Obituaries
Joanneerwin Edelman
May 4, 2014
DURHAM- Joanneerwin Edelman, 73, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 4, 2014 at home surrounded by her family. Her battle with cancer was brief but ineedibly courageous. Joanne's greatest passion was enjoying and helping others enjoy art, particularly through her voluneer service at the Nasher Museum. Joanne retired as the principal of Pearsontown Elementary. She also served on the planning...
Sarah "Sissy" Rhodes Craver
May 4, 2014
Sarah Rhodes Craver, 82, died Sunday, May 4, 2014 at The Arbor @ Galloway Ridge. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina oneebruary 21, 1932, the second of two daughters to George Nicholson Rhodes and Virginia Bell Rhodes. She was always known as "Sissy". Sissy was raised in the Charlotte area, but attended St. Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C. and...
Howard Willard Mcghee
May 4, 2014
Howard Willard McGhee, age 72 a resident of Oxford died Sunday, May 4, 2014. He was a native of Person Co. and was the son of the late Leonard and Lena Talley McGhee. Mr. McGhee was retired from General Motors and worked at assembly plants in Clark and Linden, NJ. He was a veteran of the Air Force and was...
Ann Mcdaniel Smith
May 1, 2014
Ann McDaniel Smith of One Garber Court passed away on May 1, 2014. She lived a life of faith, family, friends and fortitude. Her shining presence is an immeasurable loss. Mrs. Smith was born on April 26, 1935 in Durham, North Carolina and is preceded ineeath by her parents, Nancy Lucille and James Bruce McDaniel. She is survived by her...
Daniel Francis Gourley
Apr 30, 2014
Daniel Danny Francis Gourley, 60, passed away peacefully oneednesday, April 30, 2014, at his home in Durham, N.C. He was born to Richardine and the late William Gourley on neember 6, 1953, in Charleston, S.C. He graduated from St. Aneew's High School and attended the College of Charleston on a golf scholarship. Danny spent most of his career working as...
Jesse P. Schaudies
Apr 29, 2014
Jesse P. Schaudies, Sr., 86, of Raleigh, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at The Rosewood, located at the Cypress of Raleigh. Born in LaGrange, Georgia in 1927, he was the son of the late Frances and Lawrence Cooper Schaudies. Jesse attended Emory at Oxford Preparatory High School. He served his country in the Army Corps of Engineers in the Philippines,...
Bessie Elizabeth Brown Mizell
Apr 26, 2014
Mrs. Bessie Mizell, 91, a resident of Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, died Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Duke Hock Pavilion Hospice in Durham, NC. She was born Tyrrell County, NC. Mrs. Mizell graduated from Tyrrell County Training High School in 1941. She was preceded ineeath by her husband Leonard in 1998. Mrs. Mizell relocated to Fearrington Village in 2005 due to...
Dr. John Michael Gwin
Apr 25, 2014
Dr. John Michael Gwin, beloved husband, father and professor, 64, passed away on Friday, April 25th 2014 at home with his wife Suzette by his side in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. John was born on June 21st 1949 in Montgomery, Alabama to Irma Rebecca aneemmett Brineey Gwin. He graduated from Fairhope High School. A lifelong learner and teacher, Dr. Gwin's...
Frances Jones Hicks
Apr 24, 2014
OXFORD: Frances Jones Hicks, a resident of Oxford died Thursday April 24, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Lewis Garland Jones, Sr. and Bessie Phillips. Frances was the widow of the late Henry Rives Hicks, Sr. She was a member of West Oxford Baptist Church and a former member of Bethel Uneed Methodist Church. She was a home...
Frances Jones Hicks
Apr 24, 2014
OXFORD: Frances Jones Hicks, a resident of Oxford died Thursday April 24, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Lewis Garland Jones, Sr. and Bessie Phillips. Frances was the widow of the late Henry Rives Hicks, Sr. She was a member of West Oxford Baptist Church and a former member of Bethel Uneed Methodist Church. She was a home...
Robert Owen Gooch
Apr 20, 2014
Robert Owen Gooch, 83, died Sunday April 20, 2014 at Duke Regional Hospital. A native of Durham he was the son of the late Floyd Gooch and Ruby Picket Gooch. Robert was a Veteran of the U. S Air Force. He was longtime member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, served as deacon, and Sunday school teacher. He retired after 42...
Beau Harvey
Apr 18, 2014
Beau Patrick Harvey, 43, passed away Friday April 18, 2014 at his home in Pittsboro, NC. The family will receive friends from 6-8:00pm Monday, April 21, 2014 at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, 396 West St., Pittsboro, NC 27312. A funeral service for Beau will be held in Marrero, Louisiana at a later date.
Marlene Farrell
Apr 16, 2014
Hazel Marlene Farrell, 81, of Butner, NC, passed away Wednesday morning, April 16, 2014 at The Laurels of Chatham in Pittsboro, NC. A native of Chatham County, Marlene was born to the late Dewitt Henry Farrell and Hazel Burns. In addition to her parents, she is preceded ineeath by her brother, William Ray Farrell. Survivors include her brother, Larry Farrell...
Rheumel Markham
Apr 15, 2014
Rheumel Thrailkill Markham born July 1, 1920 peacefully passed away on April 15, 2014. A graveside service was held at Pittsboro Uneed Methodist Church on April 18, 2014. Rheumel was the daughter of L. Frank and Berta Horton Thrailkill and was a lifelong resident of Chatham County having lived on a farm in the Seaforth community before moving to Pittsboro....
Georgette A. Brown
Apr 12, 2014
Georgette A. Brown, 84, died Saturday, April 12, 2014 at home. Georgette was born July 3, 1929 in NYC, NY to the late William and Marie Bomer. She was a communicant of Holy Family Catholic Church in Hillsborough. She was preceded ineeath by her husband, Thomas J. Brown Sr. in 2012. Georgette grew up in Woodhaven in Queens, NY and...
Alice Everidge Efrid
Apr 12, 2014
Mrs Alice Everidge Efird, 85, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, NC. A native of Forsyth County, NC, she was born May 26, 1928 to the late Paul and Alma Everidge. She trained and worked as a Registered Nurse in Winston Salem, NC, including the old "City Hospital", which is now Forsyth Memorial Hospital....
Murphy Eugene "Bud" Holder
Apr 11, 2014
Bud Holder, 88, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at Hospice of Wake County, Raleigh. A native of Harnett County, Bud was born April 3, 1926 to the late Atlas Eugene Holder and Whittie Suggs Holder. He graduated from Bells High School in 1944 and attended Louisburg College & Duke Uneersity. He was a member of Ebeneer UMC and Pittsboro...
Katherine Kay Sanson Smith
Apr 6, 2014
Katherine Kay Sanson Smith died at the age of 91 on April 6, 2014. Kay was the wife of the late Billy Cevus Smith, attorney, of Pittsboro, North Carolina. Born in Atoka, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of David Alexander Sanson and Bertha Jorndt Sanson. After her father died, her mother married Harry Johneeynolds. Kay moved to Gulf Breeze, Florida...
Louis Benson Mitchell
Apr 6, 2014
Louis Benson Mitchell, 88, of Pittsboro, died Sunday, April 6, 2014 at his home, following several years of declining health. He was surrounded by his family. Benson was born in Chatham County, NC, the son of the late Earlie and Arzona Mitchell. A combat veteran of WWII, he was most proud of his service in the US Army. He was...
Lois Eileen Robinson
Apr 2, 2014
CARY, NC -Lois Eileen Robinson, 88, of Kingsport died April 2, 2014 at Woodland Terrace in Cary, NC. She was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on August 13, 1925. She was preceded ineeath by her parents, Charles and Helen Dueker, her husband, George Robert Robinson, and her sister, Betty Flanders. She is survived by her brother, Richard Dueker, her son,...
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