Reverend Artis Bennett
Aug 29, 2009
Reverend Artis Ray Bennett passed away peacefully on August 29, 2009. He was born in Hamlet, NC and was the son of the late Paul Bennett and Clara Ingram Bennett. Reverend Bennett graduated from Hamlet High School and Richmond Community College with a degree in welding. He also worked in the Richmond County School System. He was ordained in the...
Reverend Ralph White
Aug 28, 2009
Reverend Ralph White, Jr. 46 of 3525 Castleford Court Apt.-C departed this life Friday, August 28, 2009. He was born October 20, 1962 in El Paso, TX to Ralph White, Sr. and Bettie Saleem. He moved to Winston-Salem, NC in 1976. He graduated from West Forsyth High School, received his BS in Accounting from High Point University, the M Div...
Melvin Strickland, Jr.
Aug 28, 2009
Mr. Melvin Andrew Strickland, Jr. was born August 25, 1927 in Cocoa, Florida. He was the second child born to the late Bessie T. Blake and Melvin Andrew Strickland. As a child, Melvin had a special relationship with his Grandmother Rose. When Melvin did mischievous things, he could always hide behind his grandmother to get away from his brothers and...
Stevie Johnson
Aug 28, 2009
Mr. Stevie Forest Johnson, 41, of Rural Hall, NC was born September 8, 1967 in Scotland County, NC. He attended schools in Laurinburg prior to his move to Winston-Salem. Stevie was last employed by the City of Winston-Salem, where he worked for a number of years prior to his health problems. He is survived by his mother, Bertha (Robert) Tyson;...
Edward Williams
Aug 26, 2009
Mr. Edward Williams formerly of 1044 Betty Drive passed away on August 26, 2009. He went to be with his Heavenly Father. He was born March 30, 1931 and he fulfilled his dream by joining the Armed Forces where he served in the Korean War. He was a member of Compassion of Christ International Church where he sat quietly, looking...
Annie Alexander
Aug 26, 2009
Mrs. Annie Ruth Spells Alexander was born on July 25, 1938 in Clayton, North Carolina. She was the youngest of eleven children born to Charlie Spells, Sr. and Lossie Dudley Spells. She went home to be with the Lord on August 26, 2009 at her residence in the arms of her oldest daughter, with her husband at her side. She...
Margaret Pitts
Aug 18, 2009
Margaret L. Pitts was born in Winston-Salem, NC on April 29, 1941 to Ruth Self Roberts and William Mason Roberts. She received her education from Forsyth County Schools, graduating from the original Atkins High School in 1959. Her first love was the late William Correll during her high school days and her oldest son, William Roberts, came from that relationship....
Brenda Tucker
Aug 18, 2009
Brenda Eller Tucker, 64 passed away peacefully at her home August 18, 2009. She was born in Wilkes County, NC January 14, 1945 to Floyd Lonzie Eller and Ollie Gwyn Eller. She attended Lincoln Heights High School in North Wilkesboro, NC and graduated from Central High School in Bridgeport, CT. She attended The University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy in...
Reverend Otha Richardson
Aug 17, 2009
Reverend Otha Lee Richardson, 76 passed away Monday, August 17, 2009. He was born May 21, 1933 in Nashville, NC to William M. and Geneva D. Richardson and he was educated in the public schools of Nash County, NC. On December 8, 1962 he married Ernestine H. Richardson. He was a retired employee of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company after 30...
Florence Conrad
Aug 17, 2009
On August 17, 2009, Florence Virginia "Tinky" Conrad walked away from this life into the kingdom of God and her loving Savior's arms. She was preceded in death by her parents; four siblings; and loving daughter, JoAnn Conrad Bush. Everlasting memories will be cherished by her devoted daughters, Willette Wilson, Millicent Caldwell, Tanya, Jacquelyn, Quanda, and Jannifer Conrad; loving sons,...
Herman Currence, Jr.
Aug 16, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009 our love, Herman Matthew Wiley Currence, Jr. went home. On that early morning we all felt left alone, yet our Father in Heaven was ready for his precious being to return home. God created a guardian angel on May 18, 1938 and placed him on this earth, today we release him back into the arms of...
James Hogue
Aug 16, 2009
Mr. James Edward Hogue, affectionately known as "Jimmy" 67 passed away unexpectedly on August 16, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Yazoo City, MS on May 31, 1942 to Lee Addie Taylor. He was a graduate of MD Taylor High School in Yazoo City, MS. He retired from the City of WS after 35 years of service and...
Glasco Speight
Aug 14, 2009
Mr. Glasco Lee Speight, 71 of 307 Spry Road in the Midway Community passed away Friday, August 14, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born October 9, 1937 in Forsyth County to Agnes Mingo. He was a retired employee of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. After retiring he worked at Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC in Winston-Salem, NC. He...
Reverend Henry Vaneaton
Aug 11, 2009
Reverend Henry VanEaton, known as "Dad" to most, heard the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto me and rest, lie down thy weary soul, lie down thy head upon my breast." He answered the call on Tuesday morning, August 11, 2009 after a brief illness. He was born December 11, 1926 to the late Frances VanEaton and Marshall Hudson. He...
Patricia Speas
Aug 9, 2009
"My spirit soared and I reached out and touched the hand of the Lord." Ms. Patricia Kathleen Speas of 1473 E. Sedgefield Drive passed away Sunday, August 9, 2009 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was a current employee of Sara Lee and Hanes Knitwear for over thirty years and was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church....
Maxine Rhodie
Aug 7, 2009
Mrs. Maxine Griggs Rhodie was born November 18, 1939 in Winston-Salem, NC. She went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 7, 2009 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was a faithful member of Beulah Tabernacle Holiness Church (Holiness Church of God, Inc.) until her health declined where she served as mother of the church, Sunday...
Roslyn Hauser
Aug 2, 2009
Ms. Roslyn Burton Hauser was born December 17, 1951 in Winston-Salem, NC to Jessie M. Burton. She passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 2, 2009 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home after an extended period of illness. Roslyn attended the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Public Schools and graduated from Anderson High School. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church...
Geraldine Williams
Aug 1, 2009
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1 Geraldine Mitchell Williams, a faithful member of Lula Street Church of God, Winston-Salem, NC departed this life on Saturday, August 1, 2009. She was the loving daughter of Catherine Moses and Jack...
Edith Britton
Jul 30, 2009
Ms. Edith Vaughn Britton passed away July 30, 2009. She was born November 29, 1929 to Marion and Odessa Britton. She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Theresa Haynesworth, Marion Davis, Thomas Britton, Mary Fair, and Norma Britton; and a very special granddaughter whom she raised, Natasha Britton. She is survived by five children, Fred Britton, Deloris Britton,...
Brenda Green
Jul 28, 2009
Ms. Brenda Anita Green, 59, was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Eddie and Irene Martin Green. She was educated in the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Public Schools and was a 1968 graduate of Atkins High School. She attended North Carolina A&T State University and graduated from Winston-Salem State University in 1973 with a degree in Sociology. She was employed several...