Local Obituaries for Forsyth County in North Carolina.

May 18, 2010

On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, God sent his angels to bring Helen Vaughn Marable home. Mrs. Marable was born November 30, 1938 in Blount County TN. a daughter of the late John Vaughn and the late Belle Scott Vaughn. She worked several years in housekeeping at Forsyth Medical Center. She planted and took care of her flowers, along with loving...

May 18, 2010

Mr. William James ""Bill"" Tandy, 84, of Bermuda Run passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at Bermuda Village. He was born April 19, 1926 in Oskaloosa, Iowa to Fred Calvin and Marie Martin Tandy. Bill was a member of Clemmons Presbyterian Church and served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He graduated from the University of Iowa...

May 18, 2010

Mr. Paul Carl Williams, 67, of Winston-Salem passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at his home following a long illness. He was born September 18, 1942 in Dallas, TX, the son of the late Carl and Doris Sturdivant Williams. Paul proudly served in the US Marine Corps and was honorably discharged April, 1964. He was a rural letter carrier for...

May 17, 2010

Mrs. Frances Whiteheart Craver, 91, passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010, in Reading, PA. She was born in Wendell, NC to the late Sidney Clay and Josie Thornlow Whiteheart. Mrs. Craver spent most of her life in Winston-Salem and was retired from Wake Forest University. She was a licensed practical nurse and a member of Antioch Baptist Church. Mrs. Craver...

May 17, 2010

Joshua Steven Butler, 25, passed away May 17, 2010 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born January 3, 1985 in Forsyth County to Jeff D. and Denna Esteppe Butler. Joshua was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. During high school he was involved in the youth and choir program and graduated from Salem Baptist Christian School and...

May 17, 2010

Winston Salem-Fred Dean Shumate, 68, passed away Monday, May 17, 2010. He was born October 7, 1941 in Wilkes Co. to the late Clifford Guy and Lola Stone Shumate. Fred was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church. He served in the United States Air Force, and retired from R.J. Reynolds after 30 years of service. He later was employed...

May 16, 2010

Cemetery:Eastlawn Gardens of MemoryVisitation:06:00pm - 08:00pm on May 18, 2010 at Kernersville ChapelService:Service at 03:00pm on May 19, 2010 at Kernersville Seventh-Day Adventist Church

May 15, 2010

Walkertown-- Mr. Clarence Marvin Mabe, Sr., 90, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather went home to be with the Lord May 15, 2010, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mr. Mabe was born in Kernersville to the late William S. and Mintora Mabe. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two sisters, Beatrice...

May 14, 2010

Bruce Emerson White, 89, passed away Friday, May 14, 2010 at his residence. He was born in Winston-Salem on June 20, 1920, the fourth of eight children, to the late Ira Hill and Evelyn Elizabeth Baynes White. Bruce was a graduate of Reynolds High School. Bruce served in the Army from 1941 to 1945. He fought in the Pacific Theater...

May 14, 2010

Kernersville-Lloyd Gwyndolen Maxcy, 87, passed away Friday, May 14, 2010 at his home. He was born September 13, 1922 in Stokes Co. to the late Jerman David and Betty Alma Newman Maxcy. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Aaleen Maxcy; and a son, Phillip Eugene Maxcy. Surviving are his wife, Racheal Joyce...

May 14, 2010

Greensboro-William Joseph ""Joe"" Stafford, 85, passed away Friday, May 14, 2010. He was born October 30, 1924 in Forsyth Co. to the late Guy and Myrtle Phipps Stafford. Joe was a member of First Baptist Church in Kernersville. He was a United States Navy veteran having served in WWII, and retired from J.P. Stevens as manager after 40 years of...

May 14, 2010

Cecil Laughon Rackley, 76, passed away Friday, May 14, 2010 at his residence. He was born in Alamance County, NC on January 29, 1934 to the late Ed Luther and Noel Inez Laughon Rackley. Cecil attended public schools in Burlington, NC, Dothan, AL and Independence, VA, graduated in three years from Belmont Abbey Prep School in Belmont, NC and also...

May 14, 2010

Mr. Charles ""Skip"" Louis Adolph, III, of Winston-Salem died Friday, May 14, 2010 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Adolph was born March 14, 1940 in Windsor County, Vermont a son of the late Charles Adolph, Jr. and the late Rachel May Adolph. He was an US Army veteran, and retired from the City of Winston-Salem Water Treatment Plant. He was...

May 14, 2010

On May 14, 2010 Felix Guy Spagnola passed on from this world to reunite with Our Lord. He was born on December 22, 1937 in Glassport, PA to Lina Di Fiore and Vincenzo Spagnola. After his mother's death, Felix was raised by his father and stepmother Constantina Borelli Spagnola. Felix graduated from Duquesne University with a degree in Business and...

May 13, 2010

Mrs. Betty Key Pardew, 81, of Lexington, passed away Thursday, May 13, 2010 at her home. She was born February 2, 1929 in Wilkes County to the late Walter S. and Bessie Key. Mrs. Pardew was a member of Samaritan Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Bill Key in WWII and Arlie Key and two sisters,...

May 13, 2010

Winston Salem-James Edgar ""Bud"" Williamson, 80, passed away Thursday, May 13, 2010 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born April 3, 1930 in Montgomery Co., NC to the late I.A. and Lola Maude Hogan Williamson. Bud was a member of Kernersville Moravian Church. He was a United States Army veteran, and retired from Central States Local 391 McLean Trucking Company...

May 13, 2010

Mrs. Mozelle Rothrock Jones, 96, of Advance, went home to be with her ""Wonderful Savior"", Thursday, May 13, 2010 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born April 12, 1914 in Forsyth County to the late Gilbert E. and Clemmie Elizabeth Craver Rothrock. She was nicknamed ""Sweet Precious"" by her son, Terry and was a loving wife, mother,...

May 12, 2010

May 12, 2010

Mrs. Bobbie Jean Kimball LaRowe, 79, of Winston-Salem died Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born July 25, 1930 in Forsyth County the daughter of the late Gilbert Wertz and Arabelle Druett Kimball. Mrs. LaRowe was a member of Parkland Church and was retired from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system following 25 years of...

May 11, 2010

Mr. Emil Gerald Maruca, age 90, of Kenwood Street, Winston-Salem, NC died Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born April 11, 1920 in Wheeling, WV, to the late John B. and Katherine Sardonell Maruca, he was a graduate of Wheeling High School, Class of 1938. Along with his father and older brother Philip,...