Obituaries

Katherine Hughes Parson

Katherine Hughes Parson

Jun 7, 2006

SANFORD - Parson, Katherine, age 67, of Sanford went to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, June 7, 2006. Katherine was born October 12, 1938 in Lillington, NC to the late JW & Essie Mae Baker Hughes. She attended Sanford Business College where she obtained a diploma as a business secretary. In 1961, she married the love of her...

Mary Byrne Gates

Mary Byrne Gates

Jun 2, 2006

Mary Byrne Gates died peacefully June 2, 2006 at UNC Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Mary is survived by her two sons, William Kent Gates and Matthew Byrne Gates, and seven brothers and sisters: Chris Byrne and his wife Jackie, Russell Byrne and his wife Ellen, John Byrne and his wife Manuela, Elizabeth Byrne, Bryan Byrne, Kerry Byrne,...

Stuart Mcguire Sessoms, Jr.

Stuart Mcguire Sessoms, Jr.

Jun 1, 2006

Stuart McGuire Sessoms, Jr., age 58, died Thursday, June 1, 2006. He was born in Baltimore, MD to Thelma Call Sessoms and the late Stuart M. Sessoms M.D.. He received a BA degree from the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968. He was a member of the UNC Basketball Team and the Psi Chi Fraternity. In 1974...

Ingeborg Czyz

Ingeborg Czyz

May 30, 2006

Ingeborg Adele Adelheid Czyz died Tuesday, May 30, 2006 in Schwetzingen, Germany. She was a loving and caring mother and grandmother. Mrs. Czyz is survived by her daughter, Ursula Maria Turkaly and husband, James Richard Turkaly of Durham, NC; her grandchildren, Natalie Ann Turkaly and Jimmy Turkaly, Jr., also of Durham; her brother, Wilfried Obermark of Loehne; sisters, Anna Niediek...

Linda Roy League

Linda Roy League

May 30, 2006

Linda Roy League, 64, of Durham died unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at Duke Uneersity Medical Center. She was born in Norfolk, VA to the late Doris Waldrop and Jesse Cox League, Sr. on October 8, 1942. Linda is survived by her sister, Anne L. Tice and husband, Harrell D., of Durham, NC; her brother, Jesse C. League, Jr.,...

Bodie Felton Sandling, Sr.

Bodie Felton Sandling, Sr.

May 27, 2006

Bodie Felton Sandling, Sr., 86, of Chapel Hill, died Saturday May 27, 2006 in Savannah, GA after an illness. Born Mar 1, 1920 in Durham County, Mr. Sandling lived in the area until he moved to Georgia in January 2006 to be close to his only son. Graduating from Bethesda High School with the class of 1937, he went in...

Barbara Norwood Clark

Barbara Norwood Clark

May 11, 2006

Mrs. Barbara Norwood Clark, 67, of Croaisdaile Village in Durham, formerly of Pittsboro, died at her home Thursday, May 11, 2006. She was a Chatham County native, borneecember 9, 2006, to Max and Helen Boone Norwood. Barbara was a graduate of Pittsboro High School, and attended UNC-Greensboro. On June 29, 1958 she married Rufus Walter Buddy Clark at Mt. Pleasant...

Irma Paschall Crenshaw

Irma Paschall Crenshaw

May 4, 2006

Mrs. Irma Paschall Crenshaw passed away peacefully May 4, 2006 at Windsor Point in Fuquay Varina, NC. She was born March 6, 1912 to the late James E. Paschall and Agnes B. Paschall. She grew up in Warren County, graduated from High Point College and taught school for several years. She married Roy N. Crenshaw in 1937 and moved to...

Louise Mccarthy Freeman

Louise Mccarthy Freeman

Apr 21, 2006

Louise McCarthy Freeman, long-time resident of Durham, NC passed away peacefully Friday, April 21, 2006 in Knoxville, TN with her son and daughter in-law at her side. An educator with the Durham City School System for over 30 years, Louise M. Freeman, will be remembered lovingly as

Gloria Hall Johnson

Gloria Hall Johnson

Apr 14, 2006

DURHAM: Gloria Hall Johnson, 82 years young, died April 14, 2006. The daughter of Mabel and Robert Hall, she was born in Lawrenceville, Va., but moved to Durham as a child, where she spent the rest of her life. She was preceded ineeath by her husband, Edison H. Johnson Sr. and son, Robert E. Johnson. . Gloria will be remembered...

Elmer Carrington Ballard

Elmer Carrington Ballard

Apr 8, 2006

Elmer Carrington Ballard died peacefully early Saturday morning, April 8, 2006 at Alterra Clare Bridge of Chapel Hill. He was born June 24, 1918 in Danville, VA to William Douglas and Anee Jones Ballard. The family soon moved to Texas, where his father and unee converted breweries to textile mills. They returned to NC in the early 1930

Charles Douglas Browning

Charles Douglas Browning

Mar 25, 2006

BROWNING Charles Douglas Browning, Sr. died Saturday, March 25, 2006 at his residence in Durham. Born in Durham on January 30, 1937, he was the son of the late Walter Monee Browning and Leta Gunter Browning. He was a graduate of Campbell Uneersity with a degree in business. Mr. Browning was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a former member...

Louise Murray Keir

Louise Murray Keir

Feb 10, 2006

Louise Murray Keir, 94, of Croasdaile Village passed away peacefully on Friday, February 10, 2006. She was born in Durham County to the late William Guthrie and Lila Elizabeth Workman Murray. Louise was educated in the Durham Public Schools and graduated in 1929 from Durham High School. She then took advanced studies in English at Duke Uneersity and UNC Chapel...

Frances Myrick Howard

Frances Myrick Howard

Jan 31, 2006

Frances Myrick Howard, 92, passed away in Durham on January 31, 2006 after three months of ill health. She was born in Durham in 1913, the third daughter of Charles and Hallie Currin Myrick. Frances was a resident of the Lakewood neighborhood for most of her life. In 1939, she married J. Cecil Howard, who predeceased her in 1976. She...

Donald Eugene Mcintire

Donald Eugene Mcintire

Jan 28, 2006

Donald E. McIntire, age 79, of 1410 Cole Mill Road, Durham, died on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006. Born in Ohio, Don was a 1948 graduate of Auburn Uneersity with a degree in Engineering. He received his MBA from Kent State Uneersity in 1960. He was employed with Eaton Corporation for the last 35 years and was most recently general maneer...

Dahlia Jeaneeasey

Dahlia Jeaneeasey

Jan 18, 2006

Ms. Dahlia Jeaneeasey, 77, of Chapel Hill, died January 18, 2006 at Durham Regional Hospital. Ms. Veasey was born in Durham County on neember 28, 1928 and was the daughter of Otho and MamieVeasey. She was employed for may years with American Tobacco Company and also UNC Physicians. Surviving are her brother Johnny Veasey of Durham; one niece, Michelle Love...

David Ray Hackney

David Ray Hackney

Jan 11, 2006

David Ray Hackney, 61, of Hanks Loop Road, Pittsboro, died January 11, 2006 at his residence. Born January 15, 1944 in Chatham County, he was the son of Lewis Raeford and Martha Ernestine Cotton Hackney. David served in the National Guard for a number of years, and was retired from AT&T at

Helen Quaintance Smith

Helen Quaintance Smith

Jan 7, 2006

Helen Quaintance Smith, 71, died January 7, 2006 in Duke Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Lee and Olive Quaintance of Silver Spring, MD. Mrs. Smith taught in Christian elementary education for many years at Philadelphia-Montgomery Christian Academy and at Deerstream Learning Center in Durham. She graduated summa cum laude from Temple Uneersity 20 years after her high...

Thomas Bright Cranford

Thomas Bright Cranford

Jan 6, 2006

Thomas Bright Cranford, 83, died Friday, January 6, 2006, at Durham Regional Hospital following an illness of several months. The son of Henry Clay and Minee Barton Cranford, he was borneeptember 19, 1922 in Troy, NC and moved to Durham whenee was five years old. Tom graduated in 1942 from Durham High School where he was president of the student...

Dorothy Morrison Schoenhut

Dorothy Morrison Schoenhut

Dec 31, 2005

Mrs. Dorothy Morrison Schoenhut, 84, resident of the Forest of Duke Retirement Center, died December 31, 2005. A native of Rockbridge County, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late John Hull Morrison and Mamie Lam Morrison. Mrs. Schoenhut was married to the late Harry E. Schoenhut, Jr. Mrs. Schoenhut lived ineexington, Virginia and she was secretary to the Dean...

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