Obituaries
Charles E. French
May 17, 2017
OXFORD - Charles E. French, formerly of Louisville, KY passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on May 17, 2017 in North Carolina, where he had retired. He was 76 years old and had beeneecently diagneed with metastatic lung cancer. Charles is survived by his wife of 56 years, Bonee, and their children, Robin, Dan, Jeremy, Joe and wife Shelisa...
James Osborne Harris
May 15, 2017
James Osborne Harris, 74, of Oxford, passed away Monday, May 15, 2017. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late Clarence Osborne Harris and Pauline Dickerson Harris. Jim enlisted with the US Air Force in 1967 and retired as a Lt. Colonel in 1991 after having served 24 years and including two tours in the...
James Osborne Harris
May 15, 2017
James Osborne Harris, 74, of Oxford, passed away Monday, May 15, 2017. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late Clarence Osborne Harris and Pauline Dickerson Harris. Jim enlisted with the US Air Force in 1967 and retired as a Lt. Colonel in 1991 after having served 24 years and including two tours in the...
C.L. Cannady
May 10, 2017
Conee ???C.L.??? Cannady, 72, passed away on May 10, 2017, surrounded by family at his residence in Durham. C.L. was born March 11, 1945 to Lillie Mae Cannady and the late Conway Cannady. He attended the Wake County School System. He worked at Ingold Tire Company for 15 years before retiring. C.L. leaves to cherish his memory his mother, Lillie...
Kenneth Goss
May 9, 2017
Kenneth M. Goss, 71 years of age, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, formerly of Durham, North Carolina, suddenly passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. He was preceded ineeath by his parents Charles R. Goss Sr and Dora Lee Goss and brother Donald Lee Goss. Kenneth is survived by his wife Linda C. Goss of Downingtown, Pennsylvania; his daughter Shelly Ruth Eller,...
Maria C. Lindsay
May 6, 2017
Durham, NC - Maria (Mary) C. Lindsay nee Smargiassi, 87, passed away at home in Durham, NC on May 6, 2017. Prior to moving to NC in 2004, she was a lifelong resident of NJ, having been born in Camden and lived many years in Barnsboro, NJ. She was active in the Mantua Township Lions Auxiliary and a voluneer librarian...
Edith Rebecca Currin Rutledge
May 4, 2017
Edith Rebecca Currin Rutledge, 82, of Stovall, NC, died on Thursday, May 4, 2017. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late Roger Leroy and Cora Sue Nelson Currin. Edith was preceded in death by her daughter Marilyn Sue Rutledge and grandson David Carson Weary. She is survived by her husband Amos Buford Rutledge; her...
Edith Rebecca Currin Rutledge
May 4, 2017
Edith Rebecca Currin Rutledge, 82, of Stovall, NC, died on Thursday, May 4, 2017. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late Roger Leroy and Cora Sue Nelson Currin. Edith was preceded ineeath by her daughter Marilyn Sue Rutledge and grandson David Carsoneeary. She is survived by her husband Amos Buford Rutledge; her children Sheila...
Mary Louettie Howard Freeman
May 3, 2017
Oxford: Mary Louettie Howard Freeman, 97, of Oxford, NC, died on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late Terry E. and Mary Bessie Hobgood Howard. Louettie was preceded in death by her husband Allen T. Freeman after thirty-eight years of marriage. She was also predeceased by three brothers Floyd, Maynard,...
Mildred Morris Dean
May 3, 2017
Oxford: Mildred Morris Dean, 87, of Oxford, NC, died on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late Roy D. and Bettie Sherman Jones. Mildred was preceded in death by her first husband and father of her children F. Howard "Pluter Morris. She is survived by her husband Alfred B. "Rat...
Mary Louettie Howard Freeman
May 3, 2017
Oxford: Mary Louettie Howard Freeman, 97, of Oxford, NC, died oneednesday, May 3, 2017. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late Terry E. and Mary Bessie Hobgood Howard. Louettie was preceded ineeath by her husband Allen T. Freeman after thirty-eight years of marriage. She was also predeceased by three brothers Floyd, Maynard, and Coolidge...
Mildred Morris Dean
May 3, 2017
Oxford: Mildred Morris Dean, 87, of Oxford, NC, died oneednesday, May 3, 2017. ??She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late Roy D. and Bettie Sherman Jones.?? Mildred was preceded ineeath by her first husband and father of her children F. Howard ???Pluter??? Morris. She is survived by her husband Alfred B. ???Rat??? Dean; one...
William Alton Rigsbee
May 1, 2017
William A. Rigsbee of Chapel Hill, retired life insurance executive, died May 1, 2017 at The Cedars in Chapel Hill. William was born in Chatham County, NC in 1926 to CL & Julia Hackney Rigsbee. He grew up in Durham graduating from high school in 1943 at age 16. He theneent to work in the home office of Home Security...
Rita Suzanne Kahr
Apr 29, 2017
Chapel Hill- Rita Suzanne Kahr (nee Ferber) was borneebruary 18, 1932, and departed from us on Saturday, April 29, 2017.?? Mrs. Kahr is survived by her devoted husband, Toby Kahr of Chapel Hill; son, Richard Kahr of New Jersey; daughter, Jenneer McGinnis of Durham; her grandchildren, Matthew, Kristen, J.T., and Jake Kahr; and beloved nieces and nephews Bill Kearns and...
James Newton Mcquay
Apr 27, 2017
Newton McQuay, of Durham, died April 27, 2017. The 86-year-old husband and father of three was surrounded by his family. Newton was a genee, loving, and quiet man. He was quick to smile and slow to talk. He cared about serving God and others in the world through nature, especially through plants, and through scientific and creative endeavors. Newton valued...
Louise Green Parrish
Apr 26, 2017
Louise Green Parrish, 92, passed away at Carillon Assisted Living of Durham, NC on April 26, 2017. Louise is survived by her daughter Alice P. Davis; granddaughters, Kim Clark (Buck) and Molly Davis (Micah); and great-grandchildren, Brandon Baker (finance: Krystal Chisholm), Stacy Baker and Sadie Ferrell. She is preceded ineeath by her husband, Wesley Tucker Parrish; parents, Caleb Bernard Green...
Marjorie Jones King
Apr 26, 2017
Marjorie Jones King died on April 26, 2017 in Grapevine, Texas at the age of 95. Marjorie was born January 29, 1922 to Clarence Littleton Jones aneeva Hester Jones in Granville County, North Carolina. She arrived on a cold winter day and the entire area was covered in two feet of snow. The doctor had to change horses halfway to...
Marjorie Jones King
Apr 26, 2017
Marjorie Jones King died on April 26, 2017 in Grapevine, Texas at the age of 95. Marjorie was born January 29, 1922 to Clarence Littleton Jones and Eva Hester Jones in Granville County, North Carolina. She arrived on a cold winter day and the entire area was covered in two feet of snow. The doctor had to change horses halfway...
R.L. Roycroft, Jr.
Apr 24, 2017
Durham- Robbie Lee Roycroft, Jr., age 91, of 3000 Buckingham Road in Durham, died on April 24, 2017 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Born in Durham on March 11, 1926, the youngest son of Robbie Lee Roycroft, Sr. and Ila Ross Roycroft, he was a life-long resident of Durham. He was educated in the Durham City and County Schools, graduating from...
James Burton Lewis, Jr.
Apr 24, 2017
James B. Lewis Jr. (also known as "Poppa and "Big Bear by the grand kids and Jim by others) passed away after a short illness with cancer at Duke University on April 24th, 2017. He was born in Easton MD on February 14, 1944 and lived in Cape Charles, VA until residing in Newport News, VA. Jim retired from C-P...
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