Obituaries
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Estelle Averette O'Brian
May 15, 2013
OXFORD: Estelle Averette O'Brian, 84 a resident of Range Rd. Rougemont, died Wednesday May 15, 2013. A native of Granville Co. and the widow of the late Clarence Beam Bunny O'Brian whom she was married to for 45 years. She was the daughter of the late Macon William Averett I and Clara Samuel Daniel. She was a member of Mt....
Anee Florence Morton
May 15, 2013
Anee Florence Morton, 94, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at her residence. She was member of Union View Baptist Church where she worked in the toddler's class for many years. She was preceded ineeath by her son, Danny Haley. Anee is survived by her son, Marshall Haley of Franklinton; her sister, Lula Bobbitt of Franklinton; her granddaughter, Crystal Povey and...
Lisa M. Blalock
May 15, 2013
Lisa M. Blalock, born on neember 16, 1961, passed away oneednesday, May 15, 2013 at Duke Hospital. Lisa attended Jordan High School and then Duke Uneersity, graduating in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She received a Masters of Fine Arts from UNC Greensboro. Lisa enjoyed art, photography, and loved all animals, especially horses, cats and dogs. Lisa was...
Margaret Bumpass Huff
May 14, 2013
OXFORD: Margaret Bumpass Huff died May 14, 2013. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Wiley P. and Julia Timberlake Bumpass. Mrs. Huff was preceded ineeath by her husband Baxter E. Huff. She was a member of Sharon Baptist Church and worked as a homemaker for her husband and children. Funeral services will...
Anee Mae Clark
May 14, 2013
OXFORD: Anee Mae Clark 91 died Tuesday May 14, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Graham B. and Ruby Hart Currin and the widow of Hammie B. Clark. A retired LPN at Granville Hospital and Murdock Center in Butner, a member of Oxford Baptist Church, active in Women On Missions, Meals on Wheels and a friend to all....
Anthony Wayne Thompson
May 14, 2013
Anthony Wayne Thompson, 40, of Franklinton died Tuesday, May 14, 2013, after a short illness. He was a native and life resident of Franklin County. He was preceded ineeath by his mother, Dianne Thompson. Surviving are: his father, Harold Wayne Thompson of Franklinton; a brother, Brianeeith Thompson of Franklinton; and many other loving family and friends. Graveside services will be...
Joan Marie Pegram Reece
May 13, 2013
Joan Marie Pegram Reece, 76, of Pittsboro, N.C., passed away Monday, May 13, 2013. Mrs. Reece is survived by her husband of more than 50 years, L. Vance Reece, Jr.; children Martha Reece Collins and Jeffrey Martineeece; son-in-law Larry Cooper and daughters-in-law Julie Machesky and Helena Bowes; grandchildreneessica Collins, Marcus Reece, Melody Thomas, Paul Whitley, Jason, Jared and Kyle Cooper,...
Elizabeth Oma Podszus
May 12, 2013
Elizabeth Oma Podszus, 95, passed away on Mother's Day Sunday, May 12, 2013, She was loved by all her family as we loved her. Elizabeth was preceded ineeath by her husband's Richard Kollinger aneemil Podszus, a daughter Ella and a son Alan. She is survived by her loving daughter and son-in-law, Martha and Joseph Ciechalski; her step-son Win Podszus; grandchildren...
Daphene Dobson
May 9, 2013
Daphene Lacock Dobson of Chapel Hill passed away on May 9, 2013 at Uni-Health Carolina Point in Durham. Born July 13, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Lula Johnson and Forrest Lacock. She was a graduate of Chapel Hill High School, Class of 1943, graduating as salutatorian. She retired in 1981 from what was then known as the...
Bertha Hustede Whitmore
May 9, 2013
Bertha Hustede Whitmore, 93, died May 9, 2013 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. She was born ineeimar, TX to the late Gustav Charlie Hustede and Mary Louise Koehn Hustede. Bertha was an avid gardener. She was raised on a farm in southeast Texas and always loved farm life. She constantly monitored the weather and worried about how it was affecting the...
James Vandessel
May 8, 2013
JAMES VANDESSEL, 81, of Durham passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2013. James was born August 11, 1931 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey to the late August aneelsie VanDessel . He retired, after 35 years, as a field maneer in the engineer dept. of IBM. James was very active in politics for over 30 years in Essex County, NJ. Mr. VanDessel...
David Scott Wilkinson
May 8, 2013
OXFORD: David Scott Wilkinson, age 56, died Wednesday, May 08, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer. He was the son of Dorothy Gupton Wilkinson and the late George Propus "G.P." Wilkinson. David was an employee with Ryder Transportationeervices for over 36 years. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. He loved to hunt and was a member...
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