Dr. Debra (Debbie) Renee Wynecoff-Ogden was born in Winston-Salem, NC on January 17, 1957. On Saturday, August 30, 2025,God sent an angel to bring her home. Born to loving parents, the late Donnell (JT) and Dorothy Ellis Wynecoff, she always had the full support of her parents, family members and closest friends.

Debbie was a 1975 honor graduate of East Forsyth High School. She attended UNC-Chapel Hill where she majored in Chemistry and received her Bachelor of Science and the Doctor of Medicine degrees. She participated in numerous activities on the campus and was initiated into Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

Her professional career began in New York at Beth Israel Hospital, where she completed her residency. She moved to Mississippi, then to Memphis, Tenn. to begin her Public Health Service work at several hospitals as an Emergency Room Trauma Specialist. After several years, she returned to Winston Salem and became an adjunct professor at several colleges and universities including Winston Salem State University, ECPI University, Forsyth Technical Community College, and Alamance Community College. Shortly thereafter, she served as the major caregiver for both of her parents.

Debbie was a member of Goler Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church. She was a lover of animals, especially dogs, but in her later years she adored cats. She also enjoyed working in her flower garden.

Memories of Debbie shall be cherished by her son, Garry Ogden, Jr, (Isabela); sister, Connie Smith; three grandchildren Sophia Ogden, Verona Petta, and Garry Ogden, III ; an aunt, Doris Thomas and longtime friends, Dr. Linda Bowman Hopson, and Crystal Griffen(KG); and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Memorial service for Dr. Wynecoff-Ogden will be held at 2:30 PM on Sunday, September 21, 2025 in the chapel of Clark S. Brown & Sons Funeral Home. The family will greet friends at 2:00 PM.