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JOHNNIE W. LAYTON
FRANKLINTON - Johnnie Winston Layton, 88, died April 21, 1999 in Britthaven Nursing Home. He was a member of the Franklinton Baptist Church and a retired health tech.
He was predeceased by his parents, Elizabeth and John Stark Layton.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Sandling Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dupre Sanders officiating. Burial, Fairview Cemetery.
Surviving: wife, Margie Collins Layton; sister, Louise Pridgen of Louisburg; grandchildren, Kimberly and Charles Layton.
Family will receive friends 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, Sandling Funeral Home.
JAMES C. MERRITT
JUNE 20, 1912-APRIL 21, 1999
WILLOW SPRING - James C. Merritt, 86, of 217 Tamworth Drive, died Wednesday.
Funeral service 11 a.m. Saturday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel, Garner. Burial, Fellowship Community Cemetery, Angier.
Surviving: daughters, Sara Merritt of Albany, NY, and Sheryl Webber of Willow Spring; sisters, Martha M. Harris of Youngsville and Doris M. English of York, SC; brother, Charlie Brown Merritt, Jr. of Charlotte; and seven grandchildren.
Visitation 7-9 p.m. Friday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner.
MARILYN LANIER PICKETT
BEULAVILLE - Marilyn Lanier Pickett, age 58, died Thursday, April 22, 1999, in Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC. She was a former employee of Donald Pickett, C.P.A., Beulaville, NC.
Funeral 7 p.m. Friday, April 23, 1999 at the Community Funeral Home Chapel, Beulaville, NC. Visitation will follow.
Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, April 24, 1999 in East Duplin Memorial Gardens, Beulaville, NC.
Survivors: husband, Frederick H. Pickett, Beulaville, NC; three daughters, Wendy P. Cannon and husband Tony, Kinston, NC, Deanna P. Williams and husband Chris, Knightdale, NC, Jennifer L. Pickett, Kinston, NC; sister, Ludie Andrews, Beulaville, NC; three brothers, Quince Lanier, Jacksonville, NC, Homer Lanier, Kinston, NC, Worth Lanier, Beulaville, NC; granddaughter, Holly M. Cannon.
Arrangements by Community Funeral Home of Beulaville.
INEZ CAUSEY POOLE
COATS - Mrs. Inez Causey Poole, age 77, of 594 N. Orange St., died Thursday at her home after an extended illness.
Funeral services 11 a.m. Saturday at the Coats Baptist Church. Officiating will be the Revs. Jesse W. Mooney, Jr. and A. Howard Beard. Burial will follow in Lakeside Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Poole was born December 8, 1921, in Durham County to the late Herbert Roscoe and Minnie Stone Causey. She was preceded in death by a brother, Herbert Roscoe Causey, Jr., and a grandson, David Lee Trogdon. Mrs. Poole was a retired beautician, seamstress, and homemaker. S he was also a member of the Coats Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, David Lentis Poole; daughter, Sandra Poole Trogdon of Raleigh; son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Judith Poole of Raleigh; sisters, Bonnie Roberts of Angier, Dorothy Fox and Marry Ellen Moffitt both of Chuluota, FL; grandchildren, Robert Lentis Trogdon of Richmond, VA, William Fate Trogdon of Coats, and Nichole Poole of Angier; great-granddaughters, Amanda Trogdon and Logan Trogdon both of Raleigh.
The family will be at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats 7-9 p.m. Friday.
BETTYE ROGERS
RALEIGH - Bettye Rogers, of 3240 Tryon Road, died Monday, April 20, 1999. Funeral service to be held 1 p.m. Saturday, April 24th at St. John A.M.E. Church. Rev. A.D. Terrell officiating. Burial takes place at Malaby's Crossroad Church cemetery. Family visitation on Saturday at the church from 12:30-1 p.m.
She leaves to cherish her memories; Lucille McIver of Raleigh, Mamie Kearney of Apex, Rosa Hunt of Raleigh, Elean Terrell of Baltimore, Md., Hattie McCullers of Cherry Hill, Md., several nieces, nephews, grand nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.
Arrangements by Haywood Funeral Home, Inc.
JAMES RUMFELT
RALEIGH - James Rumfelt, of 7321 Fox Rd., Raleigh, N.C. died Thursday, April 22, 1999 at his residence. Mr. Rumfelt was a retired employee of Ryder Truck Leases. During WWII Mr. Rumfelt served as body guard for General Eisenhower.
Mr. Rumfelt is survived by his wife, Lois Rumfelt; son, Ray Y. Rumfelt; daughters, Alice R. Young of Tampa, FL, Betty R. Barbour of Raleigh, Linda R. Poore of Concord, Bonnie Logan of Raleigh; brothers, Roy Rumfelt of Morristown, TN, Albert Rumfelt of Fairbank, IN, Ned Rumfelt of Morganton, Homer Rumfelt of Marion; sisters, Louise R. Patton of Union Mills; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Wake County, 1300 Saint Mary's Street, 4th Floor, Raleigh, N.C. 27605.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Please call Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Saint Mary's Street for further arrangements.
ROBERT C. "CURTIS" WEAVER
TARBORO - Robert C. "Curtis" Weaver, 66, died Thursday. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Carlisle Funeral Home with Rev. Howard Harden officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Weaver retired as Clerk of Superior Court after serving 33 devoted years to the citizens of Edgecombe County. Mr. Weaver also served in the U.S. Navy. He will be missed by many friends and love ones.
Surviving: wife, Alma Lois Williams Weaver; sons, John Raynor of Carteret Co., Kenneth Raynor of Franklin Co.; grandson, John Raynor Jr. of Tarboro; brother, Johnny Weaver of Pitt Co.
Family will be receiving friends 7-9 p.m. at Carlisle Funeral Home, Friday 7-9 p.m.
JAMES EDWARD WINSTON
RALEIGH - James Edward Winston, of 1109 Suffolk Blvd., died Tuesday. Funeral service 3 p.m. Saturday at Lea Funeral Home chapel.
Surviving: daughters, Fredreka Fasion of Raleigh, Sontina Johnson of Wake Forest; sons, Fredrick Faison and James Faison both of Raleigh; sisters, Carrie Hart of Raleigh, Peggy Newsome and Lizzie Mae Horton both of Kansas City, Kansas; brothers, William Winston Jr. of Raleigh and Jessie Person of Pilot; four grandchildren.
Visitation, 1-3 p.m. at Lea Funeral Home.
A Lea Funeral Home Service, 231-1000.
GEORGE B. AUTRY
CHAPEL HILL - George Bailey Autry, an interpreter of Southern trends and a creative champion of policies to improve the prospects of poor people and poor places, died in his home Sunday.
Autry, who was 62, served for 32 years as president of MDC, Inc., a nonprofit research firm that has worked to develop the economy of North Carolina and the region through expanding educational opportunities and workforce training.
Under Autry's leadership, MDC published several reports that had wide influence in shaping public opinion and government policies: "The State of the South" in 1996 and 1998, "America's Shame, America's Hope: Twelve Million Youth at Risk," which led to a public television special by Bill Moyers, and "Shadows in the Sunbelt," which popularized the term "buffalo hunt" as it warned the South against reliance on low-wage, low-skill industry.
In addition, Autry traveled extensively across the South and worked with a broad network of business executives, government officials, foundation boards and staff, and leaders of community colleges and universities. He regularly repeated his core conviction: "Education is the antidote to poverty." Autry believed that his organization's research should be applied to solve problems facing the people of North Carolina and the South.
As a result, he helped design the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, and he served as the chief of staff of the state commission that worked in the 1980s to bolster the North Carolina Community College System. Among a wide array of initiatives, Autry was instrumental in the creation of the Mississippi-based Foundation for the Mid South and in devising the recently enacted workforce development law in Louisiana.
Autry was born on March 14, 1937 in Wilmington, the son of John Murchison Autry and Audrienne Bailey Autry. He was graduated from Duke University with an A.B. degree in 1958 and from Duke Law School with a J.D. degree in 1961. Duke University has selected him for an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at its commencement next month.
Shortly after graduating from law school, Autry moved to Washington for a congressional fellowship and then became chief counsel and staff director of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, then chaired by Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. of North Carolina.
Autry returned to his home state in 1967, when he became the founding president of the North Carolina Manpower Development Corporation, which subsequently shortened its name to MDC, Inc. as it took on a regional scope.
In the 1960s, he served as a campaign aide to former President Lyndon B. Johnson and former Vice President Hubert Humphrey. He took a leave of absence from MDC to manage the campaign of Luther Hodges Jr., who ran unsuccessfully for the 1978 Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.
At the time of his death, Autry was serving on the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, on the board of directors of the Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood in Cary, and on the board of The Pew Charitable Trusts Center for Civic Journalism in Washington. He was a member of the Watauga Club.
At MDC, Autry was working on a "State of the Carolinas" report for The Duke Endowment. He was also directing a joint MDC-Ford Foundation project called the Rural Community College Initiative.
Autry is survived by his wife, Bess Powell Autry of Chapel Hill; his son, George B. Autry, Jr. of Wake Forest; his daughter, Ret. Autry Boney of Raleigh; his daughter-in-law Stephanie Hutchins Autry; his son-in-law Leslie N. Boney III; his grandchild, George B. Autry III; and his sister, Isabel Freeman of Greensboro.
The funeral is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday in Duke Chapel, with William H. Willimon, dean of the chapel, presiding. Burial will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery. A visitation with family and friends will take place at Walker's Funeral Home, 120 West Franklin Street, in Chapel Hill on Monday 7-9 p.m.
The family requests memorial gifts to MDC, Inc. for the President's Endowment.
GERALD F. PURSER
MAY 13, 1945 - APRIL 24, 1999
WENDELL - Gerald Franklin Purser, 53, of 7324 Lake Myra Rd., died suddenly on Saturday. He was an employee with Square D Company for over 23 years. He was a Vietnam Veteran having served with the US Army and was an assistant Scout Master with Troop #347. He was born in Beaufort County, the son of the late Lester Earl Purser and Irene Mooney Purser.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27 at Hayes Barton United Methodist Church, 2209 Fairview Rd., Raleigh. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.
Surviving wife, Patricia Davis Purser; daughter, Meghan Blair Purser of the home; son, Adam Tyler Purser of the home; sisters and brothers-in-law, Carolyn and Sam Whitehurst of Cary, Janis and Charles Murphy of Vanceboro; niece, Jessica Whitehurst of Raleigh; mother-in-law, Joyce Davis of the home.
He was predeceased by a son, Patrick Dean Purser.
In lieu of flowers the family suggest memorial contributions be made to an Educational Fund for Meghan and Adam Purser, State Employees Credit Union, Account #2872340, 119 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Monday at Strickland Funeral home, 211 W. Third St., Wendell, other times at the home.
WARREN W. SIMMONS
CARY - Warren W. Simmons, 78, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away April 25, 1999, after a long courageous battle with a major illness. He was predeceased by one son, Edward G. Thompson of Cary and one brother, Malcolm Simmons of New York. Mr. Simmons retired from IBM in 1982 after 40 years of service. Before moving to Raleigh with IBM in 1973, he resided in Red Hook, NY with his family and while there he served as the Town Supervisor for six years. Most of his life was spent in Dutchess County, NY. He was an active member of the Rhinebeck Rescue Squad for years, Red Hook Lions Club and many bowling associations.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday 2:00 p.m. April 28, 1999, at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Cary. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Mr. Simmons is survived by his wife of 45 years, Helen L. Simmons of Cary; sons, Barry J. Simmons and wife, Susan of Apex; Charles A. Simmons and wife, Heidi of Red Hook, NY; daughter, Sharon L. Thompson of Clinton, NJ; brother, Roswel Simmons of Pine Plains, NY; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and several loving nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, 117 South Academy Street, Cary, NC 27511.
He was a kind and gentle man who will surely be missed by his family, nieces, nephews and all who loved him.
ETTA RADFORD ANDREWS
CENTERVILLE - Etta Radford Andrews, 90, of Centerville died Sunday (4/25/99) in Franklin Regional Medical Center.
Funeral service will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday from the Centerville Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. Lyman Wilson and the Rev. David Brooks. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Surviving: daughter, Rea A. Manning of Centerville; sister, Emily Beaudoin of Virginia; brother, Lonnie Radford of Centerville; granddaughter, Jackie M. Kemp; two great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday at the Lancaster Funeral Home.
Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to Centerville Baptist Church, 2370 Leonard Rd., Louisburg, NC 27549.
SALLIE ENGLAND ANDREWS
RALEIGH - A memorial service for Sallie England Andrews who died Tuesday, April 20, 1999, will be held today at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 111 West Morgan Street, Raleigh.
MARY EMMA SMART BALL
JULY 11, 1911 - APR. 25, 1999
GARNER - Mary Emma Smart Ball, 87, of 1014 Phillip St., died Sunday. She had been a resident of Lawndale Manor and Cary Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Service: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel. Burial, Oak Level Christian Church Cemetery, Youngsville.
Surviving: daughter, Leona B. Timm of Garner; son, Julian Edward Ball and his wife, JoLane Ball of Wendell; sister, Hester S. Shytle of Shallote; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. today at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner.
