Deaths And Funerals
CLYDE W. PL-VITEN BERGER
Clyde W. Plattenberger, 82, of
Wax haw. died Feb. 12 at his resi
lience. Funeral serv ices were held
Feb. 14 at the Davis Funeral Home
Chapel in Monroe, with burial at the
Waxhaw City Cemetery.
Mr. Plattenberger had a second
home in the H olden Beach area and
was well known locally for his love
of fishing.
He was a retired electrician born
in Union County on Jan. 26. 1912,
son of the late Henry and Daisy
Newell Plattenberger. lie was mar
ried to the late Verla Mae Rowell
Plattenberger.
Surv ivors include two sons.
Henry Harold Plattenberger of
Weddington and Clyde Donald
Plattenberger of Newport. Wash.;
two daughters. Irene Wilson and
I mda Burns, both of Waxhaw; a sis
ter. Hallie Gordon of Waxhaw; 14
grandchildren. 27 great-grandchil
dren and one great-great grandchild.
Memorials may be made to the
Howie Baptist Church Building
l und. P.O. Box 340. Waxhaw NC
28173. or to the First Baptist Church
of Waxhaw. P.O Box 3XX. Waxhaw.
CARL M. KIRBY SR.
Carl M Kirbv Sr.. 87. of Rivei
Drive. Southport. died Feb. 14 at
Brunswick Cove Rest Home.
Funeral services were conducted
Feb. 17 at the Chapel of Southport
Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayne
Trexler officiating. Graveside ser
vices followed in Montlawn
Memorial Park. Raleigh.
Mr. Kirby was born Jan. 21. 191)7.
in Wilson County, the son of the late
Nathaniel and Minnie Mumford
Kirbv He was a retired accountant
from Farmer's Cotton Oil Company
in Wilson, and moved to Southport
in 1967, where he was associated
with Kirby Prescription Center.
He was a member of Southport
Baptist Church He was preceded in
death by his wife. Edith Wells
Kirby. w ho died in 1990.
Survivors include two sons. Carl
M. Kirbv Jr. of Southport and James
Thomas Kirby of Brooksville. Fla.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Southport Baptist Church.
Southport NC 28461.
JANICE D. CROFT LEIS
Janice D. Croft Leis, 59, of
Bonaparte Drive. Calabash, died
Feb. 15 at her home.
She was born in Peekskill, N.Y..
on July 16, 1934, and was the
daughter of the late Ralph and Irene
Heath Croft. She attended Seaside
United Methodist Church.
She is survived her her husband,
Fdward Ix'is of the home; a son,
Peter Erie L>eis of Akron, Ohio; two
daughters, Jacqueline Strawder of
North Canton, Ohio, and Alison
Clubbs of Canton. Ohio; a brother,
Ralph Croft of Spring Hill, Fla.; a
sister, Marilyn Holsippie of
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; and eight
grandchildren.
MiiiTiOriii! services und inurnment
services were to be held in Canton.
Ohio.
CASSIE BENNETT SWAIN
Cassie Bennett Swain. 88, of
River Road, Southport, died Feb. 15
at Dosher Memorial Hospital from
injuries sustained when she was
struck by an automobile.
Funeral services were conducted
Feb. 18 at Southport Baptist Church
where she was a member, with the
Rev. Wayne Trexler officiating.
Interment followed in Northwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Swain was born Jan. 12,
1906, in Ix>ngwood, a daughter of
the late Austin and Janie McLamb
(3} Seaside
United Methodist Church
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1300 Seaside Rd SW lltwy 9041
Sunset Ikaeli
Bennett, and had lived most of her
life in Soulhport. She was the wid
ow of F. Herbert Swain Sr., who
died in 1979.
Survivors include three sons.
Herbert Swain Jr. of Bolton. Robert
W. Swain of Warsaw and David R.
Swain of Wilmington; six sisters.
Mary Baker of Ocala. Fla., lennie
and Alpha Ward, both of Ash. Eula
Browning of Leland, Clara Hinson
of Charlotte and Evelyn Hughes of
Ash; a brother. James Foy Bennett
of Ocean Isle Beach; eight grand
children and 12 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Southport Baptist Church
Building Fund.
ELBERT LEON BRADY
Elbert Leon Brady. 65. of Crowell
Street. Yaupon Beach, died Feb. 16
at New Hanover Regional Medical
Center.
Funeral services were conducted
Feb. 19 in the chapel of Southport
Baptist Church, where he was a
member, with the Rev. Wayne
Trexler officiating. Burial was in
Cape Fear Memorial Park.
Mr. Brady was born March. 4.
192.X. in Fayetteville. son of the late
Marvin and Lula Hulon Brady, and
moved here from Greensboro eight
years ago. He was retired assistant
chief engineer from WFMY TV
Channel 2 in Greensboro, a U.S.
Navy veteran and a graduate of
United Television Laboratories in
Louisville. Ky.
He was a member of the VHF
Amateur Radio Assocition, Baptist
Men's Disaster Unit, and was a
HAM radio operator.
Survivors include his wife. Sybil
Bryan Brady of the home; a daugh
ter. Lynn Brady Brinkley and hus
band Marty of Lenoir; and a grand
son. Martin Leon Brinkley.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Baptist Men's Disaster
Unit, Long Beach Rescue Squad, or
Southport Baptist Church Van Fund.
ERNEST BELL
Funeral services were held Feb.
18 tor Ernest Bell of Longwood at
United Faith Baptist Church by the
Rev. Sam Flowers.
Burial was in United Faith Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife,
Margie Cathleen Bell; daughters
Mary F.va Tachson and Judy Vict
oria Bell; sons Bill Bell, Steve Bell,
Ted Bell and Charles Gore.
CHARLOTTE HEFNER DEAL
Charlotte Hefner Deal. 91, of
Hickory died Feb. 17 in Frye
Regional Medical Center after a
brief illness. She was retired from
Belks.
The funeral was Feb. 18 in St.
Andrew's Lutheran Church, con
ducted by the Rev. William
Mulholland. Burial was in Catawba
Memorial Park.
She was born in Catawba County
on July 5, 1902. the daughter of the
late Charles E. and Cordie Cline
Hefner She was the wife of the late
Kenneth C. Deal.
Survivors include a daughter,
Marion Fritz of Holden Beach; a
brother, Vance H. Hefner Sr. of
Hickory; two granddaughters; two
grandsons; eight great-grandchil
dren; and one great-great-grand
child.
Memorials may be made to St.
Andrew's Lutheran Church, 629 8th
St., N.E., Hickory, N.C.
LENA NORR1S LONG
Lena Norris Long, 78, of Ash
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754-6890
St. Luke
Lutheran Church
Worship Service Sunday, 10:00 A.M.
Sunday School al 9:00 a.m.
Meeting In Shallottc Middle School
754-7816
Pastor Donald R. Safrit
(Casual Dress)
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Little River Road, died Feb. 18 in
The Brunswick Hospital.
Born in Brunswick County on
Dec. 29. 1915. she was a daughter of
the late Francis Marion and Delta
Long Norris.
Survivors include her daughter.
Ph\ His Ann L. Todd and husband
Lynn of Hickman's Crossroads;
three brothers. Frank Mendall Norris
and Leon C. Norris Sr.. both of
Hickman's Crossroads, and Jimmy
Norris of Wilmington; four sisters.
Lona Hardee and Opal Owens, both
of Wilmington, and Emma Gore
oand Hattie Spivey, both of
Wilmington; and one granddaughter.
Janet Hewett of Cary.
Funeral services were conducted
Feb. 20 from the graveside in the
Manley Bennett Cemetery by the
Rev. Robert Tilley.
JOSEPH A. YOUNG
Funeral services were held Feb.
21 at Adkins-Drain Southside Cha
pel tor Joseph A. Young of Leland.
Mr. Young died Feb. 16 at Bruns
wick Cove Nursing Center. Burial
was in the Hall Cemetery. Leland.
JOHN AMOS PIGGOTT
John Amos Piggott. 74. of Ash.
died Feb. 17 at The Brunswick Hos
pital. Funeral services were held
Feb. 21 at United Faith Baptist
Church with burial in United Faith
Cemetery. Longwood.
BURNEY COLWELL
Burney Colwell of Supply died
Feb. 20 at New Hanover Regional
Medical Center. Arrangements were
to be announced by John H. Shaw's
Sons Funeral Home.
ADELL SOMERSETT
Adell Somerset!, 73. of Pearl
Boulevard SW. Sunset Beach, died
Feb. 17 at his residence.
Born in Brunswick County on
May 30. 1920, he was a son of the
late John William "Bill" and Alice
Bland Somerset!. He was owner and
operator of Somersett Piling
Company.
Survivors include his wife. Mary
Bose man Somersett, of the home; a
daughter, Mary Dell S. Benton of
Greenville; a son. Donald M.
(Henry) Somersett of Grissettown;
three sisters, Agnes S. Duncan of
Whiteville and Aleph S. Mintz and
Fannie Hewett, both of Grissettown;
three grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Funeral services were Feb. 20 in
the Chapel of Brunswick Funeral
Service by the Rev. Clarence
Richardson. Entombment followed
in the Mintz Cemetery, Shallotte.
MARIE EDWARDS
Marie Edwards, 65, of Calabash,
died Feb. 17 in Mcleod Regional
Medical Center.
Born in Braeholm, W.Va., she
was a daughter of the late Ellis and
Ona Holland McComas. She was a
homemaker and a member of Kiftler
Free Will Baptist Church in West
Virginia.
Survivors include her husband,
Cecil Edwards; a daughter, Shawn
Michelle Edwards of Little River,
S.C.; three sons, Kenneth Edwards
of Lorado, W.Va., Stanley Edwards
of Berkley, W.Va. and Avery
Edwards of Little River; a step
daughter, Martha Ann Willis of
Wilkinston, Ind.; a stepson, Jerry
Lee Edwards of Sumter; nine sisters.
Era Doris McGuire of Willow
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Calabash
Presbyterian Church
Sunday Worship Service
9:30 AM
Church School For All Ages
10:45
Old Georgetown Road
(910)579-7356
Dr. Francis M Womack, Jr. Minister
Nursery Provided ? Casual Dress
Wood, Ohio. Macil Harvey and
Mabel Ferguson, both of Chesa
peake. Ohio. Collee Gambill of
Lundale. W.Va., Aster Mullins of
Rush. Ky., Sue Ferguson of Ash
land. Ky., Ernie James of Grayson,
Ky., and Barbara McComas of
Wilmington and Deborah Sturgill of
Ladson; a brother, John McComas
Of Worthington. Ky.; four grandchil
dren. four stepgrandchildren and six
step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Feb. 20 at
Krantz-McNeely Funeral Home
Chapel in Man. W.Va.. with burial at
Highland Memorial Gardens in
Godbv, W.Va.
THOMAS J. STAFFORD
Thomas John Stafford. 61, of
Phelps Road, Shallotte. died Feb. 19
in The Brunswick Hospital.
He was a Coast Guard veteran
and a Thompson Steel Co. retiree.
Survivors include his wife, Betty
Jean Bledsoe Stafford, and a brother,
Joseph Stafford of Childs, Md.
The funeral was held Feb. 22 at
St. Brendan's Catholic Church.
Shallotte. with the Rev. Francis
Maloney officiating.
Memorials may be made to St.
Brendan's Catholic Church Building
Fund. P.O. Box 911. Shallotte NC
28459.
JOE COMUZIE
Joe Comuzie. 70. of 2784 Shell
Point Rd. SW. Shallotte. died Feb.
20 at The Brunswick Hospital.
Mr. Comuzie was born in Kay
ford. W.Va.. on June 7. 1923, and
was the son of the late Leonard and
Cord i a Oxley Comuzie. He retired
from Carbon Fuel Company
He is survived by his wife, Doris
B. Comuzie of the home; four sons,
Donald Ray Comuzie of Charleston,
W.Va., Joseph Robert Comuzie of
Hurricane Mills. Tenn., Tommy
Comuzie of Shallotte and James
Comuzie of Smithfield, Va.; three
daughters. Sharon Caiie of Shallotte,
Margaret Lovejoy and Toni Bur
dette, both of Charleston, W.Va.; a
brother, Charles Comuzie of Decota,
W.Va.; a sister. Maxine Cooper of
Charleston. W.Va., and 12 grand
children.
Services were private.
The family requests no flowers
and asks that memorials be made to
the American Cancer Society, 1310
S. 16th St.. P.O. Box 4894.* Wilm
ington NC 28406.
Ladies Guild
To Host Party
Our l^idy Star of the Sea Ladies
Guild will host a card party on
Wednesday, March 2, at 2:30 p.m. at
the Surf Club in North Myrtle
Beach.
Drawings will be held for a
bread-making machine and a televi
sion set.
Admission is $5 and includes re
freshments and eligibility for door
prizes. Proceeds will go to Mobile
Meals of North Myrtle Beach.
The public is welcome. For ticket
information, call (803)249-9070.
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Brunswick Islands
Baptist Church
All Ages Sunday School-10:00 am
Single and Single Again-1000 am
Worship and Communion-11:00 am
Sunday Evening Worship-7:00 pm
Wednesday Evening Worship-7 00 pm
casual dress ? nursery provided
Prayer is the language
spoken here
Larry Knowles, Pastor
1672 Mt. Pisgah Rd. SW
Holden Beach
842-8969
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Board Certified in Family Practice
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CHURCH ACTIVITIES
Christian Palestinians
Focus For World Day
Of Prayer, March 4
Christians across the South
Brunswick Islands area will observe
the World Day of Prayer Friday,
March 4, at 10 a.m. with an ecu
menical service at Shallotte
Presbyterian Church.
The focus of this year's service is
a call to worship and pray with
Christian Palestinian women, to hear
their hopes, struggles and prayers
for peace.
World Day of Prayer is sponsored
by Church Women United, an orga
nization of women of differing
creeds and nationalities working to
understand, pray and support each
other.
Everyone is invited. A nursery
will be provided.
Shallotte Presbyterian is located
on South Main Street, Shallotte. be
hind the West Brunswick Branch
Library.
Methodist Women
To Meet
The Brunswick Sub-District
United Methodist Women's meeting
will be held Sunday, Feb. 27, from
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Feb.
27, at Ocean View United Methodist
Church in Yaupon Beach.
The session is open to women of
all United Methodist churches in
Brunswick County.
Thrift Shop Opens
The Easlside Good-Will Store, a
ministry of Eastside Fellowship
Church, opened Feb. 18 in down
town Shallotte.
Located at 4753 Main Street,
across from the church, the shop of
fers clothing, furniture, appliances
and other household goods, and
non-perishable foods. Prices are
minimal and are flexible, based on a
household's need and ability to pay.
"We're going to meet needs," said
Richard Colosimo, assistant pastor.
Shop hours are Monday through
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All donations of cash or merchan
dise are tax-deductible.
UMW Subdi strict
The United Methodist Women's
Wilmington District will hold its
Brunswick Subdistrict meeting Feb.
27 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Ocean
View United Methodist Church in
Yaupon Beach.
Clarification
In the Feb. 17 issue of The Bruns
wick Beacon it was reported that a
new school social worker had been
selected by the Brunswick County
Board of Education.
However. candidate Mildred
Bellamy of Supply said this week
she has not accepted any offer of
employment from the Brunswick
County Schools and plans to remain
with her current employer, the
Brunswick County office of Lower
Cape Fear Hospice.
Her hiring as school social worker
had been approved unanimously at
the Feb. 14 meeting of the county
school board.
March 1 Southeastern
Conference Deadline
March 1 is registration deadline Participants may receive 1.6 con
for "Ministering for Prevention? tinuing education credits through
The Church's Role," a substance Southeastern Community College,
abuse prevention conference sched- Those interested in attending
uled March 4-5 at Southeastern should ask their minister for a regis
Community College. tration form, or call the project of
The conference is funded by the fice at (910)642-1862 for informa
National Center for Substance Abuse tion.
Prevention for all churchcs, assem
blies and synagogues in Brunswick,
liladen and Columbus counties.
The project is jointly sponsored
by Bladen, Brunswick and South
eastern Community Colleges, minis
terial associations in the three coun
ties, the Columbus County Services
Management Inc. and the Alcohol
and Drug Prevention Coalition.
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