Today's Obituaries and Guest Books

ASHEBORO — Lillie Mae Jones Hulin, 83, died Friday, May 17, 2013. A funeral service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, May 20, at Bethel Friends Meeting. Arrangements by Ridge Funeral Home & Cremation Service.

GREENSBORO — Barbara C. Kirby, 59, died on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time. Hanes Lineberry North Elm Chapel will be serving the Kirby family.

PINEHURST — James Steele McKee, age 81, died on Thursday, May 16, 2013. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, May 21 at 11 a.m. at Shiloh Presbyterian Church, 6197 Aberdeen Rd., Raeford, NC. Burial will take place at East Mahoning Cemetery in Clymer, PA. Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines is serving the family.

BURLINGTON — Hilda Moser Montgomery died Thursday, May 16, 2013. A service will be held in the chapel of Rich and Thompson in Burlington on Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m.

MADISON — Ernest Daniel Pell, 64, of 1243 Hunt Joyce Road, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at Hospice Home of Rockingham County.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 19, 2013, at First Baptist Church of Mayodan with Reverend Randy Jessup officiating. Inurnment will follow at a later date.

Mr. Pell was born May 14, 1949, in Davidson County, to the late Calvin Pell and Vera Maxine Grubb Pell. He was a retired physical education teacher (28 years) and coach (17 years) with the Rockingham County School System. Dan was a member of First Baptist Church of Mayodan where he was a Sunday school teacher for 23 years and served as a deacon and an usher. He worked with Builders for Christ for five years and Baptist Men Lawn Care Ministry for 24 years. He loved vegetable gardening, camping, fishing, photography and joke telling. Dan was a good neighbor, loved friends and especially family, and loved meeting people.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Sarah Lenderman Pell and brother, Lonnie Pell.

Survivors include son, David Pell and wife, Svetlana, of Portland, OR; daughter, Melissa Barker and husband, Mike, of High Point; brother, Ron Pell and wife, Bobbie, of Marshall; grandson, Wyatt Barker; and step-grandsons, Kaleb and Cody Barker.

The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m., Saturday, at Colonial Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Special Olympics North Carolina, 2200 Gateway Centre Blvd., Suite 201, Morrisville, NC 27560; World Vision International, PO Box 9716, Federal Way, WA 98063-9716 or North Carolina, 6504 Falls of Neuse Road #100, Raleigh, NC 27615.

Colonial Funeral Home in Madison is serving the family.

Condolences may be offered at www.colonialfh.net.

MADISON — Chase Decarol Price, 60, died Friday, May 17, 2013. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ray Funeral Home in Madison.

STOKESDALE - Mrs. Dorothy Shope Raiford, 85, 7258 U. S. Hwy. 158 Stokesdale, N.C., and formerly of Statesville, N.C., died Wednesday evening at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. Born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania on June 21, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Mearle Gordon Shope and Reba Lowdermilk Shope. She was an R.N. at Davis Hospital prior to retirement and served in the U. S. Air Force at a First Lt. and R.N. She was a member of Galax Presbyterian Church in Galax, Va., and enjoyed being a grandmother, reading, knitting and baking. She was preceded in death by a son, Claude Raiford, III. On January 17, 1952, she married Mr. Claude E. Raiford, Jr. who survives.

Also surviving are sons: Richard Raiford (Elizabeth) of Carmel, Indiana, Rev. David Raiford (Jeannie) of Kannapolis, N.C. and Philip Raiford (Gretchen) of Eden, N.C. Also surviving are a brother, Richard Shope of Fairhaven, Mass., ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Services celebrating Dorothy's life will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Westmoreland Chapel of Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home with Dr. Tom Whartenby officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday evening and from 1 until 2 p.m. Monday afternoon at Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home.

Condolences may be sent on line to the family to www.bunchjohnsonfuneralhome.com.

Memorials may be given to Galax Presbyterian Church P.O. Box 2, Galax, Va. 24333 or to the Hospice of the donor's choice. Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.

GREENSBORO — Sarah Lea Reavis, 91, died on Tuesday May 14, 2013. Funeral Services will be on Saturday May 18, at 3 p.m. at Calvary Christina Center 365 Air Harbor Rd. C.C. Hodges Funeral & Cremation Services are in charge of services.

HIGH POINT — Mr. George Richard Straka III, age 81, of High Point passed away May 16th in the Hospice Home at High Point.

Mr. Straka was born November 30, 1931, in Southern Pines, NC, to George Richard, Jr. and Helena Vick Straka.

He graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University and served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict in the Submarines on the U.S.S. Rasher.

Mr. Straka had been a resident of High Point since 1977 and retired from the High Point Enterprise after 11 years of service as Business Manager. He then worked part-time with friend Howard Altizer at Altizer & Company as Comptroller until last November. He was of the Presbyterian faith.

George had a quick wit, enjoyed his daily crossword puzzle and crypto-quote, was a good cook, and dabbled in gardening. He was a bird watcher, accidental squirrel feeder, and loved his hummingbirds. George enjoyed his longtime "crew" of friends here in High Point and spent many afternoons with them out on his deck listening to his "oldies but goodies" music and singing along.

He is survived by his sister Dorothy Cochrane (Sam), of Pompton Lakes, NJ, their children and grandchildren; his son James V. (Terri) of Hickory, NC and their children (Weston and Kelli); son George Richard IV (aka Chip) of High Point, NC; and daughter Kathryn Layne and "grand-dog" Mia of Charlotte, NC; nephew Michael Straka (Sharon) of Ft. Worth, TX, son of George's brother Robert James and Ruth G. Straka of Southern Pines, NC (deceased) and Michael's children Christy Straka of Wilmington, NC and Kerry Straka Jones (Rob) and their children, also of Wilmington, NC, and Chris Collins (Kelly) and their daughter, of Claudville, VA.

Like George's favorite singer good ole "Frankie Baby" Frank Sinatra, he "did it his way..."

In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to Hospice of the Piedmont, 1801 Westchester Drive, High Point, NC 27262. Please share your condolences with the family at www. sechrestfunerals.com.

A visitation was held Friday, May 17, 2013 from 6-8 p.m. at Sechrest Funeral Home in High Point.

ASHEBORO — Edward Douglas "Happy" Tanner, 55, died Friday, May 17, 2013 at Randolph Health & Rehabilitation Center in Asheboro. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Loflin Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Ramseur.