obituaries
Barbara Ann Scott Hicks
Sep 16, 2006
Barbara Ann Scott Hicks, 71, of Southmont, died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem after four months of declining health. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Stoner's Grove Baptist Church, where she was a member, by the Revs. Billy J. Pearson Jr., Franklin Myers and R.N. Hardin. Burial will be...
Venita Berrier Pressley
Sep 16, 2006
Venita Berrier Pressley, 85, of Carl Pressley Road, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, at Brian Center Nursing Home after an illness of six months. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Greers Chapel United Methodist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Lori Ann Bowden and Dr. Gary Gibson. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Richard Lee Smith
Sep 16, 2006
Richard Lee Smith, 87, of Lexington, died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006. A memorial and burial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Woodleaf United Methodist Church. Mr. Smith was born May 27, 1919, in Pikeville to Robert Lee Smith and Grace Goodnight Smith. He graduated from Bailey High School, Nash County, in 1936. Drafted by the U.S. Army and...
Rhonda Morris
Sep 16, 2006
Rhonda Morris, 45, of Rock Quarry Drive, Thomasville, died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006, at Thomasville Medical Center. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by Chaplain John Holsenback. Mrs. Morris was born Oct. 14, 1960, in Davidson County to Steven Herman Stroud and Mary Colville Stroud. She was a homemaker and was preceded...
Cecil Leonard
Sep 16, 2006
Cecil Leonard, 86, of Yadkin College Road, Lexington, died Saturday at Forsyth Medical Center. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at St. Lukes Lutheran Church, where he was a member by Rev. David Nelson and Rev. Dan Walser. Burial will follow at Sandy Creek Cemetery. He was born November 10, 1919 in Davidson...
Lillian Smith Hough
Sep 14, 2006
Lillian Smith Hough, 95, of Lexington, a gentle, sweet spirit, passed on Thursday evening, Sept. 14, 2006, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church, 201 W. Third Ave. A private burial service will be held later for the family at Forest Hill Memorial Park. The daughter of Lula Matilda Vail...
Mildred Powell Russell
Sep 11, 2006
Mildred Powell Russell, 97, of Westover Drive, died Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Jim Martin. Burial will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Russell was born July 1, 1909, in Gates County to Willis Warren...
Mildred Florine Garwood Black
Sep 10, 2006
Mildred Florine Garwood Black, 81, of East Holly Grove Road, died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006, at Lexington Memorial Hospital after two months of serious illness. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Tabor United Church of Christ, where she was a member, by the Rev. Lloyd Spencer. Burial will be in the church cemetery. She was born...
Arlene Anna-Elisabeth Robinson
Sep 9, 2006
Arlene Anna-Elisabeth Robinson, 5 months old, of Lexington, died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, at Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem after an extended illness. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel. She was born March 22, 2006, in Forsyth County to Michael Edward Robinson and Lydia Beier Robinson. Surviving are her parents of the...
Agnes Ednora Essick Adkins
Sep 8, 2006
Mrs. Agnes Ednora Essick Adkins, 92, of Lexington Health Care Center in Lexington, formerly of Salem Road, went on to her heavenly reward on Friday evening September 8, 2006. Mrs. Adkins had been a resident of Lexington Health Care Center since March 6, 2006. Agnes Adkins was born April 28, 1914 in High Point, the oldest daughter of Girla Lily...
Brian Lee Yountz
Sep 8, 2006
Brian Lee Yountz, 27 of Young Mill Road., Lexington, died Friday morning in Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center from injuries received in an automobile accident. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM Sunday at Madison Heights Freewill Baptist Church. the service will be conducted by Rev. David Robinson. Mr. Yountz was born October 27, 1978. The family...
Albert Wade Everhart
Sep 8, 2006
Albert Wade Everhart, 90 of Ridge Road, Lexington died Friday in Sunbridge of Lexington. Mr. Everhart was born in Davidson County April 30, 1916 to Albert Hill Everhart and Emma Conrad Everhart. He was a retired employee of Wellington Hall Furniture and a member of Pilgrim Lutheran Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Brothers: Adam Everhart, Eddie...
Mildred Mckinney Gee
Sep 8, 2006
Mildred McKinney Gee, 91 died September 8, 2006 at Fitzgerald Health Center, Arbor Acres, in Winston-Salem. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, September 11, at First Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with Pastor Lee Zehmer officiating. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery. Mrs. Gee, a native of Shelby, NC, was born Mildred Lucille...
Claudia Louise Johnston Askins
Sep 8, 2006
Claudia Louise Johnston Askins, 62, of Manor Ridge Way, died Friday, Sept. 8, 2006, at her home. The funeral will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Coggins Memorial Baptist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. David Shaffer. A private burial will be in Lexington City Cemetery. Mrs. Askins was born March 21, 1944, in Marion County, Ohio,...
Margaret Arlene Smith
Sep 7, 2006
Margaret Arlene Smith, 85, of Mallard Ridge Assisted Living, died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. A graveside service was at 11 a.m. today at Friedberg Moravian Church Graveyard. Davidson Funeral Home, Hickory Tree Chapel, is serving the family.
Kayron Lynn Story Hunter
Sep 6, 2006
Kayron Lynn Story Hunter, 56, of Sam Sharpe Road, died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006, at her home after a serious illness of two months and declining health of several years. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Ms. Hunter was born in Davidson County on Aug. 2, 1950, to Frutchey Lee Story and June Brooks Story. She...
Racie Yarbrough Melton
Sep 6, 2006
Racie Yarbrough Melton, 89, of Hamlet, formerly of Shoaf Street in Lexington, died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006, at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. Darrell Cartrette. Mrs. Melton was born in Davidson County on July 21, 1917, to Roswell "Ross" Samuel Yarbrough...
James Dwight "Jimmy" Leonard Jr.
Sep 3, 2006
James Dwight "Jimmy" Leonard Jr., 48 of South Main Street, Scottsburg, Indiana died Sunday September 3, 2006 in Indiana. Mr. Leonard was born February 19, 1958, in Davidson County to James Dwight Leonard and Betty Biesecker Leonard. He was preceded in death by his mother and his grandparents Ray and Tempie Biesecker and Paul and Grace Leonard. Surviving are sons...
Mary Byrd Swing
Aug 31, 2006
Mary Magdelene Byrd Swing, of Marion Drive, died peacefully on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, at Centerclair Nursing Center after a lengthy illness. A graveside service will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday at Forest Hill Memorial Park, led by the Rev. Bobby Bonds. Mrs. Swing was born Oct. 31, 1923, in Winston-Salem. She was the daughter of Oliver H. and Hattie...
Ronnie Theesfield
Aug 31, 2006
Ronald Frank Theesfeld, 60, of Centerclair Nursing Home, died Thursday morning, Aug. 31, 2006, after six months of declining health. A graveside service was to begin at 11 a.m. today at Galilee Baptist Church cemetery, led by the Rev. Clyde Akers. Mr. Theesfeld was born April 2, 1946, in Kankakee, Ill., to Ronald Frank Theesfeld Sr. and Ardis Marie Chenski...
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