Obituaries

Miss Evie Kathryn Judge, 7 year old daughter of Adam aneemily Thomas Judge, of Pittsboro, went from being an earthly angel to a heavenly angel on Sunday night, February 28, 2010 after waging a courageous fight against brain tumors. Evie was born in UNC Hospitals on January 19, 2003 and had bravely and fearlessly fought cancer since her first brain...

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...

Helen Sunas Dennos, 88, died Saturday in Duke Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Bronx, NY and moved to Durham as a young girl of 8. Helen was the daughter of the late Gus and Zoe Leon Sunas. A graduate of Durham High School, she returned briefly to New York City to work in the Theatre Industry....

Rev. Crate Harrison Jones, Jr., 87, entered into Heaveneednesday morning at Duke Medical Center. He was born in Louisville, KY and was the son of the late Crate Harrison Jones, Sr. and Ina V. Crenshaw Jones. He was a graduate of Mars Hill College, Wake Forest Uneersity class of 1946 with a BA Degree and the Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville,...

OXFORD: Martha Crowell Hight passed surrounded by her loving family on the 15th of March, 2010. Mrs. Hight was the daughter of the late William Watson Crowell and the late Lillian Spencer Crowell. She was born in Statesville, NC on the 25th of July 1926, but moved at a very young age to Oxford, NC, which was ineer words "Next...

Charles Wineed

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

OXFORD: Marvell Hilton, age 86, died Tuesday, neember 03, 2009. Hilton was a native of Granville County, NC. She was born May 31, 1923, to the late Claudia Kinton Currin and John David Currin of Northern Granville County. She is survived by a beloved daughter, Martha Hilton-Willett and cherished granddaughter Claudia McCullough Willett. Hilton was preceded ineeath by her devotional...

Oxford: Robert H. B. neent, age 89 a resident of Oxford died neember 1, 2009. He was a native of Ruston, La. And was the son of the late Matthew Colombus and Mary Belle Hinton neent. He was a 1938 graduate of Ruston High School, attended La Tech, a veteran of the Navy serving in WWII, a member of the...

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...

DURHAM: Sharon Hammond McAlister, 49, died peacefully Thursday, May 28th in the Hock Family Pavilion-Duke Hospice following a struggle with breast cancer. She was borneebruary 9, 1960 in Durham. After graduation from Jordan High School, Sharoneent to Queens College in Charlotte, from where she graduated with a B.A. degree in English. She went on to pursue a career in marketing...

Thelma Doby Wiggins, age 93, former resident of Forest Rd and Croasdaile Apartments, completed her earthly journey on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the Hock Family Pavilion and passed into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Wiggins was born in Cheraw, SC to the late Joseph Wood Doby and Pattie Thompson...

Gary Shelden Wilson, 69, died at home Monday after an extended illness. He was borneebruary 17, 1940 in Spokane, WA, the first child of the late Helen and Kenneth Wilson. Gary finished high school ineeattle and graduated from Washington State Uneersity in 1962. He spent two years as a Lieutenant in the US Army, serving in Korea. Gary received the...

Hughes Ernest Wilkinson III, of Washington D.C. left this life in his sleep on July 5, 2009. He was born on May 26, 1941 to Hughes Ernest Wilkinson Jr. and Anee June Faust Wilkinson in Durham and preceded ineeath by them. Hughes graduated from Northern High School in 1959 and Watts Hospital School of Radiology. He received his Radiologic Technologist...

Mr. James Steven

Eva C. Vaughan, 88, of Bullock, NC died Wednesday, neember 22, 2017. She was born in Mount Airy, NC on neember 29, 1928 to the late Mr. and Mrs. John aneeva Dorothy Callaway. Eva is survived by her daughters, Eva Jane Vaughan of Bullock, and Pearl Rimmer of Roxboro; 6 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; and 2 great great grandchildren. Funeral...

Pastor Johneenry Covington, age 73, of Pittsboro, NC went home to be with his Savior late Saturday, May 31, 2014. John was born July 11, 1940 in Salisbury NC. He was the pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church for the last five years as well as the Chaplin for the Bynum Ruritan Club. He is preceded ineeath by his parents...

Phyllis Bloechl Brustad, 89, of Durham, NC formerly of Oshkosh Wisconsin, and at Carillon Assisted Living, Fuquay Varina, NC where she lived. Phyllis worked supporting her husband of 64 years, by raising 10 children, all of which she claimed were her pride and joy. Before her children, she worked as a nurse. When she retired she voluneered her time ineeesburg...

Dale Clark Smith, died Thursday at her home. She was a native of Vance Co. and was the daughter of the late Harry Hunter and Joyce Forsythe Clark. Dale was a house wife and a member of Oxford Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday June 14, 2014 at 11:00 AM in Oxford Baptist Church by Rev. Chris Aho....

Dianne W. Daniels, May 27, 1953 to June 26,2018. Dianne W. Daniels passed away June 26th at her home in Stem. She was born in Durham, N.C. and attended Durham High School. She had a passion for cooking, flowers, and hummingbirds.?? You could find her cooking/baking on a regular basis, and she loved to share her goodies with everyone.?? She...