Obituaries

OXFORD: Kathryn Maurne Gillespie, age 69, died Wednesday, neember 7, 2012 at Brantwood Nursing Facility. She was born in Baltimore, MD and was the daughter of Gladys White Trujillo of Oxford and the late James Smith. Mrs. Gillespie was of the Baptist faith and had retired from Revlon. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, neember 10, 2012 at Gentry-neell...

Thomas C. Key, Sr., 78 and Shirley Creech Key, 73, were tragically killed in a car accident on October 24, 2008 in Johnston County. Tom, a native of Shoals, NC, was the son of Porter and Nellie Key. Tom graduated from Shoals High School in 1948. He attended Gardner Webb College and Duke Law School and graduated from High Point...

Margaret Frances Nichols was ushered into glory on Friday, March 22nd, at her residence in Pittsboro Christian Village, Pittsboro, NC. The daughter of Harry Hollins Davis and Frances Davis Nelson, Margaret was born in Cumberland, Maryland, on June 12, 1928. She graduated from North Augusta High School, North Augusta, SC in 1946. Ineer high school years, she took flying lessons,...

DURHAM- Isobel Suggs Hall, 89, died Sunday at Durham Regional Hospital. A native of Durham, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lacy and Maggie Davis Suggs. Isobel was a graduate of the Durham High School Class of 1940. She retired after spending her career with the Veterans Administration Hospital and Duke Uneersity Hospital. A generous lady, with a...

Jack Charles Polson of Pittsboro, NC was killed in an automobile accident Friday in Chatham County. He is survived by his wife Linda, his daughter and son-in-law Aneea and Stephen Akin; sons Gabriel, Cody aneethan Polson; daughter Maggie Polson and granddaughter Brayden. He is also survived by his sister Dolores Sears; niece Zina Sears Cannon, nephew Deaneears. Friends may visit...

Oxford, NC Dorothy Critcher Walker, age 95, died oneebruary 3, 2020. She was born to the late Willie Critcher and Frances Mangum Critcher oneeptember 13, 1924 in Granville County. Dorothy was a loving Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother and a lifelong resident of Granville County. She was an active member of Tabb???s Creek Baptist Church; where she was the treasurer...

Dan Blaneette, 46 died unexpectedly in the home he loved in Bynum, NC on neember 26, 2012. Dan is predeceased by his father, E F "Buddy" Blaneette and is survived by a large family whom he loved dearly. His mother Eileen G Fairburn Blaneette of Charlotte, NC, sister Frances Farrell and husband, David of Chapel Hill, NC, brother Paul Blaneette,...

Mrs. Ruby Lee Farrell Clark, 88, of Pittsboro earned her greatest reward on July 31, 2015 when she went to her eternal home ineeaven. Mrs. Clark was born oneecember 10, 1926 in Chatham County to the late Hugh Ward Farrell and Anee Boone Farrell. She is reuneed with her lifelong sweetheart, Walter Reid Clark, to whom she was married for...

Oxford: Wilbur Lee Owen, 73, of Oxford, passed away at Duke Medical Center oneecember 28, 2015. He was preceded ineeath by his parents, John Early ???Jack??? Owen and Lelia Riggan Owen, his brothers Richard, Bernard, Erby Gene, and sisters Sarah Puckett, Susie Blalock, Ethel Lumpkin, and Jerlean Woody. He is survived by his sons Kenneth ???Ken??? Wilbur Owen (wife, Valerie)...

DURHAM: Veronica Delores Kelly McConville, affectioneely known as "Mamu", died peacefully at home neember 24, surrounded by her loving family. She was borneeptember 10, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY to John and Anne Kelly. Veronica was the youngest of six children. Raised in Broad Channel, NY she was a graduate of Far Rockaway High School. Veronica married William E. McConville on...

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...

God needed many beautiful flowers in his garden, so he picked the most beautiful of all on January 24, 2010 when Augusta Wilson "Gus" High, 95, passed away. Gus was born in Durham, NC daughter of the late George W. and Nancy Mangum Wilson and the widow of the late J.H. "Jimbo" High, Sr. She retired from Burlington Mills and...

Mary Ringland, age 96, died peacefully on a sunny afternoon in Hillsborough, North Carolina Born in Barry, Texas and a proud life-long Texan, Mary graduated from North Texas State Uneersity. She got her pilot's license in 1938. She and her husband Breeneere married for 59 years and raised five children: Ann, Joe, David, Tom and John. They lived in Houston...

Ralph R. Hurst, 85, died Sunday after an extended illness. A Durham native, he was borneebruary 6, 1929 to Julian D. Hurst, Sr. aneedna Chesson Hurst. Mr. Hurst was a graduate of Durham High School, after which he began a lengthy career in sales of men???s clothing. He began work at Ray Browning Clothiers, followed by many years with Young...

Edward James Hans, better known as Jim, Jimmy, Hansy, Dad and Grandpa, was the best. Jim, the youngest of seven siblings, was born and raised in Whitestone, NY. Aneeveryone in his family knows exactly which house Jim was born in. An amateur historian, Jim neer failed to tell the stories of the past to his family. With his family, he...

Nancy York Gupton, beloved wife, mother, sister, and friend, was called home to rest on May 29, 2017, after a short but intense illness.?? She was the daughter of the late Genolia and Reuben W. York Sr., and beloved sister to brother Reuben W. ???Jimmy??? York, Jr., and brother Timothy A. York.?? She will always be remembered for her bright...

[one-third-first][/one-third-first][one-third][/one-third][one-third][/one-third] Joan Ann Freese (nee Walsh) died at the age of 90 with her children at her bedside oneebruary 19, 2020. She was born in Bronx, New York oneeptember 1, 1929.?? She married Robert her childhood sweetheart in 1952 and they were married for 54 years. She worked in the early years of her marriage as a clerk in the...

Doris Sellars Sorrell, 92, died Saturday at Croasdaile Pavilion. She was borneebruary 6, 1921 ineebane, NC as one of six children to Julian and Minee Roney Sellars. After studying music at Greensboro College she went to New York City to further her education at the New York School of Interior Decoration. Doris retired after 25 years from the Uneersity of...

DURHAM- Jeffrey Lynn Finch, age 49, of Durham died suddenly Friday, neember 2, 2012. Born in Wake County on March 7, 1963, Jeff was a devoted husband, father, and son. He was a member of The Summit Church and the owner of Finch Printing & Graphics, Inc. Jeff is survived by his wife, Carol King Finch of Durham, his daughter,...

Mrs. Rosemary Michele Berger returned to her heavenly home on Sunday, neember 6,2016 in Durham, NC at the age of 67. Her devotion to her family and her firm belief in God supported her ineer struggle and ultimately gave her peace. Rosemary was born on neember 1, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pa. to Mary and Robert McGonigal. She graduated from Gwyned...