Obituaries

Thomas Mcadams Anglin

Thomas Mcadams Anglin

Aug 14, 1932

Thomas McAdams Anglin died Sunday morning at his residence. He was 73 years old. Tom was born August 14, 1932 to the late Glenn and Pauline Pettit Anglin. Tom was a Durham native and longtime member of Calvary Uneed Methodist Church. After retiring from his traveling sales position, he worked at Batten

Dale Eugene Redfoot

Dale Eugene Redfoot

Jun 19, 1932

Dale Eugene Redfoot, formerly of Mercer and Sharpsville, PA., died at his home in Chapel Hill NC., on May 26. He was 73. Mr. Redfoot was born June 19, 1932, ineercer, A., to Clarence and OrphaRingerRedfoot. He died with his loving wife, the former Patricia Irene King, at his bedside, along with his four children, Linda Caracci Blair, Kenneth Redfoot...

Theresa Rasfeld Wiethe

Theresa Rasfeld Wiethe

May 14, 1932

DURHAM-Theresa Rasfeld Wiethe, 86, died peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 16th at Brookdale Senior Living Center. She was born in the St. Bernard part of Cincinnati, Ohio on May 14th 1932, the daughter of William H. and Rose Karle Rasfeld. Theresa graduated from Our Lady of the Angels High School in St. Bernard, then got a teaching degree in Cincinnati. She...

Lina Vickers Wagner

Lina Vickers Wagner

Aug 21, 1931

Lina Ann Vickers Wagner, age 73, died Sunday afternoon at Brookshire Nursing Center in Hillsborough. A native of Durham, Lina was born August 21, 1931 to the late William H. and Julia Brineey Vickers. She was a graduate of Durham High School

Helen Rose Hunt Williams

Helen Rose Hunt Williams

Aug 14, 1931

Oneebruary 23rd, 2018 Helen Rose Hunt Williams, 86, a resident of Granville House, Oxford, NC went to be with her Lord. She was born August 14, 1931, the daughter of Walter William and Anee Hoyle Hunt. Helen was married to the love of her life, John Alton Williams, Sr. They raised five sons, John Alton ???Al??? Williams (Debbie) of Mooresville,...

Helen Rose Hunt Williams

Helen Rose Hunt Williams

Aug 14, 1931

On February 23rd, 2018 Helen Rose Hunt Williams, 86, a resident of Granville House, Oxford, NC went to be with her Lord. She was born August 14, 1931, the daughter of Walter William and Annie Hoyle Hunt. Helen was married to the love of her life, John Alton Williams, Sr. They raised five sons, John Alton "Al Williams (Debbie) of...

Judith Creel

Judith Creel

Apr 13, 1931

Judith Murdock Creel, 79, died Wednesday afternoon in Brookshire Nursing Center. Judy was born April 13, 1931 in Durham and was the daughter of the late Christine James and William Henry Murdock. She was a graduate of Durham High School, St. Mary's College and Duke Uneersity. For many years, Judy was a social worker with the Durham County Department of...

Mary Ann Ward Hester

Mary Ann Ward Hester

Dec 8, 1930

Mary Ann Ward Hester, age 85, of Oxford, NC, died on May 4 in Cary at Woodland Terrace Arboretum, where she had lived for the last three years. Mary Ann was born on December 8, 1930 in Goldsboro, growing up there as the only child of Esther Ann Hunter Ward and Lindsay Loice Ward. She graduated from Goldsboro High School,...

Bobby Dale Gilleland

Bobby Dale Gilleland

Jul 2, 1930

Bobby Dale Gilleland, 82, died Friday in Hillside Nursing Home, Wake Forest. A native of Wake Forest, he was born July 2, 1930 to the late Thomas B. and Beaulah Hadden Gilleland. Mr. Gilleland worked as an independent carpenter his entire career, having built houses and completing restoration work in many of Wake Forest's notable historic homes. Surviving are his...

Dr. George H. Cocolas

Dr. George H. Cocolas

Jul 9, 1929

Dr. George Harry Cocolas, PhD, age 87, died Monday at Carolina Meadows following a brief illness. He was born July 9, 1929 in Flushing, NY to the late Harry George and Marian Cocolas. A Chapel Hill resident since 1952, George spent a distinguished career in Pharmaceutical Sciences. He was a graduate of the Uneersity of Connecticut School of Pharmacy in...

Bruce Pennybacker

Bruce Pennybacker

Jul 8, 1929

Bruce??Pennybacker??of the Forest at Duke, Durham , NC died on June 15. Born in Boston, MA, on July 8, 1929, ??Bruce received an undergraduate degree from??Oberllin??College, did graduate work at Columbia Uneersity and State Uneersity of New York.?? He taught English for a combined ??25 years ??at Beacon High School and at??Newburgh??Free Academy before retiring in 1984. He is survived...

Betty Shields Bass

Betty Shields Bass

Jun 9, 1929

Betty Shields Bass died Thursday, October 12 following a brief illness. She was born in Raleigh on June 9, 1929, the only child of David Shields, Jr. and Grace Freeman Shields. Betty graduated in 1948 from Needham Broughton High School and was elected Miss Needham Broughton by her peers. She made her debut the following year at the Terpsichorean North...

Margaret F. Hurst

Margaret F. Hurst

May 20, 1929

DURHAM: Margaret Francis Hurst, 87, died Wednesday at Hock Pavilion after recent years of declining health. She was born in Durham May 20, 1929 to the late William B. and Louise (Brown) Francis. Margaret attended Durham schools and graduated from Durham High School. She spent her entire career in banking and retired from Wachovia at age 62. Margaret was married...

Louis H. Wiethe, Jr.

Louis H. Wiethe, Jr.

Mar 8, 1929

DURHAM-Louis H. Wiethe, Jr., 82, died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 17th at Durham Regional Hospital. He was born in Covington, Kentucky, on March 8, 1929, the son of Louis H. and Juliaetta Bacon Wiethe. Louis had a lifelong love of motion pictures from the experience of growing up around his father's many movie theaters in the Cincinnati area. He graduated...

Mary Law Taylor

Mary Law Taylor

Jan 19, 1929

DURHAM- On Monday, July 21, 2014, Mary Frances Law Taylor was taken by angels to her heavenly home. Mary passed away peacefully at home with her loving husband and children at her side. Mary was born on January 19, 1929 to the late Francis X. and Mary L. Nestor Law. Mary is survived by her husband of 66 years, Harold...

Betty Z. Cralle

Betty Z. Cralle

Oct 10, 1928

Betty Zaffarano Cralle, of 3320 Rugby Rd., died Monday in Duke Hospital following a six month battle with lung cancer. Betty was born October 10, 1928 in Astoria, NY, to Nicholas and Amelia Lagno Zaffarano. She graduated from Sewanaka High School and received an associate

William Mills "Bill" Law

William Mills "Bill" Law

Aug 20, 1928

William Mills ???Bill??? Law, age 88, died Tuesday morning August 30 at his home. Bill was born on August 20, 1928 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the eldest son of William Hopkins Law and Kathryn Mills Law. As a young man, he lived in Rockport, Massachusetts, Maneester, New Hampshire and Burlington, Vermont where he attended Burlington High School. Shortly after his graduation...

Helen V. Leontis

Helen V. Leontis

Aug 2, 1928

Helen Vassiliades Leontis, 90, died Wednesday, October 17. She was born August 2, 1928 ineew York City to the late George and Vassiliki (Livas) Vassiliades. Helen moved to Durham with her parents in the early 1940???s. She graduated from Durham High School and worked her entire career as an administrative assistant with the City of Durham. Over many years, Helen...

Frances Elizabeth Freck

Frances Elizabeth Freck

Apr 9, 1928

On March 15th, Frances Freck, 83, loving wife, devoted mother and grandmother passed into the loving arms of her Lord Jesus Christ. Frances was born April 9, 1928 in Copiah County, MS and grew up ineemphis, TN, but was a longtime resident of Denver, Colorado, having moved there in 1958 to pursue her career as a cytotechnologist at the Uneersity...

Era Campbell Link

Era Campbell Link

Mar 27, 1928

Era Mae Jo Campbell Link died Tuesday at Hospice of the Meadowlands following a brief illness. She was born March 27, 1928, in Sanford. Mrs. Link was a graduate of Watts School of Nursing and had a 10 year nursing career at Watts Hospital until the birth of her children. She was an active member of Mt. Hermon Baptist Church...

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