The R-C News-Herald

June 12, 2003

Debbie Butler

RICH SQUARE - Debbie Butler, 40, a native of Northampton County, died June 1, 2003, at Halifax Memorial Hospital.

A funeral was conducted Saturday at Willow Oak AME Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Hunter's Funeral Home, Inc., Ahoskie, was in charge.

She was a member of Willow Oak AME Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Kimberly Butler of Rich Square; three sisters, Julia Butler and Velma Butler, both of Rich Square and Wanda Butler of Woodland.

Ulysees B. Lassiter

BERLIN, Md. - Ulysees Bernard Lassiter, a native of Hertford County, died June 8, 2003, in Salisbury.

A funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Community Church at Ocean Pines, Berlin, by the Rev. Dr. P. Thomas McKelvey. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. Reynolds Funeral Home, Inc., Ahoskie, submitted information.

Lassiter served in the Korean War and was a deacon at First Baptist Church, Capitol Heights.

Survivors include his wife, Laura Dean Lassiter; one son, Shelton Bernard Lassiter of Berlin; one daughter, Tymesia Vincencia Lassiter of Pensacola, Fla.; four sisters, Bernice Eason, Audrey Lewter, Patricia Poole and Dana Askew, all of Ahoskie; one brother, Carrington Lassiter of Ahoskie; and two grandchildren.

Linwood D. Powell Jr.

DURHAM - Linwood Donnell Powell Jr., died June 7, 2003, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville.

A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Soul Saving Station Evangelistic Center, Ahoskie, by the Rev. Gregory Winley. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Reynolds Funeral Home, Inc., Ahoskie, is in charge.

Survivors include his parents, Carolyn Powell of Ahoskie and Linwood Williams of Brooklyn, N.Y.; one brother, Rakinne Powell of Brooklyn; four sisters, Tamika and Tawonna Powell, both of Durham, Tameisha Powell of Brooklyn and Vikki Chamblee of Ahoskie; and paternal grandparents, Katie Berry of Brooklyn and Mac Berry of Windsor.

Doreen H. Maranger

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Doreen Harrell Maranger, 78, of Merry Hill, died June 9, 2003.

Mrs. Maranger served as a nurse during the Korean War in the U.S. Air Force. She also served as a bio-feedback therapist and as a registered nurse at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, DePaul Medical Center and the Portsmouth Psychiatric Center. She was a member and served on the Alter Guild of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

Survivors include her husband, George J. Maranger; two sons, George Keith Maranger of Hazelhurst, Miss. and Bruce Keven Maranger of Virginia Beach; a brother, J.T. Harrell of Merry Hill; two sisters, Elizabeth Bunch of Edenton and Lucy H. Byrum of Elizabethton, Tenn..; and two granddaughters.

A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the Rev. John Baldwin. Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, is in charge. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2730 Ellsmere Ave., Norfolk, VA 23513. You may offer condolences at www.mem.com.

Clarine W. Casper

GATES - Clarine Winslow Casper, 77, a native of Perquimans County, died June 10, 2003 in Obici Hospital, Suffolk. She was the widow of Robert V. Casper Sr.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, by the Rev. Bobby Skeens. Burial will be in the Casper family cemetery, Eure. Friends may join the family Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the funeral home and other times at the home of her son, Greg, 845 Willeyton Road, Gates.

Mrs. Casper was a homemaker and was a member of Up River Friends Meeting.

Survivors include two daughters, Florence Odom of Suffolk and Hilda Butler of Elizabethtown; three sons, Robert V. ``Bobby'' Casper Jr. of Glen Allen, Va., Lester Casper of Suffolk and Greg Casper of Gates; a sister, Iona Wilder of Belvidere; a brother, Charles Winslow of Hertford; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Mary Russell

SUFFOLK, Va. - Mary Belle Lane Russell, 66, a native of Gates County, died June 8, 2003. She was the widow of Stanley Horton Russell.

A funeral was conducted Wednesday in Great Fork Baptist Church by the Rev. Jonathan Judy. Interment was in Great Fork Baptist Church Cemetery. Parr Funeral Home was in charge. Contributions may be made to Great Fork Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 180 Great Fork Road, Suffolk VA 23438 or Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1515, Suffolk VA 23439.

Mrs. Russell was a homemaker. She was a member of Great Fork Baptist Church where she attended the Ruth Bible Sunday School Class, and a member of WMU and Keenagers Senior Citizens Group.

Survivors include her sisters, Marie L. Mathias of Corapeake, Brenda R. Lane of Suffolk, and Debra A. Long of Anchorage, Alaska; brothers, William O. Lane of Waverly, Va., James D. Lane of Suffolk, England and Herbert B. Lane of Corapeake; stepsons, Stanley Parker Russell of Suffolk and Joe Wesley Russell of Franklin; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Harriett B. Windley

GATES - Harriett Virginia Byrum ``Jennie'' Windley, 92, a native of Chowan County, died June 9, 2003, from Nansemond Pointe Convalescent Center in Suffolk. She was the widow of Charles T. Windley.

A funeral was conducted Wednesday in the chapel of Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, by the Rev. Bobby Skeens. Burial was in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens, Cedar Road, Chesapeake.

Mrs. Windley was a homemaker, she was formerly a member of Alexander Baptist Church in Portsmouth and the Rocky Hock Baptist Church near Edenton, and was currently a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Aulander.

Survivors include two daughters, Shirley Young and Carole Skeens, both of Gates; a son, Wayne Windley of Portsmouth; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.