Anne Cannon (Reynolds) Forsyth (1930 - 2003)

Born 23 Aug 1930 in New York, United States

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Died 10 May 2003 at age 72 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

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WINSTON-SALEM - Anne Cannon Forsyth, 72, of Winston-Salem died Sunday morning, May 11, 2003, at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. She had been hospitalized for three weeks.

She was married to the late Dr. Frank Forsyth, was the daughter of Anne Cannon and Z. Smith Reynolds, and was the granddaughter of R.J. Reynolds.

She served on the Boards of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem and the North Carolina Fund, and was President of both foundations. A staunch advocate of racial equality and cultural diversity, she created and funded the Stouffer Foundation, which placed 142 black students in 22 preparatory schools throughout the South in order to achieve racial integration. She was a founding member of the Awards Committee for Education, a program that sent 700 black students from North Carolina to summer sessions at colleges and universities throughout the state. She contributed often to schools, institutions, and charities and provided funding to the North Carolina School of the Arts and the Penland School of Crafts. She began an exchange program between law-enforcement officers from Winston-Salem and Newcastle, England. Her private philanthropy touched thousands of lives and helped hundreds of families throughout North Carolina. She had a home in Blowing Rock, N.C., and was a major benefactor of the Blowing Rock Hospital and the Blowing Rock Stage Company. She loved and owned thoroughbred horses, collected paintings and fine art, and had an extensive library of current and classic literature.

She is survived by son Dr. Lloyd P. Tate, Jr., and daughter-in-law Dr. Kathryn Tate of Southern Pines; daughter Kathleen Tate of Atlanta, Ga.; daughter Nella Tate and granddaughters Alexandra and Ella of Cary, N.C.; and son Zachary R. Tate and daughter-in-law Linda Tate of Winston-Salem, N.C.

She will be buried in Blowing Rock. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Blowing Rock Hospital. Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 5/12/2003.

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Parents: Zachary Smith Reynolds (1911–1932), Anne Ludlow (Cannon) Stouffer (1910–1961)

Spouses: Lloyd Patrick Tate (1925–2012) (m. 1948), Harry Francis Forsyth (1914–1988) (m. 1962)

Half Siblings: Christopher Smith Reynolds (1933–1950)

Children: unknown

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41723075/anne-cannon-forsyth