Obituaries

Summerfield – Mr. Harold Wendell McGee, 79, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2020 at Moses Cone Hospital. He was born on April 12, 1941 in Forsyth County to William Lee and Allie Nelson McGee. He retired as a Planning Analyst from Gilbarco after 38 years of service. Harold loved southern gospel music and attending concerts. He was a faithful member of Summerfield First Baptist Church where he previously served as a Sunday School teacher and was also a member of the choir. Harold also collected Christian ball caps which he loved and used them as an opportunity to witness about Christ. He enjoyed his time working with the Royal Ambassador’s and mentoring to the youth community at his church. Harold was an avid bowler and loved spending time with his family. He enjoyed attending a monthly “Breakfast Club” meeting with his cousins. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, and friend who will be missed by all who knew him. In addition to his parents, Harold was preceded in death by one sister, Bonita McGee Hauser and one brother, Eugene McGee. On October 26, 2020, he would have celebrated his 57th anniversary with his loving wife, Carolyn N. McGee. He is also survived by two children, Lisa McGee King (husband, Ken) and Brad McGee (wife, Nanette); five grandchildren; four great grandchildren; two brothers, Ronald and Larry McGee; and many special nieces and nephews. A private graveside service for Harold is being held at Summerfield First Baptist Church with Pastor Larry Kirby officiating. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, November 1, 2020 at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Summerfield First Baptist at 2300 Scalesville Rd, Summerfield, NC 27358 or to Samaritan’s Purse at PO Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607.Online condolences may be made at www.hayworth-miller.com.

Olga Lozinska Przybylowicz, 95, of Winston-Salem, NC passed away peacefully Tuesday October 13, 2020.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 2:00PM Tuesday October 20, 2020 at Holy Cross Catho-lic Church with Father Noah Carter officiating. Interment will follow at Eastlawn Gardens of Memory, Kernersville, NC. The family will greet friends from 1:15PM to 2:00PM Tuesday at the church.
Born in Bialozurka, Poland, Olga was the wife of the late Kazimierz Przybylowicz and the daughter of the late Carl Lozinski and Helena Centkiewicz Lozinska. Olga served in the Polish Branch of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain during WWII. She was a survivor of the Russian Labor Camps in Siberia. Olga lived in Buffalo, NY from 1956 to 2000, then moved to Kernersville, NC where she became a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church. She had a passion serving her church by her quilt making which were auctioned off for the benefit outreach through the church.
Survivors include her daughter, Christine Consiglero and husband, John of Milwaukee, WI; sons, Stan Przybylowicz and wife, Linda of Winston-Salem, NC, Andy Przybylowicz of Clifton Park, NY; grandchildren, Justin Przybylowicz and wife, Christina, Ashley Przybylowicz, and Kate Przybylowicz; great grandchildren, Roxy Przybylowicz, Cooper Przybylowicz, and Emily Przybylowicz; and sister, Stacy Janik of Vermilion, OH.
In addition to her husband and parents, Olga was preceded in death by her brother, Walter Lo-zinski; and brother-in-law, Joseph Janik.
Friends and family may view, and sign the guestbook at www.Pierce-JeffersonFuneralService.com

Goldie Cooper Laughridge, 90, of Kernersville, NC, passed away peacefully Friday October 16, 2020.
A private service celebrating her life will be held Sunday October 25, 2020 at the Pierce-Jefferson Funeral Services Kernersville Chapel with Rev. Rick Carter officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Main Street United Methodist Church Columbarium.
A native of McDowell County, NC, Goldie was the wife of the late Koy Mack Laughridge and the daughter of the late Grover Thomas Cooper and Lillie Hicks Cooper. Goldie retired from Burlington Industries with more than 25 years of service. She was a faithful member of Main Street United Methodist Church for more than 10 years. Goldie enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family, especially her beloved grandchildren and great grandchildren, who were the love of her life.
Survivors include her daughter, Tance Laughridge of Jamestown, NC; two grandsons, Trent Smith of Warm Springs, VA, and Cliff Smith and wife, Jodi of Mooresville, NC; and two great grandchildren, Easton Smith, and Emery Smith.
In addition to her husband and parents, Goldie was preceded in death by her three sisters, Barbara Gladden, Jeanette Bell, and Dorothy Cooper.
Friends and family may view and sign the guestbook at www.Pierce-JeffersonFuneralService.com
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Main Street United Methodist Church, 306 S. Main Street, Kernersville, NC 27284 or to a charity of donor’s choice.

Joseph Iacone, 95, of Kernersville, NC, formerly of Easton, PA passed away Thursday October 8, 2020 after a very brief battle against Coronavirus.
Born December 7, 1924 in Easton, PA he was one of 10 children of the late Calogero and Calogera (Cravotta) Iacono. His wife, Edith (Adams) Iacone, passed away in 2007.
Joe graduated from Easton High School and from Rider College in 1949. He was an accountant for companies large and small but primarily for Riegel Paper Corp. now Rexham.
One of the dwindling number of World War II veterans, Joe served in the US Army, 23rd Ar-mored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division (The Lucky 7th) in the north of France, Battle of the Bulge and Rhineland Campaigns. After the war, as troops were being sent home, he was sin-gled out for his ability to take shorthand at 80 words per minute. He was then assigned as aide to Commanding General Mark Clark, Quadripartite Control Commission, Vienna Austria with the responsibility to take meeting notes, transcribe and send stateside, an assignment of which he was very proud.
Joe was close to family and always fond of his Easton High School connections and Easton area ties. His Thanksgiving highlight would be watching the traditional football game between Easton and Phillipsburg.
Surviving are one daughter Susan Ferrell of Naples, FL and her husband Steve Ferrell, his grand-daughter Elizabeth Iacono of Toledo, OH, daughter in law Lauren Iacono of Raleigh, NC, one brother, Angelo of Allentown, PA; two sisters, Lena Nyffenegger of Nazareth, PA and Grace Ealer of Bethlehem, PA; a multitude of nieces and nephews and his companion and significant other of many years Pat Jackson of Kernersville, NC. He was predeceased by his son Paul Iaco-no, brothers Paul, Ignazio, and Thomas and three sisters, Mary Recchia, Lucy Deremer and The-resa Iacono.
Joe was known for his colorful personality and was a voracious reader and in particular loved books of history. He was a news junkie, stayed up to date on current events and could debate politics with anyone. His last few years were spent at Kerner Ridge Assisted Living in Kerners-ville, and thanks go to the staff for his care. Even at 95 he was adept at Facetiming regularly and his usual sign-off was…….”bye for now”.
A family get-together of remembrance will take place later in Easton, PA. Donations can be made in memory of Joe’s son Paul Iacono, to MD Anderson at https://www.mdanderson.org/donors-volunteers/donate/honor-loved-ones.html
Friends and family may view, and sign the guestbook at www.Pierce-JeffersonFuneralService.com