Bernard 'Bernie' Dice Chenoweth
DURHAM -- Bernard 'Bernie' Dice Chenoweth, age 83, resident of 1114 Donphil Road, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Born in Elkins, W.Va., Bernie was the son of the late Roy Perry Chenoweth and Elva Doerr Chenoweth. He was a graduate of Davis Elkins College with a degree in engineering. He served his country during WWII in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Bernie and his family moved to Durham in 1967. He was employed with the Davidson and Jones Construction Company for many years as a commercial construction supervisor.
Bernie loved to square dance and he delighted in making furniture for family and friends. Bernie was a member of the First Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, Sunday school teacher and taught Sunday school for the firemen at Station One.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Eleanor McQuain Chenoweth; one son, Bernard Gregory Chenoweth and wife, Carol, of Garner; two daughters, Cindy Chenoweth of Durham and Jennifer Hawthorne and husband, Tom, of Little Rock Ark.; three sisters; six grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren. Bernie was predeceased by his daughter, Amy Jo Pearce in 1988.
Visitation will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday in Hall-Wynne Funeral Home.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall-Wynne Funeral Home. The Rev. Dr. Andrew Davis will preside.
Flowers are acceptable or memorials may be made to the Baptist Children's Home of NC, P.O. Box 338, Thomasville, NC 27361
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Arrangements for the Chenoweth family are under the care of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service.
Mary L. DeBerry
DURHAM -- Funeral services for Mary L. DeBerry will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Scarborough and Hargett Funeral Home, 306 South Roxboro Street, Durham.
Interment will follow in Glennview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 21, 2009 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the chapel of Scarborough and Hargett Funeral Home, 306 South Roxboro Street Durham.
She is survived by five children, Mary Cook, Ar're Cubit, Brenda Copeland, Willie Cook and Anthony King.
Services entrusted to Scarborough and Hargett Funeral Home, Inc.
Wilma Juanita Lambert Holmes
DURHAM -- After living a life of service, giving, and loving others, Wilma Juanita Lambert Holmes was called by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 16, 2009. Wilma was born June 27, 1924 in Goldston, where she grew up happy and content. She was the 12th child of Walter and Virginia Lambert. Wilma attended Goldston Academy and Goldston High School, graduating in 1942.
She enrolled at Johnson C. Smith University in the fall of 1942, graduating cum laude in Mathematics and Science in the spring of 1946. After graduation, Wilma taught mathematics for two years in Ocala, Florida. She then moved to New York City where she taught at Humbult Junior High School and Eleanor Roosevelt Junior High School. Wilma later worked in the New York Public Library and attended New York University where she received a master's degree in Science Education in 1954. She continued her education at Columbia University receiving a master's degree in Library Science in 1957. Her motto for education was 'A good mind possesses a kingdom.' Wilma was a dedicated master teacher who believed in motivating students to learn.
While living in New York, Wilma promoted Johnson C. Smith University in many capacities, in particular, revitalizing the New York Chapter, and serving as president in the late 1950's and early 1960's. When she relocated to North Carolina, she became a faithful and active member of Johnson C. Smith University's Raleigh-Durham Chapter for 25 years and served as recording secretary. In 1991, along with a few alumni, Wilma initiated the Durham Area Chapter and served as president until the spring of 2004. Wilma was an advocate for JCSU so long that some people called her Miss JCSU. Wilma loved blue and gold so much that her wardrobe was mainly - - you guessed it, blue and gold. After serving her tenure as president of the Durham Area Chapter, she wore the badge of president emeritus.
Wilma was initiated into the Gamma Delta Chapter of Johnson C. Smith University in 1944 in Charlotte. Following 50 years of faithful service to her beloved sorority, Wilma was honored as a Golden Soror of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Wilma was a member of Alpha Zeta Omega graduate chapter and a Boule member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Wilma was blessed with a gift of writing poetry, tributes, and history of her sisters, brothers, and other people in her life. Her desire was to have them published so they would be passed on through the years. Her poems have been featured in Treasured American Poetry.
Wilma was a former member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, where her children were given the foundation of Christian principles at an early age. Wilma was a current member of Mt. Level Missionary Baptist Church where she was active in the Missionary Circle, Sunday school, and the Senior Citizens' Group. She was a missionary throughout Durham, visiting the sick and elderly, providing them with assistance, company, prayer and food.
An active citizen and community activist, Wilma proudly served the Missionary Circle and Acolyte Trainer at Covenant Presbyterian Church, the N.C. Retired Teachers Association, having taught math and science at Hillside and Durham High Schools in the Durham until her retirement in 1987, the Durham NAACP, the Women's Prison Ministry of Mt. Level, and Durham's Congregation and Neighborhood (C.A.N.). Wilma and her son, Juan, established an after-school tutoring program at Walltown Recreation Center where she also started a library. She collected and donated hundreds of books so that the neighborhood children would have books to read or to take home. But her greatest accomplishment was being a child of God.
She leaves to cherish her memory her devoted husband of 49 years, Raymond L. Holmes; three loving children, Valita Rae Holmes (Clarence Ray Parker, fianc
