MANTEO– Herbert Augustus “H.A.” Creef Jr. died Friday July 6, 2012, inNorfolk, Va.  H.A. was a “native son,” born in Manteo and wasowner/operator of The Pioneer Theatre and The Duke of Dare Motor Lodgein Manteo.   Hewas a member of Mount Olivet United Methodist Church.  H.A. was aformer commissioner of the Town of Manteo and an […]

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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — James Earl Thompson(Jim), 78, passed away on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in the loving embraceof his wife.  After a courageous and dignified five-year battlewith cancer, he passed from this life peacefully and with dignity intothe loving arms of our Lord. He was born on October 24, 1933 in Carroll County, Virginia, to […]

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WAVES — William Avner Midgett Sr., 75,died Tuesday June 13, 2012 in Norfolk, Va.  Mr. Midgett was bornin Waves and was retired from the U.S. Coast Guard where he served hiscountry honorably in Vietnam and was an expert rifleman. He recentlyretired from the N.C. State Division of Ferries and was a commercialfisherman.  He was the son […]

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MANTEO– Janet Farrow Foster, 73, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June7, 2012 at her residence, peacefully in her sleep.  A Hatterasnative, Mrs. Foster was the daughter of the late Lester Farrow and thelate Salina Gaskins Farrow.  She is also preceded in death by herhusband, Desmond Roderick Foster, Sr., her sister, Jean Bunting, […]

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AVON — Ralph Walter Coward, 82, died on June 7at his residence. He was born in Union Beach, N.J., and raised inCliffwood, N.J. Coward was the son of the late Ralph K. Coward and Dorothy Head Coward. He was preceded in death by his sister, Dorothy Kahlert, and survived by his brother, Joseph E. Coward […]

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BUXTON — Opal Foster Scarborough, 79, diedFriday, June 1, 2012 in Nags Head. Born in Hatteras, she was thedaughter of the late Hallas and Rosa Burrus Foster. She was a member ofthe Hatteras United Methodist Church and a homemaker. Mrs. Scarborough is survived by her husband of 61 years, Raymond WilburScarborough; two daughters, Karla Jarvis […]

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BUXTON — Mary Louise Ballance Gray, 79, native of Hatteras Island, wasdrawn into the waiting arms of the Lord on May 21, 2012.  She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Jack Stewart Gray,her two daughters, Jaki Gray and Mary Gray McAnally, a grandson,Jackson Whitley, and her sister, Grace Peele. She is predeceased […]

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BUXTON– Bonnie Jean Farkas (nee Gray), 68,passed away at the Outer Banks Hospital in Nags Head on Thursday, May17, 2012 with her family by her side.  She was the daughter of thelate Mack Thompson Gray and the late Lucy Mae Gray and is survived byher loving husband of 36 years, Alan Farkas of Buxton.  Inaddition […]

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AVON — Retta Meekins Gray, 91, passed intoeternity on April 25, 2012. She was born to Calvin and Maggie Meekinson Dec. 20, 1920. She was an active member of St. John’s UnitedMethodist Church in Avon, where she served as a trustee, treasurer,past president of the United Methodist Women, taught Sunday School andserved in the choir […]

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AVON — Jean Tennent Meyer, a resident ofAvon, formerly of Poughkeepsie and New Windsor, N.Y., passed away onApril 20th with her family by her side. She was in her 82nd year. Jeanwas born in Chappaqua, N.Y., on Aug 14, 1929 to the late Alice DringTennent and John Tennent and attended Roosevelt High School in HydePark, […]

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