Obituaries
Lula Bette Wade
May 7, 2022
Lula Bette Wade, beloved daughter of Matt and Erica Wade, of Bullock, died peacefully in her home on May 6th, 2022. She returned to her Heavenly Father as her parents sang hymns and prayers over her. Lula was 13 months old.
Lula was curious and smart. She had a great sense of humor, often tricking nurses and playing games of wit...
George Robert Parkerson, Jr.
May 7, 2022
George Robert Parkerson, Jr. died peacefully on May 7, 2022 at Arbor Acres retirement home in Winston-Salem, NC. He was 94 years of age. George was born on November 7, 1927 in Norfolk, Virginia, son of the late George Robert Parkerson, Sr. and Nettie Sue Tuck Parkerson. He was predeceased by his wonderful wife of 56 years, Mary McCowen Parkerson...
Barbara Parcell Sloat
May 6, 2022
Mrs. Barbara Sloat, (Bobbie) age 91 of Durham, NC died Friday, May 6, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. Bobbie was born May 27, 1930, in New Rochelle, New York to the late Mr. Henry Llewellyn Parcell, Sr. and Ruth Coriell Parcell. She was raised in Plainfield, New Jersey and attended Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA where was a member of...
John Thomas Toohil
May 6, 2022
DURHAM – John Thomas Toohil, age 83, died on May 6, 2022. He was born on February 28, 1939, to James Thomas Toohil and Harriet White Toohil.
John graduated from Catholic University of America. He taught music in Lindenhurst, Long Island, NY until 1994. John was pianist and choir director at St. Matthew until 2016.
John is survived by his...
Harold Earl Dunlap
May 6, 2022
Harold Earl Dunlap died on May 6 in Durham, NC. He was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on February 20, 1931. After graduating from Haskell High School and University of Tulsa he attended University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
While in medical school, he married M. Jean McCoy of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Christmas Day, 1954. For the 58 years of their...
Pelham Merritt Poole
May 4, 2022
Pelham Merritt Poole, 93, of Granville County, NC, died peacefully on May 4, 2022, in Rocky Mount, NC surrounded by his loving caregivers. He was born on March 20, 1929, in Allensville, NC, son of the late Murat Shields Poole and Jessie Cary Poole.
Pelham worked as a farmer all his life in Granville County, earned his GED as an...
Julian Lee Satterwhite
May 4, 2022
Stem
Julian “Shot” Satterwhite, age 75, died on May 4, 2022. The son of the late Willie Lee Satterwhite and Minnie Lee Tunstall Satterwhite, he was born in Granville County on February 12, 1947. Shot was a lifelong resident of Granville County. He met and married the late Beverly Brooks Satterwhite and they made a home and raised two children.
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Santos Dime Ocampo
May 3, 2022
Santos Ocampo, age 88, died on May 3, 2022. He was born on March 29, 1934 in Sinaliw, Alphonso, Cavite, Philippines to the late Domingo Sembrano and Florencia Dime Ocampo.
Santos was a very loyal, caring, and charitable man who deeply loved his family and friends. He was an avid fisherman, freemason, basketball player in his youth, and an entrepreneur...
Beulah Mary Latta
May 1, 2022
Beulah Mary Latta passed away on May 1, 2022, at 100 years old. She was born on July 4, 1921, in Durham County to Philip Alston and Martha Terry Latta. Beulah attended school in Durham County. After graduating from Wiley P. Mangum High School in 1938, she graduated from Croft Business College in 1939.
Beulah began her service and employment...
Virginia Morton
Apr 26, 2022
Mrs. Virginia Champion Morton, age 86, of Oxford, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Sidney C. Champion, Sr and Helen Cash Champion and born in Granville County, NC on April 9, 1936. She thrived in a family of fourteen.
Virginia was a generous and kind woman, who never met a stranger...
Mary Jane Terry
Apr 23, 2022
Mary Jane Terry passed away suddenly on Saturday, April 23rd, 2022, following a long illness. She was preceded in death by her mother, Abbie Smith Terry, father, John Pegram Terry, and brother, Rodney Terry, of Hillsborough, North Carolina. She is survived by her loving sister, Alice Terry Pearce, who had been taking care of Mary for the last several years...
Donald Scott Cleaver
Apr 23, 2022
Mr. Donald Scott Cleaver passed away peacefully at home in Durham, North Carolina on April 23, 2022, at the age of 87. He was born in Portland, Maine on November 18, 1934, to the late Ashton Greer Cleaver and Mable Blanch Carpenter. His family relocated to Auburn, New York when he was in the second grade where he later met...
Andrew M. Finch
Apr 22, 2022
Andrew “Andy” M. Finch, 75, of Oxford, NC, passed away April 22, 2022, at Granville Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born August 27, 1946, in Oxford, NC, son of the late Willie W. Finch and Ruth Blanks Finch.
Andy worked as a Truck Driver for Waste Industries for many years. He was a member of West Oxford...
Mary Lynam
Apr 19, 2022
Mary Rigsbee Lynam passed away peacefully on April 19, 2022 at her home in Monroe, Georgia surrounded by family and friends. Mary was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, the daughter of the late Stewart and Gladys Rigsbee, sister of Bobbie Smith and Charlie Rigsbee.While she spent the majority of her life in Durham, upon the death of her...
William Michael Guilfoyle, Jr.
Apr 19, 2022
Durham, N.C. - William Michael Guilfoyle, Jr., MD age 75 died at 805 Demerius St., Durham on April 20,2022. He was born December 24, 1947 to the late Eleanor and William Guilfoyle. He is survived by sister Eleanor Theresa Hanson, brother Bryan, nephews Ryan Hickey, Keith Hickey, Michael Guilfoyle, Nicholas Hanson, and niece Kerri Hickey. He was also predeceased by...
Carol York Mcknight
Apr 18, 2022
Carol York McKnight of Durham, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on April 18, 2022. She was an adored mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend. Carol was a lifelong member and ordained elder of the Presbyterian Church, and was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Durham, NC, until her passing. She is survived by her two daughters, Lynn McKnight...
Otho B. Norwood
Apr 16, 2022
Oxford
Otho Boyd Norwood, age 86, died on April 16, 2022. He was the son of the late James Walter Norwood and Hazel Hicks Norwood. He was born in Vance County on December 9, 1935.
The Norwood family is being proudly served by Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home, Oxford, NC. Online Memorials: https://www.gnvfuneralhome.com/
Ramila Mansukh Wani
Apr 12, 2022
Ramila M. Wani, caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away at home in Durham, NC on April 12, 2022 from natural causes at the age of 92.Ramila was born on August 10, 1929 in Mumbai, India. She immigrated to the US in 1960 with her son Bankim to join her husband, Dr. Mansukhlal C. Wani who had arrived...
Rachel Tarby Kiljely
Apr 9, 2022
Durham – Rachel T. Kiljely, age 64 yrs, died in Durham, NC, on April 9, 2022. She was born in Manolu Town, Maryland County, Liberia (West Africa) on September 24, 1957 to the late William K. Brown and Eliza D. Brown.
Rachel graduated from Cape Palmas High School in 1977 Harper, Maryland, Liberia.
She received an AA degree in Marketing from...
Richard Matthew Bond
Apr 8, 2022
Mr. Richard Matthew Bond, age 67, died on April 8, 2022. He was the son of the late Clifford Henry Bond and Mary Jane Shutlack Bond where he began his life in Fauquier County, VA on September 21, 1954.
Rick is survived by 2 brothers, C. David Bond, Jefferson, MD and Michael F. Bond, San Antonio, TX; and 3 sisters,...
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