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SEPTEMBER 2007

OBITUARIES

as of September 11, 2007

LUCINDA G. GLOVER

EVERGREEN -- Lucinda G. Glover, 90, died Monday, Sept. 10, 2007, at Premier Living, Lake Waccamaw.

Final rites will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at St. Mary’s Baptist Church with the Rev. Nathaniel Scott officiating. Burial will follow in the George Cemetery, Whiteville. Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include a son, John Percell Glover of Whiteville; three brothers, James Willie Jernigan and Jimmy Jernigan, both of Whiteville, and Wayland Jernigan of Lumberton.

Viewing will be at the funeral home on Sunday, Sept. 16 from 3-8 p.m. Viewing will be at the church Monday following the service.

FERNANDO CAMPOS CRUZ

NICHOLS, S.C. -- Fernando Campos Cruz, 15, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born Oct. 20, 1991 in Whiteville, he was the son of Pedro Campos and Teresa Cruz, both of Nichols, S.C.

Cruz was a student at Green Sea Floyds High School.

Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at Heavenly Hills Cemetery, Loris, S.C. Hardwick Funeral Home of Loris, S.C. is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include his parents and three brothers, Abel Campos Cruz, Rodrigo Campos Cruz, and Pedro Campos Cruz Jr.; and a sister, Sandra Campos Cruz, all of Nichols, S.C.
Visitation will be Tuesday afternoon (today) from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Those who wish may make memorials to the family at 7603 Bellaire Dr., Nichols, S.C. 29581.

JAMES ANDERSON

FAIR BLUFF -- James Anderson, 81, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton.

Final rites will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at Sandy Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Fair Bluff with the Rev. Thomas Register officiating. S&L Funeral Home of Fair Bluff is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include a sister, Mary Anderson of Springfield, Mass.

The family will receive friends at 140 Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Fair Bluff.

JOHN W. FAULK

WHITEVILLE -- John W. Faulk, 59, the son of Bob Farmer and the late Jeanette Smith, departed this life on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007.

Final rites will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Central Baptist Church with the Rev. David Flowers officiating.Burial will follow in the Campground Cemetery in Whiteville. S&L Goodwill Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include his children, Melissa of Greenville, Janice, Tina, and John W. Faulk Jr, all of Whiteville; brothers, Luther Faulk, John Pridgen, James C. Smith, and Chancey Smith, all of Whiteville; J.B. Smith of Wilson, and the late Willie “Bill” Smith; and a sister, Frances Poole of Whiteville.

Viewing will be at the funeral home of Friday, Sept. 14 from 1-7 p.m.

CASSANDRA OLIVER

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. -- Cassandra Oliver, 54, formerly of Fair Bluff, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007, at Baystate Medical Center.

Final rites will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at Holy Ghost Temple Church in West Springfield, Mass. with the Rev. Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery, West Springfield, Mass. S&L Funeral Home of Fair Bluff is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include her mother, Georgia Ann Graham; a son, Alfred Oliver Jr.; a daughter, Ebonie Bethea; a brother, Joe Bullock III; and two sisters, Beatrice Livinston, and Vickie Joe Floyd.

Family will receive friends at the home of Georgia Ann Graham in Fair Bluff.

PEARLIE MAE BROWN

WHITEVILLE -- Pearlie Mae Brown, 46, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at Columbus Regional Healthcare.

Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at Cherry Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Cherry Grove Cemetery. Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville.

Survivors include two sisters, Helen McCain of Roxboro and Joyce Brown, both of Chadbourn; four brothers, Edward Brown Jr. and Ike Brown, both of Whiteville, Mike Brown of Chadbourn, and Larry Brown of Durham; six foster sisters, Pauline Fowler, Linda Staton, Joyce Foxworth, and Saundra Chestnut, all of Whiteville, Sarah Williams of Trenton, N.J., and Betty Peterson of Paterson, N.J.; three foster brothers, Carl Hill Jr. and Garry Hill, both of Whiteville, and Russell Hill of Trenton, N.J.

Viewing will be at the funeral home on Wednesday, Sept. 12 from noon until 8 p.m. and Thursday, Sept. 13 from 1-2 p.m. again following the service at the church.

Friends may visit the family at the home of Saundra Hill Chesnutt, 53 Stanley Circle, Whiteville.

NELLIE RUTH SMITH

WHITEVILLE -- Nellie Ruth Smith, 92, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at Columbus Regional Healthcare.

Final rites will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at Prong Chapel Freewill Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Henry Jones Jr. Burial will follow in the George Cemetery.

Survivors include three daughters, Catherine Lanier of Maryland, Reather M. Jones and Louise Davis of Whiteville; a son, Joe Bright Jr. of Washington, D.C.; two sisters, Willa Dean Cogdell and Evelyn Shird of Whiteville.

Friends may visit the family at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Henry Jones Jr., 170 Twin Pines Road, Whiteville.

ROSIE MARTIN

WHITEVILLE -- Rosie Martin, 88, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at Columbus Regional Healthcare.

Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at First St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Thomas Register officiating. Burial will follow in Welches Creek Cemetery. Peoples Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Viewing will be at the funeral home on Tuesday, Sept. 11 from noon until 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon. Viewing will be at the church Wednesday following the service.

Friends may visit the family at the home of Joe Jones, 179 Dale Lane in Whiteville.

STEPHEN RYAN HYATT

CHADBOURN -- Stephen Ryan Hyatt, 15, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007.

Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, at Worthington Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Sean Roberds officiating. Burial will follow in the Horne Cemetery, Chadbourn. Worthington Funeral Home of Chadbourn is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include his mother, Paula Horne Huggins of Chadbourn; father, Ronald Hyatt of Clarkton; sister, Heather Lanier of Clarkton; two brothers, Johnny C. Huggins of Clarkton and Kevin Hyatt of Clarkton; half-sister, Jeannie Buchan of Goldsboro; half-brother, Timothy Hyatt of Lake Waccamaw; maternal grandfather, Forest Horne of Chadbourn; paternal grandmother, Janice Hyatt of Clarkton; paternal grandfather, Roscoe Hyatt of Dudley.

Visitation will be held from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11 at the funeral home. (see separate story)

JOSEPH T. EDGE

FAIR BLUFF -- Joseph T. Edge, 66, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at the veteran hospital in Maryland.

S&L Funeral Home of Fair Bluff will be handling the arrangements.

Survivors include his brother, Fred Edge.

MINNIE TREADWELL

LORIS, S.C. -- Minnie Treadwell, 86, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007, at Loris Community Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Jannie Moses and Wilson Dorsey.

Final rites were held Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at Mitchell Sea Missionary Baptist Church at Green Sea with Rev. Vanzie L. Vereen officiating. Burial followed in Flag Patch Cemetery, Loris, S.C.

Survivors include a sister, Mazie Alston of Marion, S.C.; and two brothers, Lee Dorsey of Marion, S.C., and Liston Dorsey of Florence, S.C.

MARGARET ‘PEGGY’ PATRICK GASMAN

BOLTON -- Margaret “Peggy” Patrick Gasman, 89, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Alexander and Nettie Ann Freeman Patrick and the widow of John Gasman.

Final rites will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, at New Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Carter officiating. Interment will follow in the Red Hill Cemetery, Bolton. Worthington Funeral Home of Chadbourn is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include her daughter, Lelia C. Babson of Cary; step-sons, Norman Gasman and Johnny Gasman Jr., both of Marino Valley, Calif.; four sisters, Vera Mae Freeman and Merdith Freeman, both of Bolton, Leola Louise Littles of Council, and Pauline Jakobowski of Atlanta, Ga.; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to New Hope Baptist Church, c/o “Margaret P. Gasman Memorial Fund,” 1857 Old Lake Road, Bolton, N.C. 28423.

MARY LEE

ST. PAULS -- Mary Lee, 87, formerly of Whiteville, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton.

Final rites will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Central Baptist Church, Whiteville with Rev. David Flowers officiating. Burial will follow in the Campground Cemetery, Whiteville. Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include a daughter, Mary Howard of St. Pauls; a son, Cornelius Shipman of Whiteville; an adopted daughter, Mary Cutler of St. Pauls; three sisters, Betty Monroe and Louise Curry, both of Nyack, N.Y., and Etta Mae Williams of Newark, N.J.

Viewing will be at the funeral home Monday from noon until 8 p.m. and Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. Viewing will be at the church Tuesday from noon until time for the service and again following the service.

HELEN MOORE

CHADBOURN -- Helen Moore, 94, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at Shoreland Healthcare and Retirement Center, Whiteville. She was the daughter of the late David B. and Mary Durant Moore.

Final rites were held Sunday, Sept. 9, at Piney Forest Baptist Church with Rev. Hubert McCleney officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Worthington Funeral Home of Chadbourn handled the arrangements.

Survivors include a brother, Jack Moore of Littleton, Colo.

DIANE S. BARNHILL

TABOR CITY -- Mylinda Diane Spivey Barnhill, 59, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, at Loris Community Hospital following an illness. Born Aug. 23, 1948 in Loris, S.C. she was the daughter of the late Johnny Woodrow Spivey and Sadie Lou Lovette Spivey. She was the widow of Ronald Brantley Barnhill.
Barnhill was owner of Diane’s Beauty Shop and a member of Tabor City Baptist Church.

Final rites were held Saturday, Sept. 1, at Tabor City Baptist Church with Rev. David Coleman officiating. Burial followed at Green Sea Cemetery. Hardwick Funeral Home of Loris, S.C. handled the arrangements.

Survivors include two sons, Brantley Todd Barnhill of Chadbourn, and Chris D. Barnhill of Green Sea, S.C.; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

ALICE W. BATTEN

WHITEVILLE -- Alice W. Batten, 82, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, in Britthaven of Wrightsville in Wilmington. She was a retired registered nurse graduating from James Walker Hospital.

Visitation will be Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 11 at 1 p.m. until the time of service which follows at 2 p.m. in the Inman Funeral Home Chapel in Tabor City. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Cemetery. Inman Funeral Home of Tabor City is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include two sons, James Michael Dallas and wife Deborah of Lake Waccamaw, Mickey Sherwin Dallas of Whiteville; a daughter, Billie Jo Samuel and husband Ray of Wilmington; grandchildren, Angela Dallas, Savannah Raymond, and Evan Samuel.

HAZEL STEVENS WILLIAMSON

WHITEVILLE -- Hazel Stevens Williamson, 96, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at Columbus Regional Healthcare.

Williamson was preceded in death by her father, Oscar M. Stevens; mother, Olympia Stevens; her husband, E.W. Williamson; a sister, Blanche Coleman; and a brother, Oscar C. Stevens.

She was raised in Columbus County and received her undergraduate degree from Louisburg College and did graduate work at Pembroke College, N.C. State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her career in education covered a span of 41 1/2 years as teacher and principal. She retired in July 1976. At this time she was able to spend her free time working in her garden and cooking meals for friends and shut-ins.

Williamson was an active member of New Hope Baptist Church and dearly loved her Sunday school class. She found time to work for children by serving on the Whiteville City Board of Education; she was also involved in many community activities and was very devoted to her family and friends.

Final rites will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10 at McKenzie Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Roy Walker officiating. Burial will follow in Whiteville Memorial Park. McKenzie Mortuary of Whiteville is handling the arrangements.

Williamson is survived by two nieces, Maxine Stephens and Peggy Walters, both of Whiteville; and a nephew, Richard Stevens of Greenville; along with 16 other loving great-nieces and nephews.

For all of us who loved her dearly there are no words to describe how much we will miss her every day. We can only be grateful for all the time we had together and all the lives she has touched in her 96 years.

Memorials may be made to the New Hope Baptist Church, 252 Rough & Ready Road, Whiteville, N.C. 28472.

ASHLEIGH WILLIAMSON WALLING

FAIR BLUFF -- Ashleigh Williamson Walling, 25, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007.
Walling was a member of Porter Swamp Baptist Church and received her associates degree from Southeastern Community College.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Wright and Orgie Williamson.

Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Porter Swamp Baptist Church with the Rev. Tim Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Meares Funeral Home of Fair Bluff is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include her son, Jordan Blaze Williamson of the home; her parents, Jimmy W. and Betty S. Williamson of Fair Bluff; her maternal grandparents, Hubert and Jean Stone and numerous aunts, uncles, and friends.

The family will receive friends Monday (tonight), Sept. 10 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

You may sign the guest book online at www.mearesfuneral home.com.

JOHN L. WARD

WHITEVILLE -- John Liston Ward, 77, lost his battle with cancer, Friday, Sept. 7, 2007. He was born May 6, 1930 in Columbus County, the son of the late Arthur and Alice Ward.

Ward retired after 30 years with Rexnord Manufacturing in Milwaukee, Wisc. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in Korea with the military police.

Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, at Peacock’s Chapel In The Pines with Rev. David Kelly officiating. Burial will follow in Peacock’s Columbus Memorial Park. Peacock’s Funeral Home of Whiteville is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include his wife, Carol Ward; a son, Jay Ward of Hubertus, Wisc.; two daughters, Lynn Rzepny of Milwaukee, Wisc. and Diane Kramer of Muskego, Wisc.; two brothers, Roy Ward of Whiteville and Lloyd Ward of Gresham, Wisc.; two sisters, Grace Williams of Shallotte and Pearl Whaley of Nakina; and four grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Monday, Sept. 10 from 1-2 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.