Obituaries

Mar 31, 2018

Edward (Ned) McGowaneedgpeth, Jr. died peacefully at home on March 31, 2018.?? His metastatic prostate cancer progressed rapidly in the last two months. Ned was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on May 22, 1936, the son of Dr. Edward McGowaneedgpeth and Marianeeese Hedgpeth, who both predeceased him. He graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1954 and from Davidson...

Mar 29, 2018

Mills Yoder Bridges, age 72, passed away on March 29th, 2018 after several years of declining health. He was born to Charles S. Bridges and Charlotte A. Yoder Bridges in Burke County, NC. Oldest of five children, he was the kid with the big ears, sitting quietly and listening to the grownups talk. He learned all the family secrets, including...

Mar 28, 2018

Oxford William Thorpe Landis, Jr, age 89 of Oxford, NC, passed away on March 28, 2018. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late William T. Landis, Sr and Martha Pond. William served in the Army, where he met and married his wife while overseas. They moved back to Oxford, where William and his wife,...

Mar 28, 2018

Oxford William Thorpe Landis, Jr, age 89 of Oxford, NC, passed away on March 28, 2018. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late William T. Landis, Sr and Martha Pond. William served in the Army, where he met and married his wife while overseas. They moved back to Oxford, where William and his wife,...

Mar 22, 2018

Robert Moncure Ward was born in 1930, the son of the late Martineeulah Sain Ward and Morgan S. Ward, Sr., of Salisbury, NC. He passed away on March 22, 2018. He was predeceased by his parents, an infant son, Douglas, a grandsoneemmett Stallings IV, a grandson-in-law Stephan Ganze, an infant great-granddaughter, Mallory Stallings, brothers Morgan S. Ward, Jr., and Dan...

Mar 18, 2018

Dorothy Anne Burns Graham, childcare advocate and pioneer, died peacefully ineer home with her three children by her side on March 18, 2018. Dorothy was a poet, reader, former high school English teacher, woman of faith, contributor to the larger good, constant corrector of her children???s grammar, master puneer and learner throughout life.?? She was born August 10, 1937 in...

Mar 17, 2018

Michael Patrick Harper, beloved son of Ruth and Rick Harper, passed away at age 27 on March 17, 2018, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Michael was born in Boston, MA, and graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 2008. He attended Stonybrook Uneersity, where he studied Psychology and Pre-Med and was a member of the uneersity's a capella group, the...

Mar 11, 2018

Nancy Lane Wilson died on March 11, 2018 at The Forest at Duke Retirement Community. She was 91 years old. Ineer final years, Nancy received a constant stream of visitors from many friends and four generations of family. Her family is especially grateful for the wonderful caregivers at The Forest at Duke. Nancy was the state champion drummer for Massachusetts...

Mar 6, 2018

Barbara Byrd Fordham passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on March 6, 2018 at Carolina Meadows. The loving wife of Chancellor Emeritus Christopher C. Fordham, III, Barbara was born in Bluefield, West Virginia oneecember 28, 1927. Her family relocated to Greensboro where she attended the Curry School and traneerred to Grimsley High School. ??She went to Woman???s College of UNC.??...

Mar 5, 2018

Sarah Weeks Pelletier passed away peacefully at Croasdaile Village in Durham, NC on the morning of Monday, March 5, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, March 9 in the Few Chapel located in Croasdaile Village. Sarah was the fourth daughter born to George Ethelbert (Bert) Weeks and Lovie Sigmoneeeks on neember 3, 1925. She...

Mar 4, 2018

Edward ???Ted??? Ashton Morton, Jr, age 82 of Oxford, NC, passed away on March 4, 2018. He was a native of Granville County, he was the son of the late Edward A. Morton and Alice Gooch Morton. Ted was a man who loved to work with his hands and could do anything he set his mind too. He retired from...

Mar 4, 2018

Edward "Ted Ashton Morton, Jr, age 82 of Oxford, NC, passed away on March 4, 2018. He was a native of Granville County, he was the son of the late Edward A. Morton and Alice Gooch Morton. Ted was a man who loved to work with his hands and could do anything he set his mind too. He retired from...

Mar 1, 2018

DURHAM-Marjorie M. Stanley, 84, of Durham died on March 1, 2018 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Borneebruary 20, 1934 in Louisville, KY she was the daughter of the late Ernest Earl Pittman and Violet Ross Woodlief Pittman. Marjorie is survived by her husband of 57 years, Samuel Roland Stanley; her daughter, Tammy Stanley Watson of Durham; her son, Dr. Samuel David...

Feb 27, 2018

Philip Melancthon Sneer III, 88, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018. Phil is survived by his wife, Johanna Luther Sneer; and his children, Philip ???Mel??? Sneer IV and his wife Phyllis, Adele Sneer Johnson and her husband Stuart, John Clinton Sneer and his wife Ellen, Daniel Watchorn Sneer and his wife Ashley Gambino; and grandchildren, Philip Sneer V, Franklin Sneer,Nicholas...

Feb 26, 2018

Nancy ???Lois??? Ferrell Daves, 98, passed away Monday, February 26, 2018. ??Mrs. Daves was born in Duplin County, the daughter of the late William Thomas Ferrell, Sr. and Julia Miller Ferrell. ??She was preceded ineeath by her husband, Major William Thomas Daves; brother, William Thomas Ferrell, Jr.; sister, Doris Ferrell Mathes; and son-in-law James Thomas Riley, Sr. [Jimmy]. She was...

Feb 17, 2018

Elaine King Morgan, 55, died peacefully February 17th, 2018 at the Duke Hospital Hospice Hock House. She was born in Granville County, North Carolina oneeptember 4, 1962 to the late Sue Margaret King and the late Willard Wilson King, both of Granville County, North Carolina. Born and raised in Oxford, North Carolina, Elaine grew up in the Enon Community where...

Feb 17, 2018

Elaine King Morgan, 55, died peacefully February 17th, 2018 at the Duke Hospital Hospice Hock House. She was born in Granville County, North Carolina on September 4, 1962 to the late Sue Margaret King and the late Willard Wilson King, both of Granville County, North Carolina. Born and raised in Oxford, North Carolina, Elaine grew up in the Enon Community...

Feb 16, 2018

Raleigh Alec George Lapadula, passed away unexpectedly on February 16, 2018 at Rex Memorial Hospital, Raleigh, NC. Alec was born on April 29, 1997 in Mount Holly, NJ to Ronald and Tina Lapadula. He was a high school graduate, a hard worker, and an avid gamer. He loves his family, friends and co-workers and always had an enigmatic grin. Alec...

Feb 14, 2018

Feb 9, 2018

Oxford, NC Mary Jane Ball Hicks passed away peacefully on Friday, February 9, 2018. Jane was a devoted friend to many. She loved interior design, gardening and enjoyed travel, always wanting to see what was over the next hill She was the daughter of the late William A. Ball and Ida Hazel Breedlove Ball born on March 23, 1930 and...