Obituaries
Johnston J Fred Colvard, Jr.
Feb 15, 2010
Johnston "J" Fred Colvard, Jr., 80, of Durham, died Monday, February 15, 2010, at the hospice facility at the Meadowlands of Hillsborough after an extended illness. Mr. Colvard was born to the late Lois Proctor Colvard and J. Fred Colvard. He was a graduate of Durham High School and the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was...
Rolland Lee Mays
Feb 14, 2010
Rolland Lee Mays, 89, died Sunday, February 14, 2010 at his home. In 1920, Rolland was born in Buffalo, New York, son of the late Eugene aneemma Campbell Mays. He was educated in Buffalo schools, graduating cum laude from the Uneersity of Buffalo with a Bachelor's degree in chemistry. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Sigma Lambda,...
Ronald F. Overaker
Feb 12, 2010
Ronald F. Overaker, age 67, died Friday February 12, 2010, at home after a three year battle with cancer. He was born in Orange County on March 4, 1942 to William Thomas Bill Overaker and Gertrude Smith Overaker. Mr. Overaker attended Hillsborough schools and graduated in 1961. He went on to study as a Machinist at Durham Technical Institute and...
Eleanor Daniel Sigmon
Feb 12, 2010
OXFORD: Eleanor Daniel Sigmon, age 90, of 1666 Elam Currin Road, died, Friday, February 12, 2010. The daughter of the late Roy T. and Willie Lee Thomas Daniel, she was the widow of Johneewis Sigmon. She was a very active member of Enon Baptist Church where she served as organist and pianist, where she was also a member of the...
William Irvin Elliott, Sr.
Feb 11, 2010
OXFORD: William Ervin Elliott, Sr. age 68, of 9520 Reuben Hart Road, died Thursday, February 11, 2010. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late Elijah Earl and Nanee Rebecca Elliott Elliott. He was a member of Amis Chapel Baptist Church and was a loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Mr. Elliott was a farmer and a...
Jack The Auctioneer Johnson
Feb 8, 2010
Jack Johnson The Auctioneer died peacefully Monday, February 8, 2010 at the VA Hospital in Durham. He was 91 years old. Jack was born in Guilford County oneebruary 16, 1918 to the late Jack Isaac and Hassie Calicutt Johnson. A member of Northgate Presbyterian Church, Jack proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. He is survived by his daughter,...
Dorothy Wray Harris Beach
Feb 6, 2010
OXFORD: Dorothy Wray Harris Beach, a resident of Oxford died Saturday February 6, 2010 in Brantwood Nursing Center. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Johneearson Harris and Irma Grant Harris. Dorothy was the widow of the late John W. Beach. She was a member of the Oxford Presbyterian Church where she was...
Becky Moore
Feb 6, 2010
Rebecca Ann "Becky" Moore, age 47, died Saturday, February 6, 2010. Becky was born in Durham County on August 24, 1962. She is survived by her loving parents, Jimmie and Mary Jane Kearney of Franklinton; her sister, Elizabeth Ray and husband, Lane, also of Franklinton; her brothers, Jay Moore of Franklinton; Jimmie Kearney, Jr. and wife, Debbie, of Castalia; Ricky...
Edna Wetzel Gessner
Feb 6, 2010
Mrs. Edna Lillianeetzel Gessner, 93, went to be with her Lord and Saviour on February 6, 2010 from her home on Woolly Worm Dr. in Pittsboro. A native of Montgomery, PA, Mrs. Gessner was born to Joseph Albert Adam Wetzel and Anna Balsam Wetzel oneebruary 8, 1916. Mrs. Gessner retired from Whitner's Dept. Store ineeading, PA where she was a...
J.S. Howard
Feb 6, 2010
Julius S. Howard "Papa J", 68, died on Saturday, February 6, 2010. Papa J. was born in Wake County, NC to the late Carl and Pauline Howard on October 14, 1941. Papa J. was a 1959 Graduate of Chapel Hill High School. He also worked with Trianee Ford Industrial Engines for 25 + years where he eventually retired as General...
Dustin Rodney Dawson
Feb 5, 2010
Dustin Rodney Dawson, 24, of 201 Bogue Inlet Drive Emerald Isle, NC died Friday, February 5, 2010. He was a native of Moore County, born on March 21, 1985. Dustin worked with his father at his convenience store in Emerald Isle. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm Monday, February 8, 2010 at Bynum Uneed Methodist Church, Bynum, NC, conducted...
Jesse Crawford O'Neill
Feb 1, 2010
Jessie Crawford O'Neill beloved wife of James "Jimmy" O'Neill died February 1, 2010 after an extended illness. She was a member of Epworth Uneed Methodist Church where many visits were much appreciated. Jessie left home, Erwin N.C, to enter Watts Hospital Nursing School. She became a cadet nurse during WWII. Subsequently she served as nurse, teacher, administrator, and recruiter for...
James Foster
Jan 29, 2010
James Kenneth Foster, age 88, died Friday, January 29, 2010 at his Durham home. He was borneeptember 4, 1921 in Oak Park IL to the late John and Hilda Henning Foster. Jim proudly served his country during WWII from 1940-1946 in the U.S. Air Force. He served in the South Pacific under General MacArthur's command from New Guinea to the...
Ida Davis Wells
Jan 27, 2010
Ida Davis Wells, 92, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, NC. She was born January 19, 1918 ineender County and was the daughter of the late Madola Shepard and Aaroneeide Davis, Sr. Mrs. Wells was preceded ineeath by her husband of 51 years, William Potter Wells and her two daughters, Mary Ann Mills and Janet...
Barbara Cooper Fesel
Jan 27, 2010
Mrs. Barbara Cooper Fesel, 63, of Hidden Hollow Drive in Durham died January 27, 2010 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. A native of West Chester, PA, she was born April 26, 1946 to Marshall Myron Cooper and Geneva Postles Cooper. Mrs. Fesel was a retired realtor, and had served as property maneer at Walnut Grove and Sheffield Manor complexes. She was...
Clyde H. Carroll, Jr.
Jan 27, 2010
Clyde H. Carroll, Jr., 85, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at Duke Medical Center. He was the son of the late Clyde H. Carroll, Sr. and Mable Pendergrass Carroll. Mr. Carroll was a loving and humble man who served the Lord as a deacon for many years and taught Sunday school at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. His interests included hunting,...
John Aneew Mac Mckeown
Jan 26, 2010
John Aneew "Mac" McKeown, age 86, died Wednesday evening, January 26, 2010 at Hock Family Pavilion following a brief illness. Born in Lima, NY on March 21, 1924, he was the son of the late John and Florence Mabel Greer McKeown. John attended Lima High School and graduated from State Uneersity of New York in Albany. He proudly served his...
Margaret Luevinia Johnson
Jan 23, 2010
Mrs. Luevinia Morris Johnson, 83, of Bynum, died January 23, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Johnson was born in Montgomery County oneecember 2, 1926, a daughter of William G. and May Clark Morris. She was a 1943 graduate of Pittsboro High School and attended Ashmoore Business College in Thomasville. During her lifetime, she worked different capacities in various jobs including...
Jean Marion Vanbenthuysen
Jan 23, 2010
Miss Jean Marion Vanbenthuysen, 105, of Pittsboro Christian Village, died January 23, 2010 at Pittsboro Christian Village. Born ineewark, New Jersey on May 13, 1904, she was the daughter of Robert Seaward and Jenny Smith Vanbenthuysen. Miss Vanbenthuysen was a retired insurance clerk. At the time of her death, she was the oldest resident at Pittsboro Christian Village, and one...
Mary Suggs Bowling
Jan 22, 2010
STEM: Mary Suggs Bowling, age 84, died Friday, January 22, 2010 at her home. A native of Horry County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Worth Suggs and Lucille Suggs. Mrs. Bowling was a member of Oxford Baptist Church where she played the piano for several classes and was a member of the church choir, the hand bell...
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