Saying Goodbye

The children lost their "Mama" on Friday, August 12th after a very long illness. They will certainly miss her.

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.