Donald “Don” Charles Webster

Donald “Don” Charles Webster, Sr., 79, died Sunday at Duke University Hospital after a brief illness.  He was a resident of New York, Florida and North Carolina.  Don was a respected business owner and sales engineer for the food and pharmaceutical industries for over 60 years.  He also was a volunteer fireman as well as an avid boater and golfer.  He was a car enthusiast and also a very loyal NY Giants fan.  Don enjoyed his family and was a proud husband, father and grandfather. Surviving are his wife, Ann of Durham; son, Don (Marie) of Durham; daughters, Kim Marinoff of Colorado, and Karen Friel (Dan) of Huntington, NY; eight grandchildren; brothers, Robert Webster of New York and Neal Webster of Tennessee. A funeral service will be held 11:00 am Friday, February 9, 2018 at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home Chapel, 831 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC.  Entombment will follow at Historic Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC. The family will receive friends from 9:30-11:00 am on Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to St. Jude’s Children Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN  38105.