Obituaries
Bobby Carol Jones
Jan 1, 2009
Bobby Carol Jones, 64 of 403 Sunset Avenue died Thursday January 1, 2009 at his home. Bobby was the son of the late Willie Day and Alma Woodlief Jones, the retired owner of Jones Upholstery and Floor Covering which was started by his father in 1949. A member of Enon Baptist Church and a former member of the NC Army...
Christine Mciver Clark
Dec 31, 2008
Mrs. Christine McIver Clark, 87, of Pittsboro, died December 31, 2008 at her residence. A Chatham County native, Christine was born March 1, 1921 to Julian and Lina Thomas McIver. Christine was employed as an ineector for Chatham Mills, and following that she worked at UNC Hospital, did occasional catering, various floral work, and childcare at Robyn's Nest. She was...
John Whiton Simons
Dec 30, 2008
Pittsboro - The Rev. John Whiton Simons COL USA RET, 77, died at his home in Pittsboro, N.C. on Tuesday, December 30, 2008, after several years of declining health. John was born ineelrose, MA, the fifth of eight children, and moved to Virginia in 1938, when his father went on active duty with the U. S. Army. He attended school...
Agnes Pleasants Sorgi
Dec 28, 2008
Agnes Pleasants Sorgi, age 81, died peacefully Sunday, December 28, 2008 ineer Durham home. She was born in Chatham, VA to the late William Arthur Pleasants and Lettie Herndon Pleasants on January 18, 1927. Agnes was preceded ineeath by her husband of 57 years, Walter V. Sorgi. Agnes graduated Durham High School in 1945 and soon thereafter married Walt, who...
Alicia Tilley Tunstall
Dec 26, 2008
ALICIA TILLEY TUNSTALL OXFORD- Alicia Tilley Tunstall, age 47 a resident of 3524 Cannady Mill Rd. died Friday December 26, 2008. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Edgar Davis aneestelle Cozart Tilley. Alicia was a member of Peace's Chapel Baptist Church and a employee of Revlon. She had a love for horses...
Craven Blythe Bass
Dec 26, 2008
Craven Blythe Bass, 83, died on Friday, December 26, 2008. Craven was born in Lucama, NC to the late Zilphia and Jonathan Bass oneeptember 4, 1925. Craven was a veteran of World War II where he served in the Navy in the South Pacific. Following his time with the Navy, he was employed by Kroger as a produce maneer for...
Mary Leonard Broadwell Doucette
Dec 26, 2008
Mary Leonard Broadwell Doucette, 90, died on Friday, December 26, 2008. She is the daughter of the late Cornelia Suggs and Shephard Dowd Broadwell and was born oneebruary 5, 1918. Mary was born in Goldsboro and theneelocated to Durham as a young adult where she has remained ever since. Mary's greatest joy was found in the time and care that...
Walter Jack Foushee
Dec 23, 2008
Mr. Walter Jack Foushee, 87, of Pittsboro, died December 23, 2008 at the Laurels of Chatham. A native of Chatham County, Jack was born July 14, 1921 to William Henry and Pearl Blanee Harris Foushee. He served in the 495th Bomber Squadron in World War II, and was a member of the Pittsboro VFW. Jack owned and operated Jack Foushee...
Bob Ray Mitchell
Dec 20, 2008
Mr. Bob Ray Mitchell, 78, of Lineey St., Pittsboro, died December 20, 2008 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mr. Mitchell was born June 2, 1930 in Chatham County, the son of Jim and Ida Holder Mitchell. He served in the Korean war, and retired from UNC Chapel Hill after 30 years as Facilities Carpentry Supervisor. Bob was a member...
Barbara Stuck Farrell
Dec 19, 2008
Barbara Virginia Farrell, 67, of 330 Hanks Chapel Road, died at her home Friday, December 19, 2008. Barbara was born in Cumberland, Maryland, the daughter of James and Juanita Wigfield Stuck. Before retiring, she was an accounts receivable clerk with Richold Chemical in Moncure, NC. She was a member of Hanks Chapel Uneed Church of Christ. Barbara is survived by...
Ruth Adcock Burchette
Dec 18, 2008
RUTH ADCOCK BURCHETTE OXFORD: Ruth Adcock Burchette, age 81 a resident of Oxford died December 18, 2008 at Brantwood Nursing Center. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Blueford and Mattie Smith Adcock. She was the widow of the late Robert Burchette. Ruth was a member of Enon Baptist Church and retired from...
Jesse David Zinn
Dec 16, 2008
Jesse David Zinn, age 35 and a resident of Pittsboro, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008. Born in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 1973, Jesse worked as an archeologist for the Department of Transportation and was a former member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Durham. Jesse graduated from Culpeper County High School in Virginia in 1991. He met his wife...
Dora Nissen Mann
Dec 16, 2008
Dateline: Pittsboro Deceased: Dora Jane Nissen Mann Dora Jane Nissen Mann, age 78, died December 16, 2008, at her home ineearrington Village with her children and husband by her side. Dorie was the proud mother of four who will miss her love, yet know she has earned her rest following a long and inspirational struggle against paneeatic cancer. She was...
Eliza C. Jackson
Dec 12, 2008
Eliza Crowley Jackson, died at home on Friday, December 12, 2008. Eliza was born in Durham to Samuel and Danielle Jackson on January 29, 2006. Eliza is survived by her parents Samuel and Danielle Jackson of Durham; her big brother Luke; grandparents Jeremy and Lucinda Jackson of Syracuse, NY; and Jeffry and Patricia Berman also of Syracuse, NY. In lieu...
Robert Elmer Rector
Dec 12, 2008
Oxford: Robert "Bob" Elmer Rector a resident of Oxford died Friday, December 12, 2008. He was a native of Zionsville, Indiana and was the son of the late Elmer Virgil and Lera Wilsoneector. He was a Professor of American History and Government at Louisburg College, where he has taught for over 36 years. He was a graduate of East Texas...
Norman Samuel Jones, Jr.
Dec 11, 2008
Oxford: Mr. Norman S. Jones, Jr. age 81 a resident of Oxford died at home Thursday, December 11, 2008. He was native of Granville County and was the son of the late Norman S. Jones Sr. and Mamie Partin Jones. He was a member of Oxford Baptist Church, a former Deacon, and was a former Chairman of the Usher Board....
George Edward Viola
Dec 10, 2008
George Edward Viola, age 73, died Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at Durham Regional Hospital. He was born in Cabarrus County on neember 10, 1935 to the late George and Blanee Grady Viola. George graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He moved to Durham with his brother and best friend, Michael Viola in 1961. He worked as...
Ormond Bishop Griffin
Dec 10, 2008
Dateline: Pittsboro Deceased: Ormond Bishop "Red" Griffin O. B. "Red" Griffin, 97, passed away peacefully December 10, 2008 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC. Mr. Griffin was borneeptember 29, 1911 to John Thomas Griffin, of Pittsboro and Mary Lula Culbreth Griffin of Fayetteville, NC. He graduated from Pittsboro High School and later attended Appalachian State. He married Mary Ruffin...
Jenneer Katherine Gessner
Dec 10, 2008
Jenneer Katherine Gessner, 16, of Pittsboro-Goldston Road, Pittsboro died Wednesday, December 10, 2008 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash. Jenneer was born in Orange County on January 3, 1992. She attended Emmaus Baptist Church where she had been active with the AWANA program. A home-schooled student, Jenneer was currently dual-enrolled at CCCC where she was studying theatre and...
Joan Patricia Phillips-Trimmer
Dec 7, 2008
Joan Patricia Phillips-Trimmer died suddenly December 7, 2008 at her residence in Chapel Hill, NC. Joan graduated from Wallace O'Neal High School of Pinehurst. She attended Dickinson College two years and graduated from William and Mary College. She received a Masters Degree ineealth Education from the UNCCH and served as Health Educator at West Point Academy and subsequently with the...
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