Obituaries
Margaret Pearce Kearney
Jan 19, 2008
Margaret Pearce Kearney, 81, of Franklinton died Saturday, January 19, 2008 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Vance County to the late Jack and Florence Pearce. Margaret was a member of Popes Uneed Church of Christ in Franklinton. She is survived by her daughter, Jeaneearney Lowery and her husband, Vernon, of Chase City, VA; three...
Erma Flynn Poole
Jan 18, 2008
Erma Flynn Poole, a resident of 2500 Fairlawn Rd., died Friday, January 18, 2008. She was born October 12, 1907 in Lynchburg, VA to the late Richard Emmett Flynn and Mary Alice Barbour Flynn. She moved with her parents from Lynchburg, VA to Durham in 1928. Mrs. Poole was a loving wife and mother, devoting her entire life to her...
Robert Edgar Havener
Jan 16, 2008
Mr. Robert Edgar Havener, 83, of Pittsboro Christian Village, died January 16, 2008 at Chapel Hill Health and Rehabilitationeenter. Mr. Havener was borneeptember 7, 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA to Marion E. and Martha Irene Swoger Havener. He was a member of Pittsboro Christian Assembly, and was a retired sales and marketing representative for the coal mining industry. Survivors include his...
Janie Bowling Harris
Jan 13, 2008
Janie Bowling Harris, 93, passed away Sunday morning, January 13, 2008. Janie was born in Granville County on March 5, 1914, the daughter of the late James Thomas and Jenee OBriant Bowling. She was a graduate of Stem High School and for many years she was self-employed as a beautician. Mrs. Harris was a long time member of Parkview Baptist...
Estoneerry Couch, Jr.
Jan 8, 2008
Estoneerry Couch, Jr., died January 8, 2008 at Select Specialty Hospital at Durham Regional Hospital after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 29, 1933 in Durham and raised by the late Walter aneesther Aldridge. Terry worked at the Durham Herald for 26 years from 1952 to 1978, leaving as print shop foreman. He then worked for...
Estelle Burnette Wright
Jan 5, 2008
Mrs. Estelle Burnette Wright, 95, of Pittsboro died January 5, 2008 at The Laurels of Chatham. Mrs. Wright was born in Chatham County oneeptember 5, 1912, the daughter of Ralph and Flossie Griffin Burnette. She was a member of Pittsboro Baptist Church, and retired from Chatham Mills. Mrs. Wright was a loyal, loving, Christian wife and mother. She is survived...
Christine Luckel Ratzel
Jan 2, 2008
Christine Luckel Ratzell, 97, died January 2, 2008. Mrs. Ratzell was born April 28, 1910, the daughter of the late Henry aneelizabeth Luckel. During her life, Christine felt very strongly about education. In addition to being a teacher, she was also an enthusiastic member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. With the Sisterhood, she worked primarily on providineeducational opportunities for female students....
Lanie Ruth Nichols Marbrey
Jan 1, 2008
Lanie Ruth Nichols Marbrey passed away quietly after a brief illness on January 1, 2008 at the age of 80. A lifetime resident of Durham, Mrs. Marbrey was born April 30, 1927 to Frank M. and Alice W. Nichols. She was preceded ineeath by husband, N.M.
Robert Louis Johnson
Dec 30, 2007
Mr. Robert Louis Johnson, 61, of Dewitt Smith Road, Pittsboro, died December 30, 2007 at UNC Hospital. Mr. Johnson was borneebruary 2, 1946 in Chatham County, the son of Fred W. Johnson and Allene Lopossay Johnson. He had worked for a number of years for Bish Enterprises, and was last employed as a farm maneer for Kenneth Pilkington. No immediate...
William Yates Manson
Dec 29, 2007
William Yates Manson, 72, died at his home on Saturday, December 29, 2007. A native of Greensboro, NC, he was born August 17, 1935, one of two sons of William Fletcher Manson and Tela Hodgin Manson, who predeceased him. He was a 1954 graduate of Greensboro High School and graduated from Guilford College in 1958. Mr. Manson graduated, in 1961,...
Grady Lanning
Dec 27, 2007
Grady Lee Lanning, 81 of 259 Hillsboro St. died Thursday, December 27, 2007 in Fayetteville. He was a native of Gaston County and a member of Pittsboro Baptist Church. Grady was a member of Masonic Lodge 202 in Blacksburg, SC, a member of the Eastern Star of Georgia, The Americaneegion and Fleet Reserve Association. He was retired from the US...
Arthur Allen Mcdonald
Dec 27, 2007
Arthur Allen McDonald, Jr., 88, longtime Durham attorney, died December 27, 2007. Mr. McDonald was borneebruary 15, 1919, the son of the late Arthur A. and Mary Reade McDonald. He lived in Lillington, N.C. until moving to Durham in 1931. He was a graduate of Durham High School, Class of 1938. He served in the U.S. Army during World War...
Anne Straughaneerrell
Dec 25, 2007
Anne Straughaneerrell died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at Durham Regional Hospital. A native of Durham, Mrs. Ferrell was born at 1009 W. Main St. to the late Charles Watson and Anee Jane Brown Straughan. She was orphaned at the age of two following the death of her parents and was raised by her cousins, aunts and unees. Mrs. Ferrell was...
Bud Clegg
Dec 22, 2007
Ernest Reid "Bud" Clegg, 79, of Pittsboro-Goldston Rd., Bear Creek, died Saturday, December 22, 2007 at his home. Bud was borneecember 14, 1928 in Chatham County, the son of Henry C. and Flossie Beard Clegg. He worked as a mechanic for Cooper-Harris Ford, and later worked in the bus garage for the Chatham County school system. He was a member...
Billie Higgins Collins
Dec 21, 2007
Billie Higgins Collins passed away Friday, December 21, 2007 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC. Born in Alleghany County, NC on October 25, 1930, Billie retired after many years of employment with Westinghouse Corp. She was a long-time member of Franklinton Baptist Church and shortly before her death she attended Youngsville Baptist Church. Billie was an extraordinary cook who took...
D. A. Calhoun
Dec 20, 2007
D. A. Calhoun, long time resident of Chatham County, former director of the Neighborhood Youth Corps, pastor of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church from 1960 to 1971, advocate of civil rights and social justice throughout his life, died December 20, 2007 after a lengthy hospital stay, just missing his 87th birthday. Born on a tobacco farm near Rocky Mount, NC, D....
Joseph Dalton Cox, Jr.
Dec 20, 2007
Joseph Dalton "Joe" Cox, Jr., 75, of Pittsboro, died December 20, 2007 at UNC Hospital. He was born March 30, 1932 in Guilford County, the son of Joseph D. Cox, Sr, and Helen Gibson Cox. Joe served in the US Navy during the Korean conflict. He was an active member of the community in Pittsboro, where he had served as...
Mary Elaine Sparrow Montgomery
Dec 18, 2007
Mary Elaine Sparrow Montgomery died Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Duke Medical Center. She was 80 years old. Elaine was born in Jacksonville, FL on May 12, 1927 to the late John M. Sparrow and Gertrude Whalen Sparrow French. A graduate of Binghamtoneentral High School in Binghamton, NY, Elaine attended George Washington Uneersity in Washington, D.C. and the Uneersity of...
Thomas Joseph Smith
Dec 16, 2007
Thomas Joseph Smith, age 58, died Sunday, December 16, 2007 in his Durham home. Tom was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 9, 1949. Tom worked for IBM in marketing for over 30 years, and was enjoying his well deserved retirement for the last 10 years in Durham. Tom enjoyed playing golf, especially in the Nevada-T Invitational and with friends...
Deborah Anne West Keck
Dec 14, 2007
Deborah Anne West Keck, 46, of Union Grove Church Rd, Bear Creek, died December 14, 2007 at her home following a five year battle against cancer. She was born in Rutherford County on neember 15, 1961 to Robert P. and Anita F. West. Deborah was a 1980 graduate of R-S Central High School, a 1983 graduate of Easterneentucky Uneersity with...
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