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THURMAN ‘SONNY’ BENNETT
LAKE WACCAMAW -- Thurman “Sonny” Bennett, 72, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007. He was born Sept. 3, 1934 in Brunswick County, the son of the late Newman Allen Bennett Sr. and Annie Clara Mintz Bennett.
Bennett retired from International Paper after 42 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Lake Waccamaw and a veteran of the United States Navy.
Final rites will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 9, at Peacock’s Chapel In The Pines with Rev. Ray Best officiating. Burial will follow in Lake Waccamaw Hillcrest Cemetery. Peacock Funeral Home of Whiteville is handling the arrangements.
Survivors include two daughters, Selena Bennett of the home and Leslie Bennett Beam of Gastonia; a grandson, Nickolaus M. High of Wilmington; a brother, Robert “Bobby” Bennett of Richland.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Leavy Allen Bennett Sr., Lacy Richmond Bennett, Newman Allen Bennett Jr., Cecil Mace Bennett, Johnathan Lavonne “Capp” Bennett, Dewey Bryant Bennett; sisters, Virginia Bennett Harris and Clara Mae “Bug” Best.
The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday (tonight) at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 3131 Wrightsville Avenue, Wilmington, N.C. 28403.
MARTHA G. FLOYD
TABOR CITY – Martha G. Floyd, 61, died Thursday, March 1, 2007, at Bladen County Hospital, Elizabethtown. She was a factory worker.
Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday (today), at Bristol Creek Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Nathaniel Scott officiating. Burial will follow in the Faulk Family Cemetery.
Survivors include a sister, Ruby Givens of the home; and a brother, Elroy Givens of Tabor City.
Viewing will be at the church Thursday following the service.
BOBBIE SUGGS JOHNSON
GALIVANTS FERRY, S.C.– Bobbie Suggs Johnson, 70, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at McLeod Hospital, Florence, S.C. She was born in Columbus County, the daughter of the late Daniel Edwin Suggs and Atha Malinda Beck Suggs.
Final rites will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at Inman Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverends Kevin Strickland and Rendell Mincey officiating. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 9, at Green Sea Cemetery, Green Sea, S.C. Inman Funeral Home of Tabor City is handling the arrangements.
Survivors include her husband, Elton Johnson of Galivants Ferry, S.C.; a daughter, Sheri Kern and husband Daniel of Whiteville; a son, Rick Houston of Whiteville; three stepdaughters, Lavanda Naron, Lorie Ann Jones and Essie Renee Lammers, all of Galivants Ferry, S.C.; two grandchildren, Chris Kern and Derek Kern, both of Whiteville; and eight step-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Thursday (tonight) from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
ERNEST SMITH
CLARKTON – Ernest Smith, 78, died on Friday, March 2, 2007, at Elizabethtown Nursing Center. He was a logger.
Final rites will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday (today), at the Union Funeral Home Chapel with Bishop Ulyses Ballard officiating. Burial will follow in Jones Cemetery, Clarkton. Union Funeral Home of Whiteville is handling the arrangements.
Survivors include five sons, Willie Ernest Smith, Ezzard Charles Smith, Norris Smith, Keith Smith, and Emory Smith; and five daughters, Iris Kelly, Gwendolyn Burney, Earnestine Blanks, Sandra Smith, and Wanda McClendon.
QUINTON TAFT PHILLIPS
EVERGREEN – Quinton Taft Phillips, 15, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007, from injuries received from an auto accident.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Worthington Funeral Home. (See story page 5 in our printed edition)
JAMES ‘MARTIN’ WILSON
TAR HEEL – James “Martin” Wilson, 79, died Sunday, March 4, 2007, at Woodhaven Nursing Home.
For 42 years, 1948-1990, he owned and operated Wilson’s Grocery Store in Tar Heel and after he retired he went into Home Health and Hospice Care in Robeson County. He was a United States Army veteran.
Final rites were held Wednesday, March 7, at Tar Heel Baptist Church with the Rev. Thomas Willoughby officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Bladen Funeral Home of Elizabethtown handled the arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby B. Wilson of the home; two sons, Donald M. Wilson of Herndon, Va., and Douglas L. Wilson of Dunn; four daughters, Joanne W. Grimsley of Baton Rouge, La., Sandra W. Sessoms of White Oak, Patricia W. Meachum of Bluefield, W. Va., and Sharon W. Autry of Dublin; a brother, Baker Wilson of Tar Heel; a sister, Louise W. Ilardi of Lumberton; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Southeastern Hospice House, 1100 Oak Ridge Boulevard, Lumberton, N.C. 28358.
NANCY CECILIA BRAXTON
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nancy Cecilia Braxton, 41, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at Ft. Worth, Texas.
Final rites will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, March 9, at Peoples Funeral Chapel in Whiteville with Rev. James Fullwood officiating. Burial will follow in the Cutler Cemetery, Lake Waccamaw. Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville is handling the arrangements.
Survivors include her mother, Gracie Braxton of Jacksonville, formerly of Lake Waccamaw; her father, Jake Bryant Jr.; three sons, Juan Rafael Braxton of Baltimore, Md., Tujuan Jake Braxton, and Kevin Braxton George, both of Washington, D.C.; three sisters, Alfreda Scurry of New Carrolton, Md., Debra Braxton of Suitland, Md., and Gwendolyn Dolphene Johnson of Jacksonville; two brothers, Isaac Braxton and Alphonso Braxton, both of Suitland, Md.
Viewing will be at the funeral home Thursday (today) from noon-7 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. until time for the service.
FRANCES BELLE LONG HINSON
KINSTON – Frances Belle Long Hinson, wife of J. Delmas Hinson, died on Friday, March 2, 2007, at Lenoir Memorial Hospital. She was born in Columbus County the daughter of the late John Wilson Long and Edna Mae Long.
Hinson was a graduate of Williams Township School and she received her B.S. degree from East Carolina University at Greenville. She was a teacher in the Whiteville City Schools System for several years.
A private family memorial service will be held at Bethel Cemetery at a later date.
Survivors including her husband are a son, Delmas Hinson Jr.; four sisters, Lucille Long Blackwell of Clarendon, Monnie Long Williams McLamb of Calabash, Nell Long Buffkin of Tabor City, and Gayle Long Ward of Wilmington.
WRIGHT BURNEY
BLADENBORO – Wright Burney, 57, died Monday, March 5, 2007.
Final rites will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday (today) at the Bladen Funeral Home Chapel in Elizabethtown. Burial will follow in the Hester Cemetery. Bladen Funeral Home of Elizabethtown is handling the arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine Hester Burney; two brothers, Grady Burney of Bladenboro, and Max Burney of Lex, Ga.; three sisters, Nettie Horton of Bladenboro, Linda Findley of Madison, Ga., and Wanda Singletary of Bladenboro.
SHARON ANN GALINDO
ELIZABETHTOWN – Sharon Ann Galindo, 63, died Monday, March 5, 2007, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
Final rites will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 9, at Dublin Baptist Church with the Rev. Cameron McGill officiating. Bladen Funeral Home of Elizabethtown is handling the arrangements.
Survivors include her husband, Sam Galindo of the home; two sons, Donald Eugene Baxter of White Lake, Darrin Lee Baxter of Elizabethtown; a stepson, Fred Galindo of Muskegon, Mich.; two stepdaughters, Gloria Jean McLean of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Tammy Buckley of Muskegon, Mich.; 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be Thursday (today) from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
MEMORY CURTIS TODD
BLADENBORO – Memory Curtis Todd, 76, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at his home.
Final rites will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday (today), at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church with the Reverends Willie Allen and Beverly Fitzgerald officiating.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Todd of the home; two sons, Memory Jerome Todd of Rock Hill, S.C., and Rowland Donald “Donnie” Todd of Bladenboro; three daughters, Rosemary Wynn of Hope Mills, Sherry Young and Tilly “Jeanene” Green, both of Bladenboro; five brothers, Roy Lee Todd, Leon Todd, Weldon Todd, Brady Lee Todd, all of Bladenboro, and Charleston Todd of Abbottsburg; two sisters, Elizabeth Bordeaux of Dublin, and Patsy Cashwell of Elizabethtown; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
YVONNE FOWLER BENTON
WHITEVILLE – Yvonne Fowler Benton, 70, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Ben David and Vera Gurganus Fowler. She was a member of Western Prong Baptist Church.
Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at Western Prong Baptist Church with Rev. Warren Hill officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. McKenzie Mortuary of Whiteville is handling the arrangements.
Survivors include her husband, Martin Benton of the home; three daughters, Billie Benton Smith, Bobbie Benton Clemmons, and Gennie Benton Parnell, all of Whiteville; a son, Perry Martin Benton of Whiteville; two sisters, Ula Fowler Allen of Clarendon, and Doris Fowler Barnhill of Wilmington; two brothers, Earl Fowler of Clarendon, and Rocky Fowler of Whiteville; six grandchildren, two great-grandchldren, and two step-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Western Prong Baptist Church Building Fund, 167 Peacock Road, Whiteville, N.C. 28472.
ANTHONY JALEEL BRYANT
WHITEVILLE – Anthony Jaleel Bryant, 7-months-old son of Anthony Bryant and Evelyn Jordan, died Tuesday, March 6 2007, at Columbus Regional Healthcare.
Arrangements will be announced by Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville.
JAKE WATTS
TABOR CITY – Jake Watts, 79, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at Sunbridge Nursing Home, Elizabethtown.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later by McKenzie Mortuary of Whiteville.
