Individual Details

Death

Mildred Harmon Speer, 84, of Carthage, died Monday, July 28, 2008, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, July 30), at Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines. Burial will be in Pinelawn Memorial Park, Southern Pines. Mrs. Speer was born April 6, 1924, a daughter of the late Monroe Harmon and Ila Brewer Harmon. She retired as a switchboard operator from Carolina Telephone Company in 1981, after 35 years. Mrs. Speer later went on to work as a switchboard operator and front desk receptionist for FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, for 13 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Southern Pines. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Speer was preceded in death by a daughter, Judith Lynn Speer; two sisters, Kathleen Hatcher and Virginia Gunter; and three brothers, Clarence Harmon, James Harmon and Odell Harmon. She is survived by a daughter, Dianne Hopton and her husband, Larry, of Carthage; a brother, Wayne Harmon and his wife, Nancy, of Hot Springs, Ariz.; two grandchildren, Melissa Bible and her husband, Tony, of Carthage, and Jason Hopton and his wife, Molly, of Marathon, Fla.; and two great-grandchildren, Drue Bible and John T. Bible. Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines, is assisting the family.