Obituaries

Mr. George Dewey Clayton III, 62, peacefully passed away at home, Sunday August, 5th, 2012, with his family by his side. A native of Durham County, George was born the son of George Clayton Jr. and Audrey Hunt. After graduating from Northern H.S. in 1968, he was a first place winner of Mr. NC Physique 1975 & Mr. Atlantic States...

Helen Elizabeth Albert Pope, loving daughter, wife and mother, age 91, died oneeptember 26 at the Hock Family Pavilion. She was borneeptember 17, 1921 in Alamance County, North Carolina to the late Samuel Grover and Louisa Laws Albert. Helen was a longtime member of Carr Uneed Methodist Church. She and her husband William Everett Pope were the owners of the...

Horace Leon Hill, 75, died Tuesday morning, September 18, at Duke Hospital. He was born in Shelby, NC to the late E.B. and Vera Champion Hill oneecember 25, 1936. Horace graduated from N.C. State in 1959 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. An avid State sports fan, he enjoyed playing golf in his spare time. Horace is survived by his...

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...

Louis Berini, loving son, husband and father, age 98, passed away on July 17 at the Croasdaile Pavilion. He was borneebruary 5, 1914 in Thayer, West Virginia to the late Tony Berini and Carolina Brusa Berini. The family moved to Durham in 1929 when his father brought his skills as a stone mason to the construction of the new campus...

Virginia Joyce Dooley Rawlings, (Joyce), a Southerner with a capital S, passed away peacefully at Hillcrest Convalescent Center early on April 15th. ????She was 87 years old. Born and raised in the south, she loved her ???ciggies??? with a good cup of coffee and was neer shy about voicing her opinion but as a true southern woman, she was gracious,...

Catherine Watts Vaughn of Pittsboro, NC completed this life's journey on October 18, 2012. Catherine was born in Bangor, ME on October 28, 1940, attended an Episcopal boarding school for girls ineendham, NJ for her highschool and obtained a bachelor's degree in business from Arizona State Uneersity. After careers with Westinghouse in Phoenix, the city of Albuquerque and as a...

Hildegard Scheffey Ryals, a dedicated protector of the environment and well-known advocate for open space and land preservation in Durham and Chapel Hill, died on All Soul's Day, neember 1, 2012, at the age of 81. The daughter of Dr. Lewis Cass Scheffey and Anna Thun Scheffey, she was born in Philadelphia, PA, on July 17, 1931, and grew up...

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,...

Melbadeen House, age 86, died Friday, neember 2, 2012 at her home in Franklinton, NC surrounded by her loving family. A Franklin County native, she was the daughter of the late James H. and Thelma G. Fuller House. Melbadeen was a member of Franklinton Baptist Church. She will be remembered as the friendly bank teller and as a loving mother...

Lee Wood (Alexandria, VA) was an artist who selflessly shared her talents and her loving spirit with family, friends, and neighbors alike. Humble and self-critical, she neer fully understood or realized how profoundly her life and work inspired aneenriched those around her.?? She was born oneecember 1, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA and grew up in Greensburg, PA.?? Her fondest childhood...

Catherine Pennock Predmore, age 98, passed away peacefully neember 24, 2012, surrounded by her loving family. Known by family and friends as "Pat," she was preceded ineeath by her husband, Richard Lionel Predmore, and is survived by her three sons, Michael and his wife Izvara of Stanford, CA, Richard and his wife Anne of Campobello, SC, and James of Tacoma,...

Barbara Jean Christian Carbone, 72, died Thursday at Duke Hospice, Hock Pavilion after an extended illness. She was borneecember 30, 1939 in Mingo County, WV, to Imogene Beasley and Claude Christian. Mrs. Carbone moved to Ohio as a young woman where she met her husband, the late Lawrence Carbone. A North Carolina resident since 1973, the family moved to Durham...

OXFORD: Josephine Barnes Currin, age 95, died neember 6, 2012 at Granville House in Oxford. She was the daughter of the late George and Mamie Hobgood Barnes and the wife of the late Edward Madison Currin. Ms. Currin was the oldest member of Enon Baptist Church where she was a member of the WMU. She was also well known for...

DURHAM-Katherine Louisa Legg Carr,Mrs. Albert Gallatin Carr was born on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1925 to Maria and Milton Franklineegg ineenderson, North Carolina. She lived a long, happy life and passed away peacefully at home on Friday evening with her family by her side. Katherine was full of spirit with a loving and kind presence. She was a devoted wife,...

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,...

Vergie Cash Howard, 89 passed away neember 9, 2012 at Ashton Place in Greensboro, NC. She was borneecember 9, 1922 in Durham County. She retired from Chatham County Public Schools after 26 years where she beganeer career in cafeteria maneement and continued her education to fulfill her desire to become a certified teacher's assistant at Pittsboro Primary School. There, she...