All Obituaries

Mr. George Pierce, Jr., age 82 of Lexington, passed, Friday, January 11, 2019 at the VA Hospital, Salisbury.  He was born in Ethel, West Virginia to the late George Pierce, Sr., and Laura Vance Pierce.  He attended the public schools of Sullivan West Virginia.  He was last employed as a Plater in the area of manufacturing.  He was an honorable discharged veteran of the Marine Corps and US Army.   In addition to his parent's, siblings, Linda George, Kenneth...

Mr. Darrell Lamont Brown, Jr., age 30 of Winston-Salem, passed quietly in his sleep on, Sunday, December 16, 2018 in Winston-Salem.  He was born on, August 25, 1988 in Salisbury, NC to Linda Chambers Brown and Darrell Lamont Brown, Sr.  He was a graduate of Carver High School, class of 2008. He is preceded in death by his grandmother, Annie Chambers, and a cousin, Elbert Leon "Trey" Chambers, III. Those who will forever cherish his memory are his mother, Linda...

Mr. John Martin Forney, age 49 of Salisbury, passed, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at the Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House. He was born in Rowan County to Naomi Hackett Forney and the late James F. Forney, Sr.  He was a graduate of East Rowan High School and attended Marshall College.  He worked as an auto mechanic.  He previously attended New Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Those who will forever cherish his memory are his loving mother, Mrs. Naomi H. Forney of Salisbury;...

Mrs. Peggy Owens Ellis, age 68 of Salisbury, passed on, Friday, November 23, 2018 at the Kiser Hospice House. She was born in Robeson County on, September 29, 1950 to the late, Leroy R. Chishlom, Jr., and Corrine V. Owens. She attended high school at Booker T. Washington High School in New York City, and graduated from JC Price High School after returning to Salisbury. She attended the Bank Street School of Nursing in New York City. She became the first licensed med technician in Rowan...

Mama Dee, as she was affectionately called, was the tenth child born to Ralph and Pearl Wilson, now deceased, from Salisbury, NC on January 30, 1959. Siblings preceding her in death, Maggie (Henry) Smith, Tinnie (Leon) Hall, Ernest (Sue) Wilson, Curly Joe Wilson. She married Robert Ellis (deceased). A delightful child, filled with curiosity, joy and high energy, she graduated from Salisbury High School and attended Bennett College in Greensboro. Winning the admiration of all who knew her,...

MARION HALL ROBERSON passed away peacefully on November 20, 2018 at the age of 87.  Born on June 2, 1931 to the late Samuel Lamar Hall and Ethel Johnson Hall, she was a lifelong resident of Salisbury, NC.  Marion spent her early childhood in the Hawkinstown Community and received her grade-school education from the public schools of Salisbury, NC.  She was a graduate of Dunbar High School in East Spencer, NC, where she met, fell in love with, and married her high school...

Mr. Robert Gill Givens, Jr., age 71 of Concord, NC, passed, Saturday, November 17, 2018 at CMC Northeast Hospital, Concord, NC surrounded by his loving family.  Mr. Givens was born in Rowan County on September 17 1947 to the late Robert Gill Givens, Sr., and Thelma Smoot Givens.  He was a graduate of JC Price High School and was a star football player.  He joined the Marine Corps in 1967.  He was last employed with Goodyear Tire Company as a truck driver. Mr. Givens was...

Mrs. Mamie Elizabeth Tate Graham, age 94, passed, Friday, November 9, 2018 at her residence.  She was born, April 18, 1924 in Gainesville, Ga., the daughter of the late Crawford Tate and Mamie Jackson Tate.  She was a graduate of JC Price High School, Salisbury, North Carolina and lived in Salisbury most of her life. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Salisbury, where she served on the Deaconess and Missionary ministries; the Links of Gold and was frequently the...

Ms. Deborah Gaye Rhodes, age 52 of Salisbury, passed, Friday, November 9, 2018 in Raleigh.  She was born on December 11, 1965 in Rowan County to the late Paul Augustus Rhodes, Sr., and Josphine Cowan Rhodes.  She received her GED from Rowan Cabarrus Community College.  She was last employed with the City of Raleigh as a transportation driver. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her twin sister, Elizabeth Kaye Rhodes. Those who remain to cherish her...

Mrs. Addie Lucille Hairston Mayfield, age 76 of Mocksville, passed, Monday, October 29, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.  She was born in Davie County on, August 30, 1942 to the late Cecil Austin and Bertha Hairston Austin.  She attended Davie County Training Schools.  She was last employed as a laundry worker with Bermuda Commons Nursing Home.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Lewis Mayfield, Sr., whom she was...