Obituaries
Dorothy Ragan Pope
Dec 8, 2011
Dorothy Mae Ragan Pope, 86, lost her battle with cancer after a long struggle, and went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 8, 2011. She was born April 22, 1925 in Durham, NC to the late Lester B. Ragan, Sr. and Dora Mae Rogers Ragan. She was married December 24, 1943 to the late Clarence...
Ted Austin
Dec 8, 2011
A devoted husband, father of five, devout Catholic, and loving son, Ted Austin passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011 at his home. Truly a member of the Greatest Generation, he was born in 1930 in Warren, Pennsylvania at the beginning of the Depression as the youngest child and only son of Theodore and Gertrude Austin. During his teeneears the nation...
Ruth Temple Mayer
Dec 7, 2011
Mrs. Ruth Temple Mayer, 96, of Pittsboro Christian Village, died December 7, 2011 at Pittsboro Christian Village. Born July 8, 1915 in Plaineeld, NJ, she was a daughter of Walter and Caroline Grant Temple. She was a graduate of Sharon High School in Charlotte, NC. A homemaker, Mrs. Mayer resided in St. Albans, VT, prior to moving to North Carolina....
Margaret Barrett Joyner
Dec 7, 2011
Margaret Barrett Joyner passed away December 7, 2011. Margaret was born August 27, 1923, in Mount Vernon, GA, to the late Linton S. Barrett and Mary Brewton Barrett. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at the Uneersity Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, NC. Following the funeral service, the family will receive friends at...
Herbert Leo Williams, Sr.
Dec 5, 2011
Herbert Leo Williams, Sr., age 99, died Monday, December 5, 2011at Louisburg Nursing Center. Leo was born in Granville County to the late Clem C. and Naomi Hicks Williams on May 18, 1912. Leo proudly served in the U.S. Army and was a member of Franklinton Baptist Church and the Franklinton Americaneegion Post 52. Leo had a keeneense of humor...
Thomas Lynn Cockman
Dec 5, 2011
Thomas Lynn "Tommy" Cockman, 56, of Wade Harris Road, Pittsboro, died unexpectedly at UNC Hospital on Monday, December 5, 2011, following a sudden illness on Saturday. Born in Chatham County on June 12, 1955, Tommy was the only child of James Lowell "Jimmy" Cockman and Sarah Frances Harris Cockman. A dedicated employee for 32 years, he was the maintenance director...
Wayne Taylor Hart
Dec 5, 2011
DURHAM: Wayne Taylor Hart, age 70 a native of Granville Co. died Monday December 5, 2011 in Duke Medical Center following a stroke. He was the son of the late Jewell John and Carrie Currin Hart. Mr. Hart was a veteran of the US Army, a retired computer analyst with Burlington Industries, Wright Machinery Co., Northerneelecom and the Herald Sun....
Randy Pete Baker
Dec 4, 2011
MEBANE Randy Pete Baker, age 61 of Mebane, died Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Alamance Regional Hospital. A native of Durham County, he was the son of Peggy Perry Elliott and Joe E. Elliott of Oxford and the late Rayford Ray Baker. Mr. Baker was a graduate of J. F. Webb High School and was of the Baptist faith. A...
Margaret Horton Pace
Dec 4, 2011
Margaret Horton Pace, age 74, died December 4, 2011 in Franklineegional Hospital. She spent most of her life in the Franklinton/Mitchiner's Crossroads area and was the daughter of the late Henry and Veva Tant Horton. Margaret was the widow of the late Robert William Pace, Jr. Graveside services will be held oneednesday December 7, 2011 at 2:00 PM in Ebeneer...
Amelia Bensan Young
Dec 3, 2011
Amelia Bensan Young, age 77, died Saturday, December 3, 2011, ineer Durham home surrounded by her loving family. A native of the Philippines, she was the daughter of the late Justo and Juana Daga Bensan. Mrs. Young was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Young is survived by her loving husband of 49 years,...
Elizabeth Jane Herr Mckelvey
Dec 2, 2011
Elizabeth Betty Jane Herr McKelvey died Friday, December 2, 2011 at her home in Chapel Hill with her daughters at her side. Betty was born oneeptember 14, 1925 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania to Dr. William Albert Herr aneedna Warner Herr. Mrs. McKelvey graduated from Hazleton High School in 1943 and Susquehanna Uneersity in 1946 B.S., Business Education. As a new college...
Edna Dinglasaneestin
Dec 1, 2011
Edna Dinglasaneestin, 66, died on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Edna was born on May 29, 1945 in Batangas, Philippines to Lino and Margarita Ilagan Dinglasan. Edna was a loving mother and friend to anyone that she had the opportunity to come in contact with. Edna worked for the John R. McAdams Company for many years and was a member of...
Mary Jane Kearney
Nov 1, 2011
FRANKLINTON- Mary Jane Kearney, 70, of Franklinton died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 at Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount. Born June 19, 1941 in Durham County she was the daughter of the late Vernon Castle and Ruby Scott Castle. She was a longtime member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Mary Jane is survived by her husband, Jimmie Alleneearney, Sr.; daughter, Elizabeth...
Patricia Diane Joyner
Nov 1, 2011
FRANKLINTON- Patricia Diane Joyner, 58, of Franklinton died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. Borneeptember 15, 1953 in Durham County she was the daughter of the late James R. Preddy aneemma Hudson Preddy. Patricia is survived by her daughters, Melissa Joyner-Davis and husband, William Davis, of Blacksburg, SC; Heather Maria Joyner-Tatum and husband, Nathan, of Franklinton; brother, James Raymond Preddy of Garner;...
Gary Grant Allen
Oct 31, 2011
Gary Grant Allen, 57, passed away early Monday morning, October 31, 2011, at Duke Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Gary bravely fought a heroic two-year battle with cancer. Born on June 29, 1954, he was the son of the late William Daniel Allen and the late Edythe Carowan Allen. He was raised on a farm in Pantego with his...
Fred Thomas Pugh, Jr.
Oct 31, 2011
Mr. Fred Thomas Pugh, Jr. 69, of NC 87 North, Pittsboro, died October 31, 2011 at UNC Hospital following a sudden illness. Born October 30, 1942 in Randolph County, Fred was the son of Fred T. Pugh, Sr., and Ruth Moffitt Pugh. He received his degree from NC State ineeef cattle maneement. Fred retired in 1995 from Burroughs Wellcome as...
Marion Douglas Sands
Oct 30, 2011
Marion Douglas Sands, age 95, died peacefully on Sunday, October 30th, 2011 at The Meadowlands surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Orange County to the late James and Rosa Strayhorn Douglas oneecember 26, 1915. She graduated from Durham High School and Croft Business College, and later married Thomas Joseph Sands ineecember 1943. Marion worked as the Head...
Marilyn Barbara Aiello
Oct 28, 2011
Marilyn Barbara Aiello, born 22 September 1957, was a compassionee and genee person who touched the lives of many ineer work as a pharmacist and clinical trials coordinator, and she will be sadly missed by all that knew and loved her. She was especially attached to the many Duke patients and caregivers that she met in the course of her...
Jeanne M. Freedman
Oct 25, 2011
Jeanne M. Freedman, 77, of Chapel Hill died quietly and unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Wakefield, MA on April 6, 1934 to the late Paul Shea aneelga Cater Shea. Jeanne was a loving and devoted wife and mother. Courtesy of her father's job with Standard Oil, she grew up in MA, MT,...
Dr. Wallace Randolph Ranny Umberger, Jr.
Oct 21, 2011
Dr. Randolph "Ranny" Umberger, Jr. died Friday, October 21, 2011, at Duke Medical Center. A long-time resident of Chapel Hill, Ranny was born in Christianburg, VA to Buena Denny Umberger and the late Wallace R. Umberger, Sr. He is a retired Senior Professor of Theatre at North Carolina Central Uneersity, where he chaired the department for seveneears and taught for...
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