Forest Lawn Funeral Home

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Lee Roy Blue, who departed this life peacefully at the age of 98 on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at The Villages Hospice House in The Villages, Florida, with his loved ones by his side. Born on December 30, 1925, in Jackson Springs, North Carolina, Lee was the youngest of twelve children born to the late Malcomb Colin Blue and Maggie Ellen Bennett Blue. From an early age, he helped his father on the family farm, planting corn, wheat, rye, and fruit trees. After graduating high school in 1943, Lee moved to Charlotte, North Carolina to work and live with his brother. Drafted into the United States Navy during World War II, Lee...

William "Bill" E. Toth, 94, passed away comfortably on February 18, 2022 at Elderberry Health Care in Marshall, NC. He was born prematurely to the late William and Jean Davidson Toth in Queens, NY. He began his little life wrapped in cotton batting and fed through an eyedropper while in a shoebox placed in an open warming-oven. With his extraordinary fortitude, he thrived. Oh, did he thrive! As a teen he loved working in a bicycle shop fixing bikes. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School then attended Manhattan College, graduating in 1950 with an engineering degree. His first jobs were at Sikorsky in Stratford, CT and Link Aviation in Binghamton, NY. In 1956 he accepted a position at MIT...