The Cape Fear coastline faced the worst of Ophelia on Wednesday. Keith's daughter, Kim Clark, reported in that Wednesday was a long day with hurricane-force gusts and drenching rains that lasted for hours and hours. Damage, however, was minor at her hourse. By this evening, she had all the debris in hugh bags and stacked near the street for pickup. When complemented on her industriness, she replied, "Well Dad there was no electricity. That didn't leave much else to do." One Bradford Pear lost several limbs leaving its survival in doubt. All in all, things could have been a lot worse.
Catherine Guin was born Oct. 18, 1930, in Southern Pines, to the late John Dennis and Vera Bunch Sitterson. She was the valedictorian of the Southern Pines High School Class of 1949. She received an undergraduate degree from Women’s College of Greensboro (now UNCG) and a master’s degree in early childhood education from East Carolina University. She married Jamie W. Guin on Jan. 24, 1953.
A lifelong teacher, she was instrumental in creating kindergartens in Greensboro, Charlotte, Southern Pines and Aberdeen. She retired from teaching after serving as director of Open Door Day Care in Pinehurst.
Surviving are her husband, Jamie Guin; sons, Jamie W. Guin Jr. and his wife, Kate, of Wise, Va., John Robert Guin of Carthage, and Daniel Dennis Guin and his wife, Jane of Boca Raton, Fla.; a brother, John Sitterson and his wife, Marie, of Arlington, Va.; six grandchildren, Christopher, Mathew, Kimberly, Rebekah, Katherine and Maxwell.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, PO Box 2680, North Canton, OH 44720.
