Obituaries
Carolyn Harris White
Dec 28, 2013
Mrs. Carolyn White, age 74, of Pittsboro, departed this life, Saturday morning December 28, 2013 at her home. The funeral will be held 11:00AM, Monday, December 30, 2013 at Solid Rock Baptist Church, 3903 U.S. Highway 64 West, Pittsboro, NC 27312, with Pastor Jerry Sanders officiating. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will be...
Pete Fenoglio
Dec 27, 2013
Pete Fenoglio, age 90, died Friday, December 27, 2013, at Duke Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Coello, IL to the late Quinto and Mary Fenoglio oneebruary 12, 1923. Pete was valedictorian of his high school class and attended the Uneersity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His studies were interrupted by World War II, where he served...
Eileeneegan Jones
Dec 27, 2013
HAMPSTEAD-Eileeneegan Jones passed away Friday, December 27, 2013, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Wilmington. She was borneecember 22, 1923, in Durham, the seventh and youngest daughter of the late Luther E. and Sarah Wallace Regan. She attended Durham public schools and lived in Durham most of her life before retiring from W.A. Adams Co. and moving to Myrtle Beach,...
Rosile Griffin Tant
Dec 26, 2013
Rosile Griffin Tant, age 79 of Raleigh, died Thursday, December 26, 2013 at her home. A native of Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Henry C. and Athaleah Wood Griffin, and widow of Frank Junior Tant. She was a homemaker. Surviving is a daughter, Jenny Haney of Rolesville; sons, Frank Tant, III of Raleigh and Tim Tant...

Ada Evelyn Bowers Fawcett
Dec 23, 2013
Ada Evelyn Bowers Fawcett, 92, died December 23, 2013 at The Laurels of Chatham in Pittsboro, NC. She was born on March 29, 1921 in Macomb, IL, daughter of the late Lawrence & Etta Bowers. She was the youngest of seven children. She met John R. Fawcett of Canton, IL and they were married October 4, 1940. Ada & John...
Clarence "Ted" Nickerson, Sr.
Dec 23, 2013
Mr. Clarence "Ted" Nickerson, Sr. was born on July 15, 1922 in Chatham County to the late Ben and Rebecca Nickerson. He entered into eternal life December 23, 2013 at 12:57 p.m. He attended Chatham County schools prior to being drafted into the U.S. Army. He served tours of duty during World War II in France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and central...
William Clyde Griffin
Dec 22, 2013
MEBANE-The Honorable William Clyde Griffin, Jr., 71, of Mebane and Ocracoke died at home Sunday, December 22, 2013. He was born April 4, 1942 in Martin County, NC to the late William Clyde Griffin, Sr. aneeleanor Waters Griffin. Although he lived ineebane for several years, Judge Griffin was born and raised in Williamston, NC . He lived and worked there...
Louise M. Mason
Dec 19, 2013
Louise M. Schneider Mason, 97, a resident of Croasdaile Village in Durham for 10 years, passed on to the Lord Thursday, December 19, 2013. Louise was borneeptember 26, 1916, in Hillsboro, Missouri to Tonee. and Katherine Williams Schneider. She was preceded ineeath by her husband Mont Gerald Mason, two brothers, John Frederick Schneider and Capt. Tony Schneider. Surviving are: three...
Margaret Sheila Matthews
Dec 18, 2013
OXFORD: Margaret Sheila Matthews, died Wednesday December 18, 2013 at Duke Medical Center. She was a native of Derbyshire, England and a resident of Oxford since 1975 and widow of the late Maurice Matthews. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Surviving is a son, David Matthews of Oxford. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made...
Lector Mae Piper
Dec 15, 2013
CREEDMOOR: Lector Mae Piper, age 89, passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC. She was born in Wake County to the late Arthur Bailey and Lector Smith Bailey. Lector has four living siblings, Leonard Bailey Catherine, Liffie Bell Chamblee Harold, Evelyoneeagroves Albert aneella Mae Bailey. Three other siblings, Ola Ree Williams, Essie King, and...
Louise Gooch Adcock
Dec 12, 2013
OXFORD: Louise Gooch Adcock, age 96 died Thursday, December 12, 2013 at her residence, Granville House. A native of Granville County, she was born on May 18, 1917 to the late Noah Cheatham Gooch and Maggie Booth Critcher Gooch. She was the widow of Benjamin Thomas "Benee" Adcock. Louise was a member of Hester Baptist Church and was a retired...
Mozelle Brooks Green
Dec 11, 2013
Mozelle Brooks Green, daughter of the late Manley and Nellie Snees Brooks, was born in Chatham County on October 15, 1924. She departed her earthly life oneednesday, December 11, 2013 ineer home at the age of 89. She attended school in Chatham County before moving away. While living ineew York, she met and married the late Jule Green. She resided...
Janee Decre' Boretti
Dec 9, 2013
OXFORD Janee Decr Boretti died unexpectedly, December 9, 2013 at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, NC. She was a native of Harrison, New York and was the daughter of the late Fred Decr and Rita Oriller Decr. Mrs. Boretti was a retired Registered Nurse and spent many years teaching and developing Catholic religious education programs for children and adults. Surviving is...
Anee Ruth Strickland Arrington
Dec 9, 2013
Anee Ruth Strickland Arrington, 81, died Monday, December 9, 2013. Anee Ruth was born in Alamance County on August 10, 1932 to Clarence Pruett Strickland Sr. and Mamie Hybernia Dixon Strickland. She was a graduate of Durham High School. Following graduation she worked at Harris Upham & Company, ran a teletype machine and was a teacher's assistant in the Durham...
Mary Catherine Hines Roberson
Dec 7, 2013
Our sweet Mary Catherine Hines Roberson spread her angel wings at her residence on Saturday, December 7, 2013 after over a year of being diagneed with paneeatic cancer. She was born to Edgar Miller Hines and Sarah Jane Borland on June 11, 1931, in Orange County, NC. She was known for her sweet and selfless soul. She always had a...
Clyde Leslie Strickland
Dec 6, 2013
Clyde Leslie Strickland BUTNER Clyde Leslie Strickland, age 89 of 311 16th Street died Friday December 6th 2013 at E.E. Toney Rest Home in Oxford NC. Clyde was born October 9, 1924 in Vance County to the late William Nathaniel and Maggie Bell Grissom Strickland. Clyde was a member of First Baptist Church in Butner, NC. He was retired with...
Genevieve Annette Weisbecker
Dec 5, 2013
Genevieve Annette Weisbecker: 83, died Thursday, December 5, 2013. She was born oneebruary 8, 1930 to Daniel and Anna Louise Klink Murphy in Omaha, Nebraska. She attended Duchesne Academy in Omaha, Nebraska, and received a nursing degree from St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. After raising five children, Genevieve worked for 17 years as a Registered Nurse in the Medical...
Mary Carol Johnson
Dec 2, 2013
DURHAM-Mary Carol Johnson, 67, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2013 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, NC. Born on April 24, 1946, Ms. Johnson was the daughter of the late Albert Richard aneedith Arnold Johnson. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a long-time resident of Durham. Carol is survived by her brother, Al Johnson and wife...
Joseph Lake Mclaurin
Nov 27, 2013
Oxford, NC: Joseph Lake "Joe" McLaurin, 62 of Oxford died Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013. A native of Surry County, son of the late Daniel Archie McLaurin, Jr. and Mary Margaret Templeton McLaurin. An active member of the Oxford Uneed Methodist Church, a retired employee of Wesco Heating and Air, he was president of the Trianee Chapter of the Bladder Cancer...
Clifford Charles Smith
Oct 31, 2013
Clifford Charles Smith, PhD, 69, died peacefully on Thursday evening, October 31, 2013, at Hock Family Pavilion within the services of Duke Home Care & Hospice in Durham, NC, following a long battle with prostate cancer. Cliff was born in Cuyahoga County, OH to the late Charles J. and Lois Hopkinson Smith on October 14, 1944. Cliff was a three-time...
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