Obituaries

Dec 6, 2009

Rose Brenzia, 98, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away Dec. 6, 2009 at Spring Arbor of Durham, NC. Born in Whitsett, PA, Dec. 8, l910, to the late Gabor and Marcella Nyilas and the wife of the late John Wm. Brenzia, who were both longtime residents of McKeesport, PA. She is survived by daughter Rose Marie Paul and son-in-law, Herbert...

Dec 6, 2009

Ralph Edward McLaurin, 86, of Hadley Mill Road, Siler City, died December 6, 2009 at the VA Medical Center in Durham. A Chatham County native, Mr. McLaurin was borneeptember 20, 1923, a son of Albert Hugh McLaurin and Lucy Rhyne McLaurin. He was a retired seafood dealer; an avid outdoorsman that loved to hunt and fish, and a notorious gardener...

Dec 6, 2009

David Robertson Sugg, Jr., 62, died December 6, 2009. A native of Nash County, NC, he was borneebruary 2, 1947, the son of David Sugg, Sr., and Phoebe Jane Harris Sugg. A US Navy veteran, he served on the USS Sunfish submarine in the Atlantic Fleet during the Viet Nam war. David had lived in Apex since the early 1970's,...

Dec 4, 2009

Kevin Stillman Cook, age 23, died unexpectedly Friday, December 4, 2009. Kevin was born in Durham on July 20, 1986. Kevin graduated from Durham School of the Arts where he was actively involved ineechnical theater. Kevin was employed with Whole Foods Market of Chapel Hill for several years. Kevin is survived by his wife, Marta Bugel; his parents, Gail and...

Dec 2, 2009

Dateline: Pittsboro Deceased: Jeaneemrick Hudson Jeaneemrick Hudson, 77, of Tom Hudson Road in Pittsboro, died December 2, 2009 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. A native of Forsyth County and the youngest of eleven children, Jean was borneecember 13, 1931 to Johneenry Hemrick and Ada Louellen Long Hemrick. She worked as a registered nurse for a number of years; theneecame...

Dec 2, 2009

Veteran Durham journalist and retired Air force pilot Louis Edward Hodges, Jr., died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. He was suffering from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Hodges was born in Tarboro February 25, 1919, the son of L.E. Hodges and Lydia Sophronia Clark Hodges. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Betty Arnold Hodges; a...

Nov 29, 2009

Oct 30, 2009

Floyd McKinley Ellis passed away at his home, Aspen Hall, in Chatham County on October 30, 2009. He was a native Virginian, but had lived in North Carolina for thirty years. He was a graduate of the Uneersity of Virginia and attended graduate and law school there. Mr. Ellis was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, the Masonic Lodge, and...

Oct 30, 2009

OXFORD: Maynard Macon Brooks, age 81, died Friday, October 30, 2009 at Duke Medical Center. A native of Granville County, he was the son of late Joseph Rhodes and Hortense Mangum Brooks. Mr. Brooks was a member of Delrayno Baptist Church where he served as superintendent of Sunday schools for 24 years. He was also a member of the Henry...

Oct 30, 2009

Aneew Weston Hobbs, 1 month, died on Friday, October 30, 2009. Aneew was born in Durham at Duke Medical Center on October 1, 2009 to Gene and Becky Hobbs. Aneew was a brave boy with more courage and strength than one could imagine. He meant more to his family in his short life than canee explained in words. We hope...

Oct 29, 2009

WILTON: Lessie D. Strother, born neember 16, 1910 in Granville County, died Thursday, October 29, 2009, daughter of the late Raymond Joseph and Lessie Weathers Davis and widow of J. Frank Strother. She was a retired License Practical Nurse at Granville Hospital and was the oldest member of Banks UMC. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday,...

Oct 29, 2009

Shirley Vana Hollister, 83, died on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Duke Uneersity Medical Center in Durham NC. Shirley was born ineewiston, NY to the late Joseph and Bessie Mae Vana on April 9, 1926. Shirley was a graduate of the Red Brick School ineewiston, NY and the DeVry Institute of Buffalo NY. As a young woman she was an...

Oct 26, 2009

OXFORD: David Littleton Adcock, Sr., age 82 a resident of Oxford died Monday October 26, 2009 in Granville Medical Center. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Gold Damon and Ruth Smith Adcock. Mr. Adcock retired from Oxford Implement Co. and Al Sandling Chevrolet. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the...

Oct 22, 2009

Eugenia M. Ladd died Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Duke Medical Center. She was born in Durham to the late Willie E. and Servada Barbee Massey. A longtime member of Carr Uneed Methodist Church, Mrs. Ladd retired from Duke Uneersity where she worked as a secretary for the dean of the school's Physics Dept. Mrs. Ladd is survived by her...

Oct 22, 2009

William Joseph Munley, Jr., 75, died peacefully Thursday, October 22, 2009 at his home with his wife by his side. Mr. Munley was born in Cleveland Ohio, son of the late William J. Munley, Sr. and Marie Gardner Munley. Surviving are his wife, Elaine D. Munley; one daughter, Elizabeth Ann Munley Cironi of Hamilton, VA; three sons, Robert William Munley...

Oct 22, 2009

OXFORD: Wendy Greenway Leonard, age 42, died Thursday, October 22, 2009. She was the daughter of Luther H. Greenway and the late Louise Currin Greenway and was a member of Delrayno Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 3:00 P.M. ineentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Hilton Moore and Rev. Eddie Mauldin....

Oct 19, 2009

Frederick Page Carpenter, Jr. died suddenly from a heart attack on Monday, October 19, 2009 while working in his pallet business that he loved so much. Born and raised in Durham County in the Shady Grove Community on Carpenter Pond Road, he was the son of the late Frederick Page Carpenter, Sr. and Mary Fuller Carpenter. In 1975, he graduated...

Oct 19, 2009

OXFORD: Elsie C. Currin age 84, died Monday, October 19, 2009 at Granville House in Oxford. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Carrie Puckett Currin. She was a homemaker and a member of Hester Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school and the Fellowship Group. Funeral services will be held on...

Oct 17, 2009

OXFORD: John Thomas Hendrick, age 80, of 5624 Old Roxboro Road, died Saturday, October 17, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late John W. and Gladys Browneendrick. He was a retired farmer, a disabled veteran of the US Army, and a member of Geneva Presbyterian Church. Funeral...

Oct 17, 2009

Mr. Henry Dabney Moorman, 90, died October 17, 2009 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, after several years of declining health following a stroke. Mr. Moorman was borneebruary 1, 1919 in Stigler, Oklahoma. He attended the Uneersity of Colorado and the Uneersity of Oklahoma earning degrees in Library Science and Geology. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during...