CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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CityViewNC.com | 49 FUNERAL SERVICES ~ CREMATION ~ PRENEED JAMES LANCASTER EDWARD MERCER SULLIVAN'S Highland Funeral Service & Crematory Family Owned and Operated Funeral and Cremation Services Cremations Performed On Site Pre-planning of Funeral Options 910.484.8108 • 610 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC www.sullivanshighland.com Thanks to some help from the Cumberland County Council on Older Adults and the carpentry ministry at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, Janet and Lynwood Berg's backyard in the Stratford Hills neighborhood feels like home sweet home. an application, and the ramp was installed, lickety-split." e wheelchair ramp was needed due to a serious fall a few years back during which Janet Berg suffered a severely broken hip. e fall was preceded by her recovery from a brain aneurysm 10 years ago. e friendly and fun-loving Janet hasn't allowed either health scare to put an end to the good times she loves. "It didn't take my life away," she said. "It took my walking away." Lisa Hughes, assistant executive director of the Cumberland County Council on Older Adults, said that helping older adults feel comfortable and maintain their dignity in their own home is part of the nonprofit organization's mission. e agency, which has been part of the community for more than 50 years, is likely best known for its Meals on Wheels program. Hughes said Cumberland County's Meals on Wheels program delivers meals to over 400 seniors each day and was one of only a few that did not suspend deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic. "We were fortunate," Hughes said. "With the dedication of our experienced staff and volunteers, help with emergency funding from the Cumberland Community Foundation and a partnership with city parks and recreation employees who pitched in when many of our hundreds of regular volunteers were unable to continue, our homebound seniors did not experience an interruption in their meals." Janet and Lynwood Berg have been married 62 years, having wed on Dec. 31, 1958, two years aer Lynwood enlisted