Obituaries

Jul 25, 2014

Mrs. Elizabeth Theofield Keller, 97, passed away Friday, July 25, 2014 at Whispering Pines Nursing Home in Fayetteville.  Mrs. Keller was born Annie Elizabeth Theofield on June 22, 1917 to Anna and Peter Theofield, who owned and operated Grove Street Market.  Mrs. Keller was predeceased by five siblings: John P. Theofield of Silver Spring, Maryland; Helen T. Quick of Louisville, Kentucky; Peter...

Jul 25, 2014

Mr. Quincy Mark Canady, 58, of Fayetteville, NC, passed away on Friday, July 25, 2014 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, in Fayetteville, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on December 8, 1955 in Fayetteville, NC to Charles L. Canady Sr., and Helen Baker Canady. He was a member of Manna Church and also he was the owner...

Jul 24, 2014

Miss Helen Foster Matthews, 89, of Fayetteville, NC passed away on Thursday, 24, 2014. Miss. Matthews is survived by sister, Nancy Matthews Lattimore; three nephews, James, Charles, and Patrick; three great-nieces and one great-nephew. All services are private. Services entrusted t o Sullivan's Highland Funeral Service & Crematory, Inc.

Jul 23, 2014

U.S. Army Lt. Col. (Ret) Frederick “Pat” Carl Patton, 89, of Fayetteville passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on June 30, 1925 in Wichita Falls, TX, to the late Finis Carl Patton and Thelma Johnson Patton. As a veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam his military career spanned 3...

Jul 19, 2014

Mr. Allen Ray Brown, Sr., 85, of Erwin, NC, passed away at his home on Saturday, July 19, 2014. He served honorably as a MSG/E8 in the 82nd Airborne and Special Forces during his 27 year career. He is survived by his wife Peggy; daughter, Karen Urick, sons; Allen and wife, Patt, Bruce and wife Sylvia, and Jimmy, 17 grandchildren,...

Jul 19, 2014

Mr. Corey Shaundean Keith, 41, of Fayetteville, NC passed away, on July 19, 2014 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, in Fayetteville, NC. He was born on July 30, 1972, in Cobb County, GA to Ralph Dean Keith and Pamela Mayberry-Ratley. He is survived by his mother Pamela Mayberry-Ratley, of Fayetteville, NC; his god mother Ma Louise; a special friend...

Jul 18, 2014

U.S. Army retired Staff Sgt. Charles “Chuck” Louis Balch Jr., of Linden, passed away on Friday, July 18, 2014, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. He was born on Dec. 10, 1937, in Becket, Mass., to the late Charles Louis Balch Sr. and Ellen Smithies Balch. He was a retired U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and...

Jul 16, 2014

Mrs. Joanne B. Near, 52, of Fayetteville, NC passed away on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Mrs. Near was born on October 3, 1961 in Elizabeth, NJ. She is survived by her husband, Marc L. Near; two daughters, Joanna G. Corretjer and Christina M. Corretjer; a son, Jorge A. Corretjer; parents, Wayne and Ann Sorensen; father-in-law, Lawrence Near; three sisters, Jacqueline...

Jul 15, 2014

Mr. Carol Victor “Pete” Sanders, 85, of Eastover, NC passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on February 19, 1929 in Richlands, NC, to the late Samuel Dolphus Sanders and Thelma Jones Sanders. Pete was a member of Salem United Methodist Church.  Also, he was also a 32nd Degree Mason of...

Jul 10, 2014

Ms. Joan Margaret Crane, 76, of Fayetteville, NC passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2014 at her home. She was born on November 5, 1937, to Timothy Edward Sullivan and Margaret Williams Sullivan, in Finsbury, England. She is survived by a daughter; Elizabeth Puricelli, and husband Joe, of Las Cruces, NM and one son James Crane, and wife Cherrisse, of...

Jul 8, 2014

Mrs. Georgia Mae Hall McLeod, 93, of Fayetteville, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Georgia was born in Benson, North Carolina on October 4, 1920. The oldest of nine children, she was born to Maggie Wood and George Washington Hall. She was preceded in death by her husband, LeRoy McLeod. She is survived by two daughters, Jeanne Pittman and husband...

Jul 6, 2014

Jun 29, 2014

Mr. Adam Quinn Cromartie, 32, of Fayetteville, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2014, in Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston, S.C. Adam was born on June 11, 1982, in Cumberland County, to Peter McKellar Cromartie Jr. and Dorothy Quinn Cromartie. Adam never complained about anything concerning his condition, no matter how bad he felt.  He never met a stranger and...

Jun 29, 2014

Mrs. Patricia Dickinson “Patti” Hutaff, of Fayetteville, died Sunday, June 29, 2014. She was the daughter of Col. and Mrs. Oliver A. Dickinson, who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were her husband, Sam Hutaff, and her two sisters, Jeanne Pollock and Diane Dickinson. Born April 16, 1919, in San Diego, she lived the life of an...

Jun 23, 2014

Mr.  Vance Carmitchel “Minkey” Hawley left his earthly home on his final “route” to his Heavenly home on Monday, June 23, 2014 at an early morning hour.  He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle and friend.  He was a Christian mentor to his family as well as to numerous people throughout his life.  The branches of his family...

Jun 22, 2014

U.S. Army Retired Colonel Robert Anthony Mountel, 84, of Fayetteville, NC, passed away on Sunday June 22, 2014 at Heartfields of Cary. He was born on April 25, 1930 in Cincinnati, OH to the late Eugene Mountel and Helen Rentz Mountel.  He was also preceded in death by a son, Michael Mountel and his only brother Colonel William Mountel. Colonel Mountel...

Jun 20, 2014

Dr. Gary Benjamin Copeland of Fayetteville moved to his rocking chair on the front porch of heaven on June 20, 2014.  He always believed in leaving things better than he found them, and he certainly did that as a husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, and physician. After a brief respite in heaven, Gary will most certainly get to work with...

Jun 12, 2014

Mrs. Erma Beasley Johnson, 92, of Fayetteville, passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014, at FirstHealth Hospice Center, in Pinehurst, NC. She was born on August 21, 1921, in Hoke, Co., NC to the late Lessie Johnson Beasley and Walter Beasley. Mrs. Johnson was a devoted member of Lafayette Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher for many...

Jun 10, 2014

Mr. Bobby Gene Wiggs, 82, of Fayetteville, NC passed away on June 10, 2014 at Duke University Medical Center. Mr. Wiggs was born on October 10, 1931 in Johnston Co., NC to the late Mr. Walter W. Wiggs and Mrs. Mildred Massey Wiggs. Mr. Wiggs was retired from the NC Department of Revenue, as a Revenue Officer. He was preceded...

Jun 9, 2014

William Miles Jeffreys, 87, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Monday, June 9, 2014. Bill Jeffreys was born March 8, 1927 in Binghamton, New York.  He served honorably as a Navy Corpsman during WWII and was employed at IBM in Endicott, New York for 40 years before retiring to Rock Hill, South Carolina, thence to Wade, North Carolina.   He...