Obituaries

Dr. Mary Alice Shaver, an educator and scholar in advertising and mass communication, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, at her home ineearrington Village, North Carolina after a brief illness. She was 74. She spent many years on the faculty at the Uneersity of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, served as director of the Advertising Department and Michigan State Uneersity, chair of...

Frances B. Pisaravich, 85, died Monday in Hillcrest Convalescent following a brief illness. A native of Detroit, she lived most of her adult life ineearborn, Mich. Mrs. Pisaravich moved to the area in 2004 to be close to her daughter. She made her home at the Durham Regent, where her remaining years were happy and fulfilling. Mrs. Pisaravich enjoyed crafts...

Oxford NC: Lynwood Bryan Hughes,SR. With his family by his side, our loving husband and daddy, Lynwood Bryan Hughes, Sr. joined the angels on Friday, August 15th, after an extended illness. Lynwood was born July 19, 1931 in Oxford and is survived by his family, who will love and cherish him forever. He was a committed and dedicated servant, having...

Robert "Bob" Quinneelko, age 65, died Wednesday, June 5, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Bob was born in Atlanta, GA to the late Joseph and Vendetta Quinneelko. He proudly served his country as a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Bob retired from Xerox in 2007 with 34 years as a service technician starting in Atlanta and then...

Mrs. Bertha Sparrow, age 107, passed on to her heavenly home oneeptember 7, 2016. Bertha, the youngest of six children of John Elexander Davis and Sarah Lucretia Parris, was born in a log cabin that her dad built. The log cabin was chosen for its craftsmanship by the Park Service. It was moved and placed on display in 1953 as...

Teresita "Tess" Vargas Cajucom, joined our creator on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at the age of 61. Tess was born in Manila, Philippines to Dominador Vargas and Trinidad Panlaqui on October 18, 1950. She was the best mother to her children and her granddaughter. She has a huge collection of angels which she cleaned to perfection. During her spare time,...

DURHAM???????Pattie ???Inez??? Rackley, age??102,??died??at Hock Family Pavilion??on??October 16, 2019.??She??was born on??July 14, 1917??to the late??Joseph Wood and Pattie Thompson??Doby. The oldest and longest living member, Inez was a member of First Baptist Church of Durham where she served as a children???s Sunday School teacher ineer younger years and assisted in other areas of hospitality. ??She worked at Bullock???s BBQ as...

OXFORD: Ollie Lee Bowling, IV, age 24 a resident of Providence, died Tuesday night in an automobile accident. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of Ollie Lee Bowling, III of Oxford and Roberta Hobbs of Lake Gaston. He was employed with Womack Electrical Company, a member of Providence Baptist Church and Providence Fire Department. Funeral...

Hilda Gray Elliott, 71, passed away on Monday, neember 2, 2015 at her home in Granville County. Hilda was born in the Oak Hill community of Granville County on neember 21, 1943 to Charlie Emory Talley and Polly Wilburn Talley. She was employed over the years by Pepsi Cola and Mitchell Warehouse, and was co-owner of Elliott's Jewelers in Oxford....

Dr. Patricia Nichols Page, age 89, died July 27 at Croasdaile Village, Durham, NC. She was born neember 11, 1923 at home ineelrose, MA. She graduated in 1941 from Melrose High School and went to Smith College in an accelerated program due to the war, graduating in 1944. She then obtained her first Master's Degree in 1946 in Christian Education...

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...

Suzanne Gardner Bussian passed away at NC Memorial Hospital at UNC-Chapel Hill on Saturday, October 25, after a long battle with a rare cancer. Suzanne's optimism and courage in fighting her cancer -- including neutron radiation treatment at the Uneersity of Washington ineeattle and gene therapy at the National Cancer Institute -- inspired all who knew her. She is survived...

DURHAM: The Reverend Albert Arnold Nelius, beloved Episcopal priest over 50 years in Durham and former Duke Uneersity Library staff member, died peacefully January 1 at the Forest at Duke Health Center, surrounded by his wife and loving, competent staff. He was borneecember 9, 1925 ineemphis, TN, to Eva aneengel Nelius. Albert served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-46, after...

DURHAM -Robert Clair Kenyon died peacefully the afternoon of??June??25th in Durham.?? Born in St. Louis, Missouri oneeptember 19, 1920, Robert retired to Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina in 1983 with his wife Nina.?? After 63 years of marriage, she predeceased him in 2005. In their early years, Bob and Nina lived in Hollywood, California where he worked for Paramount Pictures...

DURHAM - Charles D. Barbour, husband of the late Jeannette Boothe Barbour, both lifelong residents of Durham, left this world to joineer this past Saturday February 27, 2016. He was 85 years of age. Mr. Barbour attended Durham City Schools, after which he entered the Army, where he served on occupation duty for two years in Japan. He studied journalism...

Robert L. Oakley, 90, of 2311 Oriole Drive, Durham, NC died on Tuesday, December 29that the Brianeenter Health and Rehabilitationeenter. He was born 3/15/19 in Alamance County, NC, son of the late Joseph D. aneethel Kimbro Oakley. He moved to Durham in 1951 and for many years was a route salesman for Jewel Tea Company. He enjoyed his relationship with...

OXFORD: Bobby E Greene, age 79, of Oxford died Wednesday, neember 30, 2011 at Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville County son of the late Alexander "Lex" S and Cornie Gooch Greene. A graduate of NC State Uneersity with a Professional Engineering Degree, a veteran of the US Army and the NC National Guard with the rank of Captain,...

Franee Mae Glosson 81 passed away peacefully January 18 with her son and loving sister by her side. She was daughter to Henry and Sarah Campbell, sister to Maude, Maxine, and Peggy. She was married to Lee Triplett and later to Franklin Glosson, All have gone oneefore her. Her sister Dorthy Hartley survives her as well as five children, Carol...

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...