Obituaries
James Gilbert Elliott
Mar 2, 2024
James “J.G.” Gilbert Elliott, age 82, of Oxford, North Carolina, died on
Saturday, March 2, 2024. J.G. was born on June 25, 1941, to James Roger
Elliott and Rubie Younge Elliott. He lived his entire life in Granville County,
except when he was drafted into the Army to serve his country.
J.G. was a dedicated and hardworking man who had a passion for
carpentry. His...
Robert Gene Papitto
Feb 29, 2024
Robert (Bob) Gene Papitto, 66, passed peacefully at Duke University Hospital on February 29, 2024, after a brave battle with cancer. He was born on July 4, 1957 in Chicago Heights to the late Louis and Mary Ann Papitto. His family moved when he was an infant to be near family in Boca Raton, Florida, where Bob grew up.
Bob enjoyed...
Jessie Friedrichs Hancock
Feb 28, 2024
Jessie Friedrichs Hancock died peacefully at home surrounded by love on February 28, 2024 in Durham NC. Jessie was born April 29, 1931 to Elizabeth Hazlett Friedrichs and Howard Wharton Friedrichs in Wheeling, West Virginia. She was predeceased by her husband Arthur Douglas Hancock II (Boonie), her son A. Douglas Hancock III, her sister JoAnn Behrens, and her brother Howard...
Flora W. Cates
Feb 27, 2024
Oxford
Flora “Flossie” Cates, age 80, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late Clifton B. Watkins and Margaret Newton Watkins. Flossie was born in Granville County, NC on April 26, 1943.
Flossie was a strong fixture in the community who was a lifelong resident of Granville County, where she met...
Sandra Mae Borden
Feb 25, 2024
Sandra (Sandy) Mae Borden, 82, formerly of Sidney, NY, unexpectedly went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 25,2024 at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, NC. She was born on October 19, 1941, in Sidney, NY to the late Earl and Viola (Michaletz) Hendee.
To know Sandy was to know love. She worked for many years at K-Mart in...
John George Wrede
Feb 24, 2024
John George Wrede, age 91, died Chapel Hill, NC on February 24, 2024. He was born on November 1, 1932 in Hackensack, NJ to the late Albert C. Wrede and Clara Deyst Wrede.
John’s parents owned an ice cream luncheonette in Hackensack, NJ where he worked after school until he went off to college. John received his BA from Wagner College...
Mario Joseph Gatti
Feb 22, 2024
Mario J Gatti, at the age of 102, was called Home to be with his Lord and Savior on February 22, 2024. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, July 27, 1921 to the late Ettore Gatti and Giannina Gheduzzi Gatti. He grew up in Brooklyn and spent much of his time enjoying music and the arts. He played in a...
Sally Anne Timlin
Feb 21, 2024
Sally Anne Timlin, RN, MSN of Durham, NC, age 61, daughter of Thomas (deceased) and Anne Timlin passed away on February 21 after a cardiac arrest.Her heartbroken family includes: mother Anne of Durham; five sisters Katy (Chris) Shaw and Susan (Rufus) Reynolds of Durham, Margaret (Michael) Majsak of Detroit, Molly (Jerry) Tritt of Cherry Hill, NJ, and Patty (Ken)Jasper of...
Frances Ellen Kay
Feb 20, 2024
Frances Ellen Kay (Fran) passed away at her home in Durham, North Carolina, on February 20th, 2024.
Fran was born on August 5th, 1948, to the late Bert Wesley Hungerford and Cleo Marion (Mattson) Hungerford, who welcomed their middle child into the world at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan, at 10:40 in the morning. Bert worked in construction, banking,...
Maynard William Mckay
Feb 18, 2024
(Durham) – Maynard William McKay, age 84, died at SECU Hospice House of Johnston Health on Sunday, February 18th, 2024. Maynard was born on August 30th, 1939, to the late Lizzie Covington McKay and Lawrence Gregory McKay.
Maynard retired in 2001 from Sumitomo Corporation. He loved blue grass music, NASCAR racing, and his family. He was a devoted Christian and enjoyed...
Robert Gordon Christie
Feb 15, 2024
Durham, NC – Robert Gordon Christie, age 77, died at home on the morning of February 15, 2024. He was born on September 21, 1946 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to the late Robert Earl Christie and Jeannette Marcella Christie (Delainey). He was raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with his two siblings Bonnie and Chris.
Robert graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with...
Jeanne Brown Lilly
Feb 15, 2024
Jeanne Kent (Brown) Lilly, 97, of Durham, NC passed away on February 15, 2024. She was born on August 16, 1926 to Mary McNamara Brown and Charles Lee Brown Sr. in Orange, NJ. Jeanne spent her childhood in Ridgewood, NJ and raised her family with her husband Pete in Glen Rock, NJ before moving to Durham in 1999. Jeanne was...
Norman Carl Gaddis
Feb 13, 2024
Norman C. Gaddis, a career Air Force officer, died peacefully on Feb 13, 2024 with his family by his side.
Norman C Gaddis was born in Jefferson Co., TN, on September 30, 1923. He entered the Army Air Corps in 1942 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in 1944. He flew the P-40 Warhawk and the P-51 Mustang in a non-combat...
Crescenzo (Cris) Mercaldo
Feb 12, 2024
Crescenzo (Cris) Joseph Mercaldo passed away peacefully at his home under hospice care surrounded by members of his family on February 12, 2024. He was born in Manhattan, NY to Mary and Phil Mercaldo. Cris graduated from high school and joined the Army where he served our country for two years. He met and married the love of his life,...
Tommie Williams Calhoun
Feb 6, 2024
Tommie Lou Williams Calhoun, 86, died Tuesday, February 6, at Croasdaile Retirement Community. She was born September 29, 1937, in Etowah, Arkansas, to JD and Hazel (nee Taylor) Williams.
She graduated from Memphis State University, where she met her eventual husband James E. Calhoun, and began teaching English in Bolton, TN. In 1960 she and Jimmy married in Memphis. The couple...
Hala Husn
Feb 5, 2024
Hala Chaaban Husn, age 67, peacefully passed in Durham on Monday, February 5, 2024. Born on July 20, 1956 in Choueifat, Lebanon to the late Izzat and Hekmat Chaaban. Wife of Nabil M. Husn; loving mother of Jason (Kelly) Husn and Justin (Megan) Husn; proud grandmother of Leila, Nora, Sophia, Eliana, and Carter Husn. Sister of Rabih Chaaban (Sharon) of...
Carol Sue Clary
Feb 5, 2024
Durham, NC – Carol Sue Clary, age 86, died in Durham, North Carolina on February 5, 2024. She was born on October 9th, 1937 to the late Ethel and James Carlson.
Carol attended Richmond High School in Richmond Indiana and attended Berea College in Kentucky. While Carol held many jobs, including comptroller of the original Hilton Inn of Durham, her favorite...
Charles Richard Merwarth
Feb 2, 2024
Pittsboro, NC – Charles Richard (Dick) Merwarth, MD was born on August 27, 1930 and died on February 2, 2024. He grew up in a small town in New Jersey where he made friends that lasted a lifetime including his beloved wife, Pat. They became high school sweethearts, married eight years later and remained in love for sixty-seven years of...
Morna Lam
Feb 2, 2024
Morrisville, NC- Morna Lam, age 30, died at a Duke University Hospital after fighting a brave battle with cancer on February 2nd, 2024.
Born in New York City, New York, Morna moved to Burlington, North Carolina at a very young age. Morna graduated from Walter M Williams High School in 2012. Following her graduation, she pursued her passion for nursing at...
Linda Wilson
Feb 1, 2024
Linda Williams Wilson, age 73 of Oxford, North Carolina, was born on May 8, 1950, in Cary, NC and sadly left us on February 1, 2024.
Linda was raised in Cary and attended Cary High School, where she graduated from and then went on to attend Hardbargers Business College where she earned her degree. She married her high school sweetheart Jim...
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