Kenneth Robert Viner

RAEFORD - Kenneth Robert "Mack" Viner, of Raeford, passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

He was born Nov. 18, 1945, in Washington, D.C., the son of the late Robert Victor and Anne Rock Viner. Mack came to North Carolina, the state he came to love, in 1974, first living in Greenville for about 16 years before moving to the Fayetteville area in 1990.

He is survived by his devoted wife of almost 37 years, Audrey Batts Viner; his daughter, Sabryna Roberson of Sacramento, Calif.; two grandchildren, Tyler and Lilly Roberson of Sacramento; three sisters, Joanne Trihey of Beaver, Pa., Carol Smith of Rockville, Md., and Susan Broomall of Frederick, Md.; and two brothers, Bill Viner of Swanton, Md., and Rob Viner of Fort Worth, Texas.

Mack loved and was a special pop to his surviving pets, Shadrack, Brittney, Luckey and Lil Girl. No visitation is planned and a private service will be held. Please donate, if you so please, to your favorite animal charity in Mack's memory. Sullivan's Highland Funeral Service & Crematory of Fayetteville.