Obituaries for November 2012

November 1, 2012

Gary David Boothe

Gary David Boothe, 72, of Seven Lakes, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at his home, with his family by his side. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at West End Presbyterian Church, in West ...

Edwin Horace Brown

Edwin Horace Brown, 80, of Aberdeen, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Old Bethesda Cemetery, Aberdeen. He was born October 28, 1932 in Spartanburg County, S.C. Mr. ...

Mary Jane "Janie" Marts Alkek Duke

Mary Jane “Janie” Marts Alkek Duke, 75, passed peacefully Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at her home in Victoria, Texas. Visitation was held at the Rosewood Funeral Chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1. Funeral services will be held ...

Louis John "Bud" Koss

Louis John “Bud” Koss, 91, of Seven Lakes, passed Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, at his home, with his wife and daughter by his side. A visitation will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Boles Funeral ...

Emily Howatt Pliskatt

Emily Howatt Pliskatt, 86, of Foxfire Village, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., died Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at McCune Funeral Home, in ...

Janet Hope Klingenschmidt Barnhart

Janet Hope Klingenschmidt Barnhart, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. Boles Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Malcolm Dale Eaton

Malcolm Dale Eaton, 65, of Cameron, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Theresa Irene "Tippy" Carver

Theresa Irene “Tippy” Carver, 65, has died, succumbing peacefully to a years-long battle with leukemia. She was born and raised in Izmir, Turkey, by an English father and Austrian mother. Her father, Stanley Peartree, was a tobacco merchant who sold ...

Benjamin "Reed" Gaddy

Benjamin “Reed” Gaddy, 49, died suddenly Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at UNC Hospitals, in Chapel Hill. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, at J.B. Tallent Funeral Service & Crematory, 1937 North Sharon Amity Road, in ...

Duncan Brown McFadyen III

Duncan Brown McFadyen III, 64, of Raeford, died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Pinehurst. He was born April 20, 1948, in Lumberton, to Duncan Brown McFadyen Jr. and wife, Harriet Hodgin McFadyen, of Hoke County, who predeceased him. He graduated ...

Walter C. Mitchell

Walter C. Mitchell, 85, of Southern Pines, passed away suddenly on October 31, 2012. He was born March 29, 1927, in Wilmington, Del. Memorial service will be held today (Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012), at 2 p.m. at Belle Meade chapel ...

Guy Sandulli

Guy Sandulli, of Whispering Pines, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. He was born May 27, 1927,in Boston. He attended the Citadel and graduated in 1951, served two years in the military from 1951 to 1953 during the occupation of Germany. ...

Bobby G. Allen Sr.

Bobby Gene Allen Sr., 45, of Lakeview, passed away Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Mr. Allen was predeceased by his loving adoptive father, Chuck Allen, of Lakeview. He was also predeceased by two brothers, Michael Minor, ...

Theresa D. Arthur

Theresa Delores Arthur, 84, of Vass, passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Pinelake Health and Rehabilitation Center. Services will be private. She was born Feb. 10, 1928, in Hicksville, N.Y., to the late Henry and Louise Ellis. She is ...

J. Hope Barnhart

J. Hope Klingenschmidt Barnhart, 59, of Fayetteville, passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, after a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at MacPherson Presbyterian Church, in Fayetteville, with the Rev. ...

Marcele L. Fletcher

Marcele “Marcie” Lorraine Ripley Fletcher, 94, of Southern Pines, passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Pinelake, in Carthage. A small, private memorial ceremony will be held at a later date. Marcele was born Aug. 24, 1918, in Dunkirk, Ohio, ...

Mary J. Frederick

Mary Jo Frederick, 70, of Whispering Pines, passed away Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, at her residence. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Inurnment will follow at the St. Anthony ...

Horace E. Hitchings Jr.

Horace “Ed” Edgar Hitchings Jr. passed away Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at Southern Pines United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Pinelawn Memorial Park. Family will ...

Deborah R. Warren

Deborah “Debbie” Elaine Rackley Warren, 57, of Southern Pines, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at her home. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Anthony Foley presiding. ...

Patricia D. Wyatt

Patricia “Pat” DeVore Wyatt, 81, passed away Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at her home in McLendon Hills, in West End. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 17, at Boles Funeral Home, in Seven Lakes. Interment ...

Florence B. Zschoche

Florence Burgess Zschoche, 70, of Whispering Pines, died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. At her request, there will be no local services. An inurnment will take place at Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh, where she ...

Josephine H. Burkhead

Josephine Hall Burkhead, 86, of Candor, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. Briggs-Candor Funeral Home, Candor.

Mattie Martin

Mattie Martin, 83, of Aberdeen, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Billy G. Williamson

Billy Glenn Williamson, 78, died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, at Randolph Health and Rehabilitation. Kennedy Funeral Home, Robbins.

Gerald Carlson

Gerald “Jerry” Carlson, of Pinehurst, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at his home. He is survived by his wife and best friend, Carol; his son, Chris and wife, Alison; and precious granddaughter, Samantha. Jerry was born in Connellsville, Pa., ...

Mary C. Lawson

Mary Chambers Lawson, 73, went to be with her Savior Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at Calvary Memorial Church, in Southern Pines. She was born Oct. 18, 1939. She ...

Mattie B. Martin

Mattie Lee Blue Martin, 83, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 10, at Southern Pines Primary School, 1250 W. New York Ave, Southern Pines, at 1 p.m. ...

Matthew H. Mills

Matthew Haywood Mills, 73, of Southern Pines, died suddenly and unexpectedly Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. A visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. A graveside service will ...

The Rev. Michael Blackston

The Rev. Michael Blackston, of Raeford, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Denelda Arleen Musharey Moore

Denelda Arleen Musharey Moore, 87, of Cameron, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at Pinelake Health and Rehab in Carthage. Cox Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory, of Vass.

Sadie Martindale Whitesell

Sadie Martindale Whitesell, 94, of Robbins, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at Peak Resources-Pinelake, in Carthage. Loflin Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Ramseur.

John K. Henne

John K. Henne, 88, of Titusville, Pa., died peacefully in his sleep, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at his home in Lynchburg, Va., where he had been living with his life-long friend, Todd Olsen, and Todd’s loving family. Friends may call ...

James Albert Kilpatrick

James Albert Kilpatrick, 87, of Seven Lakes, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at his residence in Seven Lakes. Jim was born on August 8, 1925, in New Carlisle, Ohio, and grew up in Tipp City, Ohio, where his father was ...

Clarence Edward Matherson

Clarence Edward Matherson, 67, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 at Zion Grove A.M.E. Zion Church, in Eagle Springs. He is survived by his wife, Flora Matherson; ...

Rebecca Neal Tackaberry

Rebecca Neal Tackabery, 90, died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Becky was born May 7, 1922, to Julius Isaac Neal and Nellie Womble Neal, in Sanford. Dr. Neal, a veterinarian, moved the family to Southern Pines when Becky was in high ...

W. Battle Wall Jr.

W. Battle Wall Jr., 89, of Pinehurst, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at Forestville Methodist Church, in Lilesville. Mr. Wall is survived by his wife, ...

Thelma Mae Davis Williams

Thelma Mae Davis Williams, 84, of Eagle Springs, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at Big Oak Christian Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Jimmy Shirlen officiating. The ...

William K. Allen

William “Bill” Kenneth Allen, 80, of Aberdeen, passed away Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, at High Point Regional Hospital, in High Point. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Eagle Springs Baptist ...

Michael Blackston

Elder Michael Blackston, 59, of Raeford, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at Church of God Temple Bethel/Church of God and Saints ...

Hester S. Boyles

Hester Irene S. Boyles, 93, of Shannon, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Interment was at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at Raeford Cemetery. The family received relatives and friends between 9:30 and 11:00 ...

Helen R. Cole

Helen Ruth Cole, 92, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A graveside memorial service was conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Doubs Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Homer Phifer ...

Barry T. Hinson Sr.

Barry Todd Hinson Sr., 51, of Star, was cured from cancer on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at Guiding Light Baptist Church, with the Rev. ...

Charles R. Lunney

Charles R. Lunney, 93, passed away Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, in Southern Pines. Family will receive friends ...

James W. McDougal

James W. McDougal, 78, of Carthage, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Mount Olive A.M.E. Church, with the Rev. Angela Davis and the Rev. V.D. Dowdy officiating. Wake ...

Eliana R. Portfilio

Eliana Rose Portfilio, infant daughter of Paul and Renee Portfilio, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at UNC Children’s Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will ...

Jane J. Tallman

Jane Jewell Tallman, 83, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, at her home. Services are private. Mrs. Tallman was born Aug. 19, 1929, in Memphis, Tenn., to the late Samuel Lewis Jewell and Rowenia Wyatt Jewell. She was a graduate of ...

Dorothea B. Wallrath

Dorothea B. Wallrath, 85, died peacefully Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. Dorothea was born Dec. 17, 1926, to Richard and Charlotte Breuhammer, ...

Thad J. Wilborn

Thad J. Wilborn, 91, of Carthage, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, at Pugh and Smith Chapel. Wake will be Thursday, from 6 to 7 p.m., at ...

Mary J. Schoenfeld

Mary “Marty” Katherine Jolly Schoenfeld, 75, of Cameron, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, at Central Carolina Hospital. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

James H. Seagroves

James Horton Seagroves, 75, of Sanford, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, at Central Carolina Hospital. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Robert E. Blauw

Col. Robert “Bob” E. Blauw, USAF, ret., 92, formerly of Pinehurst, peacefully flew into the wild blue yonder to join his beloved Toody on Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. A memorial service will be held for them at Arlington ...

Patricia S. Briscoe

Patricia Strong Briscoe, 82, passed away Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Rochester Hills, Mich. She was a dear mother, a cherished wife, a friend to many, and a granny extraordinaire. She was born May 11, 1930, in Denton, Texas. She ...

Esther K. Danley

Esther K. Danley, 86, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at Summer Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Eugene Ussery officiating. Burial will ...

Barbara P. Maples

Barbara Price Maples, 66, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at the Boles Funeral Home Chapel, in Southern Pines, with the Rev. ...

Ernest B. McRae

Ernest Bernard McRae, 58, of Daytona Beach, Fla., formerly of West End, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in Daytona Beach. Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Belford Baptist Church, 925 Windblow Road, Jackson Springs. ...

Lee W. Sheffield

Lee Wesley Sheffield, 84, of Asheboro, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, at Randolph Hospital. A funeral service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, with Bishop Dale Cox and Bishop Gary Cecil officiating. The ...

Helen Hardy Cameron

Helen Hardy Cameron, 91 died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home, Sanford.

Jimmie Bryant Holt

Jimmie Bryant Holt, 87, of Sanford, died Friday, Nov, 16, 2012, at his home. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Lequilla McEachern Morrison

Lequilla McEachern Morrison, 78, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital, in Harrisonburg, Va. Jones and Little’s Funeral Service, Aberdeen.

Clara Ann Potter

Clara Ann Potter, 92, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, at the Oak Crest Village, Baltimore. She was the beloved wife of the late Thomas Tully Potter; loving daughter of the late Lewis Dale Jennings and Lois Wealthy Nelson; devoted ...

Elizabeth "Betty" M. Rietschel

Elizabeth “Betty” M. Rietschel, 91, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, at The Coventry, in Southern Pines. Interment and graveside services will be in Phillips, Maine, in the spring of 2013. She was born in Phillips, Maine, the daughter of the ...

George Bartels Truax

George Bartels Truax, 78, of Sanford, passed away Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, with his family by his side, at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Sanford. Services will be held privately by the family at a later date. He ...

Michael G. Connelly

Michael G. Connelly, 80, of Southern Pines, passed away Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, with his family by his side. A memorial service in his honor will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at The Village Chapel, in Pinehurst. ...

Mary F. Davenport

Mary Frances Bateman Davenport, 92, passed away Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mary Frances was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Marina Bateman. She was preceded in death by her ...

Larry A. Edmonds

Larry “Bud” Atkins Edmonds, 70, of Broadway, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, at Carthage First Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Rick Martindale. Military ...

Phillip D. Engle

Phillip David “Dave” Engle, 79, of Southern Pines, passed away Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. A memorial service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. He was born Dec. 25, 1932, in Oklahoma City, to the late ...

Robert E. Hamilton

Robert Esson Ham, 86, of Seven Lakes, died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A funeral Mass will be held Saturday, Nov. 24, at 11 a.m., at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, in Pinehurst, with ...

Edward E. Hults

Edward “Ed” E. Hults, 84, of Southern Pines, Naperville, Ill., and a part-time resident of Huntingdon, died early Sunday morning, Oct. 21, 2012, in Pinehurst. His health declined following spinal surgery Aug. 21. A memorial service will be held at ...

Thelma W. Smith

Thelma Fields Warner Smith, 88, formerly of Aberdeen, died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, conducted by the ...

Connie Williams

Connie Williams, 89, of Carthage, passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, at Magnolia Gardens. A memorial service will be held at the Boles Funeral Home in Southern Pines at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. Interment will be private. She was ...

Betty G. Ledbetter

Betty Gray Ledbetter, 70, died Saturday, November 17, 2012, at at her residence. Kennedy Funeral Home, Robbins.

Edward Hutchison

Edward Hutchison, 77, of Pinebluff, died Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at Boles Funeral Home in Southern Pines. Funeral and burial ...

Edelle M. Gillespie

Edelle Montese Gillespie, 66, of Aberdeen, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Jones and Little Funeral Service, Aberdeen.

Ola J. Maness

Ola Nadine James Maness, 69, of Robbins, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Joyce-Brady Chapel, Bennett.

James R. Welch

James Robert Welch, 70, of Bennett, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at Chatham Hospital, in Siler City. Joyce-Brady Chapel, Bennett.

Grace Hicks Britt

Grace Hicks Britt, 85, of Biscoe, died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Phillips Funeral Home, Star.

Mike Fairley

Mike Fairley, 57, of Vass, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in Southern Pines. Jones and Little Funeral Service, Aberdeen.

Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas, 70, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at his residence. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Ellen Stewart Tyner

Ellen Stewart Tyner, 97, of Sanford, died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at Central Carolina Hospital. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Mary Etta Cooper

Mary Etta Cooper, 90, of Southern Pines, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at First Baptist Church in Southern Pines, with ...

Marian Ada Ebner

Marian Ada Ebner, 87, passed away Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at her home in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at McDonald’s Chapel. She was born Nov. 25, 1924, in Newark, N.J. Marian ...

Greta Maness Harris

Greta Maness Harris, 87, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at Penick Village, in Southern Pines. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at Pinelawn Memorial Park, Southern Pines. Family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. ...

Arte Theodore Knibbs

Arte Theodore Knibbs, 69, died Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at his home in Pinehurst. A visitation will be held at Powell Funeral Home in Southern Pines, Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 2 to 4 p.m. Born in Harlem, N.Y., Sept. 25, ...

Virginia Ann Merrill

Virginia Ann Merrill, 92, of Pinehurst, died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2012, at Fox Hollow retirement community. No services are planned at this time. She was born April 11, 1920, in South Portland, Maine, to Lucille and Ralph Henry. She was ...

William "Bill" Stephen Morrison

William “Bill” Stephen Morrison, 83, of Southern Pines, passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will be private. He was born Sept. 20, ...

Edwin Y. Bailey

Edwin “Yates” Bailey, 91, of Southern Pines, and a former resident of Morganton for many years, died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. The funeral was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at North Morganton Baptist Church, with the Rev. Kenneth ...

Lois G. Brewer

Lois Ann Garner Brewer, 65, of High Falls, was called home to be with the Lord, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 at High Falls Wesleyan Church, with the Rev. ...

Margaret B. Fields

Margaret Barnes Fields, of Attleboro, Mass., formerly of Carthage, passed away Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. A memorial service will beheld at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at Dockray and Thomas Funeral Home, Canton, Mass. Graveside services will be held at ...

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