Obituaries

Mary Pryal

Mary Pryal

DURHAM-Mary Pryal, 68, formerly of Gastonia, NC, died of cancer early Tuesday, neember 23, 2010, at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. Mary is survived by her husband of 46 years, Al Pryal, three children, and five grandchildren: Mark Pryal and wife, Heidi, of Silver Spring, MD; Alison Dickey and husband, Jonathan, of Bethesda, MD, and their children Sarah, Joshua, Caroline,...

Richard Lee Hedgecock

Richard Lee Hedgecock

Richard Lee Hedgecock, Sr., 75, died Wednesday, August 18, at UNC Hospital. Richard was born in Forsyth County to Clyde and Wanda Hedgecock. Following his graduation from Asheboro High School in 1953, Richard served in the US Marine Corp until 1956. Richard earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from N.C. State Uneersity in 1960. In 1980 he earned his Professional...

Phyllis Allen Matlock

Phyllis Allen Matlock

Phyllis Allen Matlock, 74, resident of 2515 Fairlawn Road, died Monday at her residence. Mrs. Matlock was a born in Durham and was the daughter of the late Jim Allen and Dorothy Newton Allen. Mrs. Matlock was retired from the National Center for Health Statistics, where she had been employed for 30 years. An avid book reader, she read between...

Randy Williams, Sr.

Randy Williams, Sr.

James Randolph "Randy" Williams, 81, died unexpectedly Friday at UNC Hospital. A native of Headland, Ala., he was borneeptember 18, 1927 to the late Charles E. and Greta Cowart Williams. After discharge from the U.S. Army in 1947, Mr. Williams moved to Chapel Hill, enrolled in UNC and graduated in 1950 with a B.S. degree in Commerce. He spent the...

Archie Samuel King

Archie Samuel King

Durham- Archie Samuel "Sam" King, 58, passed away oneecember 4, 2010 after a long and courageous battle with prostate cancer. Sam was born on January 16, 1952 in Winston-Salem, NC. He was pre-deceased by his maternal grandparents, Samuel and Hattie Williard, and his paternal grandparents, Numa Archie and Bessie King. Sam graduated from RJ Reynolds High School in 1969 and...

Martin Milano

Martin Milano

Martin Milano, 57, passed away suddenly Friday, neember 5, 2010, at his home in Pittsboro, North Carolina. He was born May 30, 1953 in the Bronx, NY to Louis Milano and the late Eileen Milano. Martin was a WAN Engineer for the Chatham County School District in North Carolina. He was a devoted father who loved fishing, trap shooting, sports,...

Jacqueline Iris Mitchell

Jacqueline Iris Mitchell

Jacqueline Iris Mitchell "Jackie" was born March 6, 1928 in Durham, NC to Heneetta Byrd Mitchell and Thomas Michael Mitchell. She graduated from Durham High School in 1946. Jackie was employed by Tomlinson Supply for 46 Years. She had many friends aneenjoyed life to the fullest. She was an avid bowler and loved to read. She and her bowling teammates...

Robert Bob Hubert Burnette

Robert Bob Hubert Burnette

OXFORD: Robert Bob Hubert Burnette, age 73, died Thursday evening, May 31 at his home. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late Hubert Herndon and Clara Eakes Burnette. Mr. Burnette was a retired tobacco farmer, a former member of the National Guard and a member of Enon Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon...

Marie H. Miller

Marie H. Miller

Marie Helen Miller, 95 years of age of Durham, North Carolina died oneebruary 17, 2012 ineer daughters' home on Club Boulevard. She was born oneeptember 25th 1916 in Blackwell, OK to Karl G. Janke and Anna Rohr Janke. The family moved to Sturgis MI and later to a farm outside Howe, IN during the Great Depression where she helped with...

Donald Joseph Browning, Sr.

Donald Joseph Browning, Sr.

Donald Joseph Browning, Sr. died in his Durham home Monday, April 10. He was 65 years old. Don was a Durham native and the son of the late Walter M. and Leta Gunter Browning. He was a member of Duke Memorial Uneed Methodist Church and a life-long member of the Durham Sertoma Club. During the early 1980

Suezine Adams Wilson

Suezine Adams Wilson

Suezine Adams Wilson, age 95, died Thursday in Durham Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Granville County to Ebbie and Nanee Turner Adams, Mrs. Wilson was the last member of her family. She was a long time resident of the Cedar Fork Community. Mrs. Wilson worked at Aerotron Electronics for 20 years. She was a devoted member of...

Pamela Durham Silverman

Pamela Durham Silverman

Pamela Durham Silverman of 1209 Queensbury Circle, died Thursday, May 5th at Duke Medical Center. Pam was borneeptember 26, 1961 at Danville Virginia Memorial Hospital. She grew up in Yanceyville, North Carolina raised by her parents Dewey Bernard and Anee Lucille Durham. She received her associate's degree from Danville Community College in 1981. Pam met her husband Paul in Danville...

Rachel Lucille Eubanks

Rachel Lucille Eubanks

Mrs. Rachel L. Eubanks, 87, of Pearly Lane, Pittsboro, NC died on Friday, September 18, at Siler City Care and Rehabilitation in Siler City, NC. Borneebruary 1, 1922, in Chatham County, Mrs. Eubanks was the daughter of Gertrude Elkins. She was a wife, mother, and a member of New Salem Church. Mrs. Eubanks is survived by two sons, Charlie Eubanks...

Sybil M. Davis

Sybil M. Davis

Sybil McGilvary Davis, a Durham native, died Monday, October 23, at Duke Medical Center. She was 81 years old. Borneecember 17, 1924 to the late David S. aneessie P. Rigsbee McGilvary, Mrs. Davis was a long-time member of Hope Valley Baptist Church. She was employed by Hudsoneelk for many years before her retirement in 1991. Mrs. Davis is survived by...

John Ronald Sendek

John Ronald Sendek

Chapel Hill, NC ??? John Ronald Sendek died at the Livewell Residence in Chapel Hill, NC oneecember 4, 2016. Born in Wineer, PA in 1930, he was the loving husband of Rose Mary (Stein) Sendek, to whom he was married for 58 years. Rose passed less than a month ago, and so John clearly went home to be with her...

Mary Blackwell Pridgen Martin

Mary Blackwell Pridgen Martin

Mary Blackwell Pridgen Martin died Wednesday morning at Duke Medical Center. The youngest of nee children, she was born in Durham to the late Joseph Davis and Lavinia Blackwell Pridgen. Mrs. Martin would have celebrated her 100th birthday on the 29th of this month. Mrs. Martin was a long-time member of Trinity Uneed Methodist Church and a graduate of the...