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Grace ‘Gracie’ Ruark deValinger WILMINGTON — Sadly, Grace ‘Gracie’ Ruark deValinger, 72, was taken from us Saturday, May 22, 2021. Thus, ending this story of a beautiful soul. The bundle of joy known as Mary Grace Ruark burst forth into this world Jan 5, 1949, to proud parents, Frank and Margaret “Mickey” Ruark in Evanston, Illinois. Along with her barely older brother, Bart, the family resettled in Winston-Salem in 1957, from where the kids eventually spread their wings and flew the coop. Known to the family as “Mary,” she went to camp one year in her early teens, where the...

“Usually around this time every year I’ll get a slew of cards,” Kluttz said. This time of year, of course, would be Memorial Day, a solemn holiday anointed by Congress to remember those Americans killed in war. Some of the cards come from people she knows or has at least met. Others, though, are sent by strangers expressing condolences for the 2005 loss of her son, Monta Ruth, a sergeant in the U.S. Army who was killed while serving in Iraq. And while those cards (and the odd phone call) can be reminders of the worst day of her life, the outreach serves another more uplifting p...

Bruce Chapman, Journal file  Major General Virgil L. Packett II (from right) presents an American flag to Barbara Kluttz, mother of slain soldier Sgt. Monta Ruth, while Sgt. Ruth’s father Frederick Kluttz (2nd from right), Sgt. Ruth’s wife (far left) and daughter Zoe look on during the funeral service for Sgt. Monta Ruth at Evergreen Cemetery in Winston-Salem, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005. Jennifer Rotenizer, Journal file  Spc. David Nelson Timmons, Jr. was killed in action on May 5, 2006, in Kabul, Afghanistan, along with nine of his comrades in a helicopter crash. Timmons was buried...

About 1,300 people attended both ceremonies, and more than 3,600 Forsyth Tech students from both classes graduated, the college said in a statement. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the college didn’t conduct an in-person commencement for its 2020 graduates last year, Forsyth Tech said. There was no traditional procession of the graduates walking to their seats inside the stadium because of safety precautions, President Janet Spriggs of Forsyth Tech told 300 graduates at the commencement’s Wednesday afternoon event. A group of 170 graduates received their degrees, diplomas and certificat...

From teaching through masks to teaching to blank laptop screens with cameras turned off, what a year to be a teacher. In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, the Journal asked several local folks to talk about a teacher who had an especially strong influence on their lives. Stephanie Wallace, an English teacher at East Forsyth High School. WALT UNKS, JOURNAL STEPHANIE WALLACEThe 2020 Teacher of the Year for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Stephanie Wallace teaches English and leads the N.C. Teacher Cadet program at East Forsyth High School. The daughter of a Navy officer, Wal...