Obituaries

Lorelei Douglas Barnes

Lorelei Douglas Barnes

Apr 23, 2013

Mrs. Lorelei Douglas Barnes, 37, of Farrington Road, Apex, died April 23, 2013 ineer home following an extended illness. Lorelei was born May 13, 1975 ineebb County, Texas, the daughter of George Richard Douglas and Sonia Laura Garcia Douglas. She was a graduate of the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was the Vice-President of Barnes Precision Machinery....

James Dale Mink

James Dale Mink

Apr 20, 2013

OXFORD: James Dale Mink, died Saturday, April 20, 2013. He was born neember 22, 1943 in Baltimore, MD and was the son of the late James Cecil and Audrey Taylor Mink. James grew up most of his life in Pulaski, Va. He was an Insurance broker, a veteran of the US Army, a Mason and a member of Trinity Chapel...

Walter M. Beckham

Walter M. Beckham

Apr 17, 2013

Walter M. Beckham, 76, of Franklinton, died April 17, 2013. He was formerly Chief of Police of Franklinton and Chief Deputy Sheriff of Franklin County. He is preceded ineeath by his father and mother, Ronald aneedna Beckham and brother Dan. He is survived by his loving wife, Joyce Stallings Beckham; loving children, Donee Beckham, Hope Morath, Gail Honeycutt, Karen Tant;...

Mary Lyndon Dossett

Mary Lyndon Dossett

Apr 17, 2013

Mary Lyndon Dossett, age 85, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at Hock Family Pavilion. Mary was born in Raleigh to the late Joseph Reese and Anna Lloyd Lyndon on May 21, 1927. Mary was a long time member of Bethany Uneed Methodist Church in Durham and presently a member of Aldersgate Uneed Methodist Church. Mary is survived by her loving...

James Glenn Garth

James Glenn Garth

Apr 16, 2013

James Glenn Garth, age 77, died April 16, 2013 in Palm Beach Shores, FL. A resident of Chapel Hill, Glenn was born in Ennis, TX to the late James Edward and Juanita Stringer Garth on January 17, 1936. Glenn graduated from Abilene Christian Uneersity and spent his career in maneement working for Southwesterneell which later became AT&T ineexas, Missouri, New...

Elizabeth "Lib" Franklin Barker

Elizabeth "Lib" Franklin Barker

Apr 15, 2013

Lexington, neelizabeth Franklin Barker, age 84, died at 4:30 am on Monday, April 15, 2013 at the Thomasville Medical Center ineexington, NC. She was born oneeptember 12, 1928 in Oxford to the late Samuel Edward Parrott, Sr. and Martha Harris Parrott. She was also the widow of the late Henry Franklin and William Leonard Barker. Elizabeth was a member of...

Stephanie Kahr Berry

Stephanie Kahr Berry

Apr 15, 2013

DURHAM - Stephanie Kahr Berry was born October 15, 1964, and departed from us on Tuesday, April 15, 2013. Stephanie was raised in Champaign, Illinois, but spent her adult life in North Carolina. She is survived by her devoted husband, Scott Berry of Durham, and stepsons, Casey and Josh; her precious parents, Toby and Rita Kahr of Chapel Hill; a...

John R. Nelson

John R. Nelson

Apr 13, 2013

Virgilina, VA John R. Nelson, age 93 of Virgilina, died Saturday, April 13, 2013. A native of Halifax County, he was the son of the late John Irby and Mary Ella Morris Nelson and widower of Mary Carmichael Nelson. John was a World War II veteran of the US Army, a member of the Americaneegion Post 8 for 50 years,...

Margaret Catherine Fitzpatrick

Margaret Catherine Fitzpatrick

Apr 13, 2013

Margaret Catherine Fitzpatrick, 82, passed away, on Saturday, April 13. 2013, in Durham, North Carolina. Born in Brooklyn, New York on July 25, 1930, Margaret was a daughter of the late Thomas and Margaret Jennings McDonald. She was predeceased by her sister Elizabeth McDonald Costello. While working at Cahill Gordon Law Firm, she met the love of her life, Thomas...

James A. Jim Bodenhamer

James A. Jim Bodenhamer

Apr 12, 2013

DURHAM-James A. "Jim" Bodenhamer, 77, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2013 after a courageous battle with Lung Cancer with his wife and sons by his side. Jim was born oneebruary 14, 1936 in Princeton, KY to L.W. and Imogene Clift Bodenhamer. After graduating from Butler High School, serving in the U.S. Army and attending technical/trade school in Nashville, TN,...

Hannah Mccord Wright Pinckney

Hannah Mccord Wright Pinckney

Apr 11, 2013

Hannah McCord "Nancy" Wright Pinckney, 76, originally from Bluffton, SC, passed away on April 11, 2013 in Chapel Hill, NC. Nancy was the beloved wife of John Chapman Pinckney for 55 years and died holding his hand, surrounded by loved ones. A graveside service will be held in the Pinckney Family Cemetery in Pinckney Colony, Bluffton, SC on Saturday April...

Ellen Isley Johnson

Ellen Isley Johnson

Apr 11, 2013

DURHAM: Ellen Isley Johnson, 97, of Durham passed onto the Lord Thursday, April 11, 2013. She was born October 16, 1915 to the late Walter and Mary Eva Wood Johnson in Granville County. She resided most of her life in Durham. Ms. Johnson was a devoted longtime member of Grace Baptist Church in Durham, where she was a member of...

Martha Matilda Monk

Martha Matilda Monk

Apr 9, 2013

WAKE COUNTY - Martha Matilda Monk, 90 of Cary, NC and formerly of Sebastian and Fort Lauderdale, Florida died Tuesday April 9, 2013. She was born in Raleigh, NC in 1923. She was a graduate of Hugh Morson High School in Raleigh in 1941. Her early career was at NC State Uneersity where she worked in the News Bureau during...

Anne-Marie Laplante Hobin

Anne-Marie Laplante Hobin

Apr 9, 2013

DURHAM - Anne-Marie Laplante Hobin, 76, of Durham, passed away Tuesday April 9, 2013 after a period of declining health. Anne-Marie was born in Salem, Massachusetts to Aurele and Laura Laplante oneebruary 7, 1937. The youngest of eight children, she attended high school at St Joseph's atholic High School and graduated in 1954. In 1955 her brother Phil introduced her...

Paty Karstaedt

Paty Karstaedt

Apr 7, 2013

Patricia "Paty" William Karstaedt was born July 17, 1954 in Pittsburgh, PA. Paty departed from us on Sunday April 7, 2013 at her home in Sanford NC, due to her battle with cancer. She graduated from Cary High. She was preceded ineeath by her son, Justin Allen Williams age two days; Biological father Ray Eger of PA; and her father...

James C. Boone

James C. Boone

Apr 6, 2013

Mr. James C. Boone, 88, of Pittsboro, NC died Saturday, April 6, 2013 at his home. James was born in Chatham County oneebruary 26, 1925 to the late Jarvis and Mozelle Boone. He served his country in WWII as a B-29 pilot, in the Pacific and was awarded a Bronze Star and an Air Medal. James spent his remaining working...

William Henry Day

William Henry Day

Apr 5, 2013

OXFORD: William Henry "Bill" Day died April 5, 2013. Mr. Day was born in Oxford, N.C. on Ivey Day Road. He was the son of the late Ivey Wilson and Anee Mae Hart Day. He was a member of Oxford Methodist Church. Mr. Day also was a member of the Masons and served for many years. After serving in the...

Mary Jane Auld Linker

Mary Jane Auld Linker

Apr 4, 2013

Mary Jane Auld Linker, 91, died Thursday, April 4, 2013. She has been a resident of the Carol Woods Retirement Community since 1996. She was born in Chester, SC and grew up in Greenville, SC. She was the daughter of the late George DeWitt Auld and Lillian McDill Auld of Greenville, SC. She was a 1939 graduate from Greenville SC...

Calvin Lucian Ward

Calvin Lucian Ward

Apr 2, 2013

Calvin Lucian Ward, 85, Duke Uneersity Professor of Zoology, died April 2, 2013, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Calvin was born in Yancey, Texas, and was one of six children. He is predeceased by his parents, Lucian Simeon and Artie Berry Ward; his sister, Evadna Chalmers; and three brothers, Don, Gordon, and Ross Ward. Calvin had many fond memories of growing...

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