Obituaries

Jacqueline Cato Hijmans Harris Poet, Doctor, Humanitarian, Animal Lover, Nature Preserver, Patriot Jacqueline was born in Java, Indonesia of Dutch parents on October 8, 1922. She was a small fragile child who was often sick, causing her to be behind ineer schooling. Her family returned to Holland in the early 1930s and survived the Nazi occupation of 1940-1945.?? The suffering...

DURHAM ??? Lella Taylor Dezern, age 93, died peacefully at Durham Nursing & Rehabilitationeenter oneebruary 26, 2019. She was born on August 1, 1925 to the late Haneel and Anee Taylor. Lella was a 1944 graduate of Durham High School. She was a member of McMannen Uneed Methodist Church and a member of the Bethany Sunday School. She was a...

Lyna Jewell Rogers, a long-time resident of Carrboro, North Carolina, died oneebruary 27, 2019, at the UNC Hospice Home in Pittsboro, NC after a brief illness. Lyna was born on neember 29, 1941, in Hartsville, South Carolina, the daughter of William Ray and Mary Jewell Hartsell Rogers. After spending her childhood years in Gastonia, NC, the family moved to Fayetteville,...

A graveside service will be held to celebrate the life of Josiah Stockton Murray III on Saturday, January 20, at 11AM at Maplewood Cemetery, section 9. The Reverend Robert K. Kaynor will officiate. Joe was born in Durham, NC to Josiah Stockton Murray, Jr. and Irene Kornegay Murray. Joe???s father, along with other members of the Murray family, owned and...

Julia McCutcheon Warner died on Saturday neember 4, 2017 in Durham, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Dr. William Benson McCutcheon and Julia P. (Polly) McCutcheon of Durham. Born in Richmond, Virginia, she moved to Durham as an infant, grew up on Watts Street, and graduated from Duke Uneersity Phi Beta Kappa in 1953. In 1954 she moved to...

Oxford, NC Edward ???Ed??? Taylor Frazier, 83, died oneebruary 10, 2019 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born to the late Conley Thomas Frazier aneessie Blackwell Frazier oneecember 25, 1935 in Granville County. Ed graduated from Berea School. ????Served our country through the Army and married his late wife, Carol Taylor Frazier. He loved his church and church family. Ed...

Hillsborough-Elizabeth ???Ellie??? Rose Keisler Ellie Rose went to her heavenly home oneebruary 12th, 2018 after a brief journey on this earth. Ineer short life, she touched so many lives as people came together from around the world to pray for her healing. She drew her final breath ineer parents??? arms theneeceived complete healing through Jesus as He welcomed her home....

A funeral mass for Adeline will be at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Durham on neember 15, 2018 at 12 noon. Inurnment will follow the mass in the church cemetery. Family and friends are invited after the burial for a reception in the church fellowship hall.

Mary Ann Lumpkins, 74, of Oxford. God called Mary Ann O???Brien Lumpkins home Sunday, January 28th, 2018 to tend His flower garden. Mary Ann loved flowers but hated weeds. No matter where she went, if she saw a weed she would pull it and throw it away. She was the daughter of the late Harold L. O???Brien and Frances Breedlove...

Lois Bullock Blalock, 86, of Butner, NC died Thursday, neember 9, 2017 at PruittHealth ??? Carolina Point in Durham, NC. She was born in Granville County to the late Ollie O. and Ida Oakley Bullock. Lois is survived by her daughters, Phyllis Blalock of Durham, Denee Blalock Francis and husband, Bruce, of Durham; a grandson, Matthew Francis of Durham; and...

Brydie Shook Palmore was born on January 7, 1930, in Glenside, PA, to Tirzah and Clarence Shook. She had two older brothers, Richard aneellis Shook. After attending schools in Glenside, she entered Marion College and later the Richmond Professional Institute of William and Mary Uneersity where she studied fine arts. She married Robert Schaefer in 1950 and gave birth to...

Peggy Perry Elliott, 86, of Oxford died Wednesday, neember 8, 2017. She was born on May 9, 1931 in Durham, NC to the late Mr. Hammond Perry and Mrs. Mamie Perry. She was the widow of Joe E. Elliott. She had retired from Burlington Industries after more than 35 years of dedicated service before returning home as a fulltime homemaker....

Dorothy Elizabeth Taylor Wilson, 91, died April 21 after a brief illness. A Durham resident for 55 years, Elizabeth graduated from Meredith College in 1948 and received a Masters degree in Social Work from the Uneersity of North Carolina in 1951. For decades Elizabeth shared her love for the Lord Jesus Christ through the Methodist Lay Witness movement, international mission...

Harvey George Hewitt, 94, passed away peacefully on Sunday, neember 5, 2017, at his home in Durham, with his devoted wife, June Hewitt, by his side. Harvey was born oneeptember 6, 1923 to the late Lydia and Harvey H. Hewitt in Mount Clemens, MI. He served as a radio and Morse code operator on a Northrup B-25 bomber during WWII...

STEM- Al Bryant Brineey, age 88, of Stem died Sunday, neember 5, 2017 at Hock Family Pavilion. Al is survived by his wife, Marie Brineey, his stepson, Carl West of Oxford; and his step-daughter, Delores Bolender of Goldsboro. Funeral Services will be held 2:00PM Thursday, neember 9, 2017 at Stem Uneed Methodist Church with Reverend Alice Davis officiating. Burial will...

Augusta Reece Hockaday died at Western NC Baptist Home in Asheville, NC at the age of 93. She was borneeb. 1, 1929 in Yadkin County, NC to James Thadeus and Nina Danes Reece. Augusta received her education at Mars Hill College and became an educator for Durham County Schools and was also very involved with many community and civic activities....

Jon Charles Miller died quietly of leukemia at his Durham home on Sunday. He was seventy-three. A scholar and a teacher, he was a man of books, language, poetry, and music. He was genee, patient, and kind. His courtesy was old-fashioned and came to him easily. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Miller of Durham, Jon was...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Dale Hanes, 73, of Wilmington, North Carolina on neember 2, 2017. By his side in his courageous battle with multiple myeloma, just as in so many of the better of his life's adventures, was his beloved wife, best friend, business partner and confidante, Vicky. Born Richard Dale Hanes on...

Robert Cole, age 85, died on neember 23, 2017 at the Pines nursing facility, Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill, NC. He was born May 6, 1932 in Ada, Ohio to Robert aneeunee Cole who proceeded him ineeath. He married Carolyn Rayl Cole in 1951 and she also proceeded him ineeath. Surviving are two sons: Michael (Nancy) Cole of Dartmouth, NH...

Ruth V. Bennett, 48 of Knightdale, NC and formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, passed away oneednesday October 18th from complications of Leukemia.?? She fought a hard and long battle. Borneebruary 16, 1969 in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of Flora Marie Fink and the late Joseph Paul Fink, Jr.?? Ruth moved to NC in 1989 with her soulmate and 8-month...