Obituaries

Mr. Wallace Lee Rowland, 82, died at his home on River Forest Road in Pittsboro oneebruary 11, 2010. A native of Cambridge, Ohio, Mr. Rowland was born April 21, 1927, the son of Ivor Charles Rowland and Lura Lavaria Yountz Rowland. Mr. Rowland attended both Duquesne Uneersity and Duke Uneersity. He was a Seaman First Class in the US Navy...

Michael Loyd Norwood, 69, of Chapel Hill passed away Wednesday, neember 27, 2013, from complications of Legionnaires' disease. The firstborn child of Loyd Archie and Mary Burden Norwood, Mike was born on April 27, 1944, in Palestine, TX, and grew up near Hattiesburg, MS. He became the youngest Eagle Scout in Mississippi's history, receiving his award at the age of...

Oxford: George R. Whitt, age 78, died at his home oneebruary 24, 2016 after a long battle with heart disease. A private graveside service will be held at The Stovall Memorial Cemetery. Officiating will be Reverend Neil Woodlief and Reverend Wesley Garner, Jr. Mr. Whitt was borneeptember 2, 1937 ineerson County to the late Hedrick B. and Mary A. Whitt....

Zena Lerman was born in 1930 on the back staircase of her family home in Trenton, NJ.?? Her folks had not planned the auspicious beginning, but her mom was bringing the kids home from a picnic and didn???t quite make it in time.?? Zena grew up in Trenton, went on to receive a BA at Douglass College, and an MA...

Brandon Patrick James, age 30, died unexpectedly in Boone, NC oneecember 8, 2016. A Durham native, he was born to Mardi Linker James and Paul S. James on April 30, 1986. At the time of his death he was enrolled at Appalachian State, where he was a Building Science major with a focus in Architectural Technology and Design. Brandon excelled...

Susanne Sue Lynas Moulton, 95, died on neember 19, 2012 at Croasdaile Village in Durham, NC. She was born oneebruary 8, 1917 in Glasgow, Scotland to James and Agnes Martin Lynas. She immigrated to the Uneed States when she was teneears old, and the family moved to Norwich, CT. Although she was always proud of her Scottish roots, she immediately...

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...

OXFORD: Curneral J. West, died, neember 20, 2012 at his home. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Curneeal William and Florence Boyd West. He was medically retired and was of Baptist faith. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, neember 24, 2012 at 11:00 AM in the Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Chapel by...

Oxford: Catherine Critcher Laws, 90, of Oxford entered her new home ineeaven on Tuesday January 19, 2016 and is now worshipping her Lord and Savior ineeaven. Catherine was a native of Granville County, the daughter of the late Albert and Grace Burnette Critcher, and the widow of Taylor Laws. Catherine was a member of Sharon Baptist Church, a well knowneeamstress...

Virginia Lee Wu, 85, of Durham, NC on July 14, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Guo Wei Li and Moyun Yung Li. She was predeceased by her husband Alfred Wu in 1969 and her granddaughter Claire Yung-Ming Truskey in 1996. Virginia is survived by her daughters Karen Wu, Anna Wu and Teresa Wu, grandsoneeter Truskey and granddaughter...

Joseph Giovannetti Walsh, age 94 died on neember 18, 2016 in Durham, NC. Mr. Walsh was born in Washington, DC oneeptember 14, 1922, the son of Joseph Gleason Walsh aneelvira Giovannetti Walsh. During World War II, he worked on munitions development and attended college, graduating with a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering degree from the Catholic Uneersity of America in 1947....

Bernard "Bernie" Dice Cheneeth, age 83, resident of 1114 Donphil Road, entered into enternal rest Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Born in Elkins, WV, Bernie was the son of the late Roy Perry Cheneeth aneelva Doerr Cheneeth. He was a graduate of Davis Elkins College with a degree in engineering. He served his country during WWII in the U.S. Army Air...

Frances was born in Asoria, NY oneebruary 13, 1925; as every year the celebration of her birth preceded Valentine's Day, she modeled the gift of love that she gave to all in abundance. With her husband of 60 years, Francis, she devoted her life to her four children and seven grandchildren. As the requirements of raising children eventually allowed her...

???There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on the world??? The family of Maxwell Reid Pogers will receive friends from 3:00 - 6:00 pm Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Calvary Baptist Church, 1204 Lynn Road, Durham.

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 member of Providence fire...

Joanne Martin Sneed passed away peacefully at Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill Saturday afternooneebruary 1. She grew up in Elon College, NC, then graduated from UNC Women???s College and taught art in Chapel Hill and Oxford, NC, before starting her family. She later earned a library science degree at NCCU and worked as a librarian in Oxford and Creedmoor, NC....

Betty Arnold Hodges, 83, a veteraneewswoman who worked for Herald-Sun Papers in Durham for 43 years, died on Easter Monday, April 5, at the Hock Pavilion. She was born in Waynesboro, VA, and was preceded ineeath by a daughter, Elizabeth Ann, and by her husband Louis Edward Hodges Jr., who died last December. The Hodges were married for 55 years....

Harry Saring Kulp, 56, of Pittsboro passed away oneeptember 02, 2014. He was born on October 01, 1957 in Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Kulp is survived by his wife Kathryn Thibault Kulp of Pittsboro, NC; a son, Samuel Kulp, of Mebane, NC; and a daughter, Sabrina Kulp of Mebane. A memorial service will held at??6 pm on??Friday September 05, 2014, at...

Martha Chescheir Boren, age 81, died March 27 at UNC Hospitals of pulmonary disease. She was born in 1929 in Louisville, KY. She spent her first 11 years in Shanghai, China, where her parents were missionaries. She returned to the US in 1941 with her mother to avoid the Japanee invasion. After attending high school at St. Mary

Roberta ???Robbie??? L. Lee, age 61, died neember 7, 2014 at her residence in Chapel Hill. Robbie was born in Dania, FL. She completed a degree in nursing in Anchorage, KY and soon after joined the U.S. Army where she trained for burn victims and air rescue. When she moved to Chapel Hill she worked with the Women and Homeless...