Obituaries - 05/07/2008

CARL W. BROWN

Carl W. Brown, 70, of Raleigh died Sunday,

April 27, 2008. The funeral service was held

Wednesday, April 30 at Horne Memorial

United Methodist Church in Clayton. Dr. Alan

Swartz officiated. Interment will take place at

Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday,

June 19 at 3 p.m.

He is survived by his wife, Iris A. Brown; son,

Tony Brown and wife Melody of Clayton;

daughter, Laura Brown of Portland, Ore.;

brother, Paul Brown of Greensboro;

granddaughters, Jordan Brown and Chandler

Brown of Clayton; and several nieces and

nephews in Greensboro.

Memorial contributions may be made to

Horne Memorial United Methodist Church

Memorial Fund, PO Box 475, Clayton, NC

27528.

MARY ELIZABETH BYRD CARROLL

Mary Elizabeth Byrd Carroll, 81, of Selma

died Tuesday, April 29, 2008. The funeral

service was held Friday, May 2 at

Thanksgiving Baptist Church. Revs. Joseph

Creech and Steve Reed officiated. Interment

followed at Murphy Family Cemetery.

She is preceded in death by her husband, O.

C. Carroll, and a grandson, Jeff Beasley.

She is survived by her sons, Wayne Carroll

and wife Teresa K. of Clayton, Robert Carroll

and wife Debbie of Selma, Donny Carroll and

wife June of Selma, Shelton Carroll and wife

Kim of Selma, Ricky Carroll and wife Rita of

Selma, and Steven Carroll of Selma;

daughters, Yvonne Adams and husband

Buster of Selma, Linda Wilkins of Selma, Faye

Beasley and husband Frog of Selma, Barbara

Ferrell and husband Ed of Selma, Phyllis Keen

and husband Charlie of Selma, Pam Pierce

and husband Bobby of Selma; 25

grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren;

brothers, Raeford Byrd of Clayton, David Byrd

of Selma, Earl Byrd of Greensboro, Larry Byrd

of Clayton; and sisters, Erdine Venable of

Selma, Betty Jean Mizio of Clayton, and

Almetrice Smith of Selma.

ANGELA BRIGGS "ANGIE" PETTUS

Angela Briggs “Angie” Pettus, 50, of Clayton

died Saturday, April 26, 2008. The funeral

was held Thursday, May 1 at McLaurin

Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Mike Beasley

officiated.

She is survived by her husband, David L.

Pettus; sons, Garret Pettus and Christain

Pettus both of the home; father, Al L. Briggs

of Belmont; brothers, Gregg Briggs of

Montgomery, Ala., L. “Butch” Briggs of

Belmont; and sister, Tracey Jones of Belmont.

Memorial contributions may be made to

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

5005 LBJ Fwy., Ste. 250 Dallas, TX 75244.

EULA MAE PARRISH STRICKLAND

Eula Mae Parrish Strickland, 85, of Smithfield,

died Thursday, April 24, 2008 at Johnston

Memorial Hospital. Born August 9, 1922 in

Johnston County to the late Dewey Earl and

Lillie Mae Davis Fowler she was the widow of

William Lennie Parrish.

For several years she served as “Miss Senior

Games” of Johnston County and as an

ambassador for the Johnston County Cancer

Society. She was a member of the Emmanuel

Holiness Church in Selma.

Funeral services were held Saturday, April 26,

in the chapel of Parrish Funeral Home in

Selma. Burial was Sunday, April 27 in the

Davis Family Cemetery on Stevens Chapel

Road.

She is survived by her sons, William Linwood

Parrish, Lonnie Clifton Parrish and wife Pam,

all of Selma, Randy Michael Parrish and wife

Joan of Princeton, Rocky Neal Parrish of

Clayton, Lewis Mark Parrish and wife Paige of

Smithfield; daughters, Barbara Parrish-Futch

and husband Ray of Four Oaks, Geraldine

Parrish Benson and husband Donald, Katie

Parrish Narron and husband Tim, all of

Selma, Catherine Parrish “Blackie” Plyler of

Clayton, Juanita Parrish Starr and husband

Philip of Smithfield, Gail Parrish of Wilson,

Angela Parrish Cotten of Garner; brothers,

Dewey Fowler, Earl Fowler both of Lake Wylie,

S.C.; sisters, Evelyn Gunn of Fort Mills, S.C.,

Alice Batts of Raleigh and Frances Combs of

Greensboro; 23 grandchildren and 20 great-

grandchildren.

DEWEY WESLEY HUGGINS JR.

Dewey Wesley Huggins Jr., 81, of Clayton,

died peacefully Sunday, April 27, 2008 at his

home.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday,

May 7 at 3 p.m. at Brown-Wynne Funeral

Home Chapel, 200 SE Maynard Rd. in Cary.

The family will receive friends following

service at the funeral home. A private

interment will be held at Raleigh Memorial

Park.

He was born in Hickory on March 25, 1927 to

Dewey Wesley, Sr. and Edith Warren Huggins.

By age seven, Clayton had become his home

as his father took over the leadership of the

former Pythian Home for Children.

Huggins attended North Carolina State

University, received his undergraduate

degree from Lenoir-Rhyne College and was

awarded his Masters in Education by the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He pursued education with the North

Carolina Public School system where he

started as a teacher and quickly rose through

the ranks becoming a District Principal in

eastern North Carolina.

His accomplishments were not limited to the

civilian world as he also enjoyed success as a

Reserve Officer in the United States Army

during the Korean War era where he earned

his commission as an officer and attained the

rank of First Lieutenant.

In the early sixties, Huggins joined his

father-in-law, Wiley Dobbins of Yadkinville,

in his insurance agency. By the early 1980s,

when most would consider retiring, he chose

instead to relocate to the Raleigh/Clayton

area where he resumed teaching.

Best known for his love of golf no matter the

weather, he finally retired in July of 1998 to

one of his favorite courses, Pine Hollow,

where he could be found either playing a

round of golf or offering advice to a

newcomer.

Huggins was preceded in death by his

parents and a sister, Frances Huggins Drew.

He is survived by his sons, Dewey Wesley

Huggins, III and wife Joanna of Yadkinville,

and James Wiley Huggins and wife Leslee of

Rehoboth, Maine; grandchildren, Emma Mary

Huggins, David James Huggins and Samuel

Paisley Huggins.

Memorial contributions may be made to

“Smokey’s Gift,” an endowed scholarship

fund designed to help provide education to

aspiring veterinarians at the NCSU College of

Veterinary Medicine. Memorials should be

sent to the NC Veterinary Medical

Foundation, Inc., NCSU College of Veterinary

Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh,

NC 27606.