Obituaries

Dr. John W. Watson, Sr.

Dr. John W. Watson, Sr.

Jan 27, 2017

Dr. John W. Watson, Sr., age 90, departed this life on January 27, 2017. A native of Richmond, VA, Dr. Watsoneerved as a Medical Corpsman in Guam during World War II. He left the Navy to complete college at Virginia Tech, followed by medical school at the Medical School of Virginia. After interning at Philadelphia General and another year in...

Gerald Taylor Stovall

Gerald Taylor Stovall

Jan 27, 2017

Stovall, NC Gerald Taylor Stovall, 77, of Stovall died January 27, 2017 with his family by his side. He was the son of the late Alexander Marrow Stovall and Mary Grace Woody Stovall. He is preceded ineeath by his former wife Evelyn F. Stovall, his infant daughter, Dawn Marie Stovall, and his sister, Marilyn Stovall Shotwell. Gerald is survived by...

Servan "Van" Umstead Whitfield

Servan "Van" Umstead Whitfield

Jan 27, 2017

Servan ???Van??? Umstead Whitfield, age 64, died Friday, January 27, 2017 at Duke Regional Hospital. A Durham native, Van was born to the late Alvis ???Buddy??? and Margaret Grineead?????? Umstead??oneecember 7, 1952. Van graduated from the Watts School of Nursing where she began working in 1976. She later???? moved to Durham Regional where she opened the hospital???s Emergency Room and...

Michael Lee Atwood

Michael Lee Atwood

Jan 26, 2017

Michael Lee Atwood, 77, died January 26, 2017 at his home.?? He was born in Forsyth Co, NC on March 29, 1939 to Talmage and Mary Frances Holder Atwood. Michael was born and raised in Winston-Salem, NC, graduated from James Gray High School in 1958. He enlisted in the Navy and served two active years on a submarine. Michael married...

Michael Lee Atwood

Michael Lee Atwood

Jan 26, 2017

Michael Lee Atwood, 77, died January 26, 2017 at his home. He was born in Forsyth Co, NC on March 29, 1939 to Talmage and Mary Frances Holder Atwood. Michael was born and raised in Winston-Salem, NC, graduated from James Gray High School in 1958. He enlisted in the Navy and served two active years on a submarine. Michael married...

Elizabeth "Betty" Jane Hirschauer

Elizabeth "Betty" Jane Hirschauer

Jan 23, 2017

Elizabeth (???Betty???) Jane Armstrong Mitch Hirschauer, 90 years young, moved on to heaven on January 23, 2017 from Duke Uneersity Medical Center in Durham, NC of respiratory failure, after a very brief illness. Betty was born August 30, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA., the first child of Aneew Stephenson Armstrong, a construction engineer and industrial crane developer, and Catherine Vaneelst. Four...

Marion "Reid" Callis

Marion "Reid" Callis

Jan 22, 2017

Marion "Reid Callis, 70, of Granville County, died Sunday, January 22, 2017 at his home. He was born on July 14, 1946 in Oxford, NC to the late Frank Hayes Callis Sr. and Ettie Bet Preddy Callis. Professionally, Reid was a trained industrial electrician with CertainTeed Corp. for more than 20 years. He appreciated his time with them and enjoyed...

Marion "Reid" Callis

Marion "Reid" Callis

Jan 22, 2017

Marion ???Reid??? Callis, 70, of Granville County, died Sunday, January 22, 2017 at his home.?? He was born on July 14, 1946 in Oxford, NC to the late Frank Hayes Callis Sr. aneettie Bet Preddy Callis. Professionally, Reid was a trained industrial electrician with Certaineed Corp. for more than 20 years. He appreciated his time with them aneenjoyed the people...

Aneea Hoyle Goodwin

Aneea Hoyle Goodwin

Jan 22, 2017

DURHAM- Aneea Hoyle Goodwin, age 65, died peacefully January 22, 2017, at the Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. Aneea was born in Morganton, NC, in 1951, the much-loved eldest child of Hugh aneelizabeth Carroll. Aneea's greatest joys were found ineer family, and ineer service as a Registered Nurse, a career in caring for others, particularly the elderly, that spanned more...

David Michael Farrell

David Michael Farrell

Jan 22, 2017

CHAPEL HILL: David Michael Farrell, 57, died Sunday January 22, 2017 at home, with his wife by his side, after a lengthy illness. David was born ineeoria, Il to the late Thomas E. and Mary Ann Vonachen Farrell. He grew up primarily in Mountain Lakes, NJ and moved to Burlington for his senior year of high school. He graduated from...

Willie M. Cole

Willie M. Cole

Jan 21, 2017

Willie M. Cole, age 93, a resident of Stem, died Saturday January 21, 2017, at Uneersal Health Care, Oxford.?? He was a native of Granville County and was the son of the late William Fife and Fanee Hart Cole. Willie was a retired Foreman with the North Carolina Department of Transportation where he worked for 37 years.?? After retirement from...

Willie M. Cole

Willie M. Cole

Jan 21, 2017

Willie M. Cole, age 93, a resident of Stem, died Saturday January 21, 2017, at Universal Health Care, Oxford. He was a native of Granville County and was the son of the late William Fife and Fannie Hart Cole. Willie was a retired Foreman with the North Carolina Department of Transportation where he worked for 37 years. After retirement from...

Dr. Sydney A. Rose

Dr. Sydney A. Rose

Jan 19, 2017

Durham - Dr. Sydney A. Rose, 98, ??died peacefully on Thursday, January 19, 2017. ??He was the husband of the late Doris Owen Rose for 70 years. He was born in Paterson, N.J, to the late Lena Cohen and Archibald Rose. He attended Rutgers and Temple Uneersities to earn his DDS. He served his country in the US Army with...

Mary Frances Upchurch

Mary Frances Upchurch

Jan 19, 2017

CARY: Mary Frances Dunn Upchurch, "Franee", daughter of Raymond Broughton and Myrtle Booth Dunn passed away on January 19th 2017. She was 74 years old. Born in Durham, N.C., Franee graduated from Durham High School in 1960 and the Watts School of Nursing in 1963, where she was a member of the Santa Filomena Honor Society. Her husband, Rupert Truette...

Stella Katharine Izzo

Stella Katharine Izzo

Jan 14, 2017

Chapel Hill ??? Our dearly beloved Stella Katharine Izzo was stillborn at 30 weeks, 2 days gestation on January 14, 2017. Stella is survived by her parents, Nicholas Aneew and Ashley Hagler Izzo; maternal grandparents, Richard Belton and Constance Livesay Hagler, of Gainesville, GA; paternal grandparents, Brian Ray and Lisa Reynolds Shaw, of Dallas, TX; aunts and unees, John Tyler...

Abner Benton Pope, Jr.

Abner Benton Pope, Jr.

Jan 14, 2017

Abner Benton Pope, Jr. died at his home Saturday morning on January 14, 2017 at the age of 92. He was born to Abner Benton Pope Sr. and Vera Pickett Pope on July 30, 1924 in Durham, NC. He retired from Durham Exchange Club Industries after 26 years and was a member of Braggtown Baptist Church. Survivors include his sister;...

Frances Loraine Wiese Akins

Frances Loraine Wiese Akins

Jan 14, 2017

Durham - Frances Loraine Wiese Akins passed away January 14, 2017 at the Pavilion at Croasdaile Village in Durham, North Carolina following a long decline with Parkinson???s disease. A memorial service is planned for January 28, 2017 at 11:00 am at Few Chapel at Croasdaile Village. The family will greet friends at 10:00 am at the chapel. Rev. Dorisanne Cooper...

Wendy Jones Clark

Wendy Jones Clark

Jan 13, 2017

Oxford: Wendy Jones Clark, 43, of Oxford died on January 13, 2017. ??She was a native of Granville County.?? Wendy was preceded ineeath by her father; Bobby Carol Jones.?? She is survived by two sons; Christian aneethan as well as her mother, Susan Lyon; and brother, B.J. Jones.?? Wendy is also survived by her extended family and friends. A graveside...

Wendy Jones Clark

Wendy Jones Clark

Jan 13, 2017

Oxford: Wendy Jones Clark, 43, of Oxford died on January 13, 2017. She was a native of Granville County. Wendy was preceded in death by her father; Bobby Carol Jones. She is survived by two sons; Christian and Ethan as well as her mother, Susan Lyon; and brother, B.J. Jones. Wendy is also survived by her extended family and friends....

Benjamin Franklineeaton, Jr.

Benjamin Franklineeaton, Jr.

Jan 11, 2017

Keaton-Chapel Hill Dateline ?? Benjamin Franklineeaton, Jr. died Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at UNC Hospitals. He was born to the late Harriet Keaton O???Neal and Benjamin Franklineeaton. He is survived by his sister, Willie Keaton Williams (Carter) of Fuquay-Varina, NC; his nephew, Myers Williams (Colleen); and his niece, Catherine Tucker (John). Benjamin was preceded ineeath by his life-mate of 49...

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