obituaries
Esterlene R. Richardson
Apr 3, 2009
Esterlene Richardson 66, of West Center Street Extension departed on the blessed day of April 3, 2009. A Funeral service will be 2:00 pm Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Willis Silver and burial to follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. She was born September 16, 1942 in Warren County to Washington and Bertha Richardson Richardson and...
Walter Alvin Koontz
Apr 2, 2009
Walter Alvin “Abby” Koontz, 67 of Weaver Road passed away Thursday, April 2 at his home. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday (4-5-2009) at Reeds United Methodist Church, with Rev. Gary Foster officiating. Burial will follow in First Baptist Church Cemetery in Welcome. Walter was born August 22, 1941 in Davidson County to Emanuel Whitson...
Gertrude "Nana" Davis Lomax
Apr 1, 2009
Gertrude (Nana) Davis Lomax 85 passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2009. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Churchland Baptist Church with Rev. Ray Howell IV officiating. Burial will follow in Davis Cemetery. Mrs. Lomax was born October 5, 1923 in Davidson County to Lloyd G. Davis and Lena Crotts Davis. A homemaker,...
Pergie Nations Hill
Mar 31, 2009
Pergie Nations Hill, age 74 of Lexington passed away Tuesday (3-31-2009) at Lexington Memorial Hospital. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday (4-4-2009) at Mason Branch Cemetery in Bryson City. Pergie was born in Swain County, May 7, 1934 to William Coleman Nations and Beulah York Nations. She was a homemaker and a member of Welcome Church of...
Arlene Barrier Allred
Mar 30, 2009
Arlene Barrier Allred, age 75 of Echoview Circle, Lexington passed away Monday morning (3-30-2009) at Lexington Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be held at 4:00 pm Wednesday (4-1-2009) at Coggins Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Lewis Johns and Rev David Shaffer officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Arlene was born March 9, 1934 to Norman Ferdnand...
Zelma Link Wicks
Mar 29, 2009
Zelma Francis Link Wicks, 89, of Fairway Drive, passed away, Sunday afternoon, March 29, 2009, at her home, after a prolonged illness. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel, by the Revs. Kurt Johnston and Bill Sosebee. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Wicks was born...
Harry Lee Everhart
Mar 29, 2009
Our beloved husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather went to be with his Lord on Sunday morning March 29, 2009. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, April l, 2009 at Immanuel – New Eden Moravian Church with the Rev. Walter C. Bishop and Rev. Robert Peek, Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Harry Lee...
Richard Carl Gabby
Mar 28, 2009
Richard Carl Gabbey age 70, died Saturday, March 28, 2009, at the Lexington Memorial Hospital in North Carolina. Mr. Gabbey was born April 10, 1938 in Pembroke New York, to William Jon Gabbey and Grace Jean Witt Gabbey. He was a member of the Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Lexington North Carolina. Mr. Gabbey was a former...
Margaret Alley Everhart
Mar 27, 2009
“Love is patient, Love is Kind.” A beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great grandmother has left this earth to join her Savior. A loving and kind soul will be eternally missed. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, March 30, 2009 at Pilgrim Lutheran Church with Rev. Craig D. Saltzer officiating. Burial will follow in the...
Kenton "Kenny" Fritts Leonard
Mar 25, 2009
Kenton Fritts Leonard, 70, of Swing Dairy Road, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at his home. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington with Revs. David Davis and Donnie Lundsford officiating. Mr. Leonard was born February 13, 1939, in Davidson County to Floyd Mock Leonard and...
Cleora Roberts Sechrest
Mar 25, 2009
Cleora Roberts Sechrest, 99, of Lexington, Cherry Grove Beach, SC and Rocky Mount, died Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Canton, Ga. Mrs. Sechrest was born November 28, 1909, in Lancaster, SC, the youngest of the nine children of Samuel B. and Ellen Montgomery Roberts, and was preceded in death by brothers, Lewis and Herman and sisters, Cora, Vertie, Mary, Norma,...
Christopher Lee Matthews
Mar 24, 2009
Christopher Lee Matthews, 32 of Deer Ridge Road passed away Tuesday. Christopher was born November 5, 1976 in Forsyth County. Chris was the son of Joe and Kay Matthews, brother to Jeff, David and Daniel, uncle to Avery, a special dad to Justin, Raymond and Raymie and a friend to many. There will be no funeral service. The family will...
Elsie Amanda Sink Motsinger
Mar 24, 2009
Elsie Amanda Sink Motsinger, 93, of Old Highway 52, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at her home. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 2009, at Midway United Methodist Church Cemetery with Pastors John Woods and Michael Gates. Mrs. Motsinger was born January 15, 1916, in Davidson County to David Lewis Sink and Mary Estelle Sink....
Gregory Jay Peck
Mar 24, 2009
Gregory Jay Peck, 41, of Arvil Hunt Road, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at his home. The visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Peck was born August 23, 1967, in Davidson County, to Hoyt Dale Peck and Nina Gwen Koonts Peck. He was a member of St. Luke’s...
Johnnie Mcbrannon
Mar 20, 2009
Juanita "Johnnie" McBrannon, 92, of Lexington, went to her Heavenly home on Friday, March 20, 2009. Her funeral will be held in her hometown of Ferris, Texas, on Tuesday at First United Methodist Church of Ferris. A memorial service will be held at First United Methodist Church of Lexington at a later date. Juanita was born in Roanoke, Texas, on...
Janice Jones Athay
Mar 20, 2009
Janice Marie Jones Athay, 74 of Brookstone Retirement Home died Friday at Brookstone. A Memorial Service to celebrate her life will be 2:00 pm Wednesday March 25, 2009 at Freedom Baptist Church conducted by Rev Clyde Akers. Mrs. Athay was born in Davidson County March 4, 1935 to Richard Lamar Jones Sr. and Mary Walser Jones. She was a...
Christine Koontz Swicegood
Mar 17, 2009
Christine Koontz Swicegood, age 82 of South NC Highway 150, Lexington passed away Tuesday morning (3-17-2009) at Lexington Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be held 11:00 am Thursday at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church with Rev. Howard Baker officiating. Burial will follow at Sandy Creek Cemetery. Christine was born in Davidson County, August 2, 1926 to Charles Franklin Koontz and Clara...
Wilma Kearns
Mar 17, 2009
Wilma Watts Kearns, age 93 formerly of Bud Sink Road, passed away Tuesday evening (3-17-2009) at Lexington Health Care. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Friday at Bethesda United Methodist Church with Rev. Doug Hochmuth officiating. Burial will follow in Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Kearns was born in Stokes County, May 25, 1915 to Marshall...
Lonzo Pratt, Sr.
Mar 17, 2009
Lonzo (Sonny Boy) Pratt, Sr. age 76 or Crutchfield Avenue, Lexington passed away Tuesday. A service of Remembrance was held 2:00 pm Sunday, March 22, 2009 at Davidson Funeral Home. Mr. Pratt was born in Robeson County, June 3, 1932 to Jack and Rose Pratt. He was a retired carpenter. Surviving are: three daughters, Darcy Pratt Groce of...
Lloyd Carter
Mar 17, 2009
Lloyd Carter Jr., 74, of Patricia Lane, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Faith Chapel, where he was a member, with Bishop Ronnie Shaw and Prophet Robert Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Carter was born February 10, 1935, in Lenoir, to Lloyd...
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