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Jean Helen Mcdonald Knote

Jean Helen Mcdonald Knote

Jun 4, 2008

Jean Helen McDonald Knote, 78, of Biesecker Road, died Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at her home after declining in health for one year. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home and other times at the home. Mrs. Knote was born July 12, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, to Charles McDonald and Elizabeth Gruenwaldt...

Donna Burkhart Watson

Donna Burkhart Watson

Jun 3, 2008

Donna Burkhart Watson, age 50 of West Center St. Ext, Lexington died Tuesday, June 3, 2008 in Lexington Memorial Hospital after a serious illness of two weeks. There are no services planned at this time. Mrs. Watson was born October 30, 1957 in Davidson County to Raymond Odell Burkhart and Don Kepley Burkhart. She was employed at Welcome Barbecue, but...

Ralph Eugene Essick

Ralph Eugene Essick

Jun 3, 2008

Ralph Eugene Essick, 76 of Welcome passed away Tuesday evening June 3, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center after a brief illness. The funeral service will be held Friday, June 6, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Bethesda United Methodist Church with the Rev. Doug Hochmuth and Rev. Darrin Everhart officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Essick was a...

Ted Blake

Ted Blake

Jun 1, 2008

Edward R. “Ted” Blake, Jr. – On the beautiful, Sunday morning of June 1, 2008, the angels of the Lord came to Ted with wings from heaven and flew him Home. After a lengthy hospitalization, Ted was admitted to the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home where he was allowed to meet his Creator in peace, comfort and dignity with his...

Gary Lee Hunt

Gary Lee Hunt

Jun 1, 2008

Gary Lee Hunt, 62, of Hames Street, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center, following an extended illness. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at Davidson Funeral Home by the Rev. Keith Bruner. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery. Mr. Hunt was born June 10, 1945, in Davidson County, to Floyd Frederick...

Geraldine Beck

Geraldine Beck

May 31, 2008

Geraldine Russell Beck, 86, of Marvin Hedrick Road and formerly of Beck’s Church Road, died Saturday evening at her home. A celebration of her life will be held at 11:00 am today at Beck’s Lutheran Church where she was a member. Rev. David Martin will conduct the service. Mrs. Beck was born May 17, 1922 in the Montgomery County community...

Virginia Martin

Virginia Martin

May 31, 2008

Virginia Hinkle Tesh Martin age 87, formerly of Thomas Road, Welcome passed away Saturday, (May 31, 2008) at Sunbridge of Lexington. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday at Center United Methodist Church, where she was a member. conducted by Rev. Clay Morgan and Rev. Hal Varner. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Martin was born...

Jacqueline James

Jacqueline James

May 30, 2008

Jacqueline Louise Morris James, 55 of 1242 Riverview Blvd died Friday, May 30, 2008 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, June 3 at Davidson Funeral Home Lexington Chapel. Mrs. James was born on February 18, 1953 in Davidson County to James Neilson Morris, Sr. and Mabel Hunter Morris. She...

Frances Townsend

Frances Townsend

May 30, 2008

Frances McCrary Townsend, age 78 of Regency Center Circle Lexington passed away Friday afternoon at Lexington Health Care. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Monday, June 2 at Bethesda United Methodist Church, where she was a member, conducted by Rev. Doug Hochmuth, and burial will follow in the church cemetery. Frances was born in Davidson County October 3,...

Dewey Ward Hylton Jr.

Dewey Ward Hylton Jr.

May 30, 2008

Husband, son, brother, father, grandfather, deacon, friend, hokie. Born November 16, 1946, in Covington VA. Died May 30, 2008, in Winston-Salem NC of melanoma cancer, aged 61. Dad was born to a dedicated Christian mother and a brilliant mechanic. He was raised on a farm, the second of seven children. He enjoyed milking the cows early in the mornings, which...

Ruth Estelle Kearns Snow

Ruth Estelle Kearns Snow

May 29, 2008

Ruth Estelle Kearns Snow, 79, of Raymond Lanier Road, died Thursday, May 29, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Center United Methodist Church by the Revs. Clay Morgan and Bobby Kearns. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Snow was born May 5, 1929 in Davidson County to William Henry Kearns...

Raymond Black

Raymond Black

May 28, 2008

John Raymond Black, 100, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be at 10 am Saturday, May 31, 2008, at Pilgrim Reformed Church, where he was a member by Revs. Barry Surratt and George Fiddler. He was born August 31, 1907, in Welcome, to Jim and Addie Holder Black. On July 20, 1931, he married...

Barbara Lohr Smith

Barbara Lohr Smith

May 26, 2008

Barbara Lohr Smith, 70 of Brandon Court died Monday, May 26, 2008, at her home after an extended illness of six months. The funeral service will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Bethesda United Methodist Church where she was a member with Rev. Doug Hochmuth officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born...

Barbara Ann Thomason Little

Barbara Ann Thomason Little

May 26, 2008

Barbara Ann Thomason Little, 66, of Giles Road, died Monday, May 26, 2008, at her home following a six month illness. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Light House Baptist Church, Welcome, where she was a member, by the Revs. Avery Varnadore and Dan Walser. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Little was born February...

Alma Delores Sayles Keith Goldsmith

Alma Delores Sayles Keith Goldsmith

May 26, 2008

Alma Delores Sayles Keith Goldsmith, 96 of Rayfield Drive passed away Monday, May 26, 2008 at Kates B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Goldsmith was born February 9, 1912 in Michigan to Eugene Sayles and Emma Smith. She was a member of Midway United Methodist Church, and was preceded in death by her husband Robert H. Keith. Surviving are...

Fern Malcolm Nifong

Fern Malcolm Nifong

May 25, 2008

Mrs. Fern Malcolm Nifong, 79, of Ryan Way South, and formerly of Meadow Trail, Midway, went home to the Lord Sunday afternoon, May 25, 2008, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday at Hebron United Church of Christ where she was a member. Rev. Dave Carter will conduct the...

Paul William Reich

Paul William Reich

May 24, 2008

Paul William Reich, 80, of South Union Grove, Lexington, died Saturday evening May 24, 2008 at his home. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 pm Wednesday in the Enterprise Moravian Church Graveyard. Mr. Reich was born November 19, 1927 in Davidson County to Willie Eli Reich and Addie Craver Reich. He was a member of Enterprise Moravian Church...

Ethel Perryman Hedrick

Ethel Perryman Hedrick

May 23, 2008

Ethel Perryman Hedrick, 94 of Hedrick Circle, Lexington died Friday May 23, 2008 at her home after a critical illness of two weeks. The funeral will be Sunday May 25, 2008 at 2:00 PM at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church with Revs. Loretta Stutz and Jimmy Myers officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hedrick was born in...

Rev. Melvin Mock Beeker

Rev. Melvin Mock Beeker

May 22, 2008

Rev. Melvin Mock Beeker, 87, of W. U.S. Highway 64, formerly of Belmont Road, died Thursday, May 22, 2008, at V.A. Medical Center, Salisbury. The funeral will be at 3:00 PM Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Linwood United Methodist Church by the Revs. Cindy Arnold, Don Noblitt, and Wade Wright. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Beeker was...

Dorothy Mcdaniel

Dorothy Mcdaniel

May 21, 2008

Dorothy Veigh Shoaf McDaniel, 89, formerly of Deer Haven Lane, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at Centerclair Nursing Center. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church by the Rev. Loretta Stutz. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. McDaniel was born Sept. 14, 1918, in Davidson County to Fred Motley...

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