05/04/09 — OTHA L. HAIRR

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OTHA L. HAIRR

Died May 2,2009

Otha Lee Hairr, 83, Goldsboro, died Saturday morning at Kitty Askins Hospice Center.

A funeral will be held today at 2 p.m. at Skinner and Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Frasher and the Rev. Charles Rambeau Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Brach Church Cemetery.

Otha was a graduate of Mingo High School. He served in the United States Army during World War II in the European theater.

He was a retired driver license examiner with the state of North Carolina for 34 years and a member of Grace Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Nell W. Hairr of Goldsboro; two sons, Donald E. Hairr of Princeton and Phillip Cobb and wife, Sally, of New Orleans, La.; two daughters, Julia Hairr of Morrisville and Phyllis Toler and husband, Terence, of Apex; four grandchildren, Michelle Beckon, Michael Hairr, Wesley Toler and Bradley Toler; and several great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends today from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at Skinner and Smith Funeral Home.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Grace Baptist Church, 1715 Royall Ave., Goldsboro, N.C., 27534.

Online condolences may be made at www.skinnerandsmith.com.

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Published in Obituaries on May 4, 2009 1:47 PM