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Myrtle Connors Eastwood Burnett
Mrs. Myrtle Connors Eastwood Burnett, 96, died Friday, April 25, 2008.
She was born March 14, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Burnett lived most of her early years in New Jersey and Connecticut, moving to Sarasota, Fla. in 1950. She moved to Port Charlotte, Fla. from Sarasota, Fla. and was the first President and Director of the Port Charlotte Cultural Center and Senior Lounge.
She was a great advocate of volunteerism, volunteering all of her services during the many years she served in that position. After moving to Tallahassee in 1986, she volunteered at the State Library, the State Museum and the Old Capital. She was a member of Faith Presbyterian Church and volunteered in many areas at the church. Mrs. Burnett belonged to Circle II. She loved children, books and her church.
Survivors include her daughter, Susanne Taranto and husband, Joe; her step-daughter, Barbara McDaniel and husband, Charles; and step-son, Charlie Burnett and wife, Ginger. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Susan Bevis, Thomas Yarbrough and wife, Carol; Pam Hamilton and husband, Russ, and Lisa Yarbrough; step-grandchildren, Jeannie Hollar and husband, Terry; Sharon McDaniel, Robert McDaniel and wife, Peggy; Bobby Burnett and wife, Lisa; Chip Burnett and wife, Vickie; Hugh Burnett and wife, Josephine, and Joy Burnett. Survivors also include three step-sisters, Irene Mae Mayo, Peg Corbett, and Pat Connors; nine great-grandchildren; and eight step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Eastwood; her second husband, Charley Burnett; and a son, Robin L. Eastwood.
A memorial service will be held Saturday morning, May 3, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. in Culley’s Meadowwood Timberlane Road Chapel with Pastor Emory Hingst officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308-5428, or the Tallahassee Museum (formerly the Junior Museum, 3945, Museum Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32310).
Culley’s Meadowwood Funeral Home in Tallahassee, Fla., are in charge of arrangements.
April 30, 2008
Udean Payne
Mr. Udean Payne, 66, of 181 Dunlap Road, Blountville, Tenn., died Saturday, April 26, 2008, at Greystone Health Care Center in Blountville.
He was born Oct. 7, 1941 in Carter County, Tenn., a son of the late Dewey C. and Cindy Harmon Payne.
Mr. Payne was a retired carpenter.
Survivors include one brother, Uriel Payne of Farmington Hills, Mich. He is also survived by a number of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Graveside services and burial were conducted Monday afternoon, April 28, at the Harmon Cemetery in Carter County, Tenn. Officiating was the Rev. Richard Jones.
Online condolences may be sent to the Payne family at www.hamptonfuneralservice.com.
Hampton Funeral Service was in charge of the arrangements.
April 28, 2008
Earl Baumgardner
Mr. Earl Baumgardner, 86, of 1387 Mabel School Road, Zionville, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008, peacefully at his home.
He was born July 31, 1921 in Watauga County, a son of the late Roscoe and Nora Potter Baumgardner.
Mr. Baumgardner was owner and operater of E.E. Construction company and enjoyed farming. He attended Mabel Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Joan Baumgardner of Mountain City, Tenn., and Heather Baumgardner of Zionville; two sons, Douglas Baumgardner and wife, Lois, of Mountain City, Tenn., and Michael Baumgardner of the home; two step-sons, Jason Phipps of Zionville, and Jonathan Phipps of Mountain City, Tenn.; three granddaughters, Tanna Baumgardner of Boone, Jessica Baumgardner Kiser of Morganton, and Nora Russom of Zionville; two grandsons, Bryan Phipps and Daniel Russom, both of Zionville; and one great-granddaughter, Destiny Kiser of Morganton.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Farris, Elmer, Fred, and Johnny Baumgardner.
Services were conducted Sunday, April 27, 2008, at Mabel Baptist Church. Officiating were the Rev. Carl Johnson and the Rev. Derick Wilson. Burial followed at Trade United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society in care of Glenda Hodges, 810 Parkcrest Drive, Boone, N.C. 28607.
Online condolences may be sent to the Baumgardner family at www.hamptonfuneralservice.com.
Hampton Funeral Service was in charge of the arrangements.
Kali Vanessa Church
Miss Kali Vanessa Church, 3, of 542 Stewart Simmons Road, Deep Gap, the Triplett Community, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008.
She is survived by her parents, Greg and Christy Hodges Church of the Triplett Community; one brother, Jimmy Church of Miami, Fla.; one sister, Michaela Church of Boone; her maternal grandparents, Willard and Donna Miller Hodges of the Triplett Community; her paternal grandparents, John and Barbara Church Snyder of Boone; and her maternal great-grandmother, Catherine Hodges of Boone. She is also survived by a number of aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Services will be conducted Monday morning, April 28, 2008, at 11:00 o'clock, at Mount Ephriam Baptist Church. The body will lie in state from 10:00 until 11:00 at the church. Officiating will be the Rev. Ricky Critcher. Burial will follow at Simmons Cemetery in the Triplett community.
Online condolences may be sent to the Church family at www.hamptonfuneralservice.com.
Hampton Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.
Pauline Boyd Hahn Graham
Mrs. Pauline Boyd Hahn Graham, 84, of Meadow Hill Drive, Boone, died Friday afternoon, April 25, 2008 at her home.
She was born Jan. 24, 1924 in Murphy, N.C., to Carroll and Clara Amanda Calhoun Hahn.
Mrs. Graham was a member of Biltmore Baptist Church in Asheville. Her background was in retail sales but her passion was visual art.
Survivors include one daughter, Joy Mitchell and husband, Bill, of Todd; two grandchildren, Heather Tomberlin and husband Joseph of Knightdale and Shawn Michael Roberts and wife, Leslie, of Boone; and three great-grandchildren, Grace, Jordan and Jacob Tomberlin.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace Thomas Graham, Sr.; and one son, Horace Thomas Graham, Jr.
Services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by the Rev. Joseph B. Tomberlin. The family will receive friends Tuesday afternoon from 1 until 2 o’clock, one hour prior to services, at the chapel. Burial will follow at Mount Lawn Memorial Park & Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the American Lung Association, 3801 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 190, Raleigh, N.C. 27607.
Online condolences may be made to the Graham family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Graham family.
Gerald Winston “Jerry” Hunnicutt
Mr. Gerald Winston “Jerry” Hunnicutt, 60, of Cape Coral, Fla., and Banner Elk, N.C., passed away Friday, April 11, 2008, after a year and a half battle with kidney cancer.
He was born in 1948 in Norfolk, Va., and grew up in Kerrville, Tex., where he graduated from Tivy High School in 1966. His parents were Edward and Lois Hunnicutt, both deceased. While earning a degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, he married Carolyn Dozier, now deceased, also of Kerrville. In 1985, while living in West Bloomfield, Mich., he remarried, to Letha Lynn Hall, of Birmingham, Mich.
Hunnicutt had a long career in advertising and writing, including almost 20 years at BBDO/Pentamark Worldwide Detroit, Mich., where he wrote and directed numerous national marketing campaigns for Dodge cars and trucks. After leaving BBDO/PentaMark in 2002, he continued to be a distinguished freelance writer and creative consultant. Hunnicutt’s productions included the Rule of Law Project in the (former Soviet) Republic of Georgia, where he wrote and consulted on public service announcements informing Georgians of their newfound constitutional rights. This production was awarded a Global Gold ADDY by the American Advertising Federation. Hunnicutt also worked on numerous documentary films, including the Emmy Award-winning “The Face: Jesus in Art,” its upcoming sequel, “El Rostro! The Face That Changed the World,” the Gloria Film Festival feature film and Telly Award- and Gabriel Award-winning “God, Country, Notre Dame: The Father Ted Hesburgh Story,” and the upcoming “American Railroad 3D” IMAX film. Hunnicutt was an active member of the American Advertising Federation, serving as its 4th District Conference and Programs Chairman in 2004-2006, and the Advertising Federation of Southwest Florida, serving as its President in 2006. In May 2007, the 4th District of the American Advertising Federation honored Hunnicutt with its Jack Phillips Gold Medal – a lifetime achievement award for outstanding contribution to the advertising profession.
Hunnicutt’s work in advertising and writing has been honored by the Clio Awards, the International Broadcast Awards, the American Advertising Federation ADDY Awards, the American Marketing Association, the Advertising Club of New York, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers, the One Show, the International Automotive Advertising Awards, the New York International Festivals, the International TV & Cinema Festival of Montreaux, the London International Advertising Awards, the Mobius Awards, the Chicago International Film Festival, and the Houston International Film Festival. His work was even hung at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, N.Y.
Hunnicutt devoted the last year and a half of his life to cancer awareness. After being diagnosed, he launched the AlohaWarriors.net website, which he used to share his battle and help other cancer survivors with theirs. In Hunnicutt’s own words, “The most important thing you can do is to take control. Cancer is not a sentence. Only a word. It’s not the Big C. Don’t give it that kind of power over you.”
Survivors include his wife, Letha; his children of his first marriage, Matthew Dozier Hunnicutt of Portland, Ore., Carrie Ruth Hunnicutt of Austin, Tex., and James Edward Hunnicutt of Dallas, Tex.; his stepdaughter, Leanne Pogue Wooten of Concord, N.C.; his sisters, Dianne Harlow, of Richmond, Va., and Helen Pickett of Jacksboro, Tex.; a niece, Kathrine Warminsky of Washington, D.C.; and a nephew, Ronnie Harlow, of Searcy, Ark.
Services will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2008, at the Sally & Wendell Anderson Theatre at Henry Ford Museum, in Dearborn, Mich.
Memorials may be made out to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston, TX 77210, with the notation: “for Jerry Hunnicutt.” These donations will be dedicated to kidney cancer research by Hunnicutt’s oncologist, Dr. Eric Jonasch. Contributions may also be made to the LIVESTRONG Lance Armstrong Foundation, a cause Hunnicutt fully embraced.
Mr. Hunnicutt’s catch phrase was “Go Kahala!”
Bobby Ray Jones
Mr. Bobby Ray Jones, 52, of the Ridgecrest Group Home in West Jefferson, died Wednesday morning, April 23, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. 
He was born Feb. 6, 1956 in Watauga County to Will Smith and Daisy Stansberry Jones.
Mr. Jones was a member of Vanderpool Baptist Church and a former employee of area restaurants through Watauga Opportunities. Bobby was an active participant in Special Olympics where he earned awards in skiing, track & field, bocce, bowling and basketball. He enjoyed travel, taking cruises in Mexico and the Caribbean with Watauga Opportunities. Bobby gave back to the community by volunteering at the Watauga County Humane Society, the Hunger Coalition, Rams Rack and with the Adopt-A-Street Program.
He is survived by three brothers, Clifford Jones and wife, Wanda, of Boone, Russell Jones and wife, Blanche, of Bessemer City and Dewey Ralph ‘Red’ Jones and wife, Vivian, of Lenoir; two sisters, Sue Norwood and husband, Dale, of Banner Elk and Jean Mains and husband, Ronnie, of Mountain City, Tenn.; two sisters-in-law, Mabel Jones of Boone and Celia Jones of Foscoe. A number of nieces, nephews and special friend, Paula Anderson also survive.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four sisters, Maxine Huffman, Earlene, Edna and Ruby Joyce Jones; and eight brothers, Frank, Harold, Earl, Burl, Cecil, James, Lee and Junior Jones.
Services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 12 o’clock at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by the Rev. Dan Church and the Rev. Harold Danner. Burial followed in the Vanderpool Cemetery.
Donations may be made to Austin & Barnes Funeral Home to assist the Jones family.
Online condolences can be made at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Jones family.
John Wally Ward
Mr. John Wally Ward, 61, of Life Care of Banner Elk, died Friday afternoon, April 25, 2008 at Cannon Memorial Hospital in Banner Elk.
He was born July 14, 1946 in Avery County to Eli London and Ivy Davis Ward.
Mr. Ward was a member of the Church of God.
Survivors include four sisters, Bertha Ward and husband, Perry, and Alice Hicks and husband, Charlie, all of Banner Elk, Mary Lou Hicks and Lola Faye Pope and husband, Floyd, all of Lenoir; and one brother, Billy Adam Ward and wife, Mary Lee Ward, of Lenoir. A number of nieces and nephews also survive.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one sister, Sarah Sue Ward; two brothers, Jessie James and Joe G. Ward; three half-brothers, Henry Hedge, Noah Enoch and Eugene Ward; and one half-sister, Ruby Hicks.
Services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by the Rev. Eddie Dean Ward. The family will receive friends Monday afternoon from 1 until 2 o’clock, one hour prior to services, at the chapel.
Burial will follow in the Matney-Liberty Community Cemetery.
Online condolences can be made to the Ward family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Ward family.
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