Obituaries

Betty Louin Thomas Jones

Betty Louin Thomas Jones

Jun 29, 2011

Betty Louin Thomas Jones, 76, of Pittsboro, died June 29, 2011 at her residence. Betty Lou was born in Chatham County, NC oneecember 25, 1934 to Louin Edward and Clara Taylor Thomas. She attended school here and graduated from Pittsboro High School in 1953. She later attended the Watts School of Nursing. Mrs. Jones was employed by Central Carolina Bank...

Elsie Spencer Ballou

Elsie Spencer Ballou

Jun 28, 2011

Elsie Spencer Ballou, 88, of Morehead City, NC died Wednesday, June 28, 2011 at Carteret General Hospital. Born in South Boston, VA, December 20, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Melvin Spencer and Grace Finch Spencer. Elsie was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Rocky Mount. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Cook and...

Ettore Anthony Devito

Ettore Anthony Devito

Jun 26, 2011

Ettore Anthony Tony DeVito died of complications from an infection around noon June 26, 2011. He was the devoted husband of Marjorie May Marj DeVito, the loving father of Torre and Laura DeVito, Father-in-Law of KareneeVito, and proud grandfather of Robert and Rebecca DeVito. He was preceded ineeath by his Mother Madeline DeVito, his brother Nicholas DeVito, and his wife...

Helen Ihle Baker

Helen Ihle Baker

Jun 25, 2011

Mrs. Helen Mae Ihle "Cookie" Baker, 66, of Moncure-Pittsboro Road, died June 25, 2011 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD on May 16, 1945, Cookie was the daughter of Albert F. Ihle and Heneetta Schafer Ihle. Cookie and her husband, Bill, moved to Pittsboro in 1988 from Grasonville, MD. She was employed by Lowe's Foods as a cashier and...

Lois Wheeler Edwards

Lois Wheeler Edwards

Jun 22, 2011

Lois Wheeler Edwards, 79, of Franklinton, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at Rex Hospital. A native of Franklin County she was the daughter of the late Willie Clifton Wheeler and Daisy Cash Wheeler. She was a 1952 Graduate of Franklinton High School, a member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, and retired from Westinghouse ABB. Lois is survived by her husband,...

Michael "Bear" David Stovall

Michael "Bear" David Stovall

Jun 21, 2011

OXFORD: Michael "Bear" David Stovall, 53, a resident of 6511 Cornwall Rd. passed away June 21, 2011 at his home. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of Julia Brooks Stovall and the late Daniel Alexander Stovall. He was the grandson of the late R. D. & Mamie Brooks. Mike was the owner of the Country...

Hugh Gibson Goodman

Hugh Gibson Goodman

Jun 19, 2011

Hugh Gibson Goodman of Pittsboro died Sunday, June 19, 2011, at his home. Mr. Goodman is survived by his wife Mary Goodman, his son James Goodman and wife Linda, his daughter Louene Wojtas and husband Bob, his sisters Eva Dorsett, Faye Barnville, Mary Sanders, Irma Ellis and husband Charles, fifteen grandchildren and nee great grandchildren. He is preceded ineeath by...

Katharine Craig Mccoy

Katharine Craig Mccoy

Jun 19, 2011

Mrs. Katharine Craig "Kathy" McCoy, 63, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, June 19, 2011 at her home. The funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in Pinewood Memorial Park. Kathy, a native of Virginia, was currently living in Pittsboro, but called Freenville home. She followed her husband's career ineeveral moves...

Carl Philip Ihme, Jr.

Carl Philip Ihme, Jr.

Jun 18, 2011

Carl Philip Ihme, Jr., 83, of old Sanford Rd, Moncure, died Saturday evening June 18, 2011 at Twin Rivers in Pittsboro. Mr. Ihme was born ineetroit Michigan and was the son of Carl Philip Ihme, Sr and Anee Lyon Cherry Ihme. He proudly served in the US Navy and worked as a food ineector for the USDA. Philip was an...

Joseph Haywood Currin

Joseph Haywood Currin

Jun 17, 2011

DURHAM Joseph Haywood Currin, 92, died Friday June 17, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Durham. Born in Granville County, he was the son of the late Cicero F. Currin aneesper Moss Currin. After serving in the US Army during WWII he worked at Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company until his retirement. Mr. Currin was a member of Gorman...

Agnes Farrell Caravias

Agnes Farrell Caravias

Jun 15, 2011

Agnes Joanna Farrell Caravias, 86, of Pittsboro, passed away at Care View Rest Home in Snow Camp on June 15, 2011 after a long battle with dementia. She was born in Pittsboro on April 26, 1925 and raised in Chatham County. Mrs. Caravias was the last living daughter of the late Paul Thompson Farrell and Maggie Davis Perry Farrell. After...

Agnes Joanna Caravis

Agnes Joanna Caravis

Jun 15, 2011

Agnes Joanna Farrell Caravias, 86, of Pittsboro, passed away at Care View Rest Home in Snow Camp on June 15, 2011 after a long battle with dementia. She was born in Pittsboro on April 26, 1925 and raised in Chatham County. Mrs. Caravias was the last living daughter of the late Paul Thompson Farrell and Maggie Davis Perry Farrell. After...

Katherine B. Pryzwansky

Katherine B. Pryzwansky

Jun 14, 2011

Dr. Katherine Barthalmus Pryzwansky, 71, of Chapel Hill passed away peacefully on June 14, 2011. Kathy was born in Hazleton, PA to George and Mary Barthalmus. She was a first generation Greek-American and relished ineer Greek heritage. Kathy graduated from Penn State Uneersity in 1961, where she was one of the first women to achieve an undergraduate degree in the...

Chester G. Perkins

Chester G. Perkins

Jun 14, 2011

Mr. Chester Perkins, age 91, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Carolina Point in Durham. He was born and raised in Skowhegan, Maine, to the late Chester R. and Levina Calway Sally Perkins. He proudly served his country in the U.S Army during WWII. After returning to the states, Chester was employed by the printing department of Liggett & Myers...

Merylen Winn Wilbourne

Merylen Winn Wilbourne

Jun 12, 2011

Merylen W. Wilbourne, died Sunday June 12, 2011 at his home. A native of Mecklenburg Co. Va, and was the son of the late Robbie and Anee Bell Redd Wilbourne. He was a member of Grassy Creek Baptist Church, a veteran of the US Army, retired from the US Postal Service and was a member of the DAV. Graveside services...

Kenneth D. Kimbo Peterson

Kenneth D. Kimbo Peterson

Jun 9, 2011

Kenneth D. "Kimbo" Peterson, 84, died Thursday, June 9, 2011 at Franklineegional Medical Center. A Franklinton native, he was born to the late Leon and Iris Kearney Peterson oneecember 4, 1926. Kimbo was very generous with his time by helping those ineeed and by getting involved with the local community. He was proud to serve the Lord. Before working for...

Lucille G. Horton

Lucille G. Horton

Jun 3, 2011

Lucille G. Horton, died Friday, June 3, 2011, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Melinda aneedward M. Gregory. She was a member of Edgewood Baptist Church where she worked with the children and in every capacity served her Lord with a true Servant

Evelyn Parham Currin

Evelyn Parham Currin

Jun 2, 2011

OXFORD: Evelyn Parham Currin, a resident of Oxford, died Thursday, June 2, 2011 at Granville Medical Center. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Edward Callis and Gertrude Poythress Parham. Evelyn was the widow of the late James Henry Currin, Sr. Mrs. Currin was a charter member of Delrayno Baptist Church, graduate of...

William David Woody

William David Woody

May 30, 2011

William David Woody, 68, of Mark Teague Road, Pittsboro, died May 30, 2011 at the Laurels of Chatham. Born in Chatham County on August 13, 1942, Mr. Woody was the son of George and Mary Dixon Woody. He was retired from the NC Department of Transportation, Highway Maintenance Division. Mr. Woody was a member of Hickory Mountain Uneed Methodist Church....

Almeta Beasley Averett

Almeta Beasley Averett

May 28, 2011

OXFORD: ALMETA B. AVERETT, a resident of Oxford, died Saturday May 28, 2011, in Granville Medical Center after a short illness. She was a native of Pierce Co., Georgia and was the daughter of the late George Lewis and Marguerite Moore Beasley. Almeta was a member of Oxford Baptist Church and she was a banking administrator with Granville Savings and...

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