Obituaries

Barbara Wertheim Berman, age 90, died Thursday after an extended illness. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Barbara and her late husband, Dr. Jack H. Berman, were a vital part of the fabric of the city and its cultural life of art and music. Her love and devotion to family, especially her grandchildren, were top priority. Barbara left a large network...

On June 12, 2018, we mourned the loss of Dorothy Pockrus, beloved mother and friend. She died early in the morning, succumbing to a fight with breast cancer in which she had shown bravery and resilience for years. She met the many challenges of life and of old age with humor and resolve right to her last breath. A woman...

DURHAM ??? Ossie Dyson Couch, 91, went to be with her Lord and Savior oneecember 3, 2018. She is predeceased by her Parents Edgar and Vada Dyson; Husbaneedward H Couch Sr; Sisters Eva Mae Dysoneew, Ruth Dyson Rich, Evelyn Dyson Culbreth aneedna Pearl Dyson. She is survived by two sisters Lois Dyson Culbreth ??? Fayetteville NC and Myrtle Dyson Allegood...

The Reverend Peter Chase Robinson died Monday morning, the day after his 84th birthday at his home at the Forest at Duke in Durham. He was born ineendham, NJ to The Rev'd Clayton Earle Bullis and Susaneeanette Chase Robinson, and spent most of his growing up years in Cooleemee, NC. Peter was a graduate of UNC - Chapel Hill and...

Norris Calvin Lawing, 94, former resident of Dupont Drive, died Wednesday morning following a period of declining health. Born in Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Arthur John Lawing and Fanee Mae Robinson Lawing. Mr. Lawing moved to Durham as a young man and worked for several years with Wright Machinery. For the next 16 years, he...

MARSHALL BERNARD FLOYD, SR. OXFORD- Marshall Bernard Floyd, Sr. age 87, a resident of Oxford died Sunday neember 9, 2008 in the VA Hospital in Durham. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Eric Z. and Viola Latta Floyd. He was preceded ineeath by his wife Frances Newton Floyd. Mr. Floyd was the...

Richard Edwin Green, age 58, resident of 3625 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Morrisville, died Friday night following a brief illness. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late Floyd Edwin Green and Bessie Couch Green. Richard was employed for many years with IBM. Richard enjoyed life aneespecially enjoyed the fellowship with his church family, the Nelson Rod and...

Stem: Earl Lee Duke, 87 of 3603 Old Rt. 75, died Tuesday, neember 11, 2008. He was the son of late Ernest Poole and Alma Jacobs Duke and widower of Emma Duke. He was a retired farmer. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 PM Friday, neember 14, 2008 from Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Chapel in Oxford by Elder Donald Smith....

Frances was born in Asoria, NY oneebruary 13, 1925; as every year the celebration of her birth preceded Valentine's Day, she modeled the gift of love that she gave to all in abundance. With her husband of 60 years, Francis, she devoted her life to her four children and seven grandchildren. As the requirements of raising children eventually allowed her...

Lloyd Everett "Red" Massey, age 90, resident of 133 Crestview Drive, died Friday evening at his home. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late Willie Eugene Massey and Servada Barbee Massey. Mr. Massey served in the U. S. Army during WWII. For 36 years he owned and operated the L. E. "Red" MasseyOil Company. He was a...

David H. Strickland, 48, of Stem, NC, died Saturday , neember 15, 2008 at Duke Uneersity Medical Center. David grew up in Franklinton and was the son of Alvin A. Strickland and the late Helen May Strickland. David attended Franklinton High School and graduated from N. C. State Uneersity with a degree in Forestry aneenvironmental Science. For the last 18...

Doris Johnson McCauley, resident of 2000 Hillandale Road, died unexpectedly Wednesday evening at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Fayetteville, NC, Doris was the daughter of the late Willis Alton Johnson and Lillian Ward Johnson. She attended the Uneersity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and remained a loyal Tarheel throughout her remaining years. UNC was ineer heart and soul and she...

Albert Dominic "Bert" Loro, Jr. 59, died unexpectedly Thursday at Duke Hospital. Born in Chicago, he was the son of the late Albert D. and Betty Jane Hartman Loro. Bert grew up in a loving family of 5 siblings in Lafayette, IN, where he attended Central Catholic High School. He graduated from Purdue Univ. in 1971 with a degree in...

OXFORD- Kathleen Royster Pruitt, age 88 died Sunday neember 9, 2008. She was the widow of the late T. Winston Pruitt, and the daughter of the late Charles Gregory and Anee Watson Royster of Bullock, NC. Memorial services will be held oneednesday neember 12, 2008 at 11:30 am at the Oxford Baptist Church by Dr. J. Steve Bolton. She is...

John William Gray, age 80, a resident of Durham, NC passed away peacefully Monday evening at Duke Uneersity Hospital surrounded by his loving family. John was born in Bahama, NC and was the son of the late Marvin and Anna Lee Peacock Gray. He graduated from Durham High School in 1947. He served in the U. S. Army, Signal Corps...

Ruby S. Ferrell, 95, formerly of Durham, died Monday, October 13 at Duke Raleigh Hospital. Mrs. Ferrell was a member of Calvary Uneed Methodist Church in Durham and retired from Southerneell with 36 years of service. She was the daughter of Herbert A. Seagroves and Lillian Foy Utley Seagroves. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, October 15 at 11:00 AM,...

OXFORD: Pattie Inscoe Yancey, 86 of the Grassy Creek Community died Tuesday, neember 11, 2008 at Brantwood Nursing Center. She is the daughter of the late George Thomas Inscoe and Alice Fitts Inscoe and her late widow of the late Woodrow W. Yancey. She was a loving housewife and devoted member of Grassy Creek Baptist Church until health problems limited...

Mr. Abel Aguilar-Saneez, 40, of 1003 N. Hampton St., Siler City, died unexpectedly oneeptember 29, 2008 at Chatham Hospital in Siler City. He was born August 29, 1968 in Gro, Mexico, the son of Atanacio Aguilar Nestor and Juana Saneez Santana. Mr. Aguilar-Saneez was a saw operator at a lumber company. Survivors include his parents; his wife, Lucia Soto Aguilar;...

Doris Shields Fonville, age 79, resident of 4900 N. Roxboro Road, died Thursday afternoon. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Bertie Lorenzo Shields and Rosalind Copley Shields. Doris was the widow of the late David L. Choc Fonville. She was retired from General Telephone Company. Mrs. Fonville was a member of the Glendale Heights Uneed Methodist...

Marilyneewis Felton, 47, died ineer home in Durham oneecember 16. Marilyn was the daughter of Gayle Carltoneelton and Albert L. Felton. She was a native of Pinetops, NC. Marilyn attended the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, trained as a pharmacy technician, and was certified as an Emergency Medical Technician. The true vocation of her life was caring, listening,...