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Dessie Tysinger

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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