Doris Calloway

  Doris Cain Calloway passed away Friday, December 29, 2017 at Open Arms Retirement Center in Raeford at the age of 84.

She was born in Bladen County on November 21, 1933 to the late Thomas Grover and Pauline Cain.

She graduated valedictorian from Grays Creek High School and attended Flora MacDonald Women's College.  She was secretary to the President of Flora MacDonald Women's College in Red Springs; a substitute teacher, secretary at First Baptist Church in Raeford and maternity leave secretary for Hoke County Schools. 

She volunteered for 50 years in the preschool department at First Baptist Church in Raeford, over 1000 hours tutoring with Hoke Literacy Council, and volunteered with the H. E. L. P. store, Meals on Wheels, Vacation Bible School, and as a Girls In Action leader.

She enjoyed trips with the First Baptist Church Round-Abouts, the Bible Study Group and gardening and yardwork, puzzles, crafts, cooking and reading, especially her Bible.

Survivors include a daughter, Sheila Calloway of Raeford; a son, Donald Calloway of Raeford; three brothers, Julian T. (Sonny) Cain and wife Pat of Hope Mills, Richard E. (Rick) Cain and wife Betty of Winston-Salem, and Kenneth E. (Eddie) Cain and wife Cathy of St. Pauls; brother-in-law, C. S. Melvin, Jr. of Fayetteville; and sister-in-law, Dorothy (Dott) Calloway Jordan and husband Ray of Mt. Airy. 

In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her husband, Mawyer Martin Calloway, her sisters, Carolyn C. Sherrill, Vivian C. McNeill, Sophia C. Dawson, Annie Ruth C. Melvin and Shirley C. Rozier, and a brother, John Franklin Cain.

A visitation will be held 1-2 p.m. Sunday, December 31, 2017 at Raeford First Baptist Church, 333 N. Main Street, Raeford. 

 The funeral will follow at 2 with Reverend Tom Lee officiating.

Interment will follow the service at Highland Biblical Gardens.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 333 N. Main Street, Raeford, NC  28376 or Hoke Literacy Council, 125 W. Elwood Avenue, Raeford, NC  28376.

Online condolences may be made at www.crumplerfuneralhome.com

Michael Austen

Ret. USN Senior Chief Michael Austen passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at Hospice House in Pinehurst at the age of 73. 

Born in Warsaw, New York to Neil and Eileen Austen, he served 23 years in the US Navy, retiring as a Flight Engineer. He was a devoted husband, a loving father, a hero and an honorary SF member. 

He leaves behind his wife of 51 years, Helen Austen; three children, Stacy of San Diego, California; a son, Ken of Portland, Oregon and a younger daughter, Tiffany Bryan of Raeford; seven grandchildren, Gunnar, Greer and Gage of Portland, Derek and Monica of Raeford, and McKenzie of Fayetteville; and great-grandchildren Selena and Manny of Portland, and Liam, Eva and Emerie of Raeford. 

A visitation will be held 3-4 p.m. Saturday, December 30, 2017 at Crumpler Funeral Home, 131 Harris Ave. Raeford, NC. The funeral with full military honors will follow at 4 p.m. in Crumpler Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike Baker officiating. 

Online condolences may be made at www.crumplerfuneralhome.com 

Wally Jordan

Walter "Wally" Baker Jordan of Raeford passed away Saturday, December 24, 2017 at his home at the age 58. 
He was born April 15, 1959 in Cumberland County. He is preceded in death by his father Dr. Riley M. Jordan. He graduated from Wake Forest University with a bachelor's degree. His hobbies included golfing and reading. He was an avid sports fan. He was easygoing and had a very dry sense of humor. His career was spent in the food industry, in the cities of Raeford, Rocky Mount, and Richmond, Virginia. 
He is survived by his mother Faye Baker Jordan of Raeford; three brothers, Mike Jordan and his wife Beth of Georgetown, South Carolina, Bob Jordan and his wife Amy of Cary, and John Jordan and his wife Polly of Raeford; three sisters, Beth Foster and her husband Bill of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kim Williamson and her husband Don of Lumberton, and Suzanne McGougan and her husband Joe of Conway, South Carolina; a very special aunt, Phyllis B. McNeill of Raeford; and many nieces and nephews. 
A memorial service will be held 11:30 a.m. Friday, December 29, 2017 at Raeford Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Steven Fitzgerald and Wally's brother-in-law, the Rev. Bill Foster, officiating. A private graveside service will held at the Raeford Cemetery with the Rev. Tom Lee officiating. 
The family will receive friends after the service in the John C. Ropp Fellowship Hall At Raeford Presbyterian Church. 
Memorials may be made to Raeford Presbyterian Church, Building Fund 128 West Edinborough Ave. Raeford, and Raeford Baptist Church, Organ Fund 333 North Main Street, Raeford, NC 28376. 
Online condolences may be made at www.crumplerfuneralhome.com