Obituaries
Jane Davis Rourk
Jan 3, 2021
Jane Davis Rourk, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA 82, died Sunday, January 3 at Duke Hospital following an extended illness. She was born May 14, 1938 in Charlotte NC to the late Javan and Margaret Smith Davis. Jane attended Queens College and was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Occupational Therapy. The focus of her clinical experience...
Janice Pulley Beeson
Jan 1, 2021
Click here to view the Livestream service. Former Durham resident, Janice Pulley Beeson, age 83, died January 1, 2021 in Pinehurst, NC. Janice was born on February 27th, 1937, in Durham NC, to the late Wallace and Lela Pulley. Janice spent her career with Blue Cross and Blue Shield as well as with CCB and Suntrust. While being a mother...
Roby Turner, Jr.
Dec 30, 2020
Rev. Roby Turner, Jr., 85, went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 30, 2020. Born in Wilson, he was the son of the late Roby Turner, Sr. and Minnie Murphy Turner Waddell. A life-long Christian, Roby was called to his ministry at an early age. He worshiped and served the Lord. He was the pastor of the...
Dana Wayne Ashley
Dec 27, 2020
Click here to view the Livestream service. Durham – Dana Wayne Ashley, age 50, died at UNC Hospice Home on December 27, 2020. He was born on March 12, 1970 to Deborah Jean Hynes and Danny Thomas Ashley. Dana is survived by his mother, Deborah Jean Hynes; sons, Dwayne Ashley, Jeremiah Ashley, and Michael Ashley; daughter, Asia Ashley and grandchildren,...
Teresa "Grace" Fontenelle
Dec 26, 2020
Click here to view the Livestream service. On December 26, 2020, Teresa Fontenelle, “Grace" or "Ma Gordon,” to her close friends and neighbors, transitioned, in Durham, NC. She was 77 years old. Teresa resided on the island of St. Croix in the U.S.V.I. She was visiting her children and grandchildren in Durham, N.C. prior to her death. She is preceded...
Eva Wade Knight
Dec 26, 2020
Durham - Mrs. Eva Wade Knight, 91, died Saturday morning at 2:04am December 26, 2020. She was born on June 16, 1929 to the late William Alvin Wade and Gaynell Jones Wade of Lillington, Harnett County, NC. Eva moved to Durham in 1948 with her husband, Philip H. Knight, and daughter, Phyllis. She later went to work with American Tobacco...
Rosemary Clifford Mcgee
Dec 24, 2020
Rosemary Clifford McGee, 81, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died on December 24, 2020. She was born on June 8, 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Agnes (Ragsdale) and Thomas Hill Clifford, and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Detroit, Michigan, Ridgewood, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia. Rosemary graduated from the Westminster School in Atlanta, and attended the University of Georgia...
Hazel Marie Cooksley
Dec 23, 2020
Hazel Marie Cooksley embarked on her voyage to Valhalla on December 23, 2020. She was born October 20, 1928 to Mildred Anderson and Clifford White in Corning, Iowa. She had two brothers, Gail and Elvin. She enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951 as a nurse. She served at the Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco, CA; the 8169th Evac...
Floris Ann Hladik
Dec 22, 2020
Click here to view the Livestream service. Floris Ann Hladik, 80, of Rougemont N.C., passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Born in the South Amboy N.J., on December 4, 1940 she was the daughter of Theodore Conneway and Floris Richardson. Floris Ann lived in Johnstown N.Y. before moving to Rougemont NC. Floris Ann graduated from Johnstown High School, Class...
Iris June Summerell
Dec 21, 2020
Click here to view the Livestream service. June Humphries Summerell of Durham, age 81, joined our Lord and Savior and the love of her life, Billy Summerell, in Heaven on Monday, December 21, 2020. She was born June 28, 1939 to the late Ira Humphries and Libby Ryals Humphries (Riley). June graduated from Durham High School and lived in Durham...
William Kirkland Carrington
Dec 19, 2020
William Kirkland “Kirk” Carrington, a resident of Brownsville, Texas passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at the age of 56. Kirk was born December 25, 1963 in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama to Lt. Colonel (ret.) John D Carrington and Madge Fort Carrington. As the son of an Air Force officer that relocated frequently, Kirk was able to...
Garland Hays Talton
Dec 18, 2020
Garland (Butch) Talton passed away on December 18th, 2020. He was born in June 1943. He was preceded in death by his father, Moses Garland Talton; his mother, Frances Hendron Talton and his sister, Mary Katherine Talton. Butch was a beloved and kind person who loved his family. His favorite past time was watching old movies and reading science fiction...
Susan Barwick Curlee
Dec 15, 2020
Susan Barwick Curlee, 69, of Chapel Hill, died December 15, 2020, surrounded by members of her family. Susan was born August 11, 1951 in Tampa, Florida. She was the daughter of Henry Clayton Curlee, Jr. and Jacqueline Norton Curlee. Susan grew up in Statesville, North Carolina. She graduated in 1969 from Statesville Senior High School, and in 1973 from The...
Mary Alice Cozart Black
Dec 15, 2020
Raleigh, NC Mary Alice Cozart Black, age 97, died on December 15, 2020. She was born to the late James Thurston Cozart, Jr. and Sallie Dean Cozart on March 24, 1923 in Oxford, North Carolina. Mary Alice was a longtime resident of Wake County. She attended East Carolina Teacher’s College and earned a 4-year degree in Home Economics and Dietary;...
Virginia Sullivan
Dec 13, 2020
Virginia A. Sullivan, 97, passed away peacefully on December 13, 2020 after a brief illness. She was a strong, loving, talented and cheerful woman who lived a full, happy life, and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Virginia was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Henry and Florinda Gomez. She graduated from St. Rose of Lima High...
Georgia Fields Tilley
Dec 10, 2020
Click here to view the Livestream service. NORTH MYRTLE BEACH – Georgia Fields Tilley, age 97, died on December 10, 2020. She was born on June 29, 1923 in Durham, NC to John Fields and Elizabeth Harmon Fields. Georgia met and married Wayland Harris Tilley in 1939. She was a longtime member of Angier Avenue Baptist Church and retired from...
Hsioh-Shan Wang
Dec 10, 2020
Dr. Hsioh-Shan Wang died suddenly at his home in Durham, NC at the age of 92 years on December 10, 2020. He was born in Shanghai, China on September 1, 1928 as the youngest son of Wang Yun-Wu and Hsu Jing-Puu. He was raised in China until the Communist Revolution, during which he and his family fled to Taiwan in...
Jean Randolph Sears
Dec 9, 2020
DURHAM – Jean Randolph Sears, age 88, died on December 9, 2020. She was born December 27, 1931 to Hal Gordon Randolph and Ruth Tapscott Randolph in Elon, NC. Jean spent most of her life in Durham, NC. Graduating from Lowe’s Grove High School, Jean married Ed Sears in 1950 and the two were partners in life, raising Randy and...
Laura Fresina Sugar
Dec 5, 2020
SANFORD – Laura Fresina Sugar, age 68, died at the Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham on Saturday, December 5, 2020. She was born on July 3, 1952 to the late Gertrude Victoria Danesi and Michael John Fresina, Sr. in Syracuse, New York. Moving from Syracuse in 1979 to Meadville, PA, then to Norwich, NY in 1982, Laura finally settled in...
Deborah Tippett Daniel
Dec 4, 2020
To view the recorded service, please follow the link provided below. Deborah Tippett Daniel, 67, of Oxford, NC died unexpectedly Friday morning, December 4, 2020. She was born in Vance County, NC on January 13, 1953 to Thurman and Mildred Smith Tippett. Deborah was retired from Regional Surgical Associates in Durham, North Carolina as a surgery scheduler. Her greatest joy...
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