Obituaries

Charles Allen Lane

Charles Allen Lane

Jun 15, 2013

OXFORD: Charles Allen Lane, age 61 of Oxford, died Saturday, June 15 2013 at his home. A native of Vance County, he was the son of the late William W. Lane and Vallie Boyd Lane. Charles was a member of Peace's Chapel Baptist Church and a retired employee of the Granville County School bus garage. Funeral services will be conducted...

John William Pope

John William Pope

Jun 11, 2013

John William Pope, age 79, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at Duke Medical Center. John was born on October 29, 1933 in Queens Village, NY to the late John W. and Pearl Bardeneein Pope. He and his wife, Gerry, retired to Durham in 1998 to be closer to their daughter and her family. He was an active member of St....

Betty Jane Blackwell

Betty Jane Blackwell

Jun 10, 2013

Betty Holder Blackwell December 10, 1927 - June 10, 2013 Oxford Betty Jane Holder Blackwell died at Brantwood Nursing Home on June 10, 2013. She was born in Easley, SC oneecember 10, 1927 to the late Minna Laboone aneernest Perry Holder and grew up in Liberty, SC. She was the granddaughter of the late Stella Wyatt and Will Laboone formerly...

Joshua Frank Smedley

Joshua Frank Smedley

Jun 10, 2013

Joshua Frank Smedley, 3 months, suddenly yet peacefully departed this earth to enter Heaven on June 10, 2013. Born March 2nd, 2013, Josh spent his three short months here on earth loved by so many. His sweet demeanor, inquisitive eyes and bright smile warmed our hearts. Joshua loved sitting on Daddy's lap at the dinner table and cuddling with Mommy....

Lawrence T. Yang

Lawrence T. Yang

Jun 10, 2013

Lawrence T. Yang, 21, of Durham, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, June 10th, 2013. He was born March 21st, 1992 in Brooklyn, New York to Chin C. Yang and Meng C. Yang-Lin. Lawrence attended Jordan High School and graduated in 2010. He was junior and attended UNC @ Greensboro. He loved sports, music, movies, and video games. His favorite sports...

Lois Thompson Hackney

Lois Thompson Hackney

Jun 9, 2013

Mrs. Lois Thompson Hackney, 82, of Moncure, died Sunday morning, June 9, 2013 ineer home. Mrs. Hackney was the last surviving child of Charlie Thompson and Lexie Hill Thompson. She was born in Randolph County oneebruary 22, 1931. Mrs. Hackney was a loving mother that enjoyed cooking and being a caretaker, a trait that was exhibited by her working as...

Dr. Boka W. Hadzija

Dr. Boka W. Hadzija

Jun 8, 2013

Dr. Boka W. Hadzija, Professor Emeritus at the UNC School of Pharmacy, passed away unexpectedly on June 8, 2013 in Chapel Hill. She was born in Croatia and received her bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees from the Uneersity of Zagreb. Boka came to the Uneersity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1971 as an Instructor. Retiring in 2009 as Full...

Patsy Hawkins Greene

Patsy Hawkins Greene

Jun 8, 2013

OXFORD: Patsy Rae Hawkins Greene, 81, of Oxford, N. C. , a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt died on June 8, 2013, at Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Home. Patsy was born oneecember 10, 1931 to the late Ralph Owen and Amanda Stella Hawkins in Raneeman, N. C. Patsy and her siblings were reared in Smithfield, N. C and moved...

Charles "Chucky" Franklin Partin

Charles "Chucky" Franklin Partin

Jun 6, 2013

Charles Franklin "Chucky" Partin, 28, of Holly Run in Pittsboro, died unexpectedly at his home on June 6, 2013. Mr. Partin was born May 13, 1985 in Durham County, the son of Franklin Maurice Partin and Laura Anne Butler Partin. He loved his family and friends, aneenjoyed immensely his time working as a successful automobile salesman. Mr. Partin also had...

Helen Boone Norwood

Helen Boone Norwood

Jun 5, 2013

Helen Boone Norwood, 94, passed away peacefully at Uneealth PAC-Carolina Point in Durham oneednesday, June 5, 2013. She was born May 5, 1919 in Chatham County and graduated from Pittsboro High School. The daughter of the late Fred L. and Ruth Eubanks Boone, she was preceded ineeath by her husband of 69 years, Max; one brother, William "Buck" Boone; three...

Gladys Mae Trujillo

Gladys Mae Trujillo

Jun 4, 2013

OBITUARY OXFORD: Gladys M. Trujillo, 88, resident of Oxford died Tuesday, June 04, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Melvin White and Maggie Champ White. She was preceded ineeath by her husband James Smith and Joe Trujillo. Gladys was retired from McCormick and Company, where she worked in the Tea House. Funeral service will be held at 4:00...

Luby Sheltoneeaver

Luby Sheltoneeaver

May 29, 2013

Mr. Luby Sheltoneeaver, 79, of WR Clark Road, Pittsboro, died May 29, 2013 at his home. Mr. Weaver was born July 21, 1933 in Goldsboro, the son of Luby Lisker Weaver and Dora Estelle Denning Weaver. He was a graduate of Grantham High School; received his BS in Industrial Arts and a Masters in Education from East Carolina Uneersity; and,...

Emily Thompson Fowler

Emily Thompson Fowler

May 27, 2013

Emily Thompson Fowler, 95, died Monday, May 27, 2013, at Villines Rest Home in Hillsborough. She was born July 7, 1917 to Eugene W. aneemily H. Belvin Thompson. She was a life resident of Durham where she graduated from Bragtown High School and was a lifetime member of Duke's Chapel Uneed Methodist Church. She was preceded ineeath by her parents,...

Charles H. Peete, Jr. M.D.

Charles H. Peete, Jr. M.D.

May 26, 2013

Charles Henry Peete, Jr. M.D., 89, former professor and doctor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke Uneersity Medical Center, and a resident of Durham, passed away peacefully and went to be with the Lord on May 26, 2013. Born April 30, 1924 in Warrenton, NC, he was the son of the late Lucy Pettway Jones Peete and Dr. Charles Henry...

Maurice Race Buddemeier

Maurice Race Buddemeier

May 25, 2013

Maurice "Bud" Race Buddemeier, 83, of Pittsboro, NC passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013 at his home. A viewing and memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 31 at Hall-Wynne Funeral Home, 396 West Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312. Pastor Bob Wachs will be officiating. Flowers may be sent directly to Hall-Wynne Funeral Home, and guestbook may be...

Dorothy Wagner Farrell

Dorothy Wagner Farrell

May 25, 2013

Dorothy Wagner Farrell, 90, of Pittsboro, died May 25, 2013 ineer home following a long period of declining health. Mrs. Farrell was borneeptember 6, 1922 in Wake County, the daughter of William Wilson Wagner aneethel L. Jenks Wagner. She worked for twenty years as a medical secretary at Mathiesen Clinic in Pittsboro, and had also worked as a bookkeeper for...

Straughn Scott Whitaker

Straughn Scott Whitaker

May 24, 2013

Mr. Straughn Scott Whitaker, 62, of Old Sanford Road, died May 24, 2013 in his residence. Scott was born July 8, 1950 in Chatham County, the son of William Straughn Whitaker and Frances Wilda Chester Whitaker. Scott was a 1968 graduate of Pittsboro High School, where he played quarterback for the football team. Following high school, Scott attended Sandhills Community...

Sarah Adams Hill

Sarah Adams Hill

May 21, 2013

Former Grosse Pointe resident Sarah Adams Hill, 75, died Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013, at her daughter's home in Durham, North Carolina. She was born Sarah Randolph Adams oneecember 8, 1937, at her grandmother's home in Bluefield, West Virginia to Charles Henry Harry Adams and Mary Katherine Higginbotham. Soon afterwards, they returned to the Adams' home in Kingsport, Tenn., where...

Catherineelizabeth Clay Aunt Janie

Catherineelizabeth Clay Aunt Janie

May 20, 2013

Catherineelizabeth Clay "Aunt Janie" , 95 of Durham passed away Monday, May 20, 2013 at Croasdaile Pavilion. A native of Granville County she was the daughter of the late John Arch Clay and Vivianeeavis Clay. She was a member of Asbury Uneed Methodist Church of Durham. She is a graduate of UNC where she received her Master's Degree in Education....

Wendy Spillane Pease

Wendy Spillane Pease

May 18, 2013

Wendy Spillane Pease died peacefully at home on May 18, 2013 in Durham, NC surrounded by her loving family. Wendy was born in Hartford, CT May 28, 1946 to the late Mildred Terrill and Julius Spillane and married her high school sweetheart, James C. Pease, on June 22, 1968. She and Jim lived ineest Hartford, CT until they moved to...

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