Obituaries

Peyton Brooks Strickland

Peyton Brooks Strickland

Peyton Strickland, age 18, died Friday night in Wilmington, North Carolina where he was a college student. He was a warm and generous child and loved by his family and friends. Peyton is survived by his parents, Don and Kathy Strickland of Durham; his sisters Collin and Joslyn Strickland also of Durham; his grandparents Dr. Martin Brooks of Pembroke and...

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...

Mary Ellen Gunter

Mary Ellen Gunter

DURHAM - Mary Ellen Gunter, 89, died Sunday night at the LaSalle Healthcare Center. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas Gunter and Anee Belle Lockamy Gunter. Miss Gunter served in the U. S. Army. She was retired from Burlington Industries and she attended Grey Stone Baptist Church. Surviving are one sister-in-law, Pansy Browning Gunter,...

Theodore V. Cassidy

Theodore V. Cassidy

DURHAM: Theodore Vincent Cassidy Major USMC - Ret., age 71, died peacefully in his sleep Tuesday. Ted was still recovering from the death of his beloved wife, Patricia in October. A native of Red Bank, NJ, he graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School and St Peter's College. Ted served his Country as a Major in the US Marines, with...

Eva Marianneedge

Eva Marianneedge

Eva Marianneedge, age 85, died Thursday morning, March 9, at Croasdaile Village, where she lived since 1999. Eva was born in Frankfurt, Germany to the late Leopold Harris and Johanna Brandeis on October 30, 1919. Eva left Germany as a teeneer and went to Palestine, where she met and married her first husband, Naftalie Berneein. She joined the British Royal...

Floyd Holman Carden

Floyd Holman Carden

Floyd Holman Carden, age 88, died suddenly at home Sunday morning, April 16. Floyd was born in Orange County to the late Johneernon and Addie Mae Garrard. He lived in Durham most of his life but moved to Granville County four years ago to be with his daughter and son-in-law. A man of strong Christian faith, Floyd was a charter...

Kemah Jallah Sloan

Kemah Jallah Sloan

Kemah Jallah Sloan, age 77, died Monday, March 13, at her daughte

Barbara Kane Callaghan

Barbara Kane Callaghan

Barbara Kane Callaghan, age 53 and resident of 313 Dunhill Drive, died Sunday afternoon in Duke Medical Center. A native of White Plains, NY, Barbara was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter LaSalle Kane. She was preceded ineeath by her husband, Michael Alan Callaghan and is survived by two daughters, Heather Kane Callaghan of Holly Springs, NC...

William Donald Norman

William Donald Norman

William Donald Norman, 82, of 1500 Ward Street, died early Tuesday morning at home. He was born in Tarboro, NC and was the son of the late Roscoe Elwood and Martha White Norman. Doneerved in the U. S. Army during WWII. Don owned and operated Don

Delancy S. Price

Delancy S. Price

DeLancy S. Price died Saturday at the Forest at Duke Retirement Community, where she lived since 1993. A former resident of Newbury, SC, she was the daughter of Jeffie Lee and Braneey H. Snelgrove. Receiving her education in the Newbury city schools, she went on to graduate from Newbury College. A teacher in the Williamsburg and Florence County, SC school...

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

Mary Mason Foster

Mary Mason Foster

Mary Mason Foster, 96, resident of 4912 Biscayne Road, Durham, NC died Friday afternoon. Mrs. Foster was born in Gaston County and was the daughter of the late William and Senith Stewart Mason. She operated a Day Care from her home for about 10 years and then was employed with the J. B. Ivey Department Store for several years. In...

Charmeyne Lillian Morris Phillips

Charmeyne Lillian Morris Phillips

Charmeyne Lillian Morris Phillips, 68, died Wednesday, May 10, at Durham Regional Hospital. She was born in Durham and graduated from Durham High School, Class of 1955. Charmeyne married Wilbur Phillips in 1957 and sooneelocated to Florida where she owned and operated a water softener and salt delivery business. She later worked ineesidential real estate and was employed by the...

Wesley Moore Langdon, Jr.

Wesley Moore Langdon, Jr.

On May 14th Wesley Moore Langdon, Jr., age 91 and former Durham resident of 4016 Bristol Road, died peacefully in St. Petersburg, FL. Born in Hornersville, Missouri, he was the son of the late Mildred Elizabeth Huff Langdon and Wesley Moore Langdon, Sr. Mr. Langdon served in Saipan during WW II in the U.S. Army. He was a graduate of...

Willard Elmo Inscoe

Willard Elmo Inscoe

Willard Elmo Inscoe, age 90, died Saturday morning at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Durham to the late John E. and Mary Dollar Inscoe, he owned and operated Willard

James Elmo Perry, Jr.

James Elmo Perry, Jr.

DURHAM - James Elmo Perry, Jr. age 84 and resident of 127 N. Riverdale Dr., died Tuesday evening at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Creedmoor, he was the son of the late James Elmo Perry, Sr. aneemily Phelps Perry. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during WW II. For many years he was a member of the Community...

James T.T. Chen, M.D.

James T.T. Chen, M.D.

James T.T. Chen, M.D., died peacefully Friday afternoon, January 20, at The Forest at Duke. He was 81 years old. Jim was born in Shantung, China and later moved to the U.S., where he completed his medical training at the Uneersity of Pennsylvania. For many years he was Professor of Radiology at Duke Uneersity Medical Center, specializing in cardiothoracic radiology,...

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