Obituaries for May 2012

May 1, 2012

Thelma C. Brown

Thelma Capel Brown died Tuesday April 24, 2012, in St. Albans, N.Y. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, May 4, at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Candor. She is survived by one son, Vincent Brown, of Montebello, ...

Claudia Bilodeau

Claudia “Dee” Bilodeau, 79, of Pinehurst, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012, at her home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, at Boles Funeral Home, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held ...

Delana L. Hickman

Delana Louise Hickman, 72, of High Falls, passed away peacefully Monday, April 30, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Graveside services were held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at High Falls United Methodist Church Cemetery, with the Rev. ...

Ruth G. Morrison

Ruth Goins Morrison, 80, of Taylortown, died Sunday, April 29, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, Taylortown. Visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 4, ...

Hugo J. Nykamp

Hugo John Nykamp, DVM, 86, of Woodlake, passed Sunday, April 29, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines, in Southern Pines. A service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at Our Saviour Lutheran Church, in Southern Pines, ...

Frank H. Weston

Lt. Col. Frank H. Weston (U.S. Air Force, ret.), 94, of Pinehurst, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012, at his home in Pinehurst, with his family by his side. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May ...

Lib L. Whitesides

Lib Laswell Whitesides, 91, of Pinehurst, died Monday, April 23, 2012, at Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living. A memorial service was held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Burial followed at Edgewater-New ...

Ruth D. Newton

Ruth Doughtie Newton, 82, of Clinton, died Friday, April 27, 2012, at her home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Mary J. Cowan

Mary J. Cowan Mary Jackson Cowan, 68, of the Eastwood Community, Pinehurst, died Sunday, April 29, at FirstHealth/Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst. Funeral services are Thursday, May 3, at 1 p.m. at The Worship Center, 150 Eastman Road, Southern Pines. Visitation ...

W. Ray Coleman

W. Ray Cole William Ray Cole passed away peacefully in his sleep Saturday, April 21, 2012, at the age of 76. He was born in Seagrove, and raised in Eagle Springs. He had been a resident of Hampton, Va., since ...

Adam S. Hairston

Adam Shayne Hairston, 41, of Boston, died Saturday, April 21, 2012, in Chicago. He was the son of Lori Benoit, of Southern Pines. Services will be scheduled at a later date.

Freddie C. Simmons

The Rev. Freddie C. Simmons, 69, of Robbins, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Visitation will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Bellview A.M.E. Zion Church, in Robbins, with ...

James W. Hamilton

The Rev. James W. Hamilton, 83, of Star, died Thursday, May 3, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Phillips Funeral Home, Star.

Thomas V. Herndon

Thomas V. Herndon, 66, died Thursday, May 3, 2012, at First HealthMoore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 5, ...

Pauline McKoy Cameron

Pauline McKoy Cameron, 80, of Cameron, died Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Whispering Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Fayetteville. Knotts Funeral Home, Sanford.

Stella Gillespie

Stella Gillespie, of Pinebluff, died Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Kingswood Nursing Center in Aberdeen. Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Linda Hinton Gillis

Linda Hinton Gillis, 60, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, May 3, 2012, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Aberdeen. Visitation will be held from 1:15 to ...

Alice Ingram Steele

Alice Ingram Steele, 71, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Jackson Hamlet, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, May 7, at ...

Hattie Hamilton Tulloch

Hattie Ham Tulloch, 84, of Pinebluff, died Thursday, May 3, 2012, at the Davis Community Rehabilitation Pavilion, in Wilmington. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at Pinebluff United Methodist Church, ...

William W. Barbour

William W. Barbour, 69, of Fuquay-Varina, formerly of Jackson Hamlet, died Saturday, May 5, 2012, at his home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at St. Paul’s Missionary Baptist Church, Jackson Hamlet. Visitation will ...

Stanley C. Bozman

Stanley Clyde Bozman, 79, of Southern Pines, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2012, at his residence. The family will receive friends beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 9, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines, with a memorial service to ...

Arthur R. Ferris

Arthur Russell “Russ” Ferris, 63, of Pinehurst, died Sunday, May 6, 2012, at his home, after a two-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, with a prayer ...

Elizabeth Gregory

It is with saddened hearts that the family of Mrs. Elizabeth (Betty) Gregory announce her passing on Saturday, May 5, 2012. The funeral services were held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at ...

Esther W. Squire

Esther Hortense Wethington Squire, 89, died Sunday, May 6, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. The family will receive friends 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. Interment will be at ...

Melba Wilson

Melba Wilson, 91, of Pinehurst, and Belle Meade Retirement Village the last three years, died Sunday, May 6, 2012. A funeral service will be held at at 11 a.m. Friday, May 11, at Community Presbyterian Church, in Pinehurst, with interment ...

Sarah C. Buchele

Sarah Millicent Crumpler Buchele passed away Thursday, May 10, 2012, after an eight-month illness. A private interment at Pinelawn Memorial Park is planned. She was born in Greensboro and graduated from high school at Curry School in Greensboro, followed by ...

Donald E. Moffatt

Donald Edward Moffatt, 79, of Pinehurst, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 8 2012, at his home. Born in Tennessee, Donald was raised from age 5 in Detroit. He attended David Mackenzie High School, and upon his graduation in 1951, he ...

Dot Schmolze

A graveside service was held Thursday in Southern Pines for Dot Schmolze, who went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 3, 2012, after a brief illness, at the age of 96. She was raised in Tampa, Fla., where ...

Billie E. Taylor

Billie E. Taylor, of Lakewood, Colo., formerly of Randleman, died Monday, May 7, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Open Arms Church, in Vass. He was born Nov. 8, 1943, in Pueblo, ...

Doris C. Oglesbee

Doris Jean Cooke Oglesbee, 80, of Sanford, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at Liberty Commons Retirement Center. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Gerald L. Taylor

Gerald Lawrence “Jerry” Taylor, 71, of Sanford, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Ashwood Estates. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Pauline V. Moore

Pauline Velma Moore, 80, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital, in Troy. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at New Testament Baptist Church, with the Rev. Darrin Richardson and the ...

Betty M. Lyons

Betty M. Lyons, 88, of Southern Pines, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines in Southern Pines. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

William "Bill" Naylor Adams

William “Bill” Naylor Adams, 83, of Southern Pines, and Boyds, Md., passed Thursday May 10, 2012, in Pinehurst. A memorial service was held Friday, May 11, at Boles Funeral Home in Southern Pines. Inurnment will follow later in the year ...

Josephine Smith Bettini

Josephine Smith Bettini, 88, died Thursday May 10, 2012, at Penick Village. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at the First Baptist Church of Southern Pines, with Dr. David Helms officiating. Burial followed at Pinelawn Memorial ...

Frances Greet Gentner

Frances Greet Gentner died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in Pinehurst. She was the widow of Vice Admiral William Ellis Gentner Jr., who had a long and illustrious career as a Naval aviator. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. ...

Stella Gillespie

Stella Gillespie, 93, of Pinebluff, died Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Kingwood Nursing Center in Aberdeen. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Elizabeth Chapel FWB Church, Addor Community, Pinebluff. Visitation will be held ...

Harry C. Hoffman

Harry C. Hoffman, 79, an 18-year resident of Longleaf, died Wednesday May 9, 2012, at Penick Village. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 14, at The Village Chapel, in Pinehurst. The family will receive friends ...

Diane Honeycutt

Dr. Diane Honeycutt, 65, of Hamlet, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at First Health Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at First United Methodist Church, in Hamlet, with the Rev. ...

Jeremiah B. McDermott

Jeremiah B. McDermott, 23, of Robbins, died unexpectedly in his sleep Friday, May 11, 2012, at his home. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, at Pine Rest Cemetery in Robbins. The family will receive friends ...

James "Jimmy" Soles

James “Jimmy” Soles, 52, of Raeford, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at his home. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Monday, May 14, at the Crumpler Funeral Home chapel, with Jere Lee McClendon officiating. Mr. Soles was born ...

Vivian Shields McMillen

Vivian Shields McMillen, 84, of Eagle Springs, passed peacefully into the Lord’s hands Thursday, May 10, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 12, at the Smith family ...

Judy Edwards

Judy Edwards, 84, passed Saturday, May 12, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. Interment will be private. Mrs. ...

Helen M. Sabolsky

Helen Midla Sabolsky, 89, passed away Monday, May 14, 2012, at Quail Haven. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 17, Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will follow the Mass at Bethesda Cemetery, in Aberdeen. Helen ...

Bruce C. Walling

Bruce Campbell Walling, retired chief master sgt., U.S. Air National Guard, 80, of Pinehurst, died Monday, May 14, 2012, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, at Pinehurst United Methodist Church, with ...

John Stanton

John Stanton, 84, of Pinehurst, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Care Center, in Southern Pines. Boles Funeral Home, Pinehurst.

Robert H. Roybal Jr.

Robert H. “Bobby” Roybal Jr. died Saturday, May 12, 2012, at his home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, in Carthage, with the Rev. Archie Stevens officiating. ...

Jerry A. Palladino

Jerry A. Palladino, 67, passed away Monday, May 14, 2012. A memorial service will be held Monday, May 21, at St. Francis of Assisi Church. Inurnment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 2 to ...

John W. Stanton

John W. Stanton John William Stanton, 84, died Monday, May 14, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines, in Southern Pines. A funeral Mass will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, May 18, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with the ...

Jeffrey P. Williams

Jeffrey Peter Williams, 48, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at HCR Manor Care, in Pinehurst. All services will be private. He was born Oct. 21, 1963, in Eugene, Ore., to Lefreda Williams and the late Arthur Williams. In addition ...

Ann Bradburn

Ann Bradburn, 96, of Pinehurst, died Wednesday, March 16, 2012, at her residence. Boles Funeral Home, Pinehurst.

Joe Sinclair

Joe Sinclair, 84 of Aberdeen, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, at Duke Hospital. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Elsie Pauline Davis Person

Elsie Pauline Davis Person, 92, of Greensboro, formerly of Robbins, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro. Person Funeral Home, Robbins.

Betty McLaughlin Lyons

Betty McLaughlin Lyons passed away peacefully Thursday, May 10, 2012, at the Health Center of St. Joseph of the Pines. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the chapel at Belle Meade Retirement Resort. ...

Evelyn Blue Simon

Evelyn Blue Simon, 75, of Upper Marlboro, Md., formerly of Jackson Springs, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Southern Maryland Hospital, in Clinton, Md. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m.Tuesday, May 22, at Piney Grove Freewill Baptist ...

William George Walsh

William George Walsh, 73, died Friday, May 18, 2012, at his home in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 23, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Southern Pines. He was born August 12, 1938, ...

Joseph "Joe" Neal Sinclair Jr.

Joseph “Joe” Neal Sinclair Jr., 84, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, at Duke Raleigh Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Monday, May 21, 2012, at Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Aberdeen, with the Rev. Jonathan Wallace ...

Ann Bradburn

Ann Bradburn, 96, a six-year resident of Pinehurst, died peacefully in her home on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, after a short illness. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 1, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in ...

Joseph "Joe" Lughes

Joseph “Joe” Lughes, 83, of Pinehurst, passed away peacefully Monday, May 14, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. The memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 25, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. Interment ...

Alice D. Kopp

Alice Dugan Kopp, 85, of Davidson, passed away Friday, May 18, 2012, from Parkinson’s disease. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, May 25, at Sacred Heart Church, Pinehurst. The family will receive friends from ...

Bessie L. Nelson

Bessie L. Nelson, 101, of Southern Pines, died Sunday, May 20, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 24, at First Missionary Baptist Church, Southern Pines. The wake will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. ...

Elizabeth B. Pilling

Elizabeth B. Pilling, 80, of Southern Pines, died Monday, May 21, 2012. A brief graveside service will be held for the immediate family and close friends at 2 p.m. Friday, May 25, at Bethesda Cemetery, in Aberdeen. She was born ...

Merriman T. Salmon Jr.

Merriman Thomas “Tommy” Salmon Jr., 74, of Carthage, died Saturday, May 19, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services were held at 5 p.m.Tuesday, May 22, at Good News Community Church, in Carthage, with the Rev. Jim ...

Ruth C. Straka

Ruth Carol Straka, 82, of Woodlake Country Club, died Sunday, May 20, 2012, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., on Saturday, May 26th at Community Congregational Church. The family will be receiving friends from ...

John Blue

John Blue, 74, of Raeford, died Sunday, May 20, 2012, at Open Arms. Purcell Funeral Home, Laurinburg.

Joanna M. Semenow

Joanna Mae Semenow, 69, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., died Sunday, May 20, 2012, at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Hester C. Beal

Hester C. Beal, 91, of Sanford, died Monday, May 21, 2012, at Parkview Retirement Center. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at Miller-Boles Funeral Home, in Sanford. The funeral service will be conducted ...

Jane F. Reed

Jane Foster Reed, 91, of Southern Pines, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012, at Elmcroft of Southern Pines. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Southern Pines. Interment will be ...

Lacy K. Hare

Lacy Kendrick Hare, 80, of Robbins, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 25, at Bascom Chapel United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the church ...

Hilton Dunlap

Hilton Dunlap, 58, of West End, died Tuesday, May 22, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 26, at the West End Elementary School gym, West End. Visitation will ...

Henry A. Meacham Sr.

Henry Albert “Ham” Meacham Sr., 95, of Rockingham, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, May 25, at First United Methodist Church, in Rockingham, with the ...

Jane F. Reed

Jane Elizabeth Foster Reed, 91, of Southern Pines, formerly of Foxfire Village and Bethesda, Md., died Monday, May 21, 2012. Memorial services were conducted at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Southern Pines. Visitation followed the ...

Jasmin C. Rorie

Jasmin Cordelle “Jazz” Rorie, 23, died Sunday, May 20, 2012. A public viewing will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 26, in the auditorium at East Montgomery High School. A funeral service will follow at 2 p.m.

Edward R. Wagner

Edward Robert Wagner, 97, passed away on Friday, May 18, 2012, at the C.C. Young Retirement Community, in Dallas. Fowler Funeral Home, Brockport, N.Y., will conduct the funeral service and burial at a later date. Burial will be in Mount ...

John J. Witkowski Jr.

John J. Witkowski Jr., 83, a resident of Windsor and formerly of Southern Pines, passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at The Village at Cedar Hill Continuing Care Community. Services and interment will be private, at St. Francis of Assisi ...

Ted W. Driggers

Ted Wilson Driggers, 54, of Cameron, died Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, in Greensboro. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Charles J. "Chuckie" Ryan

Charles J. “Chuckie” Ryan, 46, of Kaaawa, Hawaii, died May 17, 2012, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Chuckie was born July 24, 1965, in Pinehurst. Chuckie will be remembered by his family and friends as a man of ...

Brenda Joyce Wallace

Brenda Joyce Wall, 63, of Carthage, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at her home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Earl Stanley Seawell Sr.

Earl Stanley Seawell Sr., 84, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A graveside memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, May 28, at Bethesda Cemetery, in Aberdeen. The family will receive friends ...

Donna Maves

Donna Maves died Thursday, May 24, 2012, in Raleigh. She was born in 1929 to a young dancer, but had the great good fortune of being raised by the same foster family throughout her life. The family still considers the ...

Michael Easterling Sr.

Michael Easterling Sr., of Southern Pines, died Friday, May 25, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Eula P. Thornberg

Eula Pearl Thornberg, 88, of Raeford, died Monday, May 28, 2012, at her home. Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, at Crumpler Funeral Home, Raeford. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. ...

Naomi M. Hayes

Naomi Morrison Hayes, 99, of Marston, died Friday, May 25, 2012, at Century Care nursing home. Purcell Funeral Home, Laurinburg.

Mary Moore

Mary Moore, 59, of Aberdeen, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, June 1, at the Simon Funeral Home chapel, in Southern Pines. Visitation will ...

Sondra L. Ward

Sondra L. Ward, 72, formerly of Knightdale, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Carthage. She was born Sondra Lewis June 26, 1939, in Penfield, Pa., and lived most of her school years near Buffalo, N.Y. After graduating from high school, ...

William L. Clark

William L. “Bill” Clark, 92, of Charlotte, died Wednesday, May 23, at CMC-Pineville. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 31, at St. Peter Church, 507 South Tryon St., Charlotte, Interment will be private, at Pinelawn ...

Michael Easterling Sr.

Michael Easterling Sr., 55, of Southern Pines, died Friday, May 25, 2012, FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 4 p..m. Thursday, May 31, at the Southern Pines Primary School auditorium. Walk-through visitation, will ...

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