Obituaries

Dave W. Chaneer

Dave W. Chaneer

Feb 20, 2009

Dave W. Chaneer died peacefully Friday morning, February 20th, 2009 after several years of declining health. He was born in Durham County, the youngest and last surviving child of Mcvay Chaneer and Maggie Marshall Chaneer. He worked for many years at the American Tobacco Company and on his family farm. He was a long-time member of Aneews Chapel UMC. He...

Samuel R. Perry

Samuel R. Perry

Feb 20, 2009

SAM R. PERRY Franklinton - Sam R. Perry age 61 died Friday, February 20, 2009 at Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville Co, he was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill Surgical Assistant Program, an employee with Dr. David Noel and Trianee Orthopedic Associates PA, and a member of Brassfield Voluneer...

Clara Belle Scott Godwin

Clara Belle Scott Godwin

Feb 17, 2009

Clara Belle Scott Godwin died ineer home February 17, 2009, with her children by her side. She was a Durham native and the daughter of the late Janie Belle Harward and Sam H. Scott. Mrs. Godwin was predeceased by her beloved husband Hoover D. Godwin and brother, Harrison Scott. Surviving are her daughter Janie G. Tew and husband Milton R....

Rev. Charles Spence Hubbard

Rev. Charles Spence Hubbard

Feb 16, 2009

The Rev. Charles Spence Hubbard, 95, of Pittsboro, died Monday, February 16, 2009, peacefully in his home. Rev. Hubbard was born and raised in Sanford. While attending UNC at Chapel Hill, he lettered in both track and football, and he held the conference indoor broadjump record for many years. He was a retired Uneed Methodist pastor, a member of the...

William Hunter Stallworth, Jr.

William Hunter Stallworth, Jr.

Feb 14, 2009

Mr. William Hunter "Bill" Stallworth, Jr., 85, of Pittsboro, NC died February 14, 2009 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Bill was born ineeath Springs, SC on March 16, 1923, the son of William H. Stallworth, Sr. and Zada Rogers Stallworth. He was a graduate of Clemson Uneersity with degrees in Math and Chemistry. Bill's time at Clemson was divided...

Roy Benjamin Harris, Jr.

Roy Benjamin Harris, Jr.

Feb 13, 2009

OXFORD Mr. Roy Benjamin Harris, Jr. age 63 of 3615 East Geer Street, Durham, died Friday, February 13, 2009. A native of Granville Co. and the son of the late Roy B. Harris, Sr. and Bessie Sue Renn Harris. He was of the Baptist Faith. Roy graduated from Durham High School. He was in the reserve from 1968 until 1974....

Bill Lowery

Bill Lowery

Feb 11, 2009

Bill Lowery of Franklinton died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at Duke Raleigh Hospital. He was 87 years old. Prior to his retirement, Bill was employed in the automotive industry for many years and was an active member of South Main Baptist Chapel in Wake Forest. He is survived by his daughter, Lisa Harris and husband, Stacy, of Franklinton, NC; his...

Hilda Mae Saunders Pruitt

Hilda Mae Saunders Pruitt

Feb 10, 2009

HILDA MAE SAUNDERS PRUITT Oxford- Hilda Mae Saunders Pruitt, age 81 of Southern Pines died Tuesday February 10, 2009. A native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Grover C. Saunders, Sr. and Mattie Roberson Saunders. A memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday February, 14, 2009 from Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel by...

William "Duck" Aruthur Grissom

William "Duck" Aruthur Grissom

Feb 9, 2009

WILLIAM A. "DUCK" GRISSOM Townsville- William A. "Duck" Grissom, age 57 a resident of Townsville died Monday February 9, 2009 at his home. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Russell Champion and Pansy Grissom. He worked as a mechanic for Athol in Butner for over 32 years and worked as a truck...

James Curtis Neely

James Curtis Neely

Feb 9, 2009

James Curtis Neely died peacefully at home on the morning of February 9, 2009. Mr. Neely was born on April 10, 1924, in Birmingham, Alabama, to Van Madisoneeely and Mary Pearl Chapman. Mr. Neely served in the US Navy as an Electrician's Mate during WWII and fought in the Pacific Theater aboard the ship the USS New Mexico. He was...

Mary Michelle Barmore

Mary Michelle Barmore

Feb 7, 2009

Mary Michele Barmore, age 43, died Saturday, February 7, 2009. Born inees Moines, IA, she was the daughter of Susan M. Hutson and the late Charles J. Hutsoneesq. Although raised in the heartlands of Iowa, Michelle was a tried and true Tar Heel fan and loved Carolina/NCAA basketball. Memories of her shouts of jubilation as her favorite team marched forward...

Kirk Bryan Allred

Kirk Bryan Allred

Jan 30, 2009

Mr. Kirk Bryan Allred, 44, of Pittsboro, NC died suddenly Friday, January 30, 2009. Kirk was born July 14, 1964, the 4th child of Adrian Allred and Harolene "Tot" Morris Allred formerly of Sylva, NC. He was employed in the Telecommunications Department at UNC Chapel Hill, and was a member of Pittsboro Baptist Church. Survivors include his son, Caleb Elias...

Elaine Gendron Constable

Elaine Gendron Constable

Jan 29, 2009

Elaine Gendron Constable, 55, of 133 Carson Court, Pittsboro, died January 29, 2009, in a tragic accident at her home. Elaine was born March 22, 1953 in Taunton, MA. Survivors include her husband of 29 years, Mark Constable of Pittsboro; sons Keith Constable of Greenville, NC and Justin Worsley of Wake Forest; her parents, Aime aneedith Jones Gendron of Rehoboth,...

Myrtle Chappell Briggs

Myrtle Chappell Briggs

Jan 29, 2009

Mrs. Myrtle Chappell Briggs died peacefully at UNC Memorial Hospital on January 29, 2009. Myrtle was born in Durham on July 18, 1918, one of six children to the late Rufus and Nora Chappell. She worked as a Hosiery Ineector at both Durham aneefland Hosiery Mills before retiring from Duke Uneersity Medical Center as Informationeervices Supervisor. Myrtle married Marion C....

Nancy Whaley

Nancy Whaley

Jan 28, 2009

Nancy Whitney Whaley died January 28, 2009 in Duke Hospice care at her retirement home at Croasdaile Village in Durham. She was born 31 January 1928 in Adams, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elizabeth Dean Whitney and the Reverend Kenneth Lawson Whitney. She graduated from high school in 1946 in Morristown, New Jersey and from Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont...

Alta Belle Mills

Alta Belle Mills

Jan 28, 2009

Mrs. Alta Belle Pendergraph Gilmore Mills, 81, of Blakes Drive, Pittsboro, died January 28, 2009 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Born in Durham County on October 31, 1927, Alta Belle was the daughter of John Erie Pendergraph and Addie Farrell Pendergraph. A Baptist, Alta Belle was also a homemaker. Survivors include her sons, William Gilmore of Chapel Hill and...

Mary Jane Matteson Smith

Mary Jane Matteson Smith

Jan 28, 2009

Mary Jane Matteson Smith, 80, of Cambridge Hills, Pittsboro, died January 28, 2009. She was born in Canton, NC on June 26, 1928 to Roy and Mamie Matteson. Mary Jane is survived by two sons, Norman L. Smith and wife, Carol, of Marion, NC, and Thomas D. Smith of Arden, NC; two daughters, Mary Etta Smith of Clifton, SC, and...

Raleigh Newman Carson

Raleigh Newman Carson

Jan 23, 2009

Raleigh Newman Carson, age 88, formerly of Lynchburg, VA, departed this life on January 23, 2009 at UNC Hospital. He is survived by nieces Delores J. Ferguson of Pittsboro, NC, Fay Walden of Denver, CO, Saundra Goldsby of Gary IN, Mrs. Arliene Carson, Claudette, Wendy, and Ronald Carson of Bronx, NY; nephews David and Frank Young of Richmond, VA, Ollie...

Nancy Hauser Moore

Nancy Hauser Moore

Jan 23, 2009

Nancy Hauser Moore, 81, formerly of Bethlehem, PA and Fort Myers, FL, died January 23, 2009 at her home at Galloway Ridge ineearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC. Born May 11, 1927, in Allentown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Roderick Ritter Hauser and Ruth Powell Hauser. Nancy was a graduate of Wheaton College in Norton Massachusetts. In 1948 she...

Catherine Mangum Overton

Catherine Mangum Overton

Jan 23, 2009

CATHERINE COLEY MANGUM OVERTON STEM- Catherine Coley Mangum Overton, age 91 a resident of Stem died Friday January 23, 2009 at her home. She was a native of Granville County and was the daughter of the late Henry Newton Coley, Sr. and Mary Parrish Coley. She was preceded ineeath by her husbanee. E. Mangum. They owned Mangum's General Store in...

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