Obituaries

GREENSBORO??? Margaret Southerland Peeler, age 88, died at the Care and Wellness Center on the campus of WhiteStone on neember 20th, 2018. She was born on April 6, 1930 in Bahama, NC to the late Samuel & Minee Southerland. Margaret lived her adult life in Raleigh, NC. She was surrounded by friends and family and played bridge as often as...

Rufus Darrell Huff, 61, of Oxford, NC died Sunday, neember 25, 2018.?? He was born in Granville County on August 27, 1957, son of the late Rufus Huff and the late Frances Lunsford Huff. Darrell was a lifelong farmer who knew no better life than his traditional vocation. He enjoyed most the company of his friends and family, the freedom...

Durham ??? Shirley M. Kerth, age 87, died at Seasons at Southpoint senior living community on neember 10, 2018. She was born oneeptember 7, 1931 to the late Archie and Ruby McDaniel. Shirley was born and raised in Daytona Beach, Florida. She was a graduate of Sea Breeze High School and Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. She served as a...

Oxford, NC Christine Denny Mangum, age 99, passed away peacefully surrounded by family oneecember 4, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Henry Edward Denny and Mattie Mae Wilkersoneenny.?? She was born in?? Person County oneeptember 15, 1919 and resided in Granville County for many years with her late husband, Billy O. Mangum. Christine ???Teenie??? was one of the...

Jesus took the hand of 100-year-old Joyce Sneeden Hopkins oneew Year???s Day to lead her to a joyful birthday celebration in Eternity.?? Her greatest legacy is that she completed her race of faith as God???s child and is presently resting in His Loving Arms. Joyce loved her family.?? She was born to Luther Palmer Sneeden and Martha May Southerland on...

A funeral service for Kay will be at Hall-Wynne Funeral Chapel on Thursday, January 24, 2019, at 2 pm with the Rev. Bryan Chestnut presiding. The Manning family will receive friends and family for visitation at Hall-Wynne Funeral Home on Thursday prior to the service from 1-2 pm. Burial will be on Friday, January 25, 2019, at Snow Hill Cemetery...

Oxford, NC Yvonne ???Dixie??? Hutto Hobgood, age 82, died unexpectedly oneebruary 13, 2019. She is the daughter of the late Barney Harvey Hutto and Ola Estelle Barker Hutto of Rock Hill, SC. Dixie was a Christian woman who loved children, her family, the beach, music and life. Dixie is survived by her daughters, Patrice McAbee Moore (Brian), Janet McAbee, Valerie...

Heleneean Little Parrish, until recently a Durham, NC resident, passed away oneecember 28, 2018, in Tullahoma, TN.?? Helen was born in Washington, NC oneecember 23, 1923, to Crawford P. and Margaret Harvey Little.?? After moving to Durham, she met and married Leander "Lee" Parrish, Jr. and their loving marriage continued until his death in 1996. She served in the Signal...

Durham ??? Mark Paul Gilbreath, age 55, died oneebruary 4th, 2019. He was born on June 30th, 1963 to Paul and Marjorie Gilbreath. Mark graduated from Northern High School, class of 1981. He graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1985. Mark worked for IBM and Builders Mutual Insurance. Mark loved exploring National Parks with his son,...

Leonora (Lee) Stoddard Courtland, 78, of Durham, NC, passed away peacefully oneecember 23, 2018, at the Croasdaile Retirement Community. Lee will be remembered as a loving and devoted wife, mother, daughter, and sister. She is survived by her daughter Katie Courtland and son Jonathan Courtland (both of Durham, NC); her sister and brother-in-law Beverley and Michael Koch (Ponte Vedra Beach,...

Lester ???David??? Neal went home to the Lord oneebruary 9, 2019. He was born on May 13, 1934 to the late Cecil and Ruby (Judy) Neal. A graduate of Messick High School ineemphis, TN, David served two years in the U.S. Army before attending Georgia Tech and Memphis State Uneersity. He worked as humaneesources director for Flint Steel Corporation and...

Oneebruary 6, 2018, Leonard Curtis Pergerson Sr. passed from this life into the loving arms of his heavenly Father. Curtis grew up on a farm working with his parents, Glady and Cordie Pergerson. It was on this farm and working at Short Sugars that he developed a wonderful work ethic that would benefit him in the years to come. He...

Thursday, February 8 saw a peaceful conclusion to a life fully-lived in Margie Lee Marsh, 92, of Durham, North Carolina. Her final days at Hillcrest Convalescent Center served as an opportunity for her family to gather around her and do the things she spent her life teaching them how to do as they laughed, prayed and sang together. Margie Lee...

Iris W. Ripley, age 94, died peacefully the morning oneecember 28, 2018, at UNC Hillsborough Hospital on the Geriatric Ward.???? She was born oneeptember 10, 1924, in Chatham County to the late Carney Eusebius Williams and Nellie Blake Williams. She was a resident of Durham for more than fifty years and was a cherished member of Yates Baptist Church.?? She...

DURHAM ??? John C. Clamp was born August 5, 1949 in neemberg, Germany and spent his early years ineermany and France. The only child of an Army Sargent, John and his parents returned to the US and lived in Colorado before moving to Fayetteville, NC after his father retired from the Army. John had a passion for science. He received...

Edward Soulia, loving husband, father, and grandfather (Poppy) died at home on neember 4, 2018 after a brief illness. ??He was born on January 18, 1931 in Floral Park, NY, the only child of Catherine Ammerman aneedward J. Soulia. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Monahan Soulia, daughter, Renee Soulia, grandchildren, Michael and Lauren Billy, of Durham, sister-in-laws, Teresa...

DURHAM ??? Mary Margaret Moore Wilkinson, age 83, died at the Forest at Duke oneebruary 5, 2019. She was born on August 15, 1935 to the late Robert and Helen (Nellie) Moore. She graduated from Perry High School, Perry Missouri, in 1953. She theneent to college at Washington Uneersity Nursing School and received her Rneegree in 1957. She later earned...

CHAPEL HILL - Mildred Neville Gornto, 90, died neember 11, 2018. She was the only child of Dewitt Talmage Neville and Agnes Lacy Robertsoneeville of Chapel Hill, NC. Mildred grew up in Chapel Hill and graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1944 and from Women???s College in Greensboro, NC where she received a bachelor???s degree in primary education on...

Roxy Buxton Sheldon died at home after a long battle with Alzheimer???s at the age of 86. She was born in Evansville, Wisconsin to Hillis and Marcela Buxton. She retired from Thomas Knight and Trenton King CPA firm in Durham after 30 years and was very active with Hillandale Sports Association. Roxy was a life-long Duke fan and worked many...

Gloria Jean Olson, age 72 died peacefully Friday, December 29th at Rex Heart and Vascular Hospital in Raleigh, NC surrounded by her family. She was born in Johnston County, NC and graduated from Clayton High School in 1963. She worked as a CNA at Dorthea Dix Hospital until 1968 when she stayed home to raise her family. She lived in...