Obituaries

Nancy Carol Hoerning Brown, age 48, died peacefully Monday, neember 4, 2013 ineer Pittsboro home surrounded by her loving family. Nancy was born in Brooklyn, NY to Edward F. and Gertrude Swezey Hoerning. She was a member of the Church of the Holy Family in Chapel Hill and worked as a registered nurse at Duke Medical Center for twenty-six years....

Joyce Benn Warren was born in Moneeal, Canada on July 29, 1930. Her mother Louise Walker emigrated from Wales, her father was Canadian, George Benn. In 1951 Joyce met Richard Warren on a trip to North Carolina. They married six months later. Tom Warren was soon born, followed by brother Bruce. The family resided at Fort Bragg where Richard served...

OXFORD: Mr. Thomas Key Smitty Smith, Jr. age 77, died, Monday, neember 4, 2013 at Granville House. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late Thomas Key Smith, Sr. and Hattie Leigh Adcock Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of Providence Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted oneednesday, neember 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM...

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...

Evelyn Murphy McNeill Sims died peacefully thirty-six days before her 104th birthday on Saturday morning, neember 2, 2013 at Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill, NC. Born oneecember 8, 1909 to the late Daniel B. and Frances I. King McNeill in Lumberton, NC. She was the oldest of five daughters being followed by Frances lrene, Mary Ruth, Emma King...

Flora B. Browning, 88, of Durham, died Sunday, neember 3, 2013. Flora was born in Orange County oneebruary 9, 1925 to George and Rosa Walls. She was the youngest of five children. Flora was educated at Mangum High School. After graduation, she moved from Rougemont to Durham to attend Beauty College and was a beautician for over 65 years. She...

Richard Joseph Citrini passed away oneednesday, neember 6, 2013 after a relatively brief illness with cancer. Born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1932 to Anthony Miro Citrini and Joachima Helen Citrini, Richard moved with his parents to Durham, NC in 1934 when his father Tony was hired as one of several Italian stonemasons to build Duke Chapel and many other gothic...

Sarah Aneews Ivey peacefully crossed over to be with God ineer home at 1829 Front Street on Sunday. Sarah was the daughter of Charles L. and Vera Regan Aneews. She was born and grew up in Durham, and was educated in the Durham City schools. After education Sarah moved to Atlanta, where she attended stewardess school at Eastern Airlines. While...

Dateline: Chapel Hill Deceased: Robert "Bobby" Earnest McGhee Mr. Robert "Bobby" Earnest McGhee, 57, of Chapel Hill passed away oneednesday neember 13, 2013 at UNC Hospitals. He was the son of Frances Markham McGhee and the late James Robert McGhee. Bobby worked at UNC Facilities and Services for 30 years before retiring in 2005. He also served as a voluneer...

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...

Maureen Nolan Daughtry, age 90, died peacefully neember 12, 2013, ineer Durham home. Maureen was born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland to the late Patrick Joseph and Margaret Louisa Sullivan Nolan. Ineer youth Maureen lived in Ireland, Malta aneengland while her father served in the British military. While living in England and working for the war effort during World War...

Ann Palmer Bayliss, a 43-year resident of Chapel Hill and long-time elementary school library voluneer, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, from complications of lung cancer at Carol Woods. She was 89. She started voluneering at the Estes Hills Elementary School library in 1977 while her youngest son was a student there and continued long after all three sons had graduated from...

Oxford: Deborah Rose "Debbie" Williams Satterwhite, 61, died neember 27, 2013 at Wake Med Hospital in Raleigh. She was born in Oxford, NC on June 11, 1952 to Iola Greene Bittie Williams and the late Elmus Williams, Jr. She attended Granville County schools. She loved her family and was a very devoted mother and daughter. She loved the simple things...

DURHAM- Lawrence DeBuys Long, Sr., 90, died Sunday, neember 17, 2013. He was born on August 29, 1923 to the late Lawrence Long aneevelyn Douvillier Long. Lawrence was a recipient of The Purple Heart and The Bronze Star which he received for serving his country with valor during WWII and the Korean War. Lawrence is survived by his wife of...

Mrs. Lovie Thompson, affectioneely known as Daughtie, died on Sunday, neember 17, 2013 at NC Memorial Hospital of Chapel Hill. For the previous three years she had resided at Twin Rivers in Pittsboro. Lovie was 94 years old. We would like to give a special thanks to Debbie Morris, LaDonna Moody, Pat Ellis, Karen Davis, and Katie Hudson who so...

Mr. Stephen William Hart, age 91 of Mountain Creek community, Oxford, died Saturday, neember 16, 2013 at Granville Medical Center. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late W. W. Hart and Cora Frazier Hart. Mr. Hart was a member of Mountain Creek Baptist church, where he served as deacon, chairman of usher, and was...

Chapel Hill Reid died on Monday, neember 11, 2013 at UNC Hospital. He was the son of the late Wallace Reid Proctor and Thelma Josephine Collier Proctor. Reid served in the US Air Force for 13 years and was a letter carrier in Chapel Hill for 23 years. He is survived by his wife, Karen Ripley Proctor and daughter Kimberly...

W.L. "Bill" Hunt, Jr. 81, of Hillsborough died Friday, neember 15, 2013 at Duke Regional Hospital. A native of Durham he was the son of the late Wilmer L. Hunt, Sr. and Nellie Long Hunt. Bill was preceded ineeath by his brother, Danal Hunt. Bill is survived by his wife of 59 years, Myrtle Glenn Hunt, his sons, David Hunt...

Calvineerome Roberson, better known as "Jack", went peacefully from this earth Wednesday, neember 20, 2013. He was born May 09, 1931 in Chatham County, NC. He had suffered from many health issues over the last three months. He was a wonderfully loving husband, father & grandfather. Jack was also well known in Chatham County for his sense of humor &...

David B. Norris, 76, died December 18 at Duke Uneersity Medical Center in Durham, NC. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, and lived in Savannah for 44 years before moving to Cashiers, neearlier this year. He earned degrees in forestry at the Uneersity of Michigan and retired from Union Camp Corp. and also retired as Commander in the US Coast...