OBITUARIES THE THURSDAY, NEWS APRIL 27, OBSERVER 1995 DEATHS WAKE COUNTY NANCY BECK, 46, Raleigh, April 24. RUSSELL GASKIN, 71, rina, April 25. Arrangements by Dafford Funeral Home, Dunn. EMMA! S. MOORE, 318 N.
Fisher Street, Raleigh, April 25. Arrangements by Haywood Funeral Home. VERLIN S. MYERS 68, 2317 E. Garner Road, Garner, April 25.
Arrangements by Bryan-Lee Funeral Home. KENNETH E. SCARBOROUGH, 60, Raleigh, April 25. Arrangements by Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Cary. DURHAM COUNTY ROY C.
FLETCHER, 77, Durham, April 23. Arrangements by Clements Funeral Home. LELA F. HOOVER, 101, Durham, April 26. Arrangements by Clements Funeral Home.
WILLIAM H. LOWE, 75, 4913 Highway 55, Durham, April 26. Arrangements by Hudson Funeral Home. ALTA F. NOLEN, 82, Durham, April 26.
Arrangements by Clements Funeral Home. JOHNSTON COUNTY DAISY M. FERRELL, 81, 515 Barbour Road, Smithfield, April 25. Arrangements by Coley Funeral Home, Kenly. FAY H.
JONES, Smithfield, April 26. Arrangements by Parrish Funeral Home, Selma. STATE Blounts Creek SUDIE H. EVERETT, 65, April 25. Arrangements by Paul Funeral Home, Washington.
Broadway HANNIBAL McAULEY, 70, April 25. Arrangements by Smith Funeral Home. Burlington MARY D. THOMAS, 87, April 25. Arrangements by Rich and Thompson Funeral Service.
Cameron MINNIE C. PEELE, 102, April 26. Arrangements by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Sanford. Clinton ELMA W. WARREN, 90, April 26.
Arrangements by Royal-Hall Fu- Creswell A. EDWARD WOODLEY, 44, April 25. Arrangements by Walker Funeral Home, Columbia, S.C... Fayetteville JAMES L. MOODY, 67, April 26.
Arrangements by Rogers Breece Funeral Home. NOLA M. TREADWELL, 82, April 25. Arrangements by Rogers Breece Funeral Home. Greenville MARY S.
EDWARDS, 93, April 26. Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home. High Point JAMES H. HOGG, 81, April 25. Arrangements by Sechrest Funeral Service.
Jackson HENRY W. GRANT, 76, April 26. Arrangements by Jackson Funeral Home. Jamesville ALLENE L. DICKERSON, 66, April 25.
Arrangements by Biggs Funeral Home, Williamston. HERBERT S. WILLIAMS, 81, April 26. Arrangements by Biggs Funeral Home, Williamston. Mount Olive FLOSSIE W.
PIPKIN, 74, April 26. Arrangements by Tyndall Funeral Home. Norlina ARCH H. AYSCUE, 75, April 26. Arrangements by Blaylock Funeral Home, Warrenton.
Pinebluff MARGORIE B. MASHBURN, 76, April 26. Arrangements by Powell Funeral Home, Southern Pines. Pinehurst WILLIAM B. LOVEJOY, 85, April 25.
Arrangements by Powell Funeral Home, Southern Pines. Rose Hill A. JOSEPH MOORE, 42, April 25. Arrangements by Padgett Funeral Home, Wallace. Sanford DAVID R.
HARRIS, 80, April 26. Arrangements by Miller Funeral Home. DOLLY C. TAYLOR, 59, April 26. Arrangements by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home.
WOODROW W. WILSON, 79, April 25. Arrangements by BridgesCameron Funeral Home. Swansboro DANIEL E. HILL 68, April 24.
Arrangements by Jones Funeral Home. Wilmington JOHN SPILLMAN April 24. Arrangements by Andrews Mortuary, Market Street Chapel. DEATH NOTICES HUBERT HAYES SR. RALEIGH Hubert E.
Hayes 83, formerly of 2301 Lynhurst Drive, died Tuesday. Graveside noon Monday, Mt. Hope Cemetery. Surviving: son, Hubert "Count" Hayes Jr. of Raleigh; sister, Martha Jackson of Harrisburg, stepdaughter, Connie Charles of Atlanta, three grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; two great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation 11-12 noon Monday at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church. Arrangements by Lightner Funeral Home. CURTIS D. JONES RALEIGH Mr.
Curtis D. Jones, 29, of 2726 Newsom died Monday, April 24, 1995. Funeral service 2 p.m. Friday, Praise Temple Church. Burial, Hillcrest Cemetery.
Surviving: sister, Addie of Raleigh; grandmother, L. Evans of Raleigh. Visitation 1:30 p.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements by Lightner Funeral Home.
VERLIN S. MYERS JR. Aug. 25, 1926 Apr. 25, 1995 RALEIGH Verlin Samuel Myers 68, of 2317 E.
Garner Road, died Tuesday. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday, Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Burial, Restlawn Memorial Gardens.
Surviving: wife, Annie Doris Myers; daughters, Sandy Crawford, Kathy Scutt, both of New York, Shirley Ann Smith, Sandra Mae Wilson; both of Raleigh, Joyce Ann Fowler of Summerville, S.C.; sons, Larry Myers Raleigh, of Wendell, Charles Phillip Sammy Ward Myers of Raleigh, William Christopher Ward of Garner; sister, Marion Phiffer of New Orleans, brother, William Myers of Nevada; seventeen grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Visitation from 7-9 p.m. today, Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner. ROY C. FLETCHER DURHAM Roy Columbus Fletcher, 77, a resident of Rockville, died in Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
on Sunday, April 23, 1995 following a brief illness. Mr. Fletcher was born in Durham, the son of the late Charles Columbus and Mary Edwards Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher was a retired U.S.
Army Master Sergeant, serving honorably for more than 20 years, including service during WWII and the Koren War. Following his military service, he served as Assistant to the Director for the Army Institute of Research. Mr. Fletcher is survived by his Mrs. Martha E.
Soloman Fletcher; son, Mr. Michol R. Fletchof Huntsville, sister, Mrs. Clara Pendergraft of Durham; and two grandchildren. Funeral service for Mr.
Fletcher will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in Lowes Grove Baptist Church by Rev. Forest Gale. Burial, with full military honors, conducted following the service in the Church cemetery. family will receive friends Thursday evening from 7-9 p.m.
at Clements Funeral Home in Durham. Wilson JOHN COPELAND, April 25. Arrangements by Hamilton Funeral Chapel. Winterville MARJORIE H. ALLEN, 71, April 26.
Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home, Greenville. Game show host Art Fleming, 70 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIVER, Fla. Art Fleming, the original host of television's "Jeopardy!" died at home Tuesday of pancreatic cancer. He was 70. Fleming was diagnosed with the disease just two weeks ago, said his lawyer, Steve Hurm.
"We're all stunned," said Merv Griffin, creator of "Jeopardy!" and now its executive producer. "He was a great fellow. Art was the first 11 years of the success of TAn actor in radio, television, film and theater, Fleming appeared in numerous TV shows, including "Starsky and "Lou Grant" and "Moneychangers." He spent many years at KMOX Radio in St. Louis as host of two highly rated programs, "At Your Service" and "Trivia He made 48 movies, including "'Airplane II," with William Shatner, Chad Everett and Sonny Bono; and "MacArthur." In the latter, he played Carl A. THE NEW YORK TIMES Carl A.
Gerstacker, chairman of Dow Chemical Co. from 1960 to 1976, died Sunday night in Midland, Mich. He was 78. The cause of death was leukemia, said his stepson, William D. Schuette of Midland.
Gerstacker's tenure as chief of the nation's second-largest chemical company coincided with growing public opposition to the Vietnam War and the company's Art Fleming made 48 movies, but is best remembered as the first host of adviser W. Averill Harriman opposite Gregory Peck's Gen. Douglas MacArthur. But he was probably best known for his duties as a television game-show host. Gerstacker, former position as the military's sole supplier of napalm, a substance used in firebombs.
Recruiters from Dow Chemical were chased off college campuses in the late 1960s, and antiwar demonstrators protested at stockholders' meetings, objecting to civilian casualties caused by napalm bombing. "You are asking us to stop arbitrarily the supply of weapons to our young men that have been drafted and who are serving in a LEA FUNERAL HOME 2500 Poole Road, Raleigh "Professional Service With Personal Care" Two Spacious Chapels Paved Parking Lot No Steps Individual Visitation Parlors Burial Insurance Monuments Funeral Programs Florist 231-1000 Dependable Service At Reasonable Prices VERLIN L. HOBERECHT CARY Verlin Louis Hoberecht, 66, died March 25, 1995. Mr. Hoberecht was employed by IBM for over 34 years.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday, March 28, 1995 at the Cary First United Church of Christ at 7 p.m. Mr. Hoberecht was survived by his wife, Mary Lou Anderson Hoberecht; sons, William Hoberecht and his wife, Donna Hoberecht of Colorado, and Walter Hoberecht of Illinois; sisters, Opal Moore and Geraldine Snipes of Texas; brothers, Herman Hoberecht of Conn. and Clinton Hoberecht of Washington; grandchildren, Daniel Louis Hoberecht and Caroline Marie Hoberecht. He was predeceased by his first wife, Martha (Mitchell) Caroline Hoberecht.
Mr. Hoberecht graduated from Peabody High School and Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. He received a Masters Degree from Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio, and holds an Honorary Doctorate from Southwestern College. He served in the US Army Signal Corps, receiving an Honorable Discharge in 1955. During his distinguished career with IBM, Mr.
Hoberecht was recognized for many technical contributions, and was a primary designer of IBM's Systems Network Architecture. Memorial contributions may be made to the Good Shepherd United brook Circle, Cary, 27511. Church of Christ, 1068. Fountain- NANCY BECK RALEIGH Nancy Beck, 46, died Monday, April 24, 1995. She was a teacher's assistant at Brassfield and active member in Raleigh First Church of the Nazarene.
Surviving: daughter, Mari Jo Beck; son, Rufus J. Beck; sisters, Joyce Caviness of Irmo, Sharon Milburn of Lovingston, brothers, Dan Sisk of Pamona Park, John H. Sisk of Round Hill, Randy Sisk of Fredricksburg, Memorial service will be 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 27, 1995 at Raleigh First Church of the Nazarene in Garner by Rev. Riley Powell. Inurnment will be Saturday, April 29, 1995 at Friend Cemetery, Lincoln, Va.
Donations may be made to Raleigh First Church of the Nazarene, Building Fund or the R.J. Beck Scholarship Fund, call the church office at 772-0515 for information on where to send scholarship money. MILDRED GRISSOM RALEIGH Mildred M. Grissom, of 300 St. Augustine died Monday.
Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Deliverance Cathedral of Love. Burial, Carolina Biblical Gardens. Surviving: husband, Jesse Grissom; daughters, Pastor Cheryl Grissom of the home; sons, Jesse Grissom Jr. of Charlotte; sisters, Alice Moye and Catherine Green, both of Wilson, Jewel Davis of Virginia; brother, Earl Moye of Wilson; one grandchild.
A Lea Funeral Home Service, 231-1000. KENNETH E. SCARBOROUGH RALEIGH Kenneth Eugene Scarborough, 60, died Tuesday. Mr. Scarborough served in the United States Navy for 26 years serving in the Vietnam War.
He was a member of the Cary Masonic Lodge Cary Eastern Star, and Order of the White Ye Shrine of Raleigh. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m., Thursday Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Cary. Burial will be in Raleigh Memorial Park with Military Honors and Masonic Rites. Surviving are his wife, Edna C. Scarborough; children, Kenneth E.
Scarborough Laura Hill and Jeff Scarborough, all of Ohio; stepchildren, Robert Yopp of Charlotte Hall, William Yopp of Woodbridge, Faye Yopp of Angier; brothers, Frank Scarborough and Scarborough, both of Ohio, James Scarborough of Idaho; sister, Frances Tickle of Ohio; seven grandchildren. The family will receive friends 7- 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at BrownWynne Funeral Home, Cary. Fleet Reserve Service will be at 8:30 p.m. Those considering memorial contributions may make them to Hospice of Wake County, 4513 Creedmoor 4th Floor, Raleigh, N.C.
27612. DR. JOHN MASON PARKER III RALEIGH Dr. John Mason Parker Ill, 88, of 3113 Darien Drive, died Tuesday, April 25, 1995, at Mayview Convalescent Center. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m.
Friday at Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends p.m. on Thursday at the home on Darien Drive. Dr. Parker is survived by his wife of 53 years, Mattie Edwards Parker; son, John Edwards Parker; daughter-in-law, Sandra Hyndman Parker; two grandchildren, Kimberly Marie Parker and Christine Diane Parker, all of Raleigh; sister-in-law, Mildred Baird Parker; niece, Catherine P.
Boland and husband, David of Owego, N. Y. and their three sons, Billy, David and Chris. After receiving his doctorate degree from Cornell University in 1935, he joined the faculty of N.C. State College (now N.C.
State University) as an instructor in geology. Except for four and one-half years during World War 11, while in the strategic minerals program of U.S. Geological Survey, he devoted his entire professional career to teaching and geological research in North Carolina. He retired in 1972 as Professor of Geology in the Department of Geosciences, N.C. State University.
His numerous academic achieveBeta Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma ments include, membership in Phi Xi and Sigma Gamma Epsiion. He was a fellow of the Geological Society of America, senior member of the Society of Mining Engineers of AIME, a member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and the American Association of University Professors, to name only a few. During his lifetime, he wrote and had published approximately 40 publications in the field of geological Contributions may be made in lieu of flowers to the John M. Parker Ill Geology Field Camp Scholarship, NCSU, Box 8208, Raleigh, N.C. 27695, or flowers will be received at the home.
Arrangements by Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, St. Mary's Street, 828-4311. VENDLA L. CACHINE WENDELL Funeral service 1 p.m. today, Strickland Funeral Home.
MARY D. THOMAS BURLINGTON Mrs. Mary Davis Thomas, 87, of 208-B Wade Coble ter, died winesakes Retirements at 2 Drive, Cenp.m. Mrs. was the wife of the late Thomas, Raymond Thomas.
She is survived by daughters, Mary Anne Johnston of Burlington, Amy Hendrickson of Raleigh; Raymond L. Thomas of Hickory; brothers, David B. Davis of Salisbury, Oscar Davis of Savannah, seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Thomas was native of Warrenton.
She was also a member of the Front Street United Methodist Church in Burlington and the Pilot Club International. Funeral service will be held 3 p.m. Thursday, April 27, 1995 in the Street United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Alamance Memorial Park. The family will receive friends in the John Wesley Room of the Front Street United Methodist Church, Thursday, from 2-3 p.m.
Other times they will be at the residence of a daughter, Mrs. Mary Anne Johnston, 1509 Elmdale Burlington. Memorials may be made to the Music Fund or the Missions Fund of the Front Street United Methodist Church, 136 S. Fisher Street, Burlington, N.C. 27215.
JAMES H. HOGG HIGH POINT James Hilmore Hogg, 81, of the Presbyterian Home, Duplex 71, died at 12:15 p.m., April 25, 1995 at The Presbyterian Home. He was born May 3, 1913 in St. Paul, a son of James Lees and Alma Augusta Smith Hogg. A resident of High Point of 57 years, he came here from Dearborn, Mich.
He was a graduate of Mechanic Arts High School in St. Paul, attended McAllister College in Paul and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1935. He was associated with Lilly Industries, Inc. for 42 years, as a chemist, purchasing agent, and later as a salesman. He was a veteran of World War having served as a communications officer in the U.S.
Navy in the Pacific Theatre. he was a member of the North Carolina Presbyterian Historical Society and a former member of the Twlight Civitan Club. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and the Christian Life Sunday School Class, served as a deacon and an elder, and served on various committees in the local church and in Orange Presbytery, now Salem Presbytery. On Aug. 14, 1937, he married Lois Grier who survives of the home.
Also surviving are daughters, Patricia Alma Verreault and her husband, Joseph A. Verreault of Richmond, Dorothy Hilmore Rifai and her husband, Dr. Nader Rifai of Chestnut Hill, Mass; son, Thomas Grier Hogg and his wife, Mary Scott Pleasants Hogg of Raleigh; sister, thy Hogg Hasenclever of Garner; seven grandchildren, Sarah and Sami Rifai of Chestnut Hill, Amy Verreault Athavale and her husband, Ramchandra Athavale of Cary, Molly Hogg Dunn and her husband, Timothy Dunn of Durham, Carrie Anne Hogg Cherry and her husband, Todd Cherry of Lexington, Thomas Grier Jr. of Tampa, John Curt Hogg of Raleigh. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m., Friday in First Presbyterian Church by Dr.
R. Scott Woodmansee and the Rev. Tom Davis. Inurnment will be in the church columbarium. The family will be at the home.
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 918 N. Main High Point, N.C. 27260 or to The Presbyterian Home, 201 Greensboro High Point, N.C. 27260. Sechrest Funeral Services in High Point is in charge of arrangements.
JOHN SPILLMAN JR. WILMINGTON John Spillman of 417 Stonewall Jackson Drive, died Monday, April 24, 1995, in Davis Health Care Center. He was born in Wilmington on February 28, 1903, the son of the late John and Lillian Snipes Spillman Sr. Mr. Spillman was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and was the owner of The Camera Shop at Front and Grace Street, Wilmington, for 72 years.
Surviving are his wife, Lina Bowling Spillman; daughters, Mary Ann Covington and husband, James T. of Garner, Mildred Griffing and husband, David of Winston-Salem; six grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth James T. Covington Beth Covington Lambert, Michael Barbot Covington, John Griffing, and William Griffing; two greatgrandchildren, Karen Elizabeth Lambert and Michael Lambert. Graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 27, 1995, in Oakdale Cemetery by Rev. Jerry S.
Dobson. The family will receive friends at their home. Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church, 4th and Grace Street, Wilmington, N.C. or to the charity of one's choice. Andrews Mortuary Market Street Chapel.
SUDIE H. EVERETT BLOUNT CREEK Mrs. Sudie Mae Hinson Everett, 65, a resident of Route 2, Blounts Creek, died in Beaufort County Hospital in Washington, Tuesday afternoon. Funeral Thursday, Paul Funeral Home chapel, Washington, with Rev. David Wiedenman officiating.
Burial, Oakdale Cemetery. The following will serve as pallbearers, Gordon Henry Johnny Everett Kyle Williams, Carlton Everett, Stuart Best. Mrs. Everett was born in Walstonburg, February 1, 1930, the daughter of the late, John Ivey and Sunie Jane Hobb Hinson. She was married to Johnny Roy Everett who survives.
She was a former employee of the Giant Open Air Market meat department. She was a member of the Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, sons, Johnny Roy Everett Carlton Lee Everett, both of Blounts Creek and William Ray Everett of Washington; daughter, Teresa Ann Everett, Annie Henry Belle of Hinson Richmond, Casey of Blount Creek; three grandchildren, Gordon R. Henry Jessica Mae Henry and Dayna Marie Gillham. She was preceded in death by her twin sister, Sunie Marie H.
Peaden; Martha Ollie Hinson Best; brothers, Johnny Clarence Hinson, Henry Marcellous Hinson. Arrangements are by Paul Funeral Washington, N.C. FAY HARRIS JONES SMITHFIELD Mrs. Fay Harris Jones, widow of Everitt C. Jones of Smithfield, died April 26, 1995, at Low Country Hospital in Ridgeland, S.C.
after an extended illness. Funeral service will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Smithfield on Friday, April 28, at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Ken Bradshaw officiating. Burial, Oakland Cemetery.
Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Dorothy J. Stotler of Ridgeland, S.C., Mrs. Anne J. White of Forestville, Mrs.
Gwen York Staley; sons, E. Craig Jones Jr. of Selma, Rev. Carl E. Jones of Daphane, Ala; seven grandsons; 13 granddaughters; 28 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
born in Raleigh, 21, 1901, was Mrs. Fay Harris, Jones, who was one of five children of Jesse J. Harris and Henrietta Hamilton Harris. The Everitt Jones' family moved to Smithfield in 1929, where he owned and operated "Big Boy" Bottling Co. for a number of years.
Being lifelong members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, after Mr. Jones' death in 1962, she remained active in the church and headed the Altar Guild for many years. She was active in the Smithfield Women's Club, The American Legion Auxiliary, the VFW Auxiliary and the War Mothers, among other interests. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St.
Paul's Memorial Fund, South Second Street, Smithfield. The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Parrish Funeral Home, Selma. ESTHER K. LAWRENCE DURHAM Mrs.
Esther Keith Lawrence, 89, of 1720 Carpenter Pond Road, died Monday. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Pleasant Union United Church of Christ, Pleasant Union Church Road, Raleigh. Rev. Michael Allen will officiate.
Burial, church cemetery. Mrs. Lawrence was a native of Wake County and the wife of the late Lawrence Sr. Surviving: son, Mr. Leonard Lawrence Jr.
of Raleigh; daughters, Mrs. Naomi Curry of Merritt Island, Mrs. Ruby Harris and Miss Mae Ruth Lawrence, both of Durham; brother, Rev. Ellis Keith of Durham; sister, Mrs. Purcell Sutton of Durham; 20 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one greatgreat-grandchildren.
Visitation 7-8 p.m. Thursday at Scarborough Hargett Funeral Home, Durham. HENRY W. GRANT JACKSON Henry Willard "Tite" Grant, 76, died Wednesday. Funeral 2 p.m.
Friday, Jackson Baptist Church. Burial, Jackson Cemetery. Surviving: sister, Mrs. Rebie G. Britton of Jackson; nieces, Dianne B.
Barnes of Raleigh, Harriet B. Whitaker of Atlanta; nephew, Horace Grant Britton of Okla. Visitation from tonight, Jackson Funeral Home. ALTA F. NOLEN DURHAM Mrs.
Alta F. Nolen, 82, a resident of 3323 Chapel Hill Road, died Wednesday at Durham Regional Hospital following several years of declining health. Mrs. Nolen was born in Durham, the daughter of the late Otha and Minnie Beck Franklin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Nolen.
Living in Durham her entire life, Mrs. Nolen worked for the American Tobacco Company for more than 40 years. She was a member of Cresset Baptist Church. Mrs. Nolen is survived by her daughter, Mrs.
Dorothy K. Wagstaff of Wendell; son, Mr. Johnny Killough of Durham; two sisters, Mrs. Alma Bullock and Mrs. Mattie Pate, both of Durham; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral service for Mrs. Nolen will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in Clements Funeral Chapel in Durham by Rev. Danny Glover. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 7-9 p.m. at Clements Funeral Home in Durham, and at other times at the home. He was host of "Jeopardy!" when it aired as an NBC daytime show from 1964 to 1975 and during its first year in syndication, 1974-75. He was also with the show when it made a brief return to NBC's daytime schedule as "'The All New Jeopardy!" in 1978-79. In addition, he was host of the show "College Bowl" for seven years.
"Jeopardy!" which now has Alex Trebek as its host has a reputation as a class act in the game show business, with challenging questions and sharp contestants. Fleming, who attended Colgate and Cornell universities, enlisted in the military the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. He spent years as a bomber pilot during World War II. He also was active in civic and religious affairs, and in 1992 received the Religious Heritage of America's Faith and Freedom Award. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca; a sister, two children and four grandchildren.
Dow chairman far foreign land," Gerstacker told protesters at a stockholders' meeting in 1969. But Dow lost the napalm contract to a smaller company in 1970. Gerstacker had a family connection to Dow Chemical through an uncle, James D. Pardee, who was one of the original backers of H.H. Dow when he founded the company to produce chemicals from brine springs found near Midland, in east-central Michigan.
Besides his stepson, he is survived by his wife, Esther S. Gerstacker; two daughters, Bette M. Gerstacker of Honolulu and Lisa G. Walsh of Boulder, and two stepdaughters, Sandra S. Joys of Greenwich, and Gretchen S.
Schuette of Troutdale, Ore. WILLIAM HENRY LOWE DURHAM William Henry Lowe, 75, of 4913 Highway 55, died on Wednesday morning, April 26, in his home after a brief illness. Mr. Lowe was a native of Durham, and had lived in Lowes Grove Community all of his life. He was a graduate of Lowes Grove High School.
He was a retired employee of Exxon Company. He was a charter member of Immanuel Free Will Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, Sunday school teacher and was on the Board of Trustees. 2 p.m. Friday, Immanuel Free Will Baptist Church, with Rev. Eddie Dollar and Rev.
Ted Wilbanks officiating. Burial, Lowes Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Surviving: wife, Mrs. Mamie Jane B. Lowe; son, Douglas Parker Lowe Durham; brother, Joseph E.
Lowe of Durham; three grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7-9 tonight, Hudson Funeral Home; other times at the home, 4913 Highway 55. Flowers are acceptable or donations may be made to Immanuel Free Will Baptist Church, 2013 Ellis Road, Durham, N.C. 27703. LELA F.
HOOVER DURHAM Mrs. Lela Frost Carroll Hoover, 101, died Wednesday, April 26th at Northwood Manor Convalescent Center. Mrs. Hoover was born in York, S.C., the daughter of the late Jonathan James Allen and Candace Mullinaux Carroll. A resident of Durham since 1925, she was a seamstress for Baldwin's in Durham for over 30 years prior to retirement in 1973.
Mrs. Hoover was the oldest surviving member of Northgate Presbyterian Church, and as a member of the Presbyterian Women. Mrs. Hoover is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Virginia H.
Gerleman and Mrs. Martha H. Wilkinson, both of Durham; son, Mr. Hal Vaughn Hoover Jr. of Mobile, six grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Funeral service for Mrs. Hoover will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Northgate Presbyterian Church by Rev. David Tucker. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 7-9 p.m. at Clements Funeral Home in Durham. Instead of flowers, memorials may be made to Northgate Presbyterian Church, 2504 N. Roxboro Road, Durham, N.C. 27704..
