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| Peggy Jewel Roberson Snider November 04, 1926 - October 28, 2023 |
Peggy Jewel Roberson Snider, 96, passed away peacefully and was birthed into heaven where she embraced her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Funeral services will be held at 2 PM, Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at Paul’s Chapel Reformed Church where she was a charter member and a member of the Chancel Choir for more than 60 years. She also served in the Children’s Department, taught the Ladies’ Bible Class for 26 years, and played the piano for the Junior Choir. She was a member of the Women’s Guild and served as an Elder on the Consistory. She was a Charter Member of the WWII Memorial. Her grandson, Rev. Aaron Long will officiate the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family willl receive friends from 1:00 - 2:00 PM prior to the service.
Peggy, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, was born on November 4, 1926 in Lexington, NC to Roy Elmer Roberson and Edna Ila Koontz Roberson.
Peggy graduated from Welcome High School and Ashmore Business College. She worked as a secretary at Coble Dairy and Wennonah Cotton Mill. She ended her business carrier as the Executive Assistant to the president of Sealy Mattress Company. She was known for her warm smile and friendly greeting to all she met and knew. As an avid cook, she loved to share her cakes and cookies with everyone. Every week she made sour dough bread from a yeast starter she had grown for over 50 years. Many cooks are making bread for their families from her yeast starter.
She was preceded in death by the love of her life, Paul; her parents, Roy and Edna; her daughter, Paula Snider Long; her brother, Rex Roberson and his wife Betty Roberson; and a niece, Vickie Jean Roberson Moody.
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| Ronald Talley December 17, 1943 - October 24, 2023 |
Ronald Lloyd Talley, 79, of Lexington, passed away October 24, 2023 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Services will be held 2:00 PM, Monday, October 30, 2023 at Davidson Funeral Home with Rev. James Messer officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church in Thomasville. Visitation will be Monday, October 30, 2023 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM at Davidson Funeral Home.
Ronald was born to Charles Evan Talley and Mary Calloway Talley on December 17, 1943. He served in the US Army and was a member of Pilgrim Freewill Baptist Church. Ronald “Ralph” loved working in his yard and collecting anything from coins and model cars and sorting through it all.
He is preceded in death by his loving parents and his brother Doug Talley.
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| Sid Biesecker January 04, 1951 - October 24, 2023 |
Sidney Alan Biesecker, 72, of Beaver Creek Road, died Tuesday, October 24 2023 at his home.
A funeral service will be held at 2pm Monday, October 30 at Tyro Methodist Church by the Rev. Randy Foster. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 5-7pm Sunday at Davidson Funeral Home.
A full obituary will follow.
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| Alisa Ann Bulla Greene June 25, 1961 - October 22, 2023 |
Alisa Ann Bulla Greene, departed her earthly home on Sunday, October 22, 2023, very peacefully, surrounded by her family and friends, and was immediately welcomed into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Her family and many friends’ hearts are broken, but we rejoice for her great gain of Heaven.
Alisa was born in Lexington, NC on June 25, 1961, to Keith and Flora Bulla. At age 5, due to tragic circumstances at the death of her father, she was lovingly raised in the home of Jerry and Carolyn Bulla who became her parents that she loved deeply.
Alisa was a very devoted Pastor’s wife, a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister, and friend to so many. She was a faithful member of Higher Ground Baptist Church in Tyro, NC, and a vital part of the church family and ministries of the church. She loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, with all her heart and faithfully served him with the gifts he had given her. She was a very strong, but extremely gentle, kind, and loving person with a huge heart for others and a smile that would light up the room. She was a very gifted woman in so many ways, especially when it came to decorating and making things look beautiful. She had an eye and appreciation for beautiful things. She was always wonderful when it came to people. In so many ways she was an example for others to follow and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Keith Bulla, Jerry and Carolyn Bulla; her father-in-law Kelly Greene, and her sister Jennifer Brown; and grandparents, Arlene and Clarence Bulla, and Dorsa and Ernest Hartley.
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| Roland Herbert Springstroh October 31, 1936 - October 19, 2023 |
Roland Herbert Springstroh, 86, of Davidson County, passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at Glenn Kiser Hospice House.
Roland was born on October 31, 1936, in Appleton, WI, to the late Herbert Springstroh and Ella Stern Springstroh. He worked in operations management for several companies including McGraw-Edison, TRW, and Speed Queen. He then went on to start the first Speed Queen wringer washing machine plant in Searcy, AR. He loved spending time on his computer and was the owner of “Computer Designs”, a store in Lexington, NC, for 20 years before retiring.
In total, he and his family lived in eight states and fourteen houses to make a home. While living in Augusta, GA, he was president of the Junior Achievement which was involved in local community efforts along with Augusta National Golf which hosts the Masters Tournament.
Each move also started a pattern of helping to bring more people to the word of God, as many of the church congregations were in the early stages of forming. Once in Davidson County, he became a member of Star of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Winston Salem.
Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by his brother, Wayne Springstroh, and his sister, Shirley Tews.
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| Hubert Ethridge Olive January 01, 1929 - October 22, 2023 |
Hubert Ethridge Olive, 94, of Piedmont Crossing, Thomasville and formerly of Lexington, NC, passed away on October 22, 2023.
A memorial service will be held at 2pm on Thursday, October 26th at First Baptist Church, West Third Avenue, Lexington, NC by Dr. Ray Howell, III and Reverend Tommy Wilson. The family will receive friends in the Fellowship Hall after the service.
Hubert was born in Lexington on January 1, 1929, to Hubert E. Olive, Sr. and Anne Southerland Olive. He was a graduate of Lexington Senior High in 1947, the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1953. After graduation, he served as a First Lieutenant with the Army Judge Advocate General Corps for three years. He practiced law in Lexington from 1957 until elected District Court Judge of the 22nd Judicial District Court in 1970. He served until his retirement in 1981. He served as Chairman of the Lexington District of Boy Scouts of America, member of the Board of Directors of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce, on the Board of the Lexington United Way, and on the Board of Lexington Habitat for Humanity and Board of Directors of Perpetual Savings and Loan and Fidelity Bank. In 1964, he was chosen Young Man of the Year by the Lexington Jaycees. Hubert was a lifetime member of First Baptist Church, where he had served as moderator of the Board of Deacons, Sunday School Superintendent, and taught Sunday School for over fifty years. He was preceded in death by his parents, and sisters, Charlotte Anne Olive, and Virginia Olive Hartzog.
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| Ronald Gene Smith April 13, 1954 - October 20, 2023 |
Dr. Ronald Smith, age 69 of Winston-Salem passed away Friday, October 20, 2023, at K B Reynolds Hospice Care. He passed away after an extended illness, including Parkinsons disease.
A funeral will be held 11:00 am, Thursday, October 26, 2023, at Grace Baptist Church with Pastor Cletis Titus officiating. A burial will follow at Parklawn Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 10:00 am till 11:00 am, at Grace Baptist Church prior to the service.
Dr. Smith was born in Huntington, WV. April 13, 1954, in Cabell County to Robert Gene Smith and Carolyn Eaton Smith of Chesapeake, OH. He graduated from Chesapeake High School and was on the golf team and in band. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Marshall University and a Master of Music degree from Ithaca College. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Trombone Performance from Louisiana State University.
Ron started a band at Huntington Christian Academy in West Virginia, served the Lord at Pensacola Christian College in Florida for 26 years as a music professor, choir and orchestra director, and music department chairman. Ron moved to Winston-Salem in 2006 and worked at Piedmont Baptist College as music department chairman, advisor to student teachers, and Dean of Arts and Sciences until his retirement in 2020. Ron also served as a choir and orchestra director at Campus Church in Pensacola, and as Orchestra Director at Grace Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. He enjoyed fishing, golf, and participated in many community bands and orchestras, most recently in Salem band. He is preceded in death by his parents.
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