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FRANCES S. west
WAKE FOREST -- Frances Sprinkle West, 74, formerly of Asheville, died July 22, 1999 at the Hillside Nursing Center at Wake Forest, NC.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Michael James Sprinkle and Jessie Mae Runnion Sprinkle; husband, Charles O. West, and daughter, Teresa Jan West.
She is survived by two sons, C. Douglas West and daughter-in-law, Diane P. West of Raleigh, Randall Lee West of Arden; four grandchildren, Heath and Jamie West of Alexander, Kim West Bounds of Sanford, Anthony S. West of Charlotte; and one great-grandchild, Madison Camille West of Charlotte.
A memorial service will be held at New Hope Baptist Church at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 25.
in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Scholarship Fund of New Hope Baptist Church, 4301 Louisburg Road, Raleigh, NC 27604.
WILLIAM LEON ADDLETON
KNIGHTDALE -- Reverend William Leon Addleton, 77, of Knightdale, died at his home on Thursday, July 15, 1999.
Born August 30, 1921, he was a native of Macon, Georgia, but had made his home in Knightdale for the past several years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ben and Bessie Addleton; brothers, James and John Addleton; sisters, Gloria Haskins, Annie Ruth Cranford; and granddaughter, Lisa Addleton.
Survivors: his loving and devoted wife of 58 years, Hilda Glass Addleton; son, Larry Addleton and his wife, Phyllis of Knightdale; daughter, Marveen Perry and her husband, Roy of Charlotte; grandson, Alex Perry; granddaughters, Mary Hightower, Dr. Suzette Perry, Jennifer Addleton; four brothers; four sisters; many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Addleton served in the U.S. Army as a sergeant in the Pacific during World War II. He worked with the National Linen Service after completing military service.
In 1948 Leon was ordained in to the ministry and pastored churches for the next 51 years in Mississippi, North Carolina and Georgia. In Macon, churches included Willingham Baptist and Third Street Baptist. After graduation from Mercer University, Leon moved to North Carolina in 1957 to attend seminary at Southeastern in Wake Forest. While in North Carolina, he pastored Central Baptist in Wendell, Second Baptist in Henderson and Cheek Heights in Durham. Upon returning to Georgia, Mr. Addleton pastored Northside Baptist in Warner Robins for the next 17 years. He also was a chaplain for Christopher Smith Funeral Home in Warner Robins. Upon retirement from full-time ministry, Leon pastored Antioch Baptist Church in Butler, Georgia for six years. After a heart attack and declining health, Leon and Hilda decided to move to Knightdale, NC to be near their children, Larry and Marveen.
Funeral services will be Sunday, July 18, 1999 at 3 p.m. at Northside Baptist Church in Warner Robins with Dr. Clinton Sheehan officiating. Also officiating is Reverend B.O. Stanley, Y.Z. Gordy and Reverend Billy Atkins. Eulogy will be given by Charlie Wells. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Macon.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, 1999 at the funeral home. Serving as pallbearers will be deacons of Northside Baptist Church.
The family requests that memorials be made to Central Baptist Church, 11109 Poole Road, Wendell, NC 27591.
Local arrangements by L. Harold Poole Funeral Service and Crematory, 944 Old Knight Road, Knightdale, NC 27545.
GLADYS C. AMERSON
WILSON -- Gladys Cody Amerson, 72, died July 13, 1999. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Joyner's Funeral Home, 4100 US 264.
Survivors: daughter, Yvonne Harrington of Raleigh; son, Courtland Amerson of Wilson; sisters, Annie Belle Case of Flatrock, NC, Polly Cody of Raleigh; brother, Donald Odell Cody of Hendersonville; grandsons, Mark Aiken and Justin Harrington, both of Raleigh.
Visitation 7-9 p.m. Friday, Joyner's Funeral Home and other times at 5145 Grimsley Store, Rd.
DORIS N. FERRELL
OCT. 31, 1924-JULY 15, 1999
GARNER -- Doris Nash Ferrell, 74, of 2800 Dunhaven Drive, died Thursday, July 15, 1999 at her home after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her husband, W. Frank Ferrell, former owner of Garner Wayside, on June 17, 1999. Mrs. Ferrell worked with Hudson-Belk for nine years prior to becoming a full time mother. Born in Durham Co., she was the daughter of the late Lonnie Leonadus Nash and Mary Lucy Weaver Nash.
Funeral service 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Garner United Methodist Church. Entombment, Montlawn Memorial Park.
She is survived by a daughter, Kathy F. Rowell and her husband, Ronnie Rowell of Raleigh: a son, Bill Ferrell and his wife, Betsy Ferrell of Raleigh; sisters, Louise N. Wilson and her husband, Johnny Wilson of Burlington and, Sylvia N. Talton of Wilmington; brother, Roger Nash and his wife, Sylvia Nash of Edenton; and six grandchildren, Eric, Ginny, Amy, Molly, Sarah, and David.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Wake Co., 1300 St. Mary's St., Raleigh, NC 27605.
CLYDE W. GILBERT
REIDSVILLE -- Clyde W. Gilbert, 76, of 645 Lindsey St., died Wednesday at the V.A. Medical Center in Durham. Funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday at Citty Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens with military Rites. A native of Stuart, VA he was a son of the late Elmer G. and Sallie Bouldin Gilbert and he had lived in Reidsville for the past 34 years. He was a decorated US Army Veteran of WW II having retired in 1963 with 21 years of active service. He was also retired from Fieldcrest-Cannon.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Louise Joyce Gilbert.
Surviving: daughter, Lynne G. Bohigas and husband, Bernie Bohigas of Madison; sons, Fred N. Gilbert and wife, Sharon Gilbert of Greensboro, John R. Gilbert of Reidsville, James L. Gilbert of Carrboro; brothers, Ralph Gilbert of Eden, K.R. "Bill" Gilbert of Travelers Rest, SC; sisters, Margaret G. Robertson of Eden, Ruth G. Carroll of Yanceyville; grandchildren, Amanda J. Gilbert, Grandon M. Bohigas, Alexandra M. Gilbert and Alana J. Gilbert.
The family will see friends from 7-9 p.m. Friday at Citty Funeral Home and at other times, they will be at the residence.
Memorials may be made to: The American Red Cross, P.O. Box 268, Reidsville, NC 27320.
LUCY FAIRFAX POLK MITCHELL
WARRENTON -- Lucy Fairfax Polk Mitchell of The Albemarle in Tarboro, formerly of Warrenton, died July 9, 1999 in Tarboro. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the Revs. Marvin Aycock and James Smythe. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family has requested that memorials be made to the Childrens Home Society of Florida, P.O. Box 10097, Jacksonville, FL or to Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Main Street, Warrenton, NC 27589.
Arrangements are being handled by Blaylock Funeral Home in Warrenton.
ETHEL B. ROGERS
RALEIGH -- Ethel Bartholomew Rogers of 1624 Oberlin Road, died Thursday, July 15, 1999.
Mrs. Rogers was born in Louisburg, and was a longtime resident of Raleigh.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, 1999 in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Rogers was predeceased by her husband, John Crudup Rogers.
Surviving are a daughter, Helen Rogers Stuart of Fuquay-Varina; a son, John C. Rogers Jr of Roselle, IL; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Rogers is also survived by her brother, Harvey T. Bartholomew of Louisburg, NC.
The family will be at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, St. Mary's Street, from 7-8 p.m. Monday, July 19, 1999.
Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
MAUDE H. STEWART
APEX -- Maude H. Stewart of 8101 Humie Olive Rd., Apex, died Tuesday, July 14, 1999 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, NC.
The funeral will be Saturday, July 17, 1999 at 2 p.m. at Christian Chapel UCC in Apex.
The family will receive friends on Friday, July 16, 1999 at Christian Chapel UCC from 7-8 p.m.
Arrangements by Albright Funeral Home.
ROBERT LESLIE WADE
FUQUAY-VARINA -- Robert Leslie Wade, 48, of Willow Springs died Wednesday, July 14, 1999.
Survivors: wife, Shelia Starcher Wade, daughter Leslie, son Jason Wade, all of the home; sisters, Virginia Weddings of Raleigh, Ernestine Tutor of Fuquay-Varina, Nancy Maultsby of Garner Extended Family; brother, James "Ricky" Jones of Four Oaks.
The family will receive friends tonight 7-9 p.m. at Sugg Funeral Home. Service will be held Saturday, July 17, 1999, at 11 a.m. at Sugg Funeral Chapel.
Arrangements by Sugg Funeral Home.
RUTH WAINWRIGHT
DURHAM -- Ruth Wainwright, died at home in Durham on July 15, 1999, after a brief illness.
She was born Mildred Ruth Palmer on March 1, 1930, in Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada.
She grew up in Haney, B.C., with her brother, Bruce Palmer, now of Sidney, British Columbia, and sister Catherine Rudolph, now deceased, under the love and guidance of her Scottish mother, Louise Falconer Palmer, a skilled legal secretary. Her mother taught her that women are equal to any challenge.
Ruth earned a BSc in Genetics and a MSc in Oceanography at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She began doctoral work in marine Botany at the University of Hawaii where she also excelled in advanced organic chemistry and mathematics. She became a United States citizen in 1997.
She is also survived by her husband, Stephen A. Wainwright of Durham, and their children, Peter C. Wainwright of Davis, CA, Ian P. Wainwright of Morehead City, Archer T. Wainwright of Wilmington, NC, and Jennifer Wainwright-Caudle of Durham.
Ruth has lived in Durham for 35 years where she has been as adept at gardening and her greenhouse as she has at rearing bright, fun, optimistic children and comforting her 7 grandchildren and imbuing them all with common sense, logic, and wit.
She was a Silver Life Master duplicate bridge player and was always very pleasant as partner or opponent, and she served on the Board of Unit 191 of the American Contract Bridge League. She enjoyed bowling in the local league for over 30 years, currently with the Sportettes.
While her children were growing up, she made over 100,000 colorful beads by rolling strips of paper taken from grocery bags, cigarette wrappers, wall paper, and junk mail. She strung her beads into attractive necklaces and 3-dimensional baubles and she made several bead doorways and wall hangings. These are admired by folks from far and wide for their Craftsmanship and design.
We have all been enriched by her strong, steady, positive approach to life that always centered on her family.
A celebration of her life will be held at the family home, 3812 Dover Road, at 4 p.m. on Monday, July 19. Please park on Eton Road.
In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to Triangle Hospice, 1804 West M.L. King Boulevard, Durham, NC 27707.
MABEL A. WATKINS
GREENSBORO -- Mabel Azile Watkins, 95, formerly of Greensboro, died Tuesday, July 13, 1999. Ms. Watkins was born on a farm at Blanch in Caswell County on December 6, 1903. She was the 11th in a family of 12 children of Lydia Ann Powell Watkins and Daniel Gunn Watkins.
Ms. Watkins studied at Davenport College Preparatory School in Lenoir, and in 1924 went in training at the Army School of Nursing, Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC. Upon graduation she entered military service and was stationed at many places in the United States and in 1930-1932 in the Philippine Islands. During World War II she was given the assignment of Chief Nurse in the 1st Evacuation Hospital and was stationed successively in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. Her hospital earned the Army Distinguished Unit Badge for its treatment of servicemen injured in the battle of the Coral Sea and subsequent engagements. In 1949 she retired from service with the rank of major and moved to Greensboro, where she had several sisters, and made a home for her mother until her death in 1960. She was a member there of the West Market Street Methodist Church. Ms. Watkins moved to Springmoor Retirement Community in Raleigh in 1984.
She is survived by one sister, Sally Watkins Patterson of High Point, and by many nieces and nephews and their families scattered across the country. Those still resident in North Carolina are JoAnn and Ted Warn of Knightdale, Jimmy A. and JoAnn Watkins of Yanceyville, James and Betsy Patterson of Pinehurst, and Daniel and Beverly Patterson of Chapel Hill.
A memorial service was held in the Auditorium of Springmoor Retirement Center 2 p.m. Thursday, July 15, 1999.
Memorial contributions may be made to the New Hope United Methodist Church, c/o Cleve Daniel, 1079 Long's Mills Road, Blanch, NC 27212.
