Obituaries recall five lives of service, art and community ties

Ronald Lee Book’s obituary recounts a life shaped by farm work, sports and hunting, followed by decades of construction and painting work in Sandpoint, Idaho, where he also coached and umpired youth baseball. Hazel Lorraine “Lori” Bradberry, 64, of Wilmington, North Carolina, died Oct. 8; she spent 29 years working for New Hanover County Schools and was remembered for her warmth toward students and colleagues, her love of family and UNC basketball. Linda Lee Gilbert Perdue, 80, died Oct. 12 in Sparta, Tennessee; she was remembered for her lively, sociable nature, charitable work, love of family and devotion to Jesus and gospel music. Brenda Gail Calloway, 74, was remembered as a multifaceted Wilmington community figure who worked in music, television and other fields, helped establish a children’s theater, and founded a nonprofit supporting local women affected by breast cancer. Barbara Greenough Lee, 90, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was an artist known for portraiture and Western art who also worked as a hospital laboratory technician and newspaper editor; she enjoyed traveling with her husband and was active in her church.