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Recent Obituaries
Lexington, NC and surrounding areas
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.
C. H. Bates
Oct 24, 2008
Charles Hollis Bates, Jr., 86, of Rochelle Drive, died Friday at Lexington Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, October 27, at the First Reformed United Church of Christ in Lexington with the Rev. Dr. Walter R. Patten officiating. Burial will follow in the Lexington City Cemetery. Mr. Bates was born November 19, 1921 in...
James Walter Mckee
Oct 18, 2008
James Walter McKee of Broad Street died Saturday, October 18 at his home. He was 60. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, October 27, at the National Cemetery in Salisbury. James was born in Forsyth County on September 28, 1948 to Exie Joseph McKee and Mary McKnight McKee. He was a former employee of Cardinal Container...
Winfred Walker Byerly
Oct 8, 2008
Winfred Hilda Walker Byerly of Sylva, NC formerly of Fowler Avenue, Lexington, died Wednesday, October 8 in Skyland Care Center in Sylva. She was 87 Funeral services will be Saturday at 3:00 PM in the Chapel of Piedmont Funeral Home with Preacher Clyde Akers officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Winfred was born on August 23, 1921,...
Audria Hardister Biesecker
Oct 3, 2008
Audria Biesecker, 93, passed away October 3, in Mount Vernon, Washington, after a brief illness. A graveside service will be held at 2 P.M., October 26, in the Lexington City Cemetery where she will be laid to rest beside her loving husband, with Dr. Charles R. Yarborough, Jr., officiating. She was the beloved wife of the late James "Jim" Biesecker,...
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