Gates County Index

Oct. 16, 2002

Mary W. Winslow
BELVIDERE - Mary W. Winslow, 92, a native of Perquimans, died October 12, 2002, in Albemarle Hospital. She was the widow of Robert Elisha Winslow.

A funeral was conducted Tuesday at Up River Friends Meeting by the Rev. Tom McClaren. Burial was in Up River Cemetery. Swindell Funeral Home was in charge.

Mrs. Winslow was a member of Up River Friends Meeting.

Survivors include two sons, Arnold E. Winslow of Belvidere and Robert M. "Bob" Winslow of Liberty; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Sadie Cross
SUFFOLK, Va. - Sadie Cross, 83, a native of Gates County, died October 7, 2002, at Louise Obici Hospital.

A funeral was conducted Sunday at Stoney Branch Baptist Church by the Rev. Michael Holloman. Burial was in the church cemetery. Hunter's Funeral Home, Inc., Ahoskie, is in charge.

She was a member of Stoney Branch Baptist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Omato Collins of Suffolk; three sisters, Ida Smith and Laura Williams, both of Suffolk and Eunice Davis of Portsmouth.

Charlie L. Boone Sr.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Charlie L. "Buck" Boone Sr., 69, a native of Gates County, died October 6, 2002, at SunBridge Care & Rehabilitation for Chesapeake, Chesapeake.

A funeral was conducted Friday at Celestial Baptist Church by the Rev. Leon J. Boone. Burial was in Roosevelt Memorial Park, with military honors. Corprew Funeral Home was in charge.

Boone retired from the City of Portsmouth's public works department after 20 years of service. He was a member and usher of Celestial Baptist Church and a U.S. Air Force veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Freda M. Boone; three daughters, Pamela Walden of Chesapeake, Pastor Venita Walden and Kim S. Eley, all of Portsmouth; two sons, Charlie
L. Boone Jr. of Suffolk and Jeffrey Boone of Portsmouth; his father, Nelson Boone of San Francisco, Calif.; three sisters, Ernestine Watts, Marlyn Hardy and Theresa Mack, all of San Francisco; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Charles W. Casper
AHOSKIE - Charles White Casper, 59, a native of Gates County, died October 10, 2002, at his home.

A funeral was conducted Sunday at Garrett Funeral Home, Ahoskie, by the Rev. Lester Jarrett and the Rev. Raleigh Johnson. Burial was in Cool Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Ahoskie Church of God Building Fund.

Casper was retired from the Virginia Dept. of Transportation and was an Air Force veteran. He attended Ahoskie Church of God.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Johnson Casper; two daughters, Lori Casper Belangia of Winton and Lisa Casper Milburn of Suffolk, Va.; a son, Charles Norman Casper of Winton; two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Kiger and Vivian Young, both of Suffolk; two brothers, Maurice Casper and Cleveland Casper, both of Suffolk; and two grandchildren.

Elizabeth B. White
SUNBURY - Elizabeth Bunch White, 91, a native of Chowan County, died October 11, 2002, in Chowan Hospital, Edenton. She was the widow of William Gurney White.

A funeral was conducted Sunday at Warwick Baptist Church. Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, was in charge.

Mrs. White was a homemaker and a member of Warwick Baptist Church.

Survivors include a son, Warren Leo White of Sunbury; a brother, Ivan Bunch of Hobbsville; six grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

Florida C. Bond
SUNBURY - Florida Otelia Costen Bond, 83, a native of Gates County, died October 11, 2002, at Sentara Hampton General Hospital.

A funeral will be conducted at noon Thursday at St. John A.M.E Zion Church by the Rev. Willie A. Littlejohn. Burial will be in the St. John's Drake Memorial Cemetery. Hertford County Undertakers, Winton, is in charge.

Survivors include her children, Celestine Bond of Irvington, N.J., Lance Bond and Edna Dancy, both of Hampton, Va., Janie Smith, Willie Earl Bond, Costen Bond, Richard Bond and George Bond, all of Sunbury, Katie Austin and Maggie Vanderveer of East Orange, Lillie Hailey of Turnersville, John Bond and William Bond, both of Medford, David Bond and Thomas Bond, both of Hobbsville; sisters, Jessie Branch of Brooklyn and Mary Eason of Portsmouth; 35 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.