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Shirley Pearson

Friday, September 21, 2018 Randy Wrenn Obituaries 12146
Surrounded by family and friends, died September 17, 2018 at Beason Place in Greensboro, N.C.
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Elma Ernestine "Tina" Ross Griffin

Tuesday, October 02, 2018 Randy Wrenn Obituaries 12362
Wakefield VA - died peacefully on September 27, 2018. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dr. C.W. “Jack” Griffin Sr.; her parents, Elmer E. Ross and Hattie Borrell Ross; two sisters, Irma Molloy, Margie Hicks, and a brother, J.D. Ross. She is survived by her brother, Wallace Edwards; two sons, Clarence Wayne Griffin, Jr. and his wife, Susan Reagan Griffin, and Ross Laine Griffin and his wife, Heather Hill Griffin; four grandchildren, Reagan Griffin, Whitney Griffin, Alexis Watkins and Allie Watkins.
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William Douglas Weaver

Friday, December 07, 2018 Randy Wrenn Obituaries 10883
Tarboro, North Carolina, William Weaver, age 78, passed away on December 2, 2018. He was born December 10, 1939 in Norfolk, VA to the late Johnny Weaver and Mary Porter.
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James C. Burke Jr.

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James C. Burke, Jr., 77, of Wilmington, NC, passed away on February 16, 2021 at Lower Cape Fear Life Care. 

He was born May 20, 1943 in Langdale, AL and was reared in Lanett, AL. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, James C. Burke, Sr. and Lois Slaughter Burke, and sister, Margaret Burke Mosley. 

On May 15, 1971, he married Gail Elizabeth MacCallum who survives him.  

Also surviving are his son, Carl Burke of Roanoke Rapids, NC and Goddaughter, Dr. Elizabeth White-Hurst of Columbia, SC, and sister, Nancy Burke Brown of Steeleville, MO. 

He was a 1965 graduate of Mercer University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a 1968 graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity with Languages, Hebrew and Greek. He also held a Master of Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. 

Jim Served as Director of Christian Education and Minister of Youth at Rosemary Baptist Church in Roanoke Rapids, then later taught Special Education in the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District.  He enjoyed a lifelong love of music and sang in the Rosemary Baptist choir and performed in productions at Lakeland Cultural Arts Center in Littleton, NC and sang with The Lakeland Singers.

Jim and Gail later joined All Saints Episcopal Church in Roanoke Rapids and enjoyed Willie Long’s Sunday School class. After retirement, they moved to Wilmington, NC and joined the Church of the Servant, Episcopal.  

Jim enjoyed helping Gail with her parish duties including the Bargain Box of Wilmington.  He also enjoyed many lunches with the Retired Old Fellows group. 

Jim’s remains will be interred in the Memorial Garden at Church of the Servant at a later date.  A memorial service will be held post-pandemic.  

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to: Lower Cape Fear Life Care Hospice, 1414 Physicians Dr., Wilmington, NC 28401, or to the Pipe Organ Fund at Church of the Servant, Episcopal, 4925 Oriole Dr., Wilmington, NC 28403, or to the Little Free Pantry at All Saints Episcopal Church, 635 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870.