Samuel G. Mayfield
WISE — Samuel Glen Mayfield, 84, of Wise, died Friday, June 23, 2000,
at home.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Locust Grove
Baptist Church in Wise by the Rev. James Johnson, pastor. Burial will follow
in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Beatrice Green Mayfield of the home; one son,
Samuel Mayfield Jr. of Petersburg, Va.; four daughters, B. Lucille
Allgood of Red Bank, N.J., Helen Mayfield of New York City, Esther Mayfield
of the home, and Carolyn Davis of Raleigh; one sister, Lucille Allen of
New York City; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are by R.H. Greene Funeral Home of Warrenton.
Lawrence E. Brown Jr.
HENDERSON -- Lawrence E. Brown Jr., 59, died Wednesday, June 28, 2000,
in New Brittian, Conn. He was a native of Henderson and the son of Vera
Brown of 601 East Rock Spring St.
Arrangements will be announced later by Mary Davis-Royster Funeral
Service.
Bruce R. Collins
MECKLENBURG -- Bruce R. Collins, 77, of Charlotte, North Carolina died
on June 27, 2000 at Mecklenburg Health Care Center. Mr. Collins was born
on April 12, 1923 in Henderson, NC. He was the son of the late John Wade
Collins and Rowena Evans Collins.
Mr. Collins was retired after 27 years with Monarch Marking Systems
where he was a regional manager. He served in the Army Air Force in World
War II. He was a member of Myers Park Baptist Church where he served as
a deacon, a teacher in Pre-School Church School, Food Service Volunteer
and various other services. He volunteered for Friendship Trays and for
N.C. Harvest.
Mr. Collins is survived by his wife of 56 years, Edith Davis Collins;
a son, David B. Collins and his wife, Linda Dixon Collins of Charlotte;
a daughter, Carol Lynn Collins of Charlotte; a sister, Marilyn Collins
Wells and her husband, Johnny and a niece and nephew of Henderson, NC.
A memorial service for Mr. Collins will be held Friday, June 30, 2000,
at 2 p.m. at Myers Park Baptist Church with Dr. H. Stephen Shoemaker, the
Rev. Joseph D. Aldrich and Dr. Eugene Owens.
The family will receive friends in the church parlor immediately following
the service.
The family wishes to express their thanks and appreciation to all the
caregivers of Mecklenburg Health Care Center for their support during his
illness.
Memorials may be made to Myers Park Baptist Church Columbarium Fund
or Education Fund, P.O. Box 6006, Charlotte, NC, 28207-0001. Carolina Funeral
& Cremation Center is serving the Collins family.
Elder Doretha Cook
HENDERSON -- Elder Doretha Cook, 76, of 326 Charles St., died Friday,
June 23, 2000, at her residence. She was a former native of New York and
was born in Ashe County to the late Walter and Beatrice Reed.
She lived in New York until three years ago before moving to Henderson.
She pastored Faith Tabernacle U.H.C.A. in Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Temple Holy
Church by the Rev. Roosevelt Alston. Entombment will follow in Raleigh
Memorial Park in Raleigh.
Surviving are her husband, Matt Cook of the home; one son, Ronel Cook
Sr. of the home; and two grandsons.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Mary Davis-Royster
Funeral Service and other times at the residence.
Arrangements are by Mary Davis-Royster Funeral Service.
Gary M. Dunston
HENDERSON -- Gary McDonald Dunston, 35, of 3967 Dabney Road, died Wednesday,
June 28, 2000, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill.
He was a member of Greater Love Pentecostal Deliverance Church in Kittrell.
He was an employee of Feeser Chrysler/Plymouth.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Wright Funeral
Home in Henderson by the Revs. Marshall Henderson, Ronald Henderson and
Randy Alston.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Greater
Love Pentecostal Deliverance Church, U.S. Hwy. 1, Kittrell.
Surviving are his wife, Vanette Fisher Dunston; one daughter, Shakirrah
Lashae Dunston of the home; two sons, Troy Lamont Daniel of the home and
Marcus Hammie of Henderson; his parents, Marshall H. Dunston and Ruth Roberson
of Henderson; four sisters, Letha Bass of Oxford, Joyce Cheek, Paula Dunston
and Tara Dunston, all of Henderson; four brothers, Reginald Dunston of
Wake Forest, Marshall Dunston, Dennis Dunston and Curtis Dunston, all of
Henderson.
The body will lie in state from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Wright
Funeral Home in Henderson.
Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home of Henderson.
Cliffie E. Faulkner
HENDERSON -- Cliffie Ellington Faulkner, 81, of 323 Davis St., Henderson,
died Wednesday, June 28, 2000, in Maria Parham Hospital. She was a Vance
County native and the daughter of the late Frank and Maranda Roberson Ellington.
She was a homemaker and a member of Poplar Creek Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Flowers Funeral
Chapel, by the Revs. Cam Ford and Jeff Prewer. Burial will follow in Sunset
Gardens.
Surviving are her husband, Nathaniel J. Faulkner; two daughters, Mary
Alice Faulkner of the home, and Margie F. Gillespie of Henderson; two grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Flowers
Funeral Home. All other times, they will be at the home.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Charles Roberson, Lou Pearce,
Ray Liles, David King, Eugene Daniels, J.L. Blackwell, Clarence Clark and
Bob Duncan.
Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home.
Virgie M. Sadler
HENDERSON -- Virgie Matthews Sadler, age 87, a former resident of the
Watkins Community, died Thursday afternoon June 29, 2000 at Carolina House
of Wake Forest.
She was a native of Vance County and was the daughter of the late Cader
Albert and Rosa Fuller Matthews, and the widow of Fred William Sadler.
She was a lifelong member of the Hermon United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the J.M. White
Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Ben Sims. Burial will follow in the
Hermon United Methodist Church Cemetery.
She is survived by one daughter, Ann Sadler Adcock, of Raleigh, one
sister, Lois Matthews
Wade, of Wake Forest, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Saturday morning July 1, 2000 from
9:30 until 10:45 A.M. at the J.M. White Funeral Home.
Serving as active pall bearers will be her nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Hermon
United Methodist
Church, c/o the Rev. Ben Sims, 603 Forest Rd., Oxford, N.C. 27565.
Arrangements are by the J. M. White Funeral Home.
Bessie M. Downey
OXFORD — Bessie Mae Downey, 75, of 710 Goshen St., died Friday, June
30, 2000, at her residence.
Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home.
Myrtle W. LaMastus
OXFORD — Myrtle Worley LaMastus, 80, of 112 Planters Place, died Saturday,
July 1, 2000, at her home. She was a Johnston County native and the daughter
of the late George and Julia Watson Worley.
She was a member of Oxford Church of God and was a homemaker.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Oxford Church
of God by the Rev. Milton Abbott. Entombment will be in Meadowview Memorial
Park.
Surviving are her husband, James W. LaMastus of the home; two daughters,
Millie Walker of Madison, Ala., and Pat Strickland of Oxford; a son, Robert
Radford of Nashville, Tenn.; a sister, Rosa Lee Starling of Goldsboro;
six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Eakes Funeral
Home in Oxford and at other times at the home.
Olivia Lee
WARRENTON — Olivia Lee, 91, died Friday, June 30, 2000, in New York.
She is the aunt of Lucille Daniels of the Snow Hill Community.
Arrangements will be announced later by Boyd’s Funeral Services of
Warrenton.
Walter R. Vaughan III
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Walter Robert Vaughan III, died Sunday, June 25,
2000, in Daytona Beach, Fla. He was a native of Henderson and the son of
the late Walter Robert Vaughan Jr. and Annie White Vaughan.
Surviving are a daughter, Elizabeth Ray Vaughan of Charlotte; three
sons, Philip Walter Vaughan of New Port Richey, Fla., Edwin Folger Vaughan
of Greenville, and Richard Carlisle Vaughan of Santa Cruz, Calif.; two
sisters, Mary Vaughan Register of Burlington and Sallie Vaughan Rabb of
Gastonia; a brother, Wallace White Vaughan ofDaytona Beach, Fla.; and three
grandchildren.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Elmwood
Cemetery in Henderson. Officiating will be the Rev. Charles Cook.
Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home.
Jenny C. Williams
HENDERSON — Jenny Cheek Williams, 91, of 855 Foster Road, died Saturday,
July 1, 2000, at her residence.
The family will receive friends at the home.
Arrangements will be announced later by Garnes Funeral Services Inc.
Stanley H. Woodie Jr.
HENDERSON — Stanley Hill Woodie Jr., 79, of 1636 Oxford Road, Henderson,
died Saturday, July 1, 2000, at his home He was a native of Farmers, Ky.,
and the son of the late Stanley Hill Woodie Sr. and Nell Cassity Woodie
Bartron.
He was a retired machine builder with Burkart-Carolina Inc., where
he was employed for 31 years. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
He was a member of the Henderson Masonic Lodge No. 229 A.F. & A.M.,
the Henderson Shrine Club, and was a charter member of West Hills Presbyterian
Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. today at Flowers Funeral
Chapel by the Rev. Doug Addington. Burial will follow in Liberty Vance
United Church of Christ Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Evelyn Lassiter Woodie; two sisters, Lorraine
W. Vreeland of Newport News, Va., and Dorothy B. Collins of Yorktown, Va.;
and a brother, Don E. Bartron of Newport News, Va.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. today at Flowers Funeral
Home. All other times, they will be at the home.
Serving as active pallbearers will be the Elders of West Hills Presbyterian
Church. The members of the Henderson Masonic Lodge will serve as honorary
pallbearers.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to West Hills Presbyterian
Church, P.O. Box 1435, Henderson, N.C. 27536.
Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home of Henderson.
Lawrence E. Brown Jr.
NEW BRITAIN, CONN. — Lawrence E. Brown Jr., 57, died Friday, June 28,
2000, in New Britain, Conn. He was a Vance County native and the
son of Varah Brown and the late Lawrence E. Brown Sr.
He was a graduate of Henderson Institute and attended Kittrell Junior
College and received a B.S. degree from Elizabeth City State University.
He attended classes at East Carolina and was a veteran of the United States
Army.
He taught school in Enfield and was an assistant principal at Enfield
High School. He later moved to Connecticut and worked at the Veteran Hospital
in New Britain, Conn.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Temple
United Holy Church by the Rev. Roosevelt Alston. Burial will follow in
the St. John Baptist Church Cemetery.
Surviving are his mother, Varah Brown of Henderson; one daughter, Yovette
Brown of West Palm Beach, Fla.; two sisters, Alma Brown of New Britain,
Conn., and Stephanie Brown of Henderson; three brothers, Elmus Brown, Larry
Brown and Vernon Brown, all of Henderson.
The family will receive friends at his mother’s residence, 601 East
Rock Spring St.
Arrangements are by Mary Davis-Royster Funeral Service.
Jennie Williams
HENDERSON — Jennie Cheek Fogg Williams, 91, of 855 Foster Road, died
Saturday, July 1, 2000, at her residence. She was the daughter of the late
Hilliard and Martha Hayes Cheek and a Warren County native.
She was educated in the Warren County public schools. Early in life,
she joined the Hecks Grove Baptist Church and later joined the Mitchell
Baptist Church where funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday
by the Revs. Daniel W. Lilly Jr. and Sidney Dunston. Interment will be
in the church cemetery.
Surviving are five daughters, Martha Foster of Franklin County, Jennie
F. Debose of Petersburg, Va., Mamie Ragland of Henderson, Mary Diggs of
Milwaukee, Wisc., and Dorothy Williams of the home; two sons, William Fogg
of Petersburg, Va., and Eddie Williams of Henderson; a sister, Elnora Nile
of Henderson; 23 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at the home. Viewing will be held from
2 to 8 p.m. today at Garnes Funeral Chapel.
Pallbearers will be John Henry Foster, Fountaine Ragland, Eddie Williams
Jr., William Tony Fogg, Michael Debose, Vincent Ragland, John Eric Hayes,
Stacey Williams, Carl Nile and Corey Foster.
Arrangements are by Garnes Funeral Services Inc.
Mary Durant
HENDERSON — Mary Helen Davis Durant, 93, of 70 Barham Lane, died Sunday,
July 2, 2000, at Britthaven Nursing Care.
The family will receive friends at the residence.
Arrangements will be announced later by Mary Davis-Royster Funeral
Service.
Mary Mayo
RIDGEWAY — Mary Mayo, of Ridgeway, died Monday, July 3, 2000, at her
residence.
Arrangements will be announced later by R.H. Greene Funeral Home of
Warrenton.
F. Michael Jones
HENDERSON — Frederick Michael “Mike” Jones, 48, of 1606 Shepherds Glade
Drive, Apex, died Sunday, July 2, 2000, at Halifax Memorial Hospital in
Roanoke Rapids. He was a native of Vance County and the son of Frederick
L. Jones, of Henderson, and the late Virginia Dennis Jones.
He was vice president of Retail Centralized Underwriting at First Citizens
Bank in Raleigh, where he was employed for 20 years. He was a member of
North Henderson Baptist Church.
Memorial services will be conducted at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Flowers
Funeral Chapel by the Rev. John Hines Adams Sr.
Surviving, in addition to his father, are four sisters, Phyllis Jones,
Lynn J. Parham, and Janice J. Stroud, all of Henderson, and Sandra J. Smith
of Roanoke Rapids; and his maternal grandmother, Ava Dennis, of Henderson.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Flowers
Funeral Home. All other times, they will be at his father’s home, 1206
Anne St., Henderson.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association,
c/o Doug Byrom, Centura Bank, P.O. Drawer 1069, Henderson, N.C. 27536,
or to the North Carolina Diabetic Association, Diabetic Center, P.O. Box
3277, c/o Duke Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 27707.
Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home.
Bessie Downey
OXFORD — Bessie Mae John Green Downey, 75, of 710 Goshen St., died Friday,
June 30, 2000, at her residence.
She was a member of Holy Temple COGIC Church where she was a missionary,
Sunday school teacher and an alternate.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Temple
COGIC Church by Elder James Williams. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Surviving are four daughters, Lois Howard of Jersey City, N.J., Pauline
Downey of Montclair, N.J., Patricia Ann Downey of Oxford, and Eugenia D.
Dove of Selma; three sons, James N. Downey Jr., William Henry Downey and
Graham Ellis Downey, all of Durham; three sisters, Hannah Mitchell of Stem,
Beatrice Thorpe, and Hallie Downey, both of Butner; two brothers, John
Henry Green of Stanford, Conn., and Samuel Green of Waterbury, Conn.; 10
grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Wright Funeral
Home.
Larry Sowell
OXFORD — Larry Sowell, 90, of Oxford Manor Nursing Center, died Friday,
June 30, 2000. Arrangements will be announced later by Betts & Son
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