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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1995
Page
4
Overnight will be mostly clear and cool with a low near 32 as northerly winds ease. Saturday brings more sun and milder conditions with highs around 61 and northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. statewide temps fall to the 20s mountain areas and 20s to 30s elsewhere, then weekend warmth returns inland with highs mid to upper 60s and coastal upper 50s to lower 60s.
North winds tonight at 15 to 20 knots with 5 to 7 foot seas. Tomorrow northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with 3 to 5 foot seas. Albemarle and Pamlico Sound spin ups with 1 to 3 foot waves. Winds with 1 to 2 foot waves.
Bobby Gene Cox, 54, of 1455 S West Craven Middle School Road Jasper community, died Tuesday at Guardian Care of New Bern. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Biblical House of God. Burial New Bern Memorial Cemetery. Survived by widow Lil lie Cox, three sons, five daughters, three brothers, four stepbrothers, eight sisters, one stepsister, 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Family receives friends at home. Arrangements by Oscar's Mortuary.
Ellsworth Lincoln Bennett Sr. 72 of Arapahoe died Thursday at Craven Regional Medical Center. He was a member of Rainbow Masonic Lodge 479. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethany Christian Church with Rev. Jerry Burton officiating. Burial Banks family cemetery. Survived by Verna H. Bennett widow two sons Steve Bennett Reelsboro Buddy Bennett Arapahoe two daughters Patsy B. Stultz Solomon Kan and Libby Bennett Seattle Wash one brother Wade Bennett New Bern seven grandchildren. Family receives friends 7 8 p.m. today Norris Bryant Funeral Home Alliance.
Benjamin Franklin Harris, 73, of 3007 Roanoke Ave. died Tuesday. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Monday at Alum Spring Disciples of Christ Church in Fort Barnwell, with Revs. George Sandlin and Abner Batts officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. Survived by widow Pauline Harris, a stepson James Dimmock of New York City, a stepdaughter Janice Aquista of Long Island, five brothers, one sister, and six step-grandchildren. Memorial service 8 p.m. Sunday at Oscar's Mortuary memorial chapel with other times at the residence.
Charles Nathaniel Butler 56 of 506 Dry Mania Road died Tuesday at Craven Regional Medical Center. He was the son of William Butler of New Bern and the late wife. Survived by one brother Howard R. Butler of Brooklyn and four sisters Lydia R. Jones Lanham Md Dorothy N. Galloway Vanceboro Emily A. Hill Bronx NY and Martha K. Taylor New Bern and two grandchildren. Memorial services 8 p.m. Saturday at Rivers Morgan Funeral Home with viewing at the residence afterward.
Stuart Tolman Ames III, 48, of New Bern died Thursday at his rest. He is survived by his widow Rose M. Ames, son Christopher Ames, daughter Elizabeth Ames, mother Doris Ames, brothers David Ames Daniel Ames Peter Ames, and sister Mary Ames. Services 8 p.m. Saturday at Cotton Funeral. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Antioch Free Will Baptist Church Men’s Fellowship.
Edward L. Bernays, famed as the first modern public relations man, died at 103 in Cambridge. The Vienna born innovator helped sell America on items from ivory soap to public relations itself and shaped campaigns for presidents from Coolidge to Eisenhower.
A large high pressure area drifts toward the Atlantic Coast keeping eastern states warm and sunny. The Plains to Tennessee Valley and Atlantic Coast remain mostly sunny while a Pacific Northwest low pressure system brings widespread rain from Washington to California. Rain showers continue over the Rockies as well.
Romie Lee Romeo Ward Jr. of Carrolton Nursing Home formerly of Vanceboro died Monday. Funeral Saturday at Rivers Morgan Funeral Home New Bern with Rev. James Moore officiating. Burial Nobles Cemetery Vanceboro. Survived by sisters Mary Hackney Arapahoe and Dorothy Ward Newark NJ. Family gathers 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
James Odell Watson Jr. 26 of 1020 Up Creek Road Cove City died Thursday at Pitt County Memorial Hospital Greenville. Burial at Greenleaf Memorial Park in Pollock Wells and Best Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Mark Minervino. Survived by parents James O and Nancy Elizabeth Watson Sr. of Cove City one brother Ricky Watson of Cove City one sister Gracie Jackson of Aurora maternal grandmother Gracie Willis of New Bern and maternal great grandmother Mary Mercer New Bern. 8 p.m. Saturday at Pollock-Wells and Best Funeral Home.
Albin Henry Swindell Sr. 66 of Emerald Isle died Wednesday at Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital in Jacksonville. Graveside service 2 p.m. Saturday at Greenleaf Memorial Park New Bern. Survived by widow Elizabeth, one son Albin Jr., two daughters Teresa Gardner and Brenda Jol ly, two stepdaughters, four brothers, four sisters, four grandchildren, three step grandchildren. Funeral 8 p.m. today Cotten Funeral Home New Bern.
Chilue Melvin aged 70 of Havelock dies. Arrangements by Pollock-Wells and Best Funeral Home New Bern. Viola Jones aged 95 of Maysville dies. Arrangements by Rivers-Morgan Funeral Home New Bern.
Deputy Roger Smith, 54, was injured in a Thursday hit and run on NC 41 East near Trenton. He was treated at Lenoir Memorial Hospital and released home. The other driver fled. NC Highway Patrol investigates. The sheriff says no charges against Smith and the car was a total loss.
Jennifer L. Smith, 17, 1618 Colonial Way, charged with forgery and uttering for writing a check on another account on Feb 9. Released on $300 unsecured bond and to appear in Craven County District Court Monday. Latisha Lavonne Jackson, 20, 1408 Garden St, charged with cocaine possession. Released on $4,000 unsecured bond. Paul Douglas Bachus, 25, 108 Clark St, charged with obtaining property by false pretenses and felony larceny for selling a washer and dryer to Diane Fisher for $200 that did not belong to him. Released on $600 unsecured bond and to appear Monday. Complaint at 510 S. Glenburnie Road notes store break-in between 8 am Tuesday and noon Thursday, $1,200 digital scales taken. under investigation. Craven Sheriff John Christopher Robinson, 27, 1425 Red Robin Lane, charged with felony breaking and entering and larceny for breaking into Grantham Mini Storage and taking a washer and dryer worth $680. Released on $5,000 unsecured bond. Information notes this comes from public record. arrests and warrants do not establish guilt.
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