Mr. Kester K. Evans
Kester was a 2012 graduate of Carter Vocational High School in Winston-Salem. He was a very artistic young man who loved music and basketball.
In addition to his mother, Kester was preceded in death by his grandmother, Lucille Bailey and his grandfather, Thurmond Diggs.
Survivors include his father, Gregory Evans, Sr.; his adoptive parents, Hope and Tony Jordan; sister, Kashawna Scott; brothers, Gregory Evans, Jr., Joshua Jordan, Gerian Slater and Therron Toppin; grandmother, Curley Mae Brunson; grandfather, Leroy Bailey; a nephew; and his especially devoted great aunt and uncle, Nathaniel and Alice Jordan.
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Clark S. Brown and Sons Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Piedmont Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends an hour prior to the service at 11:00 am in the chapel.
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Mrs. Melvyne J. Davenport
Mrs. Davenport attended the WSFC schools and after completing the educational requirement at Forsyth Technical Community College, she was licensed as a Practical Nurse. She was employed at NC Baptist Hospital for several years and she retired from RJ Reynolds at Archer following more than twenty years of dedicated service as a comptroller.
Mrs. Davenport was honorably discharged following service for her country in the 312th Evacuation Hospital Unit of the US Army Reserves.She was a faithful member of Mount Zion Baptist Church where she sang with the Inspirational Choir.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a very special aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Boozer.
Mrs. Davenport was a devoted wife and mother who is survived by James K. Davenport, Jr., her husband of 54 years; three daughters: Robin D. (Michael) Sutton, Janis M. Davenport and Ramona W. Gray; a son, James (Evette) Davenport, III; granddaughter, Renecia W. Gray; three grandsons: Richard W. Gray, III, James Davenport, IV and Devon T.J. Davenport; sister-in-law, Barbara Davenport Keller; three nieces, including a “sister/niece”, Verdell Hayes; four nephews; special cousins: Lynn M. Kelley and Sonja Lowery and many extended family members and friends.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Mount Zion Baptist Church with Dr. S.T. Churn, Sr., officiating. Burial will follow at Piedmont Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends thirty minutes prior to the funeral hour at 12:30 PM at the church.
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Mrs. Katherine Poole
Katherine married the late Herman Bailey and from that union they had two children: Leon and Shirley. Widowed in early adulthood, Katherine remarried the late James Poole of Virginia in 1950. In 1954, the couple and their family moved to Winston-Salem. The home they shared together overflowed with warmth and hospitality where a bedroom was always available for family and friends. While living in Winston-Salem for nearly 59 years, Katherine joined Goler Memorial AME Zion Church and became a faithful, active member. She was a lifetime member of the Ideal Club Ministry, the Gospel Choir, Parent Body Missionary and the Home Missions Society. She was also a faithful attendant of Sunday school and Bible Study.
Katherine developed a passion for traveling. She was a “world traveler.” She visited far off places including Greece, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Spain, Puerto Rico and some African Nations. She had a great sense of humor, a zest for life and she felt very blessed to have lived to see the first African American President elected by a majority vote of the American people.
Katherine worked at Whitaker school for 25 years before retiring. After a brief illness in 2011, she moved to Montclair, New Jersey to live with her daughter. Where she continued to live until she required skilled nursing care and became a resident of Christian Healthcare Center in Wyckoff, New Jersey where on May 6, 2014, Katherine Berlin Hawkins Poole, affectionately known as “Doll” quietly transcended to her heavenly home.
In addition to her parents, siblings, and husbands, she was preceded in death by her son.
She leaves to cherish her loving memory: daughter, Shirley Reynolds of Montclair, New Jersey; one grandson, Lance Johnson of Hillsborough, New Jersey; one great grandson, Ryan Johnson; a niece, Bettye Blythe of Washington, DC; a nephew, Paul “Teddy” (Barbara) Hunt of Rhonda, North Carolina; several great and grand nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.
A funeral service was held at 1:00 PM on Friday, May 16, 2014 at Chapel Hill AME Zion Church in North Wilkesboro, NC. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Interment in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Rose E. Watson
Rose Ellender Davis was born on January 29, 1942 to the late Lula Davis in Pfafftown, NC. Rose spent her formative years in Pfafftown and was raised by her aunt and uncle, Helen and Shober Clayton. The family later moved to Washington, DC where she graduated from Roosevelt High School.
Rose spent her early professional career as an administrative assistant at the Smithsonian Institute where she met her future husband, Roland D. Watson. They were married on January 29, 1966 and their daughter Lisa was born in 1967. The family later returned to Winston-Salem where Rose spent many years as a mother an homemaker but also continued her professional career at Wachovia Bank and Baptist Hospital.
Rose was an avid reader, especially of the Bible. In her daughter’s younger years, they enjoyed Saturday bike rides and playing board games. She enjoyed traveling and often loved going to the mountains. Prior to her health failing, she was an active member of Uncompromising Word Fellowship Church.
Mrs. Watson passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2014 after several years of illness.
She is survived by her husband, Roland; their daughter, Lisa (Freddie L.) Fuller; two step-sons: Victor and Roland T. Watson; three step-daughters: LaJuan and LaVern Watson and LaNora Seard; several grandchildren, a host of there relatives and friends.
“I shall not lack any needed thing when I truly need it, it will be given to me on time. The Lord is never late nor does He ever forget my needs, in fact he usually prepares what is needed ahead of time because He knows what we need ahead of time. With this in mind I need to stop fretting and worrying and learn to truly trust Him and rest assured in Him and His word. He keeps His word. His word is good it is a part of Him. God does not lie. Then will my peace in deed be great.” Rose Watson 5/8/2004
Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
A service was held in her memory at 5:00 PM on Thursday, May 8, 2014 in the chapel of Clark S. Brown & Sons Funeral Home.
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