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SHIRLEY C. BELAND
FUQUAY-VARINA - Shirley Currin Beland, 70, a dedicated wife, mother and grandmother, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1999. Funeral service 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, 1999 at the Fuquay-Varina Baptist Church. Graveside service 12-noon at Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson.
Mrs. Bland was a school teacher for 35 years, a member of the Women's Club of Fuquay-Varina, past matron of the Fuquay-Varina Chapter of the Eastern Star and an active member of the Fuquay-Varina Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Milton Beland; daughter, Ann Beland of Raleigh; son, Richard Beland of Garner; grandchildren, Richard Beland Jr., Shawn Beland, Chris Beland and Kara Beland; granddog, CoCo; sisters, Edna Papoon of Raleigh, Eugenia Earp of Angier, Ophelia Lance of Hartsville, SC; brothers, Richard Lee Currin of Angier, Billy Ray Currin of Chalybeate Springs.
The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999 at Thomas Funeral Home.
Those wishing to do so may make contributions to the Fuquay-Varina Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 940, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526; The Raleigh Rescue Mission, 314 E. Hargett Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 or to The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina, 3000 Industrial Drive, Suite 110, Raleigh, NC 27609.
JOHN W. BURNETT
RALEIGH - John Wesley Burnett, of 1215 Platinum Avenue, died Monday, January 18, 1999. Funeral service to be held at 12 noon, Friday, January 22, at Macedonia United Church of Christ. Burial follows at Carolina Biblical Gardens.
Wake at the Haywood Funeral Home Thursday evening, from 7-8 p.m.
He is survived by his loving family: wife, Mozella M. Burnett; sisters, Minnie Jones, Tommie Mae Burnett and Sarah Johnson, all of Raleigh; host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
BENJAMIN "FRANK" WILLIAMS
RALEIGH - Benjamin "Frank" Williams, 78, died Tuesday, January 19, 1999 in Rex Hospital. Mr. Williams was born in Warren Co. on May 12, 1920, the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Margaret Mosley Williams.
Frank grew up at the Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh and served in the U.S. Army during world War II in Egypt. He spent many happy days as a vendor at the Fair Grounds Flea Market for 25 years. He truly enjoyed talking and dealing with his many friends.
He was a former owner of Tunstall-Williams Pain and Body Shop. He was always a happy and loving person and will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Surviving are his wife, Etheleen Morris Williams; son, Bennie Frank Williams and wife, Linda Wrape of Zebulon; granddaughters, Wendy Williams Pearce and Dawn Williams Talton; five great-grandsons, Fleming, Ben and Neil Talton, Tyler and Aubrey Pearce; brother, Edward L. Williams of Cary; sister, Virginia Williams Seaman of Richmond, Va.
Funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday, January 22, 1999 in the Mitchell Funeral Home, St. Mary's St. Chapel by Pastor Kong Namkung. Interment will follow in Montlawn Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Thursday at Mitchell Funeral Home, 600 St. Mary's St., Raleigh, NC
NANCY FISH BAKER
RALEIGH - Nancy Fish Baker, widow of Julian Tucker Baker, died Wed., Jan. 20, 1999. She was born in Raleigh on October 11, 1911, daughter of Lilly Gray and Charles L. Fish. Nancy grew up on Blount Street, attended Peace College, received a degree in nursing from Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and practiced her profession at Johns Hopkins until her marriage in 1937. She was a lifetime member of Christ Church and served there for many years on the altar guild.
Nancy is survived by her daughter, Nancy Gray Baker of Richmond, Virginia; two sons, Julian T. Baker Jr., and Benjamin W. Baker, both of Raleigh; and a grandson, Benjamin W. Baker Jr., also of Raleigh.
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Christ Church. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Christ Church, 120 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC 27601 or to Hospice of Wake County, 1300 Saint Mary's St., 4th Floor, Raleigh, NC 27605.
Arrangements by Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Saint Mary's St., 828-4311.
ALDA D. DUNN
AYDEN - Alda Davis Dunn, 86, died Jan. 19, 1999 at Brian Center of Charlotte. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Ayden Cemetery.
Mrs. Dunn died of complications from Cancer. Active volunteer with the Pitt County Council on Aging. Long time member and active with the Ayden Christian Church where she was a substitute Pianist and Organist for many years.
Preceded in death by her husband, L.W. Waterboy Dunn; daughter, Connie Lou Dunn Newton; grandson, H. Lynn Newton Jr; sister, Julia Edwards.
Survivors: granddaughter, Laura Kelly Newton Hayes of Charlotte; great-granddaughter, Laura Lynn Hayes of Charlotte; brother-in-law, S. MacDonald Edwards of Ayden; many wonderful nieces and nephews.
Visitation 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Farmer Funeral Service in Ayden.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to: Hospice at Charlotte, 1420 East Seventh St., Charlotte, NC 28204. of Ayden Christian Church, P.O. Box 488, Ayden, NC 28513 or Institution or Charitable Organization of donor's choice.
SHERRY ANN EDWARDS
BOONE - Sherry Ann Edwards, 56, of 233 Ridgewood Drive, Boone, died Sunday, January 17, 1999 at Watauga Medical Center.
She was acting chair of the Art Department of ASU. Mrs. Edwards was a native of Annapolis, Maryland, born January 11, 1943, a daughter of the late John Charles and Alice Villanger Edwards, as an art teacher and artist, professor Edwards had been a member of the ASU faculty for 29 years.
Surviving are two sons, Erick Waterworth of Raleigh and Alex Waterworth of Boone; and two brothers, John "Jack" Edwards and wife, Marietta of Street, MD, and George V. Edwards of Baltimore, Md.
A memorial service for Sherry Ann Edwards will be held Saturday, January 23, at 1 p.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Boone.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sherry A. Edwards Memorial Scholarship Fund, in care of the Art Department Foundation, Wey Hall, Boone, N.C. 28608.
Austin and Barnes Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
EFFIE LEIGH ELMORE
FRANKLINTON - Effie Leigh Elmore, 73, died Tuesday, January 19, 1999 in Britthaven of Louisburg.
She was the daughter of the late Thomas O. Elmore and Effie Lee Morris Elmore.
She earned her RN degree at the James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. She was employed as a nurse by Dr. Frank Garris in Lewiston, and later employed by the East Carolina University Infirmary.
She was an active member of Perry's Chapel Baptist Church, Louisburg Home Extension, the Person Place Preservation Society and the Franklin County Arts Council.
Memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday from the Perry's Chapel Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Kanter and the Rev. Bryan Hatcher.
Surviving: sister, Dr. Cenieth C. Elmore of Franklinton; brothers, Dr. Thomas M. Elmore and wife, Ruby of Winston-Salem; brothers, Joseph E. Elmore and wife, Rebecca of Louisburg; four nieces; three great-nieces.
Visitation will immediately follow the service in the Church Fellowship Hall.
In lieu of flowers, memorials contributions may be made to Perry's Chapel Baptist Church Memorial Fund, 854 Perry's Chapel Church Road, Franklinton, NC 27525 or Person Place Preservation Society, 110 Cottrell Drive, Louisburg, NC 27549 or Historic Hope Foundation, Windsor, NC.
KENNETH F. ENNIS, SR.
ANGIER - Kenneth F. Ennis Sr., 54, died Sunday. Funeral service was 2 p.m. Wednesday, Saints Delight Pentecostal FreeWill Baptist Church with Rev. Benny Smith officiating. Burial, Angier Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
Surviving: daughter, Karen Weathers of Fuquay-Varina; son, Kenneth F. Ennis Jr. of Fuquay-Varina; sister, Joyce Hall of Locus; brother, LeRoy Ennis of Washington State; four grandchildren; companion, Barbara A. Young of Angier.
Arrangements handled by Overby-Johnson Funeral Home.
FRANCES H. GRIFFIN
BURLINGTON - Frances H. Griffin, 78, died Sunday. Graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mebane. There will be a memorial service for her friends and fellow residents at Twin Lakes Retirement Center, Health Center Chapel at 9:30 a.m. prior to the graveside.
Frances was a lifelong resident of Raleigh and retired from service with the State of North Carolina, Wildlife Division. Her last days were spent as she wished with family and her unexpected passing was peaceful and happy as she was preparing to return to Twin Lakes' Home.
Surviving are her daughters, Cotha Cates and Jo Faircloth, both of Cary; grandchildren, Margie Smith of Raleigh, Catherine Smith of Virginia Beach, Lee and Rob Taylor, both of Cary; great-grandchildren, Cates and Emma Smith of Virginia Beach, Averie Kreyssig of Raleigh.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial contribution can be made to Hawfields Presbyterian Church, Cemetery Endowment Fund, 2115 South NC 119, Mebane, NC 27302.
Arrangements are being handled by the Cremation Society of the Carolinas, Inc., Raleigh.
HELEN HILL HART
LOUISBURG - Funeral, 11 a.m., today in the Chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest.
The family will receive friends thirty minutes preceding the service.
WERNER HAUSLER
CHAPEL HILL - Chapel Hill architect Werner Hausler died Tuesday. He was 66. A graduate of Cornell University and N.C. State University School of Design, he served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954-1956. He practiced as a principal in the firm of Cogswell/Hausler from 1967 to 1990, where he left his mark on many buildings here and elsewhere, including the Community Church in Chapel Hill and private homes, a number of which received AIA and other design awards. From 1990 until the present, he practiced with his wife Lyn McClay at DesignSpec, Inc. in Chapel Hill. In 1956, with a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant, he was one of the originators of an early project to explore the use of computer in architectural design.
He is survived by his wife, Lyn McClay; his former wife, Shelley Hausler; their children, Maura Valerias of Miami, Fl., Kurt Hausler of Wake Forest and Mark Hausler of Arlington, Va.; his sister, Clara Cazzulino of Long Island, N.Y.; four grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Werner Hausler Memorial Fund, which provides scholarship aid to architectural students, c/o School of Design, N.C. State University, Box 7701, Raleigh, N.C. 27695-7701.
MERLIN JOHNSON
WELDON - Miss Merlin Johnson, 90, a resident of Weldon for 74 years, died about 9 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, after an illness of a few weeks. Born near Tillery on May 22, 1908, Miss Johnson was the youngest of four children, and the only daughter, of Florence Morgan Johnson and Essex Johnson Jr. Her father was the son of Essex and Lucinda Johnson of the Conoconnara area, and her mother's parents were Paul and Melissa Morgan of Northampton County.
In her early childhood, Miss Johnson worked with her family, farming in the Tillery area. Because of her mother's insistence that her children be educated, Miss Johnson was a capable graduate of the Rosenwald School near Tillery. And with her remarkable knowledge and memory, she was a fountain of Conoconnara and Weldon history. While living actively in the present, she held on to the past, recalling such things as her fond feelings for the primary school teacher who taught her how to read some years before the First World War.
When the Johnsons moved to Weldon in 1925, she, at 17, began to work and care for several Weldon families, seeing children and grandchildren grow to adulthood before she retired well past the age of 70. After her mother died in 1934, along with her other jobs, she also cared for her father up until his death in 1958. Years ago, Miss Johnson secured a stained glass window in memory of her parents for St. Peter's Baptist Church in Weldon. As her parents had been, she was a devout and faithful Baptist all her life.
Merlin Johnson leaves many nieces and nephews, grand and great-grand-nieces and nephews, and close friends very glad to have known her over the years. The public is invited to a service to remember her, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at Cofield Funeral Home in Weldon. Afterward, she will be buried beside her father and near other family members, at Raven's Nest Cemetery, just north of Tillery on NC 561.
EVELYN LEBBOS
CARY - Evelyn Lebbos, originally of Trye Lebanon, who has lived in Cary, passed away Tuesday of natural causes. Evelyn, who was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, brought joy to our lives by all the generous things she did, whether it was making delicious food or knitting clothes.
She is survived by her eight children, Bisharah, Saddalah, Fouad, Amal, Jihad, Dia, Lebbos and Nouhad; 12 grandchildren, Amad, Rami, Nisrine, Adriana, Lewis, Jannat, Wassim, Basam, Nadim, Marwan, Ghassan, Benjamin.
We pray that she is now at peace in heaven and lovingly watching over us.
A service will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home in Cary.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home.
JAMES WILLARD PITTMAN
SELMA - James Willard Pittman, 83, died Wednesday morning. He was the widower of Mary Hines Pittman, who passed away on January 16, 1999, after 65 years of marriage. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. Friday in the Chapel of Parrish Funeral Home with the Rev. Wade Parker and the Rev. Earl Gilliam to officiate.
Surviving are his son, Mike Pittman and his wife Nellie of Alexandria, VA; daughter, Anne Stanley and her husband Bobby of Selma; a brother, Billie Pittman of Valdese; a sister, Ruth Creech of Clayton; a granddaughter, Sharon Burton and her husband Rick; and two great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Friday immediately before the service from 3-4 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the West Calvary FWB Church, 309 Powell St., Smithfield, NC 27577.
JAMES C. "JAY" SMITH
ROCKY MOUNT - James C. "Jay" Smith, founder and CEO of American Auction and Fixture Co., Inc., 65, of 3933 Kimberly Jo Drive, died Tuesday, January 19, 1999 due to complications from liver disease, at UNC-Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
He is survived by his wife, Fran Smith; six sons, Carl W. Smith, Joseph R. Smith, Ralph B. Handy, Stephen R. Smith, P. Brad Smith, all of Rocky Mount, J. Todd Smith of Eden; one daughter, Deborah S. Smith of Reidsville; six grandchildren; one brother, Bob L. Smith and wife of Florida.
Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Johnson Funeral Home, Sunset Avenue with Rev. Reid Huffman officiating.
The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Rocky Mount-Nash County Chapter of the American Red Cross, 516 Church St., Rocky Mount, N.C. 27804.
