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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19,2016 5
Obituaries
Lelia Lee Winslow Senter
Francine R. Sawyer
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SALISBURY - Lelia Lee Winslow Senter, 85, of
Salisbury, was welcomed into the arms of her Lord
NEW BERN - Francine Rose Sawyer, 66, of New
Bern, died Friday, Oct. 7, at Carolina East Medical
and Savior on Sunday,
October 16, 2016 at the
home of her daughter.
Bom in Perquimans
County, NC, she was
the daughter of the late
Joseph Allen Winslow
and Atlessa Leanna
Winslow.
Mrs. Senter was a
graduate of the Wom
an’s College of the Uni
versity of North Caroli
na at Greensboro at the
age of 22. She also re ¬
ceived a Bachelor of Art’s Degree with a Masters in
Elementary Education from the East Carolina Col ¬
Center, New Bern.
The Elizabeth City na
tive was predeceased
by her parents, Joseph
(Joe) Riddick Sawyer
and Rose Loretta De
Anthony Sawyer.
She is survived by her
husband, Alfred Lane
White, of the home;
her stepson, James C.
White and wife Nicole
of Greensboro; and her
brother, Joseph (Sonny)
White, of Elizabeth City.
Francine was widely 1
for her work in the
lege in Greenville at the age of 24. She was an ele
mentary school teacher in Lake Wales, FL, taught
second grade alongside her mother in NC.
She enjoyed creating oil paintings and art work.
She traveled across the United States and Maritime
media. An alumna of Chowan College (now Chow
an University), she began her journalism career
in The Daily Advance newsroom and later was
Provinces of Canada with her mother. She dear ¬
ly loved her family and made many trips to North
Carolina for visits and family reunions. She played
piano and taught Sunday School at Delmar Wesley
an Church for over 30 years. She raised her girls
and returned to substitute teaching in Salisbury,
MD for several years, prior to retiring.
She graciously served alongside her late hus-
named Editor of The Perquimans Weekly.
She began working at the New Bem Sun Journal
in 1978 and later worked at the Jacksonville Daily
News. She also worked at WCTI-TV as a reporter
and for Public Radio East as the news director.
Francine’s first love, however, was print journal
ism, and she returned to work at the Sun Journal
for the remainder of her career. She retired in 2012.
No services are planned at this date. Arrange
ments entrusted to Pollock-Best Funerals and Cre ¬
mations, New Bern.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Angela Burket, a Perquimans County Senior
Games participant, recently won a gold medal in
the state senior games. She won a gold at the
local level in April. To learn more about Senior
Games, call 426-5404.
band, Rev. Graham Franklin Senter, who was an
Ordained Elder of the Wesleyan Church. During
that time, he pastored 10 churches, while minister
ing in Maryland. Together, they made an impact on
many lives.
She is survived by three daughters, Marilee Sent
er-Wells & husband, Corey of Oak Hills, CA, Lelia
Natalie Cavaleri & husband, Kenny of Fruitland,
and Malindie Lee Kirby & husband, Charles of Del
mar, DE; 8 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild;
and a brother, Marshall Allen Winslow & wife,
Phyllis of Virginia Beach, VA.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, Octo
ber 21, 2016 at 6pm at the Holloway Funeral Home
in Salisbury with a visitation beginning at 4pm. A
graveside service will be held on Saturday, October
22, 2016 at 12 noon at the Bagley Swamp Cemetery
in Hertford, NC. Rev. James Hitch will be officiat
ing in all services.
Contributions may be made in her memory to
Delaware Hospice, 16 Polly Drummond Center,
2nd Fl., Newark, DE 19711 or on line at www.dela-
warehospice.org/donate.
Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funer
al Home, PA, 501 Snow Hill Road, Salisbury, MD
21804. Please visit www.hollowayfh.com to ex
press condolences to the family.
Selma B. Evans
Death Notice
Church Briefs
HERTFORD — Roy R. tecostal Holiness Church.
Twiddy, died on Sunday, Visitation after the service.
Oct. 9, 2016. Funeral Oct. Arrangements by Twiford
19 at 2 p.m., at Faith Pen- Funeral Home.
would like to thank everyone for their phone
calls, letters, visits, spiritual support and
encouragement during our time of loss.
He will be missed by his family and friends.
Your kindness will always be remembered.
May God bless each of you.
HERTFORD - Selma Ruth Boyce Evans, 87,
formerly of the Bethel community of Perquimans
County, NC, and more recently of Sunrise Assisted
Living in Raleigh, passed away there on Saturday,
October 15, 2016.
Mrs. Evans was born November 22, 1928, in
Chowan County and was the daughter of the late
Charlie Baker Boyce and Janie Elizabeth Byrum
Boyce. A retired inspector with Don Juan Manu
facturing Corp, in Hertford, she was a member of
Bethel Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by her husband, Joseph Lloyd Evans, Sr.; sis
ters, Eva Silverthorne, Hazel Hollowell, and Mabel
Lane; and by her brother, Joseph Boyce.
( Surviving are three daughters, Jane Gower and
husband Emerson of Georgetown, SC, Linda Mus-
ten and husband Danny of Raleigh, and Cathy La-
Bianca and husband David of Fuquay Varina; two
sons, J. Lloyd Evans, Jr. and wife Betsy of Earlys-
ville, VA and John R. Evans and wife Melanie of
Raleigh; a sister, Vera Wallace of Edenton; eleven
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October
22, at 2:00 p.m. in Bethel Baptist Church and will be
officiated by the Revs. Grey Owenby and Stanley
Nixon. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery.
Friends may join the family in the church the hour
prior to services. Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral
and Cremation Providers, 1125 Harvey Point Road,
Hertford, is assisting the family with arrangements.
& Memorial contributions may be made to the Alz
heimer’s Association Eastern North Carolina, 3739
National Drive, Suite 110, Raleigh, NC 27612, or by
visiting online at www.alz.org/donate .
; Online condolences may be made to the family
by visiting www.millerfhc.com.
■ Woodland UMC
Woodland United Method
ist Church will hold a revival
Oct 16-19 at 7 p.m. nightly
with Rev. Howard Sutton of
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church.
■ Riddick Grove Baptist
Riddick Grove Baptist
Church will hold a fall reviv
al service Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
with Pastor Alvin Boone Sr.
and Melton Grove Baptist
Church.
■ Good Shepherd
Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church will hold an Okto
berfest celebration Oct. 22
from 11 am. until 4 p.m. For
more information, call 338-
6210.
■ Bagley Chapel MBC
Bagley Chapel Mission
ary Baptist Church will hold
Men’s Day on Oct. 23 at 2
p.m. with Pastor Antonio
Williams along with his choir
and the Palmyra Missionary
Baptist Church Family/Wear
your favorite football team
jersey and a tailgate dinner
will be served.
■ Warren Grove MBC
Warren Grove Missionary
Baptist Church will celebrate
the 43rd anniversary of the
Ladies and Men’s Ministry
on Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. with Rev.
Johnathan Franklin and the
congregation of First Baptist
Church in Hertford.
p.m. For advance tickets
($8), call 426-5467. Items for
sale include baked goods,
home canned goods, fresh
produce, plants, cutlery,
hand crafted items and salt
ed peanuts.
Spirit and Truth Ministries
206 W. Main St. Hertford, NC 27944
(252) 426-1206
spirit2truth@yahoo.com
Pastor Arthur Manigault
The Perry, Riddick Family members
WITHOUT ME YOU
CAN DO NOTHING!
JOHN 15:5 (KJV)
“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and
I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye
can do nothing.”
Ian Patrick Gralton
■ Hertford Baptist
Hertford Baptist Church
is holding its annual Fam
ily Fall Festival Oct. 23 from
4:30 to 7:30 p.m. There will
be children’s games, pony
rides, a cakewalk, trunk
or treat and hot dogs. Kids
are encouraged to come
in their favorite costume.
There will be a drawing for
a $100 Walmart gift card for
an adult and $25 gift card for
a child.
This week’s devotion may not reach everyone who reads it. That’s
because it will only appeal to a certain group of people. The people I am
speaking of are real people who don’t mind being honest about their walk
with God. The truth is some of us are still carrying pain from situations that
happened long ago. We try to go on with our own version of forgiveness
and the truth is it’s not really forgiveness at all. We even use that well
known phrase that comes with our version of forgiveness: “ I’ll forgive,
but I won’t forget!. When we forgive, we release peace of mind to the
person who hurt us. When we forget that’s when we receive our own peace
of mind. The point 1 am trying to make is when we hold on to past hurts,
the only one really being affected is us. In the book of John chapter 15
verse 5, Jesus lets us in on one of the most powerful principles in the bible.
Everything that pertains to our lives can only be accomplished through him.
We-will never love one another the way we should unless it’s through him.
We will never truly forgive one another unless it’s through him. I encourage
you to spend more time in the word, more time in prayer, and even in
fasting. In time, as you are filled more and more with the love of Christ you
will begin to see others the same way Christ sees us. Turn to Christ for your
healing... Abide in him, you will never be the same!
& ELIZABETH CITY - Ian Patrick Gralton, 25, of
1107 Cedar Street, passed away on Wednesday, Oc
tober 12, 2016 in his home.
► Born in Elizabeth City on October 2,1991, he was
the son of James Thomas “Jim” Gralton of Eliza
beth City and Sallie Jean Lane of Hertford. Prior to
his disability from a spinal cord iryury, he worked
in surveying with BP Corp., and later in furniture
delivery with his brother.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents,
Archie T. and Mary Dale Lane of Hertford, and
Joan Gralton of Albany, NY.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his
brother, Justin Copeland and wife Winter, and then-
son Caleb of Belvidere; his paternal grandfather,
Thomas Gralton of Albany; and many aunts, un-
gles, cousins, and extended family members.
£ Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
fir the Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Chapel,
|125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, and were offi
ciated by the Rev. James Spaugh. A private burial
followed in Cedarwood Cemetery. Friends joined
|ihe family Saturday from 7 to 8 p.m. in the funeral
home.
f Memorial contributions may be made to the
North Carolina Spinal Cord Iryury Association,
^980 Chapel Hill Road, Suite 101, Cary, NC 27513,
pr online at www.ncscia.org.
£ Online condolences may be made by visiting
wvww.millerfhc.com.
■ Up River Friends
The 2016 Up River Har
vest Festival will be Oct 29
from 3-5 p.m. at Up River
Friends Meeting. There will
be food, games, prizes and a
hayride.
■ Burgess Baptist
Burgess Baptist Church
will host “Daughters of the
King” from Norfolk, Va Oct.
30 at 6 p.m. The concert is
free and open to the public.
■ Hertford UMC
Hertford United Meth
odist Church will host The
Lord’s Table Soup Kitchen
every Wednesday from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the fel
lowship hall. For informa
tion call 426-5467.
■ Hertford UMC
The Hertford United
Methodist Women will hold
their Holiday Bazaar and
chicken salad luncheon on
Nov. 5 from 10 am until 2
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