Obituaries for January 2012

January 3, 2012

Robert E. Bowen

Robert E. “Bob” Bowen, 98, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at The Coventry Assisted Living Facility of St. Joseph of the Pines. A memorial service celebrating and honoring Bob’s life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, ...

Frances K. Hall

Frances Kluttz Hall, 60, of Seven Lakes, passed away Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at her home. A visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with service to begin at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 6, at Boles Funeral ...

Rachel H. Hussey

Rachel Hare Hussey, 88, of Robbins, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at Randolph Hospice House. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Smyrna United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Tal Madison officiating. Interment will follow ...

Alma D. Kelly

Alma Mae Doss Kelly, 82, of Cameron, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at her home. The funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Cameron Baptist Church, with Dr. Wayne Greene presiding. Burial will follow at Cameron ...

Jessie M. McNeil

Jessie M. McNeil, 80, of Aberdeen, died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Poplar Springs Baptist Church, in Addor, with the Rev. James ...

Patricia Monroe

Patricia Monroe, 58, of Jackson Hamlet, formerly of Chesapeake, Va., died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 12 .m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Jesus Is Lord Deliverance Center, ...

James P. Reaves

James Patrick Reaves, 58, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at Moses Cone Hospital, in Greensboro. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, at Jesus Is King of Deliverance, in Aberdeen, with Pastor Leonard ...

Margie H. Slate

Margie Louise Hawkins Slate, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, at Boles Funeral Home chapel in Southern Pines, with Dr. Zeb V. ...

Pauline H. Painter

Pauline Hinson Painter, 57, of Carthage, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011 at Pinehurst Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, in Robbins, with the Rev. ...

Willer M. Walker

Willer Mae Walker, 82, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at the Laurels of Forest Glen, in Garner. A viewing will be held beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Red Hill Baptist Church, in Cameron, with the funeral immediately ...

Mozelle Phillips

Mozelle Phillips, 88, of Carthage, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, at her home. Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Ronald A. Ridge Jr.

Ronald Alexander “Andy” Ridge Jr., 54, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Salem Funeral Home, Winston-Salem.

Wayne L. Tart

Wayne Lee Tart, 62, of Clinton, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at his home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Louis G. Creveling

Col. Louis Gregory Creveling (USAF, ret.) died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in Lake Jackson, Texas, where he had resided since 2007. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday, Jan. 14, at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 200 Oyster Creek ...

Delmer Watson Asbury

Delmer Watson Asbury, 85, of Cameron, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at his home. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Jo Ann Hughes Buchanan

Jo Ann Hughes Buchanan, 74, of Sanford, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at Central Carolina Hospital. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

John Allyn Cortright

John Allyn Cortright, 69, of Pinebluff, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at his home. A service to celebrate his life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, with military rites, at All Saints Episcopal Church, with the ...

Glenn B. Lassiter Sr.

Glenn B. Lassiter Sr., 76, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, at Tabernacle United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Mike Weber officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The ...

Jay P. Lehr

Jay P. Lehr, 84, of Southern Pines, formerly of Reading, Pa., passed away peacefully Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Southern Pines United Methodist Church. The ...

Mozelle Phillips

Mozelle Phillips, 88, of Carthage, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, at her home. There will be a viewing at 12 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, at First Missionary Baptist Church, in Carthage, with the funeral immediately following there at 1 p.m. ...

Ronald Alexander "Andy" Ridge Jr.

Ronald Alexander “Andy” Ridge Jr., 54, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. A visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, at Salem Funeral Home Reynolda Chapel, at the corner of ...

Jack Summers

Jack Summers, 77 of Southern Pines, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at his home. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Leisa M. Urrutia

Leisa M. Urrutia, 52, of Arlington, Va., died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at home, after a brief but intense battle with lung cancer, with her loving family, friends and dog surrounding her. A memorial service will be held in Northern ...

Robert C. Whitaker

Robert C. Whitaker, 65, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Red Branch Baptist Church, with the Rev. Chuck Plowman officiating. A native ...

Samuel Aaron Young

Samuel Aaron Young, 83, of Hamlet, died peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, at his home, after a brief illness. He was surrounded by his loving wife, Thelma, and their children. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, ...

Myoner Calhoun Austin

Myoner Calhoun Austin, of Goldsboro, formerly of Philadelphia, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center, Goldsboro. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

John E. Barga, M.D.

John E. Barga, M.D., 91, of Springfield, Ohio, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at his daughter’s home. Dr. Barga was born Sept. 27, 1920, in Detroit. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, practiced ...

Betsy Wallace Chapman

Betsy Wallace Chapman, 69, of Pinehurst, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Beulah Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Curtis Barbery officiating. Burial ...

Frances M. Demyan

Mrs. Frances M. Demyan, 85, of Auburn, N.Y., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at the Cayuga County Nursing Home. A resident of the area for the past 15 years, Frances had previously resided in Pine Bluff for 30 years, ...

Diane Womble Hardy

Diane Womble Hardy, 66, of Cameron, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, at First Baptist Church of Vass. with Pastor Bill Davis ...

Iain Douglas McCartin

Iain Douglas McCartin, 61, of Whispering Pines, formerly of Framingham, Mass., and Glasgow, Scotland, passed away peacefully Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, at his home. Visitors are welcome to attend a memorial gathering/open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. ...

Robert "Bob" J. Morris

Robert “Bob” J. Morris, 74, of Pinehurst, passed away Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at Kingswood Nursing Home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Boles Funeral Home, in Pinehurst. Bob attended NCHS & ODV ...

Derek Miles Robinson

Derek Miles Robinson, 43, of Aberdeen, passed Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Aberdeen. Mr. Robinson was born May 10, 1968, in Cincinnati, Ohio. A memorial service was held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, 2011, at the Bethesda Presbyterian Church ...

Patricia Faye Rogers

Patricia Faye Rogers, 60, of Aberdeen, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at her home. A memorial service celebrating her life will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, at Page Memorial United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Jane Leechford ...

Judith Rebecca Seabolt

Judith Rebecca Seabolt, 81, of Aberdeen, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at her home. A memorial service celebrating her life will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, at Page Memorial United Methodist Church, in Aberdeen. The family will ...

Zenobia E. Watts

Zenobia Elaine Mazyck Watts passed away Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Watts was born March 30, 1947, in Summerville, S.C., to Carlun and Matthew Mazyck. A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 11, ...

Catherine Brooks

Catherine Brooks, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Purcell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Hoover Brown

Hoover Brown, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Richard A. Hall Sr.

Richard Alvin Hall Sr., 76, of Carthage, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, at his home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Jesse E. Hamilton

Jesse Edward Hamilton, 89, of Cameron, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Josephine J. Hibberd

Josephine J. Hibberd, 97, of Pinehurst, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, at her home. Boles Funeral Home, Pinehurst.

Vester G. Southern

Vester Griffin Southern, 91, of Sanford, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home, Sanford.

Myoner Austin

Myoner Austin, 91, of Goldsboro, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center, in Goldsboro. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the Simon Funeral Home chapel, Southern Pines. Burial will be in ...

Van R. Davis

Van Elbert Ronnell Davis, of Pinebluff, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Reid Heart Center, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Christway Deliverance Church, Eastwood community, West End. ...

Charles R. Harris

Charles Redding Harris died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at his parents’ home in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at Christ Episcopal Church, 1412 Providence Road, Charlotte. A graduate of Duke University, Charles ...

Kenneth E. Lewis

Kenneth E. Lewis, 55, of High Point, passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at his residence. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at Culdee Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Joseph Washburn officiating. Burial will ...

Brigitte Meckerman

Brigitte “Britt” Meckerman, 82, of Pinehurst, passed Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at her residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Meckerman was born Feb. 19, 1929, in Halle, Germany, to the late Fritz and Elfriede ...

Catherine H. Murphy

Catherine Hargrove Murphy, 81, of Aberdeen, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Jordan Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Southern Pines. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, ...

Nancy A. Seawell

Nancy May Averitt Seawell, 79, of Aberdeen, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at her home, with her family by her side. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at First Baptist Church in Aberdeen, with ...

Jack D. Summers

Jack Darwin Summers, 77, of Southern Pines, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at his home. Born Oct. 28, 1934, in Newland, he was a son of the late J.D. and Beulah Deaton Summers. Mr. Summers was retired from the U.S. ...

Zenobia M. Watts

Zenobia Elaine Mazyck Watts passed away Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at her residence. A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at First Missionary Baptist Church of Southern Pines, with Pastor Joshua Haire officiating. Burial will ...

Hazel E. Wilton

Hazel E. Wilton, 90, of Carthage, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at Manor Care, in Pinehurst. A walk-through viewing will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, in Carthage, with the funeral immediately ...

Richard Greene

Richard Greene, of Southern Pines, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice and Palliative Care, in Pinehurst. Purcell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Velma Powell

Velma Powell, of Charlotte, formerly of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at Liberty Nursing and Rehabilitation, Charlotte. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Catherine Brooks

Catherine Brooks, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Services will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Cochran Funeral Home, in Hackettstown, N.J. She is survived by her ...

Hoover Brown

Hoover Brown, 83, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at St. Matthews Chapel Church, Eastwood com- munity, Pinehurst, where he was ...

Terry A. Edwards

Terry Ann Edwards, 67, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at her home. She is survived by her daughter, Christine Carlisle, of the home; her son, Michael Edwards, of Southern Pines; her four grandchildren, David, Bruce and Christopher ...

Edith T. Floyd

Edith Russell Taylor Floyd, 88, of Lumberton, died peacefully Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, after a brief illness. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Meadowbrook Cemetery, in Lumberton, with ...

Mary M. Fogleman

Mary Margaret Moffitt Fogleman, 90, of Aberdeen, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Page Memorial United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Wilbur Jackson and ...

William J. Heagney

William J. Heagney, 87, of Long Island, N.Y., formerly of Pinehurst, passed away peacefully Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. A Mass of Christian Burial was held in New York on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, and is to be followed by a ...

Josephine J. Hibberd

Josephine J. Hibberd, 97, of Pinehurst, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, at her home in Pinewild. A memorial Mass celebrating her life will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. A reception will be ...

Rex H. McLeod

Rex H. McLeod, 79, of Candor, formerly of Robbins, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at Crossroads Baptist Church, with the Rev. Mike Holyfield officiating. Burial ...

Brigitte Meckerman

Brigitte “Britt” Meckerman, 82, of Pinehurst, passed Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at her residence. A visitation will be held from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at Our Saviour Lutheran Church, in Southern Pines. A celebration of life service ...

John R. Simpson

John Ray Simpson, 59, of Wilmington, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at Stevens Funeral Home, 815 Randolph Avenue, Pulaski, VA 24301 (540) 980-2600, preceded by a graveside service ...

Daniel A. Witmer

Daniel Alvin Witmer, 64, of Seven Lakes West, passed away Wednesday, Jan, 11, 2012, surrounded by his “girls,” after a courageous battle with cancer. The family will host visiting hours from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at Boles ...

Richard T. Williams

Richard Thomas Williams, 66, of Aberdeen, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at his home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Terry A. Edwards

Terry Ann Edwards, 67, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at her home. She is survived by her daughter, Christine Carlisle, of the home; her son, Michael Edwards, of Southern Pines; her four grandchildren, David, Bruce and Christopher ...

Versie V. Marsh

Versie Venable Marsh, 97, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at Red Branch Baptist Church, with the Rev. Scott McInnis and the Rev. D. C. Sullivan ...

Karl W. McDowell

Karl Willie “Mickey” McDowell, 70, of Washington, D.C., formerly of Pinehurst, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, at United Medical Center, in Washington, D.C. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, at St. Pauls Missionary Baptist church, Jackson ...

Eunice D. Montagna

Eunice Duffield Montagna, 94, formerly of Whispering Pines and Belle Meade, passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Center, Southern Pines. A private memorial will be held at a later date. Eunice was born ...

Dorothy E. Moore

Dorothy Edith Moore, 90, passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Pinelake Rehabilitation Center, in Carthage. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at Browns Chapel Christian Church, with the Rev. Michael Parenti officiating. Burial will ...

Thomas V. Morgan

Thomas Victor “Tom” Morgan, 71, of Troy, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at the home, 432 Triumph St., Troy. A ...

Velma P. Powell

Velma Portia Powell, 53, of Charlotte, formerly of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at Liberty Nursing and Rehabilitation, in Charlotte. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church, Southern ...

Sylvester Oneill

Sylvester Oneill, of Southern Pines, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Atlanta. Purcell Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Maude F. Wiseman

Maude Mauldin Frye Wiseman, 89, of Albemarle, formerly of Moore County, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Stanly Manor Nursing Center, Albemarle. Stanly Funeral Home, Albemarle.

Kevin M. Barber

Kevin M. Barber, 37, of Vass, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at House of the Lord, in Vass, with Pastor Tom Everette officiating. Burial will follow ...

Jane C. Fletcher

Jane Campbell Fletcher, 51, of Redwood City, Calif., died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Presbyterian Church, Knox Lane, West End. Jane was a pilot and flew her ...

Howard E. Hobson Jr.

Howard E. Hobson Jr., 86, passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Services will be private. Mr. Hobson was born June 5, 1925, in Vincent, Ohio, to the late Gertrude Goddard and Howard Emerson Hobson. ...

Maxine W. McPherson

Maxine Wilhoit McPherson, 89, of Carthage, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at Tara Plantation, in Carthage. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at First Presbyterian Church, in Carthage, with the Rev. Rick Martindale officiating. Burial ...

David H. Shepard Sr.

David H. Shepard Sr., 77, of Harkers Island, formerly of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Harborview Health Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, at Page Memorial United Methodist Church, in Aberdeen, with ...

Jonathan T. Faulk

Jonathan “Tommy” Thomas Faulk, 68, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Cape Fear Crematory, Fayetteville.

Gloria M. Ball

Gloria M. Ball, 86, passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, at her home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. She is survived by her husband, N. James “Jim” Ball; son James D. Ball and wife, Michele, ...

Kayentina D. Little

Kayentina “Kay” Delores Little, 36, of Rockingham, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at her home. Elite Funeral Services of Ellerbe.

Williams Kitzman Sr.

William Kitzman Sr. died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, at his residence. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Harvey Ledbetter

Harvey Ledbetter, 85, of Southern Pines, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at Belle Meade. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Norma C. Vance

Norma Lou Clark Nance, 64, of Cameron, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Tanisha L. Brower

Tanisha Lechane Brower, 39, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Derby. Flowers and donations should be sent ...

Robert R. Howard

Robert Randolph Howard, 60, of Robbins, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, at Brown’s Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends ...

Carolyn B. Swinnie

Carolyn Brown Swinnie, 67, of the Eastwood community, Pinehurst, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at St. Matthews Chapel Church, Eastwood community. Burial ...

Elizabeth T. Gamel

Elizabeth T. Gamel, 76, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Boles Funeral Home.

Margaret Kornfeil

Margaret Kornfeil died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. Boles Funeral Home.

Annie B. Ritter

Annie Bernice Ritter, 76, formerly of Robbins, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Lawrence Hospital, in Bronxville, N.Y. Gailes Funeral Home, Asheboro.

A. David Melvin

Aberdeen native and World War II Army veteran Lt. Col. A. David Melvin died peacefully Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at home in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 21, in Sierra Vista. He was born April ...

Sylvester B. O'Neil

Sylvester Brown O’Neil, of Smyrna, Ga., formerly of Southern Pines, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Heritage Hospice, in Marietta, Ga. Services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Faith Christian Center, Smyrna. Visitation was held at 10 ...

Harvey D. Ledbetter

Harvey Don Ledbetter passed beyond the veil Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, to join his beloved wife, Barbara Tice Ledbetter. A memorial will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, in the Belle Meade Chapel, with the Rev. Carl Naylor ...

John Addison Spencer

John Addison Spencer passed away Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at his treasured Topsail Beach vacation home. A private graveside service at Salem Cemetery preceded a service at Centenary United Methodist Church, at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, with the family ...

David E. Fields Jr.

David E. Fields Jr., 82, of Charleston, S.C., formerly of Pinehurst, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. He is survived by his three sons, Mike Fields, of Southern Pines, Jim Fields, of Johns Island, S.C., and Robert Fields, of Anderson, S.C.; ...

Donald E. Haire Sr.

Donald Eugene Haire Sr., 77, of Cameron, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at his home. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

James A. Hanlon

James A. Hanlon, 82, of West End, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at his home. Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, Carthage

John E. Barry

John Edward Barry, of Pinehurst, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at the VA Medical Center in Fayetteville, where he had been a patient for eight years. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at Community ...

Evelyn S. Culver

Evelyn Mae Smith Culver, 85, of Southern Pines and Queensbury, N.Y., died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at Heartland Village of Elmcroft Assisted Living, in Southern Pines. A celebration of life service will be held at the Church of the Messiah, ...

Charles C. Erhard

Charles Clark “Buzz” Erhard, 93, of Pinehurst, passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. A celebration of life memorial service at the Community Presbyterian Church of Pinehurst will be announced by the family at a later date, as well as a ...

Clement R. Faircloth

Clement Russell Faircloth, 70, of Aberdeen, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Page Memorial United Methodist Church, in Aberdeen, with the ...

Elizabeth J. Gamel

Elizabeth “Betty” Joan Gamel was born in Boston, where as a girl she went to Red Sox games with her sister, Ann, and dreamed of being a sportswriter. As an adult she lived in both the Houston and Raleigh areas. ...

Carolyn G. Hicks

Carolyn Gibson Hicks, 70, of Whispering Pines, passed away Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A memorial service celebrating Carolyn’s life will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at Pinehurst United Methodist Church, with ...

Charles E. Johnson III

Charles E. “Ed” Johnson III, 71, of Foxfire Village, passed away Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, from complications of a long-term illness. Private services were held Sunday, Jan. 22. Mr. Johnson was a longtime resident of Foxfire Village and worked in ...

Mary M. Mazza

Mary Margaret Mazza, 80, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at the FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A funeral Mass will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in Pinehurst, with the Rev. Msgr. Frank ...

Maude Palumbo

Maude Palumbo, of Pinehurst, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. She lives on in the hearts of her children, Sharon Reynolds, of Florida, and Thomas Palumbo, of Missouri; four grandchildren, Robert, Jennifer, Michael and ...

Margaret Pullman

Margaret “Peggy” Pullman, 76, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at Penick Village. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at Page Memorial United Methodist Church, in Aberdeen. Burial will follow at Bethesda Cemetery. The family will ...

Mary Y. Smith

Mary Lee Yarborough Smith, 86, of Carthage, passed away Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at Peak Resources – Pinelake Nursing Center, in Carthage. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Boles Funeral Home chapel, in ...

Lynn C. Summers Sr.

Lynn Carol Summers Sr., 80, of Statesville, passed away Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at Davis Regional Hospital. He was born Jan. 10, 1932, in Iredell County, to the late Julius Vance Summers and Ethel Reavis Summers. Along with his wife, ...

Carl F. Tinnerholm

Carl F. Tinnerholm, 83, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Burial services will take place at Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, N.Y., at a later date. Mr. Tinnerholm retired as a member of I.B.E.W. ...

Bobby J. Whitt

Bobby J. Whitt, 71, of Vass, passed away Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in Highsmith-Rainey Hospital, in Fayetteville. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at Solid Rock Baptist Church, with the Rev. Tommy Conway officiating. ...

Donald A. Hinckley

Donald Alan Hinckley, 51, of Austin, Texas, passed away Thursday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Denver. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at Highland Park Baptist Church, 5206 Balcones Drive, Austin, with the Rev. Cheryl ...

Charles Jones

Charles Jones, 76, of Sanford, passed Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at his residence. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at Tempting Congregational Church in Sanford. A wake was held from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, ...

David T. Simpson Jr.

David Thomas Simpson Jr. passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with cancer. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at Harry and Bryant Company, 500 ...

Robert L. Caddell Sr.

Robert L. Caddell Sr., 79, of Robbins, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Person Funeral Home, Robbins.

Carolyne L. Wooddy

Carolyne Lewis Wooddy, 85, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at her home. Powell Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Grethel M. Allred

Grethel Mae Moore Allred, 86, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 28, at Beulah Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Archie Stevens and Dr. Curtis Barbery officiating. ...

Werner Klingener

Werner Klingener, 83, of Pinehurst, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. He was born Feb. 5, 1928, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late Karl and Katherine Klingener. Mr. Klingener moved from Brooklyn to ...

Ronald W, Myers

Ronald Wayne Myers, 61, of Pinehurst, left this Earth Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Boles Funeral Home in Southern Pines. A visitation will follow the service until ...

Robert Lee Caddell Sr.

Robert Lee Caddell Sr., 79, of Robbins, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral, with Masonic rites, was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at Bellview A.M.E. Zion Church, in Robbins, where ...

Katherine Yvonne Caldwell

Katherine Yvonne Caldwell, of Biscoe, passed away Thursday, Jan. 26, at her home. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at Flint Hill Christian Church of Biscoe. Yvonne was born Jan. 12, 1934, in Randolph County, ...

Richard Jewell Eberly

Richard Jewell Eberly, 82, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Manor Care. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Born May 3, 1929, in Camden, N.J. he was a son of the late Luke and Alberta Jewell ...

Beulah Fullmore

Beulah Fulmore, 101, of Maxton, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Scotland Memorial Hospital, in Laurinburg. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, at New Covenant Free Rock Holiness Church, in Clio, S.C. Burial will follow in ...

Richard Greene

Richard Greene, 65, formerly of Rochester, N.Y., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, in Southern Pines, after a long illness. Born Sept. 18, 1946, in Queens, N.Y., he was the son of the late Joseph and Inez Greene, longtime residents ...

James William Hinson Sr.

James William Hinson Sr., 79, of Candor, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice, in Pinehurst. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at Guiding Light Baptist Church, with the Rev. Clyde Allen officiating. Burial followed ...

Robert Alfred Lawson Jr.

Robert Alfred Lawson Jr., 82, of Whispering Pines, passed away Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Kingswood Nursing Center in Aberdeen. He was born December 12, 1929, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late Robert and Grace Lawson. He served during the ...

Madalyn "Matt" Lewis Westmoreland

Madalyn “Matt” Lewis Westmoreland went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, after a long struggle with COPD. Mrs. Westmoreland was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. She was born in Union Point, Ga., on ...

Caroline Lewis Wooddy

Carolyne Lewis Wooddy, 85, of Southern Pines, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at her home. Visitation for family and friends was held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the home. A private family service was held ...

Tina Blackston

Tina Blackston, 53, of Raeford, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Hospice of Scotland County, in Laurinburg. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Lanney Gray Cook

Lanney Gray Cook, 63, of Sanford, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at his residence. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Willa Jones Horner

Willa Jones Horner, 91, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Kennedy Funeral Home, Robbins.

Beatrice D. Weldon

Beatrice D. Weldon, of Spartanburg, S.C., died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg, with the Rev. Dr. Paul M. Petersen officiating. A graveside service will be ...

Mary "Tucky " Mitchelson Thompson

Mary “Tucky” Mitchelson Thompson, of Southern Pines, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at her home. There will be a private burial service and a memorial service at Emmanuel Episcopal Church at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29. Born in Waverly, Ohio, ...

Johnnie Harrington

Johnnie Harrington, 64, of Rockingham, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at Carolinas Medical Center, in Concord. Jones and Little Funeral Service, Aberdeen.

Leroy McDougald

Leroy McDougald, 59, of Hoffman, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Jones and Little Funeral Service, Aberdeen.

Otis Reddie

Otis Reddie, 65, of Aberdeen, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Pinehurst Nursing Center, in Pinehurst. Jones and Little Funeral Service, Aberdeen.

Tina A. Blackston

Tina Shamberger Blackston, 53, of Raeford, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Hospice of Scotland, in Laurinburg. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at Church of God Temple Bethel/Church of God & Saints of Christ, ...

Wilsie O. Dalton

Wilsie Oldham Dalton, 71, of Blackstone, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, while surrounded by the love of her family. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Joseph McMillian Funeral ...

Viola Maxwell

Viola Maxwell, 91, passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at The Newport, in Newport News, Va. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Peninsula Funeral Home, in Newport News. Graveside services will be ...

Dorothy Morell

Dorothy Morell, of Deerfield, Ill., and Southern Pines, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Lexington Health Care of Schaumburg. A memorial service was held Monday, Jan. 30, at the Glueckert Funeral Home, Arlington Heights. She was born Sept. 10, 1929, ...

Elva S. Reynolds

Elva Morrow Smith Reynolds, 91, of Rockingham and St. Joseph of the Pines, left to be with her husband, family and friends on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. A celebration of life service for Elva will be held at 2 p.m. ...

Eldora E. Roberts

Eldora Elizabeth Roberts, 83, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at Penick Village. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the Chapel of Transfiguration, at Penick Village. Burial followed at Pinelawn Memorial Park. The family received friends ...

Obituary

January 3, 2012