Obituaries
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...
Wayne Thomas Thompson
Aug 15, 2019
DURHAM - Wayne Thomas Thompson, 53, of Durham, passed away Thursday morning, August 15, 2019 at home with his fur babies, Loy, Simone and Barood by his side. A Celebration of Life service will be held 3:00 pm Sunday, August 25, 2019 at Umstead Park Uneed Church of Christ, 8208 Brownleigh Dr., Raleigh. A native of Brooks, GA, Wayne was...
James John Mcguire
Aug 13, 2019
James John McGuire James John McGuire, age 86, died on August 13, 2019.?? He was born on neember 25, 1932 to (William) Roger and Mary (Milligan) McGuire. Jim grew up in Queens, New York, and attended Fordham Uneersity in Manhattan, where he made lifelong friends lovingly referred to as the ???Fordham Group.????? He graduated from Fordham in 1954 with a...
June Skinner Cowperthwaite Stanley Peacock
Aug 12, 2019
June Skinner (Cowperthwaite, Stanley) Peacock passed quietly and peacefully in the early morning hours of August 12, 2019, in the loving care of Transitions Hospice Home and surrounded by family. June was born in NYC on June 16, 1921. Her life was filled with constant reflections on poetry, written by herself and others, which brought her the strength to carry...
Joseph Edward Anthony
Aug 7, 2019
DURHAM ??? Joseph Edward Anthony, age 71, died on August 7, 2019. He was born oneecember 10, 1947 to Butris Pete Anthony and Margaret Zaden Anthony. Joe grew up in Laurinburg, North Carolina. After graduating from Laurinburg High School and then East Carolina Uneersity in 1972 with a double major in psychology and philosophy, he obtained his teacher certification in...
Helen Pashales Vurnees
Aug 5, 2019
Helen Pashales Vurnees, age 92, died peacefully on August 5, 2019 surrounded by her family. She was born April 3, 1927 in Clifton Forge, VA to the late James and Maria Pashales. Helen graduated from Clifton Forge High School and Kennedy Business School. She moved with her family to Durham in 1944, where her parents established the ABC Lunch, and...
Ruth Smitherman Buchanan
Aug 5, 2019
Durham, NC Ruth Smitherman Buchanan, 74, of Durham, North Carolina passed peacefully on August 5, 2019 to be with her Lord and Savior following a many year struggle with Alzheimer???s Disease. She was born Ruth Elizabeth Smithermaneeptember 20, 1944 in Winston-Salem, NC, the daughter of Clyde Henry Smitherman and Lillian Poindexter Smitherman. Ruth is survived by her husband, Robert A...
Lois Lane Purvis
Aug 5, 2019
Lois Lane Purvis, 99, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019 from kidney failure and its complications.?? She is survived by her daughter Jayne Cunningham of Hillsborough, NC, her son and daughter-in-law Tom and Darlene Purvis of Orlando, FL, her granddaughter Kathryn Ann Cunningham of Garner, NC,??and many wonderful nieces and nephews.?? Lois was born on March 1, 1920 as...
Bessie Fuller Evans
Aug 5, 2019
Franklinton Bessie Fuller Evans, age 90, died on August 5, 2019 at Brantwood Nursing and Rehabilitationeenter. She was the daughter of the late Grady Fuller aneeunee Hayes Fuller.?? Bessie was born in Franklin County oneecember 26, 1928 and resided in Franklin and Granville County for many prosperous years with her late husband, William Lee Evans. Bessie was a homemaker and...
Yardley Elaine Schuyler
Aug 1, 2019
Yardley Elaine Schuyler passed away peacefully on August 1, 2019, after a brief illness.?? She was 86. She was the daughter of John Smullen and Bernee Davis and born oneecember 22, 1932.?? She was preceded ineeath by her first husband, William Leon Schultz, in 1959, and by her second husband, Philip Buckley Schuyler, in 1982. She is survived by her...
Olimbe Dackis Holt
Jul 31, 2019
Olimbe Dackis Holt, 92, died July 31, 2019 at her home ineest Columbia, South Carolina. Mrs. Holt was a Durham native and long time member of St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church. The funeral service will be 10:00 AM Friday, August 9 at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, Durham, with burial following in Woodlawneemorial Park. Friends may visit 6-8 PM Thursday,...
Pamela Elaine Gregory
Jul 31, 2019
DURHAM ??? Pamela ???Pam??? Elaine Gregory, 69, died July 31, 2019 at Murdoch Developmental Center. Pam is survived by her Godparents, Tommy and Carol Monk and several cousins. A graveside service will be held 1:00 PM Monday, August 5, 2019 at Maplewood Cemetery, Section 3 with Chaplin Brandon Rhodes officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Murdoch...
Harrell Tice
Jul 30, 2019
Harrell Davis Tice, 82, died July 30, 2019 at Croasdaile Pavilion. Harrell was born in Lilesville, N. C. On July 15, 1937 to Elizabeth Gaddy Tice and Darius A. Tice. He graduated from Oak Grove High School and Richmond Professional Institute. He worked as a commercial artist ineetail advertising artistic design. He served in the Virginia Air National Guard. Harrell...
Willou Wilson Jones
Jul 27, 2019
Willou Wilson Jones, age 79, passed away peacefully on July 27, 2019 surrounded by family.?? She was born on October 9, 1939, to John Emmitt Wilson and Minee Mae (Creech) Wilson of Durham, NC.?? Willou worked at McPherson Hospital for twenty years as a Records Room Clerk.?? Then worked at Research Trianee Institute as a Receptionist for fifteeneears where she...
Maurice Gentry Whitlow, Sr
Jul 26, 2019
Maurice Gentry Whitlow, age 74, of Oxford, NC, died at his residence on July 26, 2019. Maurice was the son of John E. Whitlow and Malvena Carter Whitlow and was born ineerson County on May 28, 1945. Maurice was born into the life of tobacco. He joined the Air Force as a young man and spent 18 months in Vietnam...
Margaret "Peggy" Eloise Reeve
Jul 22, 2019
DURHAM ??? Margaret "Peggy??? Eloise Reeve, age 67, died peacefully on July 22, 2019 surrounded by family. She was born oneeptember 5, 1951, to Delos Bartoneeeve and Marion Marsh Reeve. As a Navy brat, she was born in Trinidad and grew up in Italy, California, Hawaii, and Georgia. Perhaps her early exposure to beautiful places explains her lifelong love of...
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