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JAKE BILLINGS Obituary

Jake Billings of Wilmington died April 30 from injuries sustained on April 26. He was 21.
He was a 2004 graduate of Chapel Hill High School and a 2005 graduate of the Cape Fear Community College Wooden Boat Building Program. He was pursuing a career as a chef.
Survivors include his parents, Charles Billings and Jane Cousins of Chapel Hill; three brothers, Sam Billings and Josh Billings, both of Chapel Hill, and Thad Billings of Wilmington.
Donations may be made to an environmental cause of choice.
A gathering to pay tribute to Jake Billings will be held on Sunday, May 18 at 2:30 at the Rock Quarry Farm.
Rock Quarry Farm is located at 1700 NC Highway 54 West, approximately 3 miles west of Carrboro, across from American Stone Quarry.
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Published by Star-News on May 15, 2008.

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Forrest Heath

May 18, 2008

Dear Charley and Jane,

Please accept our our sincere sympathy for the loss of Jake. Those of us with children can almost feel the emotions that your family must be experiencing at this time, take care and know that you have been and will continue to be in our prayers.

The Heaths

Mary Powell

May 15, 2008

Jane, Charlie, Sam and family,

You are in our thoughts and prayers.

God Bless,
The Powell's

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