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Sylvia Midgett Smith
No full textSylvia Midgett Smith, 87, of Hampstead, North Carolina died on Sunday 20 March 2022. She was born in Pender County on 27 July 1934, the child of Roland and Rachel Shingleton Midgett. Mrs. Smith was the wife of Bobby Ray Smith. She was a lifelong resident of Hampstead and a member of Hampstead Baptist Church. Her remains were interred in the Smith Family Cemetery in Kelly, NC. Obituary published from Andrews Mortuary, andrewsmortuary.com and in the Wilmington Star News
Kingoff, Janice S.
No full textJanice Specter Kingoff was born 5 June 1937 in Richmond, Virginia (USA), the daughter of Hyman and Bertha Specter. She attended Women's College in Greensboro, NC and graduated from UNC Wilmington in 1977 with a business degree. She married William Kingoff. Mrs. Kingoff was part owner of Kingoff's Jewelers and worked in the family business for 63 years. She dedicated her life to her family, community and B'Nai Israel Synagogue. She died 20 July 2021 and her remains interred at B'Bai Israel Cemetery, Wilmington, NC. Obituary, Star News 22 July 2021, page 4
Wallace Carmichael Murchison
No full textPhotograph used by Andrews Mortuary in Mr. Murchison's obituary.
Wallace Carmichael Murchison (1919-2013) was born in Wilmington, NC. He is the son of Wilmington doctor, David Reid Murchison. Wallace Murchison attended Tileston High School and then New Hanover High School. After obtaining his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina, Murchison returned to Wilmington and opened a solo law practice. He practiced law until his retirement in 1994, serving as co-founder and partner in the law firm Murchison, Fox and Newton (now Murchison, Taylor & Gibson, PLLC). Murchison was also involved with the non-profit charitable organization, The North Carolina Fund. He served as the Director of the Finance Department for the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Carolina. He was one of the founding members of the Historic Wilmington Foundation. He served in other civic, community and professional organizations, including the New Hanover County Bar Association and the Bellamy Mansion Museum
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'We are a kula people' : spatiotemporal roads of care in southeastern Papua New Guinea
Full text linkIn this thesis I examine the implications of the statement ‘we are a kula people’ made by my participants in Duau, located on the northeastern corner of Normanby Island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Specifically I will argue that this maxim signals that kula is an ethos which guides them as they navigate their way into the future.
The primary feature of this ethos is oboboma, which can translate as care, appreciation, love, generosity, or blessing. Throughout this thesis I will demonstrate that it is through acts of care that Duau people create, nurture, and finally, at death, finish the many social relationships they make throughout their lives. Duau would refer to those various social relationships that constitute their persons as keda. This is a spatial concept meaning road, path, or sea lane. But they also use it to speak about temporality. In these contexts keda becomes modalities of social activity or a way of life. Persons can travel along various temporal keda over the course of their life – e.g., kula, Christianity, business, motherhood/fatherhood, schooling, wage labour, and civil service. They would frame these temporal keda as if they were material infrastructures like their literal analogues. Old keda can be followed, maintained, or fall into disrepair. Trailblazers can produce new keda for others to follow. To manage and produce keda is an act of care.
In this thesis I will guide you along several keda, such as the relationships that constitute Duau persons, kula exchange itself, their conversion to Christianity, mortuary rituals, cash-cropping betelnut and gold, education, and the relationship between Duau and the Papua New Guinean Constitution. I will ultimately argue that, in their efforts to build enduring exchange relations with Euro-Americans, these roads are leading them away from their customs."This work was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada [grant number 752-2021-0040]; and the University of St Andrews."--Fundin
Behavioral Variability in Mortuary Deposition: A Modern Material Culture Study
No full textThis paper examines critically several key assumptions that have guided many archaeological interpretations of prehistoric mortuary assemblages. It is argued that more sophisticated models of mortuary deposition need to be incorporated into research that attempts to reconstruct community structure and other sociological variables from variation in grave assemblages. To illustrate this point, and to begin to build such models, a study of artifacts deposited in mortuary contexts was conducted by the author in a major urban center in Arizona in 1996. Several different behavioral pathways through which objects enter mortuary contexts are identified in this study, and some general material correlates for each are specified. This study also provides a vehicle for exploring preliminarily how, and to what extent, various forms of mortuary depostion are related to the social identities of the deceased. Finally, a synthetic model is developed which seeks to explain variation in mortuary deposition in terms of behavioral interactions between the living, on the one hand, and the deceased and various classes of material culture, on the other. It is hoped that the general models and material correlates developed through this study can be elaborated by prehistorians to bolster inferences drawn from specific mortuary populations and to explore previously-uncharted realms of mortuary behavior in the past
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Behavioral Variability in Mortuary Deposition: A Modern Material Culture Study
No full text1999 Dozier Award WinnerThis paper examines critically several key assumptions that have guided many archaeological interpretations of prehistoric mortuary assemblages. It is argued that more sophisticated models of mortuary deposition need to be incorporated into research that attempts to reconstruct community structure and other sociological variables from variation in grave assemblages. To illustrate this point, and to begin to build such models, a study of artifacts deposited in mortuary contexts was conducted by the author in a major urban center in Arizona in 1996. Several different behavioral pathways through which objects enter mortuary contexts are identified in this study, and some general material correlates for each are specified. This study also provides a vehicle for exploring preliminarily how, and to what extent, various forms of mortuary depostion are related to the social identities of the deceased. Finally, a synthetic model is developed which seeks to explain variation in mortuary deposition in terms of behavioral interactions between the living, on the one hand, and the deceased and various classes of material culture, on the other. It is hoped that the general models and material correlates developed through this study can be elaborated by prehistorians to bolster inferences drawn from specific mortuary populations and to explore previously-uncharted realms of mortuary behavior in the past
Levy Odel Gaillard
No full textPhotograph of Levy Odel Gaillard used in his newspaper obituary.
Levy Odel Gaillard (1952-2004) was born in Charleston, SC, and passed away in Wilmington, NC. He taught for 28 years in New Hanover (E. A. Laney High School) and Brunswick counties. He was an award-winning band instructor, with his bands well-known throughout the Carolinas
Mary Magaline Jefferson
No full textFamily photograph from obituary. Mary Magaline Jefferson (1934-2013) was born in Goochland, Va. Her parents were James Scott and Ella Watson Scott. She was a resident of Hampstead, NC
Elizabeth Anderson
No full textNewspaper photograph from obituary of Elizabeth Anderson. Elizabeth "Betty" Lee Anderson (1931-2013) was born in Marshfield, MO, the daughter of Dyer David Evans and Elsie Laura Augusta Richey. She married James Laythe Anderson in 1950. Her career as an Avon representative spanned over 20 years
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