Naomi Foster Cassaberry

CASSABERRY WINSTON-SALEM - Naomi Foster Cassaberry Sept. 9, 1920 - Dec. 25, 2011 Naomi Foster Cassaberry, 91, of Winston-Salem, NC departed this life on Christmas Day, 2011 at Wake Forest Baptist Health. She was born September 9, 1920 as the second of six children of Joseph and Carrie Foster. She was married to James Cassaberry, Sr. for 55 years, who predeceased her and they had nine children. In addition to her husband she was predeceased by two sons, Norman and Donald; sisters, Josephine Johnson, Edna Williams and Dorothy Carter and brother Joseph Foster, Jr.. She attended the Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools and retired from the Forsyth County School System where she was a baker. She is survived by, her children, Rev. Dr. Janice Whitaker of Charlotte N.C.; Aaron Cassaberry of Brooklyn, NY; Pastor Jacqueline Hill (Rudy), Rev. Ruth Cassaberry, Wanda Davidson (Percell) and Velva Saunders (Dwight) of Winston-Salem and James Cassaberry, Jr. of Silver Spring, MD. She had numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. Celebration of Life will be conducted at 12:00 noon on Friday, December 30, 2011 at Macedonia Worship Center, 500 Kinard Dr., with Apostle Sylvester Davis Johnson as eulogist, and interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friend thirty minutes prior to the service from 11:30 to 12 noon. The remains may be viewed today from 2:00 till 6:00, at Douthit's. Arrangements are in the care of Douthit Funeral Services.