Obituaries for September 2010
Obituary
September 1, 2010
James L. McNeill
James Luther “Luke” McNeill, 83, of Raeford, died Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Mr. McNeill was born Feb. 25, 1927, to the late John K. McNeill and Beulah McNeill. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Kenneth W. McNeill, John ...
Lona G. McConky
Lona Gage McConky, 82, of Southern Pines, passed away Monday, Aug. 30, at St. Joseph of the Pines. She had been suffering from dementia for many years, the last two and a half at St. Joseph’s. Lona and her husband, ...
Diana G. Caldwell
Diana Greer Caldwell, 78, a former longtime resident of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Aug. 31, at the Loudon, Tenn. Health Care Center after an extended illness. Mrs. Caldwell moved to Southern Pines from Rye, N.Y., in 1955, and lived in ...
Joseph E. Anderson
Joseph Edward Anderson, 79, of Seven Lakes, died Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6, at Our Lady of the Americas Catholic Church, Candor. A ...
Stanley F. Bartholomew
Master Sgt. Stanley F. Bartholomew, U.S. Army (ret.), 87, of Anderson, S.C., passed away Wednesday Sept, 1, 2010, at Hospice of the Upstate, Inc. He served proudly in the military for 22 years, serving in World War II and was ...
Daniel L. Middleton Jr.
Daniel Lauchlin Middleton Jr., 77, of Southern Pines, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, at Kingswood Nursing Center in Aberdeen. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hillside Cemetery in Laurinburg. He is survived by a daughter, ...
Caroline A. Kuhn
Caroline Avery Kuhn, infant daughter of Ritt and Whitney Kuhn, of Whispering Pines, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Private graveside services were held. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Lauren ...
Winifred Nogard
Winifred Nogard, of Southern Pines, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at home, after a brief illness. Winifred (“Winnie”) was born Jan. 2, 1924, in Waterloo, England. She was predeceased by husbands Albert Durkovic in 1959 and Axel ...
Archie T. Brooks
Archie Thomas Brooks, 69, of Cameron, passed away Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, at Central Carolina Hospital. He was born July 22, 1941, to Lena Brooks and the late Zeb Brooks. He served in the U.S. Army/National Guard. Following his military ...
Ralph "Bo" Coley
Ralph “Bo” Coley, 75, of Supply (formerly of Carthage), died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, at Brunswick Community Hospital in Supply. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Eureka Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Edward L. Boyce. ...
Janice Britt Parks
Janice Britt Parks, of Raeford, died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. She was 75. Mrs. Parks was born in Robeson County on Aug. 28, 1935, to the late Robert Britt and Tessie Vera Parker Britt. She ...
Joseph Aloysius Tamany Jr.
Joseph Aloysius Tamany Jr. passed away at his home Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, surrounded by his family. A memorial service will be held Oct. 9, 2010, at 10 a.m. in his hometown of Greenwich, Conn., at Saint Catherine’s Chapel, Riverside. ...
Cynthia Brown Williams
Cynthia Brown Williams, 59, of Raeford, died Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.
Alan M. Howe
Alan Massey Howe, 60, of Wilmington, lost his battle with cancer Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. He was born Oct. 8, 1949, in Hamlet, to the late John Elmer and Louise Howe. He is survived by his wife, Gay Phifer Howe; ...
Carolyn C. Watson
Carolyn Chester Watson, 80, of Raleigh, passed away Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Born on April 2, 1930, to Dr. Pinckney Jones and Bertha Cochran Chester, Carolyn graduated from Southern Pines High School in 1948 and from Duke University in 1952. ...
Cynthia B. Williams
Cynthia Brown Williams, 59, of Raeford, died Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at St. Matthews Chapel FWB Church, Eastwood Community, Pinehurst. Burial will follow at Eastwood Community Cemetery. A public viewing ...
Melvie B. Craig
Melvie Burns Craig, 83, of Autumn Care & Rehab in Biscoe, formerly of Eagle Springs, died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Pleasant View Friends Church, with the Rev. Jacelyn ...
Joe J. Garner
Joe John Garner, 78, of Carthage, died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at Highsmith-Rainey Hospital in Fayetteville. Funeral services are planned for 2 p.m.. Saturday at New Testament Baptist Church, conducted by Pastor Darren Richardson and the Rev. Tom Horner. Burial ...
Beulah G. Williams
Beulah Garner Williams, 84, of Robbins, died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Smyrna United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Tal Madison and the Rev. Joe Forbes ...
Florence Z. Gleason
Florence Z. Gleason, 97, died Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, at Tara Plantation in Carthage. Powell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.
Joel Ellis Jones
Joel Ellis Jones, 70, of Sanford, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.
Lawrence F. Meyer
Lawrence F. Meyer, 73, of Pinehurst, died Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, at his home. Boles Funeral Home, Pinehurst.
Irene A. Thomas
Irene A. Thomas, died Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, in Austin, Texas. Powell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.
Dorothy Lee Ferguson
Dorothy Lee Ferguson, 83, of Vass, passed away on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, at Carolina Medical Center in Monroe, N.C. Funeral services will be held Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Pastor Gregg ...
Lillian H. Forbes
Lillian H. Forbes, 93, of Pinehurst and formerly of Waukegen, Ill., died Thurs-day, Sept. 9, 2010. Lillian was born on November 8, 1916, in Lake Forest, Ill., and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Waukegan and active ...
Mary A. Laws
On Saturday morning, Sept. 11, 2010, Mary Anderson Laws, 89, of Goldsboro, moved to her Heavenly home. Mary was a godly woman who loved the Lord and her family, and set an example for her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren ...
Arthur T. Byrne
Arthur Thomas Byrne, 51, of Cameron, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, at his home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.
Florence Z. Gleason
Florence Z. Gleason, 97, of Southern Pines, died Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, at Tara Plantation of Carthage. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 11 a.m. in the chapel at Powell Funeral Home. Burial will follow at ...
Frances S. Beall
Frances S. Beall, 96, died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, at Kingswood Nursing Center in Aberdeen. A graveside service will be held Thursday, Sept. 16, at 11 a.m. in Buffalo Cemetery in Sanford. She was preceded in death by her husband ...
Carlos O. Carrillo
Carlos Osvaldo Carrillo, 18, of Ellerbe, died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. Briggs-Candor Funeral Home, Candor.
Norwood W. Batten
Norwood Wesley “Dick” Batten, 68, of Whispering Pines, died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at First Baptist Church, Aberdeen, with the Rev. Mike Branscome officiating. Burial will ...
Lawrence Meyer
The Rev. Lawrence Meyer, 73, of Pinehurst, passed peacefully at home into the arms of his Lord Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. He was born in Oceanside, Long Island, the son of the Rev. T. René and Janet Mason Meyer. After ...
James S. Poe
James Samuel “Sam” Poe, 82, of Sanford, died Monday, Sept., 13, 2010, at the home of his daughter, Ann Brown, in Broadway. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.
Lucille W. Van Vliet
Virginia Lucille Wright Van Vliet, 84, of Southern Pines, died peacefully Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Center. Lucille Van Vliet was born Aug. 29, 1926, in Hendersonville, to the late Perry B. Wright and ...
Kenneth F. Hale
Kenneth Francis Hale, 76, of Seven Lakes, passed away Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date in Rochester, N.Y., and Seven Lakes. Mr. Hale ...
Joan P. Hill
Joan “Palmer” Hill passed away Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. She was born Feb. 11, 1957, in Washington, D.C. She spent four years in Cairo, Egypt, where her stepfather, Gene Milligan, a Foreign Service officer, was stationed. She attended Stanford University, ...
Nancy E. Shibla
Nancy Engle Shibla, 90, died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at her daughter’s country home in Southern Pines. She was a devoted wife and mother, and in later years was a retired real estate broker. Mrs. Shibla was born April 14, ...
Bridger J. Smith
Bridger Jay Smith (Bjay) departed his earthly existence Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, while rescuing his children from an unexpected strong current at Cherry Grove, S.C. He was the son of Gary and Shawna Smith, of Carthage. He is survived by ...
Charles C. DiLaura
Charles Crisento DiLaura, 77, of Whispering Pines, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. He was the son of the late August and Agnes DiLaura. He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving with the U.S. Army. He started his ...
John F. Bacon
Services for John Freeman Bacon, who died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, at Village Church, 4013 Indian River Road, Virginia Beach, Va. The viewing is at 10 a.m., and service starts at 11 a.m. For ...
Preston H. Frye Sr.
Preston Harold Frye Sr., 61, of Carthage, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, at his residence. A memorial service, conducted by Minister Robert Jackson, was held Tuesday, Sept 14, at 5 p.m. in the chapel of Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, ...
Peter J. Hunter Jr.
Peter James “Jim” Hunter Jr., 69, of Pinehurst, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, after an extended illness and stay at UNC Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. Jim was born May 12, 1941, in Albany, N.Y., to Peter James Hunter ...
Palmer Hill
Joan “Palmer” Hill passed away Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. She was born Feb. 11, 1957, in Washington, D.C. She is survived by her mother, Joan Milligan Hunt; her father, Col. John F.P. Hill; her brother, Peter Hill; her half-brother, Jack ...
Irene A. Thomas
Irene A. Thomas, 92, of Austin, Texas, one of the “Greatest Generation,” peacefully left this life and was welcomed to heaven Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, where she joined her late husband, Douglas Thomas, her parents, and many family and friends. ...
Rosco Turner
Rosco Turner, 48, formerly of Moore County, died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, in Lexington. Mr. Turner was born May 6, 1962, to Arlethea and Dallas Turner. He attended New York Public Schools from primary through junior high school. He then ...
Juleta Hobson
Juleta Hobson 51, of Carthage, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at her residence. A funeral service will be held Monday, Sept 20, at 3 p.m. at St Mary's Holiness church in Carthage with the Rev. Betty Lee officiating. Burial will ...
Sandra A. Pelllish
Sandra Ann Pellish, 63, of Pinehurst, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Boles Funeral Home.
Donald Palmer Nelson
Donald Palmer Nelson, 84, of 418 Love 15 Drive, Pinehurst, died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, at St. Joseph of the Pines, Southern Pines. He was in the U.S. Navy. He is survived by his wife, Joan M. Nelson, of Pinehurst; ...
Jimmy D. Kennedy
Jimmy D. Kennedy, 77, of Robbins, died Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. A graveside service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Hill United Methodist church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. James Stalnaker and ...
Kenneth A. Peifer
Kenneth A. Peifer, of Lexington, Mass., formerly of Southern Pines, and Pittsburgh, Pa., died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. He was retired from the ...
Nancy A. Vaughan
Nancy Ann Vaughan, 73, of Aberdeen, formerly of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., passed away peacefully Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, with her family by her side at her home. She was born June 6, 1937, in New York, N.Y., to the late ...
Josephine M. McRae
Josephine McNair McRae, 90, of Aberdeen, died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst. There will be a viewing from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Purcell Funeral Home, Southern Pines. Funeral services will be held at ...
Richard G. Johnson
Richard “Dick” G. Johnson, 74, of Pinehurst, died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at Community Presbyterian Church in Pinehurst, with a reception to follow. Burial ...
Rosa L. Bowles
Rosa Lee Adams Bowles, 83, of Philadelphia, Pa., formerly of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. A service was held Saturday, Sept. 18, at Mediator Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Bowles was born May 28, 1927, in Laurinburg, to ...
Rodney D. Steinruck
Rodney David Steinruck, 61, of Aberdeen, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, at his residence. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Pinehurst. Rite of committal will follow at ...
Nancy P. Rinderknecht
Nancy J. Paxton Rinderknecht, 79, of Southern Pines, died Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville. She was born July 28, 1931, in Grove City, Pa., to Merril J. and Jean Christy Paxton and married John ...
John H. O'Donnell
John Harrison O’Donnell, 78, of Foxfire Village, passed Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in West End. Mr. O’Donnell was born May 10, 1932, in Union County, N.J., to the late Paul and Carlene Delevan O’Donnell. He served his country in the ...
Dorothy L. Davis
Dorothy “Dottie” LeGrand Davis, of Southern Pines, died Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, at St. Joseph of the Pines Nursing Center. A service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Memorial Garden in Southern Pines ...
Annie J. Blue
Annie Jane Blue, 82, of Carthage, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, at Pinelake Health & Rehab in Carthage. A funeral service will be held Thursday, Sept. 23, at 3 p.m. at Pugh & Smith Funeral Home in Carthage, with Bishop ...
Charles A. Leslie
Charles A. “Tony” Leslie, 49, of Sanford, died Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, while on a long distance truck route in Tifton, Ga. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Star of Hope Baptist Church in Sanford, conducted ...
Gilbert H. Thrower
Gilbert Hill Thrower, 82, of Pinebluff and formerly of Rockingham, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, at Kingswood Nursing Center in Aberdeen. He was born Feb. 17, 1928, in Richmond County, a son of the late Annie Hill Thrower and Thomas ...
May R. McFarland
May Rita McFarland, 86, of Southern Pines, passed away Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at her home at Belle Meade. Born April 26, 1924, Maria Rita McKeon McFarland was the daughter of the late Joseph E. McKeon and May Sheals McKeon, ...
Donald P. Nelson
Donald Palmer Nelson, 84, of Pinehurst, died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Born Aug. 13, 1926, in Fall River, Mass., Mr. Nelson was preceded in death by his parents, Eric and Lela Palmer Nelson, and sister, Caroline Nelson. He was a ...
Marie H. Hanna
After a short illness, Marie Harris Hanna died peacefully Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, at age 94, at Midcoast Senior Health Center in Brunswick, Maine, surrounded by her loving family. Marie was born July 31, 1916, in Helena, Mont. She lived ...
Vernon M. McCrimmon
Vernon Mitchell McCrimmon, 63, of Vass, passed Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at Pinelake Health Care & Rehab in Carthage. Mr. McCrimmon was born Feb. 24, 1947, in Moore County, to the late Vernon Eugene McCrimmon and Cornelia Harrison McCrimmon. A ...
Donna Luhrs
Donna Luhrs, 84, on September 22, left this life to be with God. She was born in Portland, Ore., on August 15, 1926, to Lela and John Wilmer Yelton, both now deceased. After graduating from Oregon State University, she became ...
Harriet Deaton McCallum
Harriet Deaton McCallum, 67, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at Carolinas Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family. Harriet was born in Troy, on September 5, 1943, daughter of Alice Lee Deaton and the late Quincy Deaton. She ...
Anders J. Kaufmann Jr.
A memorial celebration for Anders Joseph Kaufmann Jr., 50, of Winnsboro, S.C., will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, at The Episcopal Church of St. Simon and St. Jude in Irmo, S.C. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street ...
Elias R. Freeman
Elias Robert “Bob” Freeman , 84, of Eagle Springs, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro. Phillips Funeral Home, Star.
Franklin D. Jackson
Franklin “Frank” Delano Jackson, 74, of Rockingham, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. He was born March 24, 1936, in Moore County, a son of the late Samuel and Zora Dowd Jackson. Mr. Jackson ...
Ralph Hunsucker
Ralph Hunsucker, 66, of Foxfire Village, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at his home. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 1 p.m. at Pine Rest Cemetery in Robbins. Born Jan. 3, 1944, in North Carolina, he ...
Estella L. Dunbar
Estella Lowe Dunbar, 85, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Dunbar was born Aug. 27, 1925, in Kempton, Ill. to the late Arthur and Mae Lowe. On June 21, 1945, she married her husband, ...
Romalus N. Hardin
Romalus “Rom” Nash Hardin, 80, of Supply, died Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at his home. Mr. Hardin was born July 20, 1930, to Nash and Mary Sealey Hardin of Fairmont. He graduated in 1949 from the Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh. ...
William O. Bryant
William O. “Bill” Bryant, 73, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on a beautiful fall morning in his garden. Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27, at The Village Chapel, Pinehurst, with the Rev. Larry Ellis, ...
Jane L. McGee
Jane L. McGee, 90, of Southern Pines, died peacefully Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Center. She was born March 12, 1920, in Richmond, Va., the daughter of the late John Henry Liesfeld and Theresa ...
Caden L. Murchison
Caden Tyler Lindquist Murchison, 16 months, of Carthage, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at Central Carolina Hospital, Sanford. A visitation will be held at Cox Memorial Funeral Home Wednesday, Sept. 29, from 1 to 2 p.m. The family will receive ...
Mary L. Bird
Mary Anne L. Bird, 81 of Southern Pines, died peacefully Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. A memorial service will be held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Southern Pines on Friday, Oct. 1, at 10 a.m. Mrs. ...
Sally R. Light
Sally Anne Rives Light, 72, recently of Castine, Maine, and Pinehurst, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, at Duke University Hospital after a six-month battle against surgical complications as the result of cancer treatment. She was with family. A devoted ...
Betty L. McLaughlin
Betty Linda McLaughlin, 64, of West End, formerly of Medford Lakes, N.J., and Harrisburg, Pa., died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Betty spent her childhood in Harrisburg, Pa., and graduated from Harrisburg Institute of Medical Arts, receiving her registered nursing degree. ...
Charles L. Keaton
Charles L. Keaton, 70, of Raeford, died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. Mr. Keaton was born May 3, 1940, in Guilford County, to the late Charles H. Keaton and Viola Teal Keaton. Survivors ...
James Calhoun
James Calhoun, 60, of Laurinburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, at Morrison Manor, Laurinburg. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.
Marguerite McManus
Marguerite McManus, 85, of Whispering Pines passed peacefully at home Tuesday Sept. 28, 2010. Mrs. McManus was born Dec. 1, 1924, in Middlesex County, Mass., to the late Edward Norton Clark and Ruth Scates Clark. A memorial service will be ...
Benjamin C. Byrnside Jr.
Capt. Benjamin C. Byrnside Jr., U.S. Navy (ret.), 92, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, at his Belle Meade home in Southern Pines. He was born Feb. 17, 1918, in Oak Hill, W.Va., to Dr. Benjamin (Bennie) C. Byrnside, DDS and ...
George M. Bryan
Dr. George McLeod “Mac” Bryan, 90, passed away peacefully at home Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Dr. Bryan was the son of Julia Rosy, formerly of Aberdeen, and George Washington Bryan, formerly of Garner, In 1945, Mac married Edna Earl Johnson, ...
David Rollins
David Rollins died Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Silver Hill Presbyterian Church, in Marston. The dove ceremony and burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will ...
Joseph A. Prescott
Dr. Joseph Andrew Prescott, respected physician and U.S. Army veteran, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, in Pompton Plains, N.J. He was 83. Dr. Prescott was born Oct. 7,1926, in New York City. At 18, he joined the U.S. Army and ...
Rebecca A. Hamilton
Rebecca Lee Atkinson Hamilton, 82, of Pinehurst, died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at FirstHealth Moore Regional in Pinehurst. She was born March 19, 1928, in Chesapeake, Va., to Norman Alfred and Nanny Jane Tucker Atkinson. She was a legal secretary ...
