Obituaries

Catherine Brewer Webster

Catherine Brewer Webster

May 28, 2011

Mrs. Catherine Brewer Webster, 80, of X Campbell Road in Pittsboro, died May 28, 2011 at the Laurels of Chatham in Pittsboro. Mrs. Webster was born in Chatham County on June 6, 1930, the daughter of Charlie C. Brewer and Deborah Cooper Brewer. Mrs. Webster was a member of Emmaus Baptist Church, where she had served as organist and pianist...

James Jimmy Alan Fuller

James Jimmy Alan Fuller

May 28, 2011

James "Jimmy" Alan Fuller, 68, died Saturday, May 28, 2011. He was born in Wake County to the late Lucy and Durwood Fuller on March 18, 1943. Jimmy was a great man who enjoyed being a part of many things in his life. He was a charter member of the Franklintoneescue Squad for 25 years, a supervisor for the US...

Jane Hammes Ryan

Jane Hammes Ryan

May 27, 2011

Jane Touhey Hammes Ryan, 85, died May 27, 2011. Born in Charleston, SC, on October 20, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Robert F. Touhey and Claire Lowman Touhey. Ms. Hammes graduated Summa Cum Laude from North Central Uneersity in Durham, NC receiving a BS ineealth Education. She later earned a Masters Degree in Counseling and Special Education...

Marie Lashley Cate

Marie Lashley Cate

May 26, 2011

Marie Lashley Cate of Chapel Hill died at her home, Thursday, May 26, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Marie was born March 19, 1941 in Chatham County. She enjoyed working for Blue Cross Blue Shield for 37 years. Mrs. Cate is survived by her husband, William Larry Cate; son, Dennis Cate and wife Lisa; grandchildren, DJ Cate and Cyndi Swiger;...

Dorothy Dot Beasley Currin

Dorothy Dot Beasley Currin

May 25, 2011

OXFORD: Dorothy Beasley "Dot" Currin, age 86, of 2603 Enon Road, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Charlie P. and Helen Floyd Beasley and widow of Fred D. Currin. Dot was a graduate of Stovall High School 1941 and a graduate of Baltimore Maryland General Hospital School of Nursing in 1945....

Edgar Ed Thomas Gilliam, Jr.

Edgar Ed Thomas Gilliam, Jr.

May 23, 2011

Edgar Thomas "Ed" Gilliam, Jr. 69, of Franklintoneent to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, May 23, 2011. A native of Franklin County, born August 26, 1941, he was the son of the late Edgar Thomas Gilliam, Sr. aneexie Denton Gilliam. Ed is survived by his wife, Diane Gilliam, sons, Greg Gilliam and wife, Barbara of Bunn; Victor...

Samuel David Thorpe, Sr.

Samuel David Thorpe, Sr.

May 19, 2011

Samuel David Thorpe, Sr., borneebruary 21, 1922 went to be in the presence of his Lord and Savior on May 19, 2011, while a resident of Pittsboro Christian Village, Pittsboro, NC. Born in North Grafton, MA, and raised in Providence, RI, he along with three sisters, Charlotte, Barbara, and May, were raising in a godly Christian home. Sam accepted Christ...

Zachary Cole Ladd

Zachary Cole Ladd

May 18, 2011

Zachary Cole Ladd, 23, died oneednesday, May 18, 2011 from a severe brain injury related to a motor vehicle accident. Zach was born in Durham, NC to Ruth Boone and the late Robert Ladd oneebruary 10, 1988. Zachary was an extraordinary young man who was always willing to lend a helping hand. He attended Orange High School followed by NC...

Bill Hunt Phillips

Bill Hunt Phillips

May 16, 2011

Bill Hunt Phillips, 89, of Chesapeake, VA went home to be with his Lord on Monday, May 16, 2011. Born in 1921 in Saxapahaw, NC, Bill was the son of Charles Hunt and Violet Lewis Phillips and the loving husband of Jacqueline G. Phillips. He is survived by three daughters: Theresa Elder of Hampton, VA, Channing Persinger of Charleston, WV,...

Mary Ann Munee

Mary Ann Munee

May 13, 2011

Mary Ann Munee, 102 of Durham died peacefully Friday, May 13, 2011 at The Brianeenter. Born in Arlington, MA on October 29, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Jeremiah J. Regan and Jane Winnifred Barrett Regan. She was a parishioner of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She was a devoted and loving mother, an active member of her community...

Baby Gary Williams Kurtz-Oswald

Baby Gary Williams Kurtz-Oswald

May 12, 2011

OXFORD: Gary William Kurtz-Oswald, infant son of Vincent Michael Oswald and Sherry Annette Kurtz died Sunday at Duke Medical Center. Private services will be held Thursday May 12, 2011. Surviving in addition to his parents are his siblings, Michael Morrison and Dylan Morrison both of Ronda, NC and Savannah Oswald and Vincent Michael Oswald, Jr. both of Oxford; Maternal grandmother,...

Peter Cullen Bassett

Peter Cullen Bassett

May 12, 2011

Peter Cullen Bassett, 69, died on Thursday, May 12, 2011. Peter was born in Bridgeport, CT to Alice and Richard Bassett on May 20, 1941. Peter is survived by his wife Janet A. Bassett of Durham, NC; daughter Sara Bassett of Westport, CT; sons Mark Bassett of Aliso Viejo, CA, Matthew Bassett and his wife Stephanie of Hamden, CT, and...

Margaret Helena Jordan

Margaret Helena Jordan

May 12, 2011

Margaret Helena Jordan, 93, of Chapel Hill died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at her residence. She was borneebruary 14, 1918 to the late John Downey and Mary Young Downey. Margaret was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Originally from Ireland, Margaret immigrated to New York City as a young woman, became an American citizen and met the love...

Kenneth Pennington Edwards

Kenneth Pennington Edwards

May 11, 2011

Dr. Lt. Col. Chaplaineenneth P. Edwards US Army, Ret., lovingly called "Chap", went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, May 11, 2011. The Celebration of his life will be held oneednesday, May 18, 2011 at 2 o'clock at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 306 Alamance Rd., Greensboro, NC. Survivors include his wife, Rosali; children, Peta-Gaye, Keri, Joseph and...

Sadie Day Lawrence

Sadie Day Lawrence

May 11, 2011

Raleigh: Sadie Day Lawrence passed away oneednesday, May 11, 2011 in Raleigh, NC. She was a lifelong resident of Oxford, NC. She was born on June 25, 1917 in Granville County, the eldest daughter of Ivey W. Day and Anee May Hart Day. Sadie loved her family. When Sadie's father died, she once againeeturned to a renovated home place to...

Curtis Pete Belwood Lilly

Curtis Pete Belwood Lilly

May 10, 2011

Curtis "Pete" Belwood Lilly, 85 died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at his home, surrounded by his loving wife, three daughters and all of his grandchildren. Pete was born May 21, 1925 in Ridgewood, NJ to the late George Belwood Lilly and Marjorie Decker Lilly. Pete was recently predeceased by his only sibling, Barbara Lilly Stephens of Summerville SC. Pete graduated...

Jean Aude Mcghee

Jean Aude Mcghee

May 7, 2011

Jean Aude McGhee, age 88, died peacefully Saturday, May 7, 2011 at her residence. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. Born July 8, 1922, she was the daughter of the late James Aude and Laura Jarvis Aude. She proudly served in the U. S. Women's Marine Corps during WW II. Jean was a longtime parishioner...

James David Gwyn

James David Gwyn

May 7, 2011

Mr. James David "Rabbit" Gwyn, 67, Richardson Road, Pittsboro, died Saturday, May 07, 2011 at his home. David was born oneecember 21, 1943 in Mount Vernon Springs, NC. David was an active member of the Masons at the Buffalo Lodge #172 in Sanford NC. He proudly served in the Uneed States Army and was a master mechanic at Pallet One....

Georgia C. Hatcher

Georgia C. Hatcher

Apr 28, 2011

DURHAM - Georgia Callahan Hatcher, 86, died Thursday, April 28, 2011 at UNC Hospital. Georgia Hatcher neer knew how amazing she was. Georgia left Allentown, PA to attend Vanderbilt Uneersity, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1946. At Vanderbilt she met and married John Will Hatcher. Georgia fulfilled her life's dream to have a family and raised 3 children that honeed...

Lawrence Red Burnette

Lawrence Red Burnette

Apr 27, 2011

Mr. Lawrence "Red" Burnette, 94, of Margaret Louise Lane, Pittsboro, died April 27, 2011 at Chapel Hill Health & Rehab. Borneebruary 24, 1917 in Chatham County, he was the son of Ralph Bynum Burnette and Flossie Griffin Burnette. He served in the US Army during World War II. "Red" was a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Pittsboro, and...

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