obituaries

William Buie

William Buie

Jan 25, 2009

William John “W.J.” Buie 92 of Southmont Pond Road, Lexington died Sunday at Lexington Memorial Hospital.   A Graveside service will be 2:00 pm Tuesday at Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery conducted by Rev. Billy Pearson, and burial will follow.   He was born in Davidson County April 13 1916 to William “Will” Buie and Lizelle Buie. He was retired...

Don Farthing

Don Farthing

Jan 25, 2009

Albert Donald “Don” Farthing Jr., 93, of Penny Road, High Point, formerly of Lexington, died Sunday, January 25, 2009, at Pennybyrn – Merryfield. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, where he was a member for 42 years, by the Dr. Lee Zehmer. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery with military honors. Mr. Farthing...

Margaret Hill Sutphin

Margaret Hill Sutphin

Jan 23, 2009

Margaret Hill Sutphin, 77, of Snider Avenue, Lexington died Friday, January 23, 2009, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday at Davidson Funeral Home Lexington Chapel with the Revs. Louis Johns, David Shaffer and Chris Lanning. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park.   Mrs. Sutphin was a loving and caring person to...

Martha Smith Power

Martha Smith Power

Jan 23, 2009

Martha Smith Power, age 75 of East Holly Grove Road, Lexington passed away Friday (1-23-09) at Forsyth Medical Center, after a serious illness of two months. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Monday (1-26-2009) at Mt. Tabor United Church of Christ, with Rev. Jimmy Norred officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Martha was born in Davidson...

Opal Mae Stewart

Opal Mae Stewart

Jan 21, 2009

Today, Opal Mae Jefferson Stewart, is enjoying her first few hours in heaven, no doubt surrounded by those she loves who have made the journey before her. A funeral service will be conducted by Pastors Michael Gates and Albert Smith on Sunday, January 25 at 2:00 pm at Faith Missionary Alliance Church, Gumtree Road, Winston–Salem, NC. Opal, wife of the...

Sylvia Kaye Staker Shaw

Sylvia Kaye Staker Shaw

Jan 20, 2009

Sylvia Kaye Staker Shaw, 53, of Magnolia Gardens Nursing Home, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at the nursing home following an extended illness. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 24, 2009 at Floyd Baptist Church, where she was a member, by the Revs. Charles Dickens, Ron Chapman and Fred Miller. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs....

Andrew Franklin Weaver

Andrew Franklin Weaver

Jan 20, 2009

Andrew Franklin Weaver, 86, of Helmstetler Road, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, at his home after several years of declining health. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. Wayne Knight. Military graveside rites will be presented by Randolph Memorial Honor Guard. Mr. Weaver was born March 19, 1922, in...

Betty Swicegood

Betty Swicegood

Jan 19, 2009

Betty Foster Swicegood, 82, of Jeff Avenue in the Tyro Community passed away early Monday morning at Lexington Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church with Pastor Howard G. Baker and Rev. Kelly Barefoot officiating. Burial will follow in Sandy Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Swicegood was born in Davidson County Dec....

Grecia Calhoun

Grecia Calhoun

Jan 19, 2009

Grecia Dare Atwood Calhoun, 69, of Martin Street, died suddenly Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel by the Rev. Jay Belk. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Calhoun was born Aug. 17, 1939, in Davidson County to Avery Atwood and...

Randy Wayne Hargett

Randy Wayne Hargett

Jan 19, 2009

Randy Wayne Hargett of Lingle Farm Road suddenly passed away on Monday January 19, 2009, at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. A memorial service will be 11:00 am Friday at Tyro United Methodist Church conducted by. Rev. Randy Foster. Mr. Hargett was currently attending Tyro United Methodist Church and was employed by Kurtz Transfer Products. He was a devoted husband...

Luke Hill

Luke Hill

Jan 19, 2009

Mr. Luther Verne “Luke” Hill, 63, of Gumtree Road, died early Sunday morning at his home. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 21 at Faith Missionary Alliance Church, with the Revs. Michael Gates and Albert Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Mr. Hill was born December 10, 1945 in Davidson County to...

Rita Leftwich

Rita Leftwich

Jan 18, 2009

Mrs. Rita Hall Leftwich, 60, of Hillview Drive, Lexington, died suddenly Sunday, January 18, 2009 at Lexington Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, January 21, at Forest Hill Memorial Park, with Rev. Vardis Rains officiating. Mrs. Leftwich was born April 19, 1948 in Forsyth County to James Herbert Hall and Rebecca Kirby Hall. She...

Dr. L.C. Harpe

Dr. L.C. Harpe

Jan 17, 2009

Dr. Lafayette Carswell Harpe, Jr., 88, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2009, at the Brooks-Howell Retirement Home in Asheville. He had lived in Lexington, NC, prior to his declining health. A funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, Lexington, with entombment to follow at Forest Hills Memorial Park Mausoleum. Dr. Harpe was born in...

David Curtis Craver

David Curtis Craver

Jan 16, 2009

Mr. David Curtis Craver. 73, of Enterprise Road, passed away at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home on Friday January 16, 2009. A Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday January 20, 2009 at Center United Methodist Church with Dr. Stephen Pillsbury and Mr. Ed Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Center United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Craver was...

Matthew Wayne Johnson

Matthew Wayne Johnson

Jan 15, 2009

Matthew Wayne Johnson died Thursday, January 15, 2009, in Illiseim, Germany. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at 1 p.m. in National Cemetery, Salisbury.

Earl Lookabill

Earl Lookabill

Jan 15, 2009

The Rev. Earl Mason Lookabill, 57, of East Old U.S. Highway 64, passed away Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at his home after two years of declining health. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Frankie Matthews, the Rev. Michael Bowers and the Rev. Cary McKee. Burial will follow in Cedar...

John Robbins

John Robbins

Jan 14, 2009

John R. Robbins, age 84 of Owens Rd., Lexington died Wednesday in Alston Brook Nursing Home after one year of declining health. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Friday at First Reformed United Church of Christ, where he was a member, with Rev. Dr. Walter Patten and Dr. Lee Jessup officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill...

Grover Harding Weaver

Grover Harding Weaver

Jan 13, 2009

Grover Harding Weaver, 88 of Welcome passed away Tuesday, January 13,2009 at Alston Brook Nursing Home. A funeral service will be held Friday, January 16, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Center United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Stephen Pillsbury and Rev. Ted Craddock officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Military Honors. Mr. Weaver was born in Davidson County...

Martha Berry

Martha Berry

Jan 13, 2009

Martha Ann Stevenson Berry, 76, of Parks Road, died Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, January 16, 2009, at First Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she attended, by the Rev. Wayne Knight and Rev. Steve Brooks. Mrs. Berry was born August 6, 1932, in Guilford County, to...

Jessie Hill

Jessie Hill

Jan 13, 2009

Jessie Junior Hill 85 of Canary Drive, Lexington, died Tuesday morning at his home. A Funeral Service will be 3:00 pm Thursday January 15, 2009 at Jersey Baptist Church where he was a member conducted by Rev. Michael Collier and burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Hill was born March 27, 1923 in Davidson County to Burt and...

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