary...
Edward Paul Casper
Jul 17, 2011
Edward Paul Casper, 58, of Winston-Salem passed away on July 17, 2011. Mr. Casper was born November 6, 1952 to Luther Paul and Maxine Scott Casper of Salisbury, NC. He graduated from Boyden High School in Salisbury and earned his pilot's license at the age of 16. He served in the United States Air Force for two years and in...
Ruth Jarvis Brewer
Jul 17, 2011
Mrs. Ruth Jarvis Brewer of Winston-Salem passed away Sunday, July 17, 2011 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Ruth was born in Winston-Salem on August 20, 1914. She was the youngest of five children. She was preceded in death by her husband and best friend, Lewis K. Brewer. They had a wonderful time together for 49 years and shared many...
Curtis Wayne 'Chub' Smith
Jul 17, 2011
Winston Salem - Curtis Wayne ""Chub"" Smith, 82, died of lung cancer Sunday, July 17, 2011 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born March 2, 1929 in Forsyth Co. to the late Curtis Ray and Annie Hayworth Smith. Chub served in the Korean Conflict from Feb. 19, 1951 to March 31, 1953. He achieved the rank of corporal...
Joanne Todd Cartee
Jul 17, 2011
Winston-Salem- Mrs. Joanne Todd Cartee, 76, passed away July 17, 2011 at her residence. She was born November 25, 1934 in Forsyth County to the late Roy Lee Todd and Irene Kimel Todd. Mrs. Cartee was a member of New Philadelphia Moravian Church where she was a member of the choir and Circle 2. She was a graduate of Reynolds...
Shea Allen Ashburn
Jul 17, 2011
ASHBURN - KING Shea Allen Ashburn passed away Sunday, July 17 at his home. He was born in Forsyth County on September 18, 1993 to Teresa Rogers Ashburn and Billy Joe Ashburn Jr. Shea was of the Moravian faith and was a student at Forsyth Technical Community College. He enjoyed four-wheeling, skateboarding, video games and scraping steel. Shea also loved...
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