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EDWARD F. PHILLIPS, JR.
DURHAM -- Mr. Edward Frank Phillips, Jr., 72, of 5301 Pine Way Drive, died Tuesday morning at Duke University Medical Center.
Mr. Phillips was a native of Charlotte. He attended the Charlotte Schools and graduated from N.C. State University. Mr. Phillips was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member and past president of the Durham branch of Association of General Contractors. Mr. Phillips was a member of Mt. Bethel Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Phillips was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Ford Phillips in 1992.
Funeral service will be conducted Thursday, 2 p.m. in the Howerton & Bryan Funeral Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. Davies Owen. Interment will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Betsy P. and Richard C. Hamilton of the home, Adele P. and Grover C. Truslow of Fayetteville; grandchildren, Jennifer Freeman and Christopher Freeman; two sisters, Nancy P. Saylor of Midland, TX., Katherine P. Webber of Charleston, S.C.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. at the home, 5301 Pine Way Drive.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials may be made to General Medicine Teaching and Research Fund, c/o Frank Neelon, MD., P.O. Box 3021, DUMC, Durham, N.C. 27710 or to Mt. Bethel Presbyterian Church, 3541 Rose of Sharon Road, Durham, N.C. 27712.
SHIRLEY H. RAMBEAU
FUQUAY-VARINA -- Shirley Kathryn Hairr Rambeau, 62, died Monday, June 9. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday, Chalybeate Springs Baptist Church. Burial, church cemetery.
Surviving: son and daughter-in-law, Charles E., Jr. and Gina Rambeau of Dunn; son, James G. Rambeau of Chalybeate Springs; mother, Leta Hairr of Sampson County; brother, Mack N. Hairr of Chesapeake, Va.; sister and brother-in-law, Karen and John Dale of Sampson County.
The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. today, Sugg Funeral Home, Fuquay-Varina.
Contributions may be made to Spring Branch Church Building Fund, Spring Branch Road, Dunn.
RAYMOND ASHBY TARKINGTON, SR.
Retired N.C. Magistrate
EDENTON -- Mr. Raymond Ashby "R.A." Tarkington, Sr., 86, of the 100 block of W. Queen St., died Tuesday, June 10, 1997 in Chowan Hospital. A native of Washington County, Mr. Tarkington was a son of the late Frank Ceaton and Elizabeth Knowles Tarkington and the husband of the late Anita Harris Tarkington.
Mr. Tarkington had served as a regional director for the Southern Life Insurance Company, and later studied and became a N.C. Magistrate serving 25 years in Chowan County. He retired as Magistrate at age 79. He and his wife were owners of the Tarkington Clothing Store in Edenton.
Mr. Tarkington was a member of the Edenton Baptist Church, where he had served as a deacon and in the church choir. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, Shriner and member of Eastern Star, where he was Past Worthy Patron. He was also Past Master of the Unanimity Lodge #7 in Edenton.
Surviving Mr. Tarkington is his daughter, Ellene T. Wallin of Tucson, Ariz.; his son, Dr. R. Ashby Tarkington, Jr. of Chester, Va.; three sisters, Audrey Hardison of Plymouth, Pearl Myers of Norfolk, Va., Dora Gibbs of Belhaven; two brothers, Elbert Tarkington of Roper, Irvin Tarkington of Virginia Beach, Va.; five grandchildren.
Funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday in the Edenton Baptist Church by Dr. Kenneth Word. Entombment will follow in the Beaver Hill Cemetery with Masonic Rites.
The family will be receiving friends at the residence.
The Evans Funeral Home of Edenton is serving the Tarkington Family.
CONNIE W. WILDER
Aug. 12, 1918 - June 10, 1997
MIDDLESEX -- Connie Wilton Wilder, 78, of 243 Wilder Road, died suddenly Tuesday morning at his home.
He was a retired farmer and a Army Veteran, serving during WWII.
Funeral service 11 a.m. Thursday, June 12, 1997, Friendship Freewill Baptist Church with Reverend Jacky Raper officiating.
Burial in the church cemetery.
Surviving: wife, Virginia Woodard Wilder; daughter and son-in-law, Bonnie and Johnny Boone of Middlesex; sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Sue Wilder, Ray and Margaret Wilder, all of Middlesex, Rex and Jo Ann Wilder of Greenville; sisters, Ella W. Fulghum of Middlesex, Mamie W. Creech of Zebulon, Cassie W. Williamson of Hamlet, Barbara W. Baucom of Greensboro; grandchildren, Robin and Renea' Wilder, Beth Wilder and fiance', Robert Hendrickson, Josh and Mark Wilder, April Boone.
Flowers accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Friendship Freewill Baptist Church, 47 Friendship Church Road, Middlesex, N.C. 27557.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today, Strickland Funeral Home, Wendell.
NELL H. WINTER
RALEIGH -- Mrs. Nell Hicks Winter, 83, wife of the late Arthur W. Winter (Art's Soda Shop) passed June 9, 1997 at her home.
Funeral service at 3 p.m. Thursday at Mitchell Funeral Home, 600 Saint Mary's Street, Raleigh.
Burial will be in Raleigh Memorial Park.
Rev. Joe Savage, officiating.
She was a member of North Cary Baptist Church.
Surviving: brother, LeRoy Hicks and wife, Estolyn of Raleigh; sisters, Louise Medlin Hackford and her husband, Wally, Mary Hamilton, all of Jacksonville, Fl.; nephews and nieces, William B. Medlin and wife, Cora, Kenneth Hicks and wife, Sue, John Hicks, Jr. and wife, Marsha, Susan Bloodworth and husband, Jim, Marilyn Geisler, all of Raleigh, NC, Linda Kelley and husband, Edward, Thurman Hamilton, Jr. and Linwood Hamilton and wife, Betsy, both Jacksonville, FL, and Tracy Jackson and wife, Dianne of Long Beach, NC; goddaughter, Elizabeth Medlin Knapp of Jacksonville, FL, and 27 nieces and nephews.
Family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home; and other times, at 5737 Trinity Road, Raleigh, NC.
Memorials may be made to North Cary Baptist Church, 505 Reedy Creek Road, Cary, NC 27513.
OTIS S. YOUNG
CLAYTON -- Funeral service for Otis Stanley Young, 47, who died Monday, June 9, 1997 will be 2 p.m. Thursday, June 12, 1997, First Baptist Church, Clayton. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery, Clayton.
Surviving: wife, Helen Young; daughter, Marissa Barnes of Clayton; stepdaughter, Debra Sanders of Selma; stepsons, Horace Sanders of Goldsboro, Dodbra Sanders of Raleigh; parents, Annie Pearl Brunson of Clinton; father, James Yates of Garner; stepmother, Mae Frances Yates of Garner; sister, Evelyn L. Hargrove of Clinton; brothers, Brooks N. Young of Wake Forest, Gordon Yates of Raleigh, Michael Lee of Florida, Christopher Murphy and Prentice Murphy, both of Clinton, Willard Murphy of Warsaw; aunts, Louise Scott and Ola Thompson, both of Raleigh, Rena Powell of Clayton.
Visitation 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, 1997, First Baptist Church, Clayton.
Arrangements by Hood Funeral Home.
KAY FLETCHER RICKARDS
MEDFORD, VA -- This is Kay Fletcher Rickards, Margie and Fred Fletcher 56-year-old daughter, who died Saturday evening in her home in Medford, New Jersey.
Friends in Medford said this was her best picture of all those shown at the funeral home during a visit by neighbors, Lockheed-Martin Associates and church friends.
This is one of the happiest pictures we could find, we want you to enjoy it too. Sorry, says her daddy we are not going to tell you where she caught them. She chose cremation and her ashes will be scattered where she caught the fish.
Now, here's a bit more of paid space to relate the services she rendered during her short 56 years.
In Celebration of Kay Fletcher Rickards
Kay Rickards lived a purposeful life, and filled each day with 24 hours of Spirit-filled enthusiasm for righting what is wrong in our world.
What Kay did, she did with gusto and a full measure of commitment. A lifelong fan of NC basketball and Philadelphia Eagles football, Kay demonstrated the values of loyalty as she stood by her teams through good and bad. Her support for those teams, in many ways, spoke of her outlook on how she supported her friends, family anything she believed in: if you make a commitment, you stand by it through thick and thin.
An ordinary lists mundane facts such as where a person attended school, where they worked, and who their family is. Certainly, Kay's very personality was molded in great measure by those things: can anyone imagine Kay Rickards without some Tarheel reference? And her pride in her vocation, her love and support for her family were omnipresent. But vital statistics don't even begin to describe Kay Rickards. No description of her is possible without the word MISSION.
"Missions is central to my life," she told the pastor recently. All who knew her have recognized, and admired her more, for that fact for years. Kay was at the forefront of our church's support for Trevor's Campaign for the Homeless," and every month, through winter snows and summer heat, would lead a group of volunteers to fed the homeless in Philadelphia. When Faith Church launched "The House that Faith Built" to rehab a home for the homeless in Camden, Kay was the first volunteer. Although the rest of the team built that house every Saturday morning, Dick and Kay Rickards would sneak back two or three days during the week-every week-to work alone to help complete it. When the house was finished, and everyone else went home, Kay and Dick did more. Much more. They worked on three more such houses in Camden, then helped run the "Clothes from the Heart Thrift Shop" for the next two years.
When Faith Church launched its first overseas mission trip to Romania, Kay was there. When Howard Bayne asked Faith Church to help Jean Webster feed the homeless of Atlantic City, Kay was there.
But she always gave more than just a helping hand. She gave her all. As chair of the Mission Involvement Committee, a board member of International Children's Aid Foundation and the Friends of Jean Webster, as a driving force as a church elder and in countless voluntary positions, Kay served with distinction. She served the poor, the homeless, the needy - but most of all she served the Lord and she did so with gladness and joy.
Kay Rickard's life was a testimony. A living sermon that in the finite amount of time we spend on earth, one person can make a difference. We rejoice at having had the opportunity to share in the caring lifetime of Kay Fletcher Rickards, and pray that the lessons she taught us will inspire our own lives with such Christ-centered action.
Written by pastors Steve Moyer and Richard Carter of Faith United Presbyterian Church of Medford, New Jersey.
ALMA HAMPTON PARKER
OCT. 25, 1960 - JUNE 11, 1997
CARY -- Alma Hampton Parker, beloved daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, wife, mother, friend, and co-worker at Integrated Silicon Systems in the Research Triangle Park died Wednesday, June 11, 1997, at the age of 36, after a long and brave fight with complications of Wegener's disease.
She was a joy to all who knew her and will be sorely missed.
Funeral 1 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Garner.
Entombment, Montlawn Memorial Park.
Surviving: husband, Danny L. Parker; daughter, Crystal Ann Parker of the home; son, David Daryl Parker of the home; parents, Bill and Charlotte Hampton of Houston, TX; sisters, Cindy Nobling of Raleigh, Denise Barton of Willow Spring; brother, William L. "Jake" Hampton of Willow Spring; maternal grandmother, Glennie C. Wilson of Elizabeth City; paternal grandmother, Alma Staples Warren of Elizabeth City.
Visitation 7-9 p.m. Friday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner.
DELORAS M. BANKS
DURHAM -- Mrs. Deloras Montez Banks, 55, of 109 Cushman Street, died Monday, June 9, 1997 at Durham Regional Hospital.
Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday, June 14, 1997 at Pilgrim Baptist Church, with Rev. Dennis Davis. Burial, Glennview Memorial Park.
She was a native of Lumberbridge, North Carolina and a homemaker.
Surviving: husband, John A. Banks, Sr. of Durham; father, Isaac Gamble; sons, John A. Banks, Jr., Donald Lee Banks, Warren Carlos Banks, Marcus Antonio Banks, Christopher Lamont Banks, George Allen Banks, Telly Savalas Banks, Eric Rhashad Banks, Daimeon Shontez Banks, Damon Juantez Banks, Bonswa Devon Banks, Pierre Montray Banks; daughters, Cynthia Ann Banks-Glover, Carolyn Renee Banks-Strong, Pamela Annette Banks, Rhasheda Tearmbee Banks, Markizia Montez Banks; brothers, Eddie Lee Gamble, Isaiah Gamble, Romeo Gamble, Rufus Leon Gamble, James Hicks, Jr., Emanuel Hicks; sisters, Adriane Bruno Gaskins, Shirley Ann Gamble, Annie Gamble; 19 grandchildren.
Visitation from 7-8 p.m. Friday, June 13, 1997, Scarborough & Hargett Funeral Home.
HANNAH LIDE COKER
RICHMOND, VA. -- Hannah Lide Coker, 96, died June 9, 1997 in Richmond, Virginia after a long illness.
Miss Coker was a native of Hartsville, S.C., and taught public school music there for many years.
In 1945, Miss Coker became a faculty member at the University of Richmond, where she instituted the development of public school music courses and established the music library.
Her education included study at Westhampton College at the University of Richmond, Coker College in Hartsville, the University of Oklahoma, the Eastman School of Music, and Northwestern University of Oklahoma, the Eastman School of Music, and Northwestern University.
In 1923-24, she studied piano in Paris with the pianist Robert Casadesus.
Miss Coker was a benefactor to the University of Richmond and Coker College, where she instituted and supported campus beautification projects as part of her deep and abiding interest in gardens and landscape design.
She was also an enthusiastic supporter of the YMCA, the Baptist Church, and countless other community organizations.
A accomplished pianist, she delighted in teaching music to children, which she regarded as a way to enrich and nourish them.
During her life, Miss Coker was recognized with numerous awards form her service and generosity to the organizations and causes that she loved.
Miss Coker is survived by two sisters, Mary Coker Joslin of Raleigh, and Martha Coker Huntly of Hartsville, S.C.
Funeral service will be held on Friday in Richmond, and on Sunday in Hartsville.
Burial will be in the First Baptist Church Cemetery in Hartsville.
