Obituaries
Rebecca Johnson Green
Aug 13, 2008
Rebecca Johnson Green died Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham after several months of declining health. Born and raised in Creedmoor, NC, to the late Arthur C. and Bettie Fuller Johnson, she lived most of her adult life in Durham County. Mrs. Green was a long-time member of Cedar Fork Baptist Church and the Americaneegion Post...
Mary Hayes Barber Holmes
Aug 11, 2008
Mary Hayes Barber Holmes, 78, died peacefully at home of cancer on Monday, August 11, 2008. Mary Hayes was born in Pittsboro, North Carolina, in 1930, to Wade Barber and Agnes Ferebee Barber. She graduated from high school at Peace College in Raleigh, received a B.A. degree from Agnes Scott College ineecatur, Georgia, and a Master's degree in English from...
Ruth Teny Wheeler
Aug 9, 2008
OXFORD: Mrs. Ruth "Teny" Hughes Wheeler age 94 of 1113 College Street died Saturday August 9, 2008. She was a native of Vance Co. and the daughter of the late John Maurice and Olive Wyckoff Hughes. She was a member of Delrayno Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday august 13, 2008 from Gentry-neell & Vaughan...
David Arthur Houle
Aug 8, 2008
David Arthur Houle, 60, died on Friday, August 8, 2008. David was born ineetroit, MI to the late Elizabeth Rapp and John Arthur Houle oneecember 17, 1947. David graduated from Michigan State Uneersity in 1970 and began his career at Comerica, Inc. ineetroit, MI. He worked his way from Assistant Branch Maneer to Senior Vice President-Investment Maneer. In 1992 the...
Mary Reedy
Aug 8, 2008
Mary Catherine Reedy, 64, died on Friday, August 8, 2008. Mary was born in Chicago, IL to the late Alberta and Dr. William C. Hambley oneebruary 10, 1944. Mary was exuberantly positive and giving, a joy to be around. Her life expressed four driving passions, her family, structural research on molecular machinery in living cells especially muscle, her garden, and...
Kenneth Wilson Cooper
Aug 6, 2008
Kenneth Wilson Cooper of Bynum, NC, died Wednesday, August 6, 2008, after aneextended illness. Born May 6, 1925, he was the 11th of 12 children of Grover Cleveland and Verdonia Phillips Cooper. Mr. Cooper served in the Navy during WWII. He was the starring pitcher for the Bynum Bulls Baseball Team and was recruited by a major league team before...
Bea Watts
Aug 5, 2008
Beatrice "Bea" Mitchell Watts of Franklinton died Tuesday evening, August 5, 2008, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was 71 years old. Bea was born in Franklin County to the late James Edgar and Marjorie Moore Mitchell. She was a longtime member of Franklinton Uneed Methodist Church and was employed with Westinghouse Corp. before her retirement in 1995....
Dorothy R. Johnson
Aug 3, 2008
Mrs. Dorothy R. Johnson, 75, died on Sunday, August 3, 2008. Dorothy was born in Durham to the late Eva Wilkins aneernest Roberts on April 10, 1933. Dorothy was a wonderful woman and a pleasure to be around. Her funeersonality and great sense of humor helped cultivate so many meaningful relationships that will continue to endure. Because of her sweet...
Anee Lee Ray Perry
Jul 30, 2008
ROXBORO - Anee Lee Ray Perry, 94, died Wednesday morning, July 30, 2008 at Touch of Love Nursing Residence in Roxboro. Mrs. Perry was born in Franklin County to the late James and Iva Woodlief Ray. She lived most of her life in Durham where she was a member of Braggtown Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughters, Faye Wilson of...
Bayard Lamar Bro Bragg
Jul 29, 2008
Bayard Lamar Bragg, 87, of Franklinton died Tuesday evening, July 29, 2008, at Life Care Hospital in Rocky Mount. Mr. Bragg, affectioneely known as "Bro", was born in Granville County, to the late Bayard L. Bragg, Sr. and Norma Moore Bragg. He was a member of Wesley Chapel Uneed Methodist Church and an avid horseman and farmer. Bro was a...
Mildred Scoggins Lineey
Jul 29, 2008
Mildred Scoggins Lineey, age 81, died July 29, 2008. Mrs. Lineey was a Durham native and graduate of Watts Nursing School. She retired from Duke Uneersity Medical Center as an obstetrical nurse. Mrs. Lineey was a charter member of Braggtown Baptist Church and member of Temple Baptist Church, both of Durham. In later years, Mrs. Lineey was a member of...
Ruffineendenhall Hobbs
Jul 28, 2008
Ruffineendenhall Hobbs, 56, well knowneetal sculpture artist, died unexpectedly at his McBane Mill home in Graham, NC on July 28, 2008. Ruffin was borneebruary 15, 1952 in Wayne County, Indiana, the son of Grimsley T. Hobbs and Lois Ann Hunkele Hobbs. He was a 1975 graduate of Guilford College. His works span the country; some of his most prominent work...
F. Royster Critcher
Jul 28, 2008
F. ROYSTER CRITCHER Oxford- F. Royster Critcher, age 82 a resident Oxford died Monday, July 28, 2008 in Brantwood Nursing Center. He was a native of Wilkes Co. and was the son of the late Atlas Nathaniel Critcher and Magdalene Royster Critcher. He was preceded ineeath by his wife Margaret S. Critcher. Mr. Critcher was a member of the Oxford...
Lonee Colay Cooper
Jul 28, 2008
Mr. Lonee Colay "LC" Cooper, Jr. 91, of Loop Rd., Burlington, died at the Hospice Home of Burlington on July 28, 2008. Mr. Cooper was born April 11, 1917 in Chatham County to LC Cooper, Sr. and Ida Mann Cooper. He served in the US Navy during World War II, and was retired from Owens Chrysler in Winston-Salem where he...
Cynthia Currin Twisdale
Jul 28, 2008
CYNTHIA CURRIN TWISDALE OXFORD- Cynthia Currin Twisdale, age 47 a resident of Oxford, died July 28, 2008, at Duke Medical Center. She was a native of Oxford and was the daughter of Retta Currin Powell and the late Douglas T. Currin. She was a graduate of Peace College aneeast Carolina Uneersity, receiving her Masters Degree. Cynthia taught in the public...
Charlie David Hobgood
Jul 26, 2008
CHARLIE DAVID HOBGOOD OXFORD- Charlie David Hobgood, age 53 a resident of Oxford died Saturday, July 26, 2008. Mr. Hobgood was the son of Mary Leigh Newby Hobgood and the late Samuel C. "Bill" Hobgood, Jr. He retired from the N. C. National Guard, was a life member of the NC National Guard Association and was also a former employee...
Glenee Newman
Jul 24, 2008
Dr. Gleneedwineewman MD Ed, 61, passed away on July 24, 2008, at Duke Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on neember 18, 1946, to the late Dr. Glenn C. and Peggy Newman of Clinton, NC. Ed graduated from Clinton High School in 1965 and attended Duke Uneersity on a football scholarship. After graduating from Duke...
Paul Gustav Killenberg, M.D.
Jul 23, 2008
Paul Gustav Killenberg M.D., 70, died unexpectedly oneednesday, July 23, 2008 at Duke Hospital. During his 36 years on the Duke medical faculty, Dr. Killenberg established himself as a national leader in the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease. In 1985, Dr. Killenberg helped create Duke's Liver Transplant Program- the first in North Carolina. While his contributions in the field...
Herbert William Patrick, Jr.
Jul 20, 2008
Herbert William Patrick, Jr., age 76, died peacefully in his Durham home Sunday morning, July 20, 2008 surrounded by his family. A resident of Oak Grove Community, Bill, "Billy", was born and raised in Matthews, NC to the late Elizabeth Gordon and Herbert William Patrick, Sr. on June 10, 1932. Bill worked as an electronics technician in the Chemistry Dept....
Thomas Howard Cordle
Jul 19, 2008
Thomas Howard Cordle of Durham died Saturday, July 19, 2008 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. He was 90 years old. Mr. Cordle was born in Atlanta, GA to the late Howard and Nelle R. Cordle on July 15, 1918. He served in the US Navy ineest Africa during World War II. He received a BA from Uneersity of Virginia, followed by...
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