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WINSTON-SALEM — Barbara Styers Coe, 73, of Wallburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009.
Styers was born Jan. 1, 1936, to Jesse L. Griffin and Ola Styers Griffin. She was a retired employee of Forsyth Medical Center.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. today at Bethany United Church of Christ with the Revs. Jay Whitley and Banks Shepherd officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family requests that memorials be made to Bethany United Church of Christ in Winston-Salem. Online condolences may be made at www.jcgreenandsons.com.
William Metcalf
William “Bill” Ervin Metcalf, 72, a resident of Chapel Drive, died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, at Thomasville Medical Center.
Bill was born March 1, 1936, in Cocke County, Tenn., a son of Roy Metcalf and Glennie Johnson Metcalf. He has lived in the Davidson County area for the past 35 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran and attended Rich Fork Baptist Church. Bill was an avid Hi Toms fan and coached many youth baseball teams. Along with his wife, Nellie, he volunteered at Thomasville Medical Center. He was the founder of the Transportation Cart Program at the hospital and also served as a driver. Bill was a baker for 37 years and retired from Tasty Bakery in Thomasville where he baked the “Best Donuts Ever.”
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Arlene Davis; and a granddaughter, Miranda Metcalf. On Nov. 18, 1958, he married Nellie Brady, who survives of the home.
Also surviving are a daughter, Tammy Gailey and husband Joe, of Thomasville; two sons, Tim Metcalf and wife Lori and Terry Metcalf and wife Dawn, all of Thomasville; a sister, Louise Reeves of Greeneville, Tenn.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at J.C. Green and Sons Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Michael Bowers officiating. Interment will follow at Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Flowers will be appreciated, and memorials may be sent to the Metcalf Family Cemetery, care of Vernell Holt, 3410 Old 15th Road in Del Rio, Tenn., or the ALS Association Jim Catfish Hunter Chapter at www.catfishchapter.org. Online condolences may be sent to the Metcalf family at www.jcgreenandsons.com.
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Julia Moorefield
LEXINGTON — Julia Ann Gibbs Moorefield, 72, of Roy Hartley Road, died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, at Lexington Memorial Hospital.
Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. today at Arrington Heights Freewill Baptist Church, where she was a member, with the Revs. Doug McGee and Keith McGee officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Arrington Heights Building Fund in Lexington. Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.
Mattie Tysinger
LEXINGTON — Mattie Veneva Tysinger, 97, of Ocala, Fla., formerly of West Third Ave. in Lexington, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, at the home of her niece, Jane Harris, in Ocala.
Tysinger was born Feb. 28, 1911, in Davidson County, to Frank Lee Tysinger and Estelle Augustus Weaver Tysinger. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Memorial Park by the Rev. Jim Martin.
Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Marion County in Ocala. Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.