Obituaries

Mar 8, 2019

John Anthony Boni born July 3, 1937, to the late John and Duillia Boni in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania died in Duke Uneersity Hospital, surrounded by family and friends, at 1:50 AM, Friday, March 8th, 2019, from lung cancer. John was a man of many talents and passions that he exuberantly shared with the world across multiple mediums and platforms throughout his...

Mar 7, 2019

Linda Lee Jennings, age 87, died at the Forest at Duke on March 7, 2019. She was born in Morris, IL on October 16, 1931 to the late John and Blossom Sheffield. Linda graduated from Thorton Fractional High School in Chicago, IL in 1949. In 1951, she graduated from the nursing school at Passavant Memorial Hospital of the Northwestern Uneersity...

Mar 5, 2019

CHAPEL HILL - Donald Miller (Don), 84, passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 5, 2019. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 63 years, Dorothy, his six children and their spouses (Mark & Joan, Matthew & Nancy, Donna & Bob, Deborah, Michael & Jeff, and Lisa), and nee grandchildren (Thomas, Gregory, Catherine, Nicole, Drew, Kyle,...

Mar 5, 2019

Frank Hays Callis, Jr, 73 years old, of Oxford, NC died on March 5, 2019. He was the son of the late Frank Hays Callis and Ettie Bett Preddy Callis from Granville County. Frank believed in hard work and family. He worked for Certainteed for 35 years and raised tobacco in Granville County. He was well known as "Heavy Duty...

Mar 4, 2019

CHAPEL HILL ??? Effie Mildred Williams, age 97, died at Sunrise Senior Living in Maryland on March 4th, 2019. She was born oneeptember 11, 1921 to the late Olin Clyde & Nellie Mae Hutchins. Mildred worked at UNC for over 40 years where she started at the uneersity laundry and met her husband Randy. She later moved to the purchasing...

Mar 3, 2019

DURHAM ??? William ???Bill??? Lee Lovett, age 91, died at Duke Regional Hospital on March 3rd, 2019. He was born on April 16th. 1927 to the late Willie and Ruth Lovett. Bill is survived by his wife, Vera Lovett; son, Jack Lovett (Regina); daughter, Carmeneentry (Marvin), sister, Shirley Bridges, four grandchildren & 11 great-grandchildren and special friends, Frank & Teresa...

Mar 3, 2019

Mar 1, 2019

(Durham) ??? Alice Osborne Long Castillo, age 87, died in Durham, NC on March 01, 2019. Alice was born in Raleigh on neember 30, 1931, to the late Samuel Marsh and Gertrude Ball Long. ??She moved at a young age to central Florida, and when she spoke of those early years of growing up near the Ocala National Forest, her...

Feb 26, 2019

Perry ???Gene??? Eugene Milton, 84, of Oxford, NC died suddenly Tuesday, February 26, 2019.?? He was born in Granville County on January 25, 1935 to the late Jonah and Marie Milton. He was retired from the NC National Guard with 32 years of service. Gene was a faithful member of Providence Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, was...

Feb 26, 2019

Perry "Gene Eugene Milton, 84, of Oxford, NC died suddenly Tuesday, February 26, 2019. He was born in Granville County on January 25, 1935 to the late Jonah and Marie Milton. He was retired from the NC National Guard with 32 years of service. Gene was a faithful member of Providence Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, was...

Feb 25, 2019

Betty Mae Matthews, 95, died on Monday, February 25, 2019.?? Betty was born in Schenectady, NY to the late Edward Joseph and Lillian Wilhelmina Butsch on March 26, 1923.?? She graduated from the Schenectady Public Schools, attended Columbia Presbyterian School of Nursing ineew York City before she married, and later completed training ineeal estate sales and finance in Virginia. Growing...

Feb 21, 2019

neember 27, 1915-February 21, 2019 Jemma Sassaman passed away peacefully at Hillcrest Convalescent Center, Durham, NC, at the age of 103.?? The oldest of six siblings, she was born in Philadelphia to Italian immigrant parents, Felicia Turchi and Paul Stella, and was always proud of her Italianeeritage.?? She married Grant M. Sassaman June 1938 while they were both working for...

Feb 20, 2019

Delores Ann Johnson, 79, passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, NC. Mrs. Johnson was born February 1, 1940 to the late William and Rowena Johnson. Delores is survived by her children, Audrey O. Roberts (Clifton), Renee A. Overton, and Eric T. Overton (Gen); eleven grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. She...

Feb 18, 2019

Nancy Ferrell Hughes of Durham, NC, 93, died Monday, February 18, 2019, at Brookdale Memory Care in Burlington, NC.???? Nancy was the daughter of the late Edgar E. Ferrell and Sallie Chaneer Ferrell.???? She was preceded ineeath by her late husbands, Henry J. Broadway, Jr. and Cliff Hughes; sisters, Betty F. Pickett and Peggy F. Craig; and brother, James B.??...

Feb 14, 2019

Oxford John William Hodges, Jr., 63, of 9024 Highway 96 N, Oxford, NC died Thursday, February 14, 2019.?? He was born in Roxboro, NC on April 23, 1955 to John William Hodges, Sr. and Rosa Watson Hodges, who survive. John was?? maneer of the Granville County Habitat for Humanity Restore in Oxford; a position in which he was dearly devoted.??...

Feb 14, 2019

Nancy Perritt Oppman, age 95, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2019. She was born on March 10, 1923 in Chicago Illinois. Her late parents were Warreneeasley and Nina O???Neil Peasley. Nancy was a loving Mother, Grandmother (Nana) and great Grandmother. She was preceded ineeath by her late husbands, Robert Perritt and secondly Frederick Oppman and her sister Susaneeasley and...

Feb 14, 2019

Oxford John William Hodges, Jr., 63, of 9024 Highway 96 N, Oxford, NC died Thursday, February 14, 2019. He was born in Roxboro, NC on April 23, 1955 to John William Hodges, Sr. and Rosa Watson Hodges, who survive. John was manager of the Granville County Habitat for Humanity Restore in Oxford; a position in which he was dearly devoted....

Feb 14, 2019

Daniel John Dubick, son of Janet Dubick-Freedman and Daniel Dubick, and stepson of Robert Freedman, passed away unexpectedly on February 14th, 2019 at the age of 32. Daniel graduated from Charles E Jordan high school in Durham, North Carolina in 2005. He attended the College of Charleston in South Carolina where he earned a degree in Business Administration in 2009....

Feb 13, 2019

Glenda Frazier Hightower, 70 of Oxford, NC died Wednesday, February 13, 2019.?? She was born in Oxford, NC on October 9, 1948 to her now late parents, Sidney Thaxton Frazier and Marie Frazier. Glenda was a graduate of J.F. Webb High School, class of ???66.?? She theneent on to graduate from Croft Business School.?? Glenda worked for Granville Savings and...

Feb 13, 2019

Oxford, NC Yvonne "Dixie Hutto Hobgood, age 82, died unexpectedly on February 13, 2019. She is the daughter of the late Barney Harvey Hutto and Ola Estelle Barker Hutto of Rock Hill, SC. Dixie was a Christian woman who loved children, her family, the beach, music and life. Dixie is survived by her daughters, Patrice McAbee Moore (Brian), Janet McAbee,...