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Lexington, NC and surrounding areas
Charlie Smith
Dec 21, 2008
Charlie Jerome Smith, 80, of West Old Highway 64, died Sunday, December 21 in Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. A funeral service will held at 2;00 PM Wednesday, December 24 in the Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jeff Walser and Rev. James Messer officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Charlie was born September 9,...
Kenny Gibson
Dec 19, 2008
Kenneth David “Kenny” Gibson, 34, of Oakwood Boulevard, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, December 19 at Lexington Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, December 22 at Center Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Brian Alexander and Rev. Lamar Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Kenny was born August 23,...
Mabel Marie Harmon
Dec 14, 2008
Mabel Marie Staton Harmon, of Lexington, died Sunday, December 14, 2008 at her home. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Thursday, December 18, at North Lexington Baptist Church, with Dr. Robert Floyd officiating. Entombment will follow at the Parklawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum in Winston Salem. Mrs. Harmon was born March 15, 1927 in Roanoke, Virginia to Carrie...
Helen Shoaf Simerson
Dec 11, 2008
Helen Shoaf Simerson, 89, of Jubilee Road died Thursday, December 11 in Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, December 13 at the Smith Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Terry Smith officiating. Helen was born February 2, 1919 in Davidson County to James Shoaf and Fannie Walser Shoaf....
Dessie Tysinger
Dec 7, 2008
Mrs. Dessie Combs Tysinger, 87, of Snider Road, Lexington, died Sunday at her home after an illness of two years. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, December 9 at the Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Jeff York officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Tysinger was born January 1, 1921 in Granville...
Harry Lee Coleman
Dec 4, 2008
Harry Lee Coleman, 79 of Wilfred Avenue, Lexington, died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. A Graveside Service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, December 6, at Forest Hill Memorial Park.
Ralph Parks Bailey, Sr.
Nov 26, 2008
Ralph Parks Bailey, Sr., 81, of Kenwood Lane, Lexington, died Wednesday, November 26 in Lexington Memorial Hospital. A Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, November 29 at First Reformed United Church of Christ conducted by Rev. Dr. Walter Patten, intentional Interim Minister and Rev. Mike Hooper. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery. Ralph was born October...
Leonard Elbert Richardson
Nov 23, 2008
Leonard Elbert Richardson, 72, of Clark Road, Linwood, died Sunday, November 23 in Lexington Memorial Hospital. At his request he will be cremated and no services will be held.
Mary Auman Short
Nov 19, 2008
Mary Frances Auman Short, 86, of Broad Street, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, at High Point Hospice after a lengthy illness. A graveside service will be held at Lexington City Cemetery at 2 p.m. Saturday by Dr. Bennett Ramsey. Mrs. Short was born Sept. 18, 1922, in Lexington, to Charles Andrew Auman and Lizzie Ann Foushee Auman. She loved jigsaw...
Grady Hallman
Nov 12, 2008
Grady Hallman, 93, of Greensboro Street Extension, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem. A funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Sunday, November 16, at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dr. Jennings R. O’Neil officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Hallman was born December 12, 1914 in...
Loraine Everhart Lanning
Nov 11, 2008
Loraine Everhart Lanning, 76, of Alston Brook, formerly of Westwood Drive, died Tuesday, November 11, at Alston Brook. A memorial service will be held 3:00 PM Saturday, November 15 in the Chapel of Piedmont Funeral Home with her nephew, Rich Zeigler officiating. Mrs. Lanning was born March 1, 1932 in Davidson County, to Emery Lee Everhart and Lillian Clodfelter Everhart....
Jack Norman
Nov 10, 2008
John Robert “Jack” Norman, 66, of Buddle Drive, died Monday, November 10 at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury. A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, November 12 at the Cotton Grove United Methodist Church, with Rev. Ed Armfield, Jr. and Rev. Dr. Bill Hicks officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery Mr. Norman was born June 13,...
Richard Eugene Link
Nov 10, 2008
Richard Eugene Link, 74, of Mendota Avenue, died Monday, November 10 at his home. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, November 15, in the Chapel of Piedmont Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. Henry McNeill officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. The Pallbearers will be David Catlette, Scott Catlette, Gil Catlette, Don Leonard, Clayton...
Pete Bates
Nov 10, 2008
Riley “Pete” Edward Bates Jr. of John Ward Rd., died Monday Nov. 10, 2008 after being in declining health for two years. A graveside service with Military rites will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday, November 11 in the Lexington City Cemetery, with Rev. Jeffrey Purdue officiating. He was born on June 3, 1917 in Davidson County to Riley E. Bates...
Claude Hinkle
Nov 8, 2008
Claude Lee Hinkle, 61, of Welcome, died Saturday, November 8, at Forsyth Medical Center after heart complications. The funeral service will be 2:00 PM Tuesday, November 11 from the Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Clyde Akers. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Hinkle was born August 4, 1947 in Davidson County to John William Hinkle, Sr....
Ella Mae Morris
Nov 7, 2008
Ella Mae Leonard Morris, 89, a resident of Greensboro Street Extension, died Friday, November 7. A funeral service will be held Monday, November 10 at 11:00 AM at the Pilgrim Reformed Church where she was a member, with Rev. Barry Surratt and Rev. George Fidler officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Morris was born on December 25,...
J.W. Morphis
Nov 3, 2008
John Welborn J.W. Morphis, Jr., 89 of Choyce Street, Lexington, died Monday, November 3, 2008 in Lexington Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held 3:00 PM Thursday, November 6 at the North Lexington Baptist Church where he was a member, with Rev. Dr. Robert Floyd officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. J.W. was born on April...
Shelby Perry
Nov 2, 2008
Shelby Perry, age 68 of South Highway 150, Lexington passed away Sunday at her home. A funeral service will be held 2:00 pm Wednesday November 5, 2008 at Fundamental Baptist Tabernacle Church where she was a member, with Evangelist Noah Frye and Pastor Chris Lanning with burial to follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Perry was born July...
Peggy Russell
Oct 29, 2008
Margaret Janet Lawrence “Peggy” Russell, 78, of Providence Road in Charlotte, formerly of North Koontz Road, Lexington, died Wednesday in Sunrise on Providence Assisted Living Center. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday in the Chapel of Piedmont Funeral Home with Rev. Carl Lindquist, Rev. Dr. Lee Dukes and Amy Horn officiating. Burial will follow in Forest...
Rem Mao
Oct 27, 2008
Rem Mao of Hunter Creek Road, Lexington, died Monday, October 27, in Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was 77. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, November 1, in the Chapel of Piedmont Funeral Home. The family will be at the home on Hunter Creek Road,Lexington.
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