obituaries
Ila "Bill" Virginia Knouse Leonard
Nov 30, 2006
Mrs. Ila “Bill” Virginia Knouse Leonard, 89, of Center Church Road, left her earthly home to continue her journey with the Lord on November 30, 2006. She was born in Forsyth County on May 9, 1917 to Jacob Thomas Knouse and Sarah Estelle Knouse. She graduated from Arcadia High School and later from Ideal Business College in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Leonard...
Edward Earl Thomas
Nov 30, 2006
Edward Earl Thomas, 98, of Brian Center of Weaverville and formerly of Welcome, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006, at the nursing home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Rev. Charles Tanner. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Oakwood Cemetery in Statesville by Dr. Buddy Corbin. Mr. Thomas was...
Ralph Allen Link
Nov 29, 2006
Ralph Allen Link, 85, of Arnold Road, died Wednesday, November 29 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem after a two-year illness. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 9, 2006 at Cross Creek Cemetery in Fayetteville by the Rev. Archie Barringer. Mr. Link was born March 7, 1921, in Davidson County to William M....
Rachel Hulin Dudley
Nov 27, 2006
Rachel Hulin Dudley, 58, of Eulala Leonard Drive, died Monday, Nov. 27, 2006, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Rev. Tommy Hepler. Burial will be in Siloam United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Dudley was born in Davidson County May 10, 1948, to Charlie Hulin and Maudie...
Sarah Virginia Barnes Sink
Nov 25, 2006
Sarah Virginia Barnes Sink, 87, of Grimes Circle, died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, at Brian Center of Lexington after declining health of three years. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church, where she was a very active member, by the Revs. Dr. Ray Howell III and Tommy Wilson. Entombment will be in the church...
Mildred Byerly Essick
Nov 22, 2006
Mildred Byerly Essick, 83, of Silkwind Court, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, at Forsyth Medical Center. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Arcadia United Methodist Church, where she was a member, by the Revs. Patrick Marion and Alvin Pope. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Essick was born June 24, 1923, in Davidson County to...
Minnie Barker Craver
Nov 20, 2006
Minnie Barker Craver, 82, of Star Drive, died Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, at Britthaven of Davidson in Thomasville. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Second Reformed United Church of Christ, where she was a very active member, by the Revs. Jerry Moore and Kelly Barefoot. Burial will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Craver was born...
Esther Wyatte Queen
Nov 19, 2006
Eva Esther Wyatte Queen, 100 of Sowers Road, Linwood died Sunday morning in Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Mrs. Queen was born in Davidson County on October 3, 1906 to William Wyatte and Mary Eliza Veach Wyatte. She was a homemaker. Her husband, R. Webster Queen preceded her in death on July 20, 1968 and daughters, Martha Amendolea and...
Shirley Younts Wampler
Nov 18, 2006
Shirley K. Younts Wampler, 64, of Hargrave Street, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, at Forsyth Medical Center. The funeral will be at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by Bishop Dennis Watts. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Salisbury National Cemetery. Mrs. Wampler was born Oct. 12, 1942, in Davidson County to Jefferson Odell Younts and...
Lucile "Lucy" Griffin Leonard
Nov 18, 2006
Lucile "Lucy" Griffin Leonard, 85, of Brian Center, formerly of Ridgewood Drive, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, at Brian Center. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Carl Lindquist. Burial will be in Lexington City Cemetery. Mrs. Leonard was born Nov. 28, 1920, in Lee County...
Edward Willis Goodman
Nov 18, 2006
Edward Willis Goodman, 77, of Williams Street, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, at Lexington Health Care. The funeral will be at 7:30 tonight at Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church by the Revs. Darrell Cartrette and Doug McGee. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the church cemetery. Mr. Goodman was born Oct. 28, 1929, in Forsyth County to Roy...
Lola Mize Huffman
Nov 17, 2006
Lola Mize Huffman, 84, of SunBridge of Lexington, formerly of West Center Street Extension, died Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, at SunBridge. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Rev. Edgar Armfield. Mrs. Huffman was born in Davidson County on Feb. 27, 1922, to George Henderson Mize and Drucilla Hanes Mize. She...
Mary Harvey
Nov 15, 2006
Mary Cross Harvey, 84, of Sunnyside Drive, died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Rev. Vernon Richmeier. Burial will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Harvey was born in Davidson County Sept. 4, 1922, to Peter...
Joe Trexler
Nov 14, 2006
Joseph "Joe" Alexander Trexler Jr., 82, of N.C. Highway 47, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006, at Centerclair of Lexington. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Reformed United Church of Christ, where he was a member, by the Rev. Mike Hooper. Burial will be in Beck's Reformed Cemetery with military graveside rites by VFW Post 3074. Mr....
Linda Hendrix Sager
Nov 13, 2006
Linda Kay Hendrix McDowell Sager, 50, of Manhattan Drive, went home to be with her Lord Monday, Nov. 13, 2006, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home after a courageous battle with cancer since 2004. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Good Hope United Methodist Church by Pastor Sam Harvey. Burial will be in the church cemetery....
Thomas John Beighley
Nov 12, 2006
Thomas John Beighley, 39, of Lexington, died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church by Dr. Lee Zehmer and Moe Chilton. Mr. Beighley was born Nov. 25, 1966, in Anne Arundel County, Md., to Melvin Francis Beighley and Constance Ruckus Beighley. Surviving are his wife...
Margaret Wyatt March
Nov 12, 2006
Margaret Wyatt March passed away on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Center in Winston-Salem. She was born on March 10, 1922, in Charlotte to James Henry and Amy Nivens Wyatt. In 1943, she married James Harold March Sr., who preceded her in death in 1998. Surviving are two daughters, Wanda Schock of Yadkinville and Carolyn...
John "Johnny" Russell Pearce
Nov 9, 2006
John "Johnny" Russell Pearce, 70, of Grimes Boulevard, died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, at High Point Regional Hospital after five months of declining health. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Coggins Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev. David Shaffer. Entombment will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Pearce was born Feb. 19, 1936, in Franklin County...
"Dick" Cicero Richard Wrenn Jr.
Nov 9, 2006
Cicero Richard "Dick" Wrenn Jr., 59, of Cotton Grove Road, died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem after a sudden illness. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church, which he attended, by the Rev. Roy Queen. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Wrenn was born Jan. 20, 1947, in...
Christine Smith Trantham
Nov 8, 2006
Christine Smith Trantham, 92, of Centerclair Nursing Home, died Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006, at Centerclair Nursing Home after five years of declining health. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Rev. Edgar Armfield Jr. Burial will be in Cotton Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Trantham was born in Davidson County...
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