Obituaries
Chaneer Tunstall Currin, Sr.
Apr 3, 2011
OXFORD: Chaneer T. Currin, Sr., age 84, a resident of Oxford died Sunday April 3, 2011 at Granville Medical Center. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late John David and Claudia Kinton Currin. Chaneer was a lifetime member of Hester Baptist Church and Trustee, a retired farmer, a graduate of Oak Hill High...
Alice Ruth Cole
Apr 2, 2011
Alice Ruth Cole July 15, 1927 ~ April 2, 2011 Alice Ruth Cole, 83, died Saturday, April 2, at her home in the Pittsboro Christian Village. Mrs. Cole was born in Angola, Africa. She devoted her life to being a missionary and sharing the love and grace of her Lord. Alice loved gardening aneenjoyed playing the piano and the autoharp....
Jessie Johns Newsome
Mar 31, 2011
Jessie Johns Newsome, 91, of Durham, widow of John R. Newsome, died Thursday, March 31, 2011 following a brief illness. She was born April 24, 1919 in Durham to the late Ernest T. and Sallie Harris Johns and grew up in Durham and in Hillsborough, NC. She graduated in 1942 from the Watts School of Nursing. Her long career included...
Dr. Johneerritt Cheek, Jr.
Mar 30, 2011
Dr. Johneerritt Cheek, Jr., 92, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at the Pavilion of Croasdaile Village. On neember 15, 1918, he was born in Watts Hospital to John M. Cheek and Maude Wall Cheek. He attended Durham public schools and graduated from Wake Forest Uneersity in 1941. He was the first student to enroll in the Bowman Gray School of...
Florence Wicks Payne
Mar 29, 2011
Florence Wicks Payne of Bynum died Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at Laurels of Chatham. Florence was born July 13, 1924 in Elizabeth NJ. She enjoyed voluneering at the hospital and sang ineer church choir in the past. Florence is survived by her daughters Carol Payne of Bynum and Patricia Parrish of Jacksonville Florida, her Sister Ruth Copeland of Jacksonville Florida,...
Earnest Steve Barbee
Mar 28, 2011
Earnest "Steve" Barbee of Chapel Hill died Monday, March 28, 2011 at his home in Chapel Hill. Mr. Barbee was born October 11, 1953 and is from Chapel Hill. He loved Golf, his community, and his family. Steve was well known for being a handyman. Steve is survived by his wife Doris Barbee, his mother Ruby Estelle Barbee, his daughter...
Barbara Copeland Horton
Mar 27, 2011
Barbara Copeland Horton, 78, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 27, 2011. She showed strength, courage, and a positive outlook during her extended battle with lymphoma. Barbara was a loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, and great grandmother. Her devotion to her family and her church was evident as many benefitted from her God given talent of hospitality. She enjoyed sharing...
William Matthew "Bill" Cherkas, Jr.
Mar 25, 2011
OXFORD: William Matthew Cherkas, Jr., age 86, died peacefully at home on March 25, 2011. Born June 9, 1924 in Oxford to the late Marie Frazier Cherkas and Wm. M. Cherkas, Sr., Bill was predeceased by his first wife, Yuma Liles Cherkas, and by a son, Craig Alexander Cherkas. Attending NC State College before and after serving his country during...
William Lloyd Goodwin
Mar 24, 2011
William Lloyd Goodwin, age 67, died Thursday, March 24, 2011 in his Durham home. A Durham native, he was born to Emma Lou Lloyd Goodwin and the late Billy Sunday Goodwin. Bill is survived by his mother, Emma Lou Goodwin of Durham; and his brother, Barry Goodwin and wife, Sherrie Eisleben, of Raleigh, NC. He was preceded ineeath by his...
William Gray Billy Nelms, Sr.
Mar 24, 2011
OXFORD: William G. Nelms, Sr. Billy, age 81, went to be with the Lord on Thursday morning, March 24, 2011. He was a native of Granville County and was the son of the late Lonee, Sr. aneeffie Lee Nelms. Mr. Nelms was retired from North Carolina Parks and Recreation at Kerr Lake after 15 years of service and was retired...
Barbara Suitt York
Mar 23, 2011
Mrs. Barbara Suitt "Velna" York, 72, of US 15-501 North, Pittsboro, died March 23, 2011 at UNC Hospitals. The daughter of Julius Jackson Suitt and Mary Marine Fowler Suitt, Velna was born July 1, 1938 in Chatham County. She was a graduate of Pittsboro High School, and retired as an administrative assistant in accounting from the UNC School of Nursing...
Willie J. Brooks
Mar 22, 2011
OXFORD: Willie J. Brooks a resident of Oxford died Tuesday March 22, 2011 in Maria Parham Hospital. He was a native of Person Co. and was the son of the late Tom and Lissie Long Brooks. He was preceded ineeath by his wife Doris H. Brooks. Mr. Brooks was a member of Rehoboth Uneed Methodist Church, a member of Henry...
Wilma Barnes Pruitt
Mar 21, 2011
OXFORD: Wilma Barnes Pruitt, 87, at home on March 16, 2011, passed from earthly existence and recent suffering into her everlasting life with her Lord and Savior. A member of the Oxford Uneed Methodist Church, Wilma taught Sunday School for three decades in the Vohamme Carr class. Her intensive Bible study and devotion to her teaching were her passion and...
Thomas Allen Rose
Mar 20, 2011
Thomas Allen Rose, 79, died at home on Sunday, March 20, 2011 from cancer related causes. Thomas was born in Cleveland, OH to the late Halla and Leona Rose on August 13, 1931. Thomas earned an undergraduate degree from Case Westerneeserve in Business Administration as well as a Master's degree in Hospital Administration from the Uneersity of Minnesota. He began...
Edward Glenn Clark
Mar 19, 2011
Edward Glenneeddie" Clark, 53, of US Hwy. 64 East, joined his Lord, and his mother, on Saturday, March 19, 2011 following his death at UNC Hospitals. Eddie was born in Wake County on October 16, 1957, the son of Billy Goodman Clark and Shirley Babb Clark. He was a loving father, son, brother, brother-in-law aneemployer. Eddie was the owner of...
Eulie T. Daniel
Mar 17, 2011
DURHAM Eulie T. Daniel, 87, died Thursday, March 17, 2011. He was born on May 28, 1923 in Granville County, NC to the late Nanee Daniel. Eulie started his career as a master plumber for Hunt Plumbing. He then was employed at Superior Mechanical Contractors as Office Maneer and Chief Estimator. He theneent to Tomlinson Company, wholesale plumbing supplier where...
Dr. Leslie F. Malpass
Mar 17, 2011
Dr. Leslie F. Malpass, 88, died peacefully on Thursday, March 17, 2011. He was born in Hartford, CT, on May 16, 1922. He was the son of John Frederick Malpass of Rotherham, England, and Lilly Elmslie Malpass of Aberdeen, Scotland. He attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and received his BA, MA and Ph.D in Psychology from Syracuse Uneersity. He...
Vera Hight Parham
Mar 16, 2011
FRANKLINTON: Vera Hight Parham, 86, died Wednesday March 16, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Saturday March 19, 2011 in Hall Wynne Funeral Chapel in Franklinton by the Rev. David Averette. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Church Cemetery. Surviving are Barbara Parham Johnston Calvin of Henderson, Howard Parham Donna of Franklinton, Richard Dick Parham Kay of...
Patricia Farrell Jacques
Mar 16, 2011
Patricia Farrell Jacques, 57, of NC Hwy. 902, Pittsboro, died Wednesday morning, March 16, 2011 at her home following a brief and courageous battle with cancer. Pat was born ineee County on January 8, 1954, a daughter of Maxine Cook Farrell and Roscoe M. Farrell, Sr. She was an active member of the Pittsboro/Chatham County community, being involved with Pittsboro...
J. Paul Byron
Mar 15, 2011
SOUTHERN PINES: The Reverend J. Paul Byron, 89, died March 15, 2011 in Pinehurst, NC. He was born in Cohoes, New York on May 2, 1921 to the late William J. Byron and Theresa English Byron. Father Byron was also preceded ineeath by his three brothers, Frank Byron, William Byron and the Reverend Joseph Byron. J. Paul Byron attended the...
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