Obituaries
Obituaries are posted immediately upon receipt from the funeral home.

Austin Charles Brumble (Posted 2/8/10)
Austin Charles Brumble, three-month-old infant son of Brian and Kellie Brumble of Southport, died Saturday, February 6, 2010.

Harold Donald Stanzlaus (Posted 2/8/10)
Harold Donald Stanzlaus, 64, of SE 18th Street, Oak Island, died Thursday, February 4, 2010, at his home.

Cynthia Ann Green Parker (Posted 2/8/10)
Mrs. Cynthia Ann Green Parker of Bolivia died Thursday, February 4, 2010, at her home.

James Kenneth McNeill Sr. (Posted 2/8/10)
James Kenneth McNeill Sr., 64, of Oak Island died Wednesday, February 3, 2010, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.

Frederick Sansbury (Posted 2/8/10)
Frederick (“Hoyt”) Sansbury, 88, died Friday, February 5, 2010, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Gene Taylor Holloman II (Posted 2/8/10)
Gene Taylor (“Teddy”) Holloman II, 36, of Boiling Spring Lakes, died Wednesday, February 3, 2010, after a sudden illness at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

Rebecca Jane Crisco (Posted 2/4/10)
Rebecca Jane Crisco, 72, of Southport died Thursday, February 3, 2010, at Ocean Trail Nursing Center in Southport.

Gomalie Snyder (Posted 2/4/10)
Gomalie (“Mae”) Snyder, 85, of Southport died Thursday, February 4, 2010, at her residence.

Elaine H. LeGrand (Posted 2/4/10)
Mary Kathleen (Wolner) Johnson, born March 4, 1913, in Dayton, Ohio, died February 1, 2010, at Dosher Nursing Center in Southport.

Shirley Elinor Baum (Posted 2/4/10)
Larry Franklin Potter, 60, died Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport.

Larry Franklin Potter (Posted 2/4/10)
Shirley Elinor Baum, 83, of Oak Island died Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

Mary Kathleen Johnson (Posted 2/4/10)
Ms. Elaine Hattie LeGrand, 80, died January 31, 2010, at Heritage Health Care Center of Farmville.

Nell Logan Thomas (Posted 2/2/10)
Nell Logan Thomas, 97, died peacefully on January 27, 2010, of natural causes in her home at Ashlar Village, Wallingford, Conn., where she lived for the last 15 years.

Norma Jane McLelland (Posted 2/2/10)
Mrs. Norma Jane McLelland, 66, of Supply died Monday, February 2, 2010, at Brunswick Cove Nursing Center.

Edward Ellis (Posted 2/2/10)
Edward (“Teddy”) Ellis, 59, of Scotland died Sunday, January 31, 2010, while visiting with his sister.

Betsy Johnson Summerlin (Posted 2/2/10)
Mrs. Betsy Johnson Summerlin, 71, of Oak Island died Monday, February 1, 2010, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

Ruth Blalock Watlington (Posted 1/29/10)
Mrs. Ruth Blalock Watlington, 83, of Southport died Thursday, January 28, 2010, at her daughter’s home.

John Roy Lackey Jr. (Posted 1/26/10)
John Roy Lackey Jr. July 4, 1933 — January 24, 2010. Resident of Oak Island, North Carolina.

Vickie Marie Newsom Yeoman (Posted 1/26/10)
Vickie Marie Newsom Yeoman, 61, of Lexington and Southport died Friday, January 22, 2010, at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

Jane Peacock Williams (Posted 1/26/10)
Jane Peacock Williams, 69, of Oak Island died Monday, January 25, 2010, in New Orleans, La., surrounded by family members.

Travis Derrick Modlin (Posted 1/26/10)
Travis Derrick (“Roach”) Modlin, 25, of Oak Island died Saturday, January 23, 2010, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

Juanita Terrell (Posted 1/26/10)
Mrs. Juanita Terrell, 84, of Southport died Friday, January 22, 2010, at Ocean Trail Nursing Center.

Gordon F. Glann (Posted 1/26/10)
Gordon F. Glann, 65, died January 18, 2010, after a long battle with cancer. He was born to Gordon Sr. and Edna Glann on August 26, 1944. in Toledo, Ohio, and was a graduate of Kent State University.

Dorothy Ward Brittain Davis (Posted 1/25/10)
Dorothy Ward Brittain Davis of Bolivia died January 15, 2010, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care Center.

John Duane Gorman (Posted 1/25/10)
John Duane Gorman, 93, of Leland died Friday, January 22, 2010.

Reba Hilton Tyson Ausban (Posted 1/25/10)
Ms. Reba Hilton Tyson Ausban, 78, of Boiling Spring Lakes died Tuesday, January 19, 2010, after a long illness.

Sylvia Floyd Brown (Posted 1/19/10)
Mrs. Sylvia Floyd Brown of Southport died Thursday, January 14, 2010, at Dosher Memorial Hospital.

Charles Edward Parsons (Posted 1/19/10)
Charles Edward Parsons, 87, of Bolivia died Monday, January 18, 2010, at his home.

Minnie Ruth Caldwell-Ashcraft (Posted 1/19/10)
Mrs. Minnie Ruth Caldwell-Ashcraft, 78, of Southport died Saturday, January 16, 2010.

Mildred Annie Thompson (Posted 1/18/10)
Mildred Annie Thompson, 80, of Oak Island died Friday, January 15, 2010, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center in Whiteville.

Edith Hensley Harrill Faley (Posted 1/18/10)
Edith Hensley Harrill Faley, 74, an angel on Earth to all who knew her, left this world suddenly on Friday, January 15, 2010.

Amy Harris Denny (Posted 1/15/10)
Amy Harris Denny, 86, of Boiling Spring Lakes, formerly of Wilson, died Thursday, January 14, 2010.

James Linwood Lancaster (Posted 1/15/10)
James Linwood Lancaster, 65, of Raleigh died Thursday, January 14, 2010, at his home.

Zebulon Hadley III (Posted 1/15/10)
Zebulon (“Zach”) Hadley III, 66, of Southport died Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at Durham VA Hospital.

Douglas Clinton Johnson (Posted 1/12/10)
Douglas Clinton Johnson, 39, of Greensboro died December 25, 2009.

Beverly Logan Hitchcock (Posted 1/12/10)
Beverly Logan Hitchcock, 61, of Southport died Monday, January 11, 2010, at her home.

Jean Rhudy (Posted 1/12/10)
Mrs. Jean Rhudy passed away December 20, 2009, in Charlotte after an extended illness.

Bernice Toney Stone (Posted 1/12/10)
Mrs. Bernice Toney Stone, 86, of Southport died Monday, January 11, 2010, at Dosher Memorial Hospital.

Ricky Jason Houser (Posted 1/12/10)
Ricky Jason Houser, 33, of Forest City died Monday, January 11, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

Larry Robert Falise (Posted 1/12/10)
Larry Robert Falise, 67, of Oak Island went peacefully in his sleep to be with his creator, Saturday, January 9, 2010, after a long illness, suffered gracefully with the help and support of his family, his friends on Oak Island and especially at The Flying Pig, and friends in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Shaun Michael Holley (Posted 1/11/10)
Shaun Michael Holley, 33, of Coats died Saturday, January 9, 2010, at University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill.

Loleta Arnold Branch (Posted 1/11/10)
Loleta Arnold Branch, 90, of Winnabow died Friday, January 8, 2010, at Brunswick Cove Nursing Home.

Agnes Pearl Doby (Posted 1/11/10)
Mrs. Agnes Pearl Doby, 89, of Southport died January 6, 2010, in Jasper, Fla.

Larry Dale DeStefano Sr. (Posted 1/11/10)
Larry Dale DeStefano Sr., 58, of Supply died Thursday, January 7, 2010, at his residence.

Eric A. Freeman (Posted 1/11/10)
Eric A. Freeman, 53, of Palm Bay, Fla., formerly of Oak Island, died December 22, 2009.

Helen Bowles Simpson (Posted 1/11/10)
Mrs. Helen Bowles Simpson, 91, of Charlotte died Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at Carolinas Medical Center Northeast.

Fred McPherson Burdette Jr. (Posted 1/6/10)
Mrs. Nola Stidham Tyler, 91, of Oak Island, died Friday, January 1, 2010, at her home.

Betty Grey Knight Spengler (Posted 1/5/10)
Betty Grey Knight Spengler, 77, of Bolivia died Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care in Lenoir.

Nola Stidham Tyler (Posted 1/4/10)
Mrs. Nola Stidham Tyler, 91, of Oak Island, died Friday, January 1, 2010, at her home.

Norma L. Smith (Posted 12/28/09)
Norma L. Smith, 88, of East Liverpool, Ohio, died at home on Monday, December 21, 2009, following a lengthy illness.

Louis Parker Wise (Posted 12/21/09)
Louis Parker Wise, 76, of Oak Island died Sunday, December 20, 2009, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.

Quentin N. Myrvik (Posted 12/15/09)
Quentin N. Myrvik, 88, of Caswell Beach died Sunday, December 13, 2009, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.

Rev. Leo Cannon (Posted 12/15/09)
The Rev. Leo Cannon, 80, of Supply died Monday, December 14, 2009, at his home.

Mary Hetrick (Posted 12/15/09)
Ms. Mary Pricilla Chapman Hetrick, 71, of Southport died Sunday, December 13, 2009, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.

June Reynolds Washburn (Posted 12/15/09)
Mrs. June Reynolds Washburn, 85, of Wilmington died Sunday, December 13, 2009, at her home.

Mary Elizabeth Gore (Posted 12/14/09)
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Gore, 92, of Ash passed away Friday, December 11, 2009, at Brunswick Community Hospital surrounded by her family.

David Franklin Rogers (Posted 12/14/09)
David Franklin (“Frankie”) Rogers, 53, of Boiling Spring Lakes died Friday December 11, 2009, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

Stella Ruth Laska Gundersen (Posted 12/14/09)
Mrs. Stella Ruth Laska Gundersen, 94, of Boiling Spring Lakes died Tuesday, December 8, 2009.

Benton Walter Preston (Posted 12/8/09)
Benton Walter (“B.W.”) Preston, 82, husband of Martha P. McCormick Preston, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, following an extended illness.

Rose Evelyn McAfee (Posted 12/8/09)
Mrs. Rose Evelyn McAfee, 75, of 301 West 9th Street, Southport, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at her residence.

Emily Wilson Hendrix (Posted 12/7/09)
Emily Wilson Hendrix, 87, of Oak Island died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at Summit Medical Center, Hermitage, Tenn. Her sudden death was from a brain aneurysm.

Thelma Sellers Dunn (Posted 12/7/09)
Mrs. Thelma Sellers Dunn, 87, of Boiling Spring Lakes died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at Dosher Memorial Hospital.

Perry Scott Brittain (Posted 11/30/09)
Perry Scott Brittain, 44, of Bolivia died Saturday, November 28, 2009, in Okeechobee, Fla.

Christina LaBree Seagraves Chumley (Posted 11/30/09)
Christina LaBree Seagraves Chumley, 44, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., died Wednesday, November 25, 2009.

John David Dickhoff (Posted 11/30/09)
John David Dickhoff, 54, of Southport passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, November 27, 2009.

Chancie Calvin Hewett (Posted 11/30/09)
Chancie Calvin Hewett, 91, of Supply died Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at Autumn Care Nursing Center, Shallotte.

Margaret Leona Hall (Posted 11/25/09)
Mrs. Margaret Leona Hall, 98, of Oak Island died Tuesday, November 24, 2009.

James Clyde Hall (Posted 11/24/09)
James Clyde Hall, 81, of Harrells died in Pender Memorial Hospital on Sunday, November 22, 2009. His loving wife of 59 years was at his side.

Ava Phelps Privette (Posted 11/24/09)
Mrs. Ava Phelps Privette, 79, of Shallotte died Saturday November 21, 2009, at Brunswick Cove Nursing Center.

Infant Joseph Andrew Ward (Posted 11/24/09)
Joseph Andrew Ward, age two months, of Bolivia died Friday, November 20, 2009.

Terry Joe Cate (Posted 11/24/09)
Terry Joe Cate, 50, of Bolivia died November 17, 2009.

Sarah Kathleen Snyder (Posted 11/24/09)
Mrs. Sarah Kathleen Snyder, 66, of Bolivia died Friday, November 20, 2009, at Dosher Memorial Hospital.

Lewis R. Inman (Posted 11/24/09)
Lewis R. Inman, 82, of Southport died Saturday, November 21, 2009, at his home.

Michael Demetrius Clemmons (Posted 11/24/09)
Michael (“Mike-Dee”) Demetrius Clemmons, 31, of Southport died Friday, November 20, 2009.

(Published 11/18/09)
William Jay Crisco
Ruth Morgan Presson
Terri Denise Caylor Christy
Sidney P. Williams
Lillian F. Wilson
Donald Ray Arthur Jr.
James Murray Sutton Sr.
Robert Michael Dunn
John David Peck
Kenneth Dewey Miller
Robert Allen Nutley

(Published 11/11/09)
Dorothy Mae Hart
Harold Lewis Gerard Sr.
Ronald Phillips

(Published 11/4/09)
Norman Lester Phipps
Frank Hutton Jr.
Vivian Perdue
Melvis Smith
William Franklin Deitz Sr.
Michael Ihlefield
Barbara Weeks Hayes
Maryellen Smith Koons

(Published 10/28/09)
Carol Kelley
William Jasper Carmichael
John Paul Allen Jr.
Robert Schreiber
Rudolph Eavey
Dwight William Presser Jr.

(Published 10/21/09)
Deborah Sue Simmons Sawyer
Mrs. Pearl Kriksciun
Joyce McLeroy
Spacey Ron Grissett
Robert Henry Pirnat III
Edith Seifert
Edward Dilsaver Ballantine
Cameron Odell Blanton

(Published 10/14/09)
Barbara Gail Moore
Evelyn Annette Lee
George Ralph Davis Jr.

(Published 10/7/09)
Charles Lawrence Neville

(Published 9/30/09)
Shirley R. Heffner
Olive Mercer
Nellie Kennedy Barber
Daniel Hugh Matthews Jr.
Donna L. Pierce
Lawrence G. Twitty
Wolfred Thomas
Peggy Ann Andrews

(Published 9/23/09)
Roger Dean Ford
Luther Edward Riley

(Published 9/16/09)
Margaret Sessoms Davis
David Earl Wilson
Henry Clay Crisco Sr.
Baird S. Bell
Richard E. Bauer
Idella Aydlett Harrelson
Lela Mae Porter

(Published 9/9/09)
Collins service
William C. Wescott

(Published 9/2/09)
Silva Teresa Smith
Theodore Rosevelt Hiatt III
James Shipman
Silva Smith
Nora Lee Southern
Philip L. Wineman VI
Estelle Ella Swain
Olivia Shumate Matthews

(Published 8/26/09)
Alfred Dewey Wetherington
Anna Hennessee
erald A. Marsh

(Published 8/19/09)
Elizabeth Hamilton Ducker
Jean Fuller
Mary Ramsey Morrow
Marian Robb
William Stanley Squire
Charles Marchyshyn

(Published 8/12/09)
Lillian Angier Meador Turkelson
Nancy Elizabeth Moffett
Margaret Louise Mason Moore
Margaret Underwood Porterfield
Lillian Branham Baker
Carolyn Frances Vignola
Mary Frances Boggan Astrab
Gordon Winfield Hupp

(Published 8/5/09)
William Richard Schad
Marion Thomas Fine
Frances Fulford Woodard
Geneva Jackson Clarida
Cashwell Beverly (‘Cash’) Caroon

(Published 7/29/09)
Thelma Woolard Soloway
Adrianne Williams
Roberta Hopkins Fugate
Phifer Erwin Moran Jr.
Corky Collins

(Published 7/22/09)
Timothy Carl Rew
Rachael Glenda Thompson Royal
Blannie Crouse Keith
Rupert Eudell Rich
Eleanor Helen Kaperak
Larry Dean Mincey
Jeffrey Scott Swaim
Dr. Austin Taber Hyde Jr.
Jason Herbert Ramsey
Thomas Victor Perkins

(Published 7/15/09)
Jacqueline Marie Johnson
Jean Watlington Stanley
Marie Hartel Waters
Wilhelmina Boesser Ferguson
Mabel Marie Kerr
Carolyn A. Harney Abner
William Earl Holden
Gary Roger Knapp

(Published 7/8/09)
Ida J. Tremblay-McCarthy
Dewey Proctor
Thomas J. Kemmer
Gary Reitzel Clodfelter
Jimmy H. Ashley

(Published 6/1/09)
Annie Lide Smith
Mary L. Miller
Dennis Karl Finley
Kenneth Horne
William Wayne Milligan II
Louise Johnson Padgett
Martha Jane Scarbrough
Mary Jackson
William Henry Walker III
Edna Hein
Ann Aston Pickering
Rose Gregory Ryan
Clifton Bryan White
Charles B. Lefler

(Published 6/24/09)
Paul Emanuel Stillman
Alma Lou Norton Stone
Jeffery Andrew Conca
Voigt service
Wyatt McClellan Spencer
Freda Jo Phelps

(Published 6/17/09)
Lawrence Robertson Willing Sr.
Margaret Browning Champion
Thomas Daniel Long
Judith Maynard Arnett
Jack Spradlin
Larry James Garner
Leland T. Jones
Charles Robert Ernest
David Gardner Whiteman
Nadene Royal Henning
Kelley Totsch Norwood

(Published 6/10/09)
Richard Allan Howard
Louis Vernon Ward
Kathy Creech
Virginia Ann Hall Noble
Melissa Ann Ganey Heward
Patricia Louise Britt
David McLean
William Boyce Smallwood
Charles Linwood Ellington

(Published 6/3/09)
Laurie Ray Bowman
Betty Testerman Anderson Voight
Pearl Eversole
Elizabeth O’Brien Ellis
Arthur Robert Armstrong
Michel Travis Spencer
Stanley Edward Ash

Published 5/27/09
Richard Lynn Herrington
Elizabeth O’Brien Ellis
James Richard Hewitt
Catherine Marr Jordan
Norma Mayhew Guyton
Allen memorial service
Rachel Smith Bottoms
John A. Muellerweiss
Esther Mae Webb
Rebecca Capps
Timothy Lee Hazelton

Published 5/13/09
Donna Lee Lloyd
Ruth Tepper
Thomas Reid Perry
Mertie Atkinson Willetts
Trilby Harris Biffle
Mildred Lee Clifton

Published 5/6/09
Lenonard Joseph Tatum
Phillip A. Templeton
John A. Muellerweiss
Gene Allen Caison Sr.
Vera (Granny “B”) Gore Bowling
Marjorie Stanley Hermann
David Earl Tyler
Thomas J. Conner
Frederick Allen Miller Jr
Josephine Theresa Gwin
Gerald Hugh Nance
Frederick George Wagner

(Published 4/22/09)
Carl Baxter Loflin Jr
Dorothy Pigott Steele
Jeremy Gene Beardsley
Gerald Robert Duncan
Joan A. Ramsey
Barbara Lovette Marley
Benjamin Rawson Halladay
Mike Parker
Jackson Tyler Potter Jr.
Wade Caison
Laurie Lynn Garner
Martha Jo Earley Patterson

(Published 4/15/09)
Reva S. Clark
Suneil Cooper Beckley
Alan T. Townsend
Colette Houghton Pullen
Maria Calomiris
Caleb Douglas Faircloth
Clifford Earl Struckman Jr.
J.W. Deason
James Roy Rabon

(Published 4/8/09)
Virginia Gadd Sloan
James E. Watson Jr.
Durwood Thomas Clark
Stephen Sawitzki
Amanda Lou Morgan
Robert Gradel
Thomas H. Turner

(Published 4/1/09)
Jack Field
William Cabell Rives III
Margaret Nathlee Ivey
Charles Donald Zepp
Pauline C.D. White
Michael Kenneth White
Shirley Rose Galloway