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Even after becoming a Tar Heel, she was always a Miami girl at heart.\n\nAn excellent student, she thrived at Miami High School and entered Belhaven College in Jackson, Miss., at age 16. She transferred to the University of North Carolina in 1949 where she majored in English. Lila joined Pi Beta Phi, making many lifelong friends and becoming chapter president. She also swam with UNC’s synchronized swimming club. Lila was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Valkyries before graduating in 1951.\n\nShe met the love of her life, law student John Ralph Friday of Dallas, N.C., on the steps of the U.S. Post Office in Chapel Hill during her first week of class at UNC. They married December 17, 1955, at Shenandoah Presbyterian Church in Miami. John set up his law practice in Lincolnton, N.C., where Lila taught English and engaged in church, civic and cultural activities. In 1959 and 1961, they welcomed their daughters — Susan and Sarah.\n\nA devoted mother, she, with John, encouraged an appreciation of art, music, history and travel. She sewed dresses and draperies, cooked delicious meals and opened their home, Lincolnwood, to friends and family for more than 50 years before moving to Raleigh in 2006. She remained active in politics, supporting John as an attorney and as judge for the N.C. Recorder’s Court, District Court, Superior Court and as an\nEmergency Judge.\n\nLila always loved music. She began as a piano accompanist in eighth grade for the Shenandoah Junior High School orchestra, and later played at church, high school dances and other events. She taught elementary school in Miami for one year after graduation, and elementary school and music in Atlanta for two, before Katherine Kennedy Carmichael, UNC’s Dean of Women, invited her back to work for her in Chapel Hill. Here, Lila accompanied a choir of UNC School of Medicine students directed by roommate and friend Betty Ray (McCain). She continued to support the arts throughout her life, helping bring the North Carolina Symphony to Lincoln County schools for the first time, and enjoying ballet, opera, church music, the North Carolina Symphony and Master Chorale.\n\nA voracious reader, Lila helped garner interest and funding for a new Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library, which opened in Lincolnton in 1976. She also served as chair of the State Library Commission of North Carolina, her service honored with The Order of the Long Leaf Pine in January 2002. Other honors and service included 1968 Lincoln County Woman of the Year, helping establish the Lincoln County Museum of History in\n1987, Peace College Board of Visitors, Barium Springs Home for Children Board of Directors, N.C. Museum of History Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of the USA, UNC 1951 Reunion Committee, 1989-1992 N.C. District Director for the Carolina Alumni board, and committee member for the Tar Heel Network.\n\nA lifelong Presbyterian, Lila attended Shenandoah Presbyterian Church in her youth. She first attended Camp Montreat for Girls around 1942 and enjoyed the Presbyterian conference center the rest of her life. She became an Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Lincolnton and lived a life of deep faith, courage, peace, kindness and love. Lila was predeceased by her parents, Karl and Lila Ponder; her husband, the Hon. John Ralph Friday; her brother, John Oliver Ponder (Lucretia); and daughter, Susan Friday Lamb. She is survived by daughter, Sarah Friday Peters, and husband Alexander McClure Peters; son-in-law Terrell Hadley Lamb; four grandchildren — Elizabeth Lamb Poindexter (Matthew), Emily Lamb Viva (Matthew), John Walker Peters and Lila McClure Peters; three great-grandchildren — Cora Watts Poindexter, Mary Friday Poindexter and Graham Alexander Viva; and extended family.\n\nA Service of Witness to the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, at West Raleigh Presbyterian Church, 27 Horne St., Raleigh, N.C., 27607. A reception will follow. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., February 19 at Hollybrook Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C.\n\nIn lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to West Raleigh Presbyterian Church, to the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English & Comparative Literature or to the N.C. Museum of History Foundation."}},"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/20/2024","age":93,"user_updated":true,"image":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/3f916301b720ccefb3d454528ab23166/Lila_Friday_38cd6694ae.JPG"}}}},{"node":{"id":"3b4d5b3a-e8be-58d1-b021-4b7c084f3fd5","slug":"2024-01-20-Kathryn-Craven","name":"Kathryn Craven","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/20/2024","age":35,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"60f67bda-edb8-5823-89c6-1a103618cbc7","slug":"2024-01-20-Ronald-Stimpson","name":"Ronald Eugene Stimpson","content":{"data":{"content":"Ronald Eugene Stimpson passed away on January 20, 2024 at the age of 69 at WakeMed Hospital in Cary, North Carolina. His three-year battle with congestive heart failure came to an end peacefully and painlessly while he was surrounded by his loving children.\n\nRon’s children loved and admired him for his constant strength and support through both good and difficult times, for his sense of humor, generosity, open-mindedness, and his often youthful tastes in music and comedy. To his grandchildren he was a much loved “Papa.” He seemed to have the energy of multiple grandparents - always ready to play, swim, jump on the trampoline, and snuggle. He loved his grandkids and they loved him fiercely - he was easy-going, quick-witted, and always interested in what the kids had to say. Papa’s homemade cinnamon rolls, pancakes and chocolate chip cookies (‘Papa Cookies’) will forever be regarded as the best.\n\nAs a child himself, Ron was very energetic (although his mom reports that he did calm down some, after breaking his leg in 6th grade)! He worked on the neighbors’ farm and played baseball and basketball. He played the trumpet in concert/marching bands, was in school plays and a part of student council. He also loved hunting and fishing. In high school he began what would become a lifelong fandom of the Cleveland Indians and the Cleveland Browns.\n\nRon met the love of his life, Candace, while earning a degree in Biology at Clarion University. Ron and Candy were married from 1977 until Candy’s death in 2015. Together, they raised three children and several dogs (including multiple chocolate labs and pugs) and became master SCUBA divers and instructors. Ron performed 570 dives with the Erie Skin Divers Club and earned a Master Scuba Diver certification. He and Candy also volunteered for the Erie County Sheriff’s Office SCUBA Team, making recoveries in Lake Erie.\n\nMost of Ron’s professional career was spent as a skilled and beloved industrial engineer and leader at AMSCO and Steris. His hard work and friendship was an inspiration to all, and he was adept at working through and overcoming adversity. In the 2000s, Ron went back to school and made a career change as a medical laboratory technician, while he and Candy lived oceanside in Myrtle Beach, SC. They were grateful to have spent her last few years there; they both loved walking, swimming and feeding seagulls at the beach.\n\nIn his final years, Ron moved to Fuquay Varina, NC, where he enjoyed being closer to his kids and grandkids.\n\nRon is grieved by his children: Amanda Ebner, Casey Stimpson, and Jesse Stimpson; children-in-law: Kevin, Leigh, and Sarah; and eight grandchildren: Maya, Livia, Carrick, Scott, Quentin, Brandon, Luke, and Ellie. Also grieving Ron are his mother Arlene Stimpson; his sisters: Karen Brumagin, Cindy Mains, and Lorrie Hobson; and brothers-in-law: Dan, Daryl, and Vic; as well as many nieces and nephews.\n\nA memorial service for Ron will be held at Park United Methodist Church in North East, Pennsylvania, on February 24 at 11 AM."}},"city":"Fuquay-Varina","county":"Harnett","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/20/2024","age":69,"user_updated":true,"image":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/7340299764722cfc5af91aba4af6ff3c/object_Object_8e21608837.jpeg"}}}},{"node":{"id":"592f4e9d-d2b7-517c-9e7a-dfba8c9f48c7","slug":"article-321","name":"Antonio Miguel Correia","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Wilson","county":"Wilson","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/20/2024","age":80,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"c68b1f50-a31e-5530-96b8-78f20398f98b","slug":"article-323","name":"Edward Howard Streyle","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Cary","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/19/2024","age":74,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"4507f74d-fcfb-51f1-bb55-93cfb6006767","slug":"2024-01-18-Roscoe-Mills","name":"Roscoe Mills","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Youngsville","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/18/2024","age":64,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"3f30d506-c528-51d4-a16b-e514d80b7db4","slug":"article-325","name":"Ann Gockel Church","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Youngsville","county":"Franklin","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/18/2024","age":79,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"535aab35-3e19-55d0-bf55-ea7e38767de1","slug":"2024-01-18-Joan-Brandt","name":"Joan Brandt","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/18/2024","age":70,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"0bc55160-396e-511f-9d9c-66551e3c83a3","slug":"article-324","name":"Julio John Vazquez","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/17/2024","age":71,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"68cf57a1-c125-5ad4-a25f-694614cafe66","slug":"2024-01-17-Ann-Moore","name":"Ann Moore","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Hillsborough","county":"Orange","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/17/2024","age":94,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"f84b0548-9b74-5dc8-93a9-66b0a304fa3a","slug":"2024-01-17-Keda-Olive","name":"Keda Harvell Olive","content":{"data":{"content":"Keda Harvell Olive, 79, born on March 2, 1945 in Raleigh, passed peacefully in her home on January 17, 2024. She was preceded in death by her husband Fred Autry Olive Sr.; parents, Erma Wilkins Harvell and Roberson Ab Horton Harvell; and by her brothers Richard Ab Harvell and Willie Michael Harvell. \n\nShe is survived by her brother Smitty Roberson Harvell and wife Debra; niece Kelly Bush and nephews Todd Harvell, Randall Harvell, Victor Harvell, Will Harvell, and Austin Harvell; and many loving friends. \n\nShe was a driven career woman who exceeded in sales. Her hobbies included taking wonderful care of her cats, baking beautiful cakes, being a talented seamstress, and volunteering at her church’s preschool. She also had strong allegiance to the Wolfpack, Dale Earnhardt Sr., and Dwight Yoakam. Her family and friends will dearly miss her spunky attitude, strong will, deep compassion, and sense of humor. \n\nA memorial service will be held at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 2:30 PM and is open to all that have known and loved Keda.\n\nIn lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Fund - 4415 Pleasant Grove Church Road - Raleigh, NC 27613. \n\nKeda will surely be missed by all who knew her."}},"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"01/17/2024","age":79,"user_updated":true,"image":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/0923eea6e21503d3cccf76cb7d28c9d2/object_Object_bc403b0456.jpeg"}}}}]}},"pageContext":{"limit":12,"skip":1884,"numPages":317,"currentPage":158,"numObits":3798,"featured":false}},
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