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Surnames: Cain, Bailey, Roane, Jacobs, King, Barr, Lopez, Jones, Couthen, McGill, Jeter,
Shields, Lyerly, Mason,
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CAIN William Henry Cain Jr., 82, passed away on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. He was born August
26, 1926 to William Henry Cain Sr. and Hattie Williams Cain. He attended the public
schools of Forsyth County. He was a retired employee of the Winston-Salem Journal. Henry
lived a quiet life with integrity made complete by a special love and devotion to his
family and sincere respect and devotion to friendship. He thrived as a great cook and took
great pride in feeding everyone that came to his home. Mr. Cain was preceded in death by
his parents; his wife, Mary Owens Cain; daughter, Norma Cain Jones; great-grandson, Master
Christopher D. Bailey Jr.; brother, Julius Montgomery Cain; two sisters, Ardell Cain Roane
and Annie Cain Jacobs. Rich with fond recollections and happy memories are his devoted
family of six children, Ruby O. Cain, Randell A. (Sharon) Cain Sr., Gloria C. (Willie)
King, William H. Cain III, all of Winston-Salem; Margaret C. (Johnnie) Bailey of
Greensboro; and Malcolm!
E. (Carolyn) Cain of Catonsville, Md. He was blessed with twelve grandchildren, Gregory
C. Cain, Michael D. Jones, Kimberly J. (Anthony) Barr, Randell A. (Cynthia) Cain Jr., and
Tashika M. Lopez of Winston-Salem; Mark K. Bailey and Phillip M. Bailey of Greensboro;
Tonjua L. King of Conyers, Ga.; Christopher D. (Tammie) Bailey of Riverside, Fl.; Tawanna
L. King of Alexandria, Va.; Leia D. Cain and Ashleigh M. Cain of Catonsville, Md.; eleven
great grandchildren, Kourtney Jones, Michael Jones Jr., Kamryn Barr, Kyndall Barr, Timeka
Couthen, Trecious Couthen, Hamilton Cain, Grant Cain, Olivia Cain, Victoria Cain, and
Preston Cain. Four great-great grandchildren shared his latter years, Janiyah McGill, Jada
Couthen, Jaylan Couthen and Ja' Bray Couthen; three sisters, Hattie (Coleman) Jeter
and Mary (Theodore) Shields of Winston-Salem; and Hazel Lyerly of Philadelphia, Pa.;
several nieces and nephews; godson, Willie J. Mason; son-in-law, Arthur Jones; and special
friends, Al Eat!
on, Fred Gethers and Paul Hawkins and the entire Slater Park Community
. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 6 at New Bethel Baptist
Church with the Reverend Dr. Kendall D. Jones Sr., officiating and the Reverend Randell A.
Cain Jr., eulogist. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive
friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Online condolences can be made at
www.russellfuneralservice.com (RUSSELL)
Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 9/5/2008
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