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Lexington, NC and surrounding areas

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,...

Lois Mcmahan Kepley

Lois Mcmahan Kepley

Oct 2, 2008

Mrs. Lois Virginia McMahan Kepley, 92, of Lexington, died Thursday, October 2, 2008 in Charleston, SC. Mrs. Kepley was born January 2, 1916 in Davidson County to the late Frank Calvin McMahan and Sadie Tucker McMahan. She was a homemaker who enjoyed reading, gardening, sewing, cooking, spending time with the family she cherished and serving her Lord; she attended First...

Mildred Ann Raper

Mildred Ann Raper

Sep 25, 2008

Mrs. Mildred Ann Critcher Raper, age 90, of Peachtree Street, Lexington, NC died Thursday, September 25 at Lexington Memorial Hospital. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, September 27 at First United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Carl Lindquist, Rev. Lee Dukes and Rev. Jill Alventosa-Brown. Inurnment will follow in Lexington City Cemetery. Mrs. Raper was born...

James Wesley Hoffman

James Wesley Hoffman

Sep 24, 2008

James Wesley Hoffman of Foy avenue, died Wednesday, September 24. He was 51. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, October 2, at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Piedmont Funeral Home, conducted by Preacher Clyde Akers. Burial will follow in Mt. Carmel Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery. James was born in Davidson County on June 13, 1957 to the late Henry...

Benny B. Lopp

Benny B. Lopp

Sep 24, 2008

Benny B. Lopp of Lakewood Drive, died Thursday in Magnolia Creek Assisted Living Center in Winston-Salem. He was 81. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday in the Chapel of Piedmont Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. Ray Howell III and Rev. Tommy Wilson. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery with graveside rites by the Davidson County Rescue...

Ann Drobins Mitten

Ann Drobins Mitten

Sep 20, 2008

Ann Jean Drobins Mitten, of N. Miners Trail, died Saturday at her residence. She was 86 A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 10:45 A.M in the Chapel of Lorraine Cemetery in Woodlawn, Maryland, with Rev. Carl Cummings officiating. Ann was born in Northumberland County, PA on October 26, 1921, to the late Joseph Drobins and...

Robert Lindsay Fine

Robert Lindsay Fine

Sep 17, 2008

Robert Lindsay Fine, resident of Hill Everhart Road, Lexington, died Tuesday at Forsyth Medical Center. He was 71. Funeral Services will be conducted at 3:00 PM Friday, September 19, 2008 from the Pilgrim Reformed Church with the Rev. Jeremy Simpson officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. Mr. Fine was born in Davidson County on April 8, 1937 to...

Luanne Snider Wilson

Luanne Snider Wilson

Sep 17, 2008

Luanne Snider Wilson, a resident of Will Snider Road in the Churchland Community, died Tuesday at her home after an extended illness. She was 42. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 AM, at Tyro United Methodist Church with Rev. Randy Foster and Mr. Mo Chilton officiating. Interment will follow in the Clyde and Ruby Snider Family Cemetery. Luanne...

Mary Jane Powell

Mary Jane Powell

Sep 13, 2008

Mrs. Mary Jane Phelps Powell, 61, of US Hwy 64 West, died Saturday at her home after an extended illness. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Cindy Arnold, Rev. Bud Powell, Preacher Clyde Akers and Rev. Darrell Cox Officiating. Burial will be in Linwood United Methodist Church Cemetery....

Peggy Ann Leonard

Peggy Ann Leonard

Sep 9, 2008

Peggy Ann Knighton Leonard of Pine Knoll Place, formerly of Lexington and Eden, died Tuesday, September 9, 2008 in Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. She was 75. Funeral Services will be Friday at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Piedmont Funeral Home with Pastor Max Shoaf and Rev. Lamar Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Center Hill Baptist Church Cemetery....

Willie Houston Whisenhunt

Willie Houston Whisenhunt

Sep 3, 2008

Willie Houston Whisenhunt, 81, of Old Mill Farm Road, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Good Hope United Methodist Church, where he was a member, by the Rev. Chris Bennett. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Whisenhunt was born July 23, 1927, in Forsyth County,...

Paul Sheets

Paul Sheets

Sep 1, 2008

Paul Sheets, 81, a resident of Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation for Lexington, formerly of Highway 47, died Monday, September 1, 2008 in Sunbridge. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, September 3, 2008 in the Chapel of Piedmont Funeral Home with Preacher Clyde Akers officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Paul was born in Wilkes County,...

Hazel Orrell Lanning

Hazel Orrell Lanning

Aug 24, 2008

Mrs. Hazel Louise Orrell Lanning of South NC Highway 150, Linwood, in the Churchland Community, died Sunday at her residence. She was 87 Funeral Services will be Tuesday at 2:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall of Smith Grove Baptist Church, where she was a member, with Rev. Terry Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Lanning was...

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