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Nelle Billings

Nelle Billings

May 18, 2007

Nelle Davis Billings, 86, Brookstone Rest Home and Retirement Center, died Friday, May 18, 2007, at the Retirement Center. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Davidson Funeral Home with the Rev. Carl Lindquist and the Dr. Jim Martin. Mrs. Billings was born in Davidson County, June 20, 1920, to William Lester Davis and Laura Lenora Davis....

Dorothy Everhart Byerly

Dorothy Everhart Byerly

May 17, 2007

Dorothy Everhart Byerly, age 89 of Oak Avenue, Lexington died Thursday night in Lexington Health Care. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am Monday at Second United Church of Christ Conducted by Rev. Jerry Moore and burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery. Mrs. Byerly was born in Davidson County July 13, 1917 to Hamilton Lafette Everhart and Fannie...

Harvey Lee Harris

Harvey Lee Harris

May 16, 2007

Harvey Lee Harris, 71, of Hargrave Road, died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. David Robinson. Mr. Harris was born May 8, 1936, in Davie County, to John Franklin Harris and Sadie Belle Wyles Harris. Before retirement he was a supervisor...

Virginia Lee Owen

Virginia Lee Owen

May 16, 2007

Alice Virginia Lee Owen, 87, of Winston-Salem, died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem after three months of declining health. A private family graveside service will be at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. Cynthia Arnold. Mrs. Owen was born Sept. 7, 1919, in Davidson County to Fred Wilson Lee Sr. and...

David Clifford King

David Clifford King

May 15, 2007

David Clifford King, 72, of Meadow Glen Lane, Winston-Salem, died Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, May 18, at Union Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Ken Harris and the Rev. Harold Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery with a military burial honor guard....

Archie James

Archie James

May 14, 2007

Archie Bald James, 63, of Old Mill Farm Road, died unexpectedly Monday, May 14, 2007, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Hickory Tree Chapel, by the Rev. Doug McGee. Burial will follow in Byerly Cemetery on Phillips Road. Mr. James was born in Davidson County on Oct. 24,...

Hazel Freedle

Hazel Freedle

May 14, 2007

Hazel Fay Sherlin Freedle, 73, of Hoover Road, died Monday, May 14, 2007, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. The funeral will be at 4 P.M. Wednesday at Beulah United Church of Christ, where she was a member by the Rev. Benn Fleming. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Freedle was born in McDowell County on November 13,...

Frances Varner

Frances Varner

May 13, 2007

Frances Queen Varner, age 80 of County Road, Crane Hill, Alabama formerly of Lexington died Sunday at home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday in Davidson Funeral Home Lexington Chapel conducted by Rev. Tommy Hepler, burial will follow in Beulah United Church of Christ Cemetery. Frances was born in Davidson County, October 29, 1926 to Oscar and...

Yasmin Chavez Couto

Yasmin Chavez Couto

May 12, 2007

Yasmin Chavez Couto, 4 months old of Westside Dr., Lexington, died Saturday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. A Funeral Mass will be conducted Tuesday, at 11:00 am from Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church by Father Albert J. Gondek. Burial will follow in the Lexington City Cemetery. Miss Couto was born in Davidson County on...

Gary Thomas Curry

Gary Thomas Curry

May 11, 2007

Gary Timothy Curry, age 54 of Becky Hill Rd., Lexington died Friday, May 11, 2007 at his home after a sudden illness. A graveside service will be 2 pm Tuesday May 15, 2007 at Paul’s Chapel United Church of Christ, by Pastor Bill O”Neal. Mr. Curry was born January 10, 1953 in Davidson County to John Mock Foster and Frances...

M. Adam Trexler

M. Adam Trexler

May 8, 2007

Marcus Adam Trexler, 92, of Alston Brook Nursing Home, formerly of Walnut Grove Road, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at the nursing home after an illness of three weeks. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Rev. Lamar Moore. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Trexler was born...

Faye Beck Cherry

Faye Beck Cherry

May 8, 2007

Faye Beck Cherry, 90, of Holly Grove Road, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at Blowing Rock Extended Care. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Rev. Jerry Moore and Dr. Billy Joe Leonard. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Cherry was born Dec. 2, 1916, in Davidson County...

Jonnie Michael Kinney

Jonnie Michael Kinney

May 8, 2007

Jonnie Michael Kinney 76, of Queens Dr. died Tuesday at her home. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Trinity United Methodist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Myra Ward, burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Kinney was born in Davidson County on August 15, 1930, to Ernest Ervin Michael and Vallie...

Emil Joseph Botsch

Emil Joseph Botsch

May 6, 2007

Emil Joseph Botsch, of Fancy Gap, Virginia and formerly of Lexington , NC died Sunday in Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm Friday May 11, 2007 at First Baptist Church in Lexington, conducted by Dr. Ray Howell, 3rd and Dr. Lawrence Childs. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr....

Betty Lou Graham Bunce

Betty Lou Graham Bunce

May 5, 2007

Betty Lou Graham Bunce, of 414 Glenwood Avenue, Lexington, NC, passed away Saturday morning May 5, 2007 at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, TN. A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday at Coggins Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. David Shaffer, Dr. Ray Howell 3rd, Rev. Bill Sosebee and Rev. Robert McCrary officiating. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery....

Skyler Jackson Livengood

Skyler Jackson Livengood

May 5, 2007

Skyler Jackson Livengood, 4 month old son of Eric Jackson Livengood and Melanie Grace Holifield of Frank Hulin Road, Lexington passed away Saturday May 5, 2007 evening at Lexington Memorial Hospital. In addition to his parents, surviving are his sister Megan Marie James of the home, maternal grandfather Roger Holifield of Lexington, maternal grandmother Darlene Holifield of Linwood; paternal grandfather...

Karen Elizabeth Sides

Karen Elizabeth Sides

May 4, 2007

Karen Elizabeth Sides 27, of Davidson County passed away Friday May 4, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center from injuries she received in a motor vehicle accident. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday May 8, in Davidson Funeral Home Hickory Tree Chapel with the Rev. G. Thomas Shelton officiating. Burial will follow in the Friedberg...

Weldon Parks

Weldon Parks

May 3, 2007

Weldon Gilbert Parks, age 92 of North County Home Road, Lexington died Thursday night at Lexington Memorial Hospital after several months of declining health. The funeral will be 2 pm Sunday, May 6 at Second United Church of Christ, where he was a member, by the Rev. Jerry Moore. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park with military graveside...

Larry Laxton

Larry Laxton

May 3, 2007

Larry Lynn “Smokey” Laxton, 63, of Hege Drive, died Thursday, May 3, 2007, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday May 6, at Psalm 91 Church, where he was a member, by the Revs. Max Shoaf and Kenneth Deal. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Laxton was born in Mecklenburg...

Raymond Heitman Jr.

Raymond Heitman Jr.

May 3, 2007

Raymond Heitman, Jr., 73 of Alston Brook Nursing Home formerly of Heitman Road, Lexington died Thursday in Alston Brook after several years of declining health. Mr. Heitman was born on May 4, 1933 to Raymond Heitman Sr. and Bertha Shaw Heitman. A retired truck driver, he was a member of Sheets Memorial Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the...

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