Obituaries
Vena Gilliam Edwards
Jul 23, 2009
Vena G. Edwards, age 67, of Fairfax, VA, passed qway July 23, 2009. She was a native of Marion, NC and a resident of Faifax, VA for many years. Vena is survived by five sisters and one brother. Mrs. Edwards served ineeveral aspects of Department of the Army personnel operations starting in 1965. She retired from the Office of the...
Mary Johnson Adolf
Jul 23, 2009
Mary Johnson Adolf, 53, died Thursday, July 23, 2009 at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Lowell, MA on July 23, 1956, she was the daughter of Robert W. Johnson and Mary McCue Johnson and was a longtime resident of Durham, NC. Mary loved art and music, but most of all she loved being a mother to her four children. In...
Wilma Carpenter Roberts
Jul 22, 2009
Wilma Carpenter Roberts, age 89, died Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at Durham Regional Hospital. Wilma was born on August 29, 1919 to the late Luther N and Susie Beam Carpenter. Wilma worked for more than 30 years at General Telephone now Verizon, and for many years as a voluneer interpreter at the Bennett Place Historic Site in Durham. Wilma is...
David Evan Bowman
Jul 22, 2009
Mr. David Evan Bowman, 56, of Thomas Mill Drive, Pittsboro, died July 22, 2009 at WakeMed in Cary. Born April 28, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA, he was the son of Paul Lee Bowman and Frances Ann Watts Bowman. Mr. Bowman was at computer programmer with UNC-Chapel Hill. Survivors include his wife, Christina S. Bowman; son and daughter-in-law, Aaron David...
Charles Wilson Knowles
Jul 20, 2009
Charles Wilson Knowles, age 90, died Monday July 20, 2009 in Durham, NC. He was born in Chapel Hill to the late Charley Brown and Mary Elizabeth Knowles on neember 1, 1918. Mr. Knowles was valedictorian of his 1934 graduating class from Bells High School, in Chatham County, and a long time member of Yates Baptist Church in Durham, NC....
Jeanmarie Farrell Devinney
Jul 18, 2009
Jeanmarie Farrell Devinney died peacefully at home with her loving family by her side after a courageous battle with appendicile cancer on Saturday July 18, 2009. Jeanmarie was borneebruary 6, 1968 and spent her childhood years in Charleston WV, Jacksonville, FL and Raleigh, NC. She graduated from Millbrook High School and Louisburg Jr. College. In 2003 Jeanmarie married Tim and...
Wineed Leroy Mann
Jul 17, 2009
Dateline: Pittsboro Deceased: Wineed Leroy Mann Surrounded by his family at his home, Wineed Leroy Mann, 79, peacefully went to be with the Lord on July 17, 2009. The son of Edna Mann and the late Seaton Mann, Wineed was born on October 23, 1929 in Chatham County. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Foy R. Mann;...
Bertha Hopkins Jones
Jul 17, 2009
Bertha Hopkins Jones died peacefully Friday morning, July 17, 2009 in Duke Medical Center. She was 94 years old. Bertha was born in Statesboro, GA oneeptember 6, 1914 to the late Olmstead Key and Sara Barr Hopkins. Bertha spent her early years in Cuba with her parents who were Methodist missionaries, which lead to a lifelong devotion to the Spanish...
Robert Edward Lassiter, Sr.
Jul 16, 2009
Mr. Robert Edward Lassiter, Sr. 79, died Thursday, July 16, 2009 at the Laurels of Chatham following an extended period of declining health. A native of Robbins, Mr. Lassiter was born April 15, 1930 to W.C. Lassiter, Sr. and Desma Ballard Lassiter. In 1969, Mr. Lassiter relocated to Pittsboro, where he became owner / operator of the Piggly Wiggly grocery...
John Allan Owen
Jul 15, 2009
John Allan Owen, 90, died oneednesday, July 15, 2009. John is survived by his daughters Carol Owen and Janet Klispie; and sons Thomas Owen and Richard Owen. A Memorial Mass will be offered at 10:00 AM on Saturday, July 18, 2009 from Holy Infant Catholic Church, 500 Southpark Drive, Durham. Fr. Joe Brennan, OSFS will officiate. Interment will follow at...
Arthur R. Varga, Sr.
Jul 14, 2009
Arthur R. "Art" Varga, Sr., 85, died July 14, 2009 at his home in Moncure. Mr. Varga was born in Chittenden, VT oneecember 8, 1923, the son of Aneew aneesther Tarsci Varga. Survivors include his wife Barbara D. McKay Varga; sons and daughters, Sandra Levesque, Judith Lamberti, Ronald, Robert, and Arthur Varga; grandsons, granddaughters, great grandsons and great granddaughters; and...
Eugene Holland Moore, Iii
Jul 12, 2009
Eugene Holland "Chip" Moore, III, age 57, died peacefully Sunday morning, July 12, 2009 at Durham Regional Hospital. A Durham native, Chip was born to the late Beatrice Womble Moore aneeugene Holland Moore, Jr. on August 26, 1951. Chip graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and taught in the Durham Public Schools for 30 years. He played a significant role in the...
Eleanor Puryear Lunsford
Jul 9, 2009
OXFORD: Mrs. Eleanor Puryear Lunsford, age 96, died Thursday, July 9, 2009 at Granville Medical Center. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late John and Betty Overby Puryear. Mrs. Lunsford was a member of Trinity Uneed Methodist Church and a homemaker. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Sunday, July 12, 2009 from...
Jenneer Robertsoneeza
Jul 8, 2009
Jenneer Robertsoneeza died Wednesday evening, July 8, 2009 at Duke Medical Center surrounded by her loving family after a valiant three year battle with cancer. She was 46 years old. Jenny was born in St. Joseph Missouri on July 27, 1962. She graduated from Northern High School in 1980 and was employed by Verizon for many years until her illness....
Stephen Patrick Russell
Jul 4, 2009
Stephen Patrick Russell Stephen Patrick Russell, 23, of Charlotte, North Carolina died in a drowning accident on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at Jordan Lake, North Carolina. Stephen was born on May 22, 1986 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada. He eventually moved from Newfoundland to Alberta, where among his other feats, he played AAA hockey. At the age of eighteen, his...
Charles Chuck Henry Jones
Jul 2, 2009
Charles H. "Chuck" Jones, age 83, died Thursday, July 2, 2009 at Durham Regional Hospital after several years of declining health. He was born in Kinston, NC to the late Ruben Samuel and Cledy Victory Russell Jones on May 15, 1926. Chuck spent most of his adult life in Durham where he worked for 35 years as a district representative...
Lucy Celia Cottrell
Jun 29, 2009
OXFORD: Ms. Lucy Celia Cottrell, age 65, died of cancer on June 29, 2009 at Granville Medical Center in Oxford, NC. Celia was born on January 2, 1944 to the late Sidney and Lucy Frazier Cottrell. As the only girl among three brothers, she held a special place ineer family as she grew up in rural Oxford. In 1987, Celia...
Frances Bumpass Daniel
Jun 29, 2009
OXFORD: Frances Bumpass Daniel, age 90 of Oxford, died Tuesday, June 29, 2009. Mrs. Daniel was a native of Granville County and was the daughter of the late Wiley and Julia Timberlake Bumpass. She was a member of Oak Hill Presbyterian Church, a homemaker and a cosmetologist. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM from...
Ruthie Veasey Carpenter
Jun 28, 2009
Mrs. Ruthie Veasey Carpenter, 94, formerly of Aneews Store Road, Pittsboro, died June 28, 2009 at Chapel Hill Health & Rehab. Mrs. Carpenter was born in Granville County on August 28, 1914, a daughter of Oren Judsoneeasey and Susie Anna Weaver Veasey. Mrs. Carpenter was retired from UNC where she worked as a nursing assistant at the campus infirmary. She...
Harold Joseph Joe Huber
Jun 22, 2009
Harold Joseph Joe Huber, age 54, died peacefully Monday morning, June 22, 2009 at the Hock Family Pavilion, Duke Homecare and Hospice in Durham. Born in Oneida, WI on April 2, 1955, Joe was the son of Leroy and Pearl Huber and the late Glorideaneeymour. Joe's passion for the outdoors brought him to Jordan Lake for neerous camping and fishing...
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