Obituaries

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Virginia Grim Smith Bussey, 88, of Carol Woods Retirement Community died after a brief illness Sunday in UNC Hospital. She was borneecember 25, 1916 in Richmond, VA to Eugene Henry Grim, Jr. and Addie May Seward Grim. She was raised in both Portsmouth and Norfolk, VA, and lived in Norfolk until 1966. Mrs. Bussey moved to Edgefield, SC, where she...

William Arthur Martineed.D., died early Wednesday morning at Durham Regional Hospital. Dr. Martin was born in Machipongo, VA to the late Frank Davis and Lillian Stevens Martin on neember 26, 1922. Dr. Martin proudly served his country while stationed in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet. He graduated from the Newport News Shipbuilding...

Patrick Joseph Buckley, 78 died Sunday in Durham with his family by his side. He was born ineew York City to the late Simon J. Buckley and Anne Gallagher Buckley oneebruary 18, 1927. Patrick moved to Durham from New York in 1973 and became a parishioner at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. He is survived by his eight children, Patrick J....

Lois Ferguson Byrd, age 85, died Monday morning, February 13, at Croasdaile Village. She was born in Buffalo, NY to the late Aneew L. and Florence Hopkins Ferguson. Mrs. Byrd moved to Durham in 1926 and graduated from Durham High School in 1939. She was an active member of Uneersity Uneed Methodist Church in Chapel Hill where she taught elementary...

CHAPEL HILL: Margaret Tucker Wright, a longtime resident of Winston-Salem and recently of Chapel Hill, died Saturday night, October 15th at the home of her younger son after a long period of declining health. She was 87. Mrs. Wright was the daughter of George Edward Tucker, an R.J. Reynolds executive in the 1930

Dora Moreau Pere, age 80, of 4900 Roxboro Rd., died Sunday in Duke Hospital. A native of Westfield, Mass., she was a Durham resident since 1998. Throughout her married life, she traveled extensively and lived in many places with her military husband. Mrs. Pere proudly worked in a tool and die plant in support of the war effort during WW...

Mrs. Mary Freeman Nichols, 90, former resident of Robbins Road died Friday morning in Rose Manor health Care Center. Mrs. Nichols was born in Durham County and was the daughter of the late O. M. and Sally Watts Freeman. She was educated in the Durham County Schools. She was the widow of the late J. Rufus Nichols who died in...

Freda K. Gowan died Friday in Durham Regional Hospital oneer 78th birthday. A native of Southamptoneengland, she came to the US as a newlywed following WW II. Freda was a fixture at the former Ivy Room Restaurant on Durham

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Billy Edwin Sloan, age 85, died Friday in Durham Regional Hospital following a brief illness. A Durham native, he was the son of the late Thomas Joseph and Viola Hayes Sloan. Mr. Sloan graduated from Durham High School in 1938, after which he proudly served his country in the US Army during WW II. Before going overseas, he married the...

Edmond Bruce Weatherly, 77, resident of 3509 Wake Forest Hwy. died Tuesday afternoon in the Hospice at the Meadowlands. He was a native of Durham and was the son of the late Albert Thomas Weatherly and Lyda Nichols Weatherly. He was a graduate of Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Weatherly retired after 31 years with the Liggett...

Beatrice Womble Moore Miles, 84, of Morehead City Tuesday at Century Care of Crystal Coast. Mrs. Miles was borneebruary 15, 1921 in Chapel Hill to the late Walker Womble and the late Alice Mecham Womble. Surviving are one daughter, Betsy M. DeCampo and husband Joseph of Morehead City; one soneeugene

Ellen Williams Goodwin, 89, died Saturday morning, May 14, at home in Ormond Beach, FL. She was born in Granville County, NC to the late Crawford Coleman and Lucy F. Clark Williams. Mrs. Goodwin moved from Durham to Ormond Beach, FL in 1993. While living in Durham she was a charter member of Bethesda Uneed Methodist Church. Mrs. Goodwin is...

Nellie Veasey Leonard, age 78, died Sunday morning at Yancey Rest Home in Hillsborough. She was a Durham native born to the late Otho and Mary Pollard Veasey oneecember 28, 1926. Nellie retired from Liggett & Myers after 50 years of employment. She was an active member of Greystone Baptist Church, where she voluneered her time and talents with the...

William Paul Winberry, 90, died Friday evening at Eno Point assisted Living Center. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late William and Lettie Stone Winberry. He worked at Seamen Printing and Christian Printing Companies prior to opening his own business, Modern Printing and Litho, Inc. which he owned and operated for 50 years. He was a master...

John Edmond Goswick, age 61, died Tuesday evening at his brothe

DURHAM - Johneebster Carlile died oneeptember 8, 2005 in Durham, North Carolina where he had lived for the past 8 years. A warm, loving, caring, funny, optimistic, strong and genee man, he lived 89 years enriched by family and friends and gracing their lives with his love. Born April 21, 1916 in Columbus, Ohio to William Arthur and Ruth Huntington...

Allen Jackson Croft, Jr., died Wednesday, May 11 in Durham. He was 46 years old. Allen was born ineeckley, W.V. and attended West Virginia Tech, where he received a bachelo

Mary Jane Marshall, age 69, resident of 6014 Guess Road died Wednesday in Durham Regional Hospital. She was a native of Toronto, Canada and was the daughter of the late Norman and Margueritte Barrett Richardson. Mrs. Marshall had lived in Durham for 17 years and was a member of the Woodcroft Seniors Club. She was a member of Saint Matthew...