DEWITT C. CASH


YOUNGSVILLE - DeWitt C. Cash, 83, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Duke Raleigh Hospital. Funeral services were held Friday, May 20, at Flat Rock Baptist Church, with the Rev. Gary McNair officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

He was born in Durham County, son of the late Nina Clark Cash and David Carl Cash. He was retired from Duke University after 40 years of service as a grounds supervisor. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and served during WWII.

Surviving: wife, Mattie Frazier Cash; children, Pamela Cash of Durham, Robert Cash of Bahama, David and Susan “Kim” Emery of Durham and David Cash of Durham; sisters, Lucy Stone of Moncure, Vergie Howard of Pittsboro, Kate Mayberry of Apex; stepchildren, Benny and Linda Woodlief of Florida, Kenny and LeAnne Woodlief of Kansas, Deborah and Larry Pearce of Youngsville, Charles and Sue Woodlief of Wake Forest, Charlotte and Ken Bartholomew of Newport; two grandchildren; 11 step-grandchildren; and 18 step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother, James Herbert Cash.

A service of Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Wake Forest.

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