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James Renard Whitehurst, of Wilmington, died Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Cape Fear Hospital Although Jim was born in Greensboro, NC he only lived there a short time and considered himself a native of Charlotte. He went to Central High School and then to Davidson College on a French horn scholarship. The draft was in motion, so Jim decided to join the US Navy and became a pilot. After his enlistment was completed he received an honorable discharge as Lieutenant, J.G. Jim resumed his quest for an education by attending NC State University and received his degree in Textile engineering. He started out working for Belk in Charlotte as a stockboy and worked his way up to store manager during his 28 years there. After his retirement from Belk, he went to work for a friend, John Godfrey, selling boats and had good times over the next ten years at the Boat & Motor Center in Charlotte. Jim follows his beloved wife of 60 years, Carolyn, who passed away in December of 2006. Jim is survived by four loving daughters and their families who will miss him very much; Debbie and husband John Brady, Shay and husband Tim Perryman, Beckie and husband David Dean, and Susan and husband Frank Burchfield. Jim is also survived by nine grandchildren, five great grandchildren, a brother Terry and wife Nancy, and a sister Brenda and husband Warren Rollins. Jim was a member of Wrightsville Beach Baptist Church where a memorial service will be held at 2 PM, Saturday, February 16, 2008. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Baptist Children’s Homes of NC, Attn: Sam Barefoot, PO Box 338, Thomasville, NC 27361.

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COLUMBIA – A memorial service for William Francis “Frank” Talbert, 77, will be held 11:30 o’clock Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at Swallow Savannah United Methodist Church in Allendale, SC, with inurnment in the church cemetery. Officiating will be his nephew, The Rev. O. Rhett Talbert, Jr. The family will greet friends immediately following the service.

Mr. Talbert died Monday, April 10, 2006. Born on July 24, 1928, in Enoree, S.C., he was the son of the late John Tillman Talbert and Fannie Mae Knight Talbert. Mr. Talbert was reared in Allendale and graduated from The University of South Carolina, where he was on the cheerleading squad and a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Talbert owned an Avis Rental Car franchise and worked in residential real estate while in Winston-Salem, N.C. While living in Columbia he worked in automotive sales. Mr. Talbert was a member of Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia and, while in Winston-Salem, First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include a son, William Davis “Bill” Talbert and wife, Robin, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; a grandson, Joshua Talbert of Winston-Salem, N.C., and granddaughter, Kayla Talbert of Methodist College in Fayetteville, N.C.; great-grandchildren, Kasey and Dyllan Talbert of Winston-Salem, N.C.; a brother, Dr. O. Rhett Talbert; and a number of nieces and nephews. Those who preceded him in death were brothers John Tillman Talbert, Jr. and Kenneth Chesly Talbert.

The Rev. Lewis Venable Boyle, 81, of Bridgewater, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2005 at the Bridgewater Nursing Home.

Rev. Boyle was born Dec. 31, 1923 in Ytu, Brazil, and was the son of missionaries, the Rev. Gaston and Vovo Boyle.

He grew up in Steele’s Tavern, served in World War II and later graduated from Washington and Lee and Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. He pastored churches in Falls View and Huntington, W.Va., as well as in Newport News and Lexington and Willow Springs and Oak Island, N.C.

On June 4, 1947, he married Alice Brand Boyle; she survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Stephen of Pleasant Valley and Larry of Mechanicsburg, Pa.; a brother, Bill Boyle, a retired missionary to Japan, and four grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Dec. 31, 2005, at the Lantz Chapel at the Bridgewater Retirement Community. At his request, his body is being donated to science.

Published in Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, VA) on Friday, December 16, 2005

William Keith O’Kelley married Anna Claire Herrmann on September 1, 1950 in
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA. They were married fifty-five years. To this marriage
were born three children, one son and two daughters.

He passed away June 23, 2004.