6 - Thomasville Times - Tuesday, June 29, 2010
OBITUARIES
Index
Thomasville
Patsy S. Blake, 71
Larry R. Embler, 73
Helen Crowder Finch
William "Bill" Folds, 82
Helen L. Pierce, 80
Darrell "Buddy" Pritch
ett
Edith Olive Pugh, 90
Lexington
Herman Combs
. Edda 0. Hill, 82
Gladys White, 81
Other Areas
Bernice G. Myers, 84
Virgil Lee Pierce, 75
Roberta M. Smith, 75
Patsy S. Blake
Mrs. Patsy Smith Blake,
age 71, of 16-B E. Colonial
* Drive, died Sunday June
27, 2010, in Fannin Re
gional Hospital in Geor
gia.
She was born Dec. 27,
1938, in Alamance Coun
ty, N.C., daughter of the
late Clyde Calvin Smith
and Hilda Jones Smith.
Mrs. Blake was formerly
employed with the City
of High Point and was a
member of Carolina Me
morial Baptist Chm-ch.
Funeral services will
be held on Wednesday,
June 30, 2010, at 1 p.m.
in Carolina Memorial
Baptist Church with Dr.
Dana Slack officiating.
Visitation wiU be held at
11 a.m. irntU the time of
the seiwice at the church.
Interment will follow at
Thomasville City Cem
etery Memorials may be
directed to Carolina Me
morial Baptist Church
Building Fund. Online
condolences may be sent
to www.jcgreenandsons.
com.
Herman Combs
LEXINGTON — Her
man Combs, of Jackson
Avenue in Lexington,
died Friday, June 29,2010,
at Forsyth Medical Cen
ter/Palliative Care Unit.
Herman was born in
Charleston, W.Va. July 30,
1931, to Rommie Combs
and Hazel MUam Combs.
He was a motorcycle me
chanic, former employee
of Lexington Furniture
and worked for Food Lion
on Winston Road for nine
years.
Graveside service wiU
be held at 4 p.m. Wednes
day at Lexington City
Cemetery with the Rev.
Larry Michael and Mr.
Wade Laughter officiat
ing. BTU-ial wUl foUow.
Online condolences
may be made at www.da-
vidsonfuneraIhome.net.
Larry R. Embler
Mr. Larry Roscoe Em
bler, 73, of 110 BeU Drive,
died Saturday morning,
June 26, 2010, in the Hin
kle Hospice Home in Lex
ington.
He was born Feb. 21,
1937, in Guilford County,
a son of the late McCoy
Lee Embler and Mariha
Leonard Embler. Mr. Em
bler was a veteran of the
U.S. Air Force and was a
retired truck driver.
Funeral service was
held Monday, June 28,
2010, at J.C. Green &
Sons Chapel with the Rev.
Jeff Harmpn officiating.
Burial followed in Floral
Garden Park Cemetery in
High Point.
On-line condolences
may be sent to the Embler
family at www.jcgreen-
andsons.com.
Helen Crowder Finch
Helen Virginia Crowder
Finch, of 405 Frank Cir
cle (Piedmont Crossing
Retirement Community),
Thomasville, died Sun
day June 27, 2010, at the
Hinkle Hospice Home in
Lexington.
She was born Nov. 26,
1919, in High Point, N.C.,
and was the daughter of
Lillian Lee Hawthorne
and Maxey Jefferson
Crowder. She was educat
ed in the High Point pub
lic schools and graduated
from High Point College
in 1941.
On March 7, 1942, she
married Harry Browne
Finch, who preceded
in her death on Jan. 19,
1988. Ms. Finch was a
homemaker, and an ac
tive member in Memorial
UnitedMethodist Church,
the United Methodist
Women, Thomasville
Women’s Club, and Hos
pital Guild. She had three
children: Sharon Finch
Van Vechten of Chapel
HUl, N.C., David Bruce
Finch, who preceded her
in death Feb. 16,1991, and
Charles Franklin Finch
of Hillsborough, N.C.;
and two granddaughters,
Kathr5m Marley Finch
Russell (Mrs. Stuart Hale
Russell) of Winston-Sa
lem, N.C., and Suzanne
Muller Finch of Durham,
N.C.
Also surviving are sis
ters, Mildred Crowder
Little of Chapel HiU, N.C.,
Joan Crowder Christy of
Canton, N.C. and Geneva
Crowder Warren and her
husband Lloyd of High
Point, N.C.; a brother,
Richard Crowder, and
his wife Barbara, of Lake
Junaluska, N.C.; sisters-
in-law, Darby Crowder
of Thomasville, N.C.
and Janice Crowder of
High Point, N.C.; former
daughter-in-law Anne
Law Finch of Durham,
N.C. and many nieces and
nephews.
Graveside service will
be held Thursday, July 1,
2010, at 11 a.m. in HoUy
HiU. Memorial Park Cem
etery with the Revs. Rich
ard Crowder, Ivan Peden
and Peggy Finch officiat
ing. Mrs. Finch wUl re
main at J.C. Green & Sons
Funeral Home until the
service hour. The family
wUl receive friends at the
funeral home Wednesday
from 7 to 9 p.m.
Memorials may be
made to Memorial United
Methodist Church, P.O.
Box 428, Thomasville,
N.C. 27361. On-line con
dolences may be sent to
the Finch family at www.
j cgreenandsons. com.
Lenoir-Rhyne announces Dean's List
TIMES Staff Report
HICKORY — Lenoir-
Rhyne University has an
nounced the Dean’s List
for the spring 2010 semes
ter.
Qualifying students
must be undergraduates
with a semester grade
point average of 3.5 or
better, provided no grade
was below a “C” and the
student carried at least
12 hours of letter-graded
courses.
Local students include
Thomas Ryan Albert of
High Point; Amber Ni
cole Douglas, Erin Jane
Harrison and Amelia Jo
Langenegger of Thomas
ville.
William "Bill" Folds
WUliam Boyd “BUI”
Folds, 82, a resident of
The Oaks of ThomasvUle
and a former resident of
Mt. Calvary Road, went
home to be with his Lord
Sunday, Jime 27, 2010.
Born Aug. 21, 1927, in
Newnan, Georgia, a son
of the late John Thomas
Folds and Ada Inez Bu-
chanon Folds, he was a
former employee of Siler
Funeral Home, retired
from ThomasvUle Fur
niture Ind. and after re
tirement he worked part
time at J.C. Green & Sons
Funeral Home. Fimeral
service wUl be held 3:30
p.m. Wednesday, June 30,
2010, at Rich Fork Bap
tist Church with the Rev.
Michael Bowers officiat
ing. Burial wiU foUow in
HoUy HUl Memorial Park
Cemetery The body wUl
remain at the J.C. Green
& Sons Fimeral Home
122 W Main St. Thomas-
viUe untU placed in the
church 30 minutes before
the service. The fam-
Uy wUl be at the funeral
home today from 6 untU
8 p.m. and other times at
the home of a daughter.
Cookie Dancy 400 Yowe
Dr. ThomasvUle.
Memorials may be di
rected to Rich Fork Bap
tist Church or Hospice
of Davidson County On
line condolences may be
made to the Folds famUy
at www.jcgreenandsons.
com.
Edda 0. Hill
LEXINGTON — Edda
OrtiUi HUl, age 82, of
Lexington died Saturday
morning, June 26,2010.
Funeral service was
held Monday, June 28,
2010, at Jersey Baptist
Church.
Arrangements were
made by Davidson Funer
al Home, Lexington.
Bernice G. Myers
TRINITY — Mrs. Ber
nice Gallimore Myers,
age 84, of Bescher Chapel
Road in Trinity died Fri
day, June 25, 2010, in For
syth Medical Center.
She was born June 7,
1926, in Randolph County,
N.C., daughter of the late
Lewis C. GaUimore and
PaUie Pierce GaUimore.
Mrs. Myers was formerly
employed with Ragan Ho
siery MUl and Bossong
Hosiery MUl. She was a
member of Tabernacle
UnitedMethodist Church
and the A. W Younts Sun
day School Class.
Funeral service wUl
be conducted today at 11
a.m. in Tabernacle Unit
ed Methodist Church
with Rev. BUI Fouts, Rew
Ray Swaney and Rev. Jer
emy Pierce officiating.
Interment wUl be in the
church cemetery.
Memorials may be
directed to Tabernacle
United Methodist Church
Cemetery Fund or BuUd-
ing Fund. On, line condo
lences may be sent to the
Myers family at www.jc-
greenandsons.com.
Helen L. Pierce
Helen Frances Leon
ard Pierce, 80, of Thom
asvUle, died at her home
on Friday, June 25, 2010,
after a lengthy illness.
She was born on May
23, 1930, in ThomasviUe,
the youngest chUd of
Fred Parker Leonard and
Lida Lee Harris Leonard.
She graduated from H
asty HUl High School
and Ashmore Business
CoUege. On March 24,
1951, she married GUbert
Lee Pierce. Mr. and Mrs.
Pierce owned and operat
ed Pierce Tire Service in
Winston- Salem for many
years before their retire
ment.
In addition to her hus
band of 59 years, Gilbert
Lee Pierce, she is sur
vived by her daughters,
Carolyn Pierce and her
husband Eddie Bernard
of Murfreesboro and
Lydia Sue Pierce Rook
of ThomasviUe, N.C.; a
son, PhUlip Pierce and
his wife DaNeU Lynn
Pierce of Lexington,
N.C.; grandson, PhUip
Rook, and granddaugh
ter, Kasey Rook, both of
ThomasviUe and four
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by her parents,
her sister, Ruth Leonard
Shaw, and brothers, Fred
R Leonard Jr. and Charles
E Leonard.
Funeral service wUl
be held at 11 a.m. today
at ThomasviUe Funeral
Home, 18 Randolph St.,
ThomasviUe.
In lieu of Uowers, me
morial donations may
be made to the Hospice
of the Piedmont, 1801
Westchester Drive, High
Point, NC 27262. Please
go to www.thomasvUlefh.
com for audio and online
condolences.
Virgil Lee Pierce
DENTON — Mr. VirgU
Lee Pierce, age 75 of Har
ris Lane, Lexington died
Sunday, June 27, 2010, at
Lexington Memorial Hos
pital.
Mr. Pierce was born
July 12, 1934, in David
son County, to John Ear-
lie and Jessie Metiers
Pierce. He was a member
of SUver Valley Baptist
Church and had worked
at Henredon Furniture
for 37 years.
Funeral service wUl be
at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June
30, 2010, at SUver VaUey
Baptist Church with the
Rev. Gene Little officiat
ing. Burial wUl foUow in
Mountain View Memo
rial Gardens Cemetery.
The famUy wUl receive
friends from 6 to 8 pm
Tuesday at Briggs Funer
al Home in Denton.
Darrell "Buddy"
Pritchett
Mr. DarreU Gray
“Buddy” Pritchett died
Saturday, June 26, 2010,
at ThomasvUle Medical
Center due to complica
tions related to his fojur
year battle with lung can
cer.
He was born Feb. 1,
1936, in ThomasvUle,
a son of the late Rufus
RandaU and Rosa Virgie
Hartman Pritchett. Mrs.
Pritchett was a 1954 grad
uate of ThomasvUle High
School. He served in the
U.S. Air Force from 1954-
1958. He graduated from
North Carolina State
University with a Bach
elor of Science degree in
electrical engineering.
He worked as a power
distribution engineer for
the City of High Point,
Randolph County EMC
and Pee Dee Electric, and
as an electronics instruc
tor at Davidson County
Community CoUege. He
also owned his won elec
tronics repair business
for many years. An avid
genealogist for over 20
years, he gathered infor
mation on over 5,000 indi
viduals in his famUy tree
and traced his famUy’s
roots as far back as the
early 1800s. On Sept. 26,
1960, he was married to
Martha Ann Davis who
preceded him in death in
1999.
He is survived by sons
Gary Pritchett and his
wife Cathey, and Clayton
Pritchett and his wife Re
becca; a daughter. Rose
Pritchett Corrales Nunez
and her fiance Travis, aU
of ThomasvUle; grand-
chUdren, Kevm Kennedy,
Gary Pritchett II, Lisa
McCarn, Joseph Pritch
ett, Nicole Pritchett
Brown, Louise Pritchett,
Wesley Pritchett and Ga
briel Giovarmi Monter-
roso Pritchett; five great-
grandchUdren; a sister,
Sylvia Jacqueline (Jack
ie) Pritchett RusseU of
ThomasviUe; and a very
special friend Patricia
“Pat” Kube of Lexington.
Memorial service wUl
be held Thursday, July
1, 2010, at 7 p.m. in J.C.
Green & Sons Chapel.
The famUy wUl receive
friends immediately fol
lowing the service and at
the residence Wednesday
evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
The famUy request me
morial contributions be
made to the American
Cancer Society, 4 Oak
Branch Drive, Greens
boro, N.C. 27407.
On-line condolences
may be sent to the Pritch
ett famUy at www.jc-
greenandsons.com.
Edith Olive Pugh
Miss. Edith Olive Pugh,
90, a resident of 425 Hasty
School Road, died Sunday
June 27, 2010, at the Hen
ry Etta & Bruce Hinkle
Hospice House.
She was born on Oct. 2,
1919, in Randolph County,
to Alfred WUmont Pugh
and Mary Jane Orr Pugh.
She retired from HUl’s
Hoisery. She was a long
time member of Green
Street Baptist Church
and the Helen Bowman
Sunday School Class.
In addition to her par
ents, she was preceded
in death by sisters, An
nie Gladys Pugh, Mary
Ferguson, and NeU Har
bin and brothers, Alfred
“Hap”, Thomas, and Bob
Pugh.
Surviving is a brother,
Kenneth “Jack” Pugh and
wife Elsie of High Point;
and numerous nieces and
nephews, and great-niec
es and great-nephews.
Funeral service wUl be
held on Wednesday, June
30, 2010, at 4 p.m. at J.C.
Green & Sons Funeral
Home Chapel in Thomas
vUle with the Rev. Frank
Hensley officiating. Inter
ment wUl follow in Fair
Grove UMC cemetery.
The family wiU receive
friends on Wednesday
from 2:30 p.m. untU the
hour of the service at the
funeral home. .■ .j
Memorials may be di-"
rected to Green Street
Baptist Church, 303 N.
Rotary Drive, High Point,
NC 27262 or to Hospice
of Davidson County, 200
Hospice Way, Lexington,
NC 27292. On-line con
dolences may be sent to
www.jcgreenandsons.
com.
Roberta M. Smith
, HENDERSONVILLE,
Tenn. — Roberta MiUs
Smith, age 75, of Hender-
sonvUle, Tenn., formerly
of Lexington, died Fri
day, June 25,2010.
Funeral service wUl be
held at 11 a.m. today at
First Baptist Church.
Arrangements entrust
ed to Davidson Funeral
Home Lexington.
Lucille H. Stephens
Mrs. LucUle HUl Ste-.
phens, 86, a former resi
dent of Cox Avenue, died
Saturday, June 26, 2010 at
the Brian Center in Lex
ington.
She was born Dec, 17,
1923, in the Germanton
area of Forsyth County,
a daughter of the late
Vandy Reid HUl and Lelfa
V McGee HUl. She was
a retired employee with
Belk Department Store
in ThomasvUle and was a
member of Bethany Bap
tist Church.
Funeral service wUl
be held today at 2 p.m. in
J.C. Green & Sons Chapel
with Jeff RusseU officiat
ing. Burial wUl foUow in
HoUy HUl Memorial Park
Cemetery. The famUy
wUl receive friends at the
home of her granddaugh
ters, 7095 Tree Hollow
Road, ThomasvUle.
On-line condolences
may be sent to the Ste
phens famUy at www.jc-
greenandsons.com.
Gladys White
LEXINGTON — Gladys
Lee Leonard White, age
81, of Welcome, died Fri
day, June 25,2010.
Funeral service wUl
be held today at 2 p.m. at
Davidson Funeral Home
Lexington Chapel.
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