January 23, 2004 archives

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Friday, January 23, 2004

SANDY BIZZELL

Mr. Thomas Sandy Bizzell, 72, of 961 N.C. Hwy. 581 North, died Thursday, January 22, 2004, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. Sandy was born February 26, 1931, in Wayne County to the late Jesse Waitus Bizzell and Pauline Anna...

ALBERT BAILEY

Albert Earl Bailey, 60, of 720-B Durham Lake Road, Dudley, died Thursday at home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hamilton Funeral Chapel....

JAMES BARNES SR.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- James Ray Barnes Sr., 54, died Wednesday. Mr. Barnes was an Episcopalian. He was active in the Plaza Little League and Boy Scouts of America and was a former assistant golf coach at Green Run High...

RALPH BEST

The funeral for Ralph Best, of 102 Beverly Drive, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Greenleaf Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ. Burial will be in the Best Family Cemetery on Tommy's Road. Elder George Wiggins will...

MARY BROWN

BEULAVILLE -- Mary E. Jones Brown, 82, died Thursday at Duplin General Hospital in Beulaville. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Community Funeral Home. Burial will be in Sand Hill Cemetery in Potters...

RUBY FISHER

SEVEN SPRINGS -- The funeral for Ruby Fisher, 78, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Best Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. William Waters will officiate. Burial will be in Floyd Cemetery. Mrs. Fisher died Tuesday at...

OLLIE GRIMES

Ollie Eugene Grimes, 74, of 479 Old Mount Olive Hwy., died Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A native of Lenoir County, he was the son of the late Joe and Sally Bottoms Grimes and was married to the late Gladys...

SHARON HENSLEY

The funeral for Velda Sharon "Sherry" Cowles Hensley, 51, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home. Pastor Joseph Leonard will officiate. Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery. Mrs. Hensley died Wednesday at her...

SALLIE JONES

WARSAW -- The funeral for Sallie Johnson Jones, 91, of 204 E. George St., will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Hines Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. Dr. Navarro Brown will officiate. Burial will be in Johnson Cemetery. Mrs....

BRADLEY MINSHEW

WARSAW -- A memorial service for Bradley B. Minshew will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Warsaw United Methodist Church. The Rev. Kelly Lyn Logue and the Rev. Ira Smith will officiate. Mr. Minshew was the son of Mattie...

ILENE SHUMAKER

Ilene Ore Shoemaker, 67, died Tuesday in Orange Park, Fla. She was born in Lake Minatare, Neb., and lived in Dudley for over 30 years before moving to Orange Park-Middleburg, Fla., area less than a year ago to be...

SALLIE WHITAKER

Sallie Whitaker, daughter of the late Lafayette and Sallie Reid, died this week in Boston, Mass. She was a 1953 graduate of Dillard High School. Her survivors include four sisters, Theresa (AMaziah) Howell, Dollie R. Greenfield, Annie R. Smith and...