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of Kernersville and Cora Pegram of Greensboro. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Hay-worth-Miller Silas Creek Chapel with the Rev. Clint Branch officiat-ing. Burial will follow in the Sun-light Baptist Church Cemetery in Kernersville. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Mrs. Teresa Harrelson Contribution Fund, c/o Brenda Thompson, 338 Barnes Road, Lot 54, Wmston-Salem, N.C. 27107.

HAWKINS SANDY RIDGE - Mr. Curvie Ed-ward Hawkins, 71, of 1568 Kallam Road, died Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at his home. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday, June 12, 1998, at Delta United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Hawkins was born in Stokes Coun-ty. He was of the Methodist faith and was a retired farmer. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Donna Faye Hawkins. Survivors in-clude his wife, Polly Amos Hawkins of the home; his sons and daughter-in-law, Dallas Curvie and Jane Haw-kins of Stoneville and Darrell Gene Hawkins of Elkin; his daughter, Kimberly Dawn Hawkins of Chapel Hill; his brother, Johnson D. Haw-kins of Belews Creek; his sisters, Laura H. Hege of Charlotte and Hel-en H. Venable of Walnut Cove; four step-grandchildren; and seven step-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Thurs-day at Colonial Funeral Home and other times at the residence. Memo-rials may be made to Delta United Methodist Church, c/o Thomas Hill, Route 1, Sandy Ridge, N.C. 27046.

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where she served on the Gospel Choir. Mrs. Ledbetter had been a member of Bivouac Lodge #503, Daughter of Isis, the 59's Social Club and various other auxiliaries. She retired from Thalimers Stores after 22 years of service. She was preceded in death by her late hus-band, Mr. Willie J. Ledbetter. She leaves to cherish her memory three daughters, Ruby C. Glaspy (J. Fred-erick), Edna C. Sigers (John) and Clara M. Cunningham, all of Win-ston-Salem; three grandchildren, Gerald F. Glaspy, Johnny E. Sigers, both of Wmston-Salem, and CaSon-dra T. Sigers of Decatur, Georgia; one great-grandchild, Natasha S. Glaspy of Winston-Salem; one sis-ter, Edna Gaut (Sylvester) of Bronx, New York; a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, June 12, 1998 at 1 p.m. from the Chapel of the Russell Funeral Home with Rev. Reuban Gilliam officiating. Inter-ment will be in the family plot of the Evergreen Cemetery. The family visitation will be from 12:30 until 1 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. (RUSSELL)

LYONS Willie Gray Lyons of 5350 Old Wal-kertown Road, passed on Friday, June 6, 1998 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was a native of Davie County until settling in Wmston-Sa-lem many years ago. He was a re-tired employee of Sunnyside Coal. Mr. Lyons was a member of Second Calvary Baptist Church where he served on the Mens Chorus Choir. He leaves to cherish his memory one daughter, Doris Ann Boykins of Winston-Salem; three grandchil-dren, Denasha Renee Harding, Sherrick Lamont Algegra White, and Sheroid Lyons, all of Winston-Salem; one brother, Jan1es Edward of Pennsylvania. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, June 12, 1998 at 4 p.m. from Frances S. and Jerry C. Gilmore Memorial Chapel with Rev. Stowe officiating and interment will follow in Ever-green Cemetery. The family will re-ceive friends 30 minutes prior to the services form 3:30 until 4 p.m. in the Chapel. The family may be con-tacted and funeral cortege will as-semble and leave from the home of the daughter, Doris Ann Boykins, 2850 Apt. I Millbrook Drive. Ar-rangements entrusted to and ser-vices will be conducted by Gilmore Funeral Directors.

PARRETT KERNERSVILLE - Mr. Brent Fish-er Parrett, age 43 of 6032 Yeaton Glen Drive, Wmston-Salem died un-

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ployed with Forsyth Medical Center as a Registered Pharmacist. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in West Reading, PA. She was also a member of the American Society Health System Pharmacist. Surviving are her parents of Read-ing, PA; two sisters, Stephanie, wife of George Connerton of Reading, PA. and Sara, wife of Rod Sawyer of Indianapolis; one niece and two nephews. A memorial service will be 7 p.m. Friday at Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek Chapel with the Rev. Paul Mullen officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home following the service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests me-morials to the Leukemia Society of America, 5624 Executive Center Dr., Suite 100, Charlotte, N.C. 28212-8832.

SWAIM Mr. Glenn Eugene Swaim, Sr., 84, of Winston-Salem, N.C., died Tuesday, June 9, 1998 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born August 5, 1913 in Forsyth County to Eugene J. and Martha Mendenhall Swaim. Glenn E. Swaim has been known in the Piedmont area for many years as a successful businessman, caring pastor, and a generous friend to Baptist work in general. He became actively involved in the Triad busi-ness community when he estab-lished Colonial Furniture Shops in Wmston-Salem. Some years later he began a second successful business in High Point ... Swaim Originals, Designs and Metals. Glenn has al-ways been involved in and manifest-ed a keen interest in the Pilot Moun-tain Baptist Association. He attend-ed Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and was ordained by the Oaklawn Baptist Church. In his ear-lier years, Glenn served as pastor of Easton Baptist Church and later as pastor of Bethany Baptist Church. He led both of these churches in building new sanctuaries. For many years, he was a member of Oak.lawn Baptist Church and served as inter-im pastor there for several months where he was also actively involved in a building pro~am. At the pre-sent time, he was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wmston-Sa-lem. Until his latter years, Glenn remained vitally interested in all that concerns the work of the Bap-tist community. Until he was diag-nosed with leukemia in 1997, he remained active with his social and business affairs. He loved his home, his family and his community of Sedge Garden where he lived most of his life. He was a special human being that will long be remembered by all whose lives he touched. He

was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy Sapp Swaim; a son, David L. Swaim; and a daughter, Anne Swaim Wilson. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruth Duggins Swaim of the home; one daughter, Nell Swaim Kiser and husband, Harwick of Kernersville; one son, Glenn Swaim, Jr. and wife, Lynn of Ker-nersville; a daughter-in-law, Janie Posey Swaim of Wmston-Salem; a son-in-law, Don Wilson of Char-lotte; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ray Swaim and Gray Swaim; four sisters, Faye Pitts, Thelma Pfaff, Kathleen Swaim, and Sarah Conrad. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Winston-Salem by Dr. David Hughes, Rev. Paul Riggs and Dr. Randall Lolley. Burial will follow in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens. Memo-rials may be made to Bethany Bap-tist Church Building Fund, 600 Old Hollow Road, Wmston-Salem, N.C. 27105 or Kernersville Little League, P.O. Box 773, Kernersville, N.C. 27284.

WlilTlNG After an extended illness, Mrs. An-nie R. Whiting expired Sunday, June 7, 1998 at the home of a daughter, Jo Ann McCollum of 4409 Orchid Drive. She was born January l 7, 1917 in Monticello, Georgia to the late Willie Campbell and Carrie Tinsley Campbell. Mrs. Whiting had resided in Wmston-Salem for the past 41 years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by four daughters, Mary L. Gordon (Jessie) of Atlanta, Georgia; Barba-ra W. Puryear (Samuel), Jo Ann Mccollum (Rodney) and Shirley Al-len, all of Winston-Salem, N.C.; eight grandchildren whom she loved, nurtured and treated as her own, Cassandra McCollum, Antho-ny Mccollum, Darrell McCollum, Michael McCollum, Samuel, Jr. and Eric Puryear, Shawn Allen and An-dre Gordon; five great-grandchil-dren; and a host of other relatives and friends. Mrs. Whiting was a member of Union Bethel AME Church where she belonged to the Stewardess Board Number Two and Class Number Two. Funeral ser-vices will be held Thursday, June 11, 1998, at 2 p.m. at Union Bethel AME Church with the Rev. William Propst officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 1-2 p.m. prior to the funeral. Inter-ment will follow at Evergreen Ceme-tery on New Walkertown Road. Ar-rangements entrusted to and ser-vices will be conducted by Gilmore Funeral Directors.

Mr. Joseph Manuel Hinson, 97, of 3160 Williston Road, Walkertown, died Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born September 9, 1900 in Union County, South Carolina to Steve and Harriett Montgomery Hinson. Mr. Hinson was a member of Manna Baptist Church and retired from Hanes Hosiery following 30 years of service. He served with the U.S. Navy from 1917 until 1921 and was preceded in death by his wife, Josie Robertson Hinson, his daughter, Melba Boston, and his daughter-in-law, Gertrude Hinson. Survivors in-clude one daughter, Delois Dull and husband, Jessie of Walkertown; two sons, Manuel Hinson and wife, Faye of Clemmons and Hubert Hinson of Winston-Salem; one son-in-law, Thomas "Buck" Boston of Grove-town, Georgia; nine grandchildren, Tressa Mixon and husband, Frank of Harlem, Georgia, Cathy Minden and husband, Nick of Gainesville, Florida, Elizabeth Dull and C~lie expectedly Tuesday, June 9, 1998 ~--------------+--------------