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MARGIE M. MAITH
TEMPLE HILLS, Md. -- Margie M. Maith, of 4108 Twenty First Place, died Feb. 20, 1999. Funeral 1 p.m. Thursday, Apex First Baptist Church. Entombment, Montlawn Memorial Park.
Survivors: husband, Luther F. Maith; son, Lang Maith; mother, Mary Mangum; sister, Ruby Mangum; brother, James Mangum.
Arrangements by Albright Funeral Home, Apex.
LERMA PARRISH MURRAY
BENSON -- Mrs. Lema Parrish Murray, 88, formerly of Benson, died Tuesday morning at Senior Citizens Center in Dunn. She was a native of Johnston County, born July 23, 1910, at the late Edgar Alonzo and Mary "Mollie" Coats Benson. She was a homemaker and a member of Benson Grove Baptist Church.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Benson Grove Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Billy Cashwell. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Survivors include: daughter and son-in-law, Daphine and Charles Lynch of Alpharetta, GA; stepdaughters, Hilda Durham of Mebane, Norma Jean McLendon of Smithfield; sisters, Estelle Flythe of Garner, Eloise Worrell of Tampa, FL; brothers, Shelton Benson and Sherbert Benson, both of Angier; four granddaughters; two great-grandchildren.
The visitation will be at Benson Grove Baptist Church from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday.
The family will be at the home of Shelton Benson, 7583 NC50 North, Angier.
Arrangements by Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson.
JOHN A. PEARCE MAY 14, 1920-FEB. 22, 1999
ZEBULON -- John A. "Johnny" Pearce, 78, of 13095 NC Hwy. 96, Zebulon and Poquoson, VA died Monday at Wake Medical Center. He was a retired heavy equipment contractor and was a member of the Orient Masonic Lodge # 395 AF&AM in Wilmington, NC.
Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, 1999 at Strickland Funeral Home Chapel in Wendell with Dr. Carl Hedrick officiating. Burial will follow at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery.
Surviving his wife of 58 years, Edna Glover Pearce; half sisters, Jenell Myers of Portsmouth, VA, Rachel Hayes of Dinwiddie, VA and Mae Moyer of Petersburg, VA; half brothers, J.D. Pearce and Robert Pearce both of Chesapeake, VA, Billy Pearce of Zuni, VA.
The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. today at Strickland Funeral Home, 211 W. Third St., Wendell, other times at the home.
LYDIA S. RENN
DURHAM -- Mrs. Lydia Steele Renn, 86, resident of 3110 Hope Valley Rd., died Tuesday morning in Duke Medical Center. She was born in Mecklenburg County, the daughter of the late Mark E. Conder and Lola Opal Steele. She had been a resident of Durham for the past 18 years. She was a graduate of Durham High School. She received her A.B. degree from Duke University and M.Ed from UNC-Greensboro. She taught in the Sanford schools from 1952 until 1954 and the Greensboro schools from 1954 until 1960. Mrs. Renn worked at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest from 1960 until she retired in July 1978. She was the author of the book "The Reverend Luckey Steele."
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ursula Renn Pope and her husband, Stewart, and Mrs. Lydia Renn Taylor and her husband, Ronald (Bud) all of Durham; three grand-daughters, Mrs. Carol P. Beam of Wadesboro, Mrs. Laura T. Smith of Swansboro and Mrs. Cathy T. Johanns of Rougemont; two grandsons, Gilbert R. Pope of Durham and Hal Stewart Pope, Jr. of Apex; one nephew, Howard Mark Steele, Jr. of Durham; and ten great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in Maplewood Cemetery Annex B Section 4 by Rev. Harold Craig. The family will receive friends Thursday from 12 noon until 2 p.m. at Clements Funeral Home and at other times will be at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lydia R. Taylor of 3110 Hope Valley Road.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the charity of one's choice.
CLARA VELMA SCOTT
MT. OLIVE -- Clara Velma Scott, 79, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro. Born July 3, 1919 to the late Benjamin Proctor and Ila Dail Proctor of Duplin County, Mrs. Scott was the widow of the late Oliver Wayne "Tip" Scott. She was also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Mt. Olive, Bishop Jerry Wayne Harper will officiate.
Surviving Mrs. Scott are one son, Joseph E. Scott and wife, Rebecca P. Scott of Mt. Olive; grandsons, Jacob Wayne Scott and wife, Dawn Lewis Scott, Jonathan Edward Scott and Jason Alan Scott, all of Mt. Olive; sister, Jewel Summerlin Horne of Warsaw.
Other than her husband and parents, Mrs. Scott was preceded in death by one brother, Mr. Elton Proctor.
Memorial service will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1999 at Community Chapel, Community Funeral Home of Warsaw. Elder Lathan A. Wiggins and Elder James Dixon will officiate. Pallbearers will be Nathan Thomas Scott, Bill Herring, Kelvin Kornegay, Jacob Scott, Jonathan Scott, and Jason Scott.
Family and friends will be received by Mrs. Scotts family following the service until 9 p.m. Prior to service, the family will be at 211 Crest Drive, Mt. Olive.
Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, February 25, 1999 at Devotional Gardens of Warsaw.
A Community Funeral Home of Warsaw service.
CLEO B. TEMPLE
ZEBULON -- Cleo Boykin Temple, 80, of 214 W. Sycamore St., died Tuesday. Funeral service 3 p.m. Thursday, Zebulon United Methodist Church. Burial, Zebulon Cemetery. Mrs. Temple was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon Lee Temple and her son, Gordon Keith Temple.
Surviving: daughter-in-law, Shelba Williams Temple of Zebulon; daughters and sons-in-law, Andrea and Jack Bryant of Dallas, N.C., Treva and Terry Hicks of Woodstock, Ga. and daughter, Roxie Temple of the home; grandchildren, Debbie Temple Wheless, Bonnie Temple, Candy Coley Finn, Dana and Dayna Bryant, Terry and Allison Hicks, Todd Temple Hicks; great-grandchildren, Johnnie Elizabeth Wheless, Ashley Wheless, Bud Coley, Cody Finn, Dustin Bryant and Melissa Cobb.
The family will receive friends Wednesday evening 7-9 p.m. at Massey Funeral Home, Zebulon.
For those who wish, contributions may be made to Wake Enterprises, Inc., Zebulon Office, 2421 Timber Drive, Raleigh, N.C. 27604; or to 3HC 8208 Brownleigh Drive, Raleigh, N.C. 27622.
Arrangements by Massey Funeral Home, Zebulon, 269-6600.
JESSICA M. TYSON
APEX -- Jessica Morgan Tyson, 2, of 2612 Haventree Court, died Sunday at UNC Memorial Hospitals, Chapel Hill.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Oscar's Memorial Chapel with the Elder James L. Martin officiating. Burial will be in the Teel Family cemetery, Havelock.
Surviving: parents, Joseph and Donna Tyson, Jr of the home; sister, Danielle Tyson of the home; paternal grandparents, Joseph and Mildred Tyson, Sr. of Kinston; great-grandmother, Carolyn Godette of Havelock; maternal grandparents, Elder James L. and Polly S. Martin of Walnut Cove; great-grandmother, Maeomi Smith of Mt. Airy and Katherine Welch of Walnut Cove.
The family will receive friends, 12:00 noon to 12:45 p.m. Thursday at Oscar's Memorial Chapel.
Arrangements by Oscar's Mortuary, Inc.
REV. ROGER E. WILLIAMS JR.
WINSTON-SALEM -- Rev. Roger E. Williams Jr., 81, of the Brookridge Baptist Retirement Community, passed away following a brief illness in a cardiac hospital in Columbia, S.C. on February 21, 1999. After pastorates in Florida, Indiana and North Carolina, he worked for 24 years with the N.C. Baptist Children's Homes as pastor, Director Development and as Eastern Area Administrator. Since his retirement in 1980, he remained active, completing 15 interims, including one in Aviano, Italy. His last sermon was delivered on February 14, 1999.
Surviving his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Williams of the home; one son, Roger David Williams of Charlotte; two daughters, Betty Gaile Williams of Charlotte and Nancy Williams Bailey of Morganton; a son-in-law, Steve Bailey; grandsons, Ryan and Chris Bailey of Morganton; a sister, Mrs. Betty Kinney of Sebring, Fla.
A private graveside will be conducted on Thursday by the Rev. Ty Talton.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek Chapel.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Ardmore Baptist Church.
The family asks that any memorial gifts may be made to the Baptist Children's Home of N.C., P.O. Box 338, Thomasville, N.C. 27361-0338; or to the Brookridge Baptist Retirement Community, 1199 Hayes Forest Drive, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27106.
ISHAM R. WILLIAMS JR.
RICHMOND, VA -- Isham R. Williams, Jr., Major U.S.A.F.R. (Retired), son of the late Isham Rowland Williams and Lenoir Mercer Williams died on February 23, 1999. He is survived by his wife of forty four years, Rogers Tyler Williams; his daughter and son-in-law, Katherine W. and G. Scott Hetzer of Richmond, VA; son and daughter-in-law, Barbara Bryant and Isham Rowland Williams, III of Atlanta, GA; son, Henry Magruder Williams and daughter, Lenoir Tyler Williams of Richmond, VA; grandchildren, Virginia Tyler Hetzer, Katherine Mercer Hetzer, G. Scott Hetzer, Jr., Isham Rowland Williams, IV and Marguerite Virginia Williams; a sister and brother-in-law, Lenoir W. Tucker, and the Reverend Leslie Campbell Tucker, Jr. of Montreat, NC.
Major Williams was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on January 8, 1926, and was raised in Dunn, NC. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 1950 from the United States Naval Academy. Upon graduation he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Acting as a navigator on a B-29 Superforttress, Lt. Williams then served during the Korean War with the 93rd Bomber Squadron/19th Bomber Group based at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. Following the war, he again served as a navigator on both KB-29 and KC-97 refueling aircraft with the Strategic Air Command. He was later assigned to the Strategic Missile Command. Among his awards Major Williams received the Air Medal for completion of twenty-three combat missions, the Air Force Missile Badge for service as both a launch control officer in the S.N.A.R.K. program and Missile Combat Crew Commander with the Atlas-F program. In April of 1964 Major Williams transferred to the U.S.A.F. Reserve, he retired from the Air Force in 1967. In September of 1964 Mr. Williams joined the brokerage firm of Abbott, Procter & Paine (now Paine-Webber, Inc.) in Richmond, VA where he served as an account Vice President until his death.
Mr. Williams was a life time member of both the University of North Carolina and the United States Naval Academy Alumni Associations. He had also served as a board member, troop committeeman and merit badge counselor with the Robert E. Lee Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Williams was a member of Acca Temple, Scottish Rite, the Masons and the Richmond Power Squadron. He was a member of Saint Mary's Episcopal Church of Richmond, VA. Funeral services will be held at Saint Mary's Church on February 25, 1999 11 a.m. with the Reverend John E. Miller officiating. Internment at Saint Mary's will follow the service.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the I.R. Williams, Sr. Law Scholarship Fund, Campbell University Law School, Buis C reek, NC 27506; the Robert E. Lee Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 4015 Fitzhugh Ave., Richmond, VA 23230, or Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road, Richmond, VA 23233.
ALMA HOBBY SORRELL
CARY -- Alma Hobby Sorrell, 79, died Thursday, Jan. 7, 1999.
We now know what it is like to have a broken heart. Today our mother's name is recorded in the Book of Life and so shall she have life everlasting with the Lord. Out of his love God gloriously provided for all her needs from the day of her birth. During her illness, she was attended to medically in a superb way by longtime physician Dr. William Ginn and many other special Doctors. The Lord selected special critical care nurses to care for mother's every need. What great comfort these people were for all of us.
In human terms her life was far too brief, far too short; but how glorious it was because she was willing to release her life to her creator, back to our Lord. We prayed very specifically that when that hour would come when sustaining life support would no longer be there, she would have great peace in the transition from this life to her everlasting life. More than anything else, we want you to know her great victory when she changed from a mortal being into immortality, exactly as stated in I Corinthians Chapter 15 verse 53-57 "Oh death where is your sting?...But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ".
Alma was born in McCullers and raised off Holly Springs Rd. She was visiting relatives in Cary one summer when she met Philip Sorrell on the back pew of First Baptist Church in Cary during a worship service. She married
him a short time later at the age of 17. They bought a farm in Cary and the Lord chose his most beautiful and wonderful child, Alma, to be a mother of five children. She lived a glorious life with an enormous faith in Almighty God. Her greatest tragedy was the loss of her sweet husband Philip to leukemia. After a five year battle with leukemia, God provided the grace and strength for Alma to release Philip to the Lord in 1963. Alma was a vibrant, strong-willed woman who loved living life. She loved her church, garden club and her wonderful friends.
She is survived by her children, Dan Sorrell of Fayetteville, Loyd Sorrell and wife, Denise of Cary, Raymond Sorrell of Atlanta, GA, Jean Hester and husband, Jack of Cary, and Irma Clark and husband, Haddon of Cary; grandchildren, Philip Sorrell, Hannah Gregory, Sumer Averett, Jobe Sorrell, Dan Sorrell, Jr., Adam Sorrell, Scott Sorrell, Sterling Sorrell, Colby Sorrell, Brooke Hester, Trey Hester, Mary Lynn Williams, Manly Clark, Philip Clark, Sydney Clark; seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Cary. Burial will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Cary.
Visitation will be held 4-6 p.m. Saturday at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home in Cary.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to First Baptist Church Cary, 218 South Academy Street, Cary NC 27511.
JOSEPHINE KIKER AVETT
CARY -- Josephine Mildred Kiker Avett, 84, of Cary, died Friday, January 8, 1999.
Mrs. Avett was born on August 27, 1914 to Paul and Ethel Kiker of Wadesboro. She graduated from Womans College in 1934 and taught 27 years in Stanley County Public Schools. Mrs. Avett was active in her church and a community leader in Norwood, N.C.
She is survived by her husband, of 61 years, James I. Avett Jr.; son and daughter-in-law, James I. and Paulette Avett III of Cary; daughters and sons-in-law, JoLynn and Linwood Johnson of Raleigh, Louise York and Bill Bazemore of Winston-Salem; brother, John Kiker of Houston, Tx; sisters, York Kiker of Raleigh and Hazel Bridges of Southern Pines; grandchildren, Ellen and husband, Mark Vitek, Elizabeth and husband, Jim Newton, Andrew and wife, Marlet Bazemore, Laurie Bazemore, Wes Avett, Ryan Avett, and Laura Avett; great-grandchildren, Lauren and Anna Vitek.
The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. Sunday at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Cary.
A memorial service in celebration of her life will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church in Norwood, N.C. Inurnment will follow.
in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Cary Total Life Center, 200 High Meadow Dr., Cary, N.C. 27511; or Alzheimer's Disease Assoc. Eastern NC Chapter, 400 Oberlin Rd., Raleigh, N.C. 27605; or First United Methodist Church of Norwood, Pee Dee Ave, Norwood N.C. 28128.
DAVID HORACE GILES
CHAPEL HILL -- David Horace Giles, 78, born Dec. 2, 1920 in Guilford County, NC and died January 9, 1999. Husband, father, grandfather, educator. Worked as buyer for Sears for 16 years. Undergraduate degree from High Point College and Masters and Doctorate degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill. Professor of Special Education at East Carolina University from 1968 to 1986. Active in many church and community activities.
Surviving: brother, Ray Giles of High Point; daughters and sons-in-law, Darla Giles Anderson and husband Linwood of Goldsboro, Beth Giles Alexander and husband Joe of Chapel Hill; son and daughter-in-law, Tim Giles and wife Nina of Statesboro, GA; six grandchildren, David Anderson and wife Melanie, Laura Anderson, Will, Ben, and Josh Alexander; and Anna Giles.
Funeral service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999 in the Chapel at University United Methodist Church on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. Burial service will follow at 3 p.m. at Spring field Friends Cemetery in High Point.
Receiving friends and family at 10 a.m..
Donations can be made to the University United Methodist Church, 150 East Franklin, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, or to a charity of your choice.
JOSEPHINE GRADY HOLMES
GOLDSBORO -- Mrs. Josephine Grady Holmes, 71, of 932 Rosewood Road, died Saturday in Wayne Memorial Hospital.
She was a native of Albertson, and daughter of the late Ned T. Grady and Frances Grady Blalock. She was a retired registered nurse from Wayne Memorial Hospital with 29 years of service and a member of the Rosewood First Baptist Church. She was also a member of TOPS, Golden Agers of Rosewood First Baptist, Wayne County Golden Agers, Goldsboro Parks and Recreation Senior Water Aerobics and active with the Senior Games.
Funeral service will be held Monday at 3 p.m. from the Rosewood First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Vernon Braswell officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.
Survivors: husband, Thurman K. Holmes; daughters and sons-in-law, Hillary and Keith Smith of Goldsboro and Betty Jo and Jeff Moore of Goldsboro; brother, Frank Grady Sr. of North Topsail Beach; grandchildren, Derrick Smith and wife, Jessica, David Smith, Jeffery Moore and Mary Jo Moore; great-granddaughter, Hannah Smith.
She was preceded in death by her brother, John Grady.
Memorials may be made to Rosewood First Baptist Church, 5566 NC 581 Hwy, Goldsboro, N.C.
The family will receive friends at Seymour Funeral Home from 4-6 p.m. Sunday; other times at the residence.
