Obituaries

Jun 30, 2018

Ivette Del Carmen Marrero Matos, 59, died peacefully at Duke Hospital on Saturday, June 30th, 2018 after years of bravely surviving and fighting against cancer.?? Born July 6th, 1958 in Coamo, Puerto Rico, she lived her early years in Puerto Rico, where she graduated from the Uneersity of Puerto Rico and beganeer professional life as a medical technologist. In 1983,...

Jun 29, 2018

Henderson Clinton ???Pete??? Weldon Capps, Jr., age 90, of Henderson, died peacefully at home on June 29, 2018.??He was born in Warren County on June 20, 1928, son of the late Lucy Shearin Capps and the late Clintoneeldon Capps, Sr. Pete was a heavy equipment operator by trade, an Army Veteran of the Korean War, and a proud 62-year Master...

Jun 29, 2018

Henderson Clinton "Pete Weldon Capps, Jr., age 90, of Henderson, died peacefully at home on June 29, 2018.He was born in Warren County on June 20, 1928, son of the late Lucy Shearin Capps and the late Clinton Weldon Capps, Sr. Pete was a heavy equipment operator by trade, an Army Veteran of the Korean War, and a proud 62-year...

Jun 29, 2018

Charles Edward Buckley III, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Duke Uneersity, passed away at the age of 88 on June 29, 2018 in Durham surrounded by his loving family. Ed was born in Charleston, WV oneeptember 2, 1929 to the late Charles Edward Buckley Jr. and Gladys Kuh Buckley. He graduated from Charleston High School at the age of...

Jun 29, 2018

Sheila Ruth Bohn Anderson passed away peacefully at home on June 29th, 2018, at the age of 71. She was borneeptember 19th, 1946 in Dubuque, Iowa, to Robert H. Bohn, Sr. aneeileen Lanaghan Bohn.?? After graduating from Marycrest College in Davenport, Iowa, with a degree ineedical Technology in 1968, she worked in laboratories in Atlanta, Chicago, aneeurope, where she met...

Jun 29, 2018

William Lee Rodgers, 88, of Durham, passed away on June 29, 2018 following a lengthy illness. ???Bill??? has made Durham his home since retiring in 1968 after serving??23 years in the U.S. Navy and 10 years in the Naval Reserve.?? Upon moving to Durham he??established??the Dental Prosthetics Curriculum at Durham Community College??and coordineed that program for 26 years.????During that time...

Jun 28, 2018

Oxford, NC Stanford "Stan Owen Hulsey, 73 years old, unexpectedly died on June 28, 2018. He was the son of the late Lemuel O. Hulsey and Lola F. Hollingsworth Hulsey. Stan was born in Hattiesburg, MS and moved to Alabama at a very early age. He met and married his wife, Judy there and they were married in Birmingham, Alabama...

Jun 28, 2018

Oxford, NC Stanford ???Stan??? Owen Hulsey, 73 years old, unexpectedly died on June 28, 2018.?? He was the son of the late Lemuel O. Hulsey and Lola F. Hollingsworth Hulsey. Stan was born in Hattiesburg, MS and moved to Alabama at a very early age. He met and married his wife, Judy there and they were married in Birmingham, Alabama...

Jun 27, 2018

Richard Lawrence Walter died in Durham, NC oneednesday, June 27, 2018; he was at home surrounded by loving family. Richard was the youngest of five children, born to Marie Ann Boehmer and Lawrence Barnabus Walter on neember 1, 1933 in Chicago, IL. Richard grew up in Elmhurst, IL and attended Saint Procopius College (now Benedictine Uneersity) in Lisle, IL where...

Jun 23, 2018

James Fischer Trotter, Jr. October 23, 1938 to June 23, 2018 James Fischer Trotter, of Chapel Hill, passed away June 23 at his home. Born and raised ineeidsville, N.C, James was the son of the late James Fischer Trotter and Martha Neal Trotter.?? Educated in the Reidsville public schools, he graduated from Reidsville High School in 1956 and attended Hargrave...

Jun 23, 2018

Raymond Wayneelliott, 65, of Oxford, NC died Saturday, June 23, 2018.?? He was the son of the late Raymond H. Elliott and Mozelle Hill Elliott.?? He was born in Granville County and has resided in Oxford where he worked as a Maintenance Mechanic with Ideal Fasteners for more than 42 years. Wayne grew up on the family farm and became...

Jun 23, 2018

Raymond Wayne Elliott, 65, of Oxford, NC died Saturday, June 23, 2018. He was the son of the late Raymond H. Elliott and Mozelle Hill Elliott. He was born in Granville County and has resided in Oxford where he worked as a Maintenance Mechanic with Ideal Fasteners for more than 42 years. Wayne grew up on the family farm and...

Jun 20, 2018

Josie Roten Abernethy passed away peacefully on June 20, 2018 at 6:25 am. Josie was born on January 19, 1918 on a snowy winter morning in Glendale Springs, NC.?? She grew up in the North Carolina mountains and loved them her whole life.?? She graduated from Glade Valley High School and moved to Greensboro as an adult.?? There she met...

Jun 20, 2018

Mary Alice Critcher Howard of Oxford, NC died peacefully on her 93rd birthday, June 20, 2018 surrounded by family. She was born June 20, 1925 at the family home in Vance County, NC to the late Casper Percy Critcher and Lillian Fuller Critcher. Mary Alice is predeceased by her husband, Coolidge Hobgood Howard; and her sister, Charlotte Critcher Harris. Mary...

Jun 20, 2018

Mary Alice Critcher Howard of Oxford, NC died peacefully oneer 93rd birthday, June 20, 2018 surrounded by family.?? She was born June 20, 1925 at the family home in Vance County, NC to the late Casper Percy Critcher and Lillian Fuller Critcher. Mary Alice is predeceased by her husband, Coolidge Hobgood Howard; and her sister, Charlotte Critcher Harris. Mary Alice...

Jun 19, 2018

James Caulie Gunnells Jr passed away peacefully at his home in Croasdaile Village on June 19, 2018.?? Caulie was borneebruary 4, 1931 in Greenwood SC to the late James Caulie Gunnells Sr and Frances R Gunnells where he also grew up.???? He graduated from Greenwood High School, Furman Uneersity and the Medical School of South Carolina. He was preceded ineeath...

Jun 19, 2018

Norma Faye Davis King, 77, a lifelong resident of Durham NC passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018.?? Norma was born on April 4, 1941 to the late Charles and Beulah Davis. She was the widow of the late Lowell Ross King. Norma was a retired employee of the State of North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts and a...

Jun 19, 2018

Jun 17, 2018

Oxford, NC Elizabeth Ann Wilson Mathews, 76, a lifelong resident of Oxford, passed peacefully at her home on Sunday, June 17, 2018. Ann was the daughter of the late Francis Coley Wilson and Ruby Odell Wilson. She was the widow of the late Reverend Ronald B Mathews. Ann was a long-time employee of Burlington Industries in Clarksville, VA and a...

Jun 17, 2018

Oxford, NC Elizabeth Ann Wilson Mathews, 76, a lifelong resident of Oxford, passed peacefully at her home on Sunday, June 17, 2018. Ann was the daughter of the late Francis Coley Wilson and Ruby Odell Wilson. She was the widow of the late Reverend Ronald B Mathews. Ann was a long-time employee of Burlington Industries in Clarksville, VA and a...