Warren Search Obituary

SEARCH, Warren GREENSBORO, NC - Warren S. Search passed peacefully away on February 8, 2008 at Wesley Long Community Hospital. A resident of Abbotswood, he previously lived at 119 Willoughby Boulevard. A memorial service will be held on Monday, February 11, 2008 at 2 pm at Hanes Lineberry North Elm Chapel. Interment will be at Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island. Mr. Search had a wonderful life and his family has many happy memories of family gatherings and vacations at Litchfield-by-the Sea, SC. He was born on September 5, 1922 in New York. He graduated from Columbia University in 1946 and attended the Graduate School of Business at New York University. During World War II he served as a communications officer in the Army Air Corps. A resident of Greensboro since 1976, he retired from Western Electric (now Lucent) as Director of Transportation and Purchasing after a career of 35 years within the AT&T/Bell System. Prior to his position in Greensboro, he held assignments in New York City, Chicago, Albuquerque, NM, and East Orange, NJ. A dedicated community volunteer, Mr. Search served as president of the Mountain Lakes, NJ School Board and in Greensboro on the budget committee of the United Arts Council and on the boards of the Greensboro Opera, Bel Canto, English Speaking Union, Greensboro Ballet and the UNCG Music Guild. He was a member of the Greensboro Civitan Club and a former member of Forest Oaks Country Club. Mr. Search was predeceased by his wife Anita Forest Search in May 2003, his parents Mary Alice and Warren Search, and his step-mother Anne Ehlermann Search. He is survived by his daughters Linda Atack of Greensboro, Nancy Phipps and husband Rob of Sutton, MA, Barbara Blanton and husband John of Charleston, SC, and son-in-law Geoff Atack of Greensboro. He took great pride in his seven grandchildren: Christopher Atack and wife Tina of Chatham County, NC, Scott Atack of Arlington, VA, Suzanne Phipps Myers and husband Joe of Merrimack, NH, Megan Phipps and Michael Phipps of Sutton, MA, Stephanie Blanton of Hanahan, SC, Laura Blanton of Charleston, SC and fiancé Jonathan Watson. He is also survived by one great-grandson Ryan Atack; brother Donald Search and wife Mary Therese of Maumee, OH, brother-in-law Richard Forest of Long Island and numerous nieces, nephews, and special friends Josefin Holmberg, Laura Chesak and Gary Steeley. Special appreciation to Dr. Thomas Brackbill and the medical staffs at Moses Cone and Wesley Long Hospitals. The family will receive friends from 2 pm to 4 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at Hanes Lineberry North Elm Chapel. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Greensboro Opera Company, PO Box 29031, Greensboro, NC 27429 or the Greensboro Civitan Club Scholarship Fund c/o 300 Miltwood Road, Greensboro, NC 27455. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.