Dorothy Locklear
MAXTON-Mrs Dorothy
Locklear, 67, of 76 Pappy Boy
Drive died Monday (Feb 12)
The funeral was held at 3 30
p m Thursday (Feb 15) in New
Philadelphus Upited Methodist
Church, tne Revs Dwayne Lowery,
Bill J Locklear and Manford
Locklear officiating Burial followed
in Prospect United Methodist
Church Cemetery
Mrs Locklear is survived by her
husband, Timothy Locklear of
Maxton, two sons, Ray Revels of
Richardson, Texas, and Dwight
Locklear of Maxton, two daughters,
Jenny Revels of Red Springs
and Diane Locklear of Maxton, two
brothers, Billy D Revels of
Rowland and James A Revels of
Winston-Salem, nine sisters,
Carolyn Locklear of Maxton, Linda
Blevins and Margaret Locklear.
both of Red Springs, Ruthie
Lowery, Ella M Dowry, Louise
Jones, Annie P Cummings and
Grace Locklear, all of Pembroke,
and Pauline Locklear of Maxton.
and four grandchildren
Thompson's Funeral Home of
Pembroke handled arrangements
for the service
Willard Freeman
. FAIRMONT-Willard Freeman, 75,
of 1177 Collins Mill Road, died
Tuesday (Feb 13) at Southeastern
Regional Medical Center in
Lumberton.
The funeral was held at 4 p.m.
Friday (Feb 16) at New Bethel Holiness
Methodist Church in
Rowland, the Rev James H Woods
and Dwight Freeman officiating
Interment followed in the church
cemetery
Mr. Freeman was born in
Robeson County on April 25,1925
to the late Willie and Lenora
Mitchell Freeman. He was a retired
farmer and a member of New
Bethel Holiness Methodist Church
Surviving are two sisters,
Margie Sanderson of the home and
Zelma Hunt of Lumberton, and
several caregivers and friends, Barbara
Hunt, Sarah Lois Jacobs,
Christopher Sanderson, James
Mitchell and Leroy Freeman
Helen Oxendine Smith
FAIRMONT-Helen Oxendine
Smith, 80, of 703 S. Walnut St.,
died Wednesday (Feb. 14) at
Southeastern Regonal Medical
Center in Lumberton.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m.
, ! Sunday (Feb. 18) at Floyd Funeral
Services Chapel, the Revs. Larry
Locklear and Ricky Locklear officiating.
Interment followed in
Fairpoint Baptist Church Cemetery.
Ms. Smith was born in Robeson
I
County on Oct 14, 1920, and was
a retired farmer and homemaker
She is preceded in death by her
husband, McKinley Smith
Surviving are a daughter, Linda
Graham ofOrrum. a brother, Elbert
Oxendine of Fairmont, a granddaughter.
Louvenia Jade Locklear
of Lumberton. four grandsons. Will
Locklear. Julius Locklear and CoryGraham.
all of Orrum. and GaryGraham
of White Lake, a special
friend. Willie Hayes of Lumberton.
and a great-grandchild
Spurgeon Collins
VIRGINIA BEACH.VA Spurgeon
Collins. 75. passed away
Feb 12 in a Virginia hospital He
retired after 25 years of service
from Dixie Manufacturing Co and
was a member of Tabernacle Baptist
Church
He is survived by his wife.
Rachel L Collins, a son, Harold
Collins and his wife, Gladys, of
Pembroke,N C . six daughters.
Alice Oxendine and Sylvia Lowery
and her husband. Gary, all of
Lumberton, N C and Brenda
Holzmacher and her husband,
Howard, Deborah Hanson and her
fiancee. Rusty Gibbs, Sheryl
Huban and her friend. Gene
Daniels, and Janice Wilkes and her
husband, Kenneth, all of Virginia
Beach, three sisters. Earletha
Jacobs, Pandora Soto and Maiy
Ruth Lowery, five brothers, Willie
Jones, Standford Jones, Laudell
Locklear, Charles Locklear and
Marvin Jones; 17 grandchildren,
and five great-grandchildren
Funeral services were held at 1
p m Friday (Feb 16) with the
Revs Rodney Bell and Jim
Brinkley officiating
Taylor S. Lowery
FAYETTEVILLE-Miss Taylor
Simone Lowery, infant daughter of
Sterling and Heather Lowery, of
4770 Butler Nursery Road, died
Thursday (Feb. 15) in Cape Fear
Valley Medical Center
A graveside service was conducted
at 3:30 p.m. Sunday (Feb
18) in Adcock Cemetery in Hope
Mills by the Rev Gary Strickland
Arrangements were handled by
Reeves Funeral Home of Hope
Mills.
In addition to her parents, Taylor
is survived by her paternal
grandmother, Ruthie J. Lowery of
Fairmont; and her maternal greatgrandparents,
Dan and Shirley
Willis of Gray's Creek. ^
Dewey Fletcher
Pittman
LUMBERTON-Dewey Fletcher
Pittman, 73, of8062 N.C. 211 East,
died Thursday (Feb 15) at Southeastern
Regional Medical Center
The funeral was held at 3 p m
Sunday (Feb 18) at Smyrna Baptist
Church, the Revs James Hunt
and Shelly Dial officiating Burial
followed in Robeson Memorial
Park
Mr Pittman was a retired landscapes
and was born in Robeson
County on June 16, 1927 to the late
Henry Berry Pittman and Mary
Elizabeth Ivey Pittman
Mr Pittman was preceded in
death by a daughter. Annette
Pittman, four brothers. Horace
Pittman. Millard Pittman. Henry
Berry Pittman Jr and Nathaniel
Pittman. and three sisters. Lettia
Pittman, Hazel Locklear and
Thelma Johnson
Surviving are two sons, Bryan
K Pittman ofLumberton and Davis
Earl Pittman of Claremont, Fla ; <
and several nieces and nephews
Revels Funeral Home of
Lumberton handled arrangements
for the family
Lewis Locklear
RED SPRINGS-Lewis Locklear.
80, of 139 Lewis McNeill Road,
died Friday (Feb 16) at Southeastern
Regional Medical Center
The funeral was held at 3 p.m.
Monday at Pembroke Church of
God, the Revs. C C Allen Jr. and
Gaylord Revels officiating Burial
followed in the Oxendine Cemetery
on Oakgrove Church Road in
Lumberton
Mr Locklear was born in
Robeson County on Dec. 28, 1920
to the late William O and Annie B
Locklear
Surviving are two daughters,
Sally Strickland and Clara Bell
Locklear, both of Pembroke; two
sons. Earl Locklear and Harold J
Locklear, both of Red Springs,
three sisters, Helen S Chavis of
Fayetteville, Mary F Locklear of
Pembroke and Evelyn Emanuel of
Lumberton, a brother, Gerald
Locklear of Baltimore, Md.; 10
grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren,
Revels Funeral Home, Pembroke,
handled arrangements for
the family.
Ollie M. Dial
LAURINBURG-Ms Ollie Mae
Dial, 76, of 1318 Jena village died
Saturday (Feb. 17) in her home.
The funeral was held at 3 p.m.
Tuesday (Feb. 20) in Little Mission
Holiness Church, the Revs. Ellis
Cooper, Furman Locklear and
James Hester officiating Burial followed
in Little Mission Cemetery.
Ms. Dial is survived by four
sons, John Dial and Larry Dial, both
of Pembroke, Glenn Dial of
Rockingham and Kenneth Dial of
Hamlet; seven daughters, Irene
Brayboy, Ilene Bryant, Wanda
Bailey and Darlene Williams, all of
Laurinburg, Gertie M Locklear of
Maxton, Virgie M. Phillips of
t
Robbins and Madeline Stubbs of
Laurel Hill, three brothers, William
Lowery Jr of Red Springs, A C
Lowery of Maxton and James E
Lowery of Pembroke, five sisters,
Annah M Cooper Pearl Lemmond,
both of Maxton. Lillie M Cooper
of Marshton, Gertrude Carter of
Red Springs and Margaret Locklear
of Lumberton, 37 grandchildren. &
35 great-grandchildren
Harvie Locklear
LUMBERTON-Harvie Locklear,
65. of 2151 US 74 West.
Lumberton, died Saturday (Feb
17) at Southeastern Regional
Medical Center
The funeral was held at 3 p m
Tuesday (Feb 20) at Riverside Independent
Baptist Church, the
Revs Jerry McNeill and Lamarr
Jackson officiating Burial followed
at Burnt Swamp Baptist
Church Cemetery
Surviving are his wife, Margaret
Locklear of the home, a son.
Harvey Locklear Jr of Norwalk,
Calif , three daughters. Sybil
Locklear of Lumberton, Sandra
Casler of Hemet, Calif and Cindy
Justina of Moreno Valley, Calif,
three borthers, George A
Locklear, Wyvin Locklear and Rev
Jerry Locklear, all of Lumberton.
four sisters, Mary Ellen McCarthy
of Norwalk, Calif, Cora Lee Silcox
of Gqrdensville. Tenn , Elmer
Locklear of Springfield, Tenn and
Mary Lee Locklear of Lumberton,
eight grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren
Locklear & Son Funeral Home
of Pembroke was in charge of arrangements
for the service
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Mona The (Robeson Trail
by Dr. Stan Knick, Director, UN.CP Native American Resource Center
In last week's segment, we looked
through the perspective of Arthur
McDonald (Oglala Sioux) at two
issues concerning Indian education.
McDonald believes that the national
drop-out rate for Native American
college students is high because of the
clash of cultural values which occurs
when Native students leave their
traditional communities and go away
to school on "the white man's road."
McDonald also believes that many
Native American students eithernever
go to college, quickly drop out of
college or have difficulty adjusting
once they get back home because of an
attitude widely held in traditional
Indian communities ? the attitude
that education represents a rejection
of "the old traditional ways (Native
Heritage: Personal Accounts by
American Indians 1790to the Present,
edited by Arlene Hirscbfelder; page
17)."
McDonald's view of Indians and
education is in contrast to the view of
some other Native Americans,
including the Shoshone-B annock poet
Ed Edmo. Edmo believes that there
are positive aspects to both the old and
new ways:
"On one hand, the family will try
to hold onto cultural values that have
ben handed down. On the other hand
some of those values have changed....
It used to be that when a family saw
visitors approaching, the family would
automatically get up and begin
cooking a full meal for the visitors!
**?
The eye sees not itself but by
reflection.
?William Shakespeare,
Julius Caesar
The visitors were then expected to sit
and eat; if the family did not cook...
then the visitor would be offended.
Also, if the visitors refused to eat, then
the family...would be offended.
"Nowadays, the family will just
ask the visitors, 'Have you eaten yet?'
.. .Some traditions have changed to suit
modem times....
"The child is living in two worlds.
Some Indians say that we can take the
best of both worlds for ourselves.
Maybe the child will be taught how to
Indian dance at home and do school
work to the best of their ability. Many
of the leaders stress to the children the
importance of getting an education
(meaning a formal education) because
the old people know that education
offers a person more choices for
employment.... (page 21)."
This difference of opinion
between Edmo and McDonald
illustrates an important fact. It is a
fact which no doubt will seem
obvious to some people, but which has
apparently been overlooked by many
others. The illustrated fact is that not
all Native Americans see things the
same way. Despite the truth of this
(perhaps too obvious) statement, we
still hear people speaking of "the
Native American perspective" as
though they thought there were only
one worldview shared by all Indians.
A researcher comes to town looking
for "the Native American perspecdve"
on federal.recognition. A reporter
ia&ki an Int&ln leader for "the Native
American perspective" on public
school curricula. A Native American
claims to speak with the voice of all his
fellow Native Americans. Meanwhile,
the fact remains that not all Native
Americans see things the same way.
This fact is no more or less true of
Native Americans than it is of any
other ethnic group. No one Asian can
truly speak for all Asians. No single
European knows what all the
Europeans think. Not even all
Christians see everything the same
way. This is human nature ? the
researchers and reporters and leaders
and everyone else might as well get
used to it.
The difference of opinion between
Edmo and McDonald also
demonstrates the value of Arlene
Hirschfelder's book (Native Heritage:
Personal Accounts by American Indians
1790 to the Present). Because it
contains the words of so many Native
Americans ? from diverse tribal
backgrounds and different times and
places ? it allows us to glimpse the
true diversity of Native America. The
book provides an essential clue for
anyone who wants to study, speak
about or speak for Native Americans:
there is a lot of homework to be done.
For more information, visit the
Native American Resource Center in
historic Old Main Building, on the
campus of The University of North
Carolina at Pembroke (our Internet
address is www.uncp.etfji/
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