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Fry retired from his Marine Corps in July of 1978. His final posting was at Camp Lejeune as Base Special Services Officer.\n\nIn September of 1978, Bob accepted a position as the Director of the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro NC, which perfectly suited his leadership expertise and his love of wildlife. He was instrumental in the design, construction, and opening of the African continent section of the zoo along with the world renown Aviary. Bob worked tirelessly to gain funding for the zoo, along with helping to make it one of the top zoos in the country and a major tourist attraction for the state. \n\nBob was a lifetime member of the Marine Corps Association, the World Zoo Council, on the board of Directors at National Geographic, a member of the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, and a member of the Jane Goodall Institute. He was also a member of the Rotary Club for over 50 yrs. \n\nIn 1993, Bob and Ann retired from the zoo and enjoyed living on the coast of North Carolina at St. James. He loved golfing, gardening, and spending time with his grandchildren. In 2018, Bob and Ann made their last move to Windsor Point Retirement community in Fuquay Varina to be closer to their children and grandchildren.\n\nAlong with his parents, Bob was preceded in death by his wife Ann, daughter Lee Ann (Fry) Watson, and brother Howard Fry. He is survived by his sons Christopher and John (Elizabeth), son-in-law Jeff Watson, grandchildren Sarah (Fry) Dickson and husband Dan, Robert Fry, Taylor Watson (Nohely), Emma Fry, and Christopher Fry, as well as many nieces and nephews.\nA private family ceremony will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.\n\nShould friends desire, contributions may be sent to https://www.nczoo.com/forms/store/teaching-the-world/ or https://secure.janegoodall.org/give/328356/#!/donation/checkout."}},"city":"Fuquay Varina","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/09/2023","age":91,"user_updated":true,"image":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/4a73a0d16823190359530820c984535b/object_Object_5e4e268162.jpeg"}}}},{"node":{"id":"972de418-c6bb-5e84-b299-e322b8e39b7c","slug":"2023-11-07-Deborah-Plocar","name":"Deborah Plocar","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/07/2023","age":72,"user_updated":true,"image":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/60d494c3f516471ce26824e1dfa268f5/IMG_0077_f65d7587f4.JPG"}}}},{"node":{"id":"f2bab887-1ef6-5efb-85f6-c3a4b9c51cc8","slug":"2023-11-07-Donavan-Johnson","name":"Donavan  Johnson","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/07/2023","age":25,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"ba113f34-cea3-5834-90cc-47347ea1f33d","slug":"article-262","name":"Sandra Mitchell","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/07/2023","age":88,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"a619e91a-b6c1-53f2-896b-7706ed76300a","slug":"2023-11-07-Linda-Atwell","name":"Linda Atwell","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Surfside Beach","county":"Horry","state":"South Carolina","deathdate":"11/07/2023","age":72,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"22c0d204-ad3f-52bf-a9b5-2e74e31f5e72","slug":"article-260","name":"William \"Billy\" Prince","content":{"data":{"content":"William \"Billy\" Prince, 45, passed away peacefully on November 6, 2023 surrounded by loved ones.  Billy was loved by so many, and his presence will be missed by all.  \n\nIn lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Billy's honor to Military Missions in Action at https://www.militarymissionsinaction.org/donate.  Billy would be so grateful to be able to give MMIA back for all of the help that they gave us through Billy's illness."}},"city":"Fuquay-Varina","county":"Chatham","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/06/2023","age":45,"user_updated":true,"image":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/b9c8fabd653b41617eb5a3b629bf13a2/object_Object_cfa1697de5.jpeg"}}}},{"node":{"id":"6c4091ff-ce81-56d1-869f-62bfc7adbc4a","slug":"article-264","name":"Claudette Warren","content":{"data":{"content":"Claudette Kay (Stevens) Warren\nJanuary 14, 1951 - November 6, 2023\nRaleigh, North Carolina – Claudette Kay Warren, 72, entered into God's Presence on Monday, November 6, 2023 at home.\n\nClaudette was born in Knox County to the late Omer and Irene Stevens. She was a follower of Jesus, a devoted wife of 54 years, a daughter's best friend, & the world's greatest Mam-ma!\n\nShe devoted her life to faith, family, & friendships. She will be remembered for unwavering love and dedication to her husband, family and friends, as well as many people she met along the way. She was a student of the Word of God and regularly led others in that passion. She faithfully prayed for those around her and was her Son-in-law's biggest encourager, as a preacher. She was a precious gift from God to all who called her friend.\nShe was an avid traveler, she had to be to keep in touch with friendships stretching back to Gibbs High and swing-sets even earlier.\n\nSurviving are her husband of 54 years, Richard Glenn Warren; daughter Mitzi Rave and husband, Billy of Wilson's Mills; grandchildren, Cameron Rave and wife Cloey, Kaylen Rave, Kaiyah Rave, and Jaxon Rave; and brother Ronald Stevens and wife Liz; and sister in-law Frankie Stevens; as well as many beloved nieces & nephews.\n\nIn addition to her parents, Claudette was preceded in death by her brother, Stanley Stevens.\n\nClaudette surely entered into a “Well Done!” in the arms of Jesus, surrounded by loved ones. She fought long, she loved well, & now she is home. Won't you make plans to meet her in glory?\n\nA Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 18, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church.\n In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to PanCan.com or With Love From Jesus.\n\nArrangements are by City of Oaks Funeral Home & Cremations of Raleigh."}},"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/06/2023","age":72,"user_updated":true,"image":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/816512ad6a06cbcc138366cda3d7ca75/object_Object_898d6d46d4.jpeg"}}}},{"node":{"id":"75b95115-6190-50a9-846f-53c7f06204d6","slug":"2023-11-05-Lois-Stone","name":"Lois Stone","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Sanford","county":"Lee","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/05/2023","age":73,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"a607ecaf-55c7-5850-bc59-ebca66610024","slug":"article-263","name":"Walter McCloud","content":{"data":{"content":""}},"city":"Cary","county":"Wake","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/05/2023","age":81,"user_updated":false,"image":null}},{"node":{"id":"9cc07d47-04e5-5dd4-86ad-cd9b4c9e5f3b","slug":"1105-08-23-Deborah-Buchanan","name":"Deborah  Buchanan","content":{"data":{"content":"Deborah passed away peacefully at home on the birthday of her youngest daughter Heaven who passed away 2 years ago. She is survived by her 3 living daughters Barbara Belford, Lauren Maynard, and Josie Maynard. Her 5 grand children Alex, Andrew, Alezia, Aiden, and Adrianna. And her significant other Wayne."}},"city":"Sanford","county":"Harnett","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/04/2023","age":63,"user_updated":true,"image":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/3a9cc489946cc2dd26b0c7269204e104/object_Object_42775709e9.jpeg"}}}},{"node":{"id":"fc8ec19d-e742-595e-b775-94dd967fec32","slug":"2023-11-04-Hugh-Cullman","name":"Hugh Cullman","content":{"data":{"content":"Hugh Cullman, a former naval officer and Vice Chairman and Director of Philip Morris Companies, now the Altria Group, died at his home in Pittsboro, North Carolina on November 4. He was 100 years old.\n\nBorn in New York City on January 27, 1923, into a family of prominent tobacco merchants, he attended the Little Red School House, the city’s first progressive school, which he did not enjoy and later Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire, which he did.  An avid skier with an analytical bent, he chose Kimball Union by plotting schools on to a snow fall map of New England, shunning the ones preferred by his family for the one with the most snow. Following America’s entry into World War II, he set his sights on serving his country and entered the United States Naval Academy in 1942. Having suffered a serious eye injury playing lacrosse, he made it through the Naval Academy by memorizing all the charts used for the eye exams. Graduating in 1945, he went on to serve in the Pacific theater aboard the Destroyer USS Metcalf. \n\nBetween WWII and Korea, he both joined the family cigarette business, Benson & Hedges, and married Nan Alva Ogburn of Smithfield, North Carolina who he met while in town buying tobacco. During the Korean War, he was recalled to active service and served on the staff of US Naval Forces in Germany as aide to Admiral Holden.\n\nAfter the war, he returned to Benson & Hedges which was acquired by Philip Morris in 1954, at which time he was appointed Director of Market Research. For the next 34 years, he held positions in virtually every aspect of the business, including leaf manufacturing, finance, and brand management and was largely responsible for building the Philip Morris international business which he led from 1967-1978. At one of the events celebrating his retirement in 1988, a colleague described him as “the hardest worker … passionate about quality … the vigilant guardian of Philip Morris standards.” Also known for his dogged conscientiousness, a running corporate joke was made at another retirement event  - “Either you clean up this mess or we’ll put Hugh Cullman on it.”\n\nIn addition to his love of the sea and the tobacco business, he supported many non-profit and charitable institutions including the United Negro College Fund where he served as Chairman from 1987 to 1989.    He also served as a trustee of the American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece and on committees of both the United States Council for International  Business and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).\n\nAn active supporter of both his alma maters, he established the Cullman Scholarship Program at Kimball Union that for the last 40 years has provided hundreds of students with off-campus opportunities to explore global and environmental issues. At the Naval Academy, though hardly a digital native, he became a major supporter of the Academy’s Center for Cyber Security Studies.\n\n\nIn 1991, after a long campaign waged by his southern wife, he retired to the seaside town of Beaufort, North Carolina where he kept a small armada off the dock in his front yard and became a dedicated supporter of organizations such as the North Carolina Symphony, the NC Coastal Federation and the Beaufort Maritime Museum. He also finally had time to join his wife, Nan, on her worldwide adventures, spending much of the year hunting for fossils in Niger, observing penguins in Antarctica and hiking in the Alps. In the early 2000s, he moved to the retirement community of Galloway Ridge in Pittsboro, North Carolina where he was an active member in community affairs well into his 90s.\n\nHugh Cullman is survived by his three children, Katherine Hedges, Hugh Cullman Jr and Alexandra Haslingden, as well as 9 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren as well as his brother, Brian Cullman and sister, Marguerite Cullman. His wife pre-deceased him.\n\nA service of remembrance will be held on January 10, 2024 at St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Beaufort, NC. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: US Naval Academy Center for Securities Studies, Kimball Union Academy Cullman Scholars Program or the Kidney Center of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC."}},"city":"Pittsboro","county":"Chatham","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/04/2023","age":100,"user_updated":true,"image":{"localFile":{"publicURL":"/static/effc2560de028852b49137bda3ac01c9/object_Object_0c60d85f3c.jpeg"}}}},{"node":{"id":"af850dfd-aff3-50a3-b9b5-877c95b37493","slug":"article-258","name":"Charles Wayne Mitchell","content":{"data":{"content":"Charles Wayne Mitchell of Manson, NC passed away at the age of 66 on November 4, 2023.  He was born in Henderson, NC on January 12, 1957 to the late Charles Haskins Mitchell and Sallie King Mitchell.  Wayne is survived by his wife of 46 years, Wendy King Mitchell, his sister, Nancy Mitchell Thompson, his nieces and nephews as well as many devoted friends.\nWayne and Wendy returned home to Manson in the early 90’s and built their home on Kerr Lake which they enjoyed with friends and family.  Wayne was an avid reader and loved all his dog and cat pets. He will be missed by many.  \nRev. Richard McBride will conduct a Memorial Service at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at Mount Auburn UCC, Manson, NC.  In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Rebuilding Hope (414 Raleigh Road, Henderson, NC 27537) or Drewry Fire Department (125 Firefighter Drive, Manson, NC 27553)."}},"city":"Manson","county":"Vance","state":"North Carolina","deathdate":"11/04/2023","age":66,"user_updated":true,"image":null}}]}},"pageContext":{"limit":12,"skip":2052,"numPages":317,"currentPage":172,"numObits":3797,"featured":false}},
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