The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina (2024)

July 25, 1985

Publication:

The Herald-Suni

Location:

Durham, North Carolina

Issue Date:

Thursday, July 25, 1985

Page:

20

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PAGE 20A THURSDAY JULY 25 1985 DURHAM MORNING HERALD Obituaries Second Swedish Man Gets Heart Transplant STOCKHOLM Sweden (AP) A Swedish man became the second recipient of a natural heart transplant Wednesday in a three-hour operation performed by the same surgeon who implanted the first permanent artificial heart outside the United States Dr Bjarne Semb performed the operation at Karolinska Hospital his first natural heart transplant surgery Semb headed the team that implanted a permanent artificial heart in a Swedish businessman April 7 The Karolinska announcement identified recipient as a 47-year-old Stockholm man who wanted to remain anonymous It listed his postoperative condition as satisfactory The man was admitted to Karolinska about two weeks ago and the operation was performed after his condition grew worse Tuesday said Semb a 45-year-old Norwegian heart surgeon only possible way to save him was a transplantation and as we received a suitable heart we decided to go ahead with the he said Sweden has a law which states a person is legally dead when the heart stops functioning Consequently donor hearts have to be imported because working hearts be taken from someone who may be brain dead A hospital source who asked not to be identified said the donor heart came from Britain Originally plans had been for the patient to go to London to have the heart transplant at the Harefield Hospital where more than a dozen Swedes have already undergone the natural heart transplant surgery Instead he became the first beneficiary of a Social Welfare Board license to Karolinska allowing the hospital to conduct three natural heart transplant operations on condition the donors come from abroad The first natural heart implant performed in Sweden occurred nearly a year ago at Sahlgrenska Hospital at Goteborg Meanwhile first and the fourth recipient of a mechanical Jarvik-7 heart 53-year-old businessman Leif Sten-berg was reported in good condition more than a hundred days after his operation at Karolinska Stenberg who emerged from anonymity at a 90-minute press conference last Friday was reported to have gone to an inn on the outskirts of Stockholm to dine out for at least the second time since the surgery Burlington and four grandchildren The family will receive visitors from 7 to 9 pm today at Rich Thompson Funeral Home in Burlington and at other times at her home 1704 Maple Ave MRS ALICE GOODMAN BURLINGTON A graveside service for Mrs Alice Hensley Goodman 83 formerly of Burlington will be conducted at 11 am Friday in Pine Hill Cemetery in Burlington by the the Rev Donald Dawalt She died Monday in Mountain-view Manor Nursing Center in Bryson City The family will receive visitors from 7:30 to 9 pm today at McClure Funeral Home in Graham WALTER LEE CHOPLIN HENDERSON Walter Lee Choplin 66 of Henderson died Wednesday in Maria Parham Hospital He was a retired truck driver A graveside service will be conducted at 2 pm Friday in Elmwood Cemetery by the Rev Henry Hunnings Surviving are a daughter Mrs Romona Kittrell of Henderson two sons Danny Choplin of Henderson and Walter Lee Choplin Jr of South Boston Va a sister Mrs Ada Rogers of Henderson two brothers William Choplin of Henderson and Andrew Choplin of Warren County and two grandchildren The family will receive visitors from 7:30 to 9 pm today at Flowers Funeral Home MISS VIRGINIA DOT BURNS SANFORD Miss Virginia Dot Burns 64 of Rt 5 Sanford died Wednesday afternoon at her home The funeral will be conducted at 2 pm Friday in Rogers Funeral Home memorial chapel by the Rev JB Garrett Burial will be in Grace Chapel Christian Church cemetery Surviving are three sisters Mrs Nora Hall and Mrs Lucille Spivey both of Cumnock and Mrs Emma Atkins of Sanford The family will receive visitors from 7 to 9 pm today at Rogers Funeral Home pal Church in Roxboro She was a retired employee of Piedmont Sanitarium in Berkwell Va Surviving are two sisters Mrs Sallie Woody of Alton Va and Mrs Nancy Pass of Roxboro and a brother John Crowder of Mayo Funeral arrangements were incomplete Wednesday EDWARD LEE HAMMOCK APEX Edward Lee Hammock 69 of New Hill died Wednesday morning at his home after a long illness Before retiring he was a machinist with Chatham Mill Textiles He was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church The funeral will be conducted at 11-am Friday in Ebenezer United Methodist Church by the Rev Jim White Burial will be in the church cemetery Surviving are his wife Mrs Annie Myatt Hammock a stepson Carlie Glenwood Smith of Bahama four sisters Mrs Fannie Sturdivant of Durham Mrs Cora Smith of Virgilina Va Mrs Marybell Whittington of Fayetteville and Mrs Emma Ragan of Lillington and a step-granddaughter The family will receive visitors from 7 to 9 pm today at Apex Funeral Home MRS RACHEL MARLEY BURLINGTON Mrs Rachel Phillips Marley 61 of 1704 Maple Ave died Tuesday at her home She was a native of Chatham County and a member of the ladies auxiliary at Alamance County Hospital She was a member of First Wesleyan Church where she was church secretary choir member and member of the missionary society She also formerly served as a Sunday school teacher and an official board member The funeral will be conducted at 2 pm Friday in First Wesleyan Church by the Rev Donald A Dawalt and the Rev ET Houston Burial will be in Alamance Memorial Park Surviving are her husband Robert Marley two sons Ken Marley of Burlington and Fred Marley of Greensboro two sisters Mrs Virginia Gallimore and Mrs Marie Dameron both of MRS MARY MACK MAYO Mrs Mary Mack Mayo 87 of Rt 3 Box 307 Durham died Tuesday afternoon in Durham County General Hospital She was a member of Chapel Baptist Church the church missionary circle and the Fireside Group The funeral will be conducted at 4 pm Friday in Chapel Baptist Church by the Rev Moses Fletcher Burial will be in the church cemetery Surviving are two daughters Mrs Marilyn Oldham of Durham and Mrs Virginia Gardner of Indianapolis four sisters Mrs Jane Daye Mrs Nobie Gray Mrs Clyde Harris and Mrs Florida Mack all of Durham a brother Norwood Mack of Durham and two granddaughters The family will receive visitors from 7 to 8 pm today at Fisher Funeral Parlor CABOT SHEPHERD Cabot Shepherd 72 of 2001 Hart St died Wednesday afternoon in the emergency room of Duke Hospital He was a native of Durham County and served in the Army during World War II He was employed with Colonial Stores for 45 years before retiring from his job as manager He was a member of Angier Avenue Baptist Church and the Cabin Class Funeral arrangements were incomplete Wednesday Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery Surviving are his wife Mrs Frances Fields Shepherd a son Charles Shepherd of Durham a daughter Mrs Susan Blalock of Durham two brothers Willis Shepherd and Edgar Shepherd both of Durham two sisters Ms Hazel Rives and Ms Edith Medlin both of Durham and four grandchildren The family will receive visitors from 7 to 9 pm today at Hudson Funeral Home and at other times at the home 2001 Hart St MISS MARY CROWDER ROXBORO Miss Mary Elizabeth Crowder 72 of Rox-boro died Wednesday in Duke Hospital after a long illness She was a native of Mayo Va and was a member of the Episco Toting Bible Kicks Up Baptist Church Ruckus by the Rev William Coolidge Burial will be in the church cemetery Survivors include his wife Mrs Evelyn Powell and eight grandchildren The family will receive visitors at the home 312 Salisbury St Griffin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements MRS FRANCES A ROGERS PITTSBORO The funeral for Mrs Frances Alston Rogers 53 of Rt 2 Pittsboro will be conducted at 2 pm Friday in Stanton Memorial Church by the Rev John Howard Burial will be in the town cemetery Surviving are her husband Harold Rogers a daughter Miss Venessa Rogers of the home two sons Eddie Rogers and Mark Rogers both of Pittsboro her father and stepmother Lacy and Elizabeth Alston of Pittsboro two sisters Mrs Myrtle Leach of Pittsboro and Mrs Irene Moses of Detroit two stepsisters Mrs Mary Louise Farrar of the Bronx NY and Mrs Josephine Marsh of Pittsboro a brother Lacy Alston of Pittsboro two stepbrothers Earl Farrar of Baltimore and Robert Farrar of Pittsboro and three grandchildren She died Monday after an automobile accident The family will receive visitors from 7 to 8 pm today at Griffin Funeral Home MRS LELIA WILLIAMSON CLARKSVILLE Mrs Lelia Hite Williamson 94 of Rt 1 Nelson died Wednesday in Woodview Nursing Home in South Boston The funeral will be conducted at 3 pm today in Vann Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev Glenn Taylor Burial will be in Oak-hurst Cemetery in Clarksville Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law Sammy and Williamson both of the home a brother Earlie Hite of Clarksville two grandchildren and a great-grandchild LARRY DONNELL DOWNEY ROXBORO The funeral for Larry Donnell Downey 29 of Rt 2 Cedar Grove will be held at 2 pm Friday in New Hope Granville Baptist Church in Granville County Burial will be in the church cemetery He died about 2:15 pm Sunday in a truck accident on Tapp Road near the Orange-Person county line The NC Highway Patrol said Downey was driving at a high speed when he lost control of the car went off the right side of the road hit a ditch embankment and overturned Surviving are his parents John Henry Downey of Granville County and Mrs Nellie Lee Woody of Roxboro seven sisters Miss Zinner Downey Miss Cheryl Downey Miss Joyce Downey Mrs Judy Dixon and Mrs Cleo Palmer all of Roxboro Mrs Barbara Newman of Philadelphia and Mrs Emma Newman of Durham and five brothers William Downey of Durham John Downey Jr Jimmy Downey Robert and Willie Downey all of Roxboro The family will receive visitors from 7 to 9 pm today at Hester Whitted and Daye Funeral Home asked every one of her family to tote the Bible My little girl came home crying because she get to tote After a Sunday service Wise said went to her in a Christian way to try to talk to When Quillian refused to listen Wise said he grabbed her wrist She pulled away and fell over a pew he said Quillian said Wise hit her when she tried walk away At the door witnesses said Quillian and wife had a fight Quillian said she was hospitalized with bruises and strained muscles Justice Court Judge Robert Childers found Mrs Wise innocent but ruled that her husband was guilty by his own testimony A week after the fight the Rev Charlie Swords resigned his pulpit just felt like there was nothing more I could give Swords said had already decided to leave This speeded it NEW ALBANY Miss (AP) A Baptist church lost its minister and a vacation Bible school teacher nearly lost some hair after an angry father asserted his right to the at nightly church services Ricky Wise 29 was convicted Tuesday of simple assault for attacking Mary Ann Quillian in the rural Pleasant Dale Baptist Church on June 23 wife who got into a hairpulling fight with Quillian was acquitted of simple assault Justice Court Judge Robert Childers gave Wise a 30-day jail sentence fined him $100 and ordered him to pay $466 for medical bills The judge suspended the jail sentence pending future good behavior and payment of the bills The fracas broke out after Quillian apparently passed over the 6-year-old daughter when she chose children to carry the Bible during nightly church services mistreated my Wise said during the trial Hurdle Mills Man Electrocuted the church cemetery Surviving are his parents Robert and Rochelle Wilkerson both of Hurdle Mills a sister Mrs Sonja Medlin of Hillsborough his maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Hughes of Hillsborough and his paternal grandmother Mrs Luna Wilkerson of Durham Pallbearers will be Carlton Hughes Jim Walker Robert Satterfield Andrew Satterfield Tim Walker Johnny Lee Walker Bryant Owens and Marvin Wilkerson Clements Funeral Home in Hillsborough is in charge of HURDLE MILLS An Orange County man was accidentally electrocuted Tuesday at his home Robert Lee Wilkerson 21 of Rt 1 Box 132-1A Hurdle Mills died while using a drill with a frayed cord according to Maj Don Truelove of the Orange County Department Wilkerson was a maintenance worker at Johnson Horse Farm He was a native of Durham lived in Orange County for the past 10 years and attended Orange County schools The funeral will be conducted at 4 pm today in Little River Presbyterian Church by the Rev Galen Elliott Burial will be in Extra Police Guarding Church Against Raiders CHARLES HUIE CHARLOTTESVILLE Va Charles Huie 71 of Charlottesville died Tuesday He was a native of Canton China and a 1935 graduate of the Citadel in Charleston SC Before retiring in 1979 he worked with the US Army Foreign Science and Technology Center in Charlottesville He received the Army Research and Development Achievement Award in 1972 for engineering accomplishments which led to the construction of the Ribbon Bridge A memorial service will be held at 7 pm Friday in St Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlottesville Surviving are his wife Mrs Margaret Huie two sons Carl Huie and Howard Huie both of Washington DC three daughters Ms Myrna Huie of Washington DC Mrs Irene Coons of Durham NC and Ms Jane Barham of Richmond Va a brother Ging Huie of Oakland Calif four grandchildren and a son-in-law Kip Coons who is a writer for the Durham Morning Herald Hill Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements LEA POWELL III PITTSBORO The funeral for Lea Powell III 73 the former mayor of Pittsboro will be conducted at 4 pm Friday in St Episcopal Church Lutheran Panel Rejects Pittsburgh Views Dunphy said he believes that the intruders swinging logging chains and pipes that struck some church members were hired Lee a town of about 700 people that is about 60 miles northeast of Bangor has been in a turmoil over ministry for months Many townspeople complain because church members go door-to-door preaching They were also angered when Dunphy preached his sermons from a loudspeaker on the steeple Bad feelings came to a head after Dunphy took a 16-year-old congregation member Sheila Crooker from a foster home in May LEE Maine (AP) Extra state police and deputies were assigned to protect worshippers at a fundamentalist Baptist church where chain-swinging intruders broke up the service three days earlier The Rev Daniel Dunphy whose ministry has stirred up a fuss said he had decided against posting guards at the doors of the church for the Wednesday evening service Extra state troopers and Penobscot County deputies were assigned to guard the services said Lt Herbert Morse of the Maine State Police not expecting violence said Morse not beyond the realm of possibil JOHNNIE EDDIE NEWTON SR HENDERSON Johnnie Eddie Newton Sr 71 of 605 Roberson St died Wednesday in Duke Hospital after an automobile accident that happened earlier in the month in Henderson Information about the accident was not available Wednesday Funeral arrangements were incomplete Wednesday at Flowers Funeral Home self-righteous attitude that causes many including ourselves to identify their own particular form of social ministry with the gospel and their denouncing as unfaithful ldolators all those who do not share their vision for social and economic NEW YORK (AP) A special commission of the Lutheran Church in America has rejected the confrontational views of a group of Pittsburgh-area ministers as arbitrary self-righteous and theologically unsound A preliminary report of a commission on economic justice set up to investigate the strife in the Western Pennsylvania-Western Virginia Synod also suggested the ministers should have shown more restraint The conflict between synod officials and a group of Pittsburgh area ministers the Denominational Ministry Strategy led to arrests of three Lutheran pastors the ouster of one from the ministry and pending disciplinary charges against the other two The group had used militant tactics and rhetoric in accusing various companies of causing area economic problems and unemployment The report says it rejects Brighten day with SANDERS FLORIST 1100 Broad St Ph 286-1288 HUDSON FUNERAL HOME 1800 ANGIER AVE 595-8269 Know Your Funeral Personnel We Are Proud Of Ours They Are Qualified pouxrton aJU "Bryan FUNERAL HOME rui SHEPHERD Mr Cabot Shepherd age 72 husband of Mrs Frances Fields Shepherd and a resident of 2001 Hart Street died on Wednesday afternoon at Duke Hospital Mr Shepherd was retired from Colonial Stores after 45 years as manager The funeral arrangements are incomplete Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 9 pm at the Hudson Funeral Home and ot other times at the home 2001-lort Street THIRD GENERATION OF SERVICES BY HUDSON 682-5464 SERVICE ms Wh SI Dyrtwi NC Z7T02 CLEMENTS Funeral Service 110S Broad SI 146 Ort St Durban HC HStaboroutft HC- Uarlar St Eloise Couch JFishrr Funeral 3137 Favettevil (919 682-3276 ft Winston Montgomery Woodrow Lockamy 7324002 266-1224 FRIDAY IS Senior Citizens Day At HOWARD FORD ISUZU PEUGEOT 25 Discount Parts A Labor CwauiAA lb ari aw utpt 60 Yrs or Oktsr HOWARD FOftD ISUZU PfUOfcOT We Keep Caring Expressway At Duke St Exit 682-91 7t FUNERAL HOME 1005 Main St Phone: 682-5464 Economically providing at-need and pre-need funeral plans COOKE Graveside rites for Mr Al-phonso Cooke Jr of 1311 Rosewood St will be held today at 12 noon ot Beech wood Cemetery Rev Georoe Heal officiating MAYO Funeral services for Mrs Morv "Liziie Mock Mavo will be held Friday af 4 00 em at Coin Chooei Boetist Churtv Rev Moses Retcher officiating Boriol will follow in the church cemetery The family may be contacted at the home of her sister Mrs jane Daye 1 Onslow St The family will receive friends fonight from 7 to I at Fisher Funeral Parlor WILKERSON Robert Lee Wilker son Jr oge 21 resident of Rt 1 Box 132-1A Hurdle Mills died unexpectedly uesdoy of his home Funeral services win be cor ducted Thursday at 4 at the Little River Presbv'e-rion Church by Rev Galen Elliott Burial will be in the church cemetery Clements Funeral 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