obituaries

T.J. Younts, Jr.

T.J. Younts, Jr.

Mar 2, 2014

Thomas Jefferson "TJ" Younts Jr., 83, of George Hege Road, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at his home after several years of declining health. A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel by Pastor Tim Everhart. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the...

Doris Kepley Hartley

Doris Kepley Hartley

Mar 1, 2014

Doris Kepley Hartley, age 91 of Allred Road, Lexington passed away Saturday night at Hinkle Hospice House. Funeral service will be held at Noon, Tuesday at Memorial United Church of Christ with Rev. Jamie Kent officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall from 11:00 until noon, prior to the...

Irene Elizabeth Swaringen Mabry

Irene Elizabeth Swaringen Mabry

Feb 27, 2014

Irene Elizabeth Swaringen Mabry, 88, of Alston Brook Nursing Center, formerly of Spruce Street, died Thursday, February 27, 2014, at Alston Brook. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Center Hill Baptist Church, where she was a member, with the Revs. Brian Alexander, Lamar Moore and Roy Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow at 4:30 p.m. in...

Mary Lou Warfford Smith

Mary Lou Warfford Smith

Feb 27, 2014

Mary Lou Warfford Smith, of Bryan Woods Lane, died Thursday, February 27, 2014, at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, after declining health for one and a half years. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, 2014, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, where she was a member, with Pastor Howard G. Baker officiating. Burial will follow in Sandy Creek...

Elizabeth Griggs Spaugh

Elizabeth Griggs Spaugh

Feb 26, 2014

Elizabeth Griggs Spaugh 81 of Main Street, Winston-Salem passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, February 28, 2014 at Davidson Funeral Home, Hickory Tree Chapel with the Rev. Richard Payne officiating. Entombment will follow at Parklawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. A visitation will be held one hour...

John (Buddy) Wade Watkins

John (Buddy) Wade Watkins

Feb 26, 2014

John Wade “Buddy” Watkins, 66, of Tyro Community went home to be with his Lord Jesus Wednesday, February 26, 2014, following several years of declining health. John 3:16 A celebration of his life will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Davidson Funeral Home with the Revs. Sam Harvey and Billy Louya officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill...

Jimmy E. Leonard

Jimmy E. Leonard

Feb 26, 2014

James “Jimmy” E. Leonard, 74, of Hampton Street, died Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at the home of his son in Salisbury. A graveside service will follow the visitation Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Psalm 91 Church Cemetery conducted by the Rev. Max Shoaf. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at Davidson Funeral Home...

Lowell Craig Varner

Lowell Craig Varner

Feb 25, 2014

Lowell Craig Varner, age 54 or Arbor Drive, Lexington passed away Tuesday (Feb. 25, 2014) morning at Hinkle Hospice House, after a long, courageous battle with brain cancer. A celebration of life service will be held at 4:00 pm Sunday (March 2, 2014) at Meadowview Reformed Presbyterian Church with Rev. Chris Bitterman, Rev. Francis Smith and Rev. Kirk Blankenship officiating....

Leigh Leonard

Leigh Leonard

Feb 24, 2014

Norma Leigh Leonard, 56, of Biesecker Road, died Monday, February 24, 2014, at her home following a short illness. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Thursday, February 27, 2014, at Davidson Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Titus officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the funeral...

Willie Goins

Willie Goins

Feb 24, 2014

Willie Goins, age 74 of East Holly Grove Road, Lexington passed away Monday night at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday in the Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Vernon Smith and Dewey Everhart officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Tabor United Church of Christ Cemetery. The family will receive friends at...

Bobby Ray Pope

Bobby Ray Pope

Feb 24, 2014

Bobby Ray Pope of Lexington passed away on February 24, 2014 at Brookstone Retirement Center after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. A Celebration of Life will be held at 4 pm Thursday, February 27 at First United Methodist Church, Lexington, with the Revs. Doug Rowe and Dr. Keith Ray officiating. The family will receive guests immediately following the service in...

Bobbie Sharpe Walser

Bobbie Sharpe Walser

Feb 23, 2014

Bobbie Sharpe Walser, of Carolina House, formerly of Linwood passed away Sunday morning at Carolina House after many years of declining health. Funeral service will be held at 3:00 pm Wednesday at Jersey Baptist Church, where she was a lifelong member with Revs. Don Durham and Morris Hollifield officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive...

Don Parsons

Don Parsons

Feb 22, 2014

James Donald Parsons, 77, of Knollwood Avenue, died Saturday, February 22, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center after declining health for two years. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with the Pastor Mark Rachels officiating. Burial will follow in Becks Reformed Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m....

Gerald Allen Leihenseder

Gerald Allen Leihenseder

Feb 21, 2014

M/Sgt. Gerald Allen (Scott) Leihenseder, USMC Retired, age 75 of Cotswold Ave, passed away early Friday (2-21-14) at Moses Cone Hospital. A memorial graveside service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday March 11, at Salisbury National Cemetery with full military honors. Inurnment will follow in the columbarium. Visitation will be held 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home....

Cora Waisner Brown

Cora Waisner Brown

Feb 20, 2014

Cora Waisner Brown, age 80 of Pineridge Care Thomasville, formerly of County School Road, Lexington passed away at Pineridge Care Thursday night. Funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Sunday at Jersey Baptist Church with Rev. Morris Hollifield officiating. Burial will follow in Jersey Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Davidson Funeral Home from 5:00 until 7:00 pm...

Abigail Hedrick

Abigail Hedrick

Feb 20, 2014

Abigail Marie Hedrick failed to survive birth on February 20, 2014 at Wake Forest Baptist- Lexington Medical Center. A private graveside service will be held by the Rev. Jamie Kent. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Memorial United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall. Surviving are her parents, Ethan Harlen Hedrick and...

Lois Ann Shaw

Lois Ann Shaw

Feb 20, 2014

Lois Ann Jones Shaw, 67, of Hannah Ferry Road in Linwood, died Thursday February 20, 2014 at Rowan Regional Hospital in Salisbury. A funeral service will be held 11 am Monday at Higher Ground Baptist Church where she was a member. Entombment will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 pm Sunday...

Doris Beck

Doris Beck

Feb 19, 2014

Doris Brinkley Beck, age 89 of Lexington passed away Sunday morning at Grayson Creek of Welcome. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday February 19, 2014 at Bethesda United Methodist Church with Rev. Daniel V. Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church....

Nancy Mahala Talley

Nancy Mahala Talley

Feb 18, 2014

Nancy Mahala Talley, 74, of Green Meadow Drive, died Tuesday February 18, 2014 at the Hinkle Hospice Home in Lexington. A funeral service will be held 2:00 pm Friday February 21, 2014 at New Testament Baptist Church, where she was a member, with Rev. Jimmy Green and Dr. Robert Floyd officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. The...

Ruby Mae Lohr Mccarn

Ruby Mae Lohr Mccarn

Feb 17, 2014

Ruby Mae Lohr McCarn, 91, of East Center Street, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at Carolina House. A memorial graveside service will be 12 p.m. Saturday, February 22, 2014, at Linwood United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jonathan Goodman officiating. Mrs. McCarn was born November 18, 1922, in Davidson County, to James Brantley Lohr and Lillie Jane Swing Lohr. She...

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