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Gaynelle Hunter

Gaynelle Hunter

Aug 15, 2006

Gaynelle Bradley Hunter, 77, of East Ninth Street, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Freedom Baptist Church by the Rev. Clyde Akers. Burial will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Hunter was born Dec. 19, 1928, in McDowell County to Joseph and Lula Revis Bradley. She was...

James Edward Waller, Sr.

James Edward Waller, Sr.

Aug 15, 2006

James Edward Waller Sr., 58, of Ward Curry Road, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Arrington Heights Freewill Baptist Church by the Revs. Doug McGee and Max Shoaf. Mr. Waller was born Dec. 8, 1947, in Davie County to Robert Lee and Mary E. Williams Waller, who preceded him in death....

Ethel Chapman Swift

Ethel Chapman Swift

Aug 14, 2006

Ethel Francis Chapman Swift, 87, of Lexington, died Monday, Aug. 14, 2006, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel by the Rev. Ed Armfield. Mrs. Swift was born Nov. 10, 1918, in Catawba County to Nicholas and Adaline Chapman. She was a self-employed beautician and a member...

James Perkins

James Perkins

Aug 14, 2006

James Perkins, 58, of Fairview Drive, died Monday, Aug. 14, 2006, at his residence. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Life Tabernacle Pentecostal Church in Archdale, where he was a member, by the Rev. Bryan Adkins. Burial will be in Lexington City Cemetery. Mr. Perkins was born Jan. 12, 1948, in Russell County, Va., to Lance and...

Jeffrey Randall Hemphill

Jeffrey Randall Hemphill

Aug 12, 2006

Jeffrey Randall Hemphill, 47, of Bradley Tysinger Road, died Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006, at Thomasville Medical Center. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. Tommy Hepler. Mr. Hemphill was born Oct. 30, 1958, in Davidson County to Paul Franklin and Nancy Hepler Hemphill. He was formerly employed as a process...

Larry Fieldmore Barnette

Larry Fieldmore Barnette

Aug 11, 2006

Larry Fieldmore Barnette, 40, of Old U.S. Highway 52, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, at his home after a sudden illness. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Barnette was born May 5, 1966, in Forsyth County. He was an auctioneer's assistant with Cox Auction. He was a loving son, brother, devoted father and a loving...

Danny Lacy Grubb

Danny Lacy Grubb

Aug 11, 2006

Danny Lacy Grubb, 58, of Robert Beck Road, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. The funeral will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at Bethany United Methodist Church, where he was a member, by the Rev. Allan Van Meter. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Grubb was born Jan. 17, 1948, in...

Irene Nance Howard

Irene Nance Howard

Aug 11, 2006

Irene Nance Howard, 78, of Tucson, Ariz., died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, at Tucson Medical Center Hospice Unit. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at New Jerusalem United Church of Christ by the Rev. Butch Conrad. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Howard was born April 25, 1928, in Lexington to Edward E. and Anna Swing...

Irene Howard

Irene Howard

Aug 11, 2006

Irene Nance Howard, 78, of Tucson, Ariz., died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, at Tucson Medical Center Hospice Unit. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at New Jerusalem United Church of Christ by the Rev. Butch Conrad. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Howard was born April 25, 1928, in Lexington to Edward E. and Anna Swing...

Charlene Perrell Welch

Charlene Perrell Welch

Aug 8, 2006

Charlene Isabel Perrell Welch, 80, of Thomas Road, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at Hebron United Church of Christ, where she was a member, by the Rev. Bill Smith. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Welch was born to Rufus Paul Franklin Perrell and Anna...

Mary Forrest

Mary Forrest

Aug 5, 2006

Mary Alice Everhart Forrest, 77, of Hampton Street, died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem after an illness of two weeks. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Coggins Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev. David Shaffer. Burial will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Forrest was born Feb. 21,...

Kaye Weaver Leonard

Kaye Weaver Leonard

Aug 3, 2006

Kaye Lynn Weaver Leonard, 57, of Hampton Street, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, in Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem after a sudden illness. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Psalm 91 Church by the Rev. Max Shoaf. Burial will be in Psalm 91 Church Cemetery. Mrs. Leonard was born Nov. 15, 1948, in Davidson County to Lloyd...

Geneva Miller Henderson Assad

Geneva Miller Henderson Assad

Aug 3, 2006

Geneva Miller Henderson Assad, 83, of Lexington Health Care and formerly of Hege Drive, Grimes Apartments, died Thursday afternoon, Aug. 3, 2006, at Lexington Health Care. The graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church Cemetery in Denton by the Rev. Norman Henderson. Mrs. Assad was born April 27, 1923, in Marlboro County, S.C., to George...

Billy Joe Edwards

Billy Joe Edwards

Aug 3, 2006

Billy Joe Edwards, 49, of Wrenn Road, died Thursday night, Aug. 3, 2006, at Lexington Memorial Hospital after six months of declining health. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Macedonia United Methodist Church cemetery by the Rev. Burt Williams. Mr. Edwards was born in Davidson County on March 11, 1957, to Willie Freddy and Virginia...

Jacqueline Hedrick

Jacqueline Hedrick

Aug 2, 2006

Jacqueline Burleson Hedrick, 76, of Burkhart Road, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by Dr. Billy Joe Leonard. Mrs. Hedrick was born Nov. 22, 1929, in Davidson County to Hedrick Lane Burleson and Ethel Mae Gurley Burleson. She was retired owner/operator of Towel...

Gorman "Mike" Lee Michael

Gorman "Mike" Lee Michael

Aug 1, 2006

Gorman "Mike" Lee Michael, 87, of Britthaven of Davidson and formerly of Pleasant Hill Road, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006, at Thomasville Medical Center. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, where he was a member, by the Revs. Karla Farabow and Roger Weiser. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Michael...

Rev. Sammy Whitson Shoaf

Rev. Sammy Whitson Shoaf

Jul 31, 2006

The Rev. Sammy Whitson Shoaf, 81, of Forest Hill Road, one of God's choicest servants, was called home to heaven Monday, July 31, 2006, at Brookridge Baptist Retirement Community in Winston-Salem. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Reedy Creek Baptist Church, where he was a member, with the Revs. Egbert Craven and Jimmie Jones. Burial will...

Ray Garland Everhart

Ray Garland Everhart

Jul 30, 2006

Ray Garland Everhart, 75, of Central Heights, died Sunday, July 30, 2006, at Lexington Memorial Hospital after an illness of 18 months. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Rev. Benn Fleming. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Everhart was born May 7, 1931, in Davidson County to...

Carrie Elizabeth Yale Huie

Carrie Elizabeth Yale Huie

Jul 28, 2006

SALISBURY - Carrie Elizabeth Yale Huie, 83, of Genesis Elder Care in Salisbury, formerly of West Drive in Winston-Salem, passed away Friday, July 28, 2006, in Genesis Elder Care. Mrs. Huie was born in Wilkes County on Oct. 16, 1922, to Theophilus Yale and Geneva Carpenter Yale. She was of the Baptist faith and a retired employee of R.J. Reynolds...

Peggy Lemly King

Peggy Lemly King

Jul 27, 2006

Peggy Lemly King, 58 of Beeson Road, Kernersville, died Thursday (07-27-1006) at her home. Mrs. King was born in Davidson County January 10, 1948 to Claude Ernest Lemly and Mildred Elizabeth Wrenn Lemly. Peggy graduated from North Davidson High School and Cabarrus Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and retired from nursing after 27 years. She was a member of South...

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