Obituaries

Norman Samuel Jones, Jr.

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....

Ormond Bishop Griffin

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...

George Edward Viola

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...

Jenneer Katherine Gessner

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

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...

Jean Williams Pace

Jean Williams Pace

Dec 4, 2008

Jean Williams Pace, age 74, died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at Wake Med in Raleigh. Jean was born in Franklin County to the late Albert and Jenee Minor Williams on August 25, 1934. A member of Ebeneer Uneed Methodist Church, Jean was a devoted wife to her late husband, Rufus, and a loving mother to her four children. She'll fondly...

Eleanor Schwien Womble

Eleanor Schwien Womble

Dec 4, 2008

Eleanor Schwien Womble, 88, of Old Graham Rd. in Pittsboro, died Thursday December 4, 2008 at Chatham Hospital in Siler City, NC. Eleanor was born oneebruary 18, 1920 in southern Maryland, the youngest and beloved daughter of Otto and Selma Schwien. She was a member of the 1936 Surrattsville High School Championship girls' volleyball team, and graduated from school with...

Susan Humphrey Kramer

Susan Humphrey Kramer

Dec 2, 2008

Susan "Sue" Humphrey Kramer, 90, of Perry Graveyard Road, Pittsboro, died December 2, 2008 at Chatham Hospital in Siler City. Sue was born April 6, 1918 in Maysville, NC, the daughter of Areteus Humphrey and Clara Barbee Humphrey. A retired registered nurse, Sue was the widow of the late Norman Kramer. Survivors include two sons, Joe Kramer of Pittsboro, and...

Kenneth Ray Miller

Kenneth Ray Miller

Dec 2, 2008

Mr. Kenneth Ray Miller, 83, died December 2, 2008 at Pittsboro Christian Village in Pittsboro. Mr. Miller was borneecember 28, 1924 in Olympia, WA. the son of Williard and June Crosby Miller. He was retired from the US Government where he worked as an accountant. Mr. Miller moved to Pittsboro five years ago and was a member of Pittsboro Bible...

John Anthony Little

John Anthony Little

Nov 22, 2008

Bullock: John Anthony Little, age 21 of 2709-B Grassy Creek-Virgilina Road died in a fatal car accident on Nov. 22, 2008. Son of Paige T. Little and the late Jay Porter Little, who fought a heroic fight with ALS. John was a current student at NC State Uneersity and graduated from J. F. Webb High School in 2005. He attended...

William Bill Carl Fischer

William Bill Carl Fischer

Oct 29, 2008

William "Bill" Carl Fischer, Jr., 63, died oneednesday, October 29, 2008. Bill was born in Philadelphia, PA on March 5, 1945 and grew up in Woodbury, NJ. Bill served in the US Air Force from 1963-1967. He graduated from Michigan State in 1970 with a degree in Biochemistry, and theneeceived his PhD from Oregon State in 1974. He moved to...

Thomas Woody "Tommy" Gill, Sr.

Thomas Woody "Tommy" Gill, Sr.

Oct 28, 2008

Oxford Thomas Woody Gill, Sr., 77, of 4057 Rockwell Road, Oxford, NC passed away on Tuesday morning October 28, 2008. A beloved husband, father and grandfather, he will be dearly missed. Born July 18, 1931 at the family home in Stovall, NC to the late Henry Thomas Gill and Anee Leigh Woody Gill, he was a tobacco farmer and a...

Ellen Moore Williams

Ellen Moore Williams

Oct 26, 2008

Ellen Cooke "Cookie" Moore Williams, 55, formerly of Ceneeville and Alexandria, VA, died at her home in Moncure, NC on Sunday October 26, 2008. In addition to her parents, Pete and Mary Moore of Moncure, "Cookie" is survived by two sons, Aneew Lee Williams of Denver, CO, and Matthew David Williams of Alexandria, VA; two stepchildren, Trisha and Chet Williams...

Lillian Bouldin Vaughan

Lillian Bouldin Vaughan

Oct 25, 2008

Lillian Eugenia Bouldin Vaughan, 87, of Hickory, died Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Carolina Rehab Center. Borneebruary 18, 1921 in Randolph County, she was the daughter of James Frank Bouldin aneelizabeth Creed Bouldin. Lillian was a member of Corinth Baptist Church in Vale, and her home church was Emmaus Baptist in Pittsboro. She retired from Singer Furniture; and was the...

Robert Charles E. Carlson

Robert Charles E. Carlson

Oct 21, 2008

Mr. Robert Charles E. Carlson, 88, of Alex Cockman Rd., Pittsboro died Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at his home. Mr. Carlson was a native of Jamaica Queens, New York. He was the son of the late Charles Oscar and Mary C. Carlson. Mr. Carlson was a veteran of World War II, serving as a Sergeant in the Calvary. He began...

Roger Lee Murray

Roger Lee Murray

Oct 20, 2008

OXFORD: Mr. Roger Lee Murray age 58 of 5575 Wingate Creek Drive died Monday, October 20, 2008 at Duke Medical Center. A native of Granville Co. and the son of the late Lonee and Lizzie Eneebright Murray. He was employed as a salesman with Quality Equipment Co., in Roxboro NC. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Thursday, October...

Ana Ruth Barraza

Ana Ruth Barraza

Oct 19, 2008

Ana Ruth Barraza, 39, of Goldston Blvd., Sanford, died October 19, 2008 at UNC Hospitals following an extended illness. She was born March 4, 1969 in El Salvador, the daughter of Victor Manuel Barraza and Juna Octavia Figuera. Ana worked as a packager for Tyson Poultry. She is survived by her husband William Avalos; sons Victor and Jonathan; daughter Marcella;...

Donald Francis Clifford

Donald Francis Clifford

Oct 19, 2008

Donald Francis Clifford, Jr., 73, Aubrey L. Brooks Professor Emeritus, Uneersity of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Law, of Chapel Hill passed away on Sunday, October 19, 2008, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born and raised ineenver, CO, the third son of Donald, Sr. and Anna Karchmer Clifford. He graduated magna cum laude from The Catholic Uneersity...

Virginia "Tootsie" King

Virginia "Tootsie" King

Oct 18, 2008

OXFORD- Virginia T. "Tootsie" King, died Saturday October 18, 2008 in Oxford Manor. Born in Wise, NC oneebruary 14, 1911, the daughter of the late Cassa Orell King and Mattie Wilkerson King. She was a former dress buyer for Elis-Stone in Durham and retired as dress buyer for Montaldo's in Charlotte, NC before moving to Oxford. She was a member...

Allene Tripp Campbell

Allene Tripp Campbell

Oct 14, 2008

Mrs. Allene Tripp Campbell, 88, formerly of US 15-501 North, Chapel Hill, died October 14, 2008 at The Laurels of Chatham in Pittsboro. Mrs. Campbell was born in Chatham County oneeptember 18, 1920, a daughter of William Floyd Tripp and Norvella Herndon Tripp. She was a graduate of Bynum School, and retired from Blue Cross / Blue Shield where she...