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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1994
Page
4
Weather outlook for NC on Saturday shows partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and storms in the west and central. Daytime highs range from the 70s in the west to the upper 80s in the east, with breezy southwest winds and mild overnight lows from the upper 50s mountains to the 60s elsewhere.
Violet F. Grafton, 73, of Fort Wayne Indiana and formerly of New Bern, died at home Wednesday. She retired in 1985 after 14 years as a worker for Craven Community Batens. Survived by son Samuel R. Grafton, Troy Michigan. daughters Sarah Willis Atlantic and Margaret Hunter Fort Wayne. sister Coleen McClain Anderson California. Memorials to Visiting Nurse Service and Hospice Inc. Fort Wayne. Arrangements by D.O. McComb and Sons Funeral Home Fort Wayne.
Elizabeth Buckner Howell 60 of 3107 Oaks Road died Thursday at Craven Regional Medical Center. A member of Heritage Pentecostal Holiness Church she was a payroll clerk at Robert Bosch Power Tool Corp. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Cotton Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Rudolph Britt Danny Harris and Glenn Lafferty officiating Burial in Greenleaf Memorial. Survived by widower Benjamin Howell father Luther Buckner five daughters five brothers two sisters and 10 relatives. Family viewing 7 8 p.m. today at Cotten Funeral Home.
Glenn Hoover Rains 66 of Princeton formerly Pamlico County died Wednesday at Rex Hospital Raleigh. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday at Rains Cross Roads Church officiated by Revs Floyd Cherry and Buddy Sasser. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by widow Jean Gill Rains two sons Robert Rains Swansboro and Glenn Allen Brown West Virginia three daughters Mitsy Shreve Clayton Crystal Rains Smithfield Nadine Rains Arlington W V a one brother Keith Rains California four sisters Molly Harris Sneads Ferry Nora Kirkman Statesville Ethelene Faircloth Raleigh Pearline Thornton Princeton eight grandchildren. Visitation 9 p.m. today at Casey Funeral Home Princeton.
Edwin William Ryan Sr. 63 of 315 Trader St. Havelock died Wednesday at Craven Regional Medical Center. A private memorial will be held later. Survived by wife Doris Blake Ryan, son Edwin Jr., three daughters Phyllis Ramirez Patti Petiit and Leslie Dircks, two brothers James and Thomas, half-brother Francis Gumlaw, three sisters Mary Lafountain Patricia Gilman and Barbara Senecal, ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pollock Welles and Best Funeral Home arranged.
The Rev. Lewis O. Sanders 72 of 128 Hanah Court formerly of Perrytown New Bern died Wednesday in Jacksonville. Funeral is 2 p m Sunday at Deliverance Evangelistic Temple with burial in David Sanders Memorial Gardens New Bern. Survived by Esther G. Sanders three daughters Ferbie S. Hines Gwendolyn Joyce Jones and Mary Lisette Jones five sisters two brothers 13 grandchildren six great grandchildren and others. Viewing noon-1 30 p m Sunday at the church Arrangements by Oscar's Mortuary.
Scott H Spencer of Mill Pond Road Alliance reports a break in to a 1989 Ford Mustang theft of jewelry. Items stolen include an 18 inch 10 karat gold link chain valued at 725 and a 14 karat gold chain valued at 1500. Public record notes arrests do not establish guilt.
A slow moving cold front stretches from extreme southeastern Canada into southern New England to the Tennessee Valley and eastern Texas. Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms form along the front with some storms bringing heavy rainfall and gusty winds, especially across the Southeast. High pressure moves into the northern Rockies bringing cooler air to the northern United States.
A summary list shows city temperatures and some precipitation figures across the nation including Albuquerque Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Baton Rouge Boise Casper Charleston Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Colorado Springs Dallas Fort Worth Dayton Daytona Beach Denver Des Moines Detroit Honolulu Kansas City Knoxville Las Vegas Milwaukee St Paul New Orleans Portland Providence San Antonio Seattle St Louis Tallahassee Tampa St Pete Topeka Tucson Tulsa West Palm Beach Washington DC Wichita Wilkes Barre Wilmington DE with highs in the 70s to 90s and scattered rainfall amounts noted for select locations.
In Los Angeles, relatives of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman challenge claims of guilt. Kim Goldman insists the public must presume innocence while ABC reports recall of O J Simpson as a jealous husband. The defense ponders calling Simpson's children Justin and Sydney as potential witnesses amid DNA matches tying Simpson to blood drops at the crime scene.
Tyjuan Haking Starks eighteen and Lamont Hill twenty eight were stopped in Greensboro after police learned they were wanted in New Bern. Both had been arrested February twenty six, with Starks fleeing to Greensboro. They face federal drug trafficking charges and are held on bonds of one hundred thousand and forty five thousand respectively with a Monday court appearance scheduled in District Court.
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