obituaries

James Dinwiddle

James Dinwiddle

Feb 2, 2008

James William “Bill” Dinwiddie Sr., 73, of South NC Hwy 150, died Saturday February 2, 2008 at NE Medical Center in Concord, after a brief Illness. The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday February 6, 2008 at Forest Hill Park Mausoleum Chapel with the Rev. Fred Archer officiating with interment to follow. Mr. Dinwiddie was born on January...

Johnny Lewis

Johnny Lewis

Feb 2, 2008

Johnny Odell Lewis, 84 of Archdale Drive, Lexington, died Saturday February 2, 2008 in the High Point Regional Hospital. A funeral service will be Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 2:00 pm at Davidson Funeral Home Lexington Chapel with Rev. Carl Linquist, Rev. Ronnie Gilmer and Rev. Scott Gilmer officiating. Burial will follow in the Lexington City Cemetery. Mr. Lewis was...

Nick Tussey

Nick Tussey

Feb 1, 2008

Katheryn "Nick" Louise Tussey, 89, of Britthaven of Davidson, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, at the nursing home. There will be no funeral services. Miss Tussey was born Dec. 7, 1918, in Davidson County to Enoch Bud Tussey Sr. and Cora Tussey. She was a member of Second Reformed United Church of Christ. She enjoyed sewing, drawing, watching birds and...

Margaret Back

Margaret Back

Feb 1, 2008

Margaret Helen Wilson Back, 90, of Carolina Avenue, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, at Alston Brook Nursing Home after a short illness. There will be no services at this time. Mrs. Back was born Dec. 21, 1917, in Muskogee, Okla., to Curte Wilson and Ruth Hatchell Wilson. She took care of elderly people while living in California and was a...

Virgie Beck Everhart

Virgie Beck Everhart

Jan 31, 2008

Virgie Lee Beck Everhart, 90, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, at her home in Winter Haven, Fla., due to a stroke. The funeral service will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Reformed Church by the Rev. George Fidler. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Everhart was born on Aug. 1, 1917, in Davidson County to Reuben Hill...

Johnnie Tysinger

Johnnie Tysinger

Jan 30, 2008

Johnnie William Tysinger, 74 of Lexington Health Care, formerly of Lamb Rd., Lexington died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 in Lexington Health Care. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday at Rolling Heights Baptist Church with Rev. Wayne Sechrest and Rev. T.R. Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Tysinger was born October 21,...

Barbara Woodruff

Barbara Woodruff

Jan 29, 2008

Barbara Lovill Woodruff, 64, of Riverview Road, died Tuesday, January 29, 2008, at her home. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by Fred Moretz. Mrs. Woodruff was born July 8, 1943, in Surry County, to James Authur Lovill and Margaret Norman Lovill. She was preceded in death by her father; brother, Bobby...

Peggy Scott

Peggy Scott

Jan 29, 2008

Annie "Peggy" Porter Scott, 72, of Mendota Avenue, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem after an extended illness. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel by the Rev. John Mocko. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Scott was born Feb. 3, 1935, in Wilkes...

Tip Cross

Tip Cross

Jan 29, 2008

Tip Cross, beloved father, husband, and son, 39, of Nottingham Drive, died Tuesday, January 29, 2008, in Salisbury. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Central Baptist Church by Pastor Billy Sloop and Rev. Edgar L. Armfield Jr. Mr. Cross was born June 29, 1968 in Davidson County to Bobby Lee Cross and Lola Morgan Cross. He was...

Vivian Brinkley Wade

Vivian Brinkley Wade

Jan 28, 2008

Vivian Brinkley Wade, 80 previously of Mt. Moriah Drive, Lexington died Monday afternoon at Craver Living Center in Durham. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday at First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Lexington where she was a member with Rev. Wayne Knight officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Wade was born April 22,...

Mildred Rhodes

Mildred Rhodes

Jan 28, 2008

Mildred Gertrude Dry Rhodes, 87, of Rhodes Road, died Monday, January 28, 2008, at Hospice Home at High Point. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel by the Rev. Gerald M. Saunders. Burial will follow at Beck’s Reformed Church Cemetery. Mrs. Rhodes was born March 19, 1920, in Iredell County, to Fred Nixon...

Connie Edwards

Connie Edwards

Jan 28, 2008

Virginia Carlene (Connie) Weatherman Edwards, 75 of Rockcrusher Road, Lexington died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 at her home. She fought a difficult but courageous eight year battle with ALS “Lou Gehrigs” disease. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 at Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Burt Williams officiating. Mrs. Edwards was...

Lillian Simmerson

Lillian Simmerson

Jan 28, 2008

Lillian Phillips Simmerson, 80, of N. N.C. Highway 150, brief resident of Lexington Health Care, died Monday, January 28, 2008, at the home of her daughter on Burbank Drive. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. Gary Foster. Mrs. Simmerson was born March 1, 1927, in Davidson County, to Cletus...

Lindsay Paul Lopp

Lindsay Paul Lopp

Jan 27, 2008

Lindsay Paul Lopp, 60, of Shoaf Street, died Sunday, January 27, 2008, at Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Durham. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington, by the Rev. Doug McGee, with military graveside rites at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Lopp was born August 1, 1947, in Davidson County to Buck Lopp and Hilda...

Shirley Hucks Langston

Shirley Hucks Langston

Jan 27, 2008

Shirley Hucks Langston, 62 of Sunrise Avenue, Lexington died Sunday evening at High Point Regional Hospital after a two week illness. There will be a graveside service at 3:00 pm Wednesday at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Langston was born April 22, 1945 in Horry County, SC to John Washington Hucks and Rose Annie Williamson Hucks. She was a retired...

Mitch Andrews

Mitch Andrews

Jan 27, 2008

Cleveland Mitchell Andrews, 65, of Riverwood Drive, died Sunday at his home. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 30 at First Presbyterian Church, where he was a member, officiated by Dr. Lee Zehmer. Mitch was born January 9, 1943 in Davidson County to L. E. Andrews and Catherine Mitchell Andrews. He was a 1960 graduate...

Jim Towery

Jim Towery

Jan 25, 2008

James "Jim" Eddie Towery, 63, of Conrad Street, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, with his loving family surrounding him at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at National Cemetery with the Rev. Doug McGee officiating. Mr. Towery was born Nov. 27, 1944,...

Brady "Tommy" Singleton

Brady "Tommy" Singleton

Jan 25, 2008

Brady C. "Tommy" Singleton, 66, of Lexington, formerly of Wharton, W.Va., died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, at K.B. Reynolds Hospice House in Winston-Salem. The service was at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bald Knob United Methodist Church by the Rev. Shelia Workman. Burial was in the Workman Cemetery at Bald Knob with military graveside rites performed by VFW Daniel Boone Post...

Eugene Barber

Eugene Barber

Jan 25, 2008

Today, we celebrate the life of Eugene Demesure Barber, Jr. Better known as Gene, dad, or papaw Barber, he was born in Davidson County on November 15, 1923 to Etta May Dorsett and Eugene Demesure Barber, Sr. He remained close to his sisters throughout his life; Hilda Ribelin (deceased), Beula Gullett (deceased), Carol Johnson, Betty Tarleton, Willy Swing, Mitzi Michael,...

Benjamin David Lemly

Benjamin David Lemly

Jan 22, 2008

Benjamin David Lemly, 82, of Avenue I, died Tuesday night, Jan. 22, 2008, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Macedonia United Methodist Church cemetery by the Rev. Max Shoaf. Mr. Lemly was born in Davidson County on March 9, 1925, to Gibon Luther Lemly and Lillian Catherine Wafford Lemly. He was a retired...

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