Antonio Marimpietri, of Chapel Hill, died July 11, 2009.

Mr. Marimpietri was born June 8, 1911, in San Panfilo d'Ocre, Italy. He traveled to the U.S. in 1929, served in World War II, and made a successful and happy life for himself and his family. He moved to North Carolina in 1991, where he made new friends and soon was widely known as Grandpa Tony. His warm and generous spirit and ability to touch every person he met was a special gift he gave to all those who knew him.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 60 years, Norma, in 2001.

Survivors include: his sons, Michael and Anthony (Tony), Tony's wife Deborah; and his two grandchildren, Sean and Craig.

There will be a private burial ceremony and a memorial service in mid-August. Details of the memorial service have not yet been made and more information will follow.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials may be made to Duke Homecare and Hospice at 4321 Medical Park Drive, Durham NC 27704.

James Bruer Moore II

James "Jim" Bruer Moore II, 83, died July 3, 2009, at the Dubose Health Center. Born in Doylestown, Pa., April 9, 1926, he was the middle son of Dr. Allen Hoyt Moore of Washington, N.C., and Faye "Honey" Thompson Allstatt of Lebanon, Ind.

After graduating from Oakridge Military Academy in Oakridge, Jim joined the Army Air Corps and was stationed in the Pacific as a gunner on the B-29, "The Tipsy Gypsy" during World War II. He graduated from Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa., and married Jane Thomson Wolfe.

Before beginning his business career, Jim reenlisted in the U.S. Armed Services. He served as a Navy Ensign during the Korean War. His 40 years of business experience spanned several industries and took the family to various locations in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Georgia.

He was most proud of his entrepreneurial ventures Moore Associates of Reading, Pa., and Trans Data Corporation of Cambridge, Md. Jim and his wife, Jane, retired to Sarasota, Fla. Though divorced, they remained friends until his death.

Jim loved the water and had many boats throughout his lifetime. He enjoyed cruising the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway with friends and family. Jim traveled the world filming exotic animals and foreign cultures.

Jim was a voracious reader and noted historian, and his library was one of his most prized possessions. Jim collected military armor and painted legions of lead soldiers. He raised exotic birds and fish, built miniature railroads, loved opera and wrote short stories for his beloved grandchildren.

Jim was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

He is survived by Jane Wolfe Moore; his children, James Bruer Moore III of Chapel Hill and Walter Wolfe of Salisbury, Md.; and his grandchildren, Alex, Thomas and Jason Moore of Chapel Hill and Victoria Wolfe Moore of Salisbury, Md.; and his daughter-in-laws, Carol Denise Moore of Chapel Hill and Karen Flynn Moore of Salisbury, Md.

J. C. Herrin

The Rev. J. C. Herrin, 94 years old, died June 5, 2009 in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. A public memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on July 30 at the Olin T. Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill.

From 1946-1954, Rev. Herrin was Chaplain to the Baptist Student Union at UNC. He believed that churches should promote racial equality and interracial cooperation; because his theology was judged too liberal, he was fired. As an emissary of the American Baptist Convention, he returned to Chapel Hill in 1959 to provide moral and financial support to beleaguered churches, colleges, and students during the civil rights movement. He reached out to churches and invited them to join the American Baptist Convention; those churches now number the more than 300 black and white congregations that make up the American Baptist Churches of the South (ABCOTS). He spent 1971-1974 as fundraiser for Carlyle Marney's Interpreter's House in Waynesville, then retired to Florida.

Herrin was born in Concord in 1914. He graduated from Wake Forest College in 1939, attended Hartford Seminary in Connecticut, and earned a Master of Divinity in 1942 from Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

He is survived by three daughters, Cynthia Evans of Supply, Barbara Herrin of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., and Harriet Herrin of Port Orange, Fla.; two grandsons, Delmer Cromer of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., and J. Christopher Cromer of Deland, Fla. He has three living sisters, Mahalia Connell and Delphia Hayes of Concord and M. Lorene Harrell of Asheboro, and a brother Cline Excell of Washington state.