Deaths for the week of Jan. 2

Published 12:00 am Thursday, January 4, 2024

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• Lisa Christina Epps, 47, passed away on Dec. 17, 2023, at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital.

• Geraldine “Gerry” Briden, 87, entered the arms of Jesus her Savior on Dec. 17, 2023.

• Mr. Michael Lee Pressley, 77, peacefully took his heavenly flight home from Village Care of King on Dec. 18, 2023.

• Deborah “Debby” Ann Pauley Eads, 66, passed away Dec. 20, 2023.

• Mr. Kenneth Randolph Patton, 75, passed away on Wednesday Dec. 20, 2023, at his home.

• Geraldine (Gerri) Cansler, 92 of Winston-Salem was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023.

• Mr. Jerry Owen Jernigan, 89 of Winston-Salem passed away Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023.

• Roger Lee Sennett, 82, passed away at home on Dec. 22, 2023.

• Norman P. Hansley, 87, passed away on Dec. 23, 2023, at Forsyth Medical Center.

• Harvey Wayne Groce, 83, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, at Harmony at Brookberry Farms Assisted Living.

• Janie “Jay” Martin Hall was born Oct. 13, 1949, in Winston-Salem.

• Audrey Ellen Starn, 68, passed away Dec. 24, 2023, at Forsyth Medical Center.

• Dr. Charles William Greene Sr., 84, died peacefully in Winston-Salem on Dec. 24, 2023.

• Janice Colleen Murphy Farmer, 92, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, Dec. 25, 2023.

• Mrs. Julia Stilley Webster Brown, 89,  passed away on Dec. 26, 2023.

• Mrs. Shirley Jean Sears, 82, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023.

• Mr. Edward “Rod” Rodin Sugg Sr., 89, passed away early the morning of Dec. 26.

•  Mr. Lawrence Gideon Tuttle, 90, passed away early Wednesday morning, Dec. 27, 2023, at Trinity Elms in Clemmons.

• Mr. Billy Edmond Jennings, 96, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023.

• Mrs. Joyce Cochrane Marshall, 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, at Brighton Gardens Assisted Living Facility.

• Shirley Lee Mary Griffin Sonbert, 88, passed away on Dec. 29, 2023, in Pfafftown.

• David Charles Simms, 31, passed away Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, surrounded by his family.

• Mr. Kenneth Ray Cox, 86, entered into the more immediate presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Dec. 30, 2023, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home.

• Mrs. Geraldine Scott Vanhoy, 87, passed away on Saturday Dec. 30, 2023, at Magnolia Creek Assisted Living.

• Mrs. Edna Ann Cady McKenzie, 75, passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday Dec. 31, 2023, at her home.

• Kenneth McLee Watson, 91, of Clemmons passed away on Dec. 18, 2023.

• Mr. Benjamin “Ben” Frank McKinney, 63, of Clemmons passed away Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home.

• Mr. Gary Preston Smith, 78, of Advance passed away Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, at his home.

• Patricia “Pat” Jones Sheets, 82, went to her heavenly home in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.

• Annabelle Horner Savage, 94, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Dec. 21. 2023, after a short but courageous battle with cancer.

• Lee “Pat” Inman, 78, of Clemmons passed away at Forsyth Medical Center surrounded by her family and friends on Dec. 21, 2023.

• Dora Bell Gilbert Stanley, 94, passed away Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 at the Woltz Hospice Home.

• Robert Jon Hafer, 81, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Dec. 23, 2023.

• Sally Schmitt Klinetobe, 91, passed away on Dec. 23, 2023.

• Carlton Floyd Nichols, 80, passed away on Dec. 27, 2023, at Novant Forsyth Medical Center.

• Robert “Bobby” Albert Westerberg, 55, of Winston-Salem passed away Dec. 24, 2023.