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Obituaries July 10, 2008 Issue

10 July 2008–

Philip Weaver
Philip Elwood Weaver, age 65, of 240 Jones Turner Road, Mount Olive, passed away on Saturday, July 5. He was born in Johnston County on August 10, 1942, the son of Joe Leslie and Isabel Moore Weaver. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his brother James Marion Weaver.
Raised in the Wayne County community of Grantham, he was a member of Grantham High School’s class of 1960. He was also a member of Northeast Free Will Baptist Church in Mount Olive, most recently serving as treasurer. Mr. Weaver enjoyed a 40-year career in the furniture industry with Myrtle Desk Company in High Point, The Boling Company in Mount Olive, and Calypso Panel in Calypso.
Mr. Weaver is survived by his wife of 48 years, Elizabeth Ann Jones Weaver; son Gary Weaver and wife Ann Davis of Wallace; daughter Annet Weaver Hagwood and husband Jimmie of Wilmington; and granddaughter Meghan Elizabeth Laurin of Wilmington; brother Joe Leslie (J. L.) Weaver Jr. and wife Iris of Mount Olive; sisters Linda Weaver Bartlett of Pikeville and Gloria Weaver Gurley and husband Felix of Princeton; half brother Jay Weaver of Mount Olive; his mother-in-law Edna Cox Jones Price of Kenansville; sisters-in-law Mary Lou Jones Lawson of Mooresville and Jackie Jones Bridgers and husband Elton Daniels of Raleigh; nephews and nieces Joey Weaver, Chris Weaver, Heather Weaver Hollowell, Michelle Bartlett Hamm, MeLinda Bartlett Edwards, Scarlet Kirby Medlin, Richie Kirby, Jan Lawson Farmer, Jessica Bridgers Standifer and Natalie Bridgers.
The Weaver family received friends on Monday evening, July 7, from 7 until 9 at Tyndall Funeral Home, 1005 N. Church St., Mount Olive and other times at home. Graveside service, with Rev. Sherman Dilley officiating, was held at Eureka Christian Church cemetery, 2036 Dobbersville Rd., Mount Olive on Tuesday, July 8 at 10 a.m.
Pallbearers were Joey Weaver, Chris Weaver, Chris Hollowell, Kelly Hamm, Carl Edwards, Chad Medlin and Richie Kirby.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Kitty Askins Hospice Center, 2402 Wayne Memorial Dr., Goldsboro NC 27534.

William T. Dixon
Mr. William Thomas Dixon, age 64, of Fayetteville, died Sunday, June 29, 2008 at Cape Fear Valley Hospital, Fayetteville.
Funeral services were held from the Rose Hill Funeral Home Chapel, 472 Wells Town Road, Rose Hill, on Friday, July 4, 2008 at 3 p.m.  Dr. Orea Jones-Wells officiating.  Burial followed at Duplin Memorial Gardens, Teachey. 
His survivors include two sons: William T. Dixon, Jr., Aaron J. Dixon, Sr. (Chrishana); two daughters: Amanda M. Dixon-King (Don), all of Fayetteville and Miriam Lee Dixon, New York; one brother: Robert Sampson; seven sisters: Loraine Sampson, Melony Sampson, Janice Davenport, Geraldine Jackson, Josephine Sampson and Celestine Sampson, all of New York and Doshia Southerland, Wallace; seventeen grandchildren; nieces, nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
A visitation was held on Friday, July 4, 2008 from 1 to 3 p.m., prior to the funeral at Rose Hill Funeral Home.

William M. Alderman
Mr. William M. Alderman, age 84, of Burgaw, died Monday, June 30, 2008 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice, Wilmington.
Funeral services were held from the Rose Hill Funeral Home Chapel, Rose Hill on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 3 p.m. Pastor Hicks officiating. Burial followed at the Rose Hill Funeral Home Cemetery, Magnolia.
His survivors include his wife: Annie Ruth Alderman, Burgaw; one son: Michael Alderman, Springfield, MA; four daughters: Evelyn Chasten (Cornell), Rose Hill, Yvonne Graham (Dewey), Bolton, Julie Larkin, Jonesboro, GA and Catherine Alderman, Jonesboro, GA; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; special cousin: Margaret Sloan, Rose Hill; a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
A visitation of family and friends was held on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 from 6 to 7 pm at Rose Hill Funeral Home, 472 Wells Town Road, Rose Hill.

James Ellis Alderman
Mr. James Ellis Alderman, Jr., age 57, of Fayetteville, formerly of the Yellowcut community, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at Duplin General Hospital, Kenansville.
Mr. Alderman is a retired veteran with over 25 years of service in the US Army.
Funeral services were held from the Rose Hill Funeral Home Chapel, Rose Hill on Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 11 a.m.  Burial followed at the funeral home cemetery.
He is survived by his son: James F. Alderman (Robin), Greensboro; mother: Ruth Cawell, Rose Hill; brother: Johnny Williams; three sisters: Edith Barnes (Roy), Smithfield, Clara William David, Rose Hill and Hazel Ashford, Burgaw; two grandchildren; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. 
A visitation of family and friends was held on Friday, July 4, 2008 from 6 to 7 p.m. from Rose Hill Funeral Home, 472 Wells Town Road, Rose Hill.

Elizabeth Lucas
Mrs. Elizabeth Britt Lucas, 82, of Faison, died Wednesday, June 25 at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 27 at Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Tony Joyner officiating. Interment followed in the Britt Family Cemetery at Keener United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Lucas, a native of Sampson County, was the daughter of the late Colonel Ashford Britt Sr. and Flora Creel Britt. She was preceded in death by her brother, Colonel Ashford Britt Jr.; half-sisters, Leona Cashwell, Mary Bradshaw and Bessie Butler; and half-brothers, Dave and Paul Britt.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Lucas of the home; a son, Nickie Lucas of Faison; three grandchildren, Niles Lucas of Faison, Camaron Bryan of Chapel Hill and Shannon Williams of Newton Grove; five great-grandchildren; three nieces and two nephews, Donna Britt Carr and Jane Britt Burke both of Wilson, Connie Britt Moseley of Greenville, Samuel Britt of Wilmington and Howard Britt of Hampton, Va.; and several other nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Keener United Methodist Church, c/o Ann Hobbs, 4750 Hobbton Highway, Clinton, N.C., 28328.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.crumpler-honeycutt.com.
Arrangements are by Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home, 118 Fayetteville St., Clinton, N.C., 28328.

H. Steve Martin
H. Steve Martin, 60, of 962 Fox Hollow Road, Conway, S.C.,  died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at home.
A native of Mount Olive, and a resident of New Bern for 29 years, he had been a Conway resident for the past five years. A former member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in New Bern and a current member of Socastee Baptist Church in Myrtle Beach, he was educated at Southern Wayne High School, Mount Olive College, and Atlantic Christian College.
He had been an educator, coach, Sunday School teacher, sales manager, and possessed an entrepreneurial spirit.
Son of the late Holland and Norma Raye W. Martin, he is survived by his childhood sweetheart who became his wife of 37 years, Barbara Eason Martin; his loving sons, Stephen Brian Martin of Wilmington, NC and Randall Ty Martin of Raleigh, NC; a sister and brother-in-law, Sharon Martin Kulers and John Kulers of Mount Olive; nieces, Kimberly Kulers Law and husband, Jeremy of Wilson, NC, and Cortney Kulers Carawan and husband, Chris of New Bern, NC; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Wood Eason of Greenville, SC; his faithful canine companion, Punkin; countless other family and friends whose lives he touched and, theirs touched his.
Visitation was at Tyndall Funeral Home, Mount Olive, NC on Saturday, July 5, 1 - 2:45 p.m. followed by a graveside service at 3 p.m. in Maplewood Cemetery in Mount Olive, with the Rev. Micah Lane officiating.
Memorials may be made to Regency Hospice, 11943 Grand Haven Drive, Suite A, Garden City, SC, or Socastee Baptist Church Building Fund, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Online condolences can be sent to www.tyndallfh.com.

Jack L. Anderson
Jack Lynwood Anderson, 63, of Lake Charles, La. passed away Friday, July 4, 2008 in his residence.
On the Fourth of July 2008 we bid final farewell to our dad, Jack Lynwood Anderson of Mount Olive, NC.  Born in February 1945, he played football all through high school and would have made it to the NFL were it not for that “knee injury.”  Instead he became an avid and lifelong Dallas Cowboy fan.   Dad served in the US Army for 23 years, joining in 1965 as infantryman and later changing to military police before retiring as First Sergeant in 1988.  He loved being a soldier and never stopped identifying himself as such - famously wearing his “Top Retired” hat where ever he went.  He continued his service to the nation with the Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia as a Security Specialist until retiring for good in 2006.  Dad was a man of few words, but always generous and proud of his family and especially the accomplishments of his children.  His “legacy” lives on through the friends he leaves behind and his family.  “We already miss you Dad, Jack , Opa and little brother.”
He leaves to honor his memory, his son, Army Lieutenant Colonel Terry Anderson and wife Cindy of Washington, D.C.; his daughter, Geraldine Harrell and husband Richard of Sulphur, LA; three grandchildren, Shelby Anderson and Mitchell Anderson and Jack Harrell; his former wife and dear friend, Marion Anderson of Frankfurt, Germany, his sister, Betty Ruth Brock of Mt. Olive and his half brother, JD Waters of Mt. Olive.
He was preceded in death by parents, John Allen Anderson and Eula Gertrude Herring; one brother, Nelson Anderson and one sister, Annie Sue Burroughs.
He will be laid to rest with a service of Military Honors in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.johnsonfuneralhome.net.

Evelyn Butler
Evelyn Herring Butler, 85, died Wednesday morning , July 2, at SunBridge Care Center.
Funeral services were held at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 3, at Tyndall Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. H. Dennis Draper, Jr. officiating. Visitation  was after the service. Burial was at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 4, in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Butler was the widow of Edwin R. “Ping” Butler, and they were long time residents of East Willliamson Street in Mount Olive. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Mount Olive where she was a former Sunday School teacher. She was employed for many years as a cashier with Thompson & Francis IGA Foodliner on South Church Street in Mount Olive.
She is survived by a daughter, Sandra Faye Butler of Mount Olive; a sister-in-law, Evelyn King of Jacksonville; several nieces and nephews including Linda H. Kornegay of Mount Olive, Meredith Mozingo of Grantham, and Steven Felzer of Goldsboro.
She was a native of the Seven Springs area and was the youngest child born to her late parents, Charles F. and Luna Walker Herring. Her siblings, Charles G. Herring, Woodrow Herring, Sallie H. Grant, and Louise H. McCollum, all preceded her in death.
Friends are welcome to visit with Sandra in Room 106 at SunBridge Care Center in Mount Olive.

Mary Lee Wooten Baker
Mary Lee Wooten Baker, 88, of Goldsboro, died Friday, July 4 in the Wayne Memorial Hospital.
She was eulogized Wednesday, July 9 at 2 p.m. at the St. John African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 584 Pecan Road, Dudley with the Rev. Carla Atkins officiating. She was laid to rest in the church cemetery.
She is survived by her children, Liddie Quinn of Dudley, Eddie Baker, John Baker, and Rudolph Baker, all of Goldsboro, and Willie Baker of Detroit, MI; 15 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and nine great great-grandchildren.

Ellen Marie Artis
Ellen Marie Artis, 70, of Mount Olive, died Monday, July 7 at Wayne Memorial Hospital.
Arrangements are incomplete at McIntyre Funeral Home Ministries, 401 S. Center St., Mount Olive.

Annie Branch
Annie Branch, 73, of Mount Olive, died Sunday, July 6 at Wayne Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and being handled by Garris Funeral Home.

William R. Braswell
William Rudolph Braswell, 80, of Goldsboro, died Saturday morning, July 5, at Wayne Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Braswell was born in Franklin County on July 21, 1927, to the late John Daniels Braswell and Dora Bell Johnson Braswell. He was married to the late Marie Clayton Braswell. Mr. Braswell retired from Dewey Brothers with 27 years of service.
The funeral was Tuesday, July 8 at 7 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel. Interment was Wednesday, June 9 at 11 a.m. at the Nahunta Cemetery.
Mr. Braswell is survived by his daughter, Judy B. Price of Grantham; his son, William Thomas Braswell of Fremont; his sister, Martha Worley of Princeton; his brother, George Braswell of Bristol, Tenn.; seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Annie Batson Walton
Annie Batson Walton, 99, died Friday, July 4 at Britthaven of Wrightsville Beach.
Born December 25, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Maria H. and George Batson, and was the wife of Robert Walton.
A graveside service was held on Monday, July 7 at 11 a.m. at Calypso cemetery.
She is survived by a son.
The family is being served by Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home. Condolences can be directed to www.shumate-faulk.com.

Hattie M. Armwood
Hattie Mae Armwood, 89, of Old Mt. Olive Hwy., died Sunday, June 29 at Wayne Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were held Thursday, July 3 at 12 p.m. at Northeast Chapel Original Free Will Baptist Church, Mount Olive, with the Rev. Edmond Edwards officiating. Burial followed in Wayne Memorial Park.
Six children survive.

Quinton L. Swinson Jr.
Quinton Leon Swinson Jr. 56, of Snow Hill, died Thursday, June 26.
Funeral services were held Thursday, July 3 at 4 p.m. at McIntyre Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial was in the Old Mill Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife Bernice Swinson of Goldsboro; daughters, Octavia A. Brown of Germany; Sabrina Williams of Mount Olive and Selenthia Q. Rogers; sons, Antwan Williams, Quinton Swinson III, Adriane Swinson, all of Goldsboro, Derrick Swinson of Michigan and Ermanno Kenney.

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