Obituaries for September 2011

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September 1, 2011


John H. Casey Sr.

John Harold Casey Sr. passed away Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, after a long battle with cancer. A funeral Mass will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with the Rev. Edward Burch officiating. Mr. ...

Rebecca L. Baker

Rebecca Lynn Baker, 19, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, in the Powell Funeral Home chapel. Burial will follow at Raeford Cemetery, in Raeford. The family received ...

Sara G. Collier

Sara Glass Collier, of Southern Pines, formerly of Augusta/Martinez, Ga., died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at the Coventry Assisted Living Home, St. Joseph of the Pines. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, in the ...

Joan D. Michelow

Joan Dover Michelow, 72, of Charlotte, died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at Harris Hospice Unit/Presbyterian Hospital, in Charlotte. A celebration of life service will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the home of Matthew Michelow ...

Paul M. Johnson

Paul Marshall Johnson, 77, of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, at his home. Born Sept. 14, 1933, in Peachbottom, Pa., he was the son of the late Walter Johnson and Estella Herley. At 15, Paul spent ...

John A. Thomas Jr.

John A. Thomas Jr., 91, of Hoffman, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, at Pinehurst Healthcare and Rehab. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, at Pinelawn Memorial Park, in Southern Pines, with the Rev. Pat ...

Junior Franklin Woods

Junior Franklin Woods, 73, of Carthage, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, at Carrol Roberson/E. Carlton Powell Hospice Center, in Fayetteville. Cox Memorial Home & Crematory, Vass.

Floyd E. Dowd

Floyd E. Dowd, 73, of Robbins, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Persons Funeral Home, Robbins.

Peggy J. Currie

Peggy J. Currie passed away Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, at the Ledbetter United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Eastside Cemetery. The ...

Howard W. Zoellner

Howard W. Zoellner, formerly of Saginaw, Mich., and Seven Lakes, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, after a brief illness. A service celebrating Howard’s life will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, at Community Presbyterian Church, Pinehurst. Interment ...

Santana Bernal Sanchez

Santana Bernal Sanchez, 28, of Robbins, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 5, at San Diego Catholic Church in Robbins conducted by Father Roldolfo. Burial will follow in Browns Chapel Christian ...

William Henry "Billy" Heins Jr.

William Henry “Billy” Heins Jr., 79, of Sanford, died Friday Sept. 2, 2011. Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home, Sanford.

David Dumas

David Dumas, 54, died on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. He was a resident of the Southern Pines area for 30 years. Born on October 24, 1956, to Frank and Beverly Auber Dumas, he grew up in the Wheeling, W.V., area. ...

David Whitney Leiss

David Whitney Leiss, 86, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, at Kingswood Nursing Center, in Aberdeen. A memorial service will be held at Kingswood Nursing Center, at a later date . A native of Glen Ridge, N.J., he was a son ...

Virginia Claire Smith

Virginia Claire Smith, 94, of Pinehurst, formerly of Rawlings, Va., passed away Thurday, Sept. 1, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Concord Presbyterian Church, of which she was a lifelong member, in Rawlings, ...

Andrew Lee Jackson

Andrew Lee Jackson, 49, of Sanford, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, in Moore County. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Ernest Dudley Cordal Jr.

Ernest Dudley Cordal Jr., 76, of Harlem, N.Y., formerly of Chapel Hill, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, at St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital, in New York. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Mount Calvary United ...

Leland Paul Blackwell

Leland Paul Blackwell, of Whispering Pines, passed peacefully Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, at his home. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, in Whispering Pines, with a visitation and time ...

Mary W. Dixon

Mary W. Dixon, formerly of Asheboro, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, at Moses Cone Hospital. She was born March 19, 1924, in Black Mountain, to the late Greenlee and Rosa Flack. She was employed by Ethicon (a Johnson and Johnson ...

Terry Wilson Baker

Terry Wilson Baker, 50, of Southern Pines, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services were held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Taylor Memorial Church, with the Rev. Joe Needham and the ...

Elizabeth Murray Hodgkins

Elizabeth Murray Hodgkins, 88, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. A service of celebration for her life will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, following a private interment service. A reception in the fellowship ...

Tyler Terry "T" Overton

Tyler Terry “T” Overton, 84, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the home of Sandy and Richard Dana, 450 Roundabout Road, McDeeds Creek. A private ...

Edna Mary Valitutto

Edna Mary Valitutto, 81, a native of New Jersey, entered the gates of heaven Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. A funeral Mass will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, in Pinehurst, with the ...

Vivian A. Walton

Vivian A Walton, nee Verstak, 67, of West Palm Beach, Fla., passed away Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, in West Palm Beach, surrounded by family. A special gathering for friends and family to celebrate Vivian’s life ...

John Clark Wunderlin

John Clark Wunderlin, 65, of Pinehurst, passed Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Mr. Wunderlin was born June 19, 1946, in Columbus, Ohio, to the late John Charles Wunderlin and Margaret E. (Clark) Wunderlin. Visitation ...

Joseph Kelly

Joseph Kelly, of the Jackson Hamlet community, Aberdeen, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, at his residence. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Shirley Poindexter Marsh

Shirley Poindexter Marsh, 75, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, Carthage.

Charlotte Schei Gill

Charlotte Schei Gill, 96, died peacefully at home Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, having been predeceased by her husband, John, after 56 years of marriage. A small service and get-together will be scheduled in October. Reared by her mother in a ...

Clara Velia Goutier

Clara Velia Goutier died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at First Missionary Baptist Church, Southern Pines. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at Bostic-Kendrick ...

Joseph Kelly

Joseph Kelly, 80, of the Jackson Hamlet community, Aberdeen, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, at his residence. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Love Grove Freewill Baptist Church, Jackson Hamlet community, Aberdeen. Visitation will be ...

Shirley Poindexter Marsh

Shirley Poindexter Marsh, 75, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at Red Branch Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family received friends from 6 to ...

Thomas Coolidge Thompson

Thomas Coolidge Thompson, 64, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, at his residence. He was the beloved husband of 44 years of Alice Marie Marsh Thompson. A memorial service was held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in the Bullock Funeral ...

Heather D. Kennedy

Heather D. Kennedy, 35, of Eagle Springs, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, at her home. Person Funeral Home, Robbins.

James Davis

James Davis, 48, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Mozelle Williams Lambert Jr.

Mozelle Williams Lambert, 84, of Robbins, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at her home. Joyce-Brady Chapel, Bennett.

Staff Sgt. Stephen Masten Evans

Staff Sgt. Stephen Masten Evans, 26, formerly of West End, passed away Monday afternoon, Sept. 5, 2011, at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii. Stephen is survived by his parents, Raymond and Sherri Evans, of West End; brothers, Justin Evans, of ...

Andrew "Big Andy" William Harvell

Andrew “Big Andy” William Harvell, 26, of Southern Pines, was killed on the night of Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Andy was part of an elite special operations team executing a helicopter assault into the Tangi Valley, Wardak Province, Afghanistan. While ...

Donald Ray "Don" Jeffries

Donald Ray “Don” Jeffries, 71, of Robbins, passed away Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the Brown’s Chapel Christian Church with the Rev. Michael Parenti, the ...

Paul Greenwood Troutman

Paul Greenwood Troutman, 100, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, at St. Joseph of the Pines. A celebration of his life will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at Bethesda Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Jonathan Wallace ...

Joan W Ellis

Joan W. Ellis, of Penick Village, Southern Pines, passed away Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, in the chapel at Penick Village, with the Rev Ned Bailey officiating. The service ...

James D. Davis

James Daniel Davis, 48, of Southern Pines, lost his battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. James was being cared for by Kindred Hospital in Greensboro and members of his family for the past ...

Charles F. Deleot Jr.

Charles Frederick Deleot Jr. died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, in Winston-Salem. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Salem Funeral Home, 120 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. ...

Edward W. Lammers Jr.

Edward William Lammers Jr., of Pinebluff, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. A memorial service, followed by interment of ashes in the parish garden, will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Southern Pines. There will ...

Edna Lusin

Edna “Miss Edna” Lusin passed away Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A private memorial service will be held at a later date by the family in Michigan. “Miss Edna” moved from Michigan to North ...

Lillian A. Martin

Lillian Allen Martin, 82, passed away Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at Kingswood Nursing Center, Aberdeen. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines, with interment to follow at Bethesda Cemetery. ...

Willlie G. McLaughlin

Willie G. McLaughlin, 86, of Southern Pines, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at his residence. A service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Spring Branch Missionary Baptist Church, in Wagram, with burial at McGill Cemetery, Wagram. ...

Claudie B. Parks

Claudie Brown Harris Parks died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, in Robbins. A memorial service to celebrate Claudie’s life was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Tabernacle Methodist Church. The family received friends after the service in the church ...

Elizabeth P. Pfeiffer

Elizabeth Huntington Phillips Pfeiffer entered the life eternal Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, peacefully in her home, after a three-year battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, in Southern Pines. ...

Antonio Rosario

Antonio “Tony” Rosario, 82, of Pinehurst, passed away Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at his home. A family service will be held at a later date in Puerto Rico. Tony was a native of Ceiba, Puerto Rico. He loved life and ...

Brenda L. Thomas

Brenda Lucas Garner Thomas, 59, of Carthage, passed away Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at her home. A private memorial service will be held by the family and her close friends at a later date. She was born on Aug. 1, ...

Elvin E. Ward Jr.

Elvin Edwin “Ed” Ward Jr., 51, of Sanford, died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. A memorial service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the residence, 4259 Buckhorn Road, Sanford. He was ...

Una M. Botham

Una “Peggy” Marguerite Botham, 78, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Boles Funeral Home, Pinehurst.

Georgia M. Karnes

Georgia Violet McCullar Karnes, 86, of Vass, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Stewart L Robinson

Stewart Lynn Robinson, 44, of Clinton, died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at Sampson Regional Medical Center, in Clinton. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

William F. Williams

Rev. William Franklin “Bill” Williams, 67, passed away peacefully Monday Sept. 12, 2011, at his residence. A service to celebrate Bill’s life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at Pinebluff United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dr. ...

Myrl F. Moore

Myrl F. Moore, 91, passed away Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Her daughter Susan Raff and son-in-law David Raff were with her at her bedside. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ...

Darr C. Koshak

Darr Charles Koshak, 59, of Cameron, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date. A native of Cumberland County, he was the son of Edward J. Koshak and the late ...

Elizabeth V. Newman

Elizabeth V. Newman, 94, of Southern Pines, formerly of Vestal, N.Y., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, ...

Lavonia C. Smith

Lavonia Christine Thompson Smith, 84, formerly of Hoke County, passed Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, at Autumn Care Nursing and Rehab, in Biscoe. A visitation will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Beulah Hill Baptist Church, ...

Una M. Botham

Una “Peggy” Marquerite Botham, 78, of Pinehurst, passed Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, with the Rev. ...

Dora McCain

Dora McCain, 63, of Robbins, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Person Funeral Home, Robbins.

William "Jody" Howard

William “Jody” Howard died on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, at Pinelake Nursing home in Carthage. A funeral will be held on Monday, Sept. 19, at 1 p.m. in the Pugh & Smith Funeral Home chapel, Carthage. Viewing begins at 12 ...

Charles Nathaniel McNeil

The Rev. Charles Nathaniel McNeil, 78, of Taylortown, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Spaulding Chapel A.M.E Zion Church, Taylortown. Visitation will be held from 7 to ...

Mary E. "Mamie" O'Dowd

Mary E. “Mamie” O’Dowd, 95 , formerly of Peabody, Mass., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at home in North Carolina, with her niece and her husband, Susan Yelverton L’Italian and Michael L’Italian. She was born in Peabody, Mass., on ...

Marion Sewell Sanger

Marion Sewell Sanger, 88, of Pinehurst, passed Friday, Sept. 16, at Fox Hollow Senior Living Community, in Pinehurst. Mrs. Sanger was born April 2, 1923, in Schenectady, N.Y., to Joseph B. Shaw and Florence O’Connor Shaw. She was preceded in ...

Martha Neill Sides

Martha Neill Sides, 54, of Whispering Pines, died peacefully Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m Saturday, Sept. 24, at Old Bethesda Church, in Aberdeen. Martha was the daughter of the ...

Rodney James Spivey

Rodney James Spivey, 41, of Robbins, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, at his home. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Browns Chapel Christian Church, with the Rev. Michael Parenti officiating. Burial followed in the family ...

Mary Elizabeth Thomas

Mary Elizabeth Thomas, 91, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. She was a former resident of Pinehurst for 24 years and was a resident of Plymouth, Minn., where she spent her last year with her family. Burial will be at 11 ...

Peter J. Barton

Peter James Barton, 87, passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at West End Presbyterian Church, where he and his wife, Evelyn, were members. Mr. Barton ...

Eula M. Morgan

Eula Alice Mills Morgan, 97, of Marshville, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, in Winston-Salem. Visitation was held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at the McEwen Funeral Home of Monroe. Services to ...

Margaret W. Walker

Margaret Woodard Walker passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at the Coventry, St. Joseph of the Pines. A memorial service will be held at St. Martins Episcopal Church, in Houston, at a later date. Margaret was born July 16, 1920, ...

Hubbard D. Jordan

Hubbard D. Jordan, 86, of Clinton, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at Sampson Regional Medical Center, in Clinton. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Dora McCain

Dora McCain, 63, of Robbins, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Person Funeral Home, Robbins.

Joan V. Quinn

Joan V. Quinn, 79, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, in Pinehurst. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, in Pinehurst, with Father Gregory Anatuanya officiating. Rite of committal ...

Naomi G. Waugh

Naomi Grace Waugh passed away Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Grace Church, in Southern Pines. Interment will follow at Pinelawn Memorial Park. She is survived by her parents, Christopher ...

Rodney P. Proveaux

Rodney P. Proveaux, 70, of Conway, S.C., died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at Conway Medical Center. The family received friends from 12 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel. A short service of remembrance followed ...

Thomas L. Parker Jr.

Thomas L. Parker Jr., 86, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at his residence. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at Memory Hill Gardens Cemetery, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He was born Oct. 12, 1924, in ...

Harold E. Hassenfelt Jr.

Harold Edward “Hal” Hassenfelt Jr., of Wilmington, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Wilmington. He was born March 15, 1947, in Fort Meade, Md., son ...

Lucy L. Cole

Lucy Lee Cole, 83, of Aberdeen, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at St. Joseph of the Pines. A funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at St. John Baptist Church, in Aberdeen, with the Rev. Gilchrist officiating. ...

Hazel M. Smith

Hazel McDonald Smith, 90, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at Pinehurst Health and Rehabilitation Center, Pinehurst. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Thelma M. Carter

Thelma Milam Carter, 102, of Burlington, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at Baptist Temple, with Dr. Donald R. Carter and the Rev. David ...

Marva C. Rowland

Marva Conklin Rowland, 63, of Hickory, passed away Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Born Aug. 27, 1948, in South Hampton, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Doris Havens Conklin and E. Marvin Conklin. Ms. ...

Shannon Eads

Shannon Eads, 19, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at Carthage United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Mattheue Locklear and the Rev. ...

Frank L. Morris

Frank L. Morris, 73, passed away Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, at his residence. An Elks memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Southern Pines Elks Lodge, with lunch to follow. Frank was born Dec. ...

Sylvester Roy Stanford Jr.

Sylvester Roy Stanford Jr., 36, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A visitation will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 7 to 8 p.m. at Pugh and Smith Funeral Home in Carthage. ...

Robert J. Stanley

Robert J. Stanley, 86, born in Detroit, Mich., and a resident of Pinehurst, passed away Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, and is now at peace in heaven. He was a graduate of De La Salle Prep High School, the University of ...

Alice Faye Lewis Winfree

Alice Faye Lewis Winfree, 69, of Aberdeen, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, at Manor Care in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Aberdeen with the Rev. Mike ...

Willie C. Barber Jr.

Willie Colon Barber Jr., 59, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at his home. A graveside service was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, at Red Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Scott McInnis officiating. The family received friends ...

Evelyn K. Ballenger

Evelyn Anne Kelley Ballenger, 76, of Pinebluff, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at Ives Memorial Baptist Church, in Pinebluff. Private burial ...

Jesse J. Bowman

Jesse James “Paw” Bowman, 82, of Winston-Salem, went to be with the Lord Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Manna Baptist Church, with the Rev. Bruce ...

Robert C. Eimers Jr.

Robert C. Eimers Jr., 63, of Williams Bay, Wis., formerly of Moore County, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, in Elkhorn. A service celebrating Robert’s life will be held at 6 pm Sunday, Oct. 2, at ...

Paul D. Buck

Paul Dudley Buck, 86, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, at River Landing at Sandy Ridge. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, with the Rev. Vincent E. Smith officiating. The family will ...

Conrad R. Fernandez

Conrad R. Fernandez, CSM, U.S. Army, 45, of Carthage, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, at his home. A memorial service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at Southern Pines United Methodist Church, with Chaplain Timothy Crawley officiating. ...

Frances M. Koerber

Frances Marie Koerber, 73, of Pinehurst, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Congregational Church of Pinehurst, with the Rev. Brent Bissette officiating. Frances was ...

Kevin J. Maness

Kevin James Maness, 32, of Carthage, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at High Fall Wesleyan Church, with the Rev. Roger Rife officiating. Burial will follow in ...

Patricia A. Nichols

Patricia Allen Nichols, 88, of Pinehurst, formerly of Rockingham, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, at Pinehurst Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Funeral services were conducted graveside at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, at Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, in Rockingham, with the ...

Jerry M. Ray

Jerry Mac Ray, 75, of Carthage, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at his home. A visitation will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at John Hall Presbyterian Church in Carthage, with the funeral immediately following at 2 p.m. ...

Ellen C. Taylor

Ellen Corinne “Cory” McIlroy Taylor, 84, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, July 24, 2011. A celebration of her life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Southern Pines UMC. Born Aug. 25, 1926, in Brooklyn, N.Y., she ...

Annabelle Thalmann

Annabelle “Anne” Thalmann, 90, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, peacefully at her home, in accordance to her wishes. She was proud to celebrate her 90th birthday Aug. 10, 2011, with her family. The family will hold a ...

Lilian G. Thorpe

Lilian Grace Peterson Thorpe, of Pinehurst, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, having just turned 88. A gathering in celebration of Lilian will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. Lilian ...

Blanche S. White

Blanche S. White, 100, of Aberdeen, passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. The family will hold a private memorial service at a later date. Mrs. White enjoyed making dolls of all types. She fired them in her own kiln and ...

Claire C. Tekeser

Claire Marie Colvin Tekeser, 85, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Boles Funeral Home, Pinehurst.

Merryl L. St. Clair

Merryl L. St.Clair Merryl Lutz St.Clair, 86, of Wilmington, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Merryl was born Dec. 15, 1924, in Englewood, N.J., daughter of the late William A. Lutz and Helen Tompkins Lutz. ...

Pattie L. Rhoades

Pattie Lynn Rhoades, 43, of Aberdeen died Monday, Sept. 26, 2011 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Pattie is survived by her mother, Barbara Chavis; husband, Larry McKenzie; children, John and Sarah Rhoades; two grandchildren; and three sisters, Maria Seekford, Carol ...

Neil J. Armstrong Jr.

Neil Jerome “Jerry” Armstrong Jr., 66, of Badin Lake, entered into eternal rest Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Jerry was born Nov. 29, 1944, in Greensboro, Margaret Ritch Armstrong and the late Dr. Neil Armstrong Sr. Jerry was an accomplished musician ...

Mary M. McLaughlin

Mary Margaret Harrington McLaughlin, 90, died Sept. 9 at St. Joseph’s Health Center in Southern Pines, where she was receiving physical and occupational therapy after a recent hospital stay. She was a resident of Coventry, the assisted living facility that ...

Claire C. Tekeser

Claire Marie Colvin Tekeser, 85 of Pinehurst, passed Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Tekeser was born May 13, 1926, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late Andrew Colvin and Irene O’Keefe Colvin. A funeral ...

Harold A. Armstrong Jr.

Harold Alexander Armstrong, 71, died Wednesday, Sept. 28,2011, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 1, at 11 a.m. at Bostic-Kendrick Funeral Home Chapel, Southern Pines. Viewing will be two hours before the service. Surviving are his sons, ...

Alva W. Brown

Alva Elizabeth McDonald Williams Brown passed away at the home of her daughter in Atlanta, Ga., on March 11, 2011. She was born March 12, 1917, in Pinehurst, to the late Duncan P. and Annie E. McDonald. She was preceded ...

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