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Rachel Ellen Leonard Pressley
Dec 15, 2009
Rachel Ellen Leonard Pressley, 62, of Carl Pressley Road, died Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at Lexington Memorial Hospital following several years of illness. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday, December 18, 2009, at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Deal and Pastor Jeremy Simpson officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Pressley was born...
Buster Fritts
Dec 15, 2009
Ray "Buster" Lafeyette Fritts Sr., 75, of Taylors Park Road, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at his home. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Fairmont Presbyterian Church, where he was a member, by the Revs. Randy Hall and Ronnie Perdue. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Fritts was born Nov. 10, 1934,...
Vernon Canady
Dec 14, 2009
Vernon Delano Canady, age 70 of Sherwood Road, Lexington died Monday, December 14, 2009 at his home after declining health. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, December 17, 2009 at DAVIDSON FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL with Pastor Clyde Akers officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Canady was born August 1, 1939 in Rockingham...
Sharon Farrell Ward
Dec 13, 2009
Sharon Farrell Ward, 61, of Bowers Road, died suddenly Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009, as a result of an automobile accident. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Macedonia United Methodist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. J. Burton Williams. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Ms. Ward was born April 4, 1948, in...
Hazel Cox Snider
Dec 12, 2009
Hazel Snyder Cox Snider, 95, of Junior Order Home Road, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at her home following a two month illness. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Linwood United Methodist Church, where she was a member, by the Revs. Max Shoaf and Melissa Penry. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Snider was...
Jerry Lohr
Dec 11, 2009
Jerry Edward Lohr, Sr. age 76 of Popular St., Lexington died Friday, December 11, 2009 in Hinkle Hospice House after 5 years declining health. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at DAVIDSON FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL with Preacher Clyde Akers officiating. Burial will be at National Cemetery, Salisbury with Military Honors. Mr. Lohr was...
Lorene Benfield
Dec 11, 2009
Lorene Marie Martin Benfield, 90, of Fairview Drive, Lexington NC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 11, 2009 at Lexington Health Care. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, December 14 at the Davidson Funeral Home Chapel, with the Reverend Paul Titus and the Reverend Dr. Lee Zehmer officiating. A graveside burial...
Audrey Smith Hardin
Dec 11, 2009
Audrey Smith Hardin, age 84, of Alston Brook Nursing Home formerly of Marty Lane died Friday, December 11, 2009 in Alston Brook Nursing Home after an extended illness. A Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday, December 13, 2009 at DAVIDSON FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL with Pastor Billy Pearson and Rev. Dr. Bill Hicks officiating. A graveside service will...
Addie Crotts
Dec 10, 2009
Addie Mae Crotts, 89, died on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Her memorial service will be at 12 p.m. on Saturday at Grace Baptist Temple by Pastor Ed Sears and Pastor Mike Smith. Mrs. Crotts was born on Aug. 17, 1920, in Arcadia, but lived most of her life in Norfolk, Va., where her husband of 68 years, Clyde Crotts, found...
Johnnie Jernigan
Dec 9, 2009
Johnnie Clayton Jernigan, Jr. age 44 of Ernest Smith Rd., Denton died Wednesday, December 9, 2009 after a fatal traffic accident. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, December 12, 2009 at High Rock Community Church in Denton with Rev. Ron Loflin officiating. Mr. Jernigan was born March 12, 1965 in Davidson county to Johnnie Clayton Jernigan,...
Christine Meador
Dec 8, 2009
Christine Belle Meador, age 95 of Genesis Elder Care Salisbury, NC formerly of West 7th Avenue, Lexington passed away Tuesday night at Rowan Regional Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Friday (December 11, 2009) at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clyde Akers officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Christine was born in...
Willie Lemuel Gaither
Dec 8, 2009
Willie Lemuel Gaither of Old Lexington Road, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at his home. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at Davidson Funeral Home, Hickory Tree Chapel. Burial will follow at Midway Baptist Church. Mr. Gaither was born December 15, 1915 in Wilkes County to James Martin Gaither and Canna...
Hilda Leonard
Dec 7, 2009
Hilda Dorsett Leonard, 93, of Greenway Drive, passed away Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, at her home. Her funeral to honor her life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Chapel of First Reformed United Church of Christ by the Rev. Dr. Walter Patten. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Leonard was born in Guilford County...
Bobby Eugene Dowell
Dec 7, 2009
Bobby Eugene Dowell 78, of Wyandotte Avenue passed away Monday, December 7, 2009 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home only after a short illness. A funeral service will be 2:00 pm on Friday, December 11, 2009 at Glory Road Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Whitaker officiating. Burial will follow at Parklawn Memorial Park. Mr. Dowell was born September 22, 1931...
Wilbur Smith
Dec 6, 2009
Wilbur Beals Smith, 93, known to family and friends as "Will", of Morehead City and formerly of Woodlawn Drive, Lexington, died in the early morning of December 6th at Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City after a short illness. Funeral services will be held 1:00 pm Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington with the Rev. David Shaffer and...
Louise Hobbs
Dec 6, 2009
Nettie Louise Miller Hobbs, 94, formerly of Oak Avenue, passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at Abbotts Creek Nursing. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. Terry Roland. Mrs. Hobbs was born in Stanly County on Jan. 14, 1915, to Jones David Miller and Noland Peeler Miller. She retired...
Steve Richardson
Dec 6, 2009
Stephen Wesley Richardson, 73, of Lexington passed away Sunday, December 6th at Lexington Health Care from injuries received in an auto accident on September 16, 2009. The funeral will be at 11a.m. Wednesday at Coggins Memorial Baptist Church by Rev. Lewis Johns, Rev. David Shaffer and Rev. Dearl Bunce. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Steve was born...
Ronald "Ronny" Ray Cross
Dec 3, 2009
Ronald Ray “Ronny” Cross, 48, of Plantation Drive, died Thursday, December 3, 2009, at Hinkle Hospice House after declining health of one year. A graveside service will be 1 p.m. Monday, December 7, 2009, at Riverview Memorial Park, Watha, NC, with Preacher Clyde Akers officiating. Mr. Cross was born February 10, 1961, in Davidson County, to Billy Cross and Sue...
Carlton "Cotton" James Powell
Dec 1, 2009
Carlton James “Cotton” Powell, 63, of Brooks Circle, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday, December 5, 2009, at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel, with Preacher Clyde Akers officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Powell was born May 24, 1946, in Davidson County, to Lester...
John Ernest Tilley
Dec 1, 2009
John Ernest “Pete” Tilley, 60 of Foxwood Drive passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at his home. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, December 4, 2009 at Crestview Memorial Park with the Rev. Michael Gates officiating. Mr. Tilley was born in Forsyth County February 21, 1949 to Robert Franklin and Avis Wall Tilley. He is preceded...
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