By Staff
Mr. Willie Frederick “Gus” Guthrie, age 73, a resident of 105 Jupiter Trail, Jacksonville, NC, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday, December 11, 2009 at Trinity Episcopal Church of Chocowinity and will be conducted by Rev. J.M. Sonny Browne III. Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery, with military honors.
Mr. Guthrie was born in Beaufort County on May 21, 1936 to the late Thelbert Russell Guthrie and Estelle McLawhorn Guthrie who survives. He was a 1953 graduate of Chocowinity High School and attended East Carolina University. On December 18, 1975 he married Shelby Lurane Clark who survives. He retired from the United States Air Force after serving 20 years and continued working as a civil servant for 20 years in his service field as an Electronic Technician until his retirement in December of 2005.
Survivors include his mother, Estelle McLawhorn Guthrie of Chocowinity; his wife, Shelby Clark Guthrie of the home; two brothers, Edmund Joseph Guthrie and Jerry Wayne Guthrie; sons, Patrick Russell Guthrie of Swansboro, Jason Frederick Guthrie of Jacksonville and Jack L. Burgess of Winterville; daughters, Lindie Sue Guthrie of Manden, ND, Jill Burgess Holland, Jeanna Burgess Terrell and Julie L. Guthrie of Jacksonville; thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Thelbert Russell Guthrie; two brothers, Thelbert Russell Guthrie, Jr. and Larry Guthrie.
The family will receive friends following the service in the parish hall of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 332, Chocowinity, NC 27817.
You may address condolences to the Guthrie family by visiting www.paulfuenralhome.com.
Paul Funeral Home of Washington is honored to serve the Guthrie family.
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