Donald Atwood

Donald Lee Atwood, 74, of Candlewood Drive died on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Forsyth County to the late Arthur and Nancy Conner Atwood and was married to Allene Hutchens Atwood who survives. Mr. Atwood retired from Lucent Technologies after 40 years of service. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Elon and The Telephone Pioneers of America. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by his wife of the home, sons, Steven Lee Atwood of Elon and Donald Craig Atwood of Gibsonville; grandchildren, Jacob, Jessica and Brandon Atwood and sisters, Margaret Andrews and Anita Hoots of Winston-Salem. The graveside service will be held at 1:00 PM Thursday at Forsyth Memorial Park in Winston-Salem by Rev. Mark Mofield. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Wednesday evening at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Elon, 621 E. Haggard Ave., Elon, NC 27244 or to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Rd., Burlington, NC 27215