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Deborah Harlan Steele

Deborah Harlan Steele

April 18, 2019

Deborah Harlan Steele

High Point

Deborah Harlan Steele, 70, of High Point, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Hospice Home at High Point.

Born March 23, 1949, in Hendersonville, NC, she was the daughter of the late J. Burke Harlan and the late Mary Elizabeth Payne Harlan. Debbie was a front-end supervisor...

Gabriele Francesco Marinelli

Gabriele Francesco Marinelli

April 18, 2019

Gabriele Francesco Marinelli

High Point

Gabriele Francesco Marinelli, 76, of High Point, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Westchester Manor.

Born January 7, 1943, in Italy, he was a son of the late Amedeo Marinelli and the late Livia DeClemete Marinelli. Mr. Marinelli was raised in Italy, and came to the United...

Thomas Darrell Lowe

Thomas Darrell Lowe

April 14, 2019

Thomas Darrell Lowe

High Point

Thomas Darrell Lowe, 84, of High Point, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2019, at Hospice Home at High Point.

Born September 14, 1934, in Guilford County, he was a son of the late Claude Lowe and the late Edith Williams Lowe. Mr. Lowe was a retired truck driver...

Sherrill Williams Elder

Sherrill Williams Elder

April 12, 2019

Sherrill Williams Elder

High Point

Sherrill Williams Elder, 80, of High Point, passed away Friday, April 12, 2019, at Pennybyrn at Maryfield.

Born July 17, 1938, in St. Petersburg, Florida, she was a daughter of the late Nathaniel Williams and the late Lyle Whitehurst Williams. Mrs. Elder was a fifty year resident of...

Jessica Danko Thomas

Jessica Danko Thomas

April 11, 2019

Jessica Danko Thomas, 33, of Trinity NC passed away on April 11, 2019 in High Point NC. Jessica was a very outgoing and out spoken person. She had a heart of gold and loved to help others in need. She was full of life and had a smile that would light up a room. Jessica loved the Pittsburg Steelers...

Judith Mckinney Hemphill

Judith Mckinney Hemphill

April 11, 2019

Judith McKinney Hemphill

Julian

Judith McKinney Hemphill, 80, of Julian, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019, at Wesley Long Hospital.

Born April 23, 1938, in Chatham, County, she was the daughter of the late Claude William McKinney, and the late Lilliam Crutchfield McKinney.  Mrs. Hemphill was a retired secretary for Sears.

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Deborah Lynn Cox

Deborah Lynn Cox

April 10, 2019

Deborah Lynn Cox

Lexington

Deborah Lynn Cox, 63, of Lexington, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at her home.

Born May 21, 1955, in Forsyth County, she was a daughter of M. L. Cox and Joann Cockerham Cox both of Advance. Ms. Cox was a retired bookkeeper.

In addition to her...

Doreen "Sam" Matousek Uber

Doreen "Sam" Matousek Uber

April 9, 2019

Doreen “Sam” Matousek Uber

High Point

Doreen “Sam” Matousek Uber, 71, of High Point, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at her home.

Born May 18, 1947, in New York, New York, she was a daughter of the late Frank Matousek and the late Agnes Brosen Matousek. Mrs. Uber worked with Campus Crusade...

Alisha Marie Parris

Alisha Marie Parris

April 9, 2019

Alisha Marie Parris 39, of Trinity, North Carolina passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 in High Point, North Carolina.

Alisha was born in High Point, North Carolina to Keith Randall Parris and Sandra Tolson on July 11, 1979.   She went to school at Trinity High School. Alisha worked as a waitress for Dugout in Archdale. Alisha...

Charles Ernest Duckett

Charles Ernest Duckett

April 9, 2019

Charles Ernest Duckett, 90, of Trinity, passed away on April 9th, 2019 At Shannon Gray Rehabilitation Center located in Jamestown, NC.

Charles was born in Chickamauga, Georgia to Lawrence Edward Duckett and Essie Bell Duckett on April 28th, 1928. He worked as a truck driver hauling logs for most of his life. He also served in the...

Michael Flora

Michael Flora

April 9, 2019

Clarence Michael Flora

High Point

Clarence Michael Flora, 66, of High Point, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2019, at Hospice Home at High Point.

Born November 14, 1952, in Salem, Virginia, he was a son of Gladys Hodges Flora of Fleming Island, Florida and the late Elvis Clarence Flora.

Michael is...

Franklin Daniel Gill

Franklin Daniel Gill

April 5, 2019

Franklin Daniel Gill

Thomasville

Franklin Daniel Gill, 83, of Thomasville, passed away Friday, April 5, 2019, at Curis of Thomasville.

Born June 28, 1935, in Davidson County, he was a son of the late Charles Gill, Sr. and the late Rachel McCauley Gill.

Mr. Gill is survived by his sons, Vurgess...

Robert William Kempen

Robert William Kempen

April 4, 2019

Robert William Kempen

Greensboro

Robert William Kempen, 79, of Greensboro, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019, at White Stone Retirement Community.

Born April 23, 1939, in Queens, New York, he was the son of the late Norbit Kempen and the late Helen Flynn Kempen Caputo. Bob graduated from Villanova University and...

Diane Kennedy Meier

Diane Kennedy Meier

April 3, 2019

Ruby Diane Kennedy Meier

Archdale

Ruby Diane Kennedy Meier, 61, of Archdale, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at her home.

Born April 1, 1958, in Guilford County, she was a daughter of the late Ronald Cecil Kennedy and the late Hazel Mae Alderman Kennedy. Diane was a certified nursing assistant with Pennyburn...

Janice Teal Macon

Janice Teal Macon

April 2, 2019

Janice Teal Macon

Thomasville

Janice Teal Macon, 70, of Thomasville, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at Hospice Home at High Point.

Born March 22, 1949, in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Leroy Furman Teal and the late Margie Brock Teal. Mrs. Macon was a homemaker.

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Agustine Antonio Fuentes Joya

Agustine Antonio Fuentes Joya

April 2, 2019

Agustine Antonio Fuentes Joya, 76, of Trinity, passed away on April 2nd, 2019 in High Point NC at Wake Forest Medical Center.

Agustine was born in El Salvador to Raymundo Fuentes and Maria Angela Joya on May 5th, 1942.  He worked as a Brick mason and was self-employed for most of his life.

Agustine is...

Frances Hooper Hunt

Frances Hooper Hunt

April 2, 2019

Mary Frances Hooper Hunt

High Point

On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, Mary Frances Hooper Hunt, flew up to heaven to be with Jesus.

Frances retired from Mt. Vista Nursing Home after twenty years of service, and she attended Providence Wesley Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Hunt;...

Robert Lee Whitehead

Robert Lee Whitehead

April 2, 2019

Robert Lee Whitehead

Thomasville

Robert Lee Whitehead, 85, of Thomasville, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at Hospice Home at High Point.

Born February 10, 1934, in Davidson County, he was a son of the late Rev. E.C. Whitehead and the late Blanche Harris Whitehead. Mr. Whitehead was a US Army veteran serving...

Carl Robert Friesinger, Iii

Carl Robert Friesinger, Iii

March 31, 2019

Carl Robert Friesinger, III

Thomasville

Carl Robert Friesinger, 75, of Thomasville, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019, at Piedmont Crossing.

Born August 13, 1943, in New Jersey, he was a son of the late Carl Robert Friesinger, Jr. and the late Florence Estes Friesinger. Mr. Friesinger was a retired truck driver.

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Ann Smith Clarke

Ann Smith Clarke

March 28, 2019

Ann Smith Clarke

High Point

Ophelia “Ann” Smith Clarke, 86, of High Point, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 28, 2019.

Ann was born in Taylorsville, North Carolina on November 8, 1932. She was the daughter of the late John Edsel Smith, Sr. and Kate Hines Smith. The youngest of six children, Ann...

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