Obituaries
Donna Marie Zimmerman
Dec 14, 2021
Donna Marie Zimmerman, a devoted wife, beloved mother, dear friend, and a woman of faith, passed away peacefully at her home in Durham, NC on December 14, 2021. Donna was born on August 6, 1961, as the second of three children to Bernardine Polak and the late Raymond Polak Sr.
Along with her mother, Bernardine, Donna is survived by her husband,...
Cora Hazel Ives
Dec 13, 2021
Cora Hazel Ives resident of Durham died Monday, December 13, 2021. She was born December 4, 1930 to the late Walter Morrison Ives and Sarah Elizabeth Sparrow Ives of Durham.
She was predeceased by her brother Richard Morrison Ives and sister Sarah Ellen Ives Lyon Nichols. Nephews, Richard Morrison Ives, Jr., William M. Lyon, and grand nephews Gregory Ryan Ives, and...
Loretta Kay Ragan
Dec 13, 2021
(Durham) – Loretta Kay Ragan, age 81, died at the Hock Family Pavilion on Monday, December 13th, 2021. She was born on January 27th, 1940 to the late Kitty Mason Ragan and William Henry Ragan.
Loretta was a life-long musician, music teacher, and composer. She studied at East Carolina University, however, her formational music education, like so many, was from...
Charles Flournoy Jones , Jr.
Dec 10, 2021
Charles F. Jones, Jr. went heaven-bound to his Lord and Savior on December 10, 2021 in Oxford, NC. He was born on October 29, 1926 to Lillian Dean Jones and Charles F. Jones, Sr in Granville County. He attended Oxford Public High School and drove a school bus; his future wife Frances Ragland was on his route. After high school,...
Janet James Case
Dec 8, 2021
Janet James Case, age 64, died at Duke Regional Hospital on December 8th. She was born on February 5, 1957 to the late Jennie Dixon Stout Case and James Everett Case.
Janet graduated from Hickory High School in 1975. She was President of Sub Juniors, and a feature editor for the school newspaper, the Twig. She graduated from the Catawba Memorial...
Frankie Ray Eason
Dec 6, 2021
Durham – Ray Eason, age 80, died unexpectedly on December 6, 2021. He was born on January 31, 1941 to the late Veda and Frank J. Eason.
Ray Graduated Durham High School and attended Croft Business College. Ray worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 30 years retiring as maintenance supervisor in 1996. Served 6 years with the national guard.
Ray was...
Irma Torres Steiner
Dec 4, 2021
Irma Torres Steiner, a longtime Raleigh resident, was called home peacefully by the Lord Jesus on December 4, 2021 at the age of 69. She was born Irma Delia Torres on August 1, 1952 in Orocovis, Puerto Rico, and daughter of the late Brigido & Irma G. (Ortiz) Torres. Her family moved from Puerto Rico to Peekskill, New York where...
George Howell Batts
Dec 2, 2021
George “Sonny” Batts, age 78 of Sandy Level, VA, died Tuesday, December 2, 2021, at his residence.
Born June 16, 1943, in Durham, NC he was a son of the late Ollie Britton Batts and Edna Walters Batts. He was predeceased by one brother, Larry Batts and one sister, Barbara. Sonny was a Navy veteran and retired from IBM. He enjoyed...
Margaret Anne Lawless
Dec 2, 2021
Durham – Margaret Anne Muller Lawless, age 75, died at her home on December 2, 2021. She was born in Durham on April 2, 1946 to the late Mary Martin Muller and John Charles Muller. Margaret attended Immaculata Catholic school as a child, graduated from Durham High School, and spent two years at Louisburg College. Upon finishing her education, she...
Michele Marie Mortimer
Nov 29, 2021
Michele Marie Mortimer,67, died at home in Chapel Hill, NC on November 29th, 2021. She was born on May 10th, 1954, to the late Clark and Laura Reese.
Michele was a former partner in Retail Fashion Locations in St. Charles and Geneva, IL. She had an interior design education from Ohio State University and managed her own consulting company in California,...
Nicholas Thomas Morano
Nov 23, 2021
In Loving Memory of Nicholas Thomas Morano
Dr. Nicholas Thomas Morano passed away peacefully in his sleep in Durham, North Carolina on November 23, 2021 at the age of 89.
Nick was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 12, 1932 to Thomas Morano and Dorothy DiPerna. Beginning at a young age, he always enjoyed embracing new experiences and had a passion...
Mary Teer Barringer
Nov 22, 2021
Mary Teer Barringer passed away on November 22, 2021, in the home in which she was born on November 10, 1935. The daughter of Mr. Hubert O. Teer and Mrs. Mary Ruth Wright Teer, Mrs. Barringer was educated at the Calvert School (now Durham Academy), The Knox School (Cooperstown, NY) and Duke University.
She was presented at the Terpsichorean Society Ball...
Eva Koltai
Nov 22, 2021
(Durham) – Eva Koltai, age 87, died peacefully on November 22, 2021.
Eva was born on July 1, 1934 to the late Rózsi Szilvási in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. After her mom died in a WWII bombing in 1944, Eva’s aunt accepted her into her home and Eva gained a brother and best friend, Les Besser.
A brief window opened the Hungarian borders...
Wade Hampton Penny
Nov 21, 2021
Wade Hampton Penny, Jr., 85 years old, died at home on November 21, 2021. He was born in Durham, NC on January 28, 1936, to Pauline Browne Penny and Wade H. Penny. He was a lifelong resident of Durham, graduating from Durham High School (1953), Duke University (1957), and Duke Law School (1960.) His North Carolina roots mattered greatly to...
Rebecca Averette Michener
Nov 20, 2021
Rebecca Averette Michener (Becky) age 63, of Yonges Island, SC passed away on November 20, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Macon William Averette II, and Ruby Meadows Averette of Granville County, NC.
Rebecca was born July 22, 1958 in Oxford, NC. She attended Mars Hill University and McDowell Technical College. She married William T. Michener III, on...
Mary Catherine Corr
Nov 20, 2021
Mary Catherine Schmidt Corr (Mary Cay), age 84, passed away November 20, 2021 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill with family at her bedside.
Mary Cay was born in 1937 in the Bronx, New York, where she grew up. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College and taught history in New York City. In 1959, she married Dr. Francis (Frank) Patrick Corr,...
William Thomas Lunsford
Nov 19, 2021
Stem
William Thomas Lunsford, age 72, a long-time resident of Stem, NC, died at his home on November 19, 2021. He was the son of the late Floyd Lunsford and Allie Gentry Lunsford of Granville County.
William was a good husband, a good father, and a friend to many. He loved to help people and found creative ways to...
James William White
Nov 19, 2021
Oxford
James (Jim) William White, age 94, died on November 19, 2021. He was born in Pennsylvania on June 14, 1927, the son of the late James White and Margaret Bowers White.
Jim is survived by his wife of 48 years, Katherine Ann Dunavant White; his daughters, Carmen Quinn (David) of Oxford, NC, Linda McOsker of Littleton, CO; grandchildren Michael...
Monika P. Marcinko
Nov 17, 2021
Oxford
Monika P. Marcinko, 73, a long-time resident of Oxford, died at her home on November 17, 2021. She is survived by her mother, Annemarie W. Eyrich; her daughter, Michele Eyrich; her son, Anthony Marcinko Lloyd (Gary) and her grandchildren, Talon Lloyd and Keanan. She will be remembered and missed by all whose life she touched.
Monika was predeceased...
Alice Jane Hayes
Nov 17, 2021
Bahama – Jane Hayes, age 74, died at Duke Hospital on November 17th, 2021. She was born on June 4th, 1947, to the late Hugh and Novella Wilson.
Jane graduated from Hildebran High School in 1965. She went on to study at Watts Hospital School of Nursing from 1965 to 1968. She started working as a RN at McPhersons Hospital...
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