Deaths and Funerals

McRAEDorothy H. McRae, 80, of 603 Hawthorne Street,

died June 29 at her place of residence.She was a native of Atlanta, Ga., but lived in High

Point most of her life. She was the daughter of the lateArthur and Iola Hawk Harris. She was a former memberof Living Waters Baptist Church and the Furniture CityElks Lodge, #282.

McRae is survived by three daughters, DorcHhy J.Buchacannon of the home, Barbara Harris and ShirlonBrown both of High Point; two brother. Palmer Harrisand Tommie Lee Harris both of High Point; six grand¬children and a great grandchild; and a host of other rela¬tives and friends.

Service was held July 2 at Living Waters BaptistChurch, where the Rev. Thomas officiated. Burial fol¬lowed in Oakwood Memorial Park. Gilmore-HargettFuneral Directors handled the arrangements.

PEMBERTONAnnie Florence Pemberton, died July 3.She was born November 15, 1925 to the late Tobias

and Delia Legrande Pemberton in Mt. Gilead, N.C. Sheattended Richmond Schools and was of Methodist faith.

Pemberton is survived by a brother, James Pember¬ton of Mt. Gilead; six sisters, Elma Thompson ofHartsville, S.C.; Sally Wall of Candor. N.C.; DeliaBogans, Caroline Lindsay. Ida Covington and AddieHarp all of High Point.

Service was held July 7 at Hargett-Gilmorc Memori¬al Chapel, where the Rev. Robert Williams officiated.Burial followed in Oakwood Memorial Park. Gilmore-Hargett Funeral Directors handled the arrangements.PHILLIPS

Rebecca B. Phillips, of 901 Graham Avenue, diedJune 29 at the Winston-Salem Convalescent Center.

She was a native of Georgetown. S.C.Phillips is survived by two daughters. Ethel P. Lind¬

say of Winston-Salem and Elaine Porterfield; ten grand¬children, among them Malvolia Owens with whom shelived with; and 17 great grandchildren.

Service was held July 5 at Frances S. and Jerry C.Gilmore, Jr. Memorial Chapel, where Bishop MatthewThompson officiatedr Burial followed in EvergreenCemetery. Gilmore Funeral Directors handled thearrangements. *

SHAWWUlje Mae BfllJ*haw, 31, of 326 Louise Avenue,

aied July 10 at Duke Medical Center in Durham.She was a native of Hamlet. N.C. She attended the

public school of Hamlet. She later moved to High Point,where she lived most of her life.

Shaw is survived by her husband. Willie EdwardShaw, Jr. of Gibson, N.C.; a son. Willie Edward Shaw.Jr.; three daughters, Fontrell D. Dumas, Sandra M. Laneboth of High Point and Dominique A. Shaw of Gibson;his mother, Helen B. Lyles of High Point; two brothers.Howard E. Dumas of High Point and Will Joseph Lyles.Jr. of Hamlet.

Service will be held July 15 at Gilmore-HargettMemorial Chapel, where Evangelist Addie Collins willofficiate. Burial will take place in Wayman Chapel AMEZion's Church Cemetery in Hamlet. Gilmore-HargettFuneral Directors handled the arrangements.

SMITHJohn Dale Smith, of 451 West 25th Street, died July

6 unexpectedly.He was a native of Kemersville (Sedge Garden area).

He was a self-employed Carpenter and worked for thecity of Winston-Salem. He was a member of HanesMemorial CME Church.

Smith is survived by his loving wife. Bett\ C. Smithof the home; a son, John J. Smith of the home: two sis¬ters, Betty S. Bennett of Winston-Salem and EstherOrtege of Vacaville, Calif.; three brothers," Terry L. Smithof Pfafftown, Phillip W. Smith of Gary. N.C. and RonnieSmith of Kemersville; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces,nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.

Service was held July 8 at Hanes Memorial CMEChurch, where the Rev. Lloyd W'atkins officiated. Burialfollowed in Piedmont Memorial Gardens. GilmorcFuneral Directors handled the arrangements.

SMITHOctavius Portra Smith, better known as "Tate." 24. of

1705-C Franciscan Drive, died July 2 unexpectedly atN.C. Baptist Hospital.

He was a native of Forsyth County. He was a gradu¬ate of Carver High School (class of 1989). Smith was amember of Carver School Marching Band and as a fresh¬man, he was a member of the JV Football Team. Heattended DeVry Institute of Atlanta. Ga. and ForsythTechnical Community College. He was a member ofGethsemane Hope Baptist Church, where he was Direc¬tor of the Youth Choir, a member of the Usher Board andDrummer for the church. He was employed by UPS andK-Mart Distribution Center.

Smith is survived by his mother. Delia M. Smith ofthe home; his father, Herman D. Bess of Winston-Salem;two sons, Eric Shannon and Kaywante. Harris both ofWinston-Salem; a brother. Dcriek Sowell of Queens. NY;his maternal grandmother. Mary C. Smith; his maternalgrandfather, Robert Lee Smith ot Winston -Salem: greatmaternal grandmother, Annie R. Smith; his paternalgrandmother; Odessa Murray of Baltimore. Md; hispaternal grandfather, J.C. Bess ot Winston-Salem; adevoted aunt, Brenda Hardin and 12 aunts, eight uncles:and a host of cousins and friends.

Service was held July 7 at Frances S. and Jerry C.Gilinore, Jr. Memorial Chapel, where the Rev. ErnestMcLaurin officiated. Burial followed in PiedmontMemorial Gardens. Gilmore f uneral Directors handledthe arrangements.

HAWKINSHarry A. Dawkins. Jr.. of 44H Wyonia Street in

Brooklyn. N.Y.. died July I in Brooklyn.He was horn November 24. 1924 to the late Harry

and Katie Dawkins. Sr. in Winston- SalemDawkins is survived by his wife, Barbara of the

home: two sons. Harry (Sandra) Dawkins, III of NewRochelle, N.Y. and Edgar Dawkins of the home; threedaughters, Jean Marie and Andrea Dawkins of Brooklyn,N.Y. and Renee (Gerald) Griffin of Colombia, Md.; threebrothers. Chevaux (Phyllis) Dawkins of Richmond, Va.,William (Nika) Dawkins of Oakland, Calif, and Allen(Maxinc) Dawkins of Colombia. Md.: three sisters,Juanita Dawkins of the home. Mattie (Andrew) Gore ofWinston-Salem and Kathleen (William) Brickhouse ofBoston, Ma.: ten grandchildren: one great grandchild;several nieces and nephews, and other relatives andfriends.

Service was held July 7 at Saint Gabriel RomanCatholic Church in Brooklyn. Ponce Funeral Home, ofBrooklyn, vvere in charge of the arrangements. This is acourtesy of Hooper Funeral Home for Mr. Harry A.Dawkins. Jr.

DUBOSEGarfield B. Dubose. of 1610 Derry Street, died July 3

at Forsyth Memorial Hospital.He was born July 6. 1031 to the late Charlie and Inez

Dubose in Winston-Salem. He was a Baptist by faith andattended the Forsyth County Public Schools. He was aformer employee of Winston Nail Company. Dubose was

a Veteran of the Limed State Army having served duringthe Korean War.

Dubose is survived by a brother. Charlie F. (Linda)Dubose; a sister. Wilhelmina J. Hatcher; six devotednieces, Patricia A. Sykes. Dcbra J. Tan. Cynthia L. Tart,Loretta Lawrence. Laverne Tart and Phiphiqe Moore;three nephews. Joseph S. Tart, Jr.. Reginald Tan andWilliam Moore; a devoted friend Rosa M. Thompson;and a host of great-nephews, great-nieces and many otherrelatives and friends.

Service was held July 7 at Hooper Funeral Home.Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery. Hooper FuneralDirectors handled the arrangements.

Rosa R. Kay. formerly of 1416 Gray Ave., died July2. She was bom July 17. 1912 to the late Lon and LouKay in Abbeville. S.C She was a faithful member ofShiloh Baptist Church and she was honored for 50 yearsof membership on No\ ember 14. 1983. She served on theSunday School Class #1. Ladies Aid #2 and MissionaryGroup. She was also a Charter member of the AtlanticSocial Club. Kay retired from the home of Mr. and Mrs.Melton Goldsboro aftei 40 years of serv ice.

Kay is survived by grcai-nieces, great-nephews; asister-in-law. Mary Kay: devoted friends. Beola Duckett,Maggie McCorkle. Addie Ruth Acey and VeronicaSawyer and other relatives and friends.

Service was held July 7 at Shiloh Baptist Church,where the Rev. Paul A. Lowe officiated. Burial followedin Evergreen Cemetery Hooper Funeral Directors han¬dled the arrangements.

JlDOPER Funeral Home1415 E. 14th Street . 724-1561

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MARTINRan/.\ Lee Manioc .of 2326 Booker Street, died July

2 at NC Baptist Hospital.He was horn Jul\ 22. 1 943 to the late Eva M. Martin

and Frank Hurst.Martin is survived b\ his wife. Pearl Davis Martin of

Chicago. Ill: three sisters. Catherine Thomas of Chicago;Annie Mae Burch and Geraldine (Minister James)Barklev all of Winston-Salem; two brothers, Bobby(Stella) Martin and William (Shirley) Martin all of Win¬ston- Salem; three" uncles. Ran/\ (Viola) Martin, CecilMartin and Johnn\ Martin all of Winston-Salem; fourgrandsons: and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

Service was held July 7 at Ministries of Truth, wherethe Elder William E. Koger officiated. Burial followed inEvergreen Cemetery. Hooper Funeral Directors handledthe arrangements.

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ATWATERGeorge W illiam Atwater. aka "Big George", of 903

North Jackson Avenue, died July 2 at the Grand StrandRegional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. S.C.

He was bom on March 16. 1965 in Winston-Salem.He was of the Baptist faith and a graduate of R.J.Reynolds High School, class of 1983. Atwater laterserved as Assistant Football Coach and Track and FieldManager for Atkins High School and was employed atthe First Assembly of God as a Custodian.

Atwater is survived b\ his dear mother. JuanitaAtwater of the home: five sisters, Melvina Atwater.Wanda Hallunis. Joan Atwater. Janet Atwater and NatalieHiggins all ot W mston-Salem; four brothers. ThomasAtwater. Richard Atwater. Willie Atwater and StevenAtwater all ot Winston-Salem: devoted friends. CarlSimon. Melvin FdwauK Sandra Marshall Tina C':»rk

and Renee Huntley; and a host of other relatives andmany friends.

Service was held July 6 at the Russell Funeral HomeChapel, where the Rev. James Fulwood officiated. Burialfollowed in Evergreen Cemetery. Russell Funeral Direc¬tors handled the arrangements.

BENJAMINJohnnie Brooklyn Benjamin, of 4655 Indiana

Avenue, died July 2 at the Veterans Administration Hos¬pital in Salisbury.

He was born July 18, 1914 in Timmonsville, S.C. tothe late John and Roxie Black Benjamin. He was a veter¬an of the United States Army, with service in World WarII. and served as a military policeman in Fort Bragg.After his tour of duty, Benjamin moved to Winston-Salem and was employed with the Veterans Administra¬tion for over thirty-two years. He was a faithful memberof the Worldwide Church of God for twenty-four years.

Benjamin is survived by his dear and loving wife of48 years, Venice Eagleton Benjamin of the home; he was

a loving and devoted father of eight children, CynthiaBenjamin, Lynn (Susan) Benjamin all of Winston-Salem,Juanita Benjamin and John (Monica) Benjamin all ofTemple Hills, Md., Marilyn (Freddie) Foy of Richards, 'Tx., Ronald Benjamin of Charlotte, Jeanette (Christo¬pher) Brown of Fall Church, Va. and Loretta (Adrian)Woltz of Reston, Va.; 13 grandchildren, Reuben. Jeffreyand Randy Foy, Cedric Massenburg, Jonathan and JoshuaBenjamin, Andrea Benjamin, Erik and Ashley Brown.Paula Moore, Lynn, Lamar and Louis Benjamin; two sis¬ters, Virginia Farmer of Landover. Md. and MozelleHunter of Elm City, N.C.; a brother, Ira Benjamin of ElmCity; a devoted nephew, Frank (Mamie) Hunter of Win¬ston-Salem; five sisters-in-law, three brothers-in-law; -Cola (James) Mangham, Addie (Hoover) Brown, IdaBenjamin, Doretha Eagleton, Counce (Isabell) Eagleton;and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives andmany extended family members and friends.

Service was held at the Russell Funeral HomeChapel, where Wade Smith officiated. Burial followed inPiedmont Memorial Gardens. Russell Funeral Directorshandled the arrangements.

BURCHDorphus Nathaniel Burch. Sr., aka "Rick", of 3719

Sawyer Drive, died July 7 at the Washington. D.C.Hospital Center.

fie was born November 8, 1938 in Monroe. NC tothe late Curtis and Ella Foster Burch. He was at one timethe own of Rick's Drive Inn Restaurant and at the time ofhis passing he was the owner of Burch ConstructionCompany.

Burch is survived by his wife. Nannie Ree Burch;two sons, Dorphus Nathaniel Burch. Jr. and Randy Mar¬lon Burch both of Winston-Salem; a daughter. L'Tanva(Jason) Richmond of Burlington; three brothers, Albert-Burch of Charlotte, James (Paulette) Burch and JoeBurch all of Winston-Salem; three sisters, Ertha (James)McCain of Washington. D.C., Georgia Woody of NewYork. N.Y. and Margaret (Charles) Ingram of Lilesville.N.C.; and a host of other relatives and caring friends.

Service was held July 12 at the Russell FuneralHome Chapel, where the Rev. Lawrence Wade officiated.Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery. Russell FuneralDirectors handled the arrangements.

CHERRYMike Laron Cherry, of 4430 Ogburn Avenue, died

July 5 at N.C. Baptist Hospital, following a lengthy ill¬ness.

He was born August 31. 1990 in Winston-Salem.He is survived by his mother, Angela Cherry of the

home; his father, Donnie Montgomery of Winston-Salem; a, sister, Padonda Boyd of Winston-Salem; abrother, Steven D. Cherry of the home; paternal grand¬parents, Roosevelt and Kay Montgomery; maternalgrandparents, Betty Cherry of the home and Jam^s (Wil-hemenia) Cherry. Jr. of Winston-Salem; great grandpar¬ents, Ed (Drucilla) Montgomery of Lake City. S.C..James L. (Mattie) Cherry of Windson and Benzula (Ben)Sanders of Bronx; god grandmother. Catherine Oates ofWinston-Salem; a devoted aunt and uncle. Melvin andOlivia Ingram; four uncles. Bobby (Cynthia) Cherry.James Leon (Linda) Cherry, Sollomon (Elaine) Mont¬gomery and Roger Montgomery; three aunts. Darlene(Aldolphus) Crosby, Frances (Johann) Haney and Chris¬tine B. Richardson; a great aunt, Jeanctte Davis ofColumbia, S.C.; two devoted cousins. Shannon andAntonia Cherry; and a host of other cousins, relatives andfamily friends.

Service was held July 8 at Dellabrook PresbyterianChurch, where the Rev. Carlton A.G. Eversley officiated.Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery. Russell FuneralDirectors handled the arrangements.

TATEMalachi McLease Tate, of 3512 Carver School Road,

died July 4 at his place of residence.He was born September 13. 1932 in Lilesville. N.C.

and had lived in Winston-Salem for over 50 years. Hewas of the Baptist faith and was a retired employee of RJReynolds Tobacco Co.

Tate is survived by his wife, Annie W. Tate of thehome; a daughter, Arlisa Tate of Winston-Salem; threesons, Reginald Tate and Kenneth Tate both of Winston -Salem and Sergeant Michael Tate of the US Army, sta¬tioned in Phoenix, Arizona; seven grandchildren; one sis¬ter. Pauline Tate (Charley) McDaniel of Salina. Calif.,father-in-law, Clarence West. Sr. two brothers-in-law,Clarence (Rosa) West, Jr., Eugene (Arlene) Campbell;two sisters-in-law, Barbara West and Jacqueline (Jesse)Butler; and a host of cousins, and other relatives andfriends.

Service was held July 6 at the Russell Funeral HomeChapel, where the Rev. Louis S. Werts officiated. Burialfollowed in Piedmont Memorial Gardens. Russell Funer¬al Directors handled the ar> i^