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Billy Rabb

Billy Rabb

Feb 24, 2006

Bill Ray Rabb age, 77 of Salem Street, Lexington died Friday evening in Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem Bill was born in Gaston County September 20, 1928 to Hazel B. Rabb and Bertie Black Rabb. He was a Mason and member of Lexington Memorial Lodge #696, of the Presbyterian Faith, Veteran of the US Air Force...

Matilda Fowler

Matilda Fowler

Feb 24, 2006

Matilda Jean Gardner Fowler, age 77 of Robert Hargrave Rd., Southmont died Friday February 24, 2006 at 3:09 am at her home in Southmont FUNERAL SERVICE TIME & DATE: 11:00 am Monday Mrs. Fowler was born in Martinsville, VA on February 7, 1929 to Gilbert Shellhorse Gardner and Janie Herndon Gardner. She was a homemaker She is survived by her...

Rachel Weaver

Rachel Weaver

Feb 24, 2006

Rachel Elizabeth Charles Weaver AGE: 90 ADDRESS: Alston Brook Nursing Home (Golden Age) DATE, TIME, PLACE OF DEATH : Died Friday at Alston Brook FUNERAL SERVICE TIME & DATE: Graveside Service Monday at 11:00 am PLACE: Center United Methodist Church Cemetery CONDUCTED BY: Rev. Clay Morgan BURIAL: Church Cemetery BACKGROUND: Mrs. Weaver was born February 9, 1916 to Jacob Albert...

Jeanette Benfield

Jeanette Benfield

Feb 23, 2006

Mrs. Jeanette Owen Benfield, age 68 of Columbine Drive, Winston-Salem died Thursday at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born March 28, 1937 in Forsyth County to Pul Henry Owen and Katherine Utt Owen. She retired from Akron Drive Resturant and was a member of King Christian Center. She is survived by a son, Donald Keith Burcham of Winston...

Edith Barber

Edith Barber

Feb 23, 2006

: Edith Crook Barber age 90 of W. 5th Ave., Lexington died Thursday February 23, 2006 She was born October 3, 1915 in Davidson County to John Wilson Crook and Pearl Smith Crook. She was a member of First Reformed United Church of Christ and worked for many years as a nurse for Dr. Jake Leonard. She was preceded in...

Roger Saunders

Roger Saunders

Feb 23, 2006

Roger E. Saunders, 82, an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of diagnosis and treatment of dyslexia, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, in Lexington after a brief illness. A private memorial service will be held at Sisk Butler Funeral Home in Bessemer City March 11 at 2 p.m. A public service will be held at the Jemicy School of Owings...

Linda Westbrook

Linda Westbrook

Feb 23, 2006

Linda Mae Tysinger Westbrook, 61, went to be with the Lord Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, at her home in Pearisburg. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Rev. Jeff York. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Westbrook was born Nov. 13, 1944, in Statesville, N.C., to Joseph C. Tysinger...

Willie Burkhart

Willie Burkhart

Feb 23, 2006

Jeffrey Lee (Willie) Burkhart age 40, of Hammond Rd., Lexington died Thursday February 23, 2006 at 4:43 Am in Lexington Memorial Hospital Mr. Burkhart was born in Davidson County on August 19, 1965 to James (Jim) Edmund Burkhart and Juanita Johnson Burkhart. He was employed with National Wholesale and a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his brother James...

Gladys Craver Wagner

Gladys Craver Wagner

Feb 23, 2006

Gladys Craver Wagner, 99, of the Brian Center of Lexington, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, at the Brian Center after four years of declining health. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Davidson Funeral Home, Hickory Tree Chapel, by the Rev. Mark Denton. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Wagner was born July...

Mary Hill

Mary Hill

Feb 23, 2006

Mary Elizabeth Younts Hill, age 80 of Sunbridge Nursing Home, formerly of Reedy Creek Rd., Lexington, died Thursday February 23, 2006 at 9:05 PM in Sunbridge Nursing Home Mrs. Hill was born on April 22, 1925 to John Peter Younts and Ollie May Kepley Younts. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Gentry Augustus (Sonny) Hill died on May 23, 1995...

David Carl Yarborough, Jr.

David Carl Yarborough, Jr.

Feb 22, 2006

David Carl "DC" Yarborough Jr., 77, of Fairview Drive, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, at Lexington Health Care after one year of declining health. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Second Presbyterian Church, where he was a charter member, by the Rev. Bea Edwards Copeland. Burial will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Yarborough was born...

Kathleen Mittie Weaver Harper

Kathleen Mittie Weaver Harper

Feb 22, 2006

Kathleen Mittie Weaver Harper, 94, of Old Highway 64 West, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, at Brian Center Nursing Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the American Children's Home Chapel by the Rev. Roger Worley. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Harper was born March 30, 1911, in Davie County to Charles Edward...

Carolyn Anne Gilley Brown

Carolyn Anne Gilley Brown

Feb 22, 2006

Carolyn Anne Gilley Brown, 61, of Haywood Lane, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Community Baptist Church, where she was a member, by the Revs. Brian Workman and Robert Tews. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Brown was born in Forsyth County on June...

Margaret Ellen Clarkson Rearson Rock

Margaret Ellen Clarkson Rearson Rock

Feb 21, 2006

Margaret Ellen Clarkson Reardon Rock, 74, of Cross Lane, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, at High Point Regional Hospital after an illness of two weeks. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by Maj. Allan Houser and Maj. Michael Harmon. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Humphrey's Chapel United...

Wilma Watkins

Wilma Watkins

Feb 21, 2006

Wilma Delores Lowe Pendleton Watkins, age 64of Louya Rd., Lexington died Monday night at her sons home on Albertson Rd. , Archdale after several months of declining health. Mrs. Watkins was born May 1, 1941 in Dillon SC to Mack Kid Lowe and Wilma Elizabeth Morris Lowe. She was a retired employee of Hayworth Furniture in High Point and was...

James Ernest Melvin, Jr.

James Ernest Melvin, Jr.

Feb 21, 2006

James Ernest Melvin Jr., 80, of Manhattan Drive, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Rev. Doug McGee. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery. Mr. Melvin was born Feb. 20, 1926, in Guilford County to James Ernest Melvin Sr. and Ardelle Flintom Melvin. He was...

Frances Naomi Beck

Frances Naomi Beck

Feb 19, 2006

Frances Naomi Beck, 87, of Brookstone Retirement Center, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006, at the center. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Revs. Lowell Askins and John Pace. Burial will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Beck was born in Davidson County on April 1, 1918, to Harvey Samuel...

Marie Steagall Griffin

Marie Steagall Griffin

Feb 18, 2006

Marie Steagall Griffin, 69, of Pilgrim Lane, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006, at Thomasville Medical Center. The funeral will be at 7 Monday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, by the Revs. Jeff Kelly and Jim Hutchinson. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Blevins Cemetery in Shady Valley, Tenn. Mrs. Griffin was born Feb. 4, 1937,...

Robert John Thompson

Robert John Thompson

Feb 18, 2006

MIDWAY - Robert John Thompson, 63, of Midway School Road in Midway died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006, at Forsyth Medical Center. Robert was born March 19, 1942, in Mason City, Iowa, to Robert George Thompson and Helen Schmock Thompson. He retired from the U.S. Navy as a senior electrician. He was preceded in death by a stepson, J. Fitzgerald Dellart....

Robert Junior Wilson

Robert Junior Wilson

Feb 18, 2006

Robert Junior Wilson, 65, of Lindy Road, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006, at his home after an illness of eight months. A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by Chaplain Benn Fleming. Mr. Wilson was born Aug. 17, 1940, in Davidson County to Thomas Jefferson Wilson and Florence Beck Wilson. He was a...

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