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THE NEWS OBSERVER OBITUARIES TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1998 DEATHS DEATH NOTICES WAKE COUNTY JEREMIAH L. BOND, 21, Raleigh, April 12. Arrangements by Mitchell Funeral Home, Glenwood Avenue. LEO ENNIS, 81, 3901 Johnson Pond Road, Apex, April 12. Arrangements by Apex Funeral Home.

NETTIE M. LANE, 400 Fayetteville St. Apt. 512, Raleigh, April 12. Arrangements by Haywood Funeral Home, Inc.

HAYWOOD LUNSFORD 1601 River Knoll Raleigh, April 13. Arrangements by Lea Funeral Home. BRENDA D. SANDERS, 46, 1529 Salem Church Road, Apex, April 12. Arrangements by Apex Funeral Directors.

LENA B. STEVENS, 94, 4104 Benson Road, Garner, April 13. Arrangements by Bryan-Lee Funeral Home. DURHAM COUNTY CLIFFORD L. CROSS, 75, Durham, April 14.

Arrangements by Hudson Funeral Home. FREDERICK JOHNSON, Durham, April 10. Arrangements by Ellis D. Jones Sons, Inc. MINNIE T.

PETTY, 72, 2903 Kanewood Drive, Durham, April 12. Arrangements by Fisher Funeral Home. ORANGE COUNTY ELRA W. CRUTCHFIELD, 79, 2015 Davis Road, Hillsborough, April 13. Arrangements by Clements Funeral Service.

JOHNSTON COUNTY THOMAS A. BRANTLEY, Infant, Clayton, April 12. Arrangements by Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Millbrook Road, Raleigh. ARNELL C. BURTON, 69, Selma, April 13.

Arrangements by Parrish Funeral Home. ANNIE B. GODWIN, 83, Selma, April 12. Arrangements by Walter Sanders Funeral Home, Smithfield. FLONNIE S.

PARKER, 99, Pine Level, April 13. Arrangements by Parrish Funeal Home, Selma. JAMES R. PURVIS, 65, Kenly, April 12. Arrangements by Walter Sanders Funeral Home, Smithfield.

ORAN M. SHEPHERD, 60, 497 US 701 South, Four Oaks, April 13. Arrangements by Minshew Funeral Home. JEWELL E. TEMPLE, 84, Four Oaks, April 13.

Arrangements by Minshew Funeral Home. STATE Atlantic Beach RICHARD "DICK" LEWIS, 61, April 11. Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home Crematory. Beulaville REGINA W. MERCER, 44, April 12.

Arrangements by Community Funeral Home. Burlington JOHN C. TYSOR, 69, April 12. Arrangements by Rich Thompson Funeral Home, Graham. Carthage MARY M.

BLACK, 74, April 13. Arrangements by Fry-Prickett Funeral Home. Coats WINFRED L. MESSER, 69, April 13. Arrangements by Rose Graham Funeral Home.

Colerain WOODROW L. MIZELLE, 64, April 12. Arrangements by Walker Funeral Home, Windsor. Dunn LILLIAN G. BRACEY, 83, April 13.

Arrangements by Skinner Funeral Home. HARVEY T. HINSON, 94, April 13. Arrangements by Skinner Funeral Home. Elizabeth City ROBERT C.

BULLINER, 78, April 13. Arrangements by 'Twiford Memorial Chapel. VIRGINIA T. DAUGHERTY, 95, April 12. Arrangements by Twiford Memorial Chapel.

Enfield THOMAS "TOMMIE" WILLIAMS, 81, April 11. Arrangements by Branch Funeral Home. Erwin GERALD J. JOHNSON, 75, April 13. Arrangements by Skinner Funeral Home, Dunn.

Eureka CHRISTOPHER C. LEWIS, 88, April 13. Arrangements by Shackleford Funeral Service, Fremont. Fayetteville MARGARETTA L. BROWN, 69, April 12.

Arrangements by JerniganWarren Funeral Home. FRANK THREATTS 80, April 13. Arrangements by Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home. Goldsboro CHARLES A. GRANTHAM, 93, Charleston, W.Va., formerly of Goldsboro, April 12.

Arrangements by Seymour Funeral Home. Grantsboro EBER L. WARREN, 94, April 12. Arrangements by Bryant Funeral Home, Alliance. Greenville MAY T.

BAVERSTOCK, 91, April 13. Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home. MEREDITH E. "RED" CAVENDISH, 77, April 13. Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home.

Hal'sboro STEPHEN G. DEW, 61, April 11. Arrangements by McKenzie Mortuary, Whiteville. Hatteras KENNETH N. WATERFIELD, 52, April 13.

Arrangements by Twiford's Island Chapel. Henderson WILLARD "TOM" EDWARDS, 71, April 13. Arrangements by Flowers Funeral Home. Louisburg JOAN L. WALSH, 59, April 12.

Arrangements by Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest. Lucama CORNELIA LAMM, 13, April 12. Arrangements by Thomas-Yelverton Funeral Service, Wilson. Lumberton MAIE T. HATCHELL, 94, April 10.

Arrangements by Floyd Mortuary and Crematory. Manns Harbor JAMES H. PLETCHER, 80, April 13. Arrangements by Twiford's Colony Chapel, Manteo. Middlesex JUANITA N.

DAVIS, 80, April 13. Arrangements by Joyner's Funeral Home, Wilson. Morehead City DANIEL L. "DAN" MELKE, 68, April 13. Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home Crematory.

New Bern HUBERT F. JERNIGAN, 71, April 12. Arrangements by Cotten Funeral Home. Pikeville HAZEL B. EDGERTON, 67, April 13.

Arrangements by Shackleford Funeral Service, Fremont. Pinehurst JOHN H. CRAFT, 83, April 12. Arrangements by Boles Funeral Home Crematory. Pittsboro TIMOTHY A.

SHOTTS, 43, April 10. Arrangements by Griffin Funeral Home. Salemburg LINDA F. GOODRICH, 52, April 13. Arrangements by CrumplerHoneycutt Company, Clinton.

Sanford INEZ M. JACKSON, 72, April 12. Arrangements by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home. BETTY S. RICE, 74, April 12.

Arrangements by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home. CHLOE L. SPAINHOUR, 64, April 11. Arrangements by Miller Funeral Home. Spring Lake CHARLES A.

CREECH, 61, April 13. Arrangements by Rose Graham Funeral Home, Benson. Tarboro MARY R. WEEKS, 88, April 13. Arrangements by Carlisle Funeral Home.

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CELEY SR RALEIGH Floyd Maxton Celey, Sr. died Thursday, April 9, 1998 at Memorial Hospital in Ormond Beach, FL. A native of Raleigh, Mr. Celey retired in 1975 as supervisor of Giant Foods Warehouse in Landover, MD and with his wife Gwendolyn, moved to Port Orange, FL. Mr.

Celey attended Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church and was a member of the Senior Center both in Port Orange. A funeral mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel, Glenwood Ave. location. Burial will follow in Raleigh Memorial Park.

Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Gwendolyn E. Celey; sons, Floyd M. Celey, Jr. of Old Lyme, CT, Richard T. Celey of Port Orange, FL, Larry F.

Celey of Deerfield, WI; sisters, Bessie Douglas of California and Muriel Luck of Burlington, NC; nine grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 7-9 p.m. at Mitchell Funeral Home, 7209 Glenwood Raleigh. IN MEMORY OF LACY ARNOLD NEELY JAN. 16, 1951 APRIL 14, 1981 We, your family, miss you very much.

Your only daughter is grown now. She is a Registered Nurse, married, and has a two year old son. Even though it has been a long time, your memory and love is still with us. We will love you always. Your Family, Mom and Dad, Monica, Jim and Chuck JEREMIAH L.

BOND RALEIGH Jeremiah Lee Bond, 21, died Sunday, April 12, 1998. A native of Wake he was a carpenter. A graveside service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thurs. at Raleigh Memorial Park Cemetery.

Surviving are his mother, Holly A. Satterwhite; grandmother, Connie Satterwhite of Raleigh; uncles, Steven and Paul Satterwhite both of Apex; aunts, Barbara Burns of Raleigh, Connie Gibson of Columbia, SC, Karen Kerkhoff of Overland Park, KS, Sherry Aronson of Cleveland, OH and ten cousins. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Wed. at Mitchell Funeral Home, 7209 Glenwood Raleigh.

FLONNIE S. PARKER PINE LEVEL Flonnie Strickland Parker, 99, died Monday. She was preceded in death by her husband, Branston Parker and two brothers, George Beverly Strickland of Kinston and Percy M. Strickland of Selma. She had been a nurse with the Kennedy Home in Kinston for many years.

A graveside service will be conducted at 4 p.m. today in the Crocker Cemetery. Surviving are her nephews, James H. Strickland, George Beverly Strickland and Johnny, Bobby and Brad Crocker. Parrish Funeral Home in Selma is assisting the family with service details.

Whiteville LAURA B. WILSON, 88, April 12. Arrangements by McKenzie Mortuary. Wilson THOMAS F. VASSALLO 54, April 12.

Arrangements by Joyner's Funeral Home. DIXIE M. WOOTEN, 86, April 13 Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Service. Winterville R.A. CARDENAS, 70, April 13.

Arrangements by Farmer Funeral DANIEL H. CANNON APRIL 14, 1988 It seems just yesterday you left us. I guess because of our undying love for you. Love, Betty, Pat, John, Bridget, Tonya and Trina ARNELL C. BURTON SELMA Arnell Creech Burton, 69, of Highway 96 North, died Monday.

Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Parrish Funeral Home in Selma. Entombment will be in Selma Memorial Gardens. Surviving are her husband, Calvin A. Burton; sons, Vann F.

Davis of Tampa, Fla. and Calvin A. Burton Jr. of Louisville, KY; daughters, Jill McClure of Birmingham, AL, Katherine Ennis of Opelika, AL, Sharon Herndon of Georgia and Peggy Hicks of Jeffersonville, IN; a brother, Cliff Creech of Selma; sisters, Stella Brown of Clayton, Pauline Holmes of Rocky Mount, and Retha Jones of Selma; 11 grandchildren; and four great The grandchildren. receive friends at the 1 funeral home Tuesday night from 7-9 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Creech's Primitive Baptist Church Building Fund. ELRA W. CRUTCHFIELD HILLSBOROUGH Mrs. Elra Willett Crutchfield, 79, resident of 2015 Davis Hillsborough, died Monday morning in her home following declining health. She was born in Lee County, the daughter of the late Alex and Mary Odom Willett.

She was the wife of the late Joseph A. Crutchfield. She was predeceased by a son, Johnny R. Crutchfield. Mrs.

Crutchfield was a homemaker and she attended North Durham Baptist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Mary Jo C. Minnis of Hillsborough; one sister, Mrs. Herman Choplin of Wake Forest; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Graveside service will be conducted Wednesday 11 a.m. in Lee Memorial Park in Sanford by Rev. Charles Rutt. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 7-8 p.m. at Clements Funeral Home, 148 N.

Churton St. in Hillsborough. Flowers are acceptable or those wishing may make memorial contributions to North Durham Baptist Church, 2510 Landis Durham, NC 27705. JAMES W. ROBERTSON SR.

JACKSONVILLE, FL James William Robertson, age 50, died Sat. April 12, 1998 at his home in Jacksonville, FL. Graveside service will be Thurs. at 11 a.m. at Sunset Gardens.

He is survived by his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Faye Haynes Robertson of the home; his parents, J.W. and Juanita Robertson of Southern Pines; one daughter and two sons. J. M.

White Funeral Home is handing arrangements. CLAYTON Thomas Alan Brantley, infant son of Jeff and Amanda Brantley, passed away Easter Sunday, April 12, 1998. Graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 15, 1998 at Raleigh Memorial Park. The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 1701 E. Millbrook Rd.

and following the service at the residence of Tom and Nancy Britt, 4140 Kincaid Raleigh, NC. Surviving are parents, Jeffrey and Amanda Brantley; sister, Brandi D. Brantley; maternal grandfather, Tom Britt and step-grandmother, Nancy Britt; maternal grandmother, Valorie Lovingood and stepgrandfather, Larry Lovingood; paternal grandfather, Tim Brantley and step-grandmother, Ellen Brantley. Thomas is predeceased by his paternal grandmother, Carolyn D. Brantley.

Flowers are accepted, but memorial contributions may be made to SIDS, 10500 Little Patuxent Suite 420, Columbia, Maryland 21044. THOMAS A. BRANTLEY LOUIS A. DAVIS APRIL 4, 1933 APRIL 9, 1998 NORFOLK, VA Louis Abraham Davis, S.Sgt. of Clayton, NC, died Thursday, April 9, 1998 at Sentara Hospital, Norfolk.

Louis was the son of the late Rev. Thomas J. Davis and Ina Mitchell Davis. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 1998 at Mount Vernon United Church of Christ, Lambard Clayton, NC.

Louis is survived by one sister, Ruth Davis Lucas of Four Oaks, NC; three brothers, Wilotha Davis Norfolk, John W. Davis of Clayton, NC, William Curtis Davis of Durham, NC. Visitation will be 1:30 2 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Funeral at 2 p.m.

with full military rites. Arrangments by R.L. Sanders Funeral Home, Smithfield. LENA BARBOUR STEVENS MAY 7, 1903 APRIL 13, 1998 GARNER Lena Barbour Stevens, 94, of 4104 Benson Road, died Monday at Rex Hospital. Mrs.

Stevens was a native of Wake Co. and the wife of the late Robert A. Stevens. She was a life long member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.

Funeral service 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. Burial, church cemetery. Surviving: daughters, Doris Ellington and Betty Jean Sorrell, both of Raleigh, Hazel Lee of Garner and Linda Ingram, of Largo, FL; sons, James R.

Stevens of Garner, Louis P. Stevens of Raleigh; 12 grandchildren; 11 The family will receive at Mrs. Stevens home Tuesday afternoon and evening. Services by -Lee Funeral Home, Garner. HALEY M.

AUSTIN GARNER Funeral service for Miss Haley Marie Austin will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, St. Mary's St. Burial will follow in Montlawn Memorial Park. CLIFFORD L.

CROSS DURHAM Clifford Lee Cross, 75, of 5721 US 70, Durham, Orange County, died Sunday, April 12, 1998, in the Duke Medical Center after a brief illness. Mr. Cross was a native of Durham and had lived here all of his life. He was the son of the late Durl Bennett (Buck) and Laura Honeycutt Cross and the widower of the late Eleanor Ruth Reams Cross. He was retired after 35 years with the Beatrice Foods, formerly Durham Dairy.

Surviving are one son, Jerry Cross of Zebulon; one brother, James Cross of Surf City; one sister, Liberty Overman of Durham; two grandchildren, Katherine Cross and Suzanne Bingham; and three greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesdav! at p.m. in the Hudson Funeral Chapel. Rev. Cecil Coates will officiate.

Burial will be in the Oak Grove Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be tonight 7-9 p.m. at the Hudson Funeral Home. MEREDITH E. "Red" CAVENDISH GREENVILLE Mr.

Meredith Eugene "Red" Cavendish, 77, died Monday, April 13, 1998. The funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr.

Cavendish, a native of Ansted, West Virginia, served as Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marines during World War II from 1939 until 1945. He attended East Carolina University, was a graduate of the University of Richmond, and received his law degree from Wake Forest Law School. For a time, he was a special agent with the FBI in Chicago, Illinois. He practiced law in Greenville from 1951 to 1983, and was a member of the firm of James, Hite, Cavendish and Blount.

He was a member of the N.C. State Bar and the Pitt County Bar Association. Mr. Cavendish was a lifetime member of the American Legion, was the first president of the Greenville Optimist Club; and was president of the Greenville Little League in 1958. Surviving: wife, Lou Joyner Cavendish; son and daughter-in-law, Michael Eugene and Kay Cavendish of Laurinburg; daughter and son-inlaw, Pat Cavendish and John Conway III of Greenville; brother, Gerald Cavendish of Tampa, FL; sisters, Marjorie Blankenship of Tampa, FL, Alma McVey of Oak Hill of W.VA; three grandchildren, Betsy Cavendish Sheppard, Lauren Elizabeth Conway, John Allen Conway IV; one great-granddaughter, Emily Sheppard.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church, 520 Greenville Blvd SE, Greenville, N.C. 27858; or to the Greenville Little League, 564 Circle Drive, Greenville, N.C. 27858.

More deaths, page 7B. Joseph Curtis Sloane, 89, art historian emeritus BY JULIA CORBIN STAFF WRITER CHAPEL HILL. Jaroslav Folda first met Dr. Joseph Curtis Sloane in 1968, when Folda interviewed for a professorship at the University of North Carolina. Like any other young man before a job interview, Folda expected the chairman of UNC's department of art to quiz him about the qualities he could bring to the department.

Instead, Sloane spent his time selling Folda on his dream for the department. "He had a very ambitious agenda, and he had this fervor of wanting me to join the department and be part of this new venture that he was trying to organize," Folda said. Sloane, 89, professor emeritus of art history at UNC-CH, died Friday at Carol Wood Retirement Community. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m Wednesday at Carol Wood. Colleagues recalled the former chairman of the art department and the founding director of the Ackland Art Museum as an art historian with a passion for promoting the arts.

"He built the department," said professor emeritus John W. Dixon Jr. When Sloane came to UNC in 1959, he set out on two equally ambitious tasks: to create a top-notch art department and to build the Ackland's collection. the first goal, he Sloane will be memorialized Wednesday. To accomplish was as selective as possible in his hiring, Dixon said.

"He was very careful to get the best people for positions that opened up," he said. For the second, Sloane enlisted the help of UNC's faculty as well as art dealers across the country. What set Sloane apart, Dixon said, was not that he did things differently his tactics were not unusual. It was just that he worked so hard to fulfill his vision for the department. His pursuits were not limited to the university.

He actively pushed to raise the profile of the arts across North Carolina, often without much recognition within his own department, Folda said. "So we were working away in our department while he was making all these good things happen to improve the environment not only for our undergraduates, but also our graduate students and our faculty and we hardly even knew about it," Folda said. Sloane retired in 1978, after nearly 20 years as chairman and director. He was born in Pottstown, and raised in Pasadena, Calif. He received his bachelor's and master's in fine arts and doctoral degrees from Princeton University.

Before coming to UNC, he taught at Princeton and Rutgers universities and at Bryn Mawr College, where he was the chairman of the arts department from 1939 to 1951. Sloane achieved the rank of lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, serving in the Pacific during World War II. He married Marjorie Merrill, now deceased, in 1934. The couple had two daughters: Janet, now of Dorchester, and Peggy, now of New York City.

The Joseph Curtis Sloane Library at the Hanes Art Center at UNC, a collection of 79,000 volumes of books, exhibition catalogs, serials, CD-ROMs, videocassettes and microforms on the art of all periods from prehistoric times to the present, is named in his honor. He received The North Carolina Award in 1977. UNC honored him with the Jefferson Award and an Alumni Distinguished Professorship of Art. He served as chairman of the board of the North Carolina Museum of Art. In 1994, Sloane also received an honorary doctor of letters degree from UNC, reflecting his continued interest in art history.

"Joe was an extraordinary scholar," Folda said. "He sacrificed so much of his career to doing all these wonderful things to make the university stronger in terms of the arts." Julia Corbin can be reached at 836-2882 or.