Obituaries
Lee Norris Mann
Aug 20, 2010
Mr. Lee Norris Mann died August 20, 2010 at his home. He was born April 4, 1927 in Chatham County. Mr. Mann was predeceased by his wife of 49 years, Elsie; his parents, Ruth H. Mann and W.K. Mann; brothers, Tom and Glenn; and grandson, Curt. Mr. Mann was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He...
Austin Taylor Waston
Aug 19, 2010
OXFORD: Austin Taylor Watson, age 85 died Thursday August 19, 2010. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Sterling M. Watson and Lillian Frazier Watson. Mr. Watson was a member of Hester Baptist Church, a deacon, coached the boy's baseball team and a member of the Hester Quartet , church choir and Sunday...
Martha Lucille Coleman
Aug 15, 2010
OXFORD: Martha Lucille Coleman, 90, died August 15, 2010. A native of Warren Co., she was the daughter of the late Hugh Lee Coleman and Anee White Coleman. She was a member of Hester Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday August 18, 2010 at 11:00 AM at Gentry-neell & Vaughan Chapel by Rev. Tommy Robertson. Burial will be...
Dorothea Z. Mursten
Aug 14, 2010
Dorothea Zielinski Mursten, age 88, died Saturday, August 14, 2010, at Roxboro Nursing Center. She was born in Buffalo, NY to the late Anthony and May Kowalski Zielinski on June 24, 1922. Mrs. Mursten is survived by her son, Mark Mursten and wife, Jenneer, of Hillsborough, NC; and her grandchildren, Sidney and Stacy Mursten. She was preceded ineeath by her...
William Bill Harris
Aug 14, 2010
DURHAM - William "Bill" Harold Harris, 65, of Durham, died Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Hospice at Meadowlands. Born on April 13, 1945, Bill was the son of the late Thomas Jefferson Harris, Sr. and Dorothy Staneeld Harris. Bill grew up in Raeford, NC and graduated from Hoke County High School in 1963. He attended the Uneersity of North Carolina...
Austin Scott Jones
Aug 14, 2010
OXFORD: Austin Scott Jones, age 19 died Saturday August 14, 2010. He was a native of Granville County and was the son of Richard Scott Jones and Susan Barnes Jones. Austin was a member of Tabbs Creek Baptist Church, a graduate of J. F. Webb High School and was attending Vance Granville Community College. Funeral services will be conducted on...
Landis Gideon O'Briant
Aug 13, 2010
RALEIGH Landis G. O'Briant, 88, died Friday August 13, 2010. A native of Granville Co. and he was the son of the late William O'Briant and Rosa Lee Bullock O'Briant. He was a marine veteran of WWII, a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Raleigh. He was a retired maneer with A&P Food Stores in Raleigh. Funeral services will...
Jean Roller Slaughter
Aug 11, 2010
OXFORD: Jean Roller Slaughter, age 60 of 106 Meadow Heights, died Wednesday, August 11, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer. A native of Oxford, Jean was the daughter of Sallie Blalock Roller and the late Bill Roller. She was a retired employee of the Granville County Clerk of Courts office, a graduate of Louisburg College and a member of...
Thomas Anderson Love, Ii
Aug 11, 2010
Thomas Anderson Love, II, age 84, died August 11, 2010. Born June 26, 1926 at Watts Hospital, he was son of the late Roderick Milner Love and Zoe Yoder Love. He attended Hope Valley School, Carr Junior High and graduated from Durham High in 1944. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving from 1944 to 1946. He...
Elsie Smith Lewter
Aug 10, 2010
Elsie Smith Lewter, age 88, died Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at the Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, GA. Mrs. Lewter was born in Fayetteville, TN to the late Arthur aneera Bicknell Smith on March 22, 1922. She spent the majority of her life in Durham working more than 30 years at Southern Dry Cleaners on Ninth Street. She developed a...
Edna Farrell Mann
Aug 9, 2010
Mrs. Edna Farrell Mann, 97, passed away Monday evening, August 9, 2010, ineer home following a period of declining health. Mrs. Mann, the daughter of Eugene Milton Farrell and Ruby "Luby" Pendergrass Farrell, was borneecember 6, 1912 in Chatham County. She was a supervisor for Pittsboro Throwing, having retired from there after 45 years of service. Mrs. Mann was a...
Dorothy C. Armento
Aug 7, 2010
OXFORD: Dorothy C. Armento, age 75 of Oxford died Saturday, August 7, 2010. A native of New Jersey, she was a retired administrative assistant at Duke Uneersity and a member of St. James Catholic Church were she served as a member of the choir. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:00 noon Tuesday, August 17 at St. James Catholic Church...
Richard Paul Dombek
Aug 7, 2010
Richard Paul Dombek, age 80, died Saturday evening August 7, 2010, at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Queens, NY, Richard was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. and worked as an interior decorator prior to his retirement. Richard is survived by his daughter, Margaret DeLaurentis of Chapel Hill, NC; his son, Richard Dombek of Long Island, NY; and his...
William Bowling Jones, Jr.
Aug 6, 2010
OXFORD: William Bowling "Bill" Jones, Jr. age 72, died Friday, August 6, 2010 at his home. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late William Bowling Jones and Louise Simmons Jones. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist church, a graduate of Berea High School and NC State Uneersity. He owned Bill Jones Construction. Funeral...
Mildred Hicks Harris
Aug 4, 2010
MILDRED HICKS HARRIS- OXFORD- Mildred Hicks Harris, age 87 a resident of Oxford died Wednesday August 4, 2010. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Albert Richard and Nora Brummitt Hicks. She was the widow of the late Burfort Herman "Buck" Harris. Mrs. Harris was a member of Corinth Baptist Church and has...
Kathleen Fitch Oakley
Aug 4, 2010
Kathleen Fitch Oakley, 92, died oneednesday, August 4, 2010. Born in Caswell County on Nov. 24, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Fletcher Thomas and Vera McAdams Fitch. She was employed as a Certified Nurse
Billy Tillman Dowdy
Aug 4, 2010
Billy Tillman Dowdy, 66, of Cobblestone Lane, Pittsboro, died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in his home following a period of declining health. A Lee County native, Billy was born March 12, 1944 to Raymond Dowdy and Margarete Tillman Dowdy. His Christian faith was Methodist. Billy was retired from Chatham Mills and was the owner of Dowdy's Repair Shop, specializing in...
Claudia Walters Foushee
Aug 4, 2010
Mrs. Claudia Walters Foushee, 78, died ineer Tobacco Road home on August 4, 2010. Born in Alamance County on May 10, 1932, she was a daughter of Richard D. Walters and Lola C. Herron Walters, both of whom preceded Mrs. Foushee ineeath. Mrs. Foushee was retired from Chatham Hosiery Mills, and had previously worked for Carr Mills. She was a...
Ruth M. Autrey
Aug 3, 2010
Ruth McKelvey Autrey, 92, died on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Ruth was born in Mt. Holly, NC to the late Mary Ellen and Rufus McKelvey on March 3, 1918. Ineer youth, Ruth was quite an accomplished pianist. Ineer adulthood, she enjoyed the excitement of cheering on and supporting Duke Athletics. As a member of the Iron Dukes, she regularly attended...
Mary O'Dell Crawford
Jul 31, 2010
Crawford, Mary Violet, age 86, passed away at home on July 31, 2010. She was born on October 8, 1923 to Charlie and Arlie Ward O'Dell in Flint, MI. Mary retired as an assembly line worker for General Motors where she worked for many years. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 7, 2010 at Lakeland Memorial Gardens Cemetery and...
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