Obituaries
Todd Doak Bobbitt
Oct 19, 2011
Todd Doak Bobbitt, 45, of Durham died Wednesday, October 19, 2011 after a lengthy battle with CADASIL Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. Todd was born and raised in Durham, attended Durham High School and graduated from N.C. State Uneersity. He worked for North Carolina State Government at the Department of Transportation in their Finance Department. He...
David Lyle Donaldson
Oct 16, 2011
David Lyle Donaldson, age 79, passed away October 16, 2011 following declining health from Parkinson Disease. Dave was born and raised in Illinois and moved to NC after serving proudly in the Uneed States Marine Corps during the Korean War. While stationed at Camp LeJeune, he met the love of his life, Beulah Keck, from Pittsboro. They married in 1954...
Aneelizabeth Kohanski
Oct 14, 2011
Aneelizabeth Kohanski, 90, died peacefully on Friday, October 14, 2011. Ann was born in Norwich, CT to Martha and John McGrevey oneebruary 12, 1921. Ann is survived by her husband Clarence Kohanski of Durham, NC; daughters Judy Christie and her husband Leanard of Eugene, OR and Karen Pryce and her husband Charles of Brewster, MA; grandchildren Ross Christie, Zachary Christie,...
Joyce G. Roberts
Oct 14, 2011
FRANKLINTON- Joyce Goswick Roberts, 81, died Friday, October 14, 2011 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born on neember 1, 1929 she was the daughter of the late Henry Goswick and Hixie Wheeler Goswick. Joyce was a lifetime member of Perry's Chapel Baptist Church, The Wake Forest Chapter of the Eastern Star, Franklinton Americaneegion Auxiliary Unit 52 for...
Alexander Lazo Gregorio
Oct 13, 2011
Alexander Lazo "Alex" Gregorio, a long time resident of Durham, NC died Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Hock Family Pavilion at the age of 56. One of five children to Ricardo aneelizabeth Gregorio, Alex was born in Ilocos Norte, Philippines on April 25, 1955. He attended the Uneersity of the East in Manila, Philippines, graduating with a Bachelors Degree in...
Willodeen Goodwin Wagner-Moore
Oct 13, 2011
Mrs. Willodeen Goodwin Wagner-Moore, 80, of Providence Church Road, Pittsboro, died October 13, 2011 at her home. Born neember 1, 1930 in Chatham County, she was the daughter of Daylon Goodwin aneeunee Hillard Goodwin. Mrs. Wagner-Moore was retired from UNC Hospitals and was a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church where she was the first womaneeacon and former chair of...
Mildred Jordan Hand
Oct 12, 2011
Mildred Jordan Hand died October 12, 2011 at Siler City Rehabilitationeenter. Mildred was a devoted wife and mother. She was a member of Pittsboro Baptist Church and a homemaker. She will be missed. Mrs. Hand is survived by her husband Dennis Hand of Pittsboro; daughter Denee Harrell and son-in law Dennis of Pittsboro; brother Leon Byerly of Delaware; sister Alice...
Mary Lou Cooper
Oct 7, 2011
Mary Lou Joyce Cooper, 82 of Pittsboro died on October 7, 2011 following prolonged health related problems. She was born in Mt. Airy, NC on neember 15, 1929 to Sam aneelma Cook Joyce. Mary Lou was a loving and devoted wife to her husband of 60 years, John Cooper. In addition to her husband, She was survived by her three...
Archie Chalmers Atkinson, Jr.
Oct 4, 2011
Mr. Archie Chalmers Atkinson, Jr. 79, formerly of Hanks Chapel Church Road, Pittsboro, died October 4, 2011 at the Laurels of Chatham. Mr. Atkinson was born in Bladen County on June 8, 1932, the son of Archie C. Atkinson, Sr. aneelizabeth Kersey Atkinson. Mr. Atkinson was a graduate of Catawba College; and, served in the US Army, 101st Airborne during...
Orenza Kenneth Beckwith
Oct 4, 2011
Mr. Kenneth "Kenny" Beckwith, 77, formerly of Beck St. in Pittsboro, died October 4, 2011 in Burlington at his daughter's home after years of failing health. Borneecember 25, 1933 in Roxboro, he was the son of Robert Beckwith and Nanee Lou Chambers Beckwith. Mr. Beckwith served in the US Army during the Korean conflict; he worked as a warper for...
Steven Walter Mitchell
Oct 2, 2011
CHAPEL HILL - Steven Walter "Steve" Mitchell passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Sunday, October 2, 2011 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born ineetroit, MI on June 10, 1951, and grew up in Michigan and Ohio. He proudly served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War and later graduated...
Frances Delano Pressley Hess
Oct 1, 2011
Mrs. Frances Delano Pressley Hess, 77, formerly of the Bear Creek community died Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Laurels of Chatham. A native of Yazoo, MS., Mrs. Hess was borneebruary 3, 1934, the daughter of Charles Franklin Pressley aneethel Mae Butler Pressley. Mrs. Hess moved to the Chatham County area in 1994 with her husband of 37 years, Louis...
Coral Wiggins Washington
Sep 30, 2011
Coral W. Washington Oxford Coral W. Washington, 90, of Oxford, died September 30, 2011, after an extended illness with Parkinson's disease. A native of Oxford, she was the first child born at Brantwood Hospital, and was the daughter of Royster and Grey Yancey Wiggins. She received a B.A. in English from the George Peabody College for Teachers, now part of...
Zelma Sophrina Brewer Puett
Sep 27, 2011
HALL WYNNE FUNERAL SERVICE FRANKLINTON CHAPEL 504 East Mason Street Franklinton, N. C. 27525 Fax # 919-494-1115 FRANKLINTON: Zelma Sophina Brewer Puett, age 79, of 282 Mitchiner Rd., died September 27, 2011. She was a native of Carter Co., TN and was the daughter of the late Finley Jerome aneemma Moody Brewer. Zelma worked for many years in the hosiery...
Elizabeth Bell Leathers
Sep 26, 2011
Elizabeth Bell Leathers, 58, died on Monday, September 26, 2011. Elizabeth was born in Winston-Salem, NC to Wilma and Fred G. Bell on October 21, 1952. Known for her infectious personality and sociable nature, she also enjoyed cooking, traveling, and arts and crafts. Elizabeth was an active member of Trinity Uneed Methodist Church and was a part of the Middlers...
Angela Michelle Morris
Sep 25, 2011
Angela Michelle Morris of Franklinton died Sunday, September 25, 2011 at Duke Hospital in Durham at age 35. Angela was born June 10, 1976 in Raleigh, NC. She worked for the Department of Revenue and the Department of Transportation. Mrs. Morris was the President of Mitchiner's Crossroads Fire Department Auxiliary and she was a voluneer for the Franklinton EMT. Angela...
George Dietrich Beischer
Sep 24, 2011
George Dietrich Beischer passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, September 24, 2011 after a courageous battle with brain cancer. George was born in Strasbourg, France on January 10, 1942 to Eva M. Beischer and the late Dietrich E. Beischer. He emigrated from Germany to the Uneed States with his family in 1948 whenee was six years old. He...
Louise Vance Joyner
Sep 21, 2011
Louise Vance "Toni" Joyner, 76, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at Duke Medical Center. Born in Montclair, NJ she was the daughter of the late William A. and Helen Louise Gregson Vance. Toni was a member of Bethany Uneed Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, F. Belton Joyner, Jr.; one son, F. Belton "B.J." Joyner, II and wife, Diane of...
Virginia M. Crews
Sep 19, 2011
OXFORD: Virginia M. Crews, a resident of Oxford died Monday September 19, 2011 in the William Dunlap Hospice of Wake Co. in Raleigh. She was a native of Horry Co. S.C. and was the daughter of the late Sam and Lutie Cartrette McQueen. She was a housewife and a member of the Oxford Uneed Methodist Church, the Tuesday Study Club...
Cornell Davis Brown
Sep 18, 2011
Cornell Davis Brown died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Plano Medical Center, Plano TX. She was a North Carolina native and Durham resident for over 70 years. Mrs. Brown was the daughter of the late Ralph P. Davis and Hoye O'Neal Davis. She was a charter member of Park View Baptist Church. Mrs. Brown is survived by her sister Bernee...
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