Obituaries

Mary Regina Arena Roseman

Mary Regina Arena Roseman

Apr 9, 2008

Mary Regina Arena Roseman, age 89, a resident of Croasdaile Village Friendship Hall, died Wednesday evening, April 9, 2008 at Duke Medical Center. A member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Mrs. Rosemaneeturned to Durham four years ago from Baltimore, MD. She was born in Clarksburg, WV to the late Anthony M. and Rose Santo Arena on April 23, 1918. Mrs....

Charles L. Jones

Charles L. Jones

Apr 9, 2008

Charles Layton "Casey" Jones, 77, of the Laurels of Chatham and formerly of Highway 64 East, Pittsboro, died April 9, 2008 at UNC Hospital. Casey was born July 12, 1930 in Durham, the son of Layton Jones and Jessie Snees Jones. He retired from Chatham Mills following 42 years of service. Casey loved to fish, especially salt water fishing. He...

Deborah Jo Carpenter

Deborah Jo Carpenter

Apr 7, 2008

DEBORAH JO CARPENTER Franklinton- Deborah Jo Carpenter age, 53 died Monday April 7, 2008 at home. She was a native of Saratoga Springs, NY and was the daughter of the late Ralph W. aneeva Labarge Carpenter. Deborah was a member of the First Baptist Church of Saratoga Springs and worked for Ellsworth Ice Cream Company. She was an avid bowler...

Judith Judy Carolyn Tingen

Judith Judy Carolyn Tingen

Apr 6, 2008

Judith "Judy" Carolyn Tingen died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on April 6, 2008. She was preceded ineeath by her mother Vallie Tingen, Father Frances Tingen and a brother Curt Hedrick. Judy is survived by her brother Ronee Tingen of Creedmoor; nephews Chris Hedrick of Franklinton, Scott Tingen of Oxford, and Adam Tingen of Florida; and one niece...

Joanne Cheek Erpelding

Joanne Cheek Erpelding

Apr 3, 2008

Mrs. JoAnne Cheek Erpelding, 71, of Twin Rivers Independent Living in Pittsboro, NC, died unexpectedly April 3, 2008 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC. JoAnne was born March 6, 1937 in Dunkirk, Indiana, the daughter of Robert Nathan Stanley and Margaret Alice Cheek Stanley. She graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1955, and from Ball State Uneersity in 1959...

Anee Laura Brooks

Anee Laura Brooks

Apr 1, 2008

OXFORD: Mrs. Anee Laura Young Brooks age82 died Tuesday April 1, 2008 in Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville Co. and the daughter of the late Willie aneeulie Jones Young. She was a member of Hester Baptist Church and retired from Murdoch Center at Butner, NC. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Friday April 4, 2008 from...

James Dudley Watkins

James Dudley Watkins

Apr 1, 2008

OXFORD: Mr. James D. Watkins age 83 of 4548 Watkins Road died Tuesday April 1, 2008 at his residence. He was a native of Granville Co. and the son of the late Oscar K. and Hattie Wheeler Watkins. Retired from Burlington Mills, oxford Plant, a member of Providence Baptist Church where he was a former deacon and Sunday School Teacher...

Dorothy Brown Miller

Dorothy Brown Miller

Mar 31, 2008

Mrs. Jesse L. Dorothy Brown Miller, 100, of Pittsboro Christian Village died March 31, 2008 at Pittsboro Christian Village. Mrs. Miller was born April 15, 1908 in Grand Island, NE, the daughter of Herb Brown and Susie Luberg Hubbard Brown. She moved to North Carolina in 1946 and taught school for 31 years in Sanford and Pittsboro. Mrs. Miller was...

Billy Brax Sykes

Billy Brax Sykes

Mar 24, 2008

Billy Brax Sykes, 75, a long time resident of Durham, passed away at Durham Regional Hospital on Monday, March 24, 2008, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Bill was born on May 27, 1932. He proudly served in the Uneed States Army. Bill worked at Trianee Communities until 1990 whenee suffered a stroke. He retired to his home and...

George Moore, Jr.

George Moore, Jr.

Mar 19, 2008

George Estus Moore, Jr., age 87, died Wednesday evening, March 19, 2008 at Durham Regional Hospital. He was born in Biloxi, MS on Nov. 20, 1920 to the late Christine Colin Summerlin Moore and George Estus Moore, Sr. Mr. Moore moved to Durham in 1942, deployed at Camp Butner. While attending church at First Baptist, Durham, he met Dorothy Chamblee,...

Ellen Smith Capewell

Ellen Smith Capewell

Mar 19, 2008

Ellen Smith Capewell, 96, of Tripp Road, Pittsboro, NC , died March 19, 2008 at the home she made with her son and daughter-in-law, John and Ursulla. Mrs. Capewell was a native of Trenton, NJ, where she was born October 15, 1911 to George Wilson Smith aneedith Fone Smith. During her life she worked as an office bookkeeper, a retail...

William O. Buzzie Page

William O. Buzzie Page

Mar 18, 2008

William O. "Buzzie" Page, age 88, died Tuesday morning, March 18, 2008 at Durham Regional Hospital. A Durham native, Buzzie was born to the late Walter E. and Sarah Halliburton Page on January 26, 1920. He was a WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army. Buzzie later worked for American Tobacco Co. for 44 years before his retirement. He...

Mildred Eubanks Harris

Mildred Eubanks Harris

Mar 18, 2008

Mildred Eubanks Harris, 84, of Hamlet's Chapel Road, Pittsboro, died March 18, 2008 at the Laurels of Chatham following a brief illness. A native of Chatham County, she was born March 23, 1923 to Romulus Pope Eubanks and Minee Booneeubanks. Mrs. Harris was an LPN, working for several years at the Mathiesen Clinic as well as doing private duty nursing....

Dorothy Vickers Spivey

Dorothy Vickers Spivey

Mar 18, 2008

Dorothy Vickers Spivey, 83, of The Church Road, Pittsboro, formerly of Black Mountain, died March 18, 2008 at Alamance Health Center. Mrs. Spivey was born in Calhoun, KY on October 24, 1924, the daughter of Gilbert Vickers and Mary Edna Welch. A homemaker, Dorothy also worked in the dairy industry for a number of years for both Jesse Fearrington and...

Mary Agnes Law

Mary Agnes Law

Mar 16, 2008

Mary Agnes Law, sister of Louise Cooper and aunt of Betty Epanchin, died Saturday night, March 16, 2008, at the Care and Wellness Center of the Masonic aneeastern Star Home in Greensboro, North Carolina. Mrs. Law, widow of James Law, had been ineeclining health for several years. She was born in Ellisville, Mississippi, in 1909 and would have been 99...

Garleneewis Webster

Garleneewis Webster

Mar 16, 2008

DURHAM Garleneewis Webser, 96, died Sunday, March 16, 2008. He was born on May 23, 1911 in Durham to George and Martha Webster. He is survived by his daughter Martha Webster of Durham; and his son Dante L. Webster of Durham. Graveside Service will be held at 11:30 AM oneednesday, March 19, 2008 at Maplewood City Cemetery, Section 17. On-line...

Frederick C. Rahdert

Frederick C. Rahdert

Mar 16, 2008

Fredrick C. Rahdert, age 93, passed away Sunday evening, March 16, 2008 in his Durham home. He was born in Fort Wayne, IN to the late Christian and Sophie Rosebrook Rahdert. During the last 30 years of his working career, Mr. Rahdert worked for GTE ineeveral capacities: in California he served as engineer and chief engineer; ineennsylvania he was promoted...

Edith Cooper Mcdonald

Edith Cooper Mcdonald

Mar 15, 2008

Edith "Edyie" Cooper McDonald, 68, of Old Graham Rd, Pittsboro, died unexpectedly March 15, 2008 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. Edyie was borneeptember 18, 1939 in Quitman, Arkansas to Elmer and Pearl Swaffer Kennedy. She was a kind, loving woman who enjoyed gardening, knitting, bird watching, and golf. She also loved attending her grandchildren's baseball games. For over 20...

Joyce Fulcher Jackson

Joyce Fulcher Jackson

Mar 14, 2008

Joyce Frances Fulcher Jackson, 92, a resident of Pittsboro, NC, died Friday, March 14, 2008 at Chatham Hospital in Siler City, NC. She was borneecember 3, 1915 in Atlantic, NC, and was the daughter of Daily Maxton Fulcher and Lovie Frances Mason Fulcher. She was married to Philip Ray Jackson, originally from Guilford Co., NC, for 66 years, from their...

Irene Johnson Mann

Irene Johnson Mann

Mar 10, 2008

Irene Johnson Mann, 87, of US 15-501, Chapel Hill, died March 10, 2008 at UNC Hospital. Mrs. Mann was born June 15, 1920 in Chatham County to Rufus J. Johnson and Nettie Womble Johnson. She attended Bynum School and graduated from Pittsboro High School. Mrs. Mann was retired from Belk after a 30 year career, where she worked in the...

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