Births and Obituaries

Lucia Wood Gordy, 72, of McDonough, Ga., died May 24, 2011. Services will be held Friday, May 27, at 10 a.m. at Haisten Funeral Home. Friends visited the family Thursday, May 26, from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. [Full story »] 

Mary Wright Whatley Minter, 80, died May 20, 2011. Services were held Sunday, May 22, at 2 p.m., at Coggins Funeral Home. Friends visited the family Saturday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. [Full story »] 

Anna Marie Davis

Randy Davis and Donna Rogers of Zebulon announce the birth of their daughter Anna Marie Davis at 2:29 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19.5 inches long.
She joins siblings Colton Rogers, 10 and Katelyn Driskell, 15.
Maternal grandparents are Larry and Darlene Driskell of Lake City and the late Sandra Breedlove of Concord.
Paternal grandparents are John and Ruth Davis of Milner. Paternal great-grandparents are Marion Davis of Zebulon and the late J.F. Davis and the late Violet Ferrell. [Full story »] 

James Keith Cochran, 63, of Meansville, died May 16, 2011. Services will be held Wednesday, May 18, at 2 p.m., at Pine Mt. Church of the Nazarene. Friends will visit the family Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at Coggins Funeral Home. [Full story »] 

George Smith DeGraff, 69, of Concord, died May 12, 2011. Services will be held Sunday, May 15, at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Mowell Funeral Home in Fayetteville. The family will receive friends Saturday from 4-8 p.m. at the funeral home. [Full story »] 

James “Mr. Jim” H. Whaley, 81, of Molena, died May 11, 2011. Friends may visited the family Friday from 6-8 p.m. at Moody Funeral Home. Services will be Saturday, May 14 at 1 p.m. in the funeral home. [Full story »] 

Virginia “Ginger” Davis, 59, of Griffin, died May 6, 2011. Friends visited the family on Sunday from 5-7 p.m. at Moody Funeral home. A graveside service will be held Monday, May 9 at 2 p.m. at The Rock Methodist Church Cemetery. [Full story »] 

Brenda Kay Barber Hayes, 69, of Virginia Beach, Va., died May 2, 2011. The family will receive friends on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Smith and Williams Funeral Home in Virginia Beach. Services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. [Full story »]