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Lexington, NC and surrounding areas
Barbara Ann Smith
Feb 13, 2007
Barbara Ann Stoddard Smith, 66, of Horseshoe Neck Road, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, after an illness of four and a half years. A private service will be held later. Ms. Smith was born Aug. 24, 1940, in Corry, Pa., to Melvin Stoddard and Bernice Bensink Stoddard. She was a retired registered nurse, having retired from Rowan Regional Medical Center....
Peter Wilson Hairston
Feb 4, 2007
Peter W. Hairston, 93, the former Superior Court judge and member of the North Carolina General Assembly, died Sunday at his ancestral home, Cooleemee Plantation, on the Yadkin River in Davie County. Mr. Hairston was born August 2, 1913, at Cooleemee Plantation, a son of Peter Wilson Hairston and Elmer George Hairston, and lived there most of his life. In...
Kate Yow Kepley
Feb 3, 2007
Kate Yow Kepley, 86, of Brian Center of Lexington and formerly of Woodhaven Drive, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at Brian Center. A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Cotton Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery by the Rev. David Shaffer. Mrs. Kepley was born in Davidson County on March 13, 1920, to Walter Yow and Minnie Carrick...
Ira Lee Snider
Feb 3, 2007
Ira Lee Snider, 97, of Old U.S. Highway 52, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at Brian Center of Lexington. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Welcome, where he was a member, by the Revs. Mark Blair and Cynthia Arnold. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Snider was born Sept. 13, 1909,...
Inez Smith Vanderford
Feb 2, 2007
Inez Smith Vanderford, 82, of Kernersville, formerly of Rockcrusher Road, died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Sheets Memorial Baptist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Frankie Matthews. Interment will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Vanderford was born March 19, 1924, in...
William Bramwell Mcabee, Jr.
Jan 31, 2007
William Bramwell “Bill” McAbee, Jr. 66, a resident of 655 Bill Lohr Road, died Wednesday January 31, 2007, at his residence. Graveside Services will be conducted 2:00 PM Sunday, February 4, 2007 in Forest Hill Memorial Park, with the Rev. Gary Foster officiating. Mr. McAbee was born June 26, 1940 in Davidson County to the late William McAbee and Louise...
Billy Lamar Coleman
Jan 30, 2007
Billy Lamar Coleman, 69, Shetter Avenue, Jacksonville, Fla., died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007, at Baptist Medical Center-Beaches in Jacksonville. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Harold Fletcher. Interment will be in Lexington City Cemetery with military graveside rites by Randolph County Honor Guard. Mr. Coleman was born July 12, 1937,...
Fannie Money Hayes
Jan 24, 2007
Fannie Money Hayes, 95, of Centerclair Nursing Home, formerly of Virginia Drive, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, at the nursing home. A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. today at Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Hayes was born Oct. 18, 1911, in Iredell County to David Clinton Money and Effie Mae Leonard Money. She was retired from Erlanger Mills...
Charles Hinkle Price
Jan 22, 2007
Charles Hinkle Price, 77, of Hillcrest Drive, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at Lexington Health Care. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Banks D. Shepherd. Interment will be in Lexington City Cemetery with military graveside rites by VFW Post 3074. Mr. Price was born Dec. 7, 1929, in Davidson County...
Eugene Williams
Jan 19, 2007
Nathan Eugene "Little Rabbit" Williams, 46, of Sink Farm Road, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2007, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem after a critical illness of two days. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at East End Baptist Church by the Revs. Timothy W. Gainey and Claude Junior Garrett. Entombment will be in Forest Hill...
Ruth Burroughs
Jan 6, 2007
Eunice Ruth Burr Burroughs, 88, of Haywood Road, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, at the residence of her niece. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Briggs-Candor Funeral Home Chapel in Candor by Rick Lanier. Burial will follow in Candor Town Cemetery. Mrs. Burroughs was born Oct. 3, 1918, in Anson County to John Robert and Ellen Gulluage...
Eric Narine Lionel
Jan 3, 2007
Eric Narine Lionel, 51, of Broad Street, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Edwin Krisenlall. Mr. Lionel was born March 11, 1955, in Guyana, South America, to Lionel Narine and Betty Ramlall. He was a former employee of...
Maggie Reese Miller
Jan 3, 2007
Maggie Reese Miller, 96, of Wake Forest and Lexington, died at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, after a short illness. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Reformed United Church of Christ in Lexington by the Rev. George Fidler. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Miller was born March 30,...
Frank Mock Shoaf
Jan 3, 2007
Frank Mock Shoaf, 86, of Mt. Olivet Church Road, formerly of Churchland, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation of Lexington. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. David Shaffer. Interment will be in Snider Cemetery in Churchland with military graveside rites by the Randolph County Honor Guard....
Linda Gail Deal
Jan 2, 2007
Linda Gail Gobble Deal, 61, of Walser Road, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by the Revs. Kenneth Deal and Johnny Gobble. Interment will be in Arrington Heights Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Deal was born June 27, 1945, in Davidson County to Elijah...
Bobby Gene Booe
Jan 1, 2007
Bobby Gene Booe, 68, of Clay Street, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, at his residence. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by Preacher Clyde Akers. Interment will be in Hedrick's Grove United Church of Christ Cemetery. Mr. Booe was born Aug. 4, 1938, in Davie County to John Lee and Lola Jordan Booe....
Lois Myers Shoaf
Jan 1, 2007
Lois Catherine Myers Shoaf, 93, of Rockcrusher Road, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by the Revs. Edgar Armfield Jr., Larry Peterson and Billy Pearson. Interment will be in Cotton Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Shoaf was born March 30, 1914, in Davidson...
Wadie Gourley Koonts
Dec 23, 2006
Wadie Gourley Koonts, 89, of Fairview Drive and formerly of West Eighth Avenue, passed away peacefully Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at her home after declining health. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Clyde Akers. Burial will be Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Koonts was born Feb. 25, 1917, in China...
Pete Clyde Greer
Dec 22, 2006
Pete Clyde Greer, 85, a resident of Hamil Street, died Friday, December 22, 2006 in Lexington Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 PM Saturday, December 23, 2006 from the Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Lonnie Daugherty and Pastor Kelly Frady officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Greer was born March 13, 1921 in...
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