Obituaries

Nov 17, 2012

Bural will take place at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, NC. following the service.

Nov 11, 2012

Nov 7, 2012

Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Smith Olund, 77, of 3309 Mandalay St., died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Services: Memorial, 2 p.m. Friday in Highland Presbyterian Chapel. Burial in church columbarium. Visitation, following the service in the church fellowship hall. Survived by: Husband, John; daughters, Annette and Kathy; sons, William, Howard, Randy and Jeff; 11 grandchildren; a great-grandchild. Sullivan's Highland Funeral Service &...

Nov 5, 2012

Leon C. Carter, 97, of Gray's Creek, passed away Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Mrs. Carter was a retired civil service employee, who worked on Fort Bragg for more than 30 years and enjoyed singing in the choir as a member of the Cape Fear Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Gray's...

Nov 1, 2012

Retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Jackson Sr., 76, formerly of Fayetteville, N.C., died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Services: Graveside, 10 a.m. Thursday in Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, N.C. Visitation, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Sullivan's Highland Funeral Service & Crematory in Fayetteville. Survived by: Son, John Jr.; daughters, Wanda and Gwyn; stepsisters, Brenda and...

Oct 31, 2012

Mrs. Gloria Maria Picart-Curet, 89, of Fayetteville, died Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. Services: Graveside, noon Wednesday in Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake. Visitation, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Sullivan's Highland Funeral Service & Crematory in Fayetteville. Survived by: Daughter, Nilsa E. De Los Santos; sons, Angel, Hector, Erdie, Amilcar and Jose; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Oct 28, 2012

Arrangments are incomplete at this time.

Oct 28, 2012

Mrs. Doris M. Faircloth, 88, of Fayetteville, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born Doris Maria Whitaker on Sept. 2, 1924, in Burlington, to John Thomas and Myrtle Denson Whitaker. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star since 1954. After living in several locations for...

Oct 23, 2012

Mrs. Lucy Allen Riddle, 92, of Fayetteville and formerly of Gray's Creek, died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, in Village Green Nursing Home. Mrs. Riddle retired from Cumberland County schools. She was a member of St. Pauls Baptist Church and an active member of the Fayetteville Camelia Club and the Gray's Creek Woman's Club. A memorial service will be held Friday,...

Oct 19, 2012

Anne Burgin Craig Raper was born on October 25, 1938, in Asheville and died at home on October 19, 2012, of cancer at the age of 73. She was preceded in death by her parents Locke Craig, Jr. and Alice Monteiro Whitted Craig, of Pinehurst; her grandparents, Governor Locke and Annie Burgin Craig, of Asheville, and Lloyd Nash and Alice...

Oct 17, 2012

Ms. Rachel McDaniel Faircloth, 89, of Fayetteville, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in Cape Fear Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late L.S. “Jack” and Josephine “Josie” Paschal McDaniel. She is survived by her son, David W. Faircloth and wife Joanie of Raleigh; and daughters, Lynda F. Deaton and husband Clayton William “Bill” Deaton, Jr. of Fayetteville,...

Oct 17, 2012

Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Donald Leonard Glenn, 81, of Fayetteville, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in Durham VA Hospital. A memorial service will be held Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, at 10 a.m. in Sullivan's Highland Funeral Service & Crematory in Fayetteville. Burial in Post Cemetery on Fort Bragg at 11 a.m. with military honors. Mr. Glenn is survived by...

Oct 16, 2012

Burial will take place at Arlington National Cemetery. Further arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Oct 15, 2012

A memorial service will be conducted at Sullivan's Highland Funeral Serivce on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 3:00 PM.

Oct 10, 2012

Ms. Lucille Morrison Davis, 88, of Fayetteville, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, in her home. She was born May 7, 1924, in Vass, and moved to Fayetteville in 1938. Lucille graduated from Massey Hill High School as valedictorian in 1942. She worked as a secretary for Fleishman's Big Store for 28 years. She was...

Oct 8, 2012

Retired Army 1st Sgt. Liborio Luis Picart-Curet, 91, of 1050 Brenda Drive, died Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. A funeral Mass will be held Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. in Main Post Chapel on Fort Bragg. Burial in Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake with military honors. The family will receive friends...

Oct 4, 2012

FAYETTEVILLE - Retired Army Master Sgt. James Robert Lanier, 81, of 520 Carteret Place, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, in Cumberland Memorial Gardens with military honors. Mr. Lanier was born in Petersburg, Va. He was preceded in death by his wife,...

Oct 4, 2012

Kenneth Alvin Phinney was 53 years of age and lived in Fayetteville. He was mothered by  Toyoko Phinney and Lyle Phinney. He had three sisters, Barbara, Elaine and Pamela; and a brother, Sonny. He was a loving father to Nicholas, Brandon and Chyna. Some years later he became a husband to Veronica Phinney and inherited another daughter, Dana. Most importantly, he...

Oct 1, 2012

Gladys Jones Stone, 68, of Fayetteville, NC passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. Mrs. Stone was born on February 14, 1944 in Cumberland County, NC. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jay Stone; parents, Archie “Poker” and Letha Jones, and a granddaughter, Melanie Brooke Stone. She is survived by...

Sep 29, 2012

Rebecca “Luanne” DeWitt, 56, of Fayetteville, NC passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2012. Ms. Dewitt was born on January 28, 1956 in Hope Mills, NC. Launne was a graduate of Reid Ross High School. She was very kind and generous, always willing to help others. Her heart and home was always open to anyone. She was a wonderful daughter,...