Obituaries
Mary Ruth Terry Mebane
Apr 7, 1920
DURHAM-Mary Ruth Terry Mebane, 92, of Durham, died Wednesday evening at Carolina Point following years of declining health. She was born April 7, 1920 to John Wilkins and Katherine Riley Poole Terry. She was born and grew up in northern Durham in a community surrounded by a large extended family. Her mother died when Mary Ruth was six years old...
Anna Napier Oeltmanneeaney
Mar 18, 1920
DURHAM -- Anna Napier Oeltmanneeaney passed away neember 22 in Hillsborough. She was born March 18, 1920 on the Napier farm in northwest Georgia in the house built by her great grandfather in 1836. During the Battle of Chickamauga, the home was used as a hospital and now has a historical marker. During her professional career, Ms. Meaney was a...
William Fuller Mansfield, Jr.
Mar 11, 1920
William Fuller Mansfield, Jr. Bill, 85, died Saturday morning at Pettigrew Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Bill was born in Durham on March 11, 1920 and was the son of the late W. Fuller Mansfield, Sr. and Margaret Steele Mansfield. He married Helen Glenn Foust, the love of his life, on June 7, 1941. They were married for 62 years...
Virginia Harding Davies Doby
Jan 25, 1920
Virginia Harding Daves Doby of Durham died Friday, March 31, at Treyburneealthcare Center. She was 86 years old. Mrs. Doby was born January 25, 1920 to the late Thomas E. and Myrtle Nance Daves. She was a long-time member of Robbins Road Christian Church. Mrs. Doby is survived by her three children: Norman Wayne Doby and wife, Elizabeth, of Charlotte,...
Foy R. Crabtree
Jan 21, 1920
DURHAM - Foy Roberson Crabtree, age 88, of 29 Innisfree Drive died Thursday, May 29th at Duke Uneersity Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born January 21, 1920 in Durham County, the son of the late Claude Howard Crabtree and Viola Allen Crabtree. He was predeceased by three sisters and three brothers, Gladys Pendergraph, Lois Rich, Hazel Rich,...
George Braneey Deloatche
Jun 21, 1919
Oneednesday, February 27 2019, George Braneey DeLoatche passed away at the age of 99. Braneey was born on June 21, 1919 in Conway, NC. He was the oldest of three sons born to George Dallas aneemma Davis DeLoatche. Upon graduating from high school, he attended NCSU and obtained a B.S. in Agricultural Education. In 1942, he attended officers training at...
Sarah Blackwood Rogers
Jan 1, 1919
Sarah "Mimi" Blackwood Rogers, age 92, died peacefully Tuesday morning surrounded by her loving family. Born in Greenville, NC on January 1, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Daniel R. and Penee Mills Oliver. Sarah was a long-time member of First Baptist Church in Durham and the Loyalty Sunday School Class. She was employed by Sperry Rand Corp....
Kathleen Cowan
Jun 12, 1918
DURHAM: Kathleen Pat Patterson Cowan, 91, passed away Friday, March 5, after an extended period of declining health. She was born June 12, 1918 in Stony Point, NC to Marvin L. and Janie Mae Alexander Patterson. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded ineeath by her sister, Alma Kirkman; two brothers, Lynford L. Patterson and Ronald A. Patterson;...
Jeanette B. Jobe
Apr 1, 1918
Jeanette Burge Jobe, age 88, died ineer Durham home Thursday morning, neember 2. She was born in Surry County on April 1, 1918 to the late Tom aneella Denny Burge. Jeanette was a true lady and Christian in every way. She was a great server for her Lord and Savior, an inspiration for her family and friends. Her inner strength...
Billie Warren Southerland
Jan 18, 1918
Billie Warren Southerland, 87, of 907 Urban Avenue died Monday morning at Durham Regional Hospital. A Durham native, she was born January 18, 1918, to the late Hubert T. and Hassie Sims Warren. Billie lived in the Trinity Park area for 50 years and was educated in the Durham City Schools. She graduated from Durham High in 1936. Billie was...
Mary Esther Williams Harward
Jan 6, 1918
DURHAM: Mary Esther Williams Harward, 96, died at home Tuesday. A Durham native, she was born January 6, 1918 in Watts Hospital to Claude B. and Ruth Gentry Williams. Mary Esther was educated at George Watts Elementary School, Carr Junior High School and Durham High School. Following graduation in 1940 from Meredith College, she began a 37-year career as a...
Eleanor Cely Carter
May 27, 1917
After a brief decline ineealth, Eleanor Cely Carter passed away peacefully on October 11 at the age of 94 surrounded by her three children. Eleanor Cely Carter was born May 27, 1917 to Anee West and William Riley Cely in Greenville, SC. She was preceded ineeath by her husband, Joel J. Carter, her parents and her older brother, W.R. Cely...
Edward Plonski
Jul 13, 1916
Edward Plonski died Friday in Duke Hospice at the Meadowlands following a brief illness. He was born July 13, 1916 in Astoria, NY. A Durham resident since his military service, Ed proudly served his country in the 78th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army during WWII. He spent a career in sales with Durham Builders Supply Co. Ed was a...
Edith Arnold Johnson
Jun 25, 1916
Edith Arnold Johnson, of Croasdaile Retirement Village, died Wednesday, December 6, following a brief illness. She was born June 25, 1916 to the late Herbert and Fanee Belle Arnold, and lived most of her life in Durham. Mrs. Johnson enjoyed 50 years of marriage to her late husband, Albert Richard Johnson. She was a long-time devoted member of Duke Memorial...
James B. Wilkinson
May 14, 1916
DURHAM - James Buchanan Wilkinson 'Whitey', 92, of 1616 Shawnee Street, a life-long resident of Durham, died Tuesday morning, December 9. He was born May 14, 1916, the third son of John Walker Wilkinson and Mary Pearl Wray, both of East Durham. James was married to Mildred Boyd oneecember 3, 1949. Mildred preceded him ineeath December 30, 2002. He is...
Sarah Mae Johnson
Jan 24, 1916
Sarah Mae Johnson, 89, died peacefully Friday morning in Hospice at the Meadowlands. Born on January 24, 1916 in Durham, Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of the late William E. and Ola O
Robert King
Aug 24, 1915
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. Ps. 116: 15 Robert King, Jr., died at Durham Regional Hospital on Sunday, February 22. He was born in Richmond, Va., on August 24, 1915, to the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Robert King. A graduate of Davidson College, he spent sixty years as a stockbroker. Retiring as...
Alice Canada Evans
Jun 4, 1915
Alice Lee Canada Gearhart Evans, Age 91, died peacefully Saturday evening, December 9, at Forest View Healthcare Center in Durham. She was born June 4, 1915 to the late Leamond and Lolllie Stansbury Canada in Durham, where she lived her entire life. Mrs. Evans was a diligent worker who retired after 34 years of employment at Liggett Myers Tobacco Company....
Jonas Mccoy Austin
Aug 30, 1914
Jonas McCoy Austin, age 90, died Friday in Durham Regional Hospital. He was born August 30, 1914 in Alexander County, NC to Oma Elizabeth Hall and Jonas Partee Austin. He attended school ineethlehem Community, then as a young man joined the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Butner during WW II. Mr. Austineegan his career as an electrician, and later became...
Henry Battle Abernethy
May 5, 1914
Henry Battle Abernethy died peacefully on Oct. 10 after a very brief illness. He was 95 years old, born May 5, 1914 in East Durham and lived his entire life in the Durham area. He was the last surviving member of a family of eight brothers and sisters. Mr. Abernethy served in the Army during WWII, and was retired for...
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