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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1995
Page
4
Cloudy conditions with occasional showers and thundershowers in New Bern through tomorrow. Rain could be heavy at times, with a low tonight in the upper 50s and highs tomorrow in the low to mid-60s. statewide rain likely tonight and east of the mountains tomorrow, with lows from the upper 40s to near 60 and highs from the mid-50s to the mid-60s coastward.
Gladys Holt McIlwean 92 of Spencer died February 27 1995 at Spencer Health Center A Spencer native she taught 42 years at Spencer and Jasper high schools Magna Cum Laude Greensboro College 1925 active in Beech Grove and Spencer Methodist Churches Memorials to Beech Grove or Spencer Methodist Funeral Wednesday 3 pm at Beech Grove with Rev Richard Stanley Jr officiating burial Beech Grove cemetery Arrangements Cotten Funeral Home Survived by brothers Daniel Holt Wilmington Albert Holt Clemson sister Virginia Holt Spake Spencer The family will receive friends at Beech Grove Church 2 pm Wednesday.
Hazel Tibbs Bennett 69 of Box 244 New Berm R-1 died Monday at Craven Regional Medical Center. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday Norris-Bryant Funeral Home chapel Alliance with Rev Ralph Bennett officiating. Burial Grantsboro. Survived by widower Marshall F. Bennett two sons Stanley Bennett Oriental and Harry Bennett home one daughter Joan Bennett Goldsboro three sisters Laura Gore Purcellville Lois Moyer Charlottesville Grace Dawson Roundhill Betty Sue Longerbeam Philmont three grandchildren one great. Family receives friends 7 8 p.m. today Norris-Bryant Funeral Home Alliance. Memorials to Pamlico Rescue Squad or American Lung Association.
Robert Allen Cox 76 of Herring Run Road Blounts Creek R-1 died Monday at Beaufort County Hospital Washington He was a retired logger and farmer and served in the U S Army during World War II Funeral will be 4 p m Wednesday at Paul Funeral Home chapel Washington with Rev Ola Forbes Jr officiating Burial will be in Warren Memorial Cemetery Blounts Creek He is survived by his widow Lucy Taylor Cox one stepson Robert Graham of Chocowinity one brother Herbert M Cox of Chocowinity one step grandson and one step great grandchild Visitation 9 p m today at the funeral home and other times at the home of Herbert Cox Highway 33 East Chocowinity
Lillian Beatrice Toon known as Snook, 71, of 828 Bloomfield St. died Monday at Craven Regional Medical Center. She was active in St. Paul Alter Rosary Society, gospel choir, and served as lector and Eucharistic minister. Funeral Thursday 11 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church with Monsignor James R. Jones officiating. Burial in Evergreen Dome. Survived by two sons William Toon and Kenneth Toon, daughter Jessie Davis, brother Gilbert Hill, and seven grandchildren. Rosary and visitation 7 p.m. Wednesday at Oscar's Mortuary Inc.
Vivian Sawyer Delamar 82 of 602 Main St. Oriental died. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Oriental United Methodist Church with Rev. She is survived by son Paul J. Delamar and wife Cynthia of Oriental, brother Drewy Sawyer of Hillsboro NC, and grandchildren Paul J. Delamar III of UNC Chapel Hill and Jennifer D. Lupton of Oriental. Visitation 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at residence. Flowers or donations to Pamlico Education Foundation. Arrangements Norris Bryant Funeral Home Alliance.
A national forecast shows ongoing rain across the Southeast on Wednesday with potential heavy downpours. A cold front follows, lowering daytime highs by as much as 20 degrees. Light snow is possible from the Texas Panhandle to Wyoming and Idaho, with lighter chances in New England and the Great Lakes, while the West Coast remains dry except for central California showers.
Jimmie D. Lucas of 353 Branham Road Swansea South Carolina died Sunday at age 62. He was retired from Carolina Eastman and a member of Oak Grove Methodist Church Cayce Masonic Lodge 384 and the Lexington County Sheriff's Association. Graveside service set for 3 p.m. today at Oak Grove Cemetery in Sandy Run. He leaves three brothers Thomas W. Lucas H. O'Neil Lucas and Bobby P. Lucas and three sisters Vandee Zeigler Virginia Williamson and Gwendolyn Hammond. Arrangements by Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia.
Delgen Foy of 312 John Street faces first degree burglary and simple assault charges for breaking into Johnnie Tucker home at 605 Brown Drive and assaulting him. Bridgette Simmons of 106 Dogwood Street is charged with obtaining property under false pretenses for using a receipt not hers at the New Bern Wal-Mart and seeking a 28.59 refund. An incident reports a $15613.88 cash and food stamps deposit bag theft from a Buy for Less location between Feb 19 and Feb 21. no suspects named.
In Westport Connecticut a 16 year old boy died after a driving lesson when the car rolled down a steep embankment into a cove at Compo Yacht Basin. Matthew Puccio, of New York City, was pulled from the water about 35 minutes after the car sank and died at Norwalk Hospital. The crash is under investigation. His father, Thomas Puccio, a prominent attorney and former U.S. attorney, survived.
CHICAGO AP A Navy F 14A crash that killed Lt. Kara Hultgreen was caused by an engine failure, not pilot error, according to a Navy report cited by the Chicago Tribune. The 29 year old pilot was among the first women to qualify for carrier operations. the crash happened October 25 near San Diego as the jet attempted a nighttime landing on USS Abraham Lincoln.
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