Obituaries

William F.

Rougemont Mr. George Alfred

Inez Martineeam, of Durham, died Wednesday, August 15th. Borneeptember 23, 1920, to the late Carlos Ciblon and Myrtle Azzie Byrd Martin. She was the granddaughter of the late Alonzo and Magdeline Flythe Martin and Chesley and Loretta Yates Byrd, all of Durham. Mrs. Beam was a graduate of Durham High School, class of 1938. She was first employed as a...

Mary Dunn Jackson, 87, died Thursday at Pettigrew Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Born in Durham, Mary was the daughter of the late Archie L. Dunn, Sr. and Lora Johnson Dunn. She worked at Erwin Cotton Mills for 47 years after which she worked at White Star Laundry. Mrs. Jackson was a member of Faith Fellowship Church. Surviving are her sons,...

Lineey P.

Lynn Alan Biss, 63, resident of 6857 Windover Road, died Thursday evening at Durham Regional Hospital. Lynn was born in Auburn, NY and was reared in Cato, NY. He was a graduate of Marcellus High School and attended the Cayuga County Community College. He was the son of Jenee Biss-Testa and the late Leon C. Biss. Mr. Biss was employed...

Jerry Wayne Quinn, 61, a resident of Chatham County, died July 31 at his home on Crawford Dairy Road after struggling valiantly against cancer. He was born ineensacola, FL and was raised in Durham NC. He served in the US Army in Vietnam and ineermany. Jerry was employed at the UNC in Chapel Hill, first as a laboratory animal assistant,...

GUTHRIE Mrs. Johnee Bailey Guthrie, 74, resident of 5357 N. Roxboro Road, died Friday afternoon at her home. Johnee was born in Durham, the daughter of the late Roy K. and Ida Mae Nifong Bailey. She was a 1953 graduate of Durham High School. Her first employment was with the Durham Hosiery Mill. Johnee later was employed with the Durham...

Gordon William Clark, age 68, died October 21 at SunBridge Nursing Facility in Siler City. A resident of Chatham County, he retired in 2001 as the Marketing Officer of the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro. Immediately prior to that he was a Senior Vice President of Rowland Worldwide, a marketing and public relations agency ineew York City, working such...

Leola Harwood Davis died Tuesday evening, September 18, at UNC Medical Center after a brief illness. She was 92 years old. Mrs. Davis was born in Stanley County NC on neember 9, 1914 to the late John C. and Mahala McClure Harwood. A long-time member of The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Durham, where she lived most of her adult...

Louise Sellers Snees, 87, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. A native of Halifax County, she attended Eneeld public schools. Louise was a graduate of Watts School of Nursing and spent a career in nursing, retiring from Duke Medical Center in 1985. Louise was a member of Asbury Uneed Methodist Church and the McCracken Sunday School Class. Surviving are her...

Pauline Upchurch Howard, 87, died Thursday at Duke Hospice at the Meadowlands. Born in Morrisville, she was the daughter of the late Julius and Fanee Carroll Upchurch. Mrs. Howard was a charter member of Farrington Road Baptist Church and a member of the Senior adult Sunday school class. Mrs. Howard worked at Belks her entire career. In fact, she loved...

Maria

PITTSBOROBetty Katherine Lent, 84, of Pittsboro, NC, died Tuesday, February 19. Mrs. Lent had been a Chatham County, NC, resident since 1995. She was born to Frederick and Alice Relyea of Schenectady, New York, oneeptember 11, 1923. She worked as a draftsman at General Electric in Schenectady during World War II while she waited for her fianeeacute;, Floyd Lent, to...

FRANKLINTON Samuel Howard Collins, Sr., 78, of Franklinton died oneebruary 21, 2008. He was born March 19, 1929 to the late Johnny Jones and Bessie Fowler Collins. Mr. Collins is a graduate of Franklinton High School. In 1949, he entered the U.S. Navy. His tour of duties included serving aboard the ATF Yuma, San Diego Amphibious Naval Yard and the...

Yorrington

Earl Joseph Blommer, age 89, died Saturday, June 9, at Forest View Rehabilitationeenter in Durham. He was born in St. Cloud MN oneecember 13, 1917 to the late John M. and Barbara Pfanneneein Blommer. Earl was a World War II veteran who spent his career working as a microbiologist for the federal government. He moved to Durham in 1971 where...

Elizabeth Iliashenko Antipov, 77, died at home Thursday following an extended illness. Born in Yugoslavia as an only child, she immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in the late 1940

Colin Ian

Elizabeth Nash McGavisk, 75, died Tuesday at home following an extended illness. A native of Plattsburgh, NY, she was a Durham resident since 1990. Betty spent her career as a Registered Nurse, having worked within the full range of nursing, including the hospital, nursing homes and private practice. She retired in 2001 from the office of Dr. Sabrina Mentock. As...