Obituaries

May 27, 2009

STEDMAN Mr. Robert Eugene "Bob" Harris, 73, of 7508 Clinton Road passed away Wednesday, May 27 at his home. He was retired from the U.S. Postal Service. He was born in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 1935. He entered the U.S. Army in 1972 and served with the Special Forces in Vietnam, receiving the Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts....

May 21, 2009

WADE Mrs. Margaret Irene Taylor, 75 of 5297 Goldsboro Rd. passed away Thursday, May 21 at her home. She was a retired hair stylist. Mrs. Taylor was a native of Harrett County, the daughter of the late Leslie McKenley Phillips and Daisy Irene Mitchell. A graveside funeral service will be held at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, May 24 at Old Bluff...

May 17, 2009

AUTRYVILLE Mr. Harold Dixon Strickland, 63 of 651 Saddle Club Road, died on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 5:00 P.M. at Butler Funeral Home with Rev. Jessie Matthews and Rev. Ben Merritt officiating. Burial will follow at the Faircloth Cemetery in...

May 16, 2009

AUTRYVILLE Mr. Ralph Phillip McLean, 83, of Autryville, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2009 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Cumberland Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Christopher Dickerson officiating. Mr. McLean was born in Cumberland County and was the son of the late John and...

May 12, 2009

ROSEBORO.....Ray Carlton Gaddy, 77, formally of Clinton, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009 in his home surrounded by family and friends. He was a native of Ingold, the son of Hardy B. and Marion Howard Gaddy. He graduated from Taylor's Bridge-Ingold High School in 1949. He served in the US Navy from 1950-1954. Mr. Gaddy graduated from the University of North...

May 12, 2009

WADE Mrs. Catherine Laverne Youngblood, 48, of 4385 Wade-Stedman Road died Tuesday, May 12 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. She was a waitress for Cracker Barrell Restraunts. Catherine was born in Daugherty, Georgia. She is the daughter of Bob Osbon and Anna Ruth Osbon of Columbus, Georgia. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday, May 15...

May 11, 2009

WHITE OAK Mr. Bobby Neil McLaurin, 69 of 10221 Hwy. 53 W., died on Monday, May 11, 2009 at Elizabethtown Nursing Center. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. at Butler Funeral Home, Stedman, with Rev. Danny Lewis officiating. Burial will follow at White Oak Baptist Church cemetery. Mr. McLaurin was born in...

May 6, 2009

FAYETTEVILLE Mrs. Sarah Annette McLaurin Carter, 53 of 363 Bladen Circle, died on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 3:00 P.M. at Butler Funeral Home, Stedman, with Rev. Danny Lewis officiating. Burial will follow at White Oak Baptist Church cemetery in White...

May 2, 2009

ROSEBORO Rev. Roger L. Jackson, 89, of 2119 Butler Island Road, passed away Saturday, May 02, 2009 at Southwood Nursing and Retirement Center in Clinton. A funeral service will be held on Monday, May 4, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Roseboro First Baptist Church with the Rev. Hampton Faircloth and Rev. Roger White officiating. Burial will follow in the Concord...

May 1, 2009

STEDMAN Mrs. Lucy Bell Ezzell Pleasants, 78, of 1421 John Nunnery Road, passed away Friday, May 1, 2009 at Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital in Fayetteville. A funeral service will be held on Monday, May 4, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Bethany Church of God of Prophecy with the Rev. Jeff Burkhardt and Rev. Donald Baldwin officiating. Burial will follow in the...

Apr 29, 2009

ELIZABETHTOWN Mr. Willie Edom "Nick" Horne, 74 of 11553 Hwy 242 N., died on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Windsor United Methodist Church with Rev. Tim Reaves, Rev. John Guyton, and Rev. Marcia Smith officiating. Burial will follow...

Apr 25, 2009

FAYETTEVILLE Mr. Jody Kenneth Bearden, 49 of 255 Orange Street, died on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at his home. The family will receive friends on Saturday, May 2, 2009 from 6 until 8 PM at the home of Gary Bearden, 102 Laurel Lake Road, Salemburg, NC. Mr. Bearden is survived by: one daughter, Monica Owens; his father, Gary Bearden, of...

Apr 23, 2009

WADE

Mrs. Betty Elizabeth Allen, 96, of Campbellton Health Care Center, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Thursday, April 23, 2009.

A funeral service will be held on Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 3:00 P.M. at Butler Funeral Home, Stedman, with Bishop Warren Barfield officiating. Burial will follow at LaFayette Memorial Park...

Apr 22, 2009

Fayetteville Mrs. Mattie Lee Hall, 86 of Village Green Nursing Home went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday April 22, 2009. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. at Butler Funeral Home, Stedman, with Rev. Tim Gore and Mr. Rufus Autry, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at LaFayette Memorial Park...

Apr 21, 2009

WADE Faylynn Elaine Rideout, infant daughter of James Keith and Jessica Elaine Raynor Rideout, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009. She was less than nine hours old. A funeral service will be held at Butler Funeral Home, Stedman, at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, April 25, 2009 with Rev. Andy Wood officiating. Burial will follow in the Lee Family Cemetery. Faylynn's...

Apr 20, 2009

AUTRYVILLE Mr. David Clifton Autry, 58 of 922 Yellowskin Road, died on Monday, April 20, 2009 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Jeff Bartlett and Rev. Chris Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the Autry Family Cemetery. Mr. Autry was born in...

Apr 20, 2009

FAYETTEVILLE Mr. Harry Stewart "Smitty" Smith, 57 of 4445 Hummingbird Place, died on Monday, April 20, 2009 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. at Butler Funeral Home, Stedman, with Dr. Franklin Hunt officiating. Mr. Smith was born in 1951 in Sampson County to the...

Apr 20, 2009

WALLACE Mrs. Nancy Jane Lee, 94 of 647 Railroad Street, died on Monday, April 20, 2009 at Duplin General Hospital in Kenansville. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. at Hall Cemetery, Macedonia Church Road, with Rev. Georgia Williams officiating. Mrs. Lee was born in 1914 in Cumberland County to the late George...

Apr 16, 2009

CLINTON Mr. Norfleet M. Moore, 75 of 324 Westbrook Road, died on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at his home. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 3:00 P.M. at Mary's Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. David Willis officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Memorial Park in Clinton. Mr. Moore was born in 1933 in Richmond,...

Apr 16, 2009

FALCON Mrs. Annie Louise Wallace, 67, of 6150 Brooks St. passed away Thursday, April 16 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. She was a native of Cumberland County, the daughter of Walter Byrne and Rosetta Hicks Byrne. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, April 18 at Butler Funeral Home in Stedman with Rev. Mary Frances McClure...