THE NEWS OBSERVER THE HERALD-SUN SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2023 PAGE Shiho Kuwaki and Nasa Hataoka each finished with rounds of 66 on Sat- urday to remain tied for the lead after 54 holes at the Toto Japan Classic in Omitama, Japan. Kuwaki continued her bogey-free tournament, carding two birdies and two eagles, to move to 20-under. only blemish on the round came on the par-4 No. 10 hole, where she mixed a bogey with seven birdies. They were among seven Japanese women in the top nine places on the leaderboard heading into final round at the Taiheiyo Club, Minori Course.
Mone Inami (65 on Saturday) was one stroke back at -19 under, with fellow Japanese player Sora Kamiya (65) at 18- under. Yuka Nii (66) and Yuri Yoshida (65) were joined by Jasmine Suwannapura (66) and South Korean Seon Woo Bae (66) in a tie for fifth place, four strokes off the lead. Kuwaki and Hataoka were to be paired on Sun- day, which Hataoka said she is looking forward to doing. From the Ibaraki area, Hataoka likely will have the most fan support behind her. play really good and very happy to play with Shiho again and she played really solid so both play Hataoka said.
Hataoka leads the field this week with 23 birdies and is pleased with her putting but not all of her game. After hitting just five of 14 fairways on Saturday, she went back to the driving range. trying on my swing, I need to find one key and I think I found she said after working at the range. The 2018 Toto Japan Classic champion, Hatao- ka has six LPGA Tour wins but has not won this season. No Japanese women have won on the LPGA Tour this season, but that seems poised to happen on Sunday.
Two more players from Japan Sayaka Takahashi (67 on Saturday) and Fu- mika Kawagishi (67) were in a tie for ninth and 15-under with American Rose Zhang (65) and Xiyu Lin (69) of China. Kuwaki, Hataoka atop leaders at Toto Japan Classic Field Level Media Camilo Villegas finished off his second consecutive 8-under 64 to set a two- shot lead as play was sus- pended at the World Wide Technology Champion- ship on Friday in Los Ca- bos, Mexico. The 41-year-old from Colombia started his round eagle-birdie-birdie at El Cardonal at Dia- mante, the first Tiger Woods-designed course to be used at a PGA Tour event. He withstood two front-nine bogeys by add- ing six more birdies in- cluding at each of his final three holes to nose in front of the pack at 16- under 128. Matt Kuchar, a 45-year- old vet with nine PGA Tour wins, was alone in second at 14 under after a bogey-free 65.
Villegas has not won on tour since 2014, while last victory came in January 2019 at the Sony Open in Hawaii. In the field this week on a sponsor exemption, Villegas posted a career- low 36-hole score on tour. just focus on the process and just keep grind- Villegas said. job is a lot better when playing good, but like I said (Thursday), really change. You wake up with the same purpose.
a frustrating game. We go through the ups and downs. nice to be on a good note these first two Kuchar started his round with three birdies on the back nine before picking up four more on the front nine, including three straight at Nos. 5-7. steady Kuchar said.
left for this trip kind of saying to my family excited about the week, my in good form, looking forward to getting down to Cabo and hopefully play- ing some good golf. Never know. certainly said that before and not gone quite as planned. Golf is a fickle Three golfers still had one hole left to complete when play was suspended due to darkness. Two of them, Satoshi Kodaira and Kensei Hirata of Japan, were 4 under and needed a birdie or better on the par-5 18th to make the cut on the number.
Stephan Jaeger of Ger- many and Justin Suh both shot 65 on Friday and were tied for third at 13- under 131. Will Gordon and South Erik van Rooyen vied for the lead before ending their rounds with a bogey and a double bogey, respectively. Gordon card- ed two eagles over a three- hole span during his 9- under 63, and van Rooyen stood at 10 under for his round and 14 under for the tournament before a dou- ble-bogey 7 at No. 18. Villegas grabs lead at Mexico PGA event Field Level Media Obituaries Andrews, Johnnie Ray, 69 Chapel Hill Nov 01 Donaldson Funeral Home Crematory Barnes, Geraldine 89 Farmville Nov 03 Farmville Funeral Home Brantley Anthony, 58 Raleigh Nov 02 Steven L.
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Wills, Kristin, 34 Wake Forest Oct 28 Bright Funeral Home Winton, Lena Mae, 94 Raleigh Sep 25 Brown-Wynne North Raleigh OBITUARY INDEX Bold listings indicate expanded obituaries View and place obituaries at newsobserver.com Contact our obituary at 919-829-4545 or NAME, AGE CITY DEATH ARRANGEMENTS Ashland, Virginia George Kurt Thompson Sr. 79 passed away in Ashland, Virginia Oct. 24,2023. He was born August 4, 1944 in Wilmington, NC. Kurt grew up on Emer- ald Isle, NC.
After having to medically retire from the Army as a Captain in 1976, he returned to Emerald Isle to raise his family. He had served 2 tours in Vietnam receiving a Purple Heart and many other awards. He was a helicopter pilot and a wing pilot. He graduated from 2 univer- sities University of Nebras- ka at Omaha (History) and Southern Illinois Universi- ty with a degree in Airport Management. In 1985 he owned and operated Thompson and Thompson a 400 mobile home park in Indian Beach, NC until he retired from that in 2005.
Kurt was an avid man, scuba diver, snow ski- er and loved his many boats (sail and motorized). He loved owning a 1970 Cessna 177 Cardinal. He loved Louis west- erns. His wife often said, was a man to ride the river His children referred to him as, Gadget He put his amazing tool col- lection to use in his work- shop inventing, and repairing things. Kurt could anything.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years Sue Wilkinson Thompson, 2 sons G. Kurt Jr. and Jeff (wife Gwyn), sister Sue T. Schwartz. 5 grandchildren Mattie, Sloan, Graham, Sasha and Sawyer.
And many nieces and nephews. He was proceeded in death by his parents Doris and Earl and brother Wayne E. Thompson. He was loved and will be missed by us all. You are invited to join the family for an outdoor ocean side celebration at 2701 Em- erald Dr.
Nov. 18th at 1pm with Military Honors. Donations can be made to Association of America. George Thompson Sr. August 4, 1944 October 24, 2023 Durham, North Carolina Evelyn Bobbitt Gilmore, 96, of Durham, NC, passed away on October 30, 2023.
A former researcher at Duke University, and 24-year vet- eran teacher with Durham City Schools, she is survived by two sons George B. Gilmore (Betty) of Washing- ton DC, and Stephen Gilm- ore of Durham, NC. She is also survived by brothers David Lee Bobbitt of South Hill, VA, and James Bernard Bobbitt of Oxford, NC; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorial Service is planned for Wednesday, November 8, at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2620 Weaver Street, Durham, NC 27707. Visi- tation with family begins at 12:30 pm and the service be- gins at 1:00 pm.
Evelyn Gilmore September 6, 1927 October 30, 2023 Raleigh, North Carolina Lena Mae Edwards Win- ton passed away following a brief illness on September 25, 2023, at the age of 94. Predeceased by her parents Alex and Lila Edwards of Louisburg, NC, husband Kenneth Winton, daughter Linda Pynn, grandson Pat- rick Petty, and son-in-law Stephen Squires, Lena is survived by daughters Judy Squires, Ginny Petty (Pete), and Laura Meadows (Will), along with seven grandchil- dren, their four spouses, and great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother Robert Edwards of Louisburg, NC, sister Shirley Frankos of Portsmouth, VA, cousin Pat Kennedy (Leland) of Wake Forest, NC, and brother-in-law Bill Winton (Charlotte) of Dallas, TX. The family would like to thank Serenity Falls Family Care Home and Transitions LifeCare for seeing us all through her days. In lieu of the family requests that memorial do- nations be made to the Lin- da Pynn Nurse Practitioner Scholarship.
Donations made payable to ECU MHSF (with Pynn Scholarship in the memo), can be mailed to Elizabeth Maxwell, Direc- tor of Development, ECU College of Nursing, PO Box 8489, 690 Medical Dr, Greenville, NC 27835. A memorial service for Lena Mae will be held Sat- urday, November 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 1701 East Millbrook Road. Lena Mae Winton June 28, 1929 September 25, 2023 Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina Dr. John L. Powell II, 81, departed this life on Friday, October 20, 2023, at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, Wilmington, N.C.
Dr. Powell was the born of Dr. J.B. and Jean Pow- ell. Raised in Clinton, N.C., Powell graduated from Clin- ton High School, Davidson College and U.N.C.
School of Medicine. Dr. Powell had an exemplary career in med- icine for which he was rec- ognized in 2023 with a Life- time Achievement Award by the U.N.C. School of Medi- cine and was also named a Healthcare Hero in Southeast N.C. He was a board-certi- Fellow of the College of Obstetricians and Gynecolo- gists, a Gyne- cologic Oncologist and was also by the Ameri- can Board of Laser Surgery.
He served 8 years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps deliv- ering over 5,000 babies and reaching the rank of Major. He completed a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology in Atlanta and was later re- cruited to be the Director of Gynecologic Oncology at Baystate Medical Center in Massachusetts. While there, he rose from Assistant to Full Professor at Tufts Medical Center, training thousands of med- ical students and residents. Dr.
Powell also served on the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society. Powell was a pioneer of laser surgery, lecturing on the use of lasers in 26 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and 8 foreign countries. He also designed 2 surgical instruments which are now widely used by Gy- necologists. Powell authored over 200 articles which were published in peer-reviewed medical journals and 13 book chapters.
He also wrote 140 articles known as which focused on famous names in medical and surgical history, many of which were published in medical journals. Dr. Powell gave more than 300 presen- tations at regional, national and international medical meetings. In 1994, Dr. Pow- ell was recruited to join the A.H.E.C.
teaching program at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, not only as the sole Gynecologic Oncol- ogist but also to help design and start up the Zimmer Can- cer Center. After retirement, Dr. Powell served 7 years as Coordinator of the Retired Physicians Section of the local medical society. Dr. Powell dedicated his life to the practice of medicine, giving his patients the best care possible and inspiring other doctors to do likewise.
A Memorial Service will be held at Andrews Mortuary Chapel, 1617 Market Wilmington, N.C. at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 18, 2023. In lieu of please consider giving a me- morial gift in memory of Dr. Powell to either: Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Foundation, 1414 Physicians Wilmington, N.C.
28401 or U.N.C. Health Founda- tion, 123 West Franklin Suite 150, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27516 Condolences may be shared at www.andrewsmor- tuary.com Dr. John L. Powell II April 7, 1942 October 20, 2023 Obituaries To place an obituary in The call 919-829-4545 or email NEWSOBSERVER.COM Hours: Monday-Sunday: 9am-5pm NEWSOBSERVER.COM Share Your Condolences, Thoughts Memories Online legacy.com/obituaries/newsobserver Sign the guest book and post your personal message for obituaries listed in paper, and from the past year.
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