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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1994
Page
4
New Bern shows clear skies and a near 50s low with light variable wind. Tuesday brings sunny mild weather with highs in the mid 70s and southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. statewide, lows drop to the 40s to mid 50s and highs in the 60s to mid 70s. Cool dry conditions continue through week end with 60s highs and 30s to 40s overnight.
Elva Forrest Matthews 59 of Vanceboro died Sunday at Pitt County Memorial Hospital She was a longtime civil service employee at Cherry Point MCAS and owned Farm Life Florist in Vanceboro from 1982 to 1993 Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at Wilkerson Funeral Home chapel Vanceboro Burial at Epworth United Methodist Church cemetery She is survived by widower Ray, son Billy Had dock Wilmington daughter Kathy H Clements Ararat Va parents Cliff and Bessie Forrest Grifton Ayden area brothers Aubrey Kelly J B Gerald and two granddaughters The family will receive friends 7 pm today at the funeral home Memorials to Shriners Crippled Children Hospital New Bern NC 28563
William Jonas Deal of Spring Creek Road Aurora R 2 died Sunday at Craven Regional Medical Center. A Beaufort native, he was a retired farmer and a Dublin Grove Free Will Baptist Church member. Funeral 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Church with Revs Ed Thornton Raymond Lagher and Ray Webb. Burial in the Deal family plot. He is survived by two sons Billy Gene Deal and Jackie Wayne Deal of Aurora, a daughter Darlene D Patterson of Aurora, a sister Kathleen D Yeates of Baltimore, Md., five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the home. Viewing will be at the service. Memorials to the church. Arrangements by Paul Funeral Home in Washington.
Stephen Henry Warren Nye of 2016 Middleton Place Rock Hill South Carolina died Saturday at his residence. He was 80 and a University of Rhode Island graduate who volunteered with Meals on Wheels. Survived by wife Mary B. Nye two sons Warren S. Nye and Donald F. Nye five grandchildren one great grandchild and memorials to York Hospice. Funeral 3 p.m. today at Church of Our Savior Episcopal Pridgen officiating. Burial Laurelwood.
Grant S Hill, 79, of State Road 1321 died Thursday. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Broad Creek United Church of Christ with Rev. H.O. burial in Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery. He is survived by wife Nicia M Hill, two sons Seldon L Hill and Howard Hodge, daughter Veronica Hill, brother Dr. Paul L Whitfield, sister Armettie Smith, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Arrangements by Rivers Morgan Funeral Home Inc.
Mildred Taylor Loftin 45 of 605 Neuse Ave died Saturday. Funeral at 12 30 p.m. Tuesday Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church with Rev R P McCoy officiating. Burial in Greenwood. Macy O Lofton Jr. one daughter Joaquine Lewis of New Bern, one more surviving relative listed as Morgan.
Thomas Louis Donnelly 25 of 727 Circle Drive faced two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses and one larceny of a firearm for allegedly taking two weapons and selling them for 220 dollars to pawn shops in New Bern and Havelock. Darrell Denell Davis 22 of 850 Howard Street was charged with possession with intent to sell marijuana and keeping a vehicle to store a controlled substance, with a 2500 dollar secured bond. Antonio Antwon Lewis 16 of 511 Church Street faced possession with intent to sell cocaine and was bonded 2500 dollars. Charles Lee Lindsey 21 of unknown street faced cocaine-related charges. held on 1000 dollar secured bond. Jimmy Lee Parker Jr 834 Halifax Circle faced marijuana charges and was released on 2000 dollar secured bond. All were slated for Craven County District Court appearances.
Jackie Oglesby reported a weekend break in at her 310 New St apartment with $2400 stolen. A Sunshine Trading Norfolk employee said two overnight bags containing $21,000 in checks and cash were taken from a company truck at Hong Kong Ch inese Restaurant on US 17 South around 4 pm. Edward Lovett reported a break in at his 2011 Opel St workplace between noon Oct 17 and 4 pm Saturday, stealing musical instruments and electronic gear valued at 3110. Edna Jones of Carolina Pines Golf Club said a break in occurred between midnight and 5 30 am, taking $450. Craven County Sheriff's Office is investigating.
A cold front stretches from New England to the southern Plains with minimal moisture, yielding rain mainly in northern New England and Texas. Canadian air covers the Great Lakes and Midwest with light rain and snow showers, while the Northwest sees showers spread as a cool front moves in. High pressure brings sunny skies to the central U.S.
South of Virginia Beach to Little River inlet northerly wind around 10 knots tonight with seas near 4 feet. Variable wind becomes southwest at 15 knots on Tuesday with seas near 3 feet. Albemarle and Pamlico sounds tonight become variable with waves near 1 foot. Southwest wind at 10 to 15 knots Tuesday with waves near 1 foot.
Chapel Hill residents and activists discussed North Carolina’s State Employees Health Plan as a potential model for universal health care reform. The plan, expanded with taxes, would serve about 500000 state workers and retirees, though public acceptance of new taxes remains uncertain. Supporters cite its solvency and 87 percent satisfaction. critics warn of taxpayer cost and government trust issues.
Lt. Cho Chang-ho, 64, escaped North Korea after 43 years in captivity. Rescued near the west coast by a South Korean fishing ship, Cho was captured by Chinese troops in 1951 during the Korean War. Seoul says North Korea never repatriated over 40,000 POWs from 1950 to 1953.
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