Carlie Chavis
FAYETTEVILLE-Carlie Chavis.
80, of 2496 Hope Mills Road, Lot
4, Fayetteville, died Sunday (March
4) in Cape Fear Valley Medical
Center.
The funeral was conducted at 2
p.m. Thursday (March 8) in Galilee
Baptist Church by the Rev Jerry
Groves. Burial followed in Hope
Mills Cemetery.
Mr. Chavis is survived by his
wife, Margaret Chavis of the home;
three daughters, Brenda McDowell
of Hope Mills and Dede Hall and
Betsy Adorno, both of Fayetteville,
three sons. Bill Chavis of Lumber
Bridge, David Chavis of Rennert
and James Chavis of Hope Mills;
11 grandchildren; and 22 greatgrandchildren.
Joseph Locklear
PEMBROKE-Mr. Joseph
Locklear, 85, of 1032 Locklear
Road, died Sunday (March 4) at
Southeastern Regional Medical
Center in Lumberton.
The funeral was held at 4 p.m.
Thursday (March 8) at Mt. Airy
Baptist Church, the Revs. Steve
Strickland, Michael Cummings and
Tony Brewington officiating.
Burial followed in Locklear Family
Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Alberta
Locklear of the home; six sons,
James S. Locklear, Leo Locklear
Tyrone Locklear and Ronnie
Locklear, all of Pembroke, Benjamin
F. Locklear of Lumberton
and Joseph Locklear Jr. of Charlotte;
two daughters, Connie
Locklear of Pembroke and Bebe
Locklear of Virginia Beach, Va.; a
sister, Martha L. Oxendine of Pembroke;
25 grandchildren; and 24
great-gran dchldr en.
Locklear & Son Funeral Home
of Pembroke handled arrangements
for the family.
Birdy Cummings
RED SPRINGS-Mr. Birdy
Cummings, 81, of 3926 Old
Lowery Road, died Monday
(March 5) at Southeastern Regional
Medical Center in
Lumberton.
The funeral was held at 10 a.m.
Thursday (March 8) at Welcome
Holiness Church. Burial followed
in the church cemetery.
A deacon for fourteen years at
Welcome Holiness Church, Mr.
Cummings is survived by his wife,
Veatter Cummings of Red Springs;
three sons, James R. and Aston
Van Cummings, both of Red
Springs, and Michael Cummings of
Winston-Salem; four daughters,
Shelby J. Oxendine of Pembroke,
Nedra Locklear of Red Springs,
Kathy Halfter of Baltimore and
Benniece Tansill of Corpus Christi,
Texas; two brothers, Daniel
Cummings of Red Springs and
David Cummings of Los Angeles,
Calif.; four sisters, Lealla Huggins
of Pembroke, Betty Dowell of
Baltimore, Martha Oxendine of
Shannon and Shirline Mowery of
Greensboro; 35 grandchildren and
a host of other relatives and
friends.
Elma Louise
Ater Ransom
ROWLAND-Ms. Elma Louise
Ater Ransom, 84, of4837 Union
School Road, Rowland, died Sunday
(March 4) at Southeastern
Regional Medical Center in
Lumber! on.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m.
Thursday (March 8) at Hopewell
Methodist Church, the Revs.
James H. Woods, Bryon Ox end in e
and Patrick Cummings officiating.
Surviving are two sons, Gerald
Conley Ransom of the home and
Justin Hoyt Ranson of Los Angeles,
Calif; two daughters, Kathryn
Louise Ransom-Williams of Largo,
Fla. and Barbara Elaine Ransom of
Rowland; and four grandchildren.
Lock 1 ear & Scot Funeral Home
of Pembroke handled arrangements
for the family.
Norman Oxendine
FAIRMONT-Mr. Norman
Oxendine, 73, of 1399 Marion
Stage Road died Wednesday
(Math 7) in Southeastern Regional
Medical Center in Lumberton.
Mr. Oxendine, a sander for Cox
Furniture, attended Pleasant View
Baptist Church in Fairmont where
his funeral was held at 3 p.m. Sunday
(March 11), the Revs. Ricky
Burnett and Prather Sampson officiating.
Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Oxendine is survived by his
wife, Dora C. Cummings of the
home; five sons, Walter Oxendine,
Harry Oxendine, Gary Oxendine
and Larry Oxendine, all of
Fairmont, and Terry Oxendine of
Baltimore; three daughters, Kathey
Oxendine of the home, Penny
Hammonds of Rowland, and Junie
Hunt of Fairmont; four brothers,
Velton Oxendine, Wilbert
Oxendine, Carson Oxendine and
Freeman Oxendine, all ofFairmont; s
a sister, Mary L. Oxendine of
Fairmont; 18 grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren.
Betty T. Hunt
FAIRMONT-Mrs. Betty Thompson
Hunt, 54, of201 McKenzie St.
(lied Thursday (March 8) in Duke
University Medical Center in
EXirham.
Mrs. Hunt was a homemaker
and a member of Com ing of Christ
Free Will Baptist Church.
The funeral was held at 3 p.m.
Monday (March 12) in Pleasant
view Baptist Church, the Revs.
Ricky Burnett, Charles Cummings
and Listern Dial officiating. Burial
followed in the church cemetery
Mrs. Hunt is survived by her
husband, Bobby Hunt of the home;
two daughters. Dale Hunt of
Fairmont and Gail Nagriampa of
Lumberton; her father. Jimmy Thompson
of Pembroke; two brothers.
James Thompson of Pembroke
and Marshall Thompson of
Maxton; two sisters. Pattie Deese
of Maxton and Vickey Woods of
Pembroke; seven erandchildren;and
two great-grandchildren.
Veatter L. Cummings
RED SPRINGS-Mrs. Veatter
Locklear Cummings, 76, of 3926
Old Lowery Road died Friday
(March 9) in Southeastern Regional
Medical Center in Lumberton.
The funeral was conducted at 2
p.m. Sunday (March 11) in Welcome
Holiness Church, the Revs.
Odell Wilkins, Gregory E,
Cummings and Eddie Carter officiating.
Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Mrs; Cummings is survived by
three sons, James R. Cummings and V
Astor V. Cummings, both of Red
Springs, and Michael Cummings of
Winston-Salem; four daughters,
Shelby J. Oxendine of Pembroke,
Nedra Locklear of Red Springs,
Berniece Tansill of Corpus Christi,
Texas, and Kathy Hafter of Baltimore;
a brothers, Willie B. Locklear
of Pembroke; eight sisters, Gladys
Jacobs, Teresa Lowery and Ellia
Revels, all of Pembroke, and Vfcrnie
Locklear, Catherine Locklear,
Mary Ethel Bryant, Lucy Griffin
andMary Sue Chavis, all of
Lumberton; and 35 grandchildren.
Troley O. Jones
PEMBROKE-Mrs. Troley O.
Jones, 74, of 120 Ponce De Leon
Road died Monday (March 5) in
her home.
The funeral was conducted at 3
p.m. Sunday (March 11) at Island
Grove Baptist Church, the Revs.
Steve Strickland, Larry Locklear
and Jerry Lowery officiating.
Burial followed in St. Anna Church
Cemetery.
Mrs. Jones is survived by her
husband, Thurman Jones Sr. of the
home; four sons, Robert W. Jones
and Thurman Jones Jr., both of
Pembroke, Lara D. Jones of
Lumberton and Bobby D. Jones of
Wake Forest; two daughters,
Yvonne J. Locklear of Pembroke
and Eva J. Locklear of Maxton;
two sisters, Annie P. Oxendine and
Pearlene Oxendine, both of Pembroke;
nine grandchildren; and
three great-grandch 11 dren
Locklear & Son Funeral Flome,
Pembroke, handled the arrangements
for the family.
Levon Henderson
RED SPRINGS-Mr. Levon
Henderson, 54, of 12667 N.C. 72
West, died Friday (March 9) at
Southeastern Regional Medical
Center in Lumberton.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m
Tuesday (March 13) at Heritage
Funeral Home in Red Springs, the
Rev. Oscar Henderson officiating.
Burial followed in Mr. Carmel Holiness
Church Cemetery.
Mr. Henderson, a native of
Hoke County, a farmer, was preceded
in death by his parents,
Norman and Lillard Henderson.
Surviving are a daughter, Lisa
H. Oxendine of Red Springs; a
brother, Anthony Henderson of
Red Springs; and a sister. Flora H.
Bumette of Raeford.
Mamie Catherine Otey
Maynor
PEMBROKE-Mrs. Mamie
Catherine Otev Maynor, 82, of408
Fifth St., died at home on Thursday
(March 8).
The funeral was held at 4 p m.
Sunday (March II) at Mt. Olive
Pentecostal Holmes's Church in
Pembroke, the Revs. Timothy
Creel, Johnnie Pollard and Lamarr
Jackson officiating. Burial followed
in Lumbee Memorial Gardens.
She is survived by three sons,
Robert David Maynor of Pembroke,
Paul Leslie Maynor of Raleigh
and Thara Maynor of Jackson,
Fla.; a daughter, Wanda Elaine
Roberts of Hope Mills; a brother,
4 Lowell Otey of Salem, Va.; and
^ four grandchildren.
Willie "Sunnybov"
Blanks Jr. 7
LUMBEKTON-Willie"Sunnyboy"
Blanks Jr., 68, of 1263 Russ Road
died Saturday (March 10) at Southeastern
Regional Medical Center in
Lumberton.
The funeral was held Wednesday
(March 14) at 3 p.m. at Ten
Mile Center Baptist Church in
Lumberton, the Revs. Earney
Hammonds and Rommie Carter officiating.
Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Blanks was bom in Robeson
County and worked previously at
Burlington Mills. He was also a
former.
He is survived by his wife,
Margie Blanks of Lumberton; three
sons, LeGrand Blanks of Buffalo,
N.Y. and Donald Dean Blanks and
Mickey Lyne Blanks, both of
Lumberton; two daughters, Paula
Kay Blanks and Sandra Dee
McLaurin, both of Lumberton; a
brother, Lamorte Blanks of
Lumberton; a sister, Doris Sparks
of Independence, Mo.; nine grandchildren;
and five great-grandchildren.
Jason Ray Wilkins
LUMBERTQN-JascteRay Wilkins,
23, of 1319 Pamell Road, died Sunday
(March 11) at Southeastern Regional
Medical Center in
Lumberton. following a car accident.
The funeral was held Wednesday
(March 14) at 3 p.m. at Oak
Grove Holiness Church, the Revs.
Timmy Hunt, Grover Oxen dine and
Edmond Locklear officiating.
Burial followed in OxendineCemetery
Mr. Wilkins is survived by his
mother, Merdis Wilkins of the
home; two sons, Tyler Wilkins of
Pembroke and Austin Elliott of
Laurinburg; two brothers, Gregory
Dale Wilkins and Kenneth Lynn
Wilkins. both of Lumberton; and
two sisters. Donna Sue Keir of St.
Genevieve, Mo. and Karen Ann
Wilkins of Lumberton.
Locklear & Son Funeral Home.
Pembroke, handled funeral arrangements
for the family.
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Pediatric
Pointers
by iVItu ISTyo Oxundlnu j
The past century produced a "miracle" drug for just about any problem
you and 1 might have. And then, decade by decade, our daily life kept
speeding up to the point where it seemed that the only thing we could
take time for was extremely FAST food. Long before the turn of the
century , cooking at home was becoming practically obsolete for a whole
lot of us. Instead of taking three years of home economics like 1 did. high
school girls like my daughter were encouraged to take courses in math
and science, so they could compete in the marketplace. In fact, the onceimportant
home economics department at our local university was phased
out.
Actually this kind of thing happened to me in mid-centup', when staying
in a hot (except in winter) second-story apartment, losing much of my
once-voracious appetite for food, and planning to marry a southern chef
who had trained at a prestigious hotel and restaurant school, combined
to convince me that my northwestern way of cooking just could not cut
it in the South! As I gave up the dishes I had loved since childhood. I
also abandoned my former love of cooking. Preparing meals for my family
became a dreaded chore instead of a welcome opportunity. Even now
I'm struggling to overcome this block against cooking.
Other mothers may have other reasons for finding it difficult to cook. It's
so much easier for all of us to grab something QUICK to calm our impatient.
demanding tastebuds with the sweets or fats they constantly seem
to crave.
The upshot: We now have persons of all ages with all kinds of medical
problems that our doctor is supposed to solve through his/her expertise
in the field of medicine. Swallow a pill or a capsule, along with a vitamin
tablet, and ALL WILL BE RIGHT with your world!
Except that it can't REALLY work that way!
These physical bodies, designed by our great Creator, need to run on
HIS amazing "medicines"? the fantastic variety of wholesome foods HE
has provided to power and preserve our wonderful, but very complex
bodies.
I'm convinced that medicines developed by human beings need to be
used ONLY when God's natural FOOD "medicines" are unable to tackle
the problem, or have been used in the wrong way, or are unavailable for
one reason or another.
I am VERY fortunate ( and extremely grateful) to be so active in my
seventies. Even though 1 need to get back in the habit of eating more
fruits, vegetables, and low-fat proteins. I believe some of the credit for
my good health goes to the fact that I've never made man-made medicines
a SUBSTITUTE for the natural, healing "medicines" God has provided
for us in the form of wholesome, nutritious FOOD.
Except for vitamin and mineral supplements. I take only two pills once a
day.
I think it's time for our doctors to remind us that the medicines they
prescribe can only work RIGHT if they are used as a supplement, not a
SUBSTITUTE, for health-wise daily food!
by Dr. Joey Bell, Pembroke Pediatrics
The croup is a common illness, especially
in children less than 3
years of age. It usually lasts from
several days to a week, and most
often develops in fall or early winter.
It is caused by a virus of the
upper part of the respiratory tract
(or windpipe). The illness is mildly
contagious, and there is no way to
prevent it.
This infection usually starts as a
runny nose with low grade fever.
Sometimes it causes the windpipe
to narrow, and then the patient may
have some difficulty breathing and
develop a cough that sounds like a
barking seal. This is the classic
"croupy" cough. Croup always
seems to be worse at night and may
waken the child up from their sleep.
The best initial treatment for simple
croup is to hold the child in the
bathroom while running the shower
on "hot". Fifteen minutes of breathing
in the steamy air will probably
make breathing easier. Another
good treatment is to take the child
outside for about 10-15 minutes.
The cool night air often relieves the
problem by reducing the swelling
inside the windpipe. Offer lots of
fluids to drink and use Tylanol for
significant fever. Having a coldwater
vaporizer or humidifier to
use in the child's bedroom may
also be helpful.
Most simple cases of croup respond
to these basic treatments.
There are some cases that do not
respond and need more medical
attention. You may want to check
with your doctor if the following
things are happening: 1) The home
therapy is not working, 2) Your
child looks very pale, seems unusually
worn out, or isn't eating or
sleeping, 3) Your child seems to
have difficulty catching their
breath, especially if this is happening
in the day, when croup usually
improves, or 4) You can see your
child's chest wall draw in with every
breath.
That's all on croup. 1 hope everyone
is having a great holiday. Take
care and we'll talk again next
week!
Revival planned at
Assembly of God
Revival services will be held at
Pembroke Assembly of God beginning
March 19 until March 23rd.
Services begin nightly at 7:30 p.m.
The church is located on Deep Branch
Road and the Jaycee Hut Road. The
public is invited to attend.
The substance which resembles
human blood most closely Is
sea water.
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