Obituaries

Mrs. Kathleen C. Bishop, age 96, died Sunday evening. Kack, as she was affectioneely called by her grandchildren and friends was born in the Bethesda community of Durham County. She was the daughter of the late Lula Janeedwards and William Randolph Cooley. Mrs. Bishop graduated in 1929 with honors from Bethesda High School. Her career included prominent positions as office...

Raleigh Alec George Lapadula, passed away unexpectedly oneebruary 16, 2018 at Rex Memorial Hospital, Raleigh, NC. Alec was born on April 29, 1997 in Mount Holly, NJ to Ronald and Tina Lapadula. He was a high school graduate, a hard worker, and an avid gamer. He loves his family, friends and co-workers and always had an enigmatic grin. Alec enjoyed...

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Oneeptember 10, 2007 Polly N. Kearney died peacefully at age 87. Polly was a nurse in the Baltimore area for over 43 years. She spent her retirement traveling, reading and taking care of her growing family. Her last five active years were in Rose Manor Assisted Living in Ellicott City. She is survived by her loving son Thomas Tony W...

William J. Bill Gillis passed away at Duke Uneersity Hospital on Saturday, March 24, after a valiant struggle against cancer. Bill was borneecember 20, 1952, ineewark, New Jersey and grew up in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Pequannock Township High School and attended Uppsala College in East Orange, New Jersey and Guilford College in Greensboro, North...

Oxford Jerry Wayne Dunn, 62, of Oxford died on Saturday July 23 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill after a long battle with cancer. Jerry is the son of the late Johnnie William and Mary Elizabeth "Pete(Burnette) Dunn. He is survived by two children; his son, William Farrington Dunn and wife Lindsay of Wilson, NC and his daughter, Kelsey Dunn...

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.

Dr William (Bill) V. Lorimer, Jr, a much-loved husband, father, and physician to the Durham community, left this world on Thursday afternoon at home in Cary, North Carolina. He was 71. Bill???s death came after a four-month battle with paneeatic cancer. The sun shone brightly as he crossed into heaven. He leaves behind his wife of 46 years Marcia Sciretta...

Evelyneebster Upchurch, age 91, died peacefully Sunday, neember 30, 2014 at the Roxboro Nursing Center. A native of Durham, she was born April 7, 1923 to the late Hildred and Maude Whitfield Webster. Evelyn is survived by her daughter-in-law, Mary Upchurch of Cary, NC; three brothers, Reuben, Ted and Willis Webster; and two grandchildren, John Gregory Upchurch and Jeremy Lee...

Lorraineelizabeth Williamson died peacefully oneecember 21, 2018 after a long illness. She was born in January 1942 in Olean, NY to Lawrence and Anna Smith. On May 18th 1963, she married her sweetheart, Donald Williamson. They were married 54 years. Lorraine was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who treasured her children and grandchildren. She attended all of her children???s...

Mabel Roany Johnson Hancock, age 92, of Chapel Hill, NC crossed over the river to the shade of the trees Friday, January 02, 2015. Mabel was born to the late Syd and Ocie Johnson oneebruary 15, 1922 in Chatham County, North Carolina where she would reside until her death. There, she met her first husband Russell ???Lee??? McGhee, Sr and...

Anyone who met Ken Trout only knew him as a kind, loving, open and giving man. Ken had a unique gift of insightfulness into humaneehavior learning more about a person within minees than the person knows of themselves. Friends knew Ken as a man who lived life with passion, loved all people he met, had a unique and honest view...

Jane Bendall Steele, aged 92, passed away peacefully oneebruary 9, 2015 after a long illness. She resided at the Carolina Meadows Retirement Community in Chatham County for a number of years. Mrs. Steele was born in Atlanta, GA, the daughter of the late Ernest Clifton and Jane Cook Bendall. Her husband, J. Gordon Steele, predeceased her in 1995. Mrs. Steele...

Bennett Watson Cowper Roberts died oneecember 17, 2016 at the age of 79 in Durham, NC.?? He was born on April 30, 1937 in Durham, North Carolina, the son of Dr. Bennett Watson Roberts aneelizabeth Parker Roberts.?? He graduated from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia and attended the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a...

Samuel Nelsoneebane, 88, resident of 7510 Guess Road, Hillsborough, died at his home Tuesday morning. A native of Mebane, he was the son of the late Sidney and Frances Nelsoneebane. He served during WWII in the U.S. Army. Mr. Mebane was employed for 33 years as a master claims adjuster for Nationwide Insurance Company. He has lived here for most...

Our beloved David Raul Quiroz Castillo, return to our Heavenly Father unexpectedly on June 23, 2013 from a tragic car accident. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela on January 3rd, 1989 to Argelis Quiroz Leal and Rita Coneelo Scardina Castillo. David was a loving and caring father, husband, son, and brother. He was always willing to help and often you...

Mary Elizabeth Beth Freeman Arnaud, age 36, died Monday, March 19, at UNC Hospitals. Beth is a former Chapel Hill resident; she graduated from Chapel Hill High School and is a graduate of UNC-Greensboro. Beth is survived by her husband, Christophe of Durham; her children, Tyler Morgan, Daphne Arnaud and Victoria Arnaud; her parents, Larry and Lydia Freeman of Chapel...

DURHAM- Richard J. "Dick" Schlegel, 90 of Durham died Monday, neember 26, 2012 at his home. Dick was raised in Stamford, CT and joined the Army Air Corps at an early age. He was a proud veteran having flown 72 successful missions as a P-38 pilot, including cover for American troops during the invasion at Normandy. Uponeeturning home following WWII,...

Ruth Louise Morrison January 3, 1928 Cary, North Carolina Ruth passed away with her family at her side at the age of 84. Ruth was born in Poughkeepsie, NY where she grew up and attended school. She was preceded ineeath by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Townsend of Poughkeepsie, NY. In 1946 she married her old flame, Clarence "Bud"...

Maxie Alexander Pickard, of Durham, died on neember 11, 2008. She was born ineerrien County, Georgia. Mrs. Pickard was a member of Temple Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband of 63 years, Kenneth Pickard; two daughters, Donna Bryant of Roswell, GA and Susan Shepherd of Timberlake, NC; two grandchildren, Michelle Dickerson and husband Kevin, and Jason Shepherd and wife Christie;...