Obituaries for December 2011

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December 1, 2011


Sadie M. Baker

Sadie McLeod “Mac” Davis Baker died Tuesday, July 19, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at Mount Carmel United Methodist Church, Robbins.

Phillip S. Bullins

Spc. Phillip Scott Bullins, 23, of Carthage, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in an automobile accident at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Union Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow with full ...

James E. Charlton

James “Jim” E. Charlton, 70, of Pinehurst, passed away Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, after a brief illness. Relatives and friends will be received at Hodges Funeral Home at Naples Memorial Gardens, 525 111th Ave. N, Naples, FL 34108, on Monday, ...

Dorothy Hilbert

Dorothy Hilbert, of West End, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at her home. Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, Carthage.

Rogert L. Harmon

Roger Lee Harmon, 69, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at HCR Manor Care, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. Family will receive friends following the ...

Eugene E. Monroe

Eugene Edward “Blue” Monroe, 99, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at Central Carolina Hospital, just two weeks before his 100th birthday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Red Branch Baptist Church. Burial will follow ...

Walter W. Reid III

Walter Williamson Reid III, of Southern Pines, formerly of Allenhurst, Deal and Monmouth Beach, N.J., died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at The Village Chapel, in ...

Bonnie Getz Pasko

Bonnie Getz Pasko, 70, of Seven Lakes, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, at her residence. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at West End United Methodist Church, West End. Mrs. Pasko was born ...

LaVerne L. Witson

LaVerne L. Witson, 89, of Aberdeen, died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at Manor Care, in Pinehurst. Paul R. Young Funeral Home, Cincinnati.

Peggy D. Bibey

Peggy D. Bibey Peggy Doss Bibey, 76, of Carthage, died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at Tara Plantation in Carthage. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Ephesus Baptist Church with Pastor Dr. David Burroughs ...

Jeffrey Arvin Lineberry

Jeffrey Arvin Lineberry, 48, passed away Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, at his home. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at Smyrna United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Tal Madison officiating. The family will receive friends ...

John Jackson McCall

John Jackson McCall, 79, went to be with the Lord Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, in Winston-Salem. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at Whynot Wesleyan Church, with the Rev. ...

Stephen L. Haskell

Stephen Lee “Cat” Haskell died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9. at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. Interment will follow the service at Mount ...

Willie K. Adams

Willie Kate Adams, 87, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at her home. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, at Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church, Southern Pines. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, ...

Mary E. Camgros

Mary Elizabeth Camgros, 94, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at The Coventry at St. Joseph of the Pines. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Pine Knoll Chapel, Southern Pines. Mrs. Camgros was ...

Eleanor F. Chappell

Eleanor Fitzgerald Chappell, 90, of River Landing at Sandy Ridge, in High Point, formerly of Candor, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at High Point Regional Hospital. The service of death and resurrection was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. ...

Edison C. Eater

Edison Charles Eater, 69, of Pinehurst, passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at his home, after an 18-month battle with cancer. A celebration of Ed’s life will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at Trinity Christian Fellowship Church, ...

Alexa M. Kerr

Alexa McColl Kerr, formerly of Southern Pines, Pinehurst and Bennettsville, S.C., died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in Pittsburgh. A memorial service will be held in Bennettsville at a future date. She was born Sept. 1, 1919, in Bennettsville, the third ...

Jane B. Smithers

Jane Buller Smithers, 72, of Aberdeen, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at her home. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at Bethesda Cemetery, with the Rev. Jane Leachford officiating. The family will receive friends ...

Boyd E. Sprouse

Boyd Edward Sprouse, 47, of Lakeview, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at his home. A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Southern Pines, with the Rev. Gregg Newton officiating. Burial ...

Christine Garner

Christine Garner, of Lakeview, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at her home. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Robert Kidd

Robert “Vernon” Kidd, of High Falls, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at his home. Joyce-Brady Chapel, Bennett.

Helen M. Gibbs

Helen Watkins McManus Gibbs, 93, of Goldston, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at Peak Resources–Pinelake, in Carthage. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Dorothy F. Thomas

Dorothy Frye Thomas, 81, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at St. Joseph of the Pines, with her children by her side. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at Summer Hill Baptist Church, with the ...

Elizabeth Ray

Elizabeth “Betty” Ray, 98, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at St. Joseph of the Pines, in Southern Pines. She was born May 31, 1913, in Winnsboro, Texas, to the late Madie and Shaw D. Ray. She graduated from the University ...

Rose L. Fritz

Rose Ann Laccetti Fritz was born Feb. 14, 1930, in Hudson, N.Y., the daughter of Michael and Rosaria Calavarosa Laccetti. She was the wife of Richard Fritz, of Whispering Pines. They were married in Hudson on Dec. 24, 1950. Rose ...

Christine B. Garner

Christine Blaylock Garner, 80, of Lakeview, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Greg Newton officiating. Burial will follow at ...

Jerry B. Beard

Jerry Bryant Beard, 62, of Southern Pines, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at his home. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Cox Memorial Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Barbara Hedin ...

Vida S. Richardson

Vida Sanders Richardson, 90, of Robbins, was peacefully called home to be with her Lord, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, at her home, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at Robbins First ...

Elliott L. Sorge

The Right Rev. Elliott Lorenz Sorge, 82, bishop (retired) in the Episcopal Church, died peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, in Centennial, Colo., surrounded by family. A service celebrating his life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at ...

Boyd E. Sprouse

Boyd Edward Sprouse, 47, of Lakeview, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at his home. A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Southern Pines, with the Rev. Gregg Newton officiating. Burial ...

Patricia Marie "Pat" Durkee

Patricia Marie “Pat” Durkee, 71, of Pinehurst, passed Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, at the FirstHealth of the Carolinas Hospice House in Pinehurst. Mrs. Durkee was born June 21, 1940, in Worcester, Mass., to the late Bartholomew J. Brennan and Delia ...

Karen McLendon

Karen McLendon, 56, of Sanford, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at her residence. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Rick Rhyne

Moore County sheriff’s deputy Rick Rhyne, 58, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, while ­serving his community in the line of duty. Deputy Rhyne was born January 27, 1953, in Mecklenburg County, to the late Richard Carlton Rhyne and ...

Geneva J. Goins

Geneva Johnson Goins died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehust. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, in Taylortown. Family hour will be held from 7 ...

Elsie G. Ward

Elsie Mae Glance Ward, 79, of Carthage, died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Boles Funeral Home and Crematory, ...

Mary G. West

Mary Gaddy West, 74, of Southern Pines, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Jean Williamson

Jean Williamson died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, at Quail Haven, in Pinehurst. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Maynard Woodbury

Maynard Woodbury, 89, of Whispering Pines, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at Peak Resources–Pinelake, in Carthage. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

John T. Veno

John Theodore “Ted” Veno, 78, of Bennettsville, S.C, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at Carolinas Hospital System, in Florence, S.C., after a brief illness. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, at Burroughs Cooper Kiser Funeral ...

Colin Bentley

Colin Bentley, 87, passed away Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at Quail Haven, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church. Mr. Bentley was born June 7, 1924, in Milton, ...

Hattie B. Brunson

Hattie Burney Brunson, 86, of Carthage, died Saturday, Dec 10, 2011, at her home. A viewing was held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, in the Pugh and Smith chapel, in Carthage. The funeral followed at 11:30 a.m. She is ...

George E. Denning

George Eldridge Denning, 70, of Carthage, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at Red Branch Baptist Church, with the Rev. Scott McInnis and the Rev. Billy Graham ...

Harold E. Garner

Harold Evan Garner, 79, of Southern Pines, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at the FirstHealth Hospice House. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at First Baptist Church of Southern Pines, with Dr. David Helms officiating. ...

Frank M. McKenna

Frank Michael “Mac” McKenna, 88, of Seven Lakes, formerly of Freeport, N.Y., died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at Chapel in the Pines, in Seven Lakes, with final resting ...

Maynard B. Woodbury

Maynard B. Woodbury, 89, of Whispering Pines, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. There will be no public ceremony. Inurnment will be at the Corwith Cemetery, at a later date. He was born Jan. 15, 1922, in Crocker, S.D., to Wallace ...

James M. Wakefield

James Marvin Wakefield, 93, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at Kingswood Nursing Center, in Aberdeen. Boles Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Larry Cooper

Larry Cooper, 61, of Eagle Springs, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at his home. A memorial service was held at 12 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the Simon Funeral Home chapel, in Southern Pines. Private interment will be held at ...

Janet T. Dalton

Janet Turner Dalton, 74, of Southern Pines, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, in Southern Pines. Private interment will be held ...

Steven J. Dembnicki

Steven John Dembnicki, 62, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 19, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, with Msgr. Jeffrey A. Ingham officiating. The family ...

Jonathan Hardy

Jonathan “Dale” Hardy, 51, of Carthage, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Hudson Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Greg Burriss officiating. Burial will be in the Eureka Presbyterian Church ...

Charles W. Mahin Jr.

Charles William Mahin Jr., 79, of Seven Lakes West, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Seven Lakes Cemetery, Seven Lakes, with the ...

Lois F. Snipes

Lois Flinchum Snipes, 88, of Carthage, passed away Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, in Southern Pines, with the Rev. Gregg Newton ...

Octavia F. Woodall

Octavia “Tavey” Freeman Woodall, formerly of Aberdeen, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, at Peak Resources–Pinelake, in Carthage, after a long illness. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Big Oak Christian Church Cemetery, 3627 ...

R. Bruce Rognon

R. Bruce Rognon, 71, of Pinehurst, passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, after attending the Carolina Panthers football game in Charlotte. A memorial service will be held at 2 p..m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Boles Funeral Home, in Pinehurst. He ...

Anne Seawell McKenzie

Anne Seawell McKenzie, 82, passed away December 16, 2011, at her home in Pinehurst. Services will be held by the Rev. Rod Stone on Monday, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m. at Community Presbyterian Church with a reception following the service. ...

Evelyn Carroll Morgan

Evelyn Carroll Morgan, 79, of Aberdeen, passed Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Morgan was born August 1, 1932, in Surry County, to the late Haywood and Mary Lou Donathan Carroll. A short visitation ...

James Marvin Wakefield

James Marvin Wakefield, 93, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at Kingswood Nursing Center, in Aberdeen. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, at Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines. Mr. Wakefield was born in Syracuse, N.Y., ...

Mary West

Mary West, 74, of Southern Pines, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, at FirstHealth. There will be a memorial service at 2 p.m. today (Sunday, Dec. 18), in Pugh and Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Carthage. She is survived by three brothers, ...

Ray Tingen Jr.

Ray Tingen Jr., 69, of Pinehurst, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at Golden Years Nursing Home in Falcon, N.C. Boles Funeral Home, Pinehurst.

Mary Alford

Mary Alford, 104, of Laurinburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at Scotland Memorial Hospital. A funeral service was held Saturday, Dec. 17, at Purcell Funeral Home Chapel, Laurinburg. Burial followed at Center Grove Cemetery, Red Springs. She is survived by ...

James E. McGill

James E. McGill, 83, of Southern Pine, passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Pinehurst, ...

Dorothy J. Porter

Dorothy J. Porter Dorothy James Porter, 78, formerly of Chesterland, Ohio, passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at HRC Manor Care, in Pinehurst, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in 1933, in Detroit, Mich., to Francis ...

Mary C. Greene

Mary Louise Comer Greene, 88, formerly of Seagrove, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, in Winston-Salem. Phillips Funeral Home, Star.

Hansford Gentry

Hansford Gentry, 88, of Laurinburg, went to his heavenly home on Saturday morning, Dec. 17, 2011. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, Red Springs, officiated by the Rev. William Gentry. Burial followed in the ...

Ruth A. Dworak

Ruth Ann Dworak, 70, of Seven Lakes, passed away Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at Peak Resources-Pinelake in Carthage. She was born Oct. 1, 1941, in Newark, N.J., to William Crozier and Jenni Elizabeth Bryant. She was a medical assistant and ...

Norma S. Kelly

Norma Jean Simpson Kelly, 44, of Sanford, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, at her home. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Sue Love

Sue Love, 87, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at her home. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Jean W. Steele

Jean Whitt Steele, 72, of Sanford, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at her home. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Richard W. Edens

Richard Woodward Edens, 83, of Pinehurst, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at the FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at The Village Chapel, in Pinehurst, with the Rev. Glenn ...

Judith B. Hammett

Judith Ann Banta Hammett, 73, of Vass, passed away Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at the Cox Memorial Funeral Home chapel, ...

Dollie P. Vaughn

Dollie Patterson Vaughn, 95, a resident of Westchester Manor, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Interment will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23, in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at 1 p.m. in the sanctuary of ...

John Yonish Sr.

John Yonish Sr., 86, of Aberdeen, passed away Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at Pinehurst Health Care and Rehab, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at the Bible Tabernacle Church, in Whispering Pines, ...

Patsy I. Ray

Patsy I. Ray, 99, of Jackson Springs, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26, at Providence Presbyterian Church, in Jackson Springs. Burial will follow ...

Lucia I. Patterson

Lucia “Lucy” Ippolito Patterson, of Pinehurst, formerly of Downington and Wayne, Pa., died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at her home. Funeral services will be held at a later date, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, in Downington, Pa. She was born ...

Jay P. Lehr

Jay P. Lehr, 84, of Southern Pines, formerly of Reading, Pa., died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at his home. Powell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Robert V. Brady

Robert Vernon Brady, 64, of Lillington, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at HRC Manor Care, in Pinehurst. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Horace Criswell Jr.

Horace Criswell Jr., of Aberdeen, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at his residence. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Raudy C. Lewis

Raudy C. Lewis, 74, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. Boles Funeral Home, Pinehurst.

Caroline Devan Morris

Caroline Devan Morris, 52, of Pinehurst, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst, with her family by her side. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, at St. John’s ...

Judith Ann Banta Hammett

Judith Ann Banta Hammett, 73, of Vass, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Robert Leighton Campbell

Robert Leighton Campbell, 52, of Vass, passed away Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the Cox Memorial Funeral Home chapel, with ...

Horace Criswell Jr.

Horace Criswell Jr., 72, of Aberdeen, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at his home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26, at First Missionary Baptist Church, Southern Pines. Burial will be in Pinelawn Memorial Park, ...

Randy Clayton Lewis

Raudy Clayton Lewis, 74, of Aberdeen, passed away Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at his residence. A visitation was held from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at Boles Funeral Home, in Pinehurst. A funeral service was held at 1 ...

Mallie Ross

Mallie Ross, 79, of Raeford, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Freedom Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church. Burial will be in Mount Grove ...

Helen Joan Schoonover Parent

Helen Joan Schoonover Parent, 90, of Fayetteville, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at Village Green Nursing Home. Highland Funeral Service and Crematory, Fayetteville.

Myrtis Fox Ritter

Myrtis Fox Ritter, 90, of Seagrove, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at Carolina House of Asheboro, in Asheboro. Loflin Funeral Home, Ramseur.

Clara Mabel DePew Clochessy Rundell

Clara Mabel DePew Clochessy Rundell, 97, of Foxfire Village, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, at her residence. Boles Funeral Home, Seven Lakes.

David Leonard Spears

David Leonard Spears, 51, of Sanford, died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at his residence. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Thelma Thomas

Thelma Thomas, 90, of Robbins, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at Sandy Ridge, in Candor. Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Catherine "Kit" Gandy Hogg Aldridge

Catherine “Kit” Gandy Hogg Aldridge, 94, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with the Rev. Edward Burch ...

Nancy Lee Woodworth

Nancy Lee Woodworth, 68, of Pinehurst, passed away Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, at UNC Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, surrounded by family. A memorial service and reception will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at Boles Funeral Home, ...

Jerry Lane Andrews

Jerry Lane Andrews, 64, of Raeford, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Karl W. "Mickey" McDowell

Karl W. “Mickey” McDowell, 70, of Washington, D.C., (formerly of Pinehurst), died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, in the VA Hospital in Maryland. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at St. Pauls Missionary Baptist church, ...

Patti Lynn Batdorf

Patti Lynn Batdorf, 58, of Vass, passed away peacefully Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at her home. Patti was born Nov. 10, 1953, in the Panama Canal Zone, to Aleta Hetrick and Andrew Batdorf. She was a bookkeeper for an independent ...

Jessie M. McNeil

Jessie M. McNeil, 80, of Aberdeen, died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Jones and Little Funeral Service, Aberdeen.

Richard Warren Stuckey

Richard Warren Stuckey, 58, of Laurinburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 at UNC Hospitals–Chapel Hill. Richard Boles Funeral Service, Laurinburg.

Tony Wayne Campbell

Tony Wayne Campbell, 54, of Carthage, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at his home. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at the Boles Funeral Home chapel, in Southern Pines. Burial followed at Bethesda Cemetery, in Aberdeen. ...

Margaretta "Gretchen" Totten Deringer

Margaretta “Gretchen” Totten Deringer died peacefully Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at Addison Gilbert Hospital, in Gloucester, Mass., with her family by her side. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at Gethsemane Episcopal Church, Sherrill, ...

Dotsy Covington Dowdy

Dotsy Covington Dowdy, 56, of Carthage, died Tuesday, Dec 27, 2011, at her home. A viewing will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at Mount Olive A.M.E. Church, in Carthage. The funeral will follow there at 2 p.m. ...

Bonnie Sue Maness Faulkner

Bonnie Sue Maness Faulkner, 53, of Robbins, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at Trinity Bible Church, Carthage, where she was a ...

Karl W. "Mickey" McDowell

Karl W. “Mickey” McDowell, 70, of Washington, D.C., formerly of Pinehurst, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, in the VA Hospital in Maryland. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, at St. Paul’s Missionary Baptist Church, Jackson Hamlet, ...

Thelma Mae Thomas

Thelma Mae Thomas, 90, of Robbins, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at Sandy Ridge Assisted Living, in Candor. A viewing will be held from 12 to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at Bear Creek Congre-gational Church, in Robbins. The family ...

Marion Brasington Weaver

Marion Brasington Weaver, 88, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at the Morrison Manor, in Laurinburg, after an illness. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at Thomas Memorial Baptist Church, in Bennettsville, S.C., with ...

Clara Mabel DePew Clochessy Rundell

Clara Mabel DePew Clochessy Rundell, 97, of Foxfire Village, passed Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, at her residence. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Boles Funeral Home, in Seven Lakes, with the Rev. Robert ...

Emily Ann Stone Redding

Emily Ann Stone Redding, 80, of Asheboro, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at the FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A memorial graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at Oaklawn Cemetery, with the Rev. Mark ...

Sue Love

Sue Love, 87, passed away December 20, 2011, at her home in Southern Pines. Services were private. Sue was born in Dexter, Mo., in 1924. She was the daughter of Gregory Woodbridge Love, of Woodbridge, N.J., and Susie Lucille Jeffers, ...

James Patrick Reaves

James Patrick Reaves, 59, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, in Moses H. Cone Memorial Hosptial, Greensboro. Jones & Little Funeral Service, Aberdeen.

Marjorie E. Cowen

Marjorie E. Cowen, 93, of Southern Pines, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at her home in Belle Meade. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at the Belle Meade Chapel in Southern Pines, ...

Kendra Louise McGirt

Kendra Louise McGirt, 69, of Pinehurst, passed away Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 at her home. A memorial service for family and friends will be held in January 2012 in Ormond Beach, Fla. Kendra was born July 16, 1942, in Culver ...

Judith Anne Keyser

Judith Anne Keyser, 64, of Southern Pines, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Ms. Keyser was born Feb. 13, 1947, in Lucas County, Ohio, to the ...

Edwin Persons

Edwin Persons, 87, of Pinehurst, formerly of Kendallville, Ind., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, in Tampa, Fla. Visitation was held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at Hite Funeral Home, in Kendallville, Ind. Graveside services with ...

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