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Cathy Tolar Obituary
October 16, 1953 - August 14, 2025
Fuquay Varina, North Carolina - Cathy Milstead Tolar, 71, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2025, at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield, NC.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 24, 2025 from 4 pm through 6 pm at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, 300 E. McIver St., Angier, North Carolina.
Mrs. Tolar was born October 16, 1953 in Salisbury, North Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Elizabeth Milstead.
Mrs. Tolar is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Ann Marie Tolar Davis and Jeffery Lee Davis of Erwin, North Carolina; her brother, George Milstead of Landis, North Carolina; her niece and nephew-in-law, Mary Beth Waltman (nee Milstead) and Nick Waltman of Camden, North Carolina; and her life-long friends Gail and Dale Woolard of Raleigh, North Carolina.
Mrs. Tolar now joins her beloved husband, George Tolar, who preceded her in death.
Memorials may be made to SECU Hospice House of Smithfield, North Carolina, NW Harnett VFD/Rescue Squad, Rex Hospital Foundation, or Dunn Animal Hospital.
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Bob Kanich, MD
August 22, 2025
More important than being an excellent executive assistant, she was a congenial, kind person. she will be missed.
John D Benson, MD
August 22, 2025
I remember working with Cathy at Rex Hospital, first as an administrative secretary in the Pathology Laboratory, and later as an executive secretary in the Executive Suite. She was always very helpful and pleasant. My condolences to her family and friends.
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