Obituaries from the Wednesday, October 31, 2007 issue of the Roxboro-Courier Times

Margie M. Coleman

RALEIGH — The funeral for Margie Macon Coleman, 86, of Raleigh, who died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 at the Blue Ridge Health Care Center, was conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the Bryan-Lee Funeral Home chapel. Burial was in the Raleigh Memorial Park.

Mrs. Coleman was a native of Wake County, the daughter of the late Joseph Macon and Minnie Hicks Macon. Her late husband was James Hubert Coleman. Her late granddaughter was Meredith Stancil.

She was retired from N.C. State University where she worked in the accounting department.

She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.

Surviving are two sons, James H. Coleman Jr. of Dudley and J. Edward Coleman and wife, Chris, of Raleigh; a daughter, Lynette C. Ostrowski and husband, Robbie, of Raleigh; two sisters, Florine Holder and Louise Caviness, both of Raleigh; four grandchildren, Richard Coleman of Roxboro, Michelle Montgomery of Pikeville and Bobby and Brice Ostrowski, both of Raleigh; three great-grandchildren, Ashley and Austin Coleman of Roxboro and Abigail Montgomery of Pikeville; and three step-great-grandchildren, Chelsea, Lindsey and Dylan Montgomery, all of Fuquay-Varina.

Memorials may be made to the Meredith Stancil Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro.

Lena S. Daniel

CREEDMOOR — A graveside funeral for Lena S. Daniel, 66, of 1694 Holly Dr., Creedmoor, who died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 at her home, was conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in the Carolina Memorial Gardens by Dr. Marc Tilley.

Mrs. Daniel was a native of Wake County, the daughter of the late Edgar Marcus and Elizabeth Pecola Taylor Stell. Her late brothers were Louis Stell and Edgar Stell and her late sister was Thelma Hopkins.

She was a nurse at Lenox Baker Children’s Hospital.

She was a Baptist.

Surviving are her husband, Guthrie Daniel; a son, Lonnie Pratt Maynard and wife, Angie, of Franklinton; a daughter, Lisa Slaughter and husband, Donald, of Butner; two sisters, Daisy Cooley of Timberlake and Louise Wood of Grantsboro; and four grandchildren, Pratt Lee Maynard of Franklinton, Cory Maynard and Katelyn Slaughter, both of Butner and Nathan Slaughter of Four Oaks.

Honorary pallbearers were Cory Maynard, Pratt Lee Maynard, Wayne Cooley, Buck Cooley, Ray Bunch, William Burnett and Wayne Goss.

Memorials may be made to the Duke Hospice, 4321 Medical Park Dr., Suite 101, Durham, NC 27704.

Joan S. Davis

A memorial service for Joan Snow Davis, 65, of 252 Providence Rd., who died Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 at Duke University Medical Center, was conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in North Roxboro Baptist Church by the Rev. Ben Durand.

Mrs. Davis was a native of Person County, the daughter of the late Willie and Lessie Roberson Snow.

She was retired from Collins & Aikman Corp. after over 30 years of service.

She was a member of North Roxboro Baptist Church.

Surviving are her husband of 37 years, David S. Davis; three daughters, Cherri L. Shaffer and husband, Brent, of Wallingford, Pa., Mitzi L. Fonda and husband, John, of Winston-Salem and Catrina D. Vaughn, of Roxboro; a son, David S. Davis Jr. of Roxboro; a step-daughter, Debra D. Powell; a step-son, Mike D. Davis; two sisters, Carolyn Batten of Danville, Va. and Linda Lacks of South Boston, Va.; a brother, Larry Snow of Timberlake; and six grandchildren, Morgan and Gray Shaffer, Christina and Charlotte Fonda, Elizabeth and Matthew Vaughn.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 4217 Park Place Ct., Glen Allen, VA 23060.

Nannie J. Evans

HILLSBOROUGH — A graveside funeral for Nannie Elizabeth Jones Evans, 88, who died Monday, Oct. 29, 2007 at Rose Manor in Durham, will be conducted immediately following visitation in the Hillsborough Town Cemetery by her nephew, the Rev. Danny Evans.

Formerly of Hillsborough, Mrs. Evans was the daughter of the late George (Pete) and Ardelia Jones. Her late husband was Frank W. Evans, and her late brothers were Robert, Matthew, Raymond, George, Clarence and Boyd Jones.

Surviving are a son, Frank W. Evans Jr. and wife, Wanda, of Timberlake; two daughters, Linda Kay Bishop of Haw River and Brenda Faye Faucette of Efland; a sister, Hazel Evans of Carthage; four grandsons, Steve Burgess, Scott Evans, Keith Burgess and William Bishop; three granddaughters, Deanne Evans Duncanson, Donna Kay Bishop and Tammy Burgess; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. today, Oct. 31, at Walker's Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Steve Burgess, Scott Evans, Keith Burgess and William Bishop and great-grandsons, Seth Evans and Steven Lee Burgess.

Charles T. Howerton

CHAPEL HILL — A memorial service for Charles Thaddeus Howerton, 59, who died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 at the Durham Veterans Administration Hospital, will be conducted at 11 a.m. today, Oct. 31, in the Hudson Funeral Home chapel by Elder Ronald Lawrence.

Born Dec. 5, 1947, in Durham County, Mr. Howerton was the son of the late James and Lois Howerton. His late brother was Jerry Howerton.

Surviving are his wife, Selma Gay Howerton; a brother, Jim Howerton of Weaverville; four sisters, Susan Bullock of Rougemont, Karen Lawrence of Nashville, Tenn., Mitzi Allison of Durham and Trudy Kritt of Raleigh.

He was a paraplegic for over 37 years and lived independently as long as he could. He lived in the ECRC in the Durham VA Hospital for the last four months.

Visitation will be at the funeral home for one hour before the service.