Ernest “Vernon” Owen, 90, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2018, under the care of Hospice. He was a native of Davidson County, born September 26, 1927, to the late Cuther D. and Rosa Crook Owen. He was the widower of the late Joan Comer Owen who died in 2017.   ...

  Luther William “Bill” Gobble, a member of “The Greatest Generation” and a World War II Veteran, went home to be with the Lord Monday, May 14, 2018, from Alston Brook Nursing Home in Lexington at the age of 94. Mr. Gobble was a native of Davidson County, born July 31, 1923, the son of the late Wesley Anderson Gobble and Irene Turner Gobble. He was the widower...

Mary Lee Langley Stokes, 86, went home to be with the Lord Monday, May 7, 2018, from her home while under Hospice care. A native of Davidson County, she was born Mary Lee Langley on April 28, 1932, the daughter of the late Rev. G. R. and Etta Rose Snyder Langley. She was a...

        Mark Luvine Spaugh of King died Friday, May 4, 2018, at the age of 55. He was born July 30, 1962, in Davie County and graduated from Davie County High School. He was employed with the Winston-Salem Dash baseball organization.     He is survived by his mother, Fredricka Diana Holshouser of King; his father,...

Anthony Lynn Jones, Jr., 31, died at his home Thursday, May 3, 2018. He was a native of Lincolnton, NC, born December 22, 1986, and the son of Anthony Lynn Jones, Sr. of Longsdale, NC and Robin Gates Johnson of Dallas, NC. He was a graduate of East Lincoln High School and was a truck driver. ...

Kevin Briggs Rachels, 43, died at his home in Lexington Monday, April 30, 2018. A native of Davidson County, he was born March 23, 1975, the son of Mary Ann Briggs Rachels of the home and the late K.B. Rachels.   Kevin attended Central Davidson High School. He had...

Deanna Faye Frady Sink, 63, died at her home in Lexington Sunday, April 29, 2018. She was born in Swain County, NC, on September 17, 1954, the daughter of the late Paul Frank Frady and Mable Parton Frady. She was the widow of the late Tony Franklin Sink. Others preceding her in death were three brothers, John, Dillard and Neal Frady, and two sisters, Kathleen Clodfelter and Patricia...

  Jessica Palmer Farthing, 32, known to family and friends as “Jessie”, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center. Born January 24, 1986, in Guilford County, she was the daughter of Kimberly Sue Palmer of Lexington and Rudy C. Farthing, Jr. of Pennsylvania. She attended Lexington High School and was employed by Ennis Flint...

Melody Delane Bullins Poole, 48, of Denton, died Thursday, April 19, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The daughter of the late Dorothy Jane Hill Ratcliff and the late Thomas Banner Bullins, she was born in Rowan County on October 28, 1969. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Cortney Cornelison, and a step-sister, Doris...

Earl Raymond “Ted” Morgan, a member of “The Greatest Generation”, completed his earthly journey Friday, April 13, 2018, from his home in Lexington at the age of 93. He was born in Rowan County on November 19, 1924, to the late Henry F. and Nannie Cauble Morgan. He was the widower of the late Edna Leigh Koontz Morgan who died in 2013 after 63 years of...