Douglas ‘Doug’ Pearce
Douglas “Doug” Pearce, 68, of Rolesville, died Monday morning, August 2, 2010, at Rex Hospital. He was born in Wake County, the son of the late Catherine Hicks Pearce and Frank Pearce Sr.
Doug had worked for Alcatel in Raleigh for 40 years. He was a life-time member of Rolesville Baptist Church, a member of the Rolesville Fire Department and the Rolesville Lions Club.
Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning August 4, 2010, at Rolesville Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Randy Bridges and the Rev. J. Marshall Neathery officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Doug is survived by his wife, Lynda Pearce; sons, Chad Pearce and wife, Kim, of Rolesville and Jeff Pearce of Rolesville; grandchildren, Rachael Pearce and Eli Pearce; brother, Frank Pearce Jr. and wife, LaFon, of Rolesville; sister, Ann Faison-Keith of Wake Forest; and sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Judy and Rob Alldredge of Denver, Colo.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Rolesville Baptist Church, P.O. Box 185, Rolesville, N.C. 27571.
A service of Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center.

Kaye Adams Cook Lamport
Kaye Adams Cook Lamport, 77, of Raleigh, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, August 1, 2010, following a courageous battle with lymphoma.
 Kaye was preceded in death by her first husband of 47 years, Donald Eugene Cook. Her second husband, Bert Lamport, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, survives her.
 Kaye is also survived by her four children and their spouses whom she referred to as her greatest accomplishments: son, Dr. Donald Eugene Cook Jr. of Weddington; daughter, Len Cook Mueller and husband, Mark William Mueller, of Raleigh; son, John Keener Cook and wife, Jill Hooker Cook, of Wake Forest, and daughter, Kaye Frances Cook of Charlotte. 
Kaye is survived by eight grandchildren, Donald Eugene Cook III, Molly Grey Cook, Robert Adam Harrison, Mark William Mueller Jr., Campbell Hayden Mueller. Bradley Semmes Cook, Jackson Crane Cook and Kathleen Barclay Cook; her sister, Faye Adams Bellwood and her, husband Melvin Bellwood, of Orlando, Fla., and nieces and nephews. 
Kaye graduated from Furman University in 1954. While she was at Furman, Kaye served as a class officer and she was invited to join Senior Order due to her academic achievements. Kaye’s devotion to Furman continued throughout her life and she enjoyed serving as class agent for several years.
Following her move to Wake Forest with Don in 1965, Kaye devoted her life to service of the local community, schools and church. Kaye served on the first Town of Wake Forest Good Neighbor Council, the Wake Forest Tree Board, and Wake Forest Community Council for the Town of Wake Forest as an officer. Kaye was active in the Wake Forest Area Ministers Association and held multiple offices, including serving as President. Kaye was also active in the Town of Zebulon Chamber of Commerce serving on the Board of Directors as Vice-President and President Elect. Kaye served on the Wake Tech Advisory Council for the Wake Forest-Rolesville attendance area. Kaye served in many leadership positions in the PTA of the Wake Forest Schools including President for multiple years and served on the Wake Forest-Rolesville Advisory Council as a member and officer. Kaye was active in the Raleigh Baptist Association including her work as Chairman of Leadership Training Commission and began Seminary Extension classes at Central Prison. The members of Wake Forest Baptist Church fondly recall Kaye’s years of service as Minister of Education where she touched the lives of many young people.
The N. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs benefited from Kaye’s talents where she was elected as the State President, District 14 President and her local club President, in addition to Director of Districts and other offices held.    
Kaye worked as a volunteer in the Governor’s Office of Citizen Affairs and was a member of both the N. C. Art Museum Society and N. C. Symphony Society. Kaye was listed in Personalities of the South and received the 20^th Anniversary National Leadership Award from Society of Distinguished High School Students for encouraging and assisting students; Kaye published writings in Encounter, a devotional book for youth. 
When her husband Don began teaching at Gardner-Webb University, Kaye joined him in Boiling Springs, charming their new community with her graciousness where she was elected Board Chair of the Gardner-Webb Christian Service Organization. 
Following Don’s death in 2001, Kaye embraced a second church family with Millbrook United Methodist Church where she had been serving as church organist for many years. Thereafter, in 2003, Kaye moved from her beloved Pinewinds to Springmoor Retirement Community where in typical fashion Kaye immersed herself in service opportunities serving on numerous committees including Vice-President of Residents Association, Decorating Committee Chair, and New Resident Welcoming Committee, Endowment Committee, Activities Committee, and Residents Association Executive Committee. Kaye pursued many other interests including her love of the beach, travel and music.
A celebration of Kaye’s life will be held at Millbrook United Methodist Church on Thursday, August 5, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. with interment following at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Wednesday evening, August 4, 2010, at Bright Funeral Home, 405 S. Main Street, Wake Forest.

William Michael Causley
William Michael Causley (Mike), 60, of Wake Forest, died Saturday, July 31, 2010, at the VA Medical Center in Durham.
Mike was born on September 22, 1949, in Buffalo, N.Y. He was a veteran of the United States Army, appointed warrant officer and served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. 
Memorial services will be held at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon, August 5, 2010, in the Chapel of Bright Funeral Home.
Mr. Causley is survived by his wife of 30 years, Debra Kay Stamp; children, Rebecca Causley Uhlenberg and husband, Andrew, of Atlanta, Ga., Andrew Causley of Raleigh, Emily Causley of Virginia and Russell Causley of Wilmington; mother, Rosemond Ammerman Causley of Buffalo, N.Y.; brother, Peter Nelson Causley and wife, Cathy Pacynski, of Buffalo, N.Y.; sister, Marilyn Causley McLoughlin and husband, Danny, of Florida; and many extended family and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, William Malby Causley.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 104, Washington, DC 20037(www.vvmf.org).

The family will receive friends following the service at Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 405 S. Main St., Wake Forest.

Edward R. Billings

Edward R. Billings, 89, of Raleigh passed away on July 30, 2010.
Ed was born April 7, 1921, grew up in Lowell, Mass., and attended Lowell schools. He raised his family in Nashua, N.H., and served in the U.S. Army during WW II.
Ed began his love for films and movies at a young age by working at the Crown and Rialto Theatres in Lowell, Mass. He was employed as the stockroom foreman by the International Paper Box Machine Company in Nashua, N.H., for 31 years. He enjoyed animals, singing, his vegetable gardens and was an avid movie buff.
Mass and burial to be held in Lowell, Mass., on Saturday, August 7, 2010.
Devoted husband of 55 years to Frieda; father to Anne and Bruce Sargent of Chapel Hill and Ed and Mary Billings of Sunapee, N.H.; cherished grandfather to Michael, Jeffrey and Katherine; brother to Mary Colby of Florida; brother-in-law to Marilyn Wasylak of North Billerica, Mass.; Ed leaves behind many loving cousins, nieces and nephews and many good friends where he lived at The Gardens at Wakefield Plantation and in New Hampshire.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Ed’s memory may be made to the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars, 406 W 34^th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111 or www.donate.vfw.org

A service of Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center.

Estelle Forrest Hill
Estelle Forrest Hill, 96, of Wake Forest passed away Friday, July 30, 2010.
A native of Vanceboro, Estelle was born on November 5, 1913, the tenth of eleven children of Sarah Buck Forrest and Josephus Lathan Forrest.
he was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Guy Garland Hill. Estelle is survived by her daughter, Sarah Guylene Hill Stroud, son-in-law, Donald G. Stroud Sr.; grandson, Donald G. Stroud Jr., his wife, Mary Lawrence; great-grandchildren, Sarah Garrett, Hillary Rose and Benjamin Forrest Stroud; and beloved nieces and nephews.
Estelle never hesitated to let her family know how much she loved them. She also loved her devoted friends and will be dearly missed.
Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, August 1, 2010, at Wake Forest United Methodist Church with the Rev. W. Donald Warren and the Rev. Dr. Paul Chandley officiating. Burial was in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens.
Memorial donations may be made to Wake Forest United Methodist Church, 905 South Main Street, Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587 or to Heartland Hospice, 3200 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604.
Pallbearers were Larry Lindsey, Shea Lindsey, Roger Forrest, Twig Wiggins, Durward Matheny and C. W. “Bill” Fisher.
A service of Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center.

Mary Knight Ashe
Mary Knight Ashe of Raleigh died July 28, 2010, at her home. Mary was born on February 9, 1949, in Rocky Mount. She is the daughter of William Everette and Marjorie Bell Knight.
Always serving others, Mary’s life had two major focuses: early childhood education and serving others through the church. Mary served as Director of Alexander County Schools Head Start, and continued in the work for quality enhancements for young children’s programs through Smart Start for Wake County. She also did training and product development for Environments, Inc. in Beaufort, S.C., then program development for More At Four in Raleigh and development of Project Enlightenment Early Reading First federal grants in Raleigh. She has developed professional training and resources for the S.C. Department of Education’s Federal Professional Development Grant. She was very appreciative of the leadership opportunities and support of co-workers in all of these areas.
To continue her desire to serve others through the church, Mary was ordained at Knightdale Baptist Church as a minister in 1985 after graduating from Southeastern Seminary with a Masters of Art in religious education. She served in three churches starting in 1980 in Wilmington as minister of youth and education at Myrtle Grove Baptist Church, continuing as minister of youth and education at Knightdale Baptist Church in 1983 and moving to Hiddenite Baptist Church in the same role in 1988.
Mary established the Raleigh Baptist Association Christian Woman’s Job Corps in 1999. One of her greatest joys in serving the church has been through the Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina, where she served on the executive board and as assistant recording secretary. She is grateful for the opportunity WMUNC provided to teach women in many states in the US and South Africa.
Mary has enjoyed a delightful marriage to Terry Barr Ashe for 40 years. They have enjoyed sharing in ministry, family and currently the partnership in ministry at Falls Baptist Church in Raleigh. Additionally, Mary is survived by her two children, Michele Campbell and husband, Casey Campbell, of San Antonio, Texas, and Richard Ashe and wife, Candace Ashe, of Winston-Salem. She is especially proud of her two granddaughters, Lane and Aubrey Campbell of San Antonio, Texas. Also surviving is Mary’s sister, Anne Britt and husband, Keith Britt, of Cary as well as nieces and nephews in North Carolina and Georgia.
Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock, Saturday afternoon, July 31, 2010, at Falls Baptist Church with Ruby Fulbright and Macy Jones officiating. Burial was in the Falls Community Cemetery.
Mary would prefer that memorial donations be made to Woman’s Missionary Union of NC, 1200 Front Street, Raleigh, NC or Project Enlightenment Foundation, PO Box 30574, Raleigh, NC 27622-0574 so emphasis of importance for her life can continue.
The family wants to express sincere gratitude to Dr. Elizabeth Campbell and Eileen Capel and the staffs of Cancer Centers of NC, Hospice of Wake County, the staff of Project Enlightenment, and the congregation at Falls Baptist Church for such tender care and generous displays of love.
Pallbearers were Elaine Foster, Deb Gooch, Kim Jackson, Ingrid Wood, Bonnie Deleone and Cynthia Chamblee.
A service of Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center.