June 1, 2025, 79, Goldsboro —
Sarah Tempie Deaver Underhill, at the age of 79, passed away Sunday afternoon, June 1, 2025, at the home of her daughter, Barbara, in LaGrange, with whom she made her home.
Tempie, as she was mostly called, had been a devout mother to her children.
She leaves behind three daughters, Kathy Underhill Outlaw and husband, Tony, of Mount Olive, Barbara Underhill Cruse and husband, Robert, of La Grange, and Marie Underhill and companion, Chris Nethkin, of La Grange; two sons, George Frankie Underhill and wife, Connie, of Calypso, and Stevie Underhill of La Grange; grandchildren, John Bruno, Crysta Bruno, Brock Cruse, Brian Cruse, Dustin Underhill, Patricia Robinson and husband, David, Anna Rosales, Trey Outlaw, Tiffany Outlaw, Shannon Howard, and Stephen Hall; and 17 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her former husband and the father of their children, Willie Underhill; two infant sons; her parents, Henry Deaver and Ruth Holmes Coker Deaver; three sisters, Ella Mae Irvin, Lula Mae Coker, and Ruth Ann West; and three brothers, Allen Coker, Charles “Dock” Coker, and Herman Coker.
The family will be receiving friends at the home of Kathy and Tony Outlaw. Graveside funeral services will be Wednesday, June 4, at 2:00 p.m. at the Taylor Family Cemetery, located in the 600 block of Woodland Church Road, Albertson, NC. Officiating will be the Rev. Tommie Underhill. Friends will also be received at the cemetery following the service.
