Mildred Geneva Bowman
Mar 5, 2013
Ms. Mildred Geneva Bowman transitioned from labor to reward on March 5, 2013 at Grace Health Center, W-S, NC. Ms. Bowman was born January 21, 1933 in Surry County, NC and was the first born of nine children to the late James Ernest Bowman and Luetta France Bowman. She attended public schools in Patrick County, VA. She spent most of...
Ronald R Jones
Mar 4, 2013
Ronald Ravon Jones transitioned on Monday, March 4, 2013. He was born December 3, 1942 to the late Alonzo and Myrtle Jones. He attended the public schools of Winston-Salem, NC. He is survived by his sister, Doris Jones Cardwell; his brother, Frederick (Collene) Jones; and a host of many nieces, nephews, and friends. Memorial services will be held at 1pm...
Edith Chaskley
Mar 3, 2013
Mrs. Edith Chaskley, 76, loving mother, grand and great-grandmother was born January 14, 1937. She departed this earthly life on March 3, 2013. She was a devoted and good member of Mount Olive Baptist Church where she served on the Greeter Committee, Pastor's Aid, and Usher Board. She is survived by her daughter, Debbie Williams; two sons, James and Charles...
Floyd Fuller
Mar 2, 2013
On Saturday March 2, 2013, Mr. Floyd William Fuller, 80, entered into his eternal rest. He lived his final days at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born on April 22, 1932 in Spartanburg County, SC, the son of the late Mr. Danverse Fuller, Sr. and Mrs. Janie Rogers Fuller. Mr. Fuller was a member of the Mt....
Doris Conrad
Feb 27, 2013
Ms. Doris Elizabeth Conrad, 86, was born June 23, 1926 and departed this earthly life February 27, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 12noon Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Bethania AME Zion Church with Reverend Louis Hunter officiating. Interment will follow in the Bethania AME Zion Church Cemetery. The family visitation will be held from 11:30am until 12noon on...
Lisa Denise Ford
Feb 26, 2013
Lisa Denise Ford was born on December 27, 1965 and departed this life on February 26, 2013. She is the daughter of Arthur Lee Ford Sr. and Eleanor Wilson Ford. Denise was a loving mother, daughter, sister, auntie, and friend to many. She was employed as a Trust Associate at Wells Fargo for twenty-four years. She leaves to cherish her...
Chineta Hooper Sheff
Feb 26, 2013
"Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where...
Ted Mebane
Feb 25, 2013
On February 25, 2013, God called home a great man to his glory. Ted Mebane was born September 3, 1928 in W-S, NC. Mr. Mebane worked for the City of W-S Sanitation Department and retired after 26 years. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Rosella Mebane; two children, Debra Mebane (Robert) Jones of the city and...
Blanche Anderson
Feb 25, 2013
Mrs. Blanche B. Anderson was born on January 6, 1932 in Carthage, NC, but spent most of her life in Winston Salem, NC. An angel was dispatched on Monday, February 25, 2013 and called the lady known as "Mom" to many to her final resting place after a long battle with her health. For many years she was a dedicated...
Lewis James Hines
Feb 24, 2013
Mr. Lewis James Hines was born in Fayetteville, NC on September 18, 1935 to Wilson H. Hines and Suevary C. Hines. He passed away February 24, 2013. He was a graduate of Atkins High School as well as the treasurer of his Senior Class of 1955. He retired from RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. in 1989 after 33 years of service....
Logan Burke
Feb 24, 2013
On Sunday morning, February 24, 2013 following a brief period of illness, our heavenly father called home our greatly loved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. Mr. Logan Burke was born in Winton, North Carolina to the loving union of Selma and Lillian Burke on October 26, 1933. He was a graduate of C. S. Brown High School. He served...
James Benjamin
Feb 24, 2013
Mr. James "JB" Benjamin was born March 12, 1931 in Bishopville, SC to the late Bill and Lullie Benjamin. He departed this earthly life on February 24, 2013. He attended Dennis High School and moved to W-S, NC in the early 1950's. He furthered his education through vocational trades with a concentration in plumbing. "JB" was employed by D.W. Andrews...
Mary Payne Jones
Feb 22, 2013
Mary Marie Payne Jones went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 22, 2013 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice and Palliative Care in W-S, NC. She was born February 12, 1936 the eldest of eleven children to David and Katie Payne. In 1953 she graduated Salutatorian of the Saint Anne's Academy in W-S, NC. She accepted a scholarship...
Dwight Maurice Cardwell
Feb 21, 2013
Mr. Dwight Maurice Cardwell, 80, transitioned on Thursday February 21, 2013. Mr. Cardwell is the son of Jessie Harris and the late Vernell Cardwell. He attended the public schools of Winston-Salem, NC and was a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University. He was affiliated with Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Shortly after graduation he was employed in the Zebulon, NC school...
Mary Ellen Briggs
Feb 20, 2013
Mrs. Mary Ellen Briggs passed away peacefully surrounded by her husband and daughter on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Born February 15, 1927, in Hendersonville, NC, she was the sixth child of Henry and Cora Lee Stephens. She was preceded in death by her parents and five siblings: Debro, Walter, Hazel, Hugh and Theodore. She attended the local schools in Hendersonville,...
Nannie Beaty Gunning
Feb 20, 2013
Nannie Lee Beaty Gunning, 105, formerly of 903 W. 25th Street, quietly and peacefully departed this life on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at The Oakes Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born October 16, 1907 in York, SC. Nannie was one of seven children born to John Russell and Anna Stanton Beaty. She attended the York County Public Schools. Upon...
Connie Bell Caldwell
Feb 17, 2013
Connie Mae Bell Caldwell was born July 12, 1954 in W-S, NC to Sarah Elizabeth Caldwell Bell and Thomas Chapel McFadden. She went to be with the Lord on February 17, 2013. She leaves behind her beloved daughter, Denesha "Gee-Gee" Bell of NC; aunt, Rozena McFadden of NC; uncle, Phil Caldwell of NC; two sisters, Debbie (George) Long of NY...
Lessie Sturdivant Pinkney
Feb 15, 2013
Lessie Mae Sturdivant Pinkney, 78, passed away Friday, February 15, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 1pm Thursday, February 21, 2013 at White Rock Baptist Church, 1233 E. 14th Street, Winston-Salem, NC. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family visitation will be held from 12noon until 1pm on Thursday at the Church.
Robert William Long
Feb 15, 2013
Robert William Long departed this life on Friday, February 15, 2013 after an extended illness. A native of W-S, NC, he was born April 6, 1921 and was a graduate of Atkins High School. He was preceded in death by his adoptive mother, Mrs. Rosa Bell Long; daughter, Sandra McCracken; brothers, John, Aldolphus, Donald Howie, and Edward Neal Crowe; and...
Gladys Davis Smith
Feb 13, 2013
Mrs. Gladys Davis Smith was born to the late Will W. and Henrietta S. Davis on October 8, 1931 in Newberry, SC. She transitioned to eternity on February 13, 2013. She was educated in the Winston-Salem Forsyth County School System. She retired from North Carolina Baptist Retirement Home. She married John Henry Smith, Sr. She was preceded in death by...