Obituaries

DURHAM: Edna Thacker Barbee, 94, died January 22 in Duke Hospital. A Durham native, she was the daughter of the late Adrian and Oza Hight Thacker. Mrs. Barbee was predeceased by her husband, Wade Barbee and a daughter, Valinda Willett. Surviving are her daughter, LaVerne Parrish and sons, Richard and David Barbee, all of Durham; seven grandchildren and six great...

Thomas James Brown, Sr., age 88, died Friday, neember 30, at the Seasons at Southpoint in Durham. Tom was born in Brooklyn, NY to the late Edward L. and Mary Adams Brown. Tom grew up ineellerose, Queens and graduated from Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, NY. Upon graduating from high school, Tom joined the U.S Navy. He served in...

Kyle Lee Simpson, 57, passed away unexpectedly in his home oneebruary 3, 2013. He was born in Richland, Wa. on January 31, 1956, to the late Charles and Janie Ann Simpson. He graduated from Columbia High School in in 1974 in Richland, Wa. and from Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Wa. in 1976. He met his future wife, Jenee Laurie...

DURHAM-Dolores Joaneestito McDunnah, 68, passed away unexpectedly after a brief illness at Duke Memorial Hospital oneebruary 12, 2013. She was born May 31, 1944 ineew York City, NY Joaneetired in 2007 from GTE/Verizon after 30 years. She enjoyed crocheting, the beach, cooking Italian food, soap operas, reading, and traveling to spending time with family and friends. She will be fondly...

Robert L. Hill, June 8, 1928 neember 29, 2012 A public memorial service celebrating the life of Robert "Bob" L. Hill, Professor Emeritus and former Chairman of the Duke Department of Biochemistry, will be held January 7, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Duke Uneersity Chapel. A reception at the Washington Duke Inn will follow the memorial. Visitors wishing to attend...

Eileen Mary Veladota, age 72, died Monday February 11, at Kineed Healthcare oneettigrew St. in Durham. Eileen was born in Bronx, NY to the late Jeremiah Kinsella Durick aneelizabeth McLaughlin Durick. Eileen taught first grade for thirty-four years at Mater Christi School in Burlington, VT. She moved to Durham, NC and taught kindergarteners at Immaculata Catholic School for five years....

Frances Edeburn Slavin, beloved wife of Jack Slavin of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away oneebruary 27, 2013 after a brief illness. Born on January 23, 1929 in Indiana, PA, Frances was the daughter of the late Charles and Frances Woodburn. She was a graduate of the Uneersity of Pennsylvania. Frances married James Edeburn on October 29, 1955, and was the...

Gertie "Gigi" Frances Myers of Durham died Thursday, neember 29, 2012 at Durham Regional Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 2, 2012 from the Chapel of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, 1113 W. Main St. in Durham. Friends may visit prior to the service on Sunday from 1:30 3:00 p.m. in the funeral...

Ida Ruth Goss Fiacco died Tuesday morning, February 19, at Hock Family Pavilion. Ida was 82 years old and suffered from poor health for many years. A Durham native, she was born to the late Henry T. and Clara L. Ellis Goss oneeptember 12, 1930. Ida worked for Blue Cross & Blue Shield as a claims analyst where she retired...

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...

Merritt Y. Wilson Jr. of Pittsboro, NC went home to be with his Heavenly Father on April 18, 2012. He was born August 17, 1922 in Orange County, NC to the late Merritt Y. Wilson Sr. and Macy Suggs Wilson. He was preceded ineeath by his loving wife of 62 years, Doris Browning Wilson. He leaves behind a loving family....

DURHAM-Michael Charles Atkins, known among friends and family as Big Guy, lived brilliantly and lovingly in California and North Carolina, for 41 years. A bright star since his earliest years, Michael had a gravitational pull that brought people together and wove a diverse community of family, friends and colleagues. Raised in Ontario, California, Michael's closest friend was his sister, Amy...

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...

Thomas Isidor Lenard, husband, father and long-time community banker, died at home on Saturday in Durham, NC, after a two-year battle with paneeatic cancer. He was 63 years old. Tom, a native of Brooklyn, and Jean, his wife of nearly 40 years, raised their sons, Matthew and Christopher, in Ellenville, NY. Tom's career as a community banker at Ellenville National...

Mrs. Eleanor Mary Elliott, 95, peacefully passed away Thursday morning at Cambridge Hills in Pittsboro, NC. Borneearly a century ago ineew York City, Eleanor was a daughter of the late John & Elizabeth Rooney Walters. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Elliott was preceded ineeath by her husband, Fredrick Elliott. Survivors include her two daughters, Elizabeth Adams, of Bear Creek,...

Altaree Estes Norris, age 81, died this past week ineer Durham home. A Durham native, Altaree was born to the late Vascar and Nellie Hayes Estes. She was a graduate of Durham High School and a faithful member at First Baptist Church for 55 years. She was active in the nursery, the Woman's Missionary Union, flower committee and several other...

OXFORD: James "Jimmy" Crawford Sneed, died Tuesday 28, 2012 at his home. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Henry Ernest and Jewell Hughes Sneed. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church, member of the Iola Yancey Sunday School Class, Usher Board and the cooking committee. Jimmy was a member of the...

Frederick Ted B. Gervais, Colonel, Uneed States Air Force Retired, loving husband for 68 years to Doris Dobby, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, unee, and a proud and honorable veteran, passed away at the age of 90 at The Pavilion, Croasdaile Village, Durham, North Carolina, with his loving family at his side. Ted was born oneebruary 18, 1922 in Lawton, Oklahoma....