obituaries

Cecil Leonard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Mary Leonard

Mary Leonard

Aug 31, 2006

Mary Pauline Knoodle Leonard, 87, of Brookstone Retirement Center, formerly of Burkhart Road, died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, at Brookstone after declining health. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. Jim Thompson. Mrs. Leonard was born in Alamance County on Sept. 9, 1919, to Jasper Knoodle and Jeannie Simpson Knoodle....

Robert Clonch

Robert Clonch

Aug 30, 2006

Robert William Clonch, 64, of Lexington, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Open Door Baptist Church, where he was a member, by Pastor Gary Gilson. Burial will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Clonch was born June 4, 1942, in Yadkin County to Richard Thomas...

Parks Easter

Parks Easter

Aug 29, 2006

Kenzie Parks Easter Sr., 82, of Hillcrest Circle, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, where he was a member. Mr. Easter was born June 12, 1924, to Early Hamilton Easter and Dora Parks Easter in Lexington, where he lived most of his life....

Russell Brown

Russell Brown

Aug 29, 2006

Russell "Rusty" Grey Brown III, 44, of Stratford Road, died at his home Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, after a brief illness. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Holly Grove Lutheran Church, where he attended, by the Revs. John Mocko and Nathan Parrish. Burial will be in Garden of Memory, Old Walkertown Road, Winston-Salem. Mr. Brown was born...

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