obituaries

Jerry Lohr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Mary Elizabeth Waddell Pardue

Mary Elizabeth Waddell Pardue

Dec 1, 2009

Mary Elizabeth Waddell Pardue, 71, of Quail Hill Drive, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at Forsyth Medical Center. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Carlton Waddell officiating. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. in White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Roaring River. Mrs. Pardue was born October 20, 1938, in Wilkes County,...

Carolyn Gentle Ratcliff

Carolyn Gentle Ratcliff

Nov 30, 2009

Carolyn Gentle Ratcliff, 72, a resident of Frontier Drive, passed away, Monday, November 30, 2009, at her residence, after many years of declining health. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday, December 4, 2009, at Becks Lutheran Church on Becks Church Road, with Pastors Ray Sipe and Ruth Ann Sipe officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Carolyn was...

Clora Williams Adkins

Clora Williams Adkins

Nov 29, 2009

Clora Lee Williams Adkins, age 81 or Adams Street, Lexington passed away Sunday morning (November 29, 2009)    at Lexington Memorial Hospital. Private memorial service at a later date.  There will be no public visitation.   Clora was born December 21, 1927 in Fayette County, Mississippi to Richard Leroy Williams and Carrie Welch Williams.  She was a retired employee of Stanley...

Timothy Andrew Wilhelm

Timothy Andrew Wilhelm

Nov 26, 2009

Timothy “Tim” Andrew Wilhelm, age 50 of Will Jose Drive, Lexington passed away Thursday (November 26, 2009) at Hinkle Hospice House.  Funeral service will be held 2:00 pm Monday (November 30, 2009) at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Michael Wollard and Rev. Alvin Everhart officiating.  Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Tim was born in Guilford County,...

Thomas Avery Story

Thomas Avery Story

Nov 26, 2009

Thomas Avery Story of Welcome Bethesda Road, passed away Thursday evening at Forsyth Medical Center after a sudden illness. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Monday (11-30-2009) in the chapel of Davidson Funeral Home Hickory Tree Chapel with Preacher Clyde Akers officiating. He was born in Forsyth County on July 27, 1934 to James Clark and Sena Blevins...

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