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Tuesday, May 4, 2004

DONALD P. BROOKS

Donald Patrick "Petee" Brooks, 35, of 503 Lynn Avenue, died Monday at New Hanover Regional Hospital. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the chapel of Rouse Funeral Home. Interment will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at...

MAMIE LEE BROWN

CLINTON -- Mamie Lee Brown, 89, died Saturday at Sampson Regional Medical Center. The funeral was to be held today at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Community Funeral Home in Warsaw. Burial was to be in the Devotional Gardens....

ELLY HALL

Elly Norstad Hall, 78, of 105 Brookwood Drive, died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A native of Norway, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Pedar Norstad and was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. She...

EDWARD HOLLAND

Edward Carroll Holland, age 61, of 128 Cedar Lake Drive, died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. He was born in Wayne County to the late James Raeford Sr. and Edna Kornegay Holland and was married to the late Irene Booth...

EVERETT JOHNSON

KENANSVILLE -- Everett Cordell Johnson, age 64, passed away Monday morning, May 3, 2004, at New Hanover Hospital in Wilmington, N.C. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and served four and one-half tours of duty in...

RUTH METZGER

Ruth Veit Metzger, 93, of 1017 S. Taylor St., died Monday at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. She was born in Philadelphia, Pa., to the late Charles F. and Jennie Seigfried Veit and was married to the late U.S. Navy...

OSBORNE PARKS

Osborne Parks, 84, of 2953 U.S. 13 North, died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A native of Wayne County, he was the son of the late Joe P. Parks and Adeline Gurley Parks. Mr. Parks was a retired swine...

BETTYJANE PRIMM

WILSON -- Bettyjane Toppin Primm, 73, died Sunday at Wilson Medical Center. A gathering to celebrate her life will be held on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at Quantico National Cemetery in Triangle, Va. A memorial service will be held Saturday...

WILLIAM THIGPEN

BEULAVILLE -- William D. Thigpen, retired school principal, died Saturday. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and graduated from Atlantic Christian College in 1949 with a major in mathematics. In 1952, he received a master's degree...

PHILIP WHITLEY

PIKEVILLE -- Philip Ray Whitley, 40, 105 West Vail Street, died Sunday at Wayne Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held tonight at 7 at Pikeville Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Don Sauls and the Rev. Charles Lynn...