Diana Drinkwater

ABERDEEN, N.C. - Diana McCutchen Drinkwater, 60, died July 31, 2002, at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem.

Born Jan. 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tenn., daughter of the late A.C. and Miriam McCutchen Drinkwater Jr., she graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received her law degree, graduating summa cum laude from Georgia State University. She was a corporate attorney for many years in Atlanta, Ga., before retiring and had taught students in the paralegal department at Sandhills Community College. She was a member of Our Savor Lutheran Church in Southern Pines.

Survivors include: two sons, Benjamin Albert Hall of Nashville, Tenn., and Michal Walker Hall of Orlando, Fla.; one daughter, Miriam Hall Demyan of Augusta, Ga.; one brother, Albert Casper Drinkwater of Charleston, Mo.; two sisters, Patricia Blasingame of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Marilyn Drinkwater of Little Rock, Ark.

Family and friends will assembly at 3 p.m. Saturday at the IOOF Cemetery near Charleston for graveside services. The Rev. Gerald Collier, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charleston, will officiate.

McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be sent to:

the Clara Drinkwater Newnam Library P.O. Box 160 Charleston, Mo. 63834