Obituaries for February 2013

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February 2, 2013


Catherine Ann Dembnicki

Catherine Ann Dembnicki, 89, of Southern Pines, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at Elmcroft of Southern Pines. Boles Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Etta Summers

Etta Summers, of Aberdeen, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at her home. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Charles William Threadgill

Charles William Threadgill, 61, of Star, died Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at his residence. Phillips Funeral Home, Star.

Bobbie Carl Cox

Bobbie Carl Cox, 75, of Carthage, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at his home. A home-going celebration was held on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m., at Cox Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Steve Johnson and Evangelist David ...

Lois Elizabeth Dayton

Lois Elizabeth Dayton, 96, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at Quail Haven Health Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in Pinehurst. Burial will follow at Pinelawn ...

Major Killian

Major Killian, 72, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at his home. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at Carthage United Methodist Church, where he was an active member. The family asks that anyone ...

Martha Robbins Pierce

Martha Robbins Pierce, 65, of Aberdeen, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb, 4, at Page Memorial United Methodist Church. Born March 28, 1947, in Moore County, she ...

Margie Ann Kanipe Boan Smith

Margie Ann Kanipe Boan Smith, 75, of Aberdeen, formerly of Rockingham, passed away Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at Kingswood Nursing Center in Aberdeen. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pine Grove Baptist Church, with Rev. Corey ...

Stanley G. Black

Stanley Gene Black, 74, of Aberdeen, passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. A private service for the family was held on Saturday, Feb. 2, at Brush Arbor Cemetery, on Beulah Hill Church Road. Born in Moore County, he was a ...

Catherine A. Dembnicki

Catherine A. Dembnicki, 89, of Elmcroft of Southern Pines, passed peacefully Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, in Southern Pines, with Msgr. Jeffrey ...

Annie M. Hufford

Annie Mae Morgan Hufford, 76, of Morrisville, went into the arms of Our Lord and Savior Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. A reception in celebration of Ann’s life will be held at her daughter’s house on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 5:30 ...

Edward R. LaFell Jr.

Edward Raymond LaFell Jr., 68, of West End, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A graveside service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at Pinelawn Memorial Park, in Southern Pines, with ...

Willie McDougal

Willie McDougal (Billy), 71, of Carthage, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Pinelake Health and Rehab, in Carthage. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Olive A.M.E. Zion Church, in Carthage. Burial will follow in the ...

Edward J. Murphy Jr.

U.S. Army Retired Lt. Col. Edward Jerome Murphy Jr., 76, of Seven Lakes, passed Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at the FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at Sacred Heart ...

Patricia R. Schmitz

Patricia Richardson Schmitz, 52, of Aberdeen, passed Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A private family service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Schmitz was born July 8, 1960, in Moore County, to ...

Etta W. Summers

Etta W. Summers, 78, of Aberdeen, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at Church of Christ, 516 Union Church Road, Carthage. Visitation will be from 5:30 to ...

Theodore Marley

Theodore Marley, 91, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Magnolia Gardens, in Southern Pines. Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Peggy C. Morris

Peggy Lou Coggins Morris, 65, of Sanford, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Hazel N. Scotten

Hazel Nall Scotten, formerly of Siler City, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Peak Resources – Pinelake, in Carthage. Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, Carthage.

John R. Marsh

John Robert Marsh, of West End, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Simon Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Kenneth C. Davis

Kenneth C. Davis, 80, of Aberdeen, formerly of Red Springs, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst, with his family by his side. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at ...

Patricia W. Dawes

A memorial service for Patricia Williams Dawes will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Southern Pines.

Theodore Marley

Theodore Marley, 91, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Magnolia Garden, in Southern Pines. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Pugh and Smith Chapel, Carthage. He is survived by daughter Martha Ali, of ...

John R. Marsh

John Robert Marsh (“Johnny”), 63, of West End, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at First Health Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb 9, at Simon Funeral Home Chapel, ...

Frank F. Patterson IV

Frank Ford Patterson IV, 87, a retired advertising executive and World War II veteran, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. He had been residing at Symphony Manor Assisted Living in Roland Park, Baltimore, since March 2012. Services will be private. Mr. ...

Roger E. Williamson

Roger Ervin “Buddy” Williamson, 71, of Carthage, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at his home. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery, with Pastor Scott McInnis officiating. Buddy was ...

Ted Chavis

Ted Chavis, 70, of Lakeview, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013, at his home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Jarvis Daniels

Jarvis Daniel, 65, of Southern Pines, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines.

Emma Degraffenreid

Emma Degraffenreid, 81, of Carthage, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Pugh & Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Esther P. McClamb

Esther P. McClamb died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Albright Funeral Home, Apex.

Helen Phillips

Helen Phillips, 89, of Sanford, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at Sanford Health and Rehabilitation Center. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Darlene Moore Maness Cockman

Darlene Moore Maness Cockman, 70, of Carthage, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Peak Resources–Pinelake, in Carthage. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Calvary Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Bill Cooper, Rev. Roger Rife and ...

Gerhard G. Nau

Gerhard G. Nau, 83, of West End, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at his home. Born in Bremerhaven, Germany, he came to the United States in 1956 and lived in New Jersey, working for the trucking industry until retiring and ...

Mary Carlton Schofield

Mrs. Mary Carlton Schofield, 94, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Penick Village, a retirement home in Southern Pines. She was born Sept. 19, 1918, in Kinston, the daughter of Herbert and Kathleen Carlton. She grew up in Raleigh and ...

Gwendolyn (Gwen) Gore Senior Entwistle Shaw

Gwendolyn (Gwen) Gore Senior Entwistle Shaw passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Davis Healthcare Center, in Wilmington. She was born May 13, 1930, in Raeford, and was a true Southern belle. Gwen resided in Chapel Hill the majority ...

Winifred T. Andres

Winifred Tarr Andres, 97, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Kingswood Nursing Center. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at Our Saviour Lutheran Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Larry Wolf ...

Maryana J. Cray

Maryana Koenig Janssen Cray, 95, wife and mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, friend and sorority sister, passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in Southern Pines. A resident of Southern Pines since their retirement from Washington, D.C., in 1981, she is ...

Conrad Dailey

Conrad Dailey, 75, of Whispering Pines, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at St. Peter’s United Church of God, Pinehurst. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 ...

Emma DeGraffenreid

Emma DeGraffenreid, 81, of Carthage, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Mount Olive A.M.E. Zion Church, in Carthage. Burial will follow in ...

Merle Hess

Merle “Junior” Hess, 63, a resident of Southern Pines, former resident of Chillicothe, Mo., and Kansas City, Mo., passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Junior was born May 16, 1949, in Chillicothe, the son of ...

Frank W. James

Frank Wayne James, 42, passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at his home. Graveside funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Slemp Cemetery, in Sugar Grove, with the Rev. Don Medley officiating. The family received friends on Tuesday ...

Arthur L. Lamison

Arthur Lee Lamison, formerly of Cameron, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at Sentara Hospital, in Norfolk, Va. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at Bryant Baptist Church, 23375 Bryant Church Road, Courtland, VA 23837. Burial ...

Donna C. Olson

Donna Carlson Olson, 85, of West End, passed away Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice and Palliative Care, in Pinehurst. A celebration of life will take place Saturday afternoon, Feb. 16, at her house in Seven Lakes. All are ...

Martha Brewer

Martha Brewer, 57, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Kennedy Funeral Home, Robbins.

Catina D. Davis

Catina Anne Daniels Davis, 40, of Greensboro, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at UNC Hospitals. Ridge Funeral Home, Asheboro.

Verlene M. Hamilton

Verlene Maness Hamilton, 81, of Biscoe, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. Phillips Funeral Home, Star.

Charles E. Norberg

Charles Everett Norberg, 80, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Boles Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Betty R. Simmons

Betty Ruth Simmons, 84, of Candor, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at her residence. Briggs-Candor Funeral Home, Candor.

Jarvis L. Daniels

Jarvis Louis Daniel, 65, passed away Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at his home in Southern Pines, surrounded by his loving family. A memorial service will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday Feb. 16, at Daniel’s Chapel FWB Church ...

James R. Gillespie

James Roger Gillespie, 55, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Wake Forest Medical Center, Winston-Salem. A funeral service was held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, West End. Burial followed at West Community Cemetery. ...

Carlun S. Horton

Carlun Singleton Mazyck Miley Horton, 90, of Aberdeen, formerly of Long Island, N.Y., passed away Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at Boles Funeral Home ...

Jean M. Locke

Jean MacLehose Locke, 97, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Center. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the Chapel at Pine Knoll, in Southern Pines. Mrs. Locke ...

Barbara C. Moore

Barbara Jane Collester Moore, 90, of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Center. A graveside committal service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at Bethesda Cemetery, in Aberdeen, with ...

Charles E. Norberg

Charles (Chuck) Everett Norberg, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Community Presbyterian Church, Everette and Kelly roads. He is survived by ...

Howard L. Johnston

Howard L. Johnston, 69, of Carthage, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Mildred Motsinger Atkins

Mildred Motsinger Atkins, 77, of the Deep River community, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at her home. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Johnnie Mae Bagwell

Johnnie Mae Bagwell, 69, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Fry and Prickett Funeral Home, Carthage.

Lawrence Darwin Freeman

Lawrence Darwin Freeman, 69, of Marietta, Ga., formerly of Eagle Springs, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Boles Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Carlton Lee Hardy

Carlton Lee Hardy, 72, of Cameron, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at his home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory, Vass.

Howard Legget Johnston

Howard Legget Johnston, 69, of Vass, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Cox Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory, Vass.

Gurney D. Baines

Gurney D. Baines, 79, passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Macon, Ga. His home was in Pinehurst. A memorial service in Gurney’s hometown of Pinehurst will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at Fry and Prickett Funeral ...

Thelma Elizabeth Caulk

Thelma Elizabeth (Liz) Caulk, 33, of Vass, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Crumpler Funeral Home chapel, in Aberdeen, with Pastor Kay Campbell officiating. Burial ...

Edwin B. Gentry

Edwin Bernard Gentry, 86, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at the FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Services for Mr. Gentry will be private. After a dual career, first as a U.S. Army officer and then in a government service position, ...

William Edmund Gilmore

Dr. William Edmund Gilmore, 94, of Whispering Pines, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Pinehurst, surrounded by his loving family. Dr. Gilmore was born Sept. 22, 1918, in Wheeling, W.Va., son of the late Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gilmore. ...

Mary McAllister Ray

Mary McAllister Ray, 73, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Southern Pines Primary School, in Southern Pines. Family hour will be held from ...

John A. Surmonte

Marybeth Surmonte-Bennett, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., will be holding a celebration of life Mass for her father, Dr. John A. Surmonte, who passed away Jan. 9, 2013. The Mass will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, at The Catholic Community ...

Dorothy G. Franklin

Dorothy G. Franklin, 82, of Southern Pines, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Center, in Southern Pines. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in the chapel at Belle ...

Lawrence D. Freeman

Lawrence Darwin Freeman, 69, of Marietta, Ga., passed away Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Roseland United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Nancy Willard officiating. Interment will follow at Taylor Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery, ...

Julius N. Johnson

Julius Nasir Johnson, 2, of Carthage, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at UNC Hospitals, in Chapel Hill. A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Carthage Elementary School auditorium. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. There ...

Donna G. Matteson

Donna Cecile Gowins Matteson, 55, was called home to be with the Lord Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Southside Missionary Baptist Church, Aberdeen, with the Rev. Chris McNeill officiating. ...

William J. Rogers Sr.

William (Bill) J. Rogers Sr., 65, of Aberdeen, passed away Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at his residence. A visitation was held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. A funeral service was ...

Pauline W. Russell

Pauline Wright Russell, 90, went to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at the Richmond County Hospice Haven, in Rockingham. Funeral Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Aberdeen First Baptist Church, ...

Doris L. Ward

Doris Louise Ward, 97, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at Penick Village. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the South Chapel at Penick Village. Born July 29, 1915, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, she ...

Elsie A. Armstrong

Elsie Armstrong, 54, of Cameron, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Pugh and Smith Funeral Home, Carthage.

Eleanor G. McFall

Eleanor Marguerite Gaede McFall, 85, of Vass, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at her home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Lucille S. Buschmann

Lucille Schatmeyer Buschmann, of Seven Lakes, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. A New Jersey native, she attended Paterson schools, and had lived in Hawthorne, Maywood and the Princeton area of New Jersey before moving to the Sandhills of North Carolina ...

Genevieve B. Sheffield

Genevieve Beauchamp Sheffield, 79, of Robbins, formerly of High Point, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital. Phillips Funeral Home, Star.

Elsie Armstrong

Elsie Armstrong, 54, of Cameron, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Pugh and Smith Funeral Home chapel. Burial will follow in the Stones Cemetery. ...

Esther Dowdy

Esther Dowd, 97, of Candor, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at St. Peters United Church of God, Eastwood community, Pinehurst. Visitation will ...

Kelly A. Hoffman

Kelly Anne Hoffman, 63, of Southern Pines, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at Penick Village. Kelly was born May 17, 1949, in Delaware, Ohio. She graduated from Adrian College in Michigan, where she majored in physical education and art. ...

James T. Mahoney

James Timothy Mahoney, 87, of Pinehurst, died Monday, Feb, 18, 2013, at Pinehurst Health Care and Rehab, in Pinehurst. A rite of committal will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church ...

Julian C. Priest

Julian Clem Priest, 87, passed Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at Liberty Hospice House, in Sanford. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at Pleasant View Presbyterian Church, in Laurinburg. The family will receive friends and ...

Peggy K. Prince

Peggy Lou Kimball Prince, 72, of Vass, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, and at other times at the ...

Sue D. Robertson

Sue Dunn Robertson, 94, a resident of Carolina House in Pinehurst, and a former resident of Cypress Drive in Henderson, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Pinehurst. Born Oct. 12, 1918, in Vance County, she was the daughter of the ...

Chester W. Schirmer

Chester William Schirmer, born March 22, 1928, died peacefully at his home Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. “Chet” was the CEO of Schirmer Engineering Corporation, chairman of the board for NFPA, and an active member of Community Presbyterian Church in Pinehurst. ...

Joann H. Woodcock

Joann Hart Woodcock died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at Randolph Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Pinebluff Cemetery, with the Rev. Don Ballenger officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 ...

H. Clifton Blue Jr.

H. Clifton Blue Jr., 72, of Pinebluff, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Boles Funeral Home and Crematory, Southern Pines.

Nancy Kraffert Russo

Nancy Kraffert Russo, 87, of Janesville, Wis., died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at Penick Village, in Southern Pines, surrounded by loved ones after a courageous struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Mrs. Russo was born Sept. 9, 1925, in Titusville, Pa., the ...

Timothy Carter Walker

Timothy Carter Walker, 48, son of Jane Carter Hodge and stepson of William Mills Hodge, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Culdee Presbyterian Church, with the ...

Carolyn Allen Wall

Carol Allen Wall, of Pinehurst, passed away Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Services will be held at at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Chapel in the Pines, in Seven Lakes. Carol was born in 1932, in High Point, to the ...

Mary Alice McRae White

Mary Alice (McRae) White, 72, passed away at home in Holly Springs, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, of congestive heart failure with her family by her side. Mary Alice was born on October 16, 1940, to the late Joseph McRae ...

Frances Nall Brewer Rush

Frances Nall Brewer Rush, 80, of Eagle Springs, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Pine Grove Baptist Church, where she was a lifetime member, with the ...

Gerald H. Buelow

Gerald H. Buelow, 75, of Seven Lakes, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice, in Pinehurst, after a short battle with cancer. A public viewing will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Boles Funeral Home, in ...

Linda R. Hogan

Linda Ragsdale Hogan, 60, of Denton, died Saturday, Feb. 23 , 2013, at her home, surrounded by her family. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Pine Rest Cemetery, with the Rev. Wayne Gravley officiating. ...

Harley T. Johnson

Harley Thomas Johnson, 84, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Autumn Care Nursing Home, in Raeford. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 27, at A New Beginning Committed to God’s Purpose Ministries Inc., in Red Springs. ...

Walter R. Marley

Walter Ruffin Marley, 84, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Flint Hill Baptist Church, where he was a member, with the Rev. ...

Karen L. Odgers

Karen Leigh Odgers, 56, of Franklin, passed away Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, following a brief illness. Karen grew up in Burlington, and attended Appalachian State University. She owned and operated Karen Leigh Odgers Jewelry Designs with her husband, Artemus Autlav, ...

Phyllis Sandberg

Phyllis Sandberg, 90, of Akron, Ohio, died on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Mrs. Sandberg was born Aug. 22, 1922, to Minot and Winogene Baldwin. She married Robert Leonard Sandberg in 1946 and was always ...

Margie F. Hancox

Margie Hellen Fulbright Hancox, 75, of Cameron, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at St. Joseph of the Pines. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

Maybelline H. Moses

Maybelline Harper Moses, 76, of Sanford, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at her home. Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford.

H. Clifton Blue Jr.

Herbert Clifton Blue Jr., 72, of Pinebluff, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, of heart disease, at his home. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines, with the Rev. Archie ...

William H. Williamson

William Hal Williamson, 54, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro. Kennedy Funeral Home, Robbins.

Jeanne Z. Bohn

Jeanne Zemek Bohn, 84, of Whispering Pines, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at her home. Cox Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Vass.

Mary E. Gillespie

Mary Evelyn Gillispie, 57, of Loris, S.C., died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at her home. Jones and Little’s Funeral Service, Aberdeen.

Will R. Baker

Will Rodger “Tony” Baker passed away Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Tony was two days shy of his 74th birthday. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p..m. Saturday, March 2, at The Village Chapel, ...

Thomas E. Cook

Thomas Edward Cook, 78, of Carthage, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at Peak Resources – Pinelake, in Carthage. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Emmanuel Baptist Church Cemetery, with Pastor Eugene Ussery ...

Charles Holder

Charles “Larry” Holder, 71, of the Haw Branch community, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at Red Branch Baptist Church, with the Rev. ...

Beverly J. Jeffers

Beverly Jones Jeffers, 70, of Denver, formerly of Southern Pines, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care, in Denver Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, March 4, at the Simon Funeral Home chapel, ...

Clifton V. Maness

Clifton Vernon “Sam” Maness, 85, of Biscoe, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 1, at the Phillips Funeral Home chapel, with Mickey Maness delivering the eulogy. Mr. ...

James W. McLean

James William McLean, 91, died peacefully at home Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Boles Funeral Home, in Southern Pines. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at ...

Betty L. Michaels

Betty Jean LeSueur Michaels, of Southern Pines, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in her room at The Coventry at St. Joseph of the Pines. She was a native of Ohio, and a graduate of Ohio State University, where she met ...

Olympia Sabatino

Olympia Sabatino, 85, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Peak Resources – Pinelake, in Carthage. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Carthage First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Ray Campbell officiating. Burial will follow at Pinelawn ...

Joseph L. Silvis

Joseph Leo Silvis, 84, of Sanford, was received by the lord Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at Tara Plantation Nursing Home, in Carthage. A visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Miller-Boles Funeral ...

Shirley W. Wicker

Shirley White Wicker, of Pinehurst, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at McDonald’s Chapel. Family visitation will follow the service. Shirley moved to ...

Sadie C. Moffitt

Sadie Currie Moffitt, 96, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Friday, March 1, at Tabernacle United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Todd Moore ...

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