Obituaries
James Wilbert Smith
Feb 2, 2008
Mr. Jim Smith, 80, of Old Graham Road, Pittsboro, died February 2, 2008 at The Laurels of Chatham. Jim was born in Borger, Texas on May 25, 1927, the son of Homer Duggins Smith and Sara Snodgrass Smith. He was a graduate of Oklahoma State Uneersity and retired as a district maneer from Ford Motor Company. Jim and his wife...
Jane Weaver Wilds
Jan 29, 2008
Jane Caroline Weaver Wilds, 74, formerly of Slidell, LA, died January 29, 2008 at her home ineearrington Village in Pittsboro, NC following a period of declining health. Jane and her husband, Douglas K. Wilds, had relocated to Pittsboro following Hurricane Katrina. Jane was born March 28, 1933, in Oklahoma City, OK to James G. Weaver and Willa Kay Davis Weaver....
Florence Burns Schell
Jan 27, 2008
Florence Burns Schell, 89, of Pittsboro Christian Village, Pittsboro, NC, died January 27, 2008 at the Village. She was born neember 20, 1918 ineedina, NY, the daughter of Sidney V. Kerrison and Laura Watt Kerrison. Mrs. Schell was a retired personal assistant. She resided in Rochester, NY for over 30 years before relocating to Pittsboro Christian Village in 1979. Survivors...
Hazel Mangum Stubbs
Jan 25, 2008
DURHAM - Hazel Lyon Mangum Stubbs, beloved wife and mother, passed away on January 25, 2008, at Duke Medical Center after a very brief illness. She was born in Durham County on October 7, 1914, to Samuel Thomas Mangum and Florence Lyon Mangum. She was a member of the Mangum, Lyon and Cozart families of Durham and Granville counees. A...
Katherine Huffman Ripley
Jan 24, 2008
Katherine Huffman Ripley, 93, died Thursday, January 24, 2008 at Croasdaile Village. Born in Buncombe County, she was the daughter of the late Ara and Sarah Payne Huffman. In 1934, after graduating from UNC Greensboro, Mrs. Ripley moved to Durham. She worked at the Duke Uneersity Library for 23 years until her retirement in 1980. Mrs. Ripley was a member...
Alice Parrish Knight
Jan 24, 2008
Alice Parrish Knight, 97, died January 24, 2008. Alice was born on October 9, 1910, the daughter of Adolphus Manly Parrish and Lilly Clark Parrish of Durham. Alice attended and graduated from East Durham High School in 1926. Following graduation, she worked as an assistant at McPherson Hospital for Dr. McPherson during the late 1920s aneearly 1930s. Alice married Brooks...
Dr. Daniel Thomas Gianturco
Jan 23, 2008
Dr. Daniel Thomas Gianturco, 73, of Durham, passed away on January 23, 2008. He was Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke Uneersity. Dr. Gianturco was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, the youngest of 5 children of the late Vincent and Angelina Gianturco. He graduated from the Uneersity of Buffalo, New York in 1956 and from...
Tommy Burns, Sr.
Jan 20, 2008
Mr. Tommy Burns, Sr. 70, of Parkview Retirement Center and formerly of Pittsboro, died January 20, 2008 at Parkview Retirement Center. Tommy was born in Chatham County on May 26, 1937, the son of Henry Grady Burns and Pearl Batten Burns. He was a former conservation officer with the USDA. Prior to being injured in a vehicle accident, Tommy was...
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...
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