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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1994
Page
4
Forecasts show New Bern cooling tonight to upper 40s with northerly winds 8 to 15 mph. Thursday brings more sun and cool conditions with highs in the low to mid 60s. Statewide, skies will clear and temperatures drop to mid-20s inland to low 50s at the coast, then linger cool Thursday with 50s to mid-60s highs.
Elva Forrest Matthews 59 of Vanceboro died Sunday at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. She worked as a civil service employee at Cherry Point MCAS and owned Farm Life Florist in Vaniceboro 1982 to 1993. Survived by widower Ray, son Billy Hadock, daughter Kathy Clements, parents Cliff and Bessie Forrest, four brothers, one sister, and two grandchildren. Memorials to Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital. Funeral held at Wilkerson Funeral Home chapel in Vanceboro with burial at Epworth United Methodist Cemetery.
Margaret Wingo Allison, 68, of New Bern died Monday. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday at McComas Funeral Home chapel Abingdon, Maryland. Burial Harford Memorial Gardens Aldine, Maryland. Survived by Edgar G. Allison, four sons Steve New Bern Edward Stewartstown James Cockeysville Chris Bel Air, Md. One daughter Linda Hutsell Eldersburg, Md. One brother Ed Wingo Ararat, Va. Six grandchildren. Friends 7-9 p.m. at McComas Funeral Home Abingdon. Local arrangements by Pollock Wells and Best Funeral Home.
Laura Elizabeth Jones Wilson, 77, of 604 Harper St, formerly of Pamlico County, died Thursday at Wilson Memorial Hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Holy Church of God in Jesus Christ in Alliance, burial in Foye family cemetery. Survived by Hilton Jones, Theresa Snow, Henderson Foye, Mary Hill, Lucretia Boomer, two grandchildren. Family to receive friends at 147 South Mill Pond Road, Alliance. Arrangements by Rivers Morgan.
Lorietta Hicks Carter 50 of 4701 Highway 70 East Riverdale died Saturday at her residence. Burial will be in New Bern. Survived by son Ronald J. Reeves Winston Salem daughter Xavier C. Willoughby New Bern stepson Clarencina Hall Winston Salem mother Henrietta R. Sibley Los Myers New Bern sisters Margaret Hobbs Indianapolis Yvonne Spann Palm Springs Calif and two others in residence. Ritualistic service by Zeno Temple Elks Lodge 166 7 8 p m Thursday at Oscar's Mortuary Inc chapel.
Nellie Kellum Morton Gray 87 of Kellum Community died Oct 25 1994. Survived by Marie Riggs Grants Creek Millard Gene Morton Boeme TX ten grandchildren several great grandchildren sisters Beulah Shipley Dorothy Wel ton Portsmouth VA brother Herman Kellum Long. Visitation 7 9 p.m. Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home. Funeral 12:00 Thursday Jones Funeral Home Chapel Elder J T Prescott officiating. Burial Banister Morton Family Cemetery Kellum Loop Road.
Marnie Lynn Dyer 25 of Kinston, social worker for Craven County and former Miss Kinston, dies Tuesday. Memorial service at 2 p.m. with services by Terrance A. Dyer and Julie E. Dyer of Vass, and Robert and Elizabeth Kirby of Kinston. Survived by Terrance M. Dyer of Martinsville, Rose H. Dyer of Jackson Springs, and Dr. and Mrs. Richard McDonald of Kinston. Memorials to Sand Hills Children Center. Arrangements by Howard Carter and Stroud Funeral Home.
The national forecast shows high pressure driving mostly sunny weather from the East Coast to the Southwest. Temperatures reach the 50s and 60s in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, with 70s across the Plains. A cold front brings rain to the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies, and southern Texas may see showers.
Northerly wind at 15 to 20 knots tonight with waves 1 to 2 feet. Northeast wind at 20 knots Thursday with waves near 2 feet.
George Martin Eckman 62 of Jacksonville formerly New Bern died Monday at Onslow Memorial Hospital. A Viet Nam veteran and former Marine, he retired from the Jacksonville Daily News circulation department and belonged to Semper Fidelis Lodge DAM and DAV. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday at Northwoods United Methodist Church with burial at Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery and Masonic rites and military honors. Survivors include widow Betty Willis Eckman son Willis E Eckman daughter Georgiana E Fields mother Emma Minney brothers Frank and Donald Eckman and four grandsons. Visitation 9 p.m. today at Jones Funeral Home Jacksonville. Memorials to N C Lions Club White Cane Fund.
Public records report break ins at First Pentecostal Holiness Church on Fulcher Lane and Bethany Christian Church. Stolen items include a red electric guitar valued at 400 dollars and a sound mixer worth 2000 dollars. A 17-year-old, George Oscar Fulmore, faced felony charges for possession of stolen goods tied to a .380 Browning rifle case. Investigators named a suspect in the Bethany church break in as Lt. Ken Fillingame comments. The YMCA locker theft involved a watch, eyeglasses, two hearing aids and 1630 dollars in cash.
Ford Motor Co reports a third quarter profit of 1.1 billion dollars, more than double last year and a record for July through September. Earnings per share reach 1.04, with revenue up 24.9 percent to 30.6 billion.
A soft spoken prospective juror described a gun gesture and testified during jury questioning in the O J Simpson murder trial. The judge rejected a defense request to dismiss a man who admitted being in a bar with a TV showing news reports about the case.
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