GenealogyBuff.com - Hertford County, North Carolina Obituary Collection - 68
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Catherine Lassiter Odom
Thursday, March 3, 2011
TARBORO – Catherine Lassiter Odom, 89, of Tarboro, a native of Northampton County, died Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Tarboro Nursing Center.
Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Lasker Cemetery.
Massey Funeral Home, Jackson, is handling the arrangements.
John Wesley Jones
Friday, March 4, 2011
CORAPEAKE – John Wesley Jones, 71, of 866 Union Branch Road, Corapeake, died Friday, March 4, 2011 in his home.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Great Fork Baptist Church, Suffolk, Va.
A private burial will be held in the family cemetery at the home.
Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, is handling the arrangements.
Nola D. Bunch
Friday, March 4, 2011
AHOSKIE – Nola D. Bunch, 77, of Ahoskie, died Friday, March 4, 2011 in Ahoskie.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Deliverance Temple, Powellsville.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Reynolds Funeral Home, Ahoskie, is handling the arrangements.
Cleo Garris Langford
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
WOODLAND – Cleo Garris Langford, 89, of 543 Griffin Town Road, Woodland, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Autumn Care of Nash, Nashville.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 21, 2011 at the Langford Family Cemetery, Potecasi.
Wilder’s Funeral Home Inc., Rich Square, is handling the arrangements.
Goldie Christine White
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
WINDSOR – Goldie Christine White, 93, of 750 US Hwy 13 North, Windsor, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011 in her home.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2011 at Edgewood Baptist Church, Windsor.
Burial will follow in Edgewood Cemetery, Windsor.
Walker Funeral Home, Windsor, is handling the arrangements.
Linda Virginia Lewter
Saturday, March 26, 2011
AHOSKIE – Linda Virginia Lewter, 58, of Ahoskie died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Friday, April 1, 2011 at New Ahoskie Baptist Church.
Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery, Ahoskie.
Hunter’s Funeral Home, Ahoskie, is handling the arrangements.
Rev. Elton Hall Sr.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
GATESVILLE – Rev. Elton Hall Sr., 87, of Gatesville died Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at Obici Hospital, Suffolk, Va.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 1, 2011 at New Piney Grove Baptist Church.
Burial will follow in the Hall Family Cemetery.
Hunter’s Funeral Home, Ahoskie, is handling arrangements.
Dr. Jerry F. Jackson
Saturday, April 2, 2011
CHARLOTTE – Dr. Jerry Francis Jackson of Shelby, NC, who served Chowan University as president from 1989 to 1995, passed away here Saturday, April 2 from a lengthy illness.
Dr. Jackson is survived by his wife, Carolyn Grace Laughlin, and their two children, Jami and West, and two grandchildren.
The twentieth president of what was then Chowan College, Dr. Jackson was born in Clinton, NC, on Oct. 1, 1938.
Attending Mars Hill College, Jackson received his A.A. in 1958 and his B.A. degree in 1960, and in 1961, Jackson earned his M.S. degree from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL.
In 1988, he earned a Doctorate in Education from the University of South Carolina, with additional postgraduate studies at East Carolina University, NC State University and the University of Cincinnati.
Jackson has had a distinguished career blending his love for education with his strong faith. As a faculty member in History and Political Science at Campbell University in Buies Creek, Jackson advanced to Assistant to the Academic Dean and to Dean of Students and Director of Admissions.
Jackson also served as Director of Development with Sampson Technical College in Clinton before moving on the become Vice President of Advancement at Wingate University and later, Vice President for Development with the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Richmond, VA.
In 1989, Jackson was named President of Chowan College.
"The Chowan family mourns with the Jacksons. We are indeed grateful for his past leadership, " said current Chowan University President Dr. Chris White of his personal friend and professional colleague for many years.
"Through his leadership, Chowan returned to four-year status and significant property was acquired to house the Jenkins Center and now Reed Hall."
Perhaps the most important decision of Jackson’s six-year tenure at Chowan, was the formal transition from a Junior College awarding Associates Degrees to a four-year Senior College eligible to award Baccalaureate Degrees, which was voted into approval by the Trustees in 1990.
Expansion also marked Jackson’s presidential tenure through the acquisition of additional acreage for athletics surrounding the Helms Center on Union Street and the purchase of what now houses the Jenkins Wellness Center and the new Reed Hall on Lakewood Drive.
Jackson also increased the number of female trustees on Chowan’s Board, and Elaine Myers of Ahoskie became the first woman to serve as Chowan’s Chair of the Trustees under Jackson’s presidency in 1994.
Also hallmarking his tenure, Jackson began the Ambassadors program to highlight campus student leaders who excelled academically to host special activities and campus events as a way to set the tone for moral values and spiritual life on campus.
Jackson strove to emphasis the importance of Chowan’s quality of student life and student retention and development of academic support services, even going so far as to travel the roads himself to visit students, schools, and guidance counselors.
In 1991, a scholarship was established in honor of Carolyn Jackson’s parents, the James Marion and Grace G. Laughlin Scholarship, and all gifts to Chowan University to honor the passing of Dr. Jerry Jackson can go to support this endowment.
The service for Dr. Jerry Jackson will be held at Shelby Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 7.
Portia Holloman
Saturday, April 16, 2011
SUITLAND, Md. – Portia Holloman, 55, of Suitland, MD., a native of Hertford County, died Saturday, April 16, 2011 in Suitland, MD.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday April 23, 2011 at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Ahoskie.
Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Ahoskie.
Reynolds Funeral Home, Ahoskie, is handling the arrangements.
Johnny McKinley Lassiter
Sunday, April 24, 2011
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Johnny McKinley Lassiter, 58, of Pittsburgh, PA, a native of Sunbury, died Sunday, April 24, 2011.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at St. John AME Zion Church, Sunbury.
Burial will be in the Drake Memorial Cemetery.
Hertford County Undertakers, Winton, is handling the arrangements.
Joseph B. Cherry
Friday, April 29, 2011
WINDSOR – Joseph B. Cherry, 70, of Hillcrest Drive, Windsor, died Friday, April 29, 2011 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 2, 2011 at Wilder’s Funeral Home Chapel, Aulander, who is handling the arrangements.
