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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1994
Page
4
Weather brief for Sunday August 21 covering daytime conditions and high temperatures in Asheville Greensboro Cape Hatteras New Bern Wilmington Roanoke area. Notable highs include Greensboro around 86 and New Bern near 87 degrees with variable coastal conditions.
Skies will be partly cloudy in New Bern with humid conditions and highs in the mid to upper 80s. Tonight will be cloudy with showers and thunderstorms. lows in the low to mid 70s. Showers and storms are likely across western and central North Carolina while the east stays partly cloudy today.
Robert Jones Smith aged 77 of 406 Bouy Street died Saturday. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Pollock-Wells and Best Funeral Home with Rev Bill Wingard presiding. Burial in New Bern. Survived by son Cecil E. Jones Sr and daughter Alice S. Daughety both of New Bern, brother Johnny J. Jones Sr of Bridgeton, sisters Mary Barries Hattiesburg Miss Georgie Hatsell Swansboro and Millie Horton New Bern, six SS ce. Family to receive friends at daughter Alice Daughety’s home 429 Pine Street. Duval Toler, 78, 1811 Greensboro Street died Saturday at home. Arrangements announced by Cotten Funeral Home.
Earl T. Bender Sr., 85, died Friday. He served 46 years with the North Carolina State Department and was a member of Pollocksville Presbyterian Church. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. at the church. Rev. Elva Morton III officiating. Burial in Pollocksville Cemetery. Survived by son Earl Jr., two daughters Jeannette Mason and another from New Bern, two brothers, a sister, 10 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. Cotten Funeral Home of New Bern arranging.
Marvin Bryan Hickman known as Peter Hickman of 170 West Fisher Road Riverdale died at home on Saturday. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Oscar's Mortuary.
James Joseph Isola 68 of 10 Manning Drive Pollocksville died Wednesday at Peninsula Medical Center Salisbury. He was a Grace Episcopal Church member in Trenton and a Rotary Club member in Pollocksville. Funeral Wednesday at 7 pm at Pollock-Wells and Best Funeral Home Chapel with Reverends David Stiles and Robert Torrey officiating. He is survived by widow Alaina Carpenter two sons Thomas Isola of Vero Beach Florida and Matthew Isola of North Fort Myers Florida three daughters Linda Stiles Tara Isola and Bridget McNamara seven grandchildren Alfred and York Haven Pennsylvania. Memorials may be made to Grace Episcopal Church P O Box 126 Trenton 28585.
Regina Jarman Reid aged 80 of 302 Battleground Ave died Friday at Craven Regional Medical Center. A seamstress and member of the New Bern Church of Jesus Christ, she will be buried at Cotten Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Trenton. Survived by son Robert Miller Reid Jr of Raleigh, two daughters Betty Reid Miller of Swansboro and Jessie Reid Mercer Jarman of Beaufort, nine grandchildren and great grandchildren. Visitation Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Cotten Funeral Home.
Caroline Green Hall of 2101A Country Club Road is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Jones. The brief notice identifies the residence as their address on Country Club Road.
Margaret French Andes aged 69 of 3702 Lavenham died Thursday at home. She is survived by son Stanley William Wisniewski of Vista California a daughter Cynthia Cindy Henry of Lubbock Texas two sisters Connie Lewis of New Bern and Ruth McMaster Pa and three grandchildren. Arrangements by Cotten Funeral.
Low pressure pushes into the Northeast with a cold front stretching to the Gulf Coast. Expect showers and thunderstorms along the front across the East and Gulf coasts. High pressure follows, bringing sunny, quiet conditions. The West stays dry under upper level high pressure. A Pacific Northwest shower chance remains due to southern Canadian low pressure. Albemarle and Pamlico Sound winds southwest 15 to 20 knots, seas 1 to 3 feet today and tonight.
Previous day showed temperatures with highs and lows across major regions. Forecasts predict conditions including sunny or partly cloudy skies and potential showers or rain across areas, with wind levels and precipitation expectations varying by locale.
The NAACP board ousted Benjamin Chavis Jr. over concerns his handling of funds damaged the organization. Rodney Orange, Baltimore NAACP president, confirmed the firing as a closed meeting ended with supporters outside. The move leaves a $3 million budget gap and a drift of donors while a $332,400 settlement underscores the dispute and Chavis's ongoing sexual discrimination suit from former employee Mary E. Stansel.
Dorne Lamont Maye, 22, charged with armed robbery. On parole, address listed as the streets of New Bern. Robbery occurred shortly after noon at C&S Grocery 1201 Hwy 70 East. Store clerk Linda Sue Salto threatened with a knife. Held in Craven County jail under $10,000 bond. First appearance scheduled Monday in Craven District Court.
In Loyalton California crews with bulldozers picks and shovels carved a wide south edge firebreak as 2,000 firefighters battled a 31,500 acre forest fire threatening the Sierra Nevada town. No structures lost and only minor injuries reported while 28 major fires burned across the West.
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