Obituaries for August 2011

August 2, 2011

George R. Puffer

George R. Puffer, of Seven Lakes, died Friday, July 29, 2011. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at the Chapel In the Pines, in Seven Lakes. He was born on April 19, 1936, to Clyde and ...

Joan B. Hawkins

Joan Bistline Hawkins, 82, of Laurinburg, died Friday, July 29, 2011. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, at the Morris Morgan Room, Scotia Village, with the Rev. Elizabeth Forester officiating. Born July 12, 1929, in ...

Georgia A. Beauchamp

Georgia Ann Beauchamp, 54, of Vass, passed away Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m.Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the Cox Memorial Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Frank Van Arsdale officiating. ...

Vellon H. Craven

Vellon Hunsucker Craven, 84, of Robbins, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2011, at her home. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, at Needham’s Grove Baptist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. James Cockram ...

Catherine A. Thomas

Catherine Archibald Thomas, 62, of Carthage, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Services will be private, at a later date. Cathy was born June 5, 1949, in Rochester, N.Y. She was a caring, ...

Clarence W. Flowers

Clarence W. Flowers, 93, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Willie L. Hill

Willie L. Hill, 66, formerly of Robbins, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at the William M. Dunlap Center for Caring, in Raleigh. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at Fall Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, with the ...

Gloria L. Tew

Gloria “Jeanne” Long Tew, 69, of Aberdeen, formerly of Hamlet, died Sunday, July 31, 2011, at St. Joseph of the Pines, in Southern Pines. Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, in the chapel of Harrington Funeral ...

Edgar L. Reeder

Edgar Lee Reeder, 63, of Aberdeen, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Shady Grove Christian Church, in Star, with the Rev. ...

Phillip M. Olive

Phillip Moore Olive, 73, of Sanford, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at Lee County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Melinda A. Kennedy

Melinda Anne Kennedy, 48, of Carthage, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, in Carthage. Family will receive ...

Ruth Hicks

Ruth Hicks, 75, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at Tucker Hospice House, in Kannapolis. Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, Carthage.

Edmond W. Overstreet

Edmond Wilson “Ned” Overstreet, 75, of Pinehurst, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst, surrounded by family, after a long battle with cancer. A graveside service was held Monday, Aug. 1, in Bedford, Va. ...

James Heugh

James Heugh, formerly of Pinehurst, died Sunday, May 29, 2011. The son of James Heugh Sr. and Cora Weckman, James was born and lived his early life in Philadelphia, and lived in nearby Downingtown, in Chester County, until retiring to ...

Evelyn Ellis Cook

Evelyn Ellis Cook, 88, of Jacksonville, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2011, at Onslow Memorial Hospital. Jones Funeral Home, Jacksonville.

Clarence Flowers

Clarence Flowers, 93, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church, in Southern Pines. Visitation will ...

Reba Taylor Beith

Reba Taylor Beith, 93, of Pinehurst, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, at Fox Hollow Senior Living Community. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Ruth Carnels Hicks

Ruth Carneis Hicks, 75, of Kannapolis, formerly of Carthage, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at the Tucker Hospice House, in Kannapolis. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, with the Rev. ...

Thelma Manning Truitt

Thelma Manning Truitt, 81, of Wrightsville Beach, passed away peacefully Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, at her home, surrounded by her family and friends. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at Oleander Memorial Garden, 306 ...

Marianne Lina Behnert Sullivan

Marianne Lina Behnert Sullivan, 94, of Southern Pines, passed peacefully Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, at her home, following a lengthy illness. A short visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at the Boles Funeral ...

Ted Louis McRae

Ted Louis McRae, of Taylortown, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Hugh Braxton Wilder

Hugh Braxton Wilder, 78, of Southern Pines, died peacefully Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Boles Funeral Home chapel, in Southern Pines, with the Rev. Archie Stevens officiating. ...

Ida "Dutchess" Sherwood

Ida “Dutchess” Sherwood, 57, of Cameron, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Cox Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory, Vass.

Anne W. Francis

Anne Whitlow Francis, of Aberdeen, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, ...

Lisa R. Cassady

Lisa R. Cassady, 45, of Robbins, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at Church of God of Prophecy, Robbins, with the Rev. Burton King officiating. ...

Lucille Search

Lucille Search, 55, of Raeford, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at her home. A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at Calvary Chapel of Fayetteville. Burial will be in Shiloh Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Visitation will be ...

Robert W. Bufmeyer

Robert Wendell Bufmeyer, 93, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at Kingswood Nursing Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date, with burial in Canton, Ohio. He was born Sept. 16, 1917, to William T. ...

Sylvia C. Green

Sylvia Callahan Green, 63, of Waldorf, Md., formerly of Vass, passed away Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at Cox Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. ...

Ted L. McRae

Ted Louis McRae, 70, of Taylortown, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 12 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, in Taylortown. Visitation will be ...

Natalie J. Hollingsworth

Natalie J. Hollingsworth, 100, of Southern Pines, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at her home. A funeral service was held 11 a.m. Monday, at Powell Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Dr. David Helms. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery in ...

Susan W. Fox

Susan Elizabeth White Fox, of Pinehurst, formerly of Kingsport, Tenn., passed away Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. The family will receive guests on Wednesday, Aug. 10, from 1 to 2 p.m at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, in Kingsport. Funeral services will follow ...

Andrew M. Lamont Jr.

Andrew Morris “Drew” Lamont Jr., 38, of Hoke County, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at his home. A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at Crumpler Funeral Home Chapel, Raeford. Visitation was held from 2 to ...

Joseph C. Robbins Jr.

Joseph Coltrane Robbins Jr., 60, of Chapel Hill, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at his home, surrounded by his loving wife, Lauren, dear relatives and friends after a brief battle with cancer. A funeral service will be held at 2 ...

Walter J. Woodcock

Walter James Woodcock, of Pinehurst, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Viewing was held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at Boles Funeral Home, in Pinehurst. The funeral was held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at Brownson Memorial ...

John C. Taylor

John C. Taylor, of Roanoke, Va., passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at Edgecombe Memorial Park, Tarboro, with the Rev. Eric Crowe and Dr. David Helms officiating. He ...

James L. Monkman

James Willes Lankester Monkman, beloved husband of Elizabeth C. Monkman, died peacefully Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at his home in Pinehurst, with his wife and son by his side. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. ...

Francis D. McGarey

Francis Denver McGarey died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at St. Joseph of the Pines, Southern Pines. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at Belle Meade Chapel, Southern Pines, with a reception to follow. Mr. ...

Kathryn W. Rose

Kathryn Wilson Rose, 93, formerly of Pinehurst, died Friday, July 29, 2011, from pneumonia, six weeks after a fall and broken hip. In 2007 Mrs. Rose moved to Aberdeen, Md., to live near, and then with, her daughter Wendy Rose ...

Eula G. Wallace

Eula Garner Wallace, 94, formerly of Robbins, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Kennedy Funeral Home, Robbins.

Russell R. Craddock

Russell R. Craddock, 78, of Robbins, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, at Acorn Ridge Baptist Church, with the Rev. Dr. John Williamson, the Rev. Edwin Moore, ...

Patricia E. Hruska

Before her death on July 30, 2011, Patricia E. Hruska lived a life full of laughter, compassion, fearlessness and faith. Pat threw the best parties, didn’t hesitate to use “the good china” and never bought anything just because it was ...

Richard A. Page

Richard Alan Page, of Whispering Pines, passed away Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at Pinehurst United Methodist Church, in celebration of his life. Visitation condolences will be received from 5 ...

Carmen M. Wallick

Carmen Doris Myers Wallick was born Nov. 3, 1917, to Walter Darist Myers and Altha Belle Davis Myers in St. Henry, Ohio. The family moved to Coldwater, Ohio, on her second birthdy. Carmen remained in Coldwater and after graduating high ...

Romello M. Monroe

Romello Matthews Monroe, age 2 months, of Carthage, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at his residence. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at St. Mary’s Holiness Church, in Carthage. The family will receive friends ...

Nell S. Sanders

Nell Shepard Sanders, 73, of Eagle Springs, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst, with her family by her side. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at Browns ...

Paul A. Huggins

Paul Anthony Huggins, of Pinehurst, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at the Inn at Quail Haven, in Pinehurst. The family will receive friends and family from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14, at their home at 340 Lake Forest ...

Robert W. Wingo

Robert W. Wingo, 61, of Blacksburg, Va., and the Westmoore community, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at his home. Kennedy Funeral Home, Robbins.

Elisabeth H. Goring

Elisabeth Hedwig Goring, 89, of Shelby, went to her Lord Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at White Oak Manor, in Shelby. A funeral service will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, at Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home and Crematory, ...

Gail A. Brown

Gail Ashworth Brown, 55, of Aberdeen, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Crumpler Funeral Home chapel, in Aberdeen. Visitation will ...

Michael Warnimont

Michael “Fred” Warnimont, 73, of Whispering Pines, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at Boles Funeral Home in Southern Pines, with the Rev. R. Shea officiating. ...

Charles C. Warren

Charles Clarence Warren, 76, of Robbins, passed away Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the Pleasant View Friends Church, with the Rev. Don Luellen and the ...

Thelma J. Brown

Thelma Jane Brown, 99, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14, at Brown’s Chapel Christian Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The ...

Sarah E. Cook

Sarah “Evelyn” Ellis Cook died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011 in Jacksonville. The funeral was held in Jacksonville Aug. 6, and burial was Aug. 8. She was born Aug. 29, 1922, in Raeford, the daughter of the late Jack and Florrie ...

Margery G. Tovey

Margery Guston Tovey, 82, of Whispering Pines, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15, at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, in Southern Pines, ...

Richard K. Brown

Richard Kelly Brown, 60, of Cameron, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Daniel J. Colangelo

Daniel James Colangelo, 87, of Vass, passed away peacefully Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at his home. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Southern Pines, with the Rev. ...

George P. Prill

George Peter Christian Prill, of Pinehurst, passed away peacefully Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, at his home in Pinewild, after a long battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at Our Saviour Lutheran ...

Ronald J. Nall

Ronald Jay Nall, 54, of Carthage, passed away Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at his home. A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Eugene Ussery and the Rev. John Chavis ...

Leota M. Ward

Leota Marie Ward, 93, fondly known as “Marie,” passed away Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, at The Inn, Quail Haven Village, in Pinehurst. Memorial services will be held at later dates at The Inn, Quail Haven, and Centralia, Kan. She was ...

Helen W. Ray

Helen Wright Ray, 70, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, S.C. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church, Southern Pines. ...

Carl J. Auger

Carl John Auger, 43, passed on to the Lord Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, in Pinehurst. A celebration of life will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at the Sandhills Alliance Church, in Pinehurst. Carl was born ...

Benjamin C. Brown

Benjamin Cranford Brown, 76, of Robbins, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Phillips Funeral Home, Star.

Eileen K. Ritz

Eileen June (Kennedy) Ritz, 82, of Pinehurst, formerly of Bethel Park, Pa., died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at First Bethel United Methodist Church, 5901 Library Road, Bethel Park, Pa. ...

Reba T. Beith

Reba Taylor Beith, 93, of Pinehurst, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, at the Fox Hollow Senior Living Community. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, at the First Baptist Church of Southern Pines, with Dr. ...

Harry A. Palmer

Harry Allen Palmer, 72, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Services will be held in Fairfax, Va. He is survived by his wife, Betty Palmer; a son, Mark Palmer and wife, Elizabeth, and son, ...

Hazel E. Saunders

Hazel Ellen Saunders, 83, of West End, passed Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living, in Southern Pines. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at the West End First Baptist Church, in ...

Ludie M. Honeycutt

Ludie Mae Gregory Honeycutt, 62, of Vass, passed away Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at Morrison Manor Hospice House, in Laurinburg. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at the Cox Memorial Funeral Home chapel, with ...

Sherman Benjamin Williams

Sherman Benjamin Williams, 93, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at his home near Robbins as a result of declining health. The family will receive friends at Kennedy Funeral Home in Robbins from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, ...

Henry Carl Nueslein

Henry Carl Nueslein, 77, of Seven Lakes, passed away peacefully Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at his home. Mr. Nueslein graduated with his master’s degree from Loyola College in Baltimore, Md., and retired as an educator from the Howard County, Md., ...

Dorothy Ritter Morgan

Dorothy Ritter Morgan, 74, formerly of Robbins, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at Autumn Care in Biscoe. A native of Moore County, she is preceded in death by her husband, Fred Morgan. She worked at Russell Hosiery in Star for ...

Marjorie Eckersley White

Marjorie Eckersley White, 86, of Southern Pines, died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, in Mount Pleasant, S.C. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines, with the Rev. Paul ...

Martin Sislen

Martin Sislen, formerly of Pinehurst, passed away Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, in Richmond, Va. He is survived by his wife, Lindy Sislen; and daughters, Sandy Verna and husband, Richard Verna, and Myrna Sislen and husband, Bill Rice. Future services at ...

Henrietta Smith McLeod

Henrietta Smith McLeod, of Southern Pines, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at Kingswood Nursing Center, in Aberdeen. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Doreen Campion

Doreen Campion, 78, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Nellie K. Burns

Nellie Kate Burns, 87, formerly of Robbins, died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, at Peak Resources-Pinelake, in Carthage. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, at First Wesleyan Church, with the Rev. Sam Swinney and the ...

William J. Kish

William J. Kish, 70, of Canfield, Ohio, passed away Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at Duke University Medical Center, of complications after a lung transplant. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at the Lane Funeral ...

Henrietta S. McLeod

Henrietta Smith McLeod, 82, of Southern Pines, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at Kingswood Nursing Center, in Aberdeen. A memorial graveside service will be held at 12 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Woodlawn Cemetery, in Southern Pines. She is survived ...

Mary Schecter

Mary “Polly” Schechter passed away Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Congregational Community Church, in Southern Pines. Polly was born in 1935 in Yakima, Wash. She attended the ...

Patricia S. Bonsal

Patricia S. Bonsal, 74, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, at her home. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Robert J. Hyman Sr.

Robert J. Hyman Sr., 91, of Carthage, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, Carthage.

Barbara Coleman

A memorial service for Barbara “Babs” Coleman will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, at the Brownson Memorial Church, 330 S. May St., Southern Pines.

Daniel Kozak

Daniel Kozak, 81, of Pinehurst, formerly of Dix Hills, N.Y., died peacefully Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, after a long struggle with kidney disease. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Roseland United Methodist Church, ...

Nancy B. Mittnacht

Nancy Bracy Mittnacht, 85, of Pinehurst, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, at Well Springs Retirement Center, in Greensboro. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at The Village Chapel, in Pinehurst. A graduate of the ...

John D. Wink Jr.

John D. “J.D.” Wink Jr. died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, in Southern Pines. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, at First Baptist Church of Southern Pines, with the Rev. Dr. David M. Helms officiating. ...

Marian D. Ross

Marian Dyer Ross, 90, of Raleigh, died peacefully Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, at home, surrounded by her family. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at First Presbyterian Church, 120 W. Hargett Street, Raleigh. There ...

Bernard A. Bradley

Bernard “Barney” Alan Bradley, 79, died peacefully Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at his home, after waging a courageous battle with cancer. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, ...

Nancy J. DeVine

Nancy J. DeVine, 58, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, at the home of her sister, Mary DeVine, in Lincoln, R.I. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at St. Anthony’s ...

Grace M. Martin

Grace Monroe Martin, 84, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at Yates-Thagard Baptist Church, with the Rev. Steve Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Mount ...

Grace M. Martin

Grace Monroe Martin, 84, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at Yates-Thagard Baptist Church, with the Rev. Steve Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at ...

Patricia S. Bonsal

Patricia Schoonmaker Bonsal, “Patsy” to all who knew her, 74, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, at her home in Pinehurst, following a long illness. A celebration and thanksgiving for her life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, ...

Mildred B. Hill

Mildred B. Hill, of Southern Pines, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Bostic-Kendrick Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Jane S. Carpenter

Jane S. Carpenter, 84, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at Belle Meade Retirement Resort. A brief graveside service will be held Saturday, Aug. 27, in Milwaukee. Mrs. Carpenter is survived by her husband, David; daughters, Gale Meyer, ...

James C. Wright Jr.

James C. Wright Jr., 83, of Washington, Ga., formerly of Vass, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, at McDuffie Regional Medical Center, in Thomson, Ga. Cox Memorial Home and Crematory, Vass.

Stanley Garner

Stanley Garner, 51, of Pinebluff, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Harry A. Hoover

Harry Allen Hoover, of Pinehurst, passed away Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. A celebration of life will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at Boles Funeral Home, in Pinehurst. Born in Greensboro and raised in Washington, ...

James L. Maness

James Lee “Buck” Maness, 72, of Robbins, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at Morrison Manor, in Laurinburg. Phillips Funeral Home, Star.

Robert J. Hyman Sr.

Robert Joseph “Bob” Hyman Sr., 91, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, surrounded by his family, after a long illness. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at Carthage United Methodist Church, with the Rev. ...

William D. Thomas

William Daniel Thomas, 22, of Whispering Pines, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at First Baptist Church, Southern Pines, with the Rev. Bill ...

Timmie Martin Sloan

Timmie Martin Sloan, 46, of Sanford, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at his home. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Margaret Henrietta Teresa Gross

Margaret Henrietta Teresa Gross, 89, of Southern Pines, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at her residence. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. She was born May 19, 1922, in Berlin, Germany, to the late ...

Peggy Haenlein

Peggy Haenlein, 84, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Harold Martin Russell

Harold Martin Russell, 64, of Aberdeen, went home to be with Jesus Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. At the time of his passing, he was at his home with his loving wife, Lu Russell, and faithful pet, Gabe. Graveside services will ...

Mildred Blue Hill

Mildred Blue Hill died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Sunday, Aug. 28), at the Bostic-Kendrick Funeral Home chapel. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 2 p.m, Survivors include son, Braxton Hill and ...

Judith S. DeWitt

Judith S. DeWitt passed away Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, after a battle with cancer. There will be no viewing or memorial services. She was born July 25, 1942, and grew up in Pittsburgh, moved to Medina, Ohio, and retired to ...

Mary G. Dunlap

Mary E. Garner Dunlap, 86, of Southern Pines, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, at St. Joseph of the Pines, in Southern Pines. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, in Southern ...

Queen W. Smith

Queen Watkins Smith died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the Pugh and Smith Funeral Home chapel, Carthage. Viewing was held from 1 ...

Louise Clary

Louise Clary, 96, passed away Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at Pinelake Nursing Center, in Carthage. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, Southern Pines. Louise was born May 21, 1915, ...

Pearlie V. Cole

Pearlie Mae Vanhoy Cole, 95, of Jackson Springs, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at Autumn Care, in Biscoe. The family received friends from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. The funeral followed the ...

James C. Brower

James C. Brower, 85, of Asheboro, died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at the Randolph Hospice House. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Brower’s Memorial Wesleyan Church, Asheboro, with Dr. Edward Lindsey officiating. Burial will ...

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