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Obituaries
2001
HENDERSON - Mary Louise Van Dyke Ayscue,
73, of 773 Opie Frazier Road, Henderson, in the Epsom Community,
died Sunday, October 7, 2001, in Maria Parham Hospital.
Born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, she was the daughter of
the late David Louis and Ora Strum Van Dyke. Mrs. Ayscue was a
homemaker.
She was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church, where she was
a member of the Bertha Stainback and Magnolia Dickie Sunday
School Class. She was very active in the Senior Adult Ministry
and was a former Sunday School Teacher.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, at 2:00 p.m. at New
Bethel Baptist Church, conducted by Pastor Jim Curtis and the
Rev. John R. Yevak. Burial, will follow in the church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Richard Glenn Ayscue, Sr.; a
daughter, Rev. Tammy L. Ayscue, of Epsom; a son, Richard G.
Ayscue, Jr., of Tarboro; two sisters, Sadie V. Fox, of Mebane
and Bettie V. Sogar, of Cleveland, Ohio; five grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to New
Bethel Baptist Church, c/o Debra Woodlief, 1149 Massenburg Road,
Henderson, NC 27537; Liberty Vance United Church of Christ, 7818
NC Hwy 39 S. Henderson, NC 27537; or to Fuller Chapel United
Church of Christ, c/o T. T. Beckham, 820 South Lake Lodge Road,
Henderson, NC 27537.
Flowers Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral
arrangements.
News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC) - October 8, 2001
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HENDERSON - Lottie Smith Weldon,
94, of 8678 NC 39 Hwy. S. Henderson, NC., in the Epsom
Community, died Tuesday, March 20, 2001 in Maria Parham
Hospital. A native of Franklin County, she was the
daughter of the late James Blair and Dora Coley Smith. She
was the widow of James Dewey Weldon. Mrs. Weldon was a
homemaker.
She was a member of Liberty Vance United Church of Christ
and the Henderson Civitan Club. Funeral service will
be held Friday, at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. John R.
Yevak. Burial will follow in Liberty Vance United Church of
Christ Cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters, Ann W. Mayo of Mount Olive,
and Jean W. Ayscue of Henderson; a sister, Ethel S. Harutun
of Palm Springs, California; a brother, Edward B. Smith of
Waco, Texas; nine grandchildren, Steve Southerland of
Bracey, Va., Theresa S. Daves of Ellenwood, Ga., James H.
Mayo Jr. of Mount Olive, NC, Ann M. Gregory of Goldsboro,
NC., Nancy M. West of Dudley, NC, Joyce M. Beavers of Seven
Springs, NC, Garland R. Ayscue Jr. of Henderson, Jean A.
Sturgill of Mebane, NC., and James R. Ayscue of
Fuquay-Varina, NC; 10 great-grandchildren; four
great-great-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren and
four step-great-great grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by a grandson, William D. Mayo.
The family will receive friends Thursday from 7-8:30
p.m. At Flowers Funeral Home. All other times they
will be at the home of Jean Ayscue, 42 Wintergreen Road,
Henderson. Members of the Henderson Civitan Club will
serve as active pallbearers.
Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to Liberty
Vance United Church of Christ, Cemetery Fund, 7818 NC Hwy.
39 S, Henderson, NC 27536.
Flowers Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral
arrangements.
News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC) - March 22, 2001
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HENDERSON - Mr. Jeremy
Jocquinn-Boydell Burton, age 19, died Thursday, April
5, 2001, in Vance County. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral
Home, of Henderson.
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - April 7, 2001
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HENDERSON - Christopher M.
Hawkins, died Sunday morning, December 31, 2000, at
Maria Parham Hospital. He was born in Vance County February 10,
1995. Arrangements will be announced later by E.C. Terry's
Funeral Service.
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - January 1, 2001
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HENDERSON - Alma Howell West,
89, of 12378 Hwy. 39 North, died Sunday, July 22, 2001.
Born in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late
William and Lizzie Reavis Howell. She was the widow of William
Henry West Sr.
Mrs. West was retired from the State of North Carolina,
having worked at Murdoch Center. She was a member of NutBush
Presbyterian Church in Townsville.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. in the
NutBush Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. John Edgerton
III and the Rev. J. Lemar Wheeler. Burial will follow in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are three sons, William H. West Jr. and wife, Jean,
of Oxford, Edward H. West and wife, Carolyn, of Cary, and Robert
C. West Sr. and wife, Bonnie, of Oxford; a sister, Sallie H.
Jordan of Raleigh; six grandchildren, W. Keith West, Cammie W.
McCracken, Edward H. West Jr., Robert C. West Jr., Scott D.
West, and Jason B. West; and eight grandchildren.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7:00 to 9:00 at
Flowers Funeral Home. All other times, they will be at her home.
Serving as active pallbearers will be her grandsons.
Flowers are accepted, or memorials may be made to the charity
of one's choice.
Flowers Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral
arrangements.
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - July 23, 2001
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Mrs. Lorene Hargrove Braxton,
age 88, a resident of 2402 Oakridge Blvd., formerly of
Henderson, expired on Thursday, September 27, 2001, at the
Granville Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late
Joseph Hargrove and Virginia Terry Hargrove and was born in
Mecklenburg Co., Va.
She was educated in the Vance County public schools and at
the former Henderson Institute. She was a member of Antioch
United Church of Christ, where she was a faithful member of the
Missionary Club. She later joined Morning Star United Holy
Church.
Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at
Nutbush Baptist Church by Elder Shirley Piercy. The burial will
follow in the church cemetery.
She is survived by her children, Garland Braxton, Jr., of
Hampton, Va., Beatrice Brame-Hanks, Olivia B. Fisher, both of
Henderson, Hattie Blue-Yarborough, of Durham, Marie Wimbush,
Josephine Glover, and Linda B. Henderson, all of Henderson; 24
grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; three
great-great-grandchild-ren; one foster sister, Corine Hargrove;
and two foster daughters, Stacy Hargrove and Geneva Williams.
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - September 29, 2001
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HENDERSON - Margaret Powers
Griffin, 71, of 173 Lynn Haven Avenue, died Sunday,
April 29, 2001 at 4:10 a.m., after a long and courageous battle
with cancer.
Funeral services will be held Monday, April 30, 2001, at
First Baptist Church, in Henderson, NC at 2:00 p.m., conducted
by Dr. Marion D.Lark. The burial will immediately follow at
Sunset Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to
8:30 p.m. on Sunday April 29, 2001 at Flowers Funeral Home on
1833 Oxford Road in Henderson.
Born in Lumberton, NC on August 31, 1929, she was the eldest
child of Julius Hallie and Mary Wellington Powers. Her childhood
was spent in Robeson County where she graduated from Barker Ten
Mile School. She earned AB and BS degrees from Mars Hill College
and East Carolina University. She did graduate work at The
University of Montana at Billings and American University in
Washington, DC.
Margaret's dedication to education and social work was
demonstrated by her years of service teaching in Wake County and
on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Lamedeer, Montana. She
was a social worker in Rocky Mount and in the counties of Vance,
Franklin, and Nash. She was a Family and Children's Supervisor
in Vance County. She was the State and District "Social
Worker of the Year" in 1978. Margaret was a good
friend to many. She was a Sunday School teacher, an avid reader,
a sports aficionado, a gardener, a bridge player, a traveler,
and animal lover and lover of the arts. She was president of the
A.A.R.P., President of the Rosemont Garden Club, President of
the Henderson Women's Club, a member of the Colonial Garden
Club, an active member of First Baptist Church of Henderson and
President of her Church Circle. She worked with the Vance County
Board of Elections for twelve years. She served as Chief Judge
at the Hillside precinct.
Margaret is predeceased by her father, Julius Hallie Powers,
her mother, Mary Wellington Powers and brothers James Horace and
John Dixon Powers. She is survived by her husband and
closest friend of forty-nine years Guy Livingstone Griffin. She
is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Jack (Mary) James Of Oak
Island, NC and Mrs. Jean Worcester of Lumberton, NC. Margaret
had eight nieces ten great-nieces, ten nephews; and nine
great-nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist
Church, 205 W. Winder Street, Henderson, NC 27536. Honorary
guests at the funeral service will be The "Joy" and
the Dorothy Currin School Classes of First Baptist Church, the
Vance Board of Elections, Bridge Clubs, AARP and Colonial Garden
Club.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Pete Ivey, W.R. Duke,
Rusty Duke, Jeff Wood, Ronnie Keith Lassiter, Steve Garrison,
Johnny Roberts, Derik Willetts, Dause Dement Moses Moye, and
Garrett Griffin.
Flowers Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral
arrangements.
News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC) - April 30, 2001 |
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HENDERSON - Thomas Worth "Bill"
Frazier Jr., age 77, a resident of 1723 Lynne Ave., passed
away at his residence on Friday. He was native of Vance County
and was the son of the late Thomas Worth Frazier Sr. and Vernice
Watkins Frazier.
He was a decorated World War II veteran, serving in the U.S.
Marine Corps, participating in first wave invasions of the
Marshall Islands, Saipan, and Iwo Jima. He was retired from
General Telephone Company after spending 46 years in the
telephone industry. He was a member of the First United
Methodist Church and the Men's Bible Class, Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 2417, American Legion Post 60, Forty and Eight, and
Henderson Masonic Lodge 229 AF & AM.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in the
First United Methodist Church by the Rev. Charles M. Cook and
Dr. Marion D. Lark. Burial will follow in the Union Chapel
United Methodist Church Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Rebecca Clayton
Frazier, two sons, Thomas W. Frazier III and wife, Pat, and
Clayton Gill Frazier and wife, Billie, and one daughter, Reba
Ann Frazier, all of Henderson; four grandchildren, Elizabeth
Frazier, Matt Frazier, Gill Frazier, and Tate Frazier; four
sisters, Polly F. Hobgood and Peggy F. Pegram, both of
Henderson, and Iris F. Southerland and Jane F. Kittrell, both of
Louisburg; and four brothers, Fred D. Frazier Jr., of Weldon,
Dr. Richard E. Frazier, of Roanoke Rapids, Eugene Frazier, of
Newport News, Va., and Kirby Frazier, of Raleigh.
The family will receive friends Saturday night from 7:00
until 8:30 at the J.M. White Funeral Home. At other times, they
will be at the home of Tommy and Pat Frazier at 1812 Parker Ln.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Terry Frazier, Jeff
Frazier, Freddy Frazier, LaVern Dement, Frankie Hobgood, Randy
Clayton, Larry Clayton, David Clayton, Donnie Southerland,
Weldon Lloyd, and Elbert Dement Jr.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be all members of the
First United Methodist Church Men's Bible Class, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the American Legion Forty and Eight, and the
Henderson Masonic Lodge 229.
Arrangements are by the J.M. White Funeral Home.
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - March 10, 2001
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HENDERSON - Frances Wrenn Capps,
84, of 3321 Old Watkins Rd., Oxford, died Friday, March 2, 2001,
in Duke University Medical Center in Durham.
Born in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late John
Thomas and Eunice Newton Wrenn.
Mrs. Capps was a retired supervisor with Continental Hosiery
Company. She was a lifelong and very active member of Rehoboth
United Methodist Church, where she was a member of the
administrative board and the Tuesday Morning Bible Study. She
served as social secretary of the Open Door Sunday School Class
and was a past-president of the Rehoboth Methodist Women.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Rehoboth
United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Benjamin W.
Rooker. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband of 69 years, James Gilbert Capps; a
daughter, Eunice C. May and husband, Robert, of Oxford; a son,
G. Maurice Capps and wife, Addria "Puddin," of
Hickory; four grandchildren, Tommy May and wife, Kathy, of
Oxford, and Diane M. Ennis and husband, Jerry, Gil Capps, and
Addria Capps, all of Charlotte; three great-grandchildren, Rob
Stevens and wife, Michelle, of Chesapeake, Va., and Thomas May
and Allison May, both of Oxford; a sister, Lucy W. Stovall, of
Oxford; and a brother, Frank T. Wrenn and wife, Carrie, of
Oxford. She was preceded in death by a brother, Melvin D. Wrenn.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
at Flowers Funeral Home. All other times, they will be at the
home.
Serving as active pallbearers will be F.T. Wrenn Jr., Larry
Wrenn, John A. Wrenn Sr., M. Douglas Wrenn, Jerry E. Stovall,
Justin M. Wrenn, John A. Wrenn Jr., and Frank T. Wrenn III.
Flowers are accepted, or memorials may be made to Rehoboth
United Methodist Church Building Fund, c/o Barbara Burwell, 2205
Community House Rd., Oxford, N.C. 27565.
Flowers Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral
arrangements.
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - March 3, 2001 |
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HENDERSON - Russell Franks
"Whitey" Eaves, 73, of 239 Eaves Rd., in
the Epsom community, died Thursday, November 8, 2001, in Raleigh
Community Hospital in Raleigh.
Born in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Charlie
O'Brient and Addie Lou Ayscue Eaves.
Mr. Eaves was a retired sales representative with Coastal
Chemical Company. He was a farmer and owned and operated General
Insurance Agency. He was president of the Epsom Country Club and
was a member of the Shoe and Slipper Club.
He was a member of Liberty Vance United Church of Christ,
where funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m.,
conducted by the Rev. John R. Yevak and the Rev. Tammy Ayscue.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby Summerlin Alford Eaves; two
daughters, Kaye E. Thrasher and husband, Larry of Annapolis,
Md., and Tammy E. Ayscue and husband, Robin of Oxford; a son,
Russell S. Eaves and wife, Deborah of Greenville; a
step-daughter, Amy E. Alford of Raleigh; a step-son, Kevin M.
Alford and wife, Kay of Youngsville; two sisters, Christine E.
Oakley of Mebane and Mary Nell E. Greene of Norfolk, Va.; a
brother, Charles T. Eaves and wife, Garnetta of Epsom; five
grandchildren, Harrison Thrasher, Colin Thrasher, Addison Ayscue,
Kara Ayscue, and Tyler Eaves; and two step-grandchildren,
Cameron Alford and Casey Alford.
The family will receive friends Saturday from 7:00 to 8:30
p.m. at Flowers Funeral Home. All other times, they will be at
the home.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Earl Parker, Norwood
Wynne, Ronald Renn, Jackie Ellis, Pete Rogers, Barry Curtis,
Steve Reavis, Toleston Eaves, and Randolph Reese.
Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to the
American Lung Association, 1740 Broadway, New York NY 10019.
Flowers Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral
arrangements.
Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC) - November 10, 2001 |
HENDERSON - David Thomas, "D.T."
Ayscue, Jr., age 71, a resident of 246 Crestwood
Road, died Sunday, August 26, 2001, at his home.
He was a native of Vance County and was the son of the late
D.T. and Elsie Faulkner Ayscue. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air
Force and was a retired Area Supervisor with Flu-Cured Tobacco
Cooperative Stabilization Corporation. He was a member of the
First Baptist Church the Adult Men's Sunday School Class, and
the Henderson Lions Club.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the
First Baptist Church by Dr. Marion D. Lark. He is survived
by his wife, Nancy McLemore Ayscue, of the home daughter, Nancy
Lu Ayscue Baker and husband, Thomas, of Henderson; son, David T.
Ayscue, III and wife Joan, of Vienna, West Virginia and
grandchildren, Daniel T. Baker, Sarah Nancy Baker, David T.
Ayscue, IV, Catherine Marie Ayscue and Megan Ayscue.
The family will receive friends at the home at 246 Crestwood
Road and immediately following the service in the Ladies Parlor
of the First Baptist Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the
First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 75, Henderson, N.C. 27536 or to
the Henderson Lions Club P.O. Box 395 Henderson, N.C. 27536.
Arrangements are by the J. M. White Funeral Home.
News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC) - August 28, 2001 |
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HENDERSON -- Ralph Benton Hight,
Sr., age 81, a resident of 1116 Hargrove Street, died
Wednesday afternoon at Granville Medical Center in Oxford. He
was a native of Vance County, the son of the late James Eppy and
Cora Woodlief Hight, and was the widower of Jeannette Robertson
Hight.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during World
War II. He was a retired Vice President of the former Peoples
Bank, now Centura Bank, where he worked for 45 years. He was a
member of the First United Methodist Church, and the Men's Bible
Class. He was also a member of the American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and the Forty and Eight.
Funeral service will be held Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at the First
United Methodist Church by the Rev. Cam Ford and Jack
Richardson. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery.
He is survived by one daughter, Ellen H. Clapp and husband
Don, of Raleigh; two sons, Ralph Benton Hight, Jr. and wife Mary
Nell, of Oxford, and Wesley Lee Hight and wife, Cathy, of
Henderson, three grandchildren, Mary Royall Hight, Wesley Lee
Hight, Jr., and Branson Perry Hight.
The family will receive friends Saturday night from 7:00
until 8:30 P.M. at the J.M. White Funeral Home. At other times
they will be at his home on Hargrove Street.
Serving as active pall bearers will be Hank Reaves, Andy
Clayton, Dalton Newman, Bob Lloyd, Henry W. Hight, Jr., Mike
Satterwhite, Billy C. Stanton, Tommy Tucker, Whit Sutton, W.C.
Hight, William Cawthorne, and James Bennett.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the
N.C. Diabetes Association, 2315-A Sunset Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC
27804, or the Cora W. Hight Fund, c/o the First United Methodist
Church, 114 Church Street, Henderson, NC 27536.
Arrangements are by the J.M. White Funeral Home.
News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC) - November 2, 2001 |
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