Luther Casper

Luther T. Casper CORAPEAKE - Luther Thomas Casper, 91, of the 1200 block of NC Highway 32 N., died Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in the University Hospice Unit of Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, N.C. Mr. Casper was born in Gates County and was the son of the late John Thomas and Corrie Matthews Casper. A retired sawyer and millwright from H.S. Hofler & Sons Lumber Co., he was a faithful member of Eureka Baptist Church, its Adult Men's Sunday School Class, and had served on the board of deacons. One of the area's last "old time" fiddle players, he had been a member of The Casper Boys band for nearly 80 years after buying his first fiddle when he was only 12 years old. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Sara Nixon Casper; sisters, Mary Casper, Gladys Copeland and Venelle Morgan; and brothers, Curtis, Waverly and Jimmie Casper. Surviving are two sons, Luther Wade Casper and wife Faye of Sunbury and Gary Thomas Casper and wife Susan of Corapeake; two sisters, Doris Blanchard of Hobbsville and Louise Winslow of Suffolk; five grandchildren, Craig Casper and wife Aimee, David Casper and wife Wendy, Daniel Casper, Andrea Blackburn and husband Chris and Christy Stevens and husband Gary; and six great-grandchildren, John Thomas and Emma Casper, Caitlin and Coy Blackburn and Bryce and Brynlee Stevens. A funeral will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Eureka Baptist Church by the Rev. Mickey Willard. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family Monday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home, 304 Main St., Gatesville, and all other times at the home of Wade and Faye Casper, 104 NC Highway 32 N., Sunbury. Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.millerfhc.com.