Obituaries for August 2012

August 2, 2012

Jonathan C. Beals

Jonathan Calvin Beals, 26, of Carthage, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Services will be held privately by the family. He was born July 5, 1986, to the late William Myron Beals and to ...

C. Phillip Boyette Jr.

C. “Phillip” Boyette Jr., 60, of Southern Pines, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow ...

Wesley A. Bryant

Wesley Allen Bryant, 22, of Carthage, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, at Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, conducted by Mike Bass. The ...

Johnnie R. Childress

Johnnie “Roger” Childress, 67, of Cameron, passed Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at his residence. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at the Lamms Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, in Carthage, with the Rev. Billy Childress ...

Clarence A. Dannar

Clarence Alfred Dannar passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in Durham, after enduring a difficult battle with cancer under the care-giving hands of his son Kevin. Born Nov. 23, 1937, in Crawford, Neb., Clarence was the son of Sina (Peterson) ...

George L. Morgan

George Lamon Morgan, 85, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 30, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at First Wesleyan Church, Robbins, with the Rev. Sam Swinney officiating. Burial will ...

Anthony N. Rose

Anthony N. Rose, of Raeford, died Monday, July 30, 2012. A viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at Purcell Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. ...

Mary Allen

Mary Allen, 89, formerly of Aberdeen, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Bartlett, Tenn. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, ...

Virginia Tarlton Cameron

Virginia Tarlton Cameron, 87, passed away Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at The Inn at Quail Haven in Pinehurst. A private memorial service will be held at Bethesda Cemetery. She was born Nov. 2, 1924, in Anson County, N.C., to the ...

Dana T. Melton

Dana T. Melton, 66, of Pinebluff, passed away Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at her residence. She was born on September 13, 1945, in Pinehurst to the late Sam and Edna Tyson. She is survived by her husband, David R. Melton; ...

Deacon Joseph Moore

Deacon Joseph Moore, 77, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, at Harrington Chapel UAFWB Church, Southern Pines. Visitation will be ...

Reid H. Thompson

Reid H. Thompson, 70, of Aberdeen, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, at his residence. He was born June 16, 1942, in Darlington County, S.C., to the late Elsie Hunter and Fleta Anne Thompson. He is survived by his two ...

Glory Wheaton

Glory Wheaton died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, July 27, 2012, at a hospice home. She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Jame Wheaton. She is survived by her daughter, Iris Wheaton, of Easthampton, Mass.; her daughter-in-law, Margot Hennessy; ...

Walter Junior Dunlap

Walter Junior Dunlap, 87, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, at Randolph Hospice House, in Asheboro. Phillips Funeral Home, Star.

James Jimmy Jones

James Jimmy Jones, 82, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. Purcell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Robert "Bob" E. Ton

Robert “Bob” E. Ton, 90, of Pinehurst, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. Powell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Elois B. Gates

Elois B Gates, 88, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012, in Pinehurst. Cape Fear Crematory, Stedman, N.C.

Dollie D. Person

Dollie Delores Person, 47, of Carthage, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at her home. Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Frank W. Whitt

Frank Wesley Whitt, 81, of Cameron, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, at his home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Maibelle D. Blauw

Maibelle (Toody) Drumm Blauw, 94, formerly of Pinehurst, passed peacefully away Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at her home. A memorial service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Maibelle was born July 30, 1918, in Shelbina, ...

Sue A. Buffkin

Sue Addor Buffkin, 87, of Aberdeen, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at her home, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at Bethesda Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Pinebluff Cemetery. ...

Heath H. Carriker

Heath Harding Carriker, 93, of Ellerbe, died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Pinehurst Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at First United Methodist Church in Ellerbe, with the ...

Patricia B. Finnerty

Patricia A. (Briggi) Finnerty, 72, of Pinehurst, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, peacefully in her sleep, at home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, in Pinehurst. She was born ...

Elois B. Gates

Elois B. Gates, 88, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2012, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at a later date. She is survived by three daughters, Christy VanLare, Julie Sanford and Gay Jordan; three grandchildren, Mark VanLare, Terry ...

Brian O. Henderson

Brian Oliver Henderson, 77, of Pinewild, in Pinehurst, died Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. The family will hold a private memorial on Thursday, Aug. 9, at Boles Funeral Home, in Pinehurst. He was born ...

James Jones

James Jimmy “Handy Man” Jones, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. Public viewing will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at Purcell Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. ...

Oleda Malloy

Oleda Malloy, 83, of Taylortown, died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at House of Prayer Holy Church Of God In Christ, Taylortown. ...

Franklin D. Matthews

Franklin David Matthews, 78, passed away Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines, with inurnment to follow. Family will receive friends ...

Maggie M. Morgan

Maggie McKenzie Morgan, 74, died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Doubs Chapel U.M.C., conducted by the Rev. Laura Dunlap and Archie Stevens. ...

Larry J. Schramm

Larry Jay Schramm passed away Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, in Pinehurst, surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. A celebration of life service is planned for Sunday, Aug. 26, at the Coastline Inn and Event Center, 503 Nutt St., ...

Larry M. Elting

Larry Michael Elting, 65, of Whispering Pines, passed Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at his residence. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Yates-Thagard Baptist Church, in Carthage, with the Rev. Steve Johnson officiating. Burial ...

Edgar J. Steelman

Edgar Jones Steelman, 83, of Seven Lakes, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at his home. A celebration of Ed’s life will be held Saturday, Aug. 11, at 2 p.m., at Margate Trinity Methodist Church, 8 S. Jefferson Ave., Margate, NJ ...

Bobby L. Lassiter

Bobby Lee Lassiter, 79, of Vass, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Vass United Methodist Church, of which he was an active member. ...

Doris O. Adams

Doris Oakley Adams, 79, of Greensboro, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at Moses H. Cone Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, at St. Paul Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Jay O. ...

Andrew S. Drummon

Andrew S. Drummond, 85, of Pinehurst, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, at Pinelake Health and Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Interment will be at Sandhills Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake. He was ...

Robert G. Fowler

Robert G. Fowler, 83, of Blowing Rock, formerly of Durham, died peacefully Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 after a brief illness at his vacation home in Hampstead, surrounded by his family. Born June 12, 1929, in Gastonia to the late Claude ...

William J. Manley Jr.

William Joseph Manley Jr., 88, died Sunday, July 29, 2012. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eileen P. Sargent Manley; his daughter Susan Manley Randell; and his grandson, Matthew Paul Randell. He is survived by his daughters Eileen ...

William D. Pringle

William Duncan Pringle, 78, of Aberdeen, passed away Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. All services will be private. He was born March 11, 1934, in Evanston, Ill., to the late Kenneth and Josephine Pringle. He ...

Dorothy B. Rhyne

Dorothy Bates Rhyne, 91, of Southern Pines, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines. She was born May 5, 1921, in Elberton, Ga., to the late W. Earle and Marie Hall Bates. She was a graduate ...

Loretta Mohr

Loretta Mohr, of Charlottesville, Va., formerly of Carthage, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Teague Funeral and Cremation Service, Charlottesville, Va.

Laura Tyson

Laura Tyson, 79, of Carthage, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Autumn Care of Biscoe, Biscoe. Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Homer Barnes

Homer Barnes, 92, of Pittsboro, formerly of Winston-Salem, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Cypress Presbyterian Church, in Lobelia. Burial will be in the church cemetery. He was born ...

Rita L. Breitenbach

Rita La Barca Breitenbach, 66, of Pinehurst, passed away Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines Nursing Home. A visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Boles Funeral Home, in Pinehurst. ...

Carrie C. Boles

Carrie Clontz Boles, 92, of Norwood, passed away peacefully Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at Stanly Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Porter United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Gene Moore and ...

Elaine J. Cooper

Elaine Joy (Hoffa) Cooper, 89, of Burlington, W.Va., passed away peacefully Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at her home, with her family at her side. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Smith Funeral Home, ...

Marianne Grasberger

Marianne Grasberger, 58, of Freehold Township, N.J., died Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Visitation was held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, at the Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center Street, Freehold. The funeral ...

James C. Kelly Jr.

James Clyde Kelly Jr., 89, of Cameron, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, August 16, at Cameron Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Whitney Wilkinson officiating. Burial will follow in ...

James R. McCracken

James Ray “Jim” McCracken, 81, of Troy, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, in Sevierville, Tenn. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at First Baptist Church, in Troy, with the Rev. Don Davis, Dr. James ...

Calvin C. McLean Jr.

Calvin C. McLean Jr., 89, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines. A visitation was held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. A private ...

Victor M. Szalankiewicz Jr.

After a valiant 3½-year battle with cancer, Victor Martin Szalankiewicz Jr., 71, a loving husband, father and grandfather, entered eternal life surrounded by loved ones at his home in Pinehurst, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. A memorial service will be held ...

Laura Tyson

Laura Tyson, 79, of Carthage, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Pugh and Smith Chapel, Carthage. Burial will be in Sassafras Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour ...

Delis H. Whitesell Jr.

Delis Herbert “Dink” Whitesell Jr., 88, died Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Community Presbyterian Church, in Pinehurst. Family will receive friends following the service. Online ...

Johnie H. Allen

Johnie Howard Allen, 100, of Seagrove, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at his residence. Ridge Funeral Home, Asheboro.

Harold L. Brewer

Harold Lee Brewer, 62, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at his residence. Kennedy Funeral Home, Robbins.

Thelma C. Kelly

Thelma Cooper Kelly, 85, of Sanford, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, at Central Carolina Hospital. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Wanda J. Seals

Wanda Jean Seals, 79, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at Imogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, in Huntington, W.Va. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

T. R. Black Jr.

T.R. “Buddy” Black Jr., 84, of Pinehurst, passed Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Boles Funeral Home, in Pinehurst. Visitation to follow for one hour. Mr. ...

Gussie M. Bogan

Gussie Mae Bogan, 102, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at First Missionary Baptist Church, in Southern Pines, with Dr. Joshua J. Haire Jr. ...

Loretta S. Mohr

Loretta Anne Schnabel Mohr, 82, completed her journey on Earth Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. She was surrounded by her children, their spouses and her granddaughter. A Mass was held Monday, Aug. 13. Interment will be private, at a later date. ...

Francis R. Quis Sr.

Francis R. Quis Sr., 94, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst, after a brief illness. A service will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, ...

Ben A. Shue

Ben A. Shue, 78, of Pinehurst, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at Boles Funeral Home, in Pinehurst. Graveside services ...

Delis H. Whitesell Jr.

Delis “Dink” Herbert Whitesell Jr., 88, passed away Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Community Presbyterian Church, Pinehurst. Family will receive friends following the service. Dink ...

Joseph A. Bechtol

Joseph Adam Bechtol, 90, of Vass, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at his home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Larry B. Dull

Larry Blane Dull, 68, of Jackson Springs, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Jackson Springs Presbyterian Church, where he was a member, with ...

R. Scott Goodwin

Robert Scott Goodwin, 50, of Seven Lakes, lost his long battle with cancer Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice in Pinehurst. Scott is survived by his wife of 21 years, Mindy Hasenbein Goodwin; daughter, Briana Goodwin, and son, Hunter ...

Elva M. Laton

Elva Grace McFayden Laton passed away peacefully Thursday, Aug. 16, at Somerset Court, in Hamlet, where she had lived for approximately three years. Visitation was held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at Watson-King Funeral Home, in Hamlet. ...

Mary Ann Luck

Mary Ann Barnette Luck, 75, passed away Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at Carolina House, in Pinehurst. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, at Eagle Springs Baptist Church, with Dr. Zeb Moss officiating. Burial will ...

Robert S. Nelson

Robert Stanley Nelson, 76, of Southern Pines, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. in Pinehurst. Born in Cornwall, N.Y., he was the son of the late David and Isabel Nelson. Mr Nelson was a retired floral ...

Wanda J. Seals

Wanda Jean Seals, 79, walked into the loving arms of Jesus on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington, W.Va. A funeral service will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Yates ...

Earle R. Winnie Jr.

Lt. Col. Earle Rupert Winnie Jr. (ret.), of Southern Pines, passed away Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, in Pinehurst. He was born Oct. 7, 1919, to Vesta and Earl Winnie in his grandmother’s house in Baltimore, Md. He is remembered as ...

Harry T. Brady

Harry Truman Brady, 64, of West End, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at his home. Mr. Brady donated his body to Genesis Donor Program, in Tennessee, for medical education and research. A memorial service was held on ...

Gertrude Brokenbrough

Gertrude Brokenbrough, 83, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at her home. Services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the H.A. Wilson Auditorium at Southern Pines Primary School. Visitation: will be held from 3 ...

Larry R. Brown

Rep. Larry R. Brown, 69, of Kernersville, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Kernersville Wesleyan Church, Kernersville. The family received friends following ...

Dora R. Dixon

A lovely lady, Dora Rhew Dixon, passed away Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, after bravely and graciously negotiating the effects of aging. She was 91. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Orchard First Ward, ...

Frank R. Gregory

Frank Richard Gregory, 83, of Southern Pines, passed away Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Private services will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be made at www.boles funeralhome.com. Boles Funeral Home of ...

William H. Mallgraf

William Henry Mallgraf, 88, of Pinehurst, passed away Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines. All services will be private. He was born Sept. 15, 1923, in Flushing, N.Y., to the late William and Rita Mallgraf. He ...

Eula E. McLeod

Eulalee Evans McLeod, 92, passed away peacefully Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at Commander Nursing Center, after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Aug, 21, at Scranton United Methodist Church. Burial and committal services followed in ...

George M. Traver Jr.

Master Sgt. George Matthews Traver Jr., 35, of Carthage, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, at Culdee Presbyterian Church Cemetery, with full military ...

Mary F. Cannon

Mary Ford Cannon, 91, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Beth S. Pruet

Beth Schaupp Pruet, 88, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, at Quail Haven Retirement Center. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

William B. Stiles

William B. Stiles, 84, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at FirstHealth of the Carolinas. Powell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Robert McLean

Robert McLean, 43, of Aberdeen, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at UNC Hospitals, in Chapel Hill. Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Sara R. McMillan

Sara Reese McMillan, 83, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Pinecrest High School auditorium, Southern Pines. Visitation will be held ...

Cathy M. Murchison

Cathy Anne Marks Murchison, of Sanford, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at her home. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

William R. Bradshaw

William “Bill” Roland Bradshaw, 75, of Carthage, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at the Reid Heart Center, in Pinehurst, surrounded by his wife, children and brothers. A Christian service celebrating his life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, ...

Francis C. Gregory

Francis Carl Gregory died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Pinehurst. Inurnment will be at the Columbarium ...

Dorothy F. Kauffman

Dorothy Anne Faircloth Kauffman, of Cornelia, Ga., formerly of Spring Lake, died Saturday, July 28, 2012, at the medical center in Gainesville, Ga. A luncheon and memorial for family and friends will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, ...

Beulah E. McKeithan

Beulah B. Ewing Little McKeithan, 79, of Southern Pines, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at ManorCare Health Services, in Pinehurst. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, at First Missionary Baptist Church, Southern Pines. Walk-through viewing ...

Robert McLean

Robert “Squirrel” McLean, 43, of Aberdeen, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at UNC Hospitals, in Chapel Hill. A wake will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage. Funeral services will ...

William B. Stiles

William B. (Bill) Stiles passed away peacefully Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Bill was born Nov. 15, 1927, in Haverhill, Mass. He first served in the U.S. Merchant Marine and then enlisted in the ...

John Strong

John “Penny” Strong, 71, of Cameron, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, at Cameron Elementary School. Burial will be in Green Grove Cemetery. Viewing will be from ...

Thomas E. Turner

Thomas Earl “T.E.” Turner, 92, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. The family received friends and relatives from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, Rocky Mount. A memorial service will be held ...

C. Bradley Vuncannon

C. Bradley Vuncannon, 93, of Ellerbe, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Fellowship Baptist Church, with the Rev. Kevin Thompson officiating. Interment, with military honors, will ...

Joseph G. Wilson

Joseph George Wilson died peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Pine Knoll, in Southern Pines. A graveside service for family and friends will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Pinelawn Memorial Park Mausoleum chapel, in Southern ...

Robert L. Allen

Robert Lee “Bobby Lee” or “BoBo” Allen, 83, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the Phillips Funeral Home chapel, Star, with the Rev. Martin Davis officiating. ...

Barbara A. Atchison

Barbara Ann Atchison, 71, of Pinehurst, passed away Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at Bundy-Law Funeral Home in Cambridge, Ohio. ...

William P. Freitag

Dr. William Peter Freitag, born June 8, 1927, in Chicago, was called to his Lord Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, in the Chapel at Belle Meade, in Southern Pines. A ...

Crystal S. Hilburn

Crystal Smith Hilburn, 33, of Carthage, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. She was born on April 28, 1979, in Moore County, to Ronnie Lee Autry and Loretta Fields Autry. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at ...

A. Byron Holderby Jr.

Rear Admiral A. Byron Holderby Jr., CHC, USN, Ret., 77, of Pinehurst, died Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Chaplain Holderby was born in Norfolk, Va. He graduated from the College of William & Mary and the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, and ...

Marguerite F. O'Connell

Marguerite Frances O’Connell, 95, of Southern Pines, passed away Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines at Belle Meade. Services will be held at a later date. She was born March 1, 1917, in Kansas City, Mo. ...

Jacob D. Powell

Jacob D. Powell, 17, of Wagram, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at his home. Memorial services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Calvary Chapel of the Sandhills, with Pastor Ben Lawson officiating. He is survived by his ...

Nettie Robinson

Nettie Robinson, 100, of Southern Pines, passed away Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines, in Southern Pines. Graveside services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, at Beth Israel Cemetery, with Rabbi Steven Rosenberg ...

Winifred H. Trowe

Winifred Helen Trowe, 96, passed away peacefully Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, at Kingswood Nursing Home, in Aberdeen. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines, with the Rev. David Beam ...

Lucille M. Cagle

Lucille Mazie Cagle, 55, of Greensboro, formerly of Eagle Springs, died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. Person Funeral Home, Robbins.

Nancy E. Appen

Nancy Elizabeth Appen, 84, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, of complications from respiratory illness. A graveside memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at Jonesboro Cemetery, and a future celebration event in Rockledge, Fla., in the ...

Lacey D. Brewer

Lacey Delores Brewer passed quietly Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. A graveside service was held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, at Forest Lawn Cemetery, in Greensboro. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m.Tuesday, Sept. 4, at White Memorial ...

Leila S. Dodd

Leila Storm Dodd passed away peacefully Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Center. She was 98. A memorial service will be held at Belle Meade at a later date. She was born in Dobbs Ferry, ...

Richard J. Grabowski

Richard Joseph Grabowski, of West End, formerly of Connecticut, passed away Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in Pinehurst, with Father Gregory Anatuanya officiating. Visitation ...

Leroy Jackson

Leroy Jackson, 74, of Eagle Springs, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at Crossroads Baptist Church, in Robbins, with the Rev. Mike Holyfield ...

Robert Martell

Robert (Bob) Martell, 86, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Center. Bob was born in Chicopee Falls, Mass., to Alderic Martell and Cora Andrews Martell. He graduated from the University of Maryland and took ...

Linda M. McCaskill

Linda Martindale McCaskill, 60, of Robbins, died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at High Falls Wesleyan Church, conducted by the Rev. Roger Rife. Burial will follow in ...

Jennett R. Pincomb

Jennett Reed Pincomb, 104, passed away peacefully Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at Penick Village, in Southern Pines. She was born June 17, 1908, in Kansas City, Mo. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Mary Gay and Chester Vance, ...

Sarah L. Strother

Sarah Emma Lowder Strother, of Ashley Heights, passed away Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at Ashley Heights Baptist Church, with the Rev. Kevin Huff officiating. Burial will follow at Ashley ...

Edward Beaver

Edward Beaver, 90, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Powell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Cassandra Moore

Cassandra Moore, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Adell Alford

Adell Alford, 96, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. A viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at Purcell Funeral Home, Southern Pines. The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. ...

Ruth P. Condon

Ruth Padgett Condon died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at the FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. She had lived the past three years as a resident of Penick Village in the Garden Cottage in Southern Pines, but lived most of her ...

Ruth S. Henderson

Ruth Strauss Henderson, 85, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at her home, from ALS. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, with burial in Iowa. Ruth was born in Yonkers, ...

Robert M. MacGregor

Robert Maxwell MacGregor, 82, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Seven Lakes. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at Boles Funeral Home, in Seven Lakes. Mr. MacGregor was born July 4, 1930, in ...

Cassandra Moore

Cassandra Moore, 42, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at St. Matthews Chapel FWB Church, Eastwood community, Pinehurst. Walk-through viewing will be ...

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August 2, 2012

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