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Ruby Owens

Ruby Owens

Oct 7, 2008

Ruby Wrenn Owen, 91, of Highway 47, died Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at her home following a four week illness. A graveside service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, at Center Hill Baptist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Brian Alexander. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Owen was born April 20, 1917, in Davidson...

Gracie Myers Butler

Gracie Myers Butler

Oct 5, 2008

Evelyn Grace Myers Butler, 87, of Myers Park Drive, died Sunday, October 5, 2008, at Brian Center of Lexington. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at Second Reformed United Church of Christ, where she was a member, by the Rev. Dr. Joe D. Coltrane and Rev. Billy Joe Leonard. Burial will follow in Forest Hill...

Jeffrey Robert Patneau

Jeffrey Robert Patneau

Oct 4, 2008

Jeffrey Robert Patneau, age 26 of Cleveland Drive, Lexington passed away Saturday (10-4-2008) at The London Clinic, London England.  Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday (10-15-2008) at Cotton Grove United Methodist Church with Rev. Ed Armfield officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park.   Jeffrey was born in Hennipen County, Minnesota on September 9, 1982...

Minnie Mallard Swicegood

Minnie Mallard Swicegood

Oct 4, 2008

Minnie Mallard Swicegood, age 81 of Brookstone Retirement Home formerly of Weaver Road, Lexington (Welcome Community) passed away Saturday morning at Brookstone Retirement Center.  Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday (10-07-2008) at First Baptist Church of Welcome with Rev. Mark Blair officiating.  Burial will follow in First Baptist Church Cemetery.   Minnie was born in Davidson County...

Jeffrey Robert Patneau

Jeffrey Robert Patneau

Oct 4, 2008

Jeffrey Robert Patneau, age 26 of Cleveland Drive, Lexington passed away Saturday (10-4-2008) at The London Clinic, London England. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday (10-15-2008) at Cotton Grove United Methodist Church with Rev. Ed Armfield officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Jeffrey was born in Hennipen County, Minnesota on September 9, 1982 to...

Wade William Johnson

Wade William Johnson

Oct 2, 2008

Wade William Johnson, age 87 of Arbor Drive, Lexington passed away Thursday (10-2-2008) at Lexington Memorial Hospital.  Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday at First Baptist Church in Lexington with Dr. Ray Howell, 3rd and Rev. Tommy Wilson officiating. Burial will be at 4:00 pm Sunday at Rocky River Baptist Church Cemetery in Siler City. Wade was...

Dan Ward

Dan Ward

Oct 1, 2008

Dan Gray Ward, 73, of Greensboro Street Ext., died suddenly Wednesday, October 1, 2008, at Thomasville Medical Center. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday Oct. 4, 2008, at Pilgrim Reformed Church, where he was a member, by the Revs. Barry Surratt and George Fidler. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Ward was born in Davidson County...

Viola Carlton Hardin

Viola Carlton Hardin

Sep 29, 2008

Mrs. Viola Carlton Hardin, 90, of White Street, died Monday at Lexington Memorial Hospital after declining health. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at Lexington City Cemetery, with the Rev. Max Evington officiating. Mrs. Hardin was born on February 16, 1918 in Rutherford County to Leroy Adell Carlton and Annie Mae Radford Carlton....

Betty Louise Blake

Betty Louise Blake

Sep 28, 2008

Betty Louise Myers Ellis Blake, age 72 of Hoyd Lane, Kernersville, passed away Sunday (9-28-2008) at Forsyth Medical Center, after a long illness. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday at the Davidson Funeral Home-Hickory Tree Chapel, with Rev. Jim Bush officiating. Entombment will follow at Parklawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. Mrs. Blake was born in Davie County, August...

Nolan Phillips

Nolan Phillips

Sep 28, 2008

Nolan Coltan Phillips, Jr. 79 died Sunday September 28, 2008 in Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Tyro United Methodist Church with the Revs. Randy Foster and Jane Webb officiating. Burial will follow at Bethel Cemetery with military graveside rights. Mr. Phillips was born in Lovingston, VA on March...

Georgia Altha Shoaf Kepley

Georgia Altha Shoaf Kepley

Sep 26, 2008

Georgia Altha Shoaf Kepley, age 102 of Brookstone Rest Home and Retirement Center, Inc. of Lexington, NC passed away September 26, 2008. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 pm on October 1, 2008 at Lexington City Cemetery with Rev. Paul Titus officiating. Mrs. Kepley was born January 6, 1906 in Davidson County to the late Henry Luther Shoaf...

Evelyn Hollifield

Evelyn Hollifield

Sep 25, 2008

Evelyn Turner Hollifield, 82, of Lincoln Street, died at 12:19 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Davidson Funeral Home, Hickory Tree Chapel, by the Rev. Alvin Everhart and the Rev. Michael Woolard with burial to follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Hollifield was born in...

Ricky Wayne Beal

Ricky Wayne Beal

Sep 25, 2008

Ricky Wayne Beal, 50, of Broadway Road, died Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, in Alston Brook Nursing Home after a brief illness. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. Doug McGee. He was born in Stanly County on Nov. 8, 1957, to Jacob Edward Beal and Sybil Herlocker Beal. He...

Poly Brite Watkins

Poly Brite Watkins

Sep 20, 2008

Poly Brite Watkins 72 of Old Salisbury Road, Linwood died Saturday at High Point Regional Hospital after a 10 day critical illness. A Funeral Service will be 2 PM Tuesday at Freedom Baptist Church where he was a member conducted by Rev. Clyde Akers and burial to follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. He was born December 16, 1935 in...

Ronnie Gene Decker

Ronnie Gene Decker

Sep 20, 2008

Ronnie Gene Decker 53 of Jerusalem Road, Lexington passed away Saturday September 20, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston Salem after a courageous battle with Melanoma Cancer.  A Funeral Service will be 6:00 pm Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Max Shoaf   with a graveside service to follow Wednesday at 2:00 pm at New Jerusalem...

Bonnie Foust Joyner

Bonnie Foust Joyner

Sep 18, 2008

Bonnie Joyner, 61, of Folly Beach, S.C. passed away on September 18, 2008 after a two-year battle with colon cancer. She died peacefully with her husband and children around her at her Mars Hill home. Bonnie is returning to her childhood home where she will be laid to rest during a funeral service and burial at 3 p.m. on Monday,...

Madison Cleo Allen

Madison Cleo Allen

Sep 18, 2008

Madison Cleo Allen, age 89, of Helmstetler Road, Lexington passed away Thursday night at his home. Funeral service will be held 4:00 pm Sunday (9-21-2008) at Emmanuel Wesleyan Church with Rev. Edwin Chriscoe officiating. Burial will follow in the Emmanuel Wesleyan Church Cemetery. Cleo was born in Davidson County, April 3, 1919 to Elisha Allen and Sara Addie Easter Allen....

Pete Leonard, Jr.

Pete Leonard, Jr.

Sep 17, 2008

Alvin Lee “Pete” Leonard Jr., of Burkhart Road, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008, at his home. The funeral will be at 11:00 Friday, at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Jim Thompson. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Leonard was born April 28, 1942, in Alamance County to Alvin Lee Leonard Sr. and Mary Pauline Kernodle...

Nick Leonard

Nick Leonard

Sep 16, 2008

Nick Craver Leonard, 69 of Pelican Lane, Winston Salem died Tuesday, September 16, 2008 in Forsyth Medical Center after an extended illness. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM Thursday September 18, 2008 at Center United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Stephen Pillsbury and Rev. Hal Varner officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Leonard...

Vada Bowers Essick

Vada Bowers Essick

Sep 16, 2008

Vada Bowers Essick, age 82 of Ridge Road, Lexington passed away Tuesday, September 16 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Sticht Center. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Friday, September 19 at Pilgrim Reformed Church with Rev. Barry Surratt and Rev. Frankie Matthews officiating. Burial will follow in Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery. Mrs. Essick was born in...

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