Obituaries
Mr. John Foster, Jr.
May 27, 2015
Mr. John Edward Foster, Jr., 84, of Willow Springs, NC passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield, NC. Services will be private.
Nancy Golombisky
May 26, 2015
DURHAM ??? Mrs. Nancy A. Golombisky, 76, of Durham, NC died May 26, 2015. Mrs. Golombisky was born in Owosso, MI to the late Ben and Agnes Faber Hain. She moved to Durham in 1971 and retired from Duke Uneersity Medical Center in 1996, where she wrote research grants for the Cancer Center and Psychiatry Department. She is survived by...
Johneenry Kepley
May 24, 2015
CHAPEL HILL - Johneenry Kepley died peacefully in his home on May 24, 2015. He celebrated his neety first birthday on May 22nd surrounded by family and friends. He was preceded ineeath by his parents Johneewis and Addie Rattz Kepley, two brothers, Keith and Alvin as well as his bride of sixty two years Ellen Hoganeepley. He is survived by...
Mr. Brandon Thomas Lee Mcneill
May 23, 2015
Brandon Thomas Lee McNeill, 27, beloved son of Lee McNeill and Lorie Barker died of AML Leukemia May 23, 2015. He is survived by his mother, Lorie Barker; his father, Lee McNeill; his sister, Karen McNeill; his grandparents, Judy Hatcher and Tom & Charline McNeill; his Aunt Dee and Unee Tim Sloan; his step-sisters, Lynsi Smith and Heather Pica; and...
Sarah Maynard James
May 23, 2015
DURHAM -Sarah Maynard James, 92, died peacefully Saturday, May 23, 2015 at her home in Croasdaile Village. Sarah was born in Durham, NC to Graham B. Maynard and Beatrice Simpson Maynard on July 23, 1922. She was a member of Asbury Uneed Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school, was president of her Sunday school class and served ineeveral church...
Jeannette Boothe Barbour
May 23, 2015
Jeannette Boothe Barbour, 82, passed away peacefully at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, NC, with her family at her side, on Saturday, May 23, 2015. She was a lifelong resident of Durham. Jeannette was born on Thanksgiving Day, neember 24, 1932. She graduated from Durham High School 1951, where she was a cheerleader and continued to lead her class by...
Lynn Gard
May 20, 2015
Mary Melinda ???Lynn??? Stephenson Gard died ineer home, May 20, 2015 in Chatham County, North Carolina after battling cancer for 12 years. Lynn was born neember 1, 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia to Ches Huchingson Stephenson and H. Lance Stephenson. Lynn graduated from Southwest High School and Georgia State Uneersity where she earned a B.A. in English aneeducation. She taught school...
Roy Lee Woodlief
May 20, 2015
Roy Lee Woodlief, 88, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015. He was born July 13, 1926 to the late Archibald and Susan Fuller Woodlief. He was preceded ineeath by his parents and several brothers and sisters. Surviving are: his wife, of 67 years, Betty Woodlief; two sons, Ronald Woodlief, Norman Woodlief and wife, Joan; two daughters, Brenda Sheetz and husband, Robert,...
Lou Hedspeth Rawls
May 18, 2015
Oxford, NC Lou Hedspeth Rawls, 93, unexpectedly passed away on Monday, May 18th, 2015. Mrs. Rawls was born in Northampton County, North Carolina oneeptember 19th, 1921 to the late Walter and Mattie Hedspeth Rawls. She was a beloved wife and mother. Ms. Rawls loved gardening, playing cards, visiting with her daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and helping others from her community....
Lou Hedspeth Rawls
May 18, 2015
Oxford, NC Lou Hedspeth Rawls, 93, unexpectedly passed away on Monday, May 18th, 2015. Mrs. Rawls was born in Northampton County, North Carolina on September 19th, 1921 to the late Walter and Mattie Hedspeth Rawls. She was a beloved wife and mother. Ms. Rawls loved gardening, playing cards, visiting with her daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and helping others from her...
Bobbie Jewel Rawls Wilson
May 18, 2015
Bobbie Rawls Wilson, age 70, of Oxford, died on Monday, May 18th, 2015. Bobbie was born in Colerain, North Carolina and has been a long-time resident of Granville County. She retired as clerk to the Granville County Commissioners and Assistant to the County Maneer after 31 years of service. She was an active member of Oxford Baptist Church, participating in...
Maria Anna (Marianne) Ophoven Brauner
May 18, 2015
Marianne Brauner died on May 18, 2015, ineer Galloway Ridge home in Pitttsboro, NC. She was born in Kaiserwerth, Germany, on October 29, 1922, and was the daughter of Marta Spieler and Adolf Ophoven. Marianne came to America in 1959 and ineer travels met her husband, Walter Brauner, in Coconut Grove, Florida. They married in 1961 and moved to North...
John Davidsoneelly
May 11, 2015
CHAPEL HILL - John Davidsoneelly died peacefully on May 11, 2015, after a period of declining health. He was 84 years old. Jack was borneebruary 7, 1931 in Conrad, Montana to Robert and Ruth Davidsoneelly, and was raised ineelena, Montana. Jack received his undergraduate degree from Carroll College ineelena, Montana and attended the Uneersity of Montana Law School, as well...
Dr. Jim Lowe
May 10, 2015
DURHAM - Dr. Jim Lowe, beloved father and grandfather of Hillsborough, North Carolina, passed from this world on Sunday, May 10, 2015. Dr. Lowe was born oneecember 27, 1946 in Brunswick, Georgia to Elsie and Gordon Lowe. He graduated from Stanford Uneersity in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and then from the Uneersity of California Los Angeles...
Edward Howard Hill
May 9, 2015
Oxford: Edward Howard Hill , 79, of Oxford, died Saturday May 9, 2015. A native of Charleston, SC, he was the son of the late Hugh and Margaret Ann Hill. He was a retired draftsman, a member of Westwood Pentecostal Holiness Church, and a veteran of the US Coast Guard. Graveside services will be conducted at 12:00 PM on Tuesday,...
Homer L. Riley
May 7, 2015
The Odyssey of Homer. A Great Ride. Homer L. Riley, Sr., a lifelong resident of Durham, NC, passed away at the age of 92 on Thursday morning, May 7, 2015. He died while in the kind care of the staff at The Pavilion at Croasdaile Village. Homer and his wife, Martha, have lived in Croasdaile Village since 1999. Homer led...
Mrs. Hazel Radcliff Farrell
May 4, 2015
Hazel Farrell, 91, peacefully passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 at Cambridge Hills in Pittsboro, NC. She was born on April 22, 1924 in Morven, NC, daughter of the late Armond & Helen Knight Radcliffe. She met and married Percy C. Farrell. They were together 20 years until his death in 1968. Hazel was a devoted mother and loving grandmother....
Mr. Richard Joseph Miller
May 3, 2015
Richard Joseph Miller was born in Long Beach California oneeptember 23, 1943 to the Revs. Clarence and Vinita Miller, both Ordained Elders in the Methodist Church, ministers who inspired both in Richard and in his elder sisters and brother sisters (Ruth, Anna aneed) a love of the beauty of the natural world and an extended love, through God???s own love,...
Mark V. Barker, Jr.
May 3, 2015
ORLANDO, FL- Mark V. Barker, Jr, 88, died May 3, 2015. Mark was born in Rock Hill, SC on August 7, 1926 but within a month was moved to Durham, NC, which he adopted as his home and declared he was a true Tar Heel. He joined the Navy in 1944, serving as a photographer at the Naval Air Station,...
Aspasia Knoerr
Apr 30, 2015
DURHAM ??? Aspasia Knoerr, 85, passed away peacefully at home on April 30, 2015 of complications following a hip fracture. Her three sons were by her side. Aspasia was an exceptionally strong, generous, kind, patient, witty, and industrious woman, a master gardener, and a wonderful mother and grandmother. She enjoyed life, with all its challenges, and celebrated people for who...
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