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Irene G. Crews 

WARRENTON -- Irene Goode Crews, 94, formerly of the Snow Hill community of Warren County, died Thursday, June 14, 2001. She was a Warren County native and the daughter of the late Charles Goode and Mollie Ellis Goode Boyd.  
She was a member of Snow Hill Missionary Baptist Church, where she served on the Missionary Circle when it was active and attended regularly until her health declined.  
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Snow Hill Baptist Church by the Rev. A.F. Horton. Burial will be in the church cemetery.  
Surviving are one daughter, Shirley C. Street of Durham; five sons, Samuel M. Crews of Detroit, Charles L. Crews of Soul City, William D. Crews of Norlina, D. Walter Crews of Warrenton and Roy L. Crews Sr. of Wise; one sister, Alean Scott of Macon; 25 grandchildren; and 43 great-grandchildren.  
The family will meet with friends from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday before the service and other times at the home of Roy Crews.  
The body will be on view from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. 
Arrangements are by Brown’s Funeral Services of Warrenton. 
  

Irvin Peace  

KITTRELL -- Irvin Peace, 85, of 2887 Charlie Grissom Road died Friday, June 15, 2001, at his residence. He was a Vance County native.  
He was a member of New Covenant Christian Center, where he was a member of the Board of Deacons.  
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wright Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Zelton Hunter. Burial will be in Sunset Gardens in Henderson.  
Surviving are his wife, Mary P. Peace; one son, Ervin McDonald Peace of Oxford; six daughters, Carolyn Tabourn and Julia Peace, both of Kittrell, Jackie Peace of Richmond, Va., Brenda Peace of Pottstown, Pa., Cynthia Peace of Durham, and Sherie Peace-Foulkes of Reading, Pa.; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.  
The family will receive visitors from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at Wright Funeral Home in Oxford.

William T. Harris 

HENDERSON -- William Thomas Harris, 80, of 449 Hamilton St., died Friday, June 15, 2001, at Maria Parham Hospital. He was a Vance County native and the son of the late Frank and Goldie Reavis Harris.  
He retired from Carolina Baggins Mill after more than 36 years. 
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m Wednesday in the Chapel of Mary Davis-Royster Funeral Service by the Rev. William C. Brodie.  
Surviving are his wife, Ruth Allen Harris of the Henderson; one daughter, Anita H. Best of Charlotte; one brother, Cary Harris of Boston, Mass.; and three sisters, Lucille Rogers, Ethel Evans, Mozelle Scott, all of Henderson. 
The body will be on view from 1 to 6 p.m. today. The family will receive friends at the residence.  
Arrangements are by Mary Davis-Royster Funeral Service.  
  

Ransom Hawkins Jr.  

HENDERSON -- Ransom Hawkins Jr., 52, died Friday, June 15, 2001, at UNC Hospitals. He was a Vance County native and the son of Elizabeth B. Hawkins and the late Ransom Hawkins Sr.  
He was employed as a brickmason.  
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. today at Young Memorial Church by the Rev. Walter Young. Interment will be in the church cemetery 
Surviving, in addition to his mother, are a son, Ransom Hawkins III of Siler City; six brothers, James Hawkins, Glen Hawkins, Johnny Hawkins and Samuel Hawkins, all of Henderson, Lynn Hawkins of Rocky Mount and George Hawkins of Baden; and three sisters, Alice Hargrove, Diane Hawkins and Annie Hawkins, all of Henderson.  
Arrangements are by Garnes Funeral Services Inc. 
  

Viola M. Horton 

HENDERSON -- Viola Matthews Horton, age 67, a resident of 1457 Perry Ave., died Monday, June 18, 2001, at Maria Parham Hospital. She was a native of Vance Co. and was the daughter of the late Wortle W. Matthews and Janie Faucette Matthews Weaver of Henderson. She was the widow of Rev. Isaac Clinton “Ike” Horton. She was a charter member and matriarch of Bible Baptist Church where she served as the church Secretary and Treasurer and was a member of the Adult Sunday School Class. 
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Bible Baptist Church by the Rev. Wilbert Horton, Rev. Jessie Matthews and the Rev. Roger Williams. Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens.  
In addition to her mother, she is survived by one daughter, Kathy R. Horton of the home; two sons, Rev. Isaac Wilbert Horton and Russell Wade Horton, both of Henderson; one sister, Daisy M. Fleming of Henderson; four grandchildren, Isaac Keith Horton, Brittany Patricia Horton, Lindsey Paige Horton and Makayla Leigh Horton. She was preceded in death by one brother, Leonard W. Matthews.  
Serving as active pallbearers will be: Kenneth Arnold, Sr., Ken Arnold, Jr., Roger Fuller, Sr., Roger Fuller, Jr., Ronnie Perkinson, Terry Perkinson, Thomas McDaniel and Jay Pegram.  
Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be men of the Bible Baptist Church.  
The family will receive friends Tuesday night from 7 until 8:30 at the J.M. White Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home on Perry Ave. 
 

Jeanetta K. West 

WARRENTON -- Jeanetta Kearney West, 63, of Warrenton, died Saturday, June 16, 2001.  
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Coley Springs Baptist Church in the Afton community. The Rev. Carson F. Jones, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  
Surviving are two daughters, Charlotte “Cookie” Stokes and Josephine W. Hunter; two sons, Jimmie and Steven West; 16 grandchildren; and two brothers, Richard and Reginald Ramey.  
Arrangements are by R.H. Greene Fuenral Home of Warrenton. 

Billy W. Allgood  
HENDERSON -- Billy Wayne Allgood, 52, of 445 Alexander Ave. died Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at his home. He was a Vance County native and the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Annie Laura Darnell Allgood.  
He was a former truck driver with Perry Lumber Co.  
Memorial services will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Flowers Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Allen Ray Ayscue.  
Surviving are his wife, Beverly Taylor Allgood; a son, Stephen Craig Allgood of Henderson; two sisters, Essie Lee Allgood Tant and Carrie Mae Allgood, both of Henderson; two brothers, Roy Daniel Allgood of Red Oak, Va., and Benjamin F. Allgood Jr. of Burlington; and three grandchildren.  
The family will receive friends immediately after the service and at the home.  
Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home.  
  

Mary E. Ayscue 

HENDERSON -- Mary Elizabeth Ayscue, 68, of 116 Yaqui St., Virginia Beach, Va., died Saturday, June 16, 2001, at the home of her niece, Sherri Lynn Gupton Mundy, also of Virginia Beach. She was a Vance County native and the daughter of the late Clarence Bennett Ayscue Sr. and Mabel Bartholomew Ayscue.  
She was a homemaker and a member of Mount Carmel United Methodist Church.  
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Flowers Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Charles Gupton. Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens.  
Surviving are a sister, Peggy A. Reavis of Hickory, and a brother, Clarence Bennett “C.B.” Ayscue Jr. of Virginia Beach. 
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at Flowers Funeral Home. 
Serving as active pallbearers will be Chris Sain, Roger Roberson, Tommy Roberson, Harvey Currin, John Ayscue, J.W. Bartholomew, Butch Bartholomew and John Reavis.  
Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home. 
  

Caldonia P. Carroll  

HENDERSON -- Caldonia Plummer Carroll, 96, of the Guardian Care Nursing Facility died Saturday, June 16, 2001, at the facility. She was a Warren County native and the daughter of the late Rev. Matthew Plummer and Hattie Steed Plummer.  
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Brookston Baptist Church by the Rev. Thomas Smith. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  
Surviving are one stepdaughter, Mary Ella Carroll Chavis of South Ozone Park, N.Y.; five siblings, Henry Plummer of Baltimore, Dorothy Plummer Carroll and Lottie Plummer Gregory, both of Henderson, John Plummer of Hampton, Va., and Glenola Plummer of Baltimore; 23 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild.  
Arrangements are by Garnes Funeral Services.  

Edward G. McFall 

HENDERSON -- Edward Gray McFall, 72, a resident of 910 Buckhorn St., died Monday, June 18, 2001, at Duke University Medical Center. He was a native of Vance County and was the son of the late Fred and Lucy Pernell McFall. He was retired from the U.S. Navy, where he served in the Korean conflict and Vietnam, and he was retired from Revlon. He was a member of St. James Catholic Church.  
Memorial services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church by Father J. William Long. 
He is survived by his wife, Theresa Sutkowski McFall; one daughter, Patricia M. Currin of Coats; two sons, Paul Edward McFall of Atlanta and Edward Gray McFall Jr. of Greenville, Va.; three brothers, Earl McFall, Murel McFall and Furman McFall, all of Henderson; two sisters, Marie M. Wells of Henderson and Ann M. Harris of Hendersonville; and one grandchild.  
The family will receive friends at the home on Buckhorn Street.  
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society c/o Frances Polston, 1611 Parker Lane, Henderson, N.C. 27536. 
Arrangements are being handled by the J.M. White Funeral Home. 
 

Edna E.B. Boone  
STEM -- Edna Earle Breedlove Boone, 80, of 1102 Fate Washington Road died Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at her residence. She was a Granville County native and the daughter of the late Lewis G. and Ola Bell Tunstall Harris.  
She was a member of Butner First Baptist Church and a retired cosmetologist at John Umstead Hospital in Butner.  
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at Butner First Baptist Church by Dr. Gene Garrison. Burial will follow in Carolina Memorial Gardens in Creedmoor.  
Surviving are her husband, James Willard Boone; two daughters, Barbara B. Crews of Butner and Nancy B. Horton of Chapel Hill; one brother, L. Graham Harris Jr. of Oxford; one stepson, Douglas Boone of Butner; one stepdaughter, Jane Rumph of Cheraw, S.C.; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husband Nelson T. Breedlove.  
Visitation will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Friday at the fellowship hall at Butner First Baptist Church and other times at the home.  
Flowers are accepted, or memorials can be made to Butner First Baptist Church, West D Street, Butner, N.C. 27509.  
Arrangements are by Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home of Oxford.  

Mary Cozart  

HENDERSON -- Mary Cozart, 69, died Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at the Oxford Manor nursing home. She was the daughter of the late Norman and Sally Cozart. 
She was a member of Mountain Spring Baptist Church, where she served in the choir.  
Surviving are two daughters, Sally Cozart Landis and Mary Epps of Oxford; five sons, Willie Cozart and Larry Cozart of Oxford, John Ronnie Cozart and Edward Cozart of Jacksonville, Fla., and Larry Campbell of New Jersey; two sisters, Shirley Dunston of Rocky Mount and Sadie B. Cozart of Oxford; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.  
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Mountain Spring Baptist Church by the Rev. George Bullock. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at Betts & Son Funeral Home and other times at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Otis and Sally Landis, 4097 Charie Harris Road in Oxford.  
Arrangements are by Betts & Son Funeral Home.

Samuel B. Dickerson  

HENDERSON -- Samuel Bruce Dickerson, 58, of 5973 Satterwhite Point Road died Monday, June 18, 2001, at his home. He was a Warren County native and the son of the late Ernest and Lilly Belle Dickerson.  
He was a former employee of Roses Stores. He was a member of Westwood Pentecostal Holiness Church.  
Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Sunset Gardens by the Rev. William Wagner.  
Surviving are a son, Samuel Wayne Dickerson of Henderson; three sisters, Mary D. Ayscue and Blanche D. Faulkner, both of Alert, and Annie D. Pendergrass of Henderson; a brother, Robert Lee Dickerson of Alert; and three grandchildren.  
The family will receive friends at the home of Samuel Wayne Dickerson, 321 Buckskin Lane, Henderson.  
Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home.  

Annie M. Forte  

CREEDMOOR -- Annie M. Forte, 86, of 1694 Highway 56 West, died Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at her residence. She was a Johnston County native. 
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at Greenfield Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.  
Surviving are three daughters, Mollie Ann Chavis of the home and Alice Irene Davis and Bernice Applewhite, both of Goldsboro; one son, George Forte Jr. of Durham; a foster son, Will Henry Chavis of Tampa, Fla.; one sister, Roberta Pittman of Enfield; five brothers, O’dell Scott of Durham, Louis Scott of Corona, N.Y., Arthur Scott of the Bronx, N.Y., Chester Scott of New York City and James Warren of Baltimore; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.  
The family will receive visitors from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Wright Funeral Home in Oxford.  
Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home of Oxford.  

Mamie B. Grissom  

OXFORD -- Mamie Beal Grissom, 88, of 412 Broad St. died Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at Duke University Medical Center. She was a Granville County native, the daughter of the late John and Nancy Faucette Beal and the widow of Cullom C. Grissom.  
She was a member of Stovall Baptist Church and a homemaker.  
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Stovall Memorial Cemetery by the Rev. Cecil Newton.  
Surviving are a son, J.T. Grissom of Oxford, and three grandchildren.  
Visitation will follow the graveside services.  
Arrangements are by Eakes Funeral Home of Oxford.  

S. Hunter Harris  

OXFORD -- S. Hunter Harris, 90, of 4523 Shock Overton Road died Wednesday, June 20, 2001, at Granville Medical Center. He was a Granville County native and the son of the late Amos F. and Lillie Satterwhite Harris.  
He was a member of Providence Baptist Church and a retired farmer.  
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Providence Baptist Church by the Rev. Cam Ford. Burial will follow in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery.  
Surviving are one daughter, Eleanor H. Stovall of Stovall; three sons, Amos H. “A.H.” Harris and Sherwood Harris, both of Oxford, and William Harris of Wilton; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.  
Visitation will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home in Oxford and other times at the home of Amos and Ellen Harris, 4592 Old Route 75, Oxford, N.C. 27565. 
Arrangements are by Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home of Oxford.




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