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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1994
Page
4
New Bern and North Carolina forecast clear and cool tonight with a low around 60 and diminishing winds. Sunny and warm tomorrow with highs near 88 in most areas, southwest winds 6 to 12 mph. Elsewhere in the state, skies stay clear tonight and sunny Wednesday. mountains cool with low 50s and coast in mid 60s. highs tomorrow mostly in the 80s, northern mountains in the 70s.
Gary Tolson Thomas Sr. 56 of 1638 Olympia Road died Sunday at Craven Regional Medical Center. He was a member of Sherwood Forest Free Will Baptist Church. Graveside service 11 a.m. today at Greenleaf Memorial Park conducted by Rev. Jerry Rackley. Survived by widow Lara Smith Thomas, son Gary T. Thomas Jr. and daughter Pamela Marie Mills, mother Vivian Thomas, two brothers David Earl Thomas and George Thomas, two sisters Catherine Ann Lee and Dianne Rice, and two grandchildren. Memorials to charity. Arrangements by Cotten Funeral Home.
Bayboro resident Norwood Lee Mercer 65 a commercial fisherman and active in the American Legion Fisherman's Association and Bayboro Methodist Church died Monday at home. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mercer cemetery in Lowland with Rev. Chris Rooks officiating. He leaves widow Lina L. Mercer son Marion Mercer mother Lela L. Sadler stepmother Wanda Mercer brother Richard Mercer sister Susan Mercer and a host of relatives. The family will receive friends at the residence tonight. Arrangements by Norris Bryant Funeral Home Alliance.
Barbara Byrd Small Looney, 62, of New Bern died Sunday at home. She was member of Centenary United Methodist Church. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday Cotten Funeral Home chapel, Rev. Richard Stone officiating. Burial Greenleaf Memorial. Survived by three daughters Victoria Small Watson Elizabeth Small Watson of New Bern Georgia Small Nelson of Clayton. three brothers James E. Byrd Basil H. Byrd George P. Byrd. four grandchildren. Family will receive friends 7 8 p.m. today at Cotten Funeral Home
Samuel Morris Moore 52 of 505 North A Street Bridgeton died Friday at home. A Fike High School graduate and Navy veteran he will be buried at Greenleaf Memorial Park after an 11 a.m. Wednesday service at Cotton Funeral Home chapel officiated by Rev. Todd Krueger. He is survived by his stepfather Thomas G. Jones and brother Mack G. Moore.
Joyce Currin Stainback 80 of 4808 Six Forks Road Raleigh formerly of New Bern died Sunday at Rex Hospital Raleigh She was a Vance County native and active member of First Baptist Church New Bern Funeral 1 p m Wednesday Carey Baptist Church Henderson with Revs John Hackworth and Thomas Denton Burial in church cemetery Survivors include two daughters Joyce Holloway Winston Salem and Jeanne Adkins Raleigh two sisters Julia C Read Raleigh Jessie C Langston Henderson Memorials to Family Life Center First Baptist Church New Bern or to charity of choice Arrangements by Flowers Funeral Home Henderson
Annie Mae Dove of Brooklyn New York formerly of New Berm died Sunday in New York. Arrangements will be announced by Rivers Morgan Funeral Home Inc.
Waxhaw officer Lance Land rushed from his cruiser to shove Jan Emore's MG with 3 1/2 year old Vance inside off the town’s only rail line just before a freight train, traveling 45 mph, roared past. No one was hurt and the rescue marked the closest brush with death for him.
A cool rain will fall over portions of the northern Rockies and northern Plains on Wednesday. Scattered thunderstorms will line the stationary front across the upper Midwest and Northeast. Isolated storms will form along the cool front in the high Plains and southern Florida will see thunderstorms. Most of the Southeast and Mississippi Valley will have sunny skies and 80s temperatures.
South of Virginia Beach to Little River Inlet a SW wind 15 knots or less tonight with seas around 3 feet. Wed SW wind about 15 knots with seas near 3 feet. Albemarle and Pamlico sounds SW wind 10 knots or less tonight with waves about 1 foot. Wednesday SW wind about 10 knots and waves near 1 foot.
Forecasts indicate varied conditions across regions with high and low temperatures. Expect sun and partly cloudy skies in some areas, while others may see clouds and light showers. Temperatures range with clear, mild, and unsettled pockets noted in multiple locales.
President Clinton invited lawmakers from both parties to a White House signing of the $30.2 billion crime bill, praising bipartisan action that overcame six years of opposition. The measure expands police deployment, prison capacity, life terms for repeat felons, and bans assault weapons amid GOP objections. In Charlotte, two gang members received 16 life terms plus 195 years for drug related killings, homicide, kidnapping and assault, the heaviest sentences seen in federal courts.
Las Vegas for her 1991 Tailhook suit Paula Coughlin says she faced a gantlet of drunken pilots at the Hilton. Hilton lawyers argue she knew about drinking aviators and should have avoided the party melee. The suit seeks damages claiming hotel security failed to stop assaults. Hilton denies poor security after 19 years of conventions.
Rita Williams age 27 of 844 Manteo Circle Havelock was charged with maintaining a dwelling for keeping controlled substances possession of cocaine and possession with intent to sell crack cocaine She was arrested today and released on a 500 dollar secured bond Williams faces a scheduled court appearance today Information provided does not establish guilt or identify all parties involved
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