obituaries
Carl Pless Swicegood
Mar 17, 2014
Mr. Carl Pless Swicegood, 87, formerly of Helmstetler Road, died Monday, March 17 at Carolina House of Lexington. A funeral service will be held 2:00 pm Thursday from the Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Glenn Sanford, and grandsons, Robby Rummage and Shannon Rummageofficiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park with military honors. The family will receive friends...
Warren "Wolf" Lee Pagels
Mar 17, 2014
Warren Lee “Wolf” Pagels, 60, of Ridge Road, died Monday, March 17, 2014, at his home following an extended illness. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, March 20, 2014, at his home on Ridge Road. Mr. Pagels was born July 13, 1953, in LaPorte County, In., to William Pagels and Eula Childers Pagels. He was a...
Mary Lillie Fulp Leonard
Mar 16, 2014
Mary Lillie Fulp Leonard, 90, of Goforth Lake Road, died March 16, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center, following several days of illness. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel, with the Pastors Bill Freeman and John Malek. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the...
Cecil Ralph Tester
Mar 16, 2014
Cecil Ralph Tester, 86, of Old Salisbury Road, died suddenly Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Health – Lexington Medical Center. A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Forest Hill Memorial Park with the Rev. Renee Easter officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Tester was born May 31, 1927, in Watauga...
Jessie Vestal Ingram
Mar 15, 2014
Jessie Yarbrough Vestal Ingram, age 95 of Raeford Avenue, Lexington passed away Saturday night at Hinkle Hospice House. Interment service will be held at 1:00 pm Wednesday at Forest Hill Memorial Park followed by a Memorial service at 2:00 pm Wednesday at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Kelly Groce officiating. The family will receive friends at Davidson Funeral...
Teresa Lynne Collins Edwards
Mar 15, 2014
Teresa Lynn Collins Edwards 49 passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Canaan United Methodist Church with Pastor Chuck Ireson officiating. A visitation will follow the service. Teresa was born in Stuart, VA on September 17, 1964 to...
Inez Michael Mize Sharpe
Mar 14, 2014
Inez Michael Mize Sharpe, 92, of Lexington Health Care, formerly of the Welcome Community, died Friday, March 14, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Beulah United Church of Christ by the Rev. Joe Beane. Burial will follow. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at...
Richard Edward Cheatham
Mar 14, 2014
Richard Edward Cheatham, 83, of New Jersey Church Road, died Friday, March 14, 2014, at the Hinkle Hospice Home in Lexington. A funeral service will be 12:00 pm Monday, March 17, 2014, at Center Hill Baptist Church, where he was a member, with Revs. Brian Alexander and Lamar Moore. Burial will follow at the church cemetery with Masonic graveside...
Angela Eileen Hancock
Mar 14, 2014
Angela Eileen Hancock, 54, of Pickard Circle, passed away Friday (3-14-2014) at Wake Forest Baptist- Lexington Medical Center, after declining health of several years. A graveside service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Memorial Park, conducted by Rev. Abraham Silva. Angela was born June 8, 1959 in Richland County, South Carolina to Lavern Rogers and Mary Kelly...
Bobby Ray Leonard, Sr.
Mar 14, 2014
Bobby Ray Leonard, Sr. age 79 of L & M Road, Lexington passed away Friday morning at Forsyth Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Monday in the Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel with Rev. Wayne Lang officiating. Entombment will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Davidson Funeral Home from...
Ethel Wright Wyatt
Mar 12, 2014
Ethel Wright Wyatt, age 89 of Marlin Drive, Lexington passed away Wednesday morning at Lexington Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Saturday in the Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel with Rev. Clyde Akers officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Davidson Funeral Home from 6:00 until 8:00...
Jean Hedrick Mckoin
Mar 12, 2014
Jean Hedrick McKoin, of Piedmont Crossing died March 12, 2014, at the nursing home after years of declining health. A graveside service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, 2014, at Holly Hill Memorial Park with the Rev. William Sowers officiating. The family will receive friends at Davidson Funeral Home from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. prior to the service....
Ricky Reed
Mar 11, 2014
Ricky Reed, 50, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Davidson Funeral Home with Pastor Kenneth Marshburn officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the service. Mr. Reed was born July 19, 1963, in Welch,...
Byron Wilkinson
Mar 11, 2014
Byron Webb Wilkinson, Jr., 83, formerly of Brookgreen Dr., Lexington died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in Lexington Health Care Center. A Memorial service will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday, March 16, 2014 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Kelley Groce officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the church fellowship hall. Byron was born December 6, 1930...
Taylor Bryce Ikner
Mar 10, 2014
Taylor Bryce Ikner, 21, of Sam Sharpe Road, died Monday, March 10, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Health — Lexington Medical Center after an automobile accident.A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Davidson Funeral Home. Burial will be inForest Hill Memorial Park.Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.Taylor was born May 31, 1992,...
Jerome Shoaf
Mar 10, 2014
Jerome Kent Shoaf, 63, of Lexington, formerly of Chapel Hill and Pittsboro, died in the early morning hours of March 10, 2014, at the family farm in Lexington. A celebration of life will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at The Arbor Lutheran Church (formerly Lebanon Lutheran Church) by the Rev. Mike Jones. The family will meet with family and friends...
Virginia Wilson Leonard
Mar 8, 2014
Mrs. Virginia Wilson Leonard, 82, of Pine Ridge Health, formerly of Helmstetler Road, died Saturday, March 8 at the nursing facility in Thomasville. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 pm Tuesday, March 11 at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. Edwin Chrisco. There will be no formal visitation but the family will receive friends at the home...
Wanda Holt
Mar 8, 2014
Wanda Holt, 54, of Charity Lane, died Saturday, March 8, 2014, at her home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Crossroads Baptist Church.
Lalah Frank
Mar 7, 2014
Mrs. Lalah Kepley Frank, 89, of Jala Lane, Lexington passed away Friday, March 7, 2014 at Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center. A funeral service will be 3:00 pm Sunday March 9, 2014 at Becks Reformed Church, where she was a member, by the Revs. James Byers and Bobby Bonds. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive...
Larry Beck
Mar 6, 2014
The Honorable Larry Gilmer Beck, former City Councilman, 72, of Cedar Lane, died Thursday, March 6 at the Hinkle Hospice House after a brief illness. A memorial service will be held at 5:00 pm Monday, March 10 at the First Baptist Church, where he was a member, by the Rev. Tommy Wilson. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to...
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