Obituaries
Anthony Alexander Gallis
Jan 14, 2020
Alex was born ineethesda Naval Hospital June 27, 1969. He attended Durham and Chapel Hill public schools, graduated from Durham Academy, attended UNC part time and graduated summa cum laude from Sierra Nevada College with a degree in ski business maneement.?? After attempting to move up in the ski business in North Carolina, he changed career direction to become a...
Irene Margaret Nashold
Jan 11, 2020
Irene Margaret Nashold (1923-2020) passed away peacefully Friday, January 11, 2020. Irene led a full life centered on family, work, and faith. She grew up ineewickley, Pennsylvania, on a bluff overlooking the Ohio River. Axel and Helga, immigrants from Denmark, raised her and her brothers and half-sisters to value education, family, country, and hard work. After graduating from Indiana Uneersity...
Janet Wells Keyser Cumberland
Jan 11, 2020
Janet Wells Keyser Cumberland, courageous mother, passed on, January 11, 2020 in the loving presence of her immediate family after a 15-year battle with Huntington???s disease. Jan had a great sense of humor and loved music, sports, plants, cooking and people. She started her career as an English teacher in Florida, but followed her passion to help others by completing...
Aneew (Andy) Carl Porcelli
Jan 9, 2020
Aneew (Andy) Carl Porcelli passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020, surrounded by family and friends at Duke Hospital. He was born on May 14, 1939, to Carlo and Lena Porcelli in Durham, NC. Andy served in the Uneed States Army. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He enjoyed cooking, traveling, playing golf and pool, and watching Duke...
Macon William Averette, Ii
Jan 7, 2020
Macon William Averette, II, 89, a resident of Oxford went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 7, 2020.?? He was predeceased by his parents, Macon William Averett, I and Clara Daniel Averett; and siblings Frank Jefferson Averett, Helen Averett Daniel, Edna Averett Robinson aneestelle Averett O???Brian. He was a native of Granville County, and a widower...
James T. Garrett, Jr.
Jan 4, 2020
James Thomas Garrett, Jr., 91, passed away peacefully at home on January 04, 2020. Born July 22, 1928, JT was a proud lifelong resident of Durham, North Carolina.?? After graduating from Durham High School in 1946, JT married his high school sweetheart, Margie in 1948, and they remained married for 54 years until her death in 2002.?? In 1946, JT...
Barbara Colemaneeffries
Jan 2, 2020
Washington, D.C. ??? Barbara Colemaneeffries, age 88, passed away peacefully in Durham, NC on January 2, 2020. She was born on March 5, 1931 to the late Ida Mae Coleman and Theodore Turner Coleman in Bluefield, WV. Barbara is survived by her beloved children Christopher C. Jeffries (Beth) and Jenneer J. Crawford (Lawrence); grandchildren Amanda M. Jeffries, Jonathan E. Crawford,...
Mildred "Micki" Scott
Dec 29, 2019
Mildred "Micki" McFarling Scott, 93, was called to her Heavenly home on Sunday, December 29, 2019, at Croasdaile Retirement. She was born in Durham, NC on April 27, 1926, to the late Edgar C. McFarling and Lona Overman McFarling. She graduated from the James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Wilmington, NC oneeptember 13, 1947. She worked at both...
Irma Lee Hart
Dec 28, 2019
Irma Lee Hart, 97, of Oxford, NC died Saturday, December 28, 2019.?? She was born in Granville County on August 23, 1922 to Joseph Spencer Hart and Lula Beasley Hart. Irma was a great woman who knew and understood just how to build a strong and supportive home.?? She believed in God, family, and hard work. ??Whether she was tirelessly...
Richard Vincent Pauluzzi
Dec 27, 2019
Richard Vincent Pauluzzi, 92, of Oxford, NC died Friday, December 27, 2019.?? He was born in Norwalk, CA on March 27, 1927. Richard is survived by his wife, Lois (Conrad) Pauluzzi; daughter, Cynthia Watkins; sons; Timothy Richard Pauluzzi, and John Pauluzzi; and other extended family and friends. A graveside service will be held oneednesday, January 1, 2020 at 2:00 pm...
Earl Wayne High
Dec 22, 2019
Earl Wayne High died on Sunday, December 22, 2019, at Duke Regional Hospital at the age of 79 with his wife and family by his side. Wayne leaves behind his wife, Lynne High; her son, Aneew Moore; and her grandson Elijah Brineey Moore, who was born on Wayne???s birthday this year; sister, Gail Hurst (Neil); nephew, Tysoneeil Hurst; great-nephew, Wyatt...
John E. Neell
Dec 16, 2019
Oxford, NC John E. neell, age 77, died surrounded by family on Monday, December 16, 2019.?? John was the son of the late Frank B. neell, Jr and Nelle Wilsoneewell and a native of Warren County.?? As a child he grew up on the family farm, that origineed in 1903, and he has continued to operate the farm with his...
John Ernest Newell
Dec 16, 2019
John E. Newell, age 77, of Oxford, died surrounded by family on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. John was the son of the late Frank B. Newell, Jr. and Nelle Wilson Newell and a native of Warren County. As a child, he grew up on the family farm that originated in 1903, and he has continued to operate the farm with...
R. Wensell Grabarek
Dec 15, 2019
R. Wensell Grabarek, 100, died peacefully at his Durham home on Sunday, December 15, 2019. Wense was born to Albert aneelizabeth Grabarek in Luzerne, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1919. Wense served as mayor of Durham from 1963-1971, a time of significant social and civic growth. He appreciated that Durham gave him the opportunity to lead the city in voluntary commercial...
Sharon Hansen Horn
Dec 15, 2019
Sharon Hansen Horn, 77, of Durham, NC, formerly of New Bern, NC and originally from Arlington, VA, died Sunday, December 15, 2019, at her home in Durham, NC.?? Sharon was born on August 15, 1942, in Washington, DC and was preceded ineeath by her husband, Dean A. Horn. Sharon was a member of the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Arlington, VA....
Kathy King
Dec 12, 2019
Kathy King, 60 of Durham, North Carolina, passed away December 12, 2019. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri, daughter of LeRoy and Mary King. She attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City and earned a Masters in Education Administration.
Kathy lived in Durham, North Carolina for 18 years and was a financial analyst at the University of North Carolina. She is...
William (Bill) W. Barrow, Jr.
Dec 9, 2019
William (Bill) W. Barrow Jr., age (94), went to be with his Lord on Monday, December 9, 2019. He was born on July 28, 1925 to the late William and Gladys Barrow. Mr. Barrow was born in Clinton, NC but lived most of his life in Durham, NC attending Durham High School. He worked for the Herald Suneewspaper Engraving Department...
Peter Paul Sedlak
Dec 5, 2019
Peter Paul Sedlak died December 5, 2019. Peter was born in Glen Cove, NY on July 31, 1931 to the late Steven and Mary Sedlak. Peter lived in Locust Valley, NY until 2014 whenee moved to Durham, NC. Peter was a 1949 graduate of Glen Cove High School. On neember 25,1951 he married Dorothy Sumcizk. Dorothy and Peter remained married...
Mary Frances Walker
Nov 25, 2019
DURHAM – Mary Frances Walker, aged 65, died November 25th, 2019 of ovarian cancer at her home in Durham, surrounded by family and friends (those she loved and who loved her). She was born December 29th 1953 in Johnstown Pennsylvania to William Fay Walker and Louise Walker. As a young girl, Mary was known as “Sis”, and was the surrogate...
Celestia Bishop Ray
Oct 30, 2019
Celestia??Bishop Ray went to her heavenly home on October 30, 2019 after a brief illness.??She is??now??with her Lord and Savior??and??able to see, hear,??and walk??again.????She was 101.?? Celestia??was born in Durham, N.C. on April 30, 1918. She resided in Durham her entire life with the last 11 years being with her daughter. She was deeply committed??to her??family,??friends,??faith,??home, and pets. During her...
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