Obituaries

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Colin Ian

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...

Richard Todd ???Rick??? McLean passed unexpectedly at his home oneeptember 19, 2016 at the age of 52. Richard Todd ???Rick??? McLean was born on August 6, 1964 in Durham, North Carolina to Charles Alexander McLean, Sr. and Shirley Mae ???Harward??? McLean. Rick loved his city and loved being a part of his community. Rick graduated from Durham High and was...

Oneebruary 19, 2008, so it was that the Comforter came to take my beloved wife to that eternal silence as she breathed her last earthly breath on Tuesday afternoon, February 19, 2008 at Durham Regional Hospital in Durham, NC. Haleema Rebecca Dunegan Morris, the daughter of the late Jonah and Cora Dunegan, was born on March 13, 1945 in Durham,...

Jackie Strange, 87, of Chapel Hill, passed away on Sunday, February 1. She was borneebruary 3, 1927 in Stuckey, Georgia to Charlie aneetta Mae Anderson and predeceased by her brothers Charles and Carlton Anderson. She received a BS in Education from Georgia Teachers College (now Georgia Southern Uneersity) and, after three years teaching high school and coaching the women's basketball...

John 14:1-3 Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also inee. In my father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself,...

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...

Rodney E. Godwin, 59, died Sunday. A Durham native, he was the son of the late Abner and Gladys Godwin. Rodney was a 1966 graduate of Durham High School. As an eneepreneur, Rodney started several businesses, eventually leaving Durham and residing and working in the Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC metropolitan area, where, in 1982, he founded American Exteriors, Inc....

A full obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available. Please check back for further updates. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, September 2, 2018 at 3:00 pm from Oxford Presbyterian Church, 121 Gilliam St, Oxford, NC. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive guests one hour prior to the church service.

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...

Mr. Francis K. Frank Wismer, 93, died peacefully at the home of his daughter Betty Phillips in Pittsboro, NC oneeptember 26. Born in Norristown, PA, Frank received a degree in structural engineering in 1936 from Penn State Uneersity, where he played on the varsity football team for three years, and received academic honors in The Tau Beta Pi honorary fraternity....

Paul Victor Civalier, 56, died Sunday in the VA Hospital following many years of struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. Borneebruary 6, 1951 ineewport News to a military family, Paul grew up ineeveral places throughout the U.S. and abroad. He settled in Rhode Island where he met his wife, Augustine. The couple moved to Hillsborough in 1996. Paul served in the U.S....

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...

Myrtie Best Hall, age 90, resident of 1515 Pettigrew Street, died Sunday evening . Mrs. Hall was born in Johnston County and was the daughter of the late Joe and Ida Harris Best. She moved to Durham in 1923 and has lived here since. Mrs. Hall loved gardening and sewing. She was a former member of Guess Road Baptist Church....

Maggie Arlene McGee died after a sudden illness oneeptember 27th, 2007 in Miami. During her brief illness she was surrounded constantly by the great love of her family, close friends, and the amazing staff at Baptist Hospital of Miami. Maggie was a beautiful, healthy, and happy little girl who brought light and joy to everyone she touched during her short...

Hazel Blalock Viola, 81, died Saturday, October 20 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. She was born in Chatham County oneeptember 17, 1937, to the late Bernard and neer Sherron Blalock. Hazel graduated from the Watts School of Nursing, where she was need a member of the Santa Filomena Honor Society. She served Duke as a surgical nurse for 38 years, including...

FROST, Walter, 77, passed away on May 24th. Walter, also known to many as "Jack," is survived by his sister, Mary Eileen Credle of Durham, his nephews Vincent Credle, William Cliff Credle, Walter "Ted" Credle and nieces, Maria Credle-Kessler and Stephanie Kate Credle. Walter was also a grand unee to eleven grand nieces and nephews. Born and raised in Somerville,...

Adelaide Savey Lutes, age 92, died Sunday evening, neember 25, 2007 at Brookshire Nursing Center in Hillsborough. Mrs. Lutes was born on May 21, 1915 in Elmira, NY to the late Eleanor and Fred Savoy, Sr. Mrs. Lutes attended Elmira schools, and was retired from Arnot Ogdeneemorial Hospital, where she was supervisor of the mailroom. Mrs. Lutes is survived by...

Geraldine Farmer Couch died Tuesday at Treyburneealthcare Center. A Durham native who recently celebrated her 80th birthday on August 3, Mrs. Couch was born to the late John Samuel and Matoka Pickett Farmer. She was a kind-hearted lady with a genee nature who brought great joy to her family and friends. Mrs. Couch retired from UNC Hospitals as a switchboard...