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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1995
Page
4
New Bern and North Carolina forecasts call for a cool tonight with a low in the mid to upper 50s and light northwest winds. Tomorrow should be sunny to partly cloudy with isolated afternoon storms and highs in the low 80s. statewide, lows stay in the 50s with highs in the low to mid 80s and cooler mid to upper 70s in the mountains.
A weather brief shows Saturday forecast for Albemarle and Pamlico sounds with west winds around 10 knots and waves about 1 foot. Thursday’s outlook also lists around 10 knot west winds becoming variable with waves near 1 foot.
Wayland G. Matthews Jr., 80, of Raleigh died Monday, June 12, 1995. He worked 48 years for the N C Paper Company and belonged to the Order of United Commercial Travelers of America. Funeral 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Forest Hills Baptist Church with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by daughters Donna Nye of Raleigh and Kathy Currin of New Bern, brother William H. Matthews, sisters Louise Hailey, Virginia Woodell, Christine Wentz, five grandchildren, two step great grandchildren. Memorials to Forest Hills Baptist Church Building Fund. The family receives friends 7:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesday at Brown Wynne Funeral Home.
High pressure remains the dominant feature across the nation bringing dry weather from the Rockies to the East Coast. Exceptions include scattered thunderstorms in the central Plains and isolated storms in the Carolinas afternoon. A strong upper storm will bring rain from central California to the Pacific Northwest, with heavy rain possible in California.
Federal authorities announced the largest ammunition seizure in U.S. history, but evidence failed to confirm imports from China or ties to illicit groups. Eagle Exim pressured the government to explain the raid, later revealing no criminal charges and a civil forfeiture possibility.
Ruth Spock reported a June 2 to Friday home break in with losses including Corning dishes 108 dollars gold necklaces 800 dollars rings 900 dollars pillows 25 dollars a stereo 150 dollars binoculars 100 dollars and a snare drum 300 dollars. An auto crime and two more incidents are under investigation with shots fired reported at two vehicles.
Odessa Cooper Fonville, 76, of 517 Second Ave died Saturday at her residence. Funeral 1 p.m. Friday at Undenominational Pentecostal Holiness Church with Revs. Clarence L. Flowers Jr. and Paul W. Fonville officiating. Burial Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by widower Elbert Fonville Sr., five sons Elbert Jr. and Rev. Paul W. Fonville of Plymouth, Thomas, David of Queens, N.Y., Donald of Raleigh. eight daughters Mary Johnson Carolyn Green Janice Williams Loret ta Jarmon Theresa Scott Geneva Fonville Jackie Shepard Renee Juarbe. one brother Ernest Cooper. three sisters Lillie M. Green Elena Jones Annie Mattocks. 40 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Family 7-8 p.m. Thursday at Oscar's Mortuary and other times at the home.
Mary Baker Robinson, 80, of 5219 Meadowbrook Drive, New Bern, died Monday at home. Arrangements by Cotten Funeral Home. Graveside service Friday at 10:00 a.m. at New Bern National Cemetery officiated by Dr. Donald Hadley. Survived by son Joseph P. Robinson Jr. of New Bern and daughter Mary Robinson Hannah of Valley Bend, WV, plus eight grandchildren. Memorials to Baptist Medical Dental International in Petal, Mississippi.
Thomas A. McLaughlin Jr. 32 of Warwick Rhode Island died Sunday at Kent County Memorial Hospital. He worked as a cook at Harriet's Kitchen in Cranston and formerly managed Wiener Man in Cranston. Funeral is 10 a.m. Thursday at Thomas and Walter Quinn Funeral Home in Warwick with burial in St. Ann Cemetery in Cranston. He is survived by his son Ryan A. McLaughlin three daughters Tarah Cippriano Amanda McLaughlin and Magan McLaughlin. his parents Thomas A. McLaughlin Sr. and Linda Morrison Thompson. and brother Shane Mills.
Ada Hudson Mattocks, 83, of New Bern, died. Arrangements are by Pollock-Wells and Best Funeral Home in New Bern.
Fayetteville based Greg Weeks, a Cumberland County Superior Court judge, was named the state's top trial judge by the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Weeks, age 49, has served on the bench since 1989 and is currently serving an eight year term.
About 200 hostages were reported as Chechen militants seized Budyonnovsk in southern Russia. They stormed city hall police HQ bank and a communications center, firing on streets and setting houses ablaze as troops fought to retake the town with unspecified casualties on both sides.
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