Obituaries
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...
Debra Ann Green
Oct 28, 2019
Debra Ann Green, 51, of Oxford, NC died Monday, October 28, 2019.?? She was born in Granville County oneecember 6, 1967 to Ann Smith Parrott and the late Elbert R. Parrott. Debra was academically gifted aneexcelled in high school and college and graduated with a degree in Accounting and became a CPA.?? The loves of her life were her son,...
Dorothy Spicer Harward
Oct 28, 2019
Dorothy Spicer Harward passed away on October 28, 2019, at the Pavilion in Croasdaile Village in Durham, NC. Dorothy (Dot) was born in Durham, NC, on May 17, 1929. Except for a few years in Richmond, VA, her family resided in Durham where she participated in Girl Scouts and graduated from Bragtown High School in 1947. Dot graduated from Duke...
William Ronald "Ronee" Parham
Oct 28, 2019
William Ronald "Ronee" Parham, 59 years old, of Oxford, NC died Monday, October 28, 2019.?? He was born in Vance County on June 27, 1960 to his late parents, Lewis William Parham and Ruby Capps Parham. ??He met and married his high school sweetheart, Angela Wilkins and started a family. Ronee was a man of many friends and talents.?? He...
Anee Brown "Brownie" Smith
Oct 28, 2019
Anee Brown ???Brownie??? Smith passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019 at Transitions LifeCare in Raleigh, NC. She was born on August 3, 1933 in Statesville, NC to the late William Glenn McClelland and Anee Long Brown McClelland. She graduated from UNC Greensboro with a B.S. in Elementary Education. She taught in Roanee, VA for two years and in Durham,...
Inez Grady Tatum
Oct 21, 2019
December 13, 1923 ??? October 21, 2019 Inez Grady Tatum passed away of natural causes at home on Monday October 21, 2019. Born to Arthur Grady and Sarah Grady in Albertson, Duplin County, NC; brothers McKinley Grady, Bruce Grady, and sister Frances Cash. Inez graduated from B.F. Grady High School, Duplin County in 1942 where she played on the basketball...
Peggy Farrell Barbee
Oct 15, 2019
DURHAM-Peggy Farrell Barbee, 86, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Durham on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. She was born in Chatham County on June 14, 1933 to the late Hal and Inez Farrell. Peggy graduated from Durham High School, and attended Greensboro School for Women, where she graduated with an associate degree ineecretarial and accounting. Peggy was a longtime...
Betty Beck Melvin
Oct 14, 2019
DURHAM ???Betty Beck Melvin, age 89, passed away surrounded by her family on October 14, 2019. She was born on May 1, 1930 to Robert and Mary Strickland Beck. Mrs. Melvin joined her husband ineeaven on their 68th wedding anneersary. She was a member of Greystone Church and voluneered at the caring center at First Baptist church. She will be...
Audrey Rose Harlow
Oct 12, 2019
Audrey Rose Harlow passed away on October 12, 2019 ineer 85th year.?? She was born and raised in White Plains N.Y., the daughter of Arthur Rose of New York City and Julia Keeler Rose of South Salem, N.Y. She attended the White Plains, New York Schools. In 1949 the family moved to Elmsford, N.Y. and Audrey graduated from Alexander Hamilton...
Patricia Deane Sullivan
Oct 10, 2019
Patricia Deane Sullivan, age 75, died October 10, 2019 at Sanford Health & Rehab. She was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia oneecember 2, 1943 to the late Daniel aneedith Sullivan. Patricia is survived by her daughter, Lee Whitworth and brother, Michael Sullivan. A memorial service will be held at the chapel of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service on Thursday, October 17, 2019...
Robert Joseph Hilton
Oct 7, 2019
Robert Joseph Hilton, died peacefully Monday, October 7, 2019 at Galloway Ridge Retirement Community in Pittsboro, N.C. He was born on neember 26, 1927 in Hawthorne, New Jersey Bob was married to the late Genevieve Hilton for 58 years. He was a Principal in the Glen Rock School System and retired in 1990. Bob and his family lived in Glen...
Charles C. Leverett (Chuck)
Oct 1, 2019
Charles C. Leverett (Chuck) went to be with the Lord Jesus on Tuesday, October 1, 2019.?? Born in Missouri in 1925, he graduated from Middletown (MO) High School in 1943.?? He worked on his family farm in his youth and taught school in a one-room schoolhouse in the fall of 1943.?? In 1944 he was drafted into the U.S. Army...
Joseph Claxton Harris Jr.
Oct 1, 2019
Joseph Claxton Harris, Jr. (Claxton), age 90, residing in Chapel Hill, NC (formerly from Durham), passed away peacefully on October 1, 2019 at UNC Hospice in Pittsboro after being in home hospice for an extensive time. Claxton was born in Washington, NC on August 1, 1929 to Joseph Claxton Harris, Sr. and Virginia Swindell Harris. Claxton graduated from Durham High...
Nathaniel Wilson "Nat" Coffin
Sep 15, 2019
Nathaniel Wilson ("Nat") Coffin passed away at Duke Hospital on Sunday September 15, 2019 after a brief illness. Nat was born on May 8, 1943 in Durham, North Carolina, and was the eldest son of Edwin Wilson Coffin and Viola Faucette Coffin. Nat was an accomplished athlete and was a member of the track team at Durham High School. He...
Irene Taylor Boykin
Sep 15, 2019
Irene Taylor Boykin, 93, of Oxford, NC died Sunday, September 15, 2019.?? She was born in Granville County on May 1, 1926 to Jesse and Maggie (Whitehurst) Clement. After marriage to James (Jim) William Boykin, the couple loved in Sanford, N.C. for a few years and returned to Granville County and lived out their remaining years. Irene is survived by...
Claudia Mae Buchanan Chappell
Sep 14, 2019
Claudia B. Chappell, a lifetime resident of Durham, died September 14, 2019 at Duke Regional Hospital. She was born in Durham, NC oneebruary 21, 1929 to the late Claude H. Buchanan and Tula B. Buchanan. Claudia was a graduate of Durham High School. She married her husband of 62 years, Clifton E. Chappell in 1947. She retired with Blue Cross...
Eugene "Gene" Joseph Cella
Sep 2, 2019
Eugene ???Gene??? Joseph Cella, borneeptember 29th, 1948, of New Bern and later lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, passed away on Monday, September 2nd, 2019 at 70 years of age after a long battle with cancer. Gene is remembered by those who loved him for his quick wit, his sense of dignity and decency, and his affection for his family. He...
William E. Vaneelt
Aug 29, 2019
DURHAM - William E. Vaneelt, age 90, of Durham, passed away quietly on Thursday August 29, 2019, at home surrounded by his loving family. ??He was borneeptember 21, 1928 ineersey City, NJ, the son of Charles Bernard Vaneelt and Katherine Hailfinger Thynne. He was predeceased by his wife of 48 years, Eileen Maher Vaneelt, infant daughter Eileen, brother George B....
Charlie Ray Sineeton, Sr
Aug 23, 2019
Charlie Ray Sineeton, Sr., 84, of Bullock, NC died on Friday, August 23, 2019.?? He was born ineenoir County on April 30, 1935 to the late Elton Robert Sineeton aneebbie Potter Sineeton. Charlie had a hard start in life, but he neer allowed that to define him.?? He joined the Army at age 16 and fought in the Korean War.??...
Lionel "Chip" Bertrand Burnette, Jr.
Aug 18, 2019
Lionel ???Chip??? Bertrand Burnette, Jr., 51, of Oxford, NC died Sunday, August 18, 2019.?? He was born in Vance County oneecember 5, 1967 to Lionel Bertrand Burnette, Sr. and Lucinda ???Cindy??? Pittard Burnette. Chip was a kind man with a great thirst for knowledge.?? A true engineer at heart, Chip wanted to know everything, and how it all worked.?? He...
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