Obituaries
Claude B. Williams, Jr.
Dec 9, 2015
Claude B. Williams, Jr. age 91, died December 9, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born and raised on Trinity Avenue in Durham, son of the late Claude B. and Ruth Gentry Williams. He attended George Watts Elementary School and Durham High School. In 1944, he graduated from Duke Engineering School and was in the...
John Walter William (Billy) Volckens
Dec 9, 2015
John Walter William (Billy) Volckens, 69, of Durham, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015. He was born to the late William and Katharine Volckens oneebruary 19, 1946 in Evanston, IL. Billy graduated from New Trier High School in 1964 where he was captain of the swim team. He received a BA in English from the Uneersity of Evansville in 1968....
Helen Breedlove Pruitt
Dec 5, 2015
Helen Breedlove Pruitt, 90, died peacefully on Saturday, December 5, 2015. A native of Oxford, Mrs. Pruitt was preceded ineeath by her parents Lonee and Oveda Breedlove, and her husband Buster Pruitt. She leaves behind a legacy of a life of devotion to her family, friends and Oxford Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughters Pamela P. Sherman (Jeff) of Richmond,...
E. B. Averett, Jr.
Dec 5, 2015
E.B. Averett, Jr., 93, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at his residence on Flatwood Farms. E.B. was born in Oxford September 30, 1922 to the late E. Buxton "Buck Averett, Jr. and Ruby M. Averett. He attended Louisburg College and was an avid basketball player prior to entering into service with the U.S. Army. He served with...
Helen Breedlove Pruitt
Dec 5, 2015
Helen Breedlove Pruitt, 90, died peacefully on Saturday, December 5, 2015. A native of Oxford, Mrs. Pruitt was preceded in death by her parents Lonnie and Oveda Breedlove, and her husband Buster Pruitt. She leaves behind a legacy of a life of devotion to her family, friends and Oxford Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughters Pamela P. Sherman (Jeff) of...
E. B. Averett, Jr.
Dec 5, 2015
E.B. Averett, Jr., 93, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at his residence on Flatwood Farms. E.B. was born in Oxford September 30, 1922 to the late E. Buxton ???Buck??? Averett, Jr. and Ruby M. Averett. He attended Louisburg College and was an avid basketball player prior to entering into service with the U.S. Army. He served with...
Lisa Renee Kutsop Wicks
Dec 2, 2015
Lisa Renee Kutsop Wicks, age 52 years, of Lexington, NC, died oneednesday, December 2, 2015 at Uneersity of North Carolina Medical Center at Chapel Hill. Born on October 28, 1963 ineercerville, NJ, daughter of the late Gerald Peter and Rosemary A. "Bibs" Mitre Kutsop, she had resided ineexington for the past five years, having formerly lived in Charlotte, NC and...
Samuel Rankin Fisher, Md
Nov 25, 2015
Samuel Rankin Fisher, MD, died on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, with his loving family by his side. He was sixty-five years old. Dr. Fisher was a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Head and Neck Surgery and communication Sciences at Duke University Health System. He was a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,...
Joanee-Lan Li-Huang
Oct 30, 2015
Joanee-Lan Li-Huang (?????????, age 78, with her son Samuel by her side, passed away peacefully in Durham, NC on Friday, October 30, 2015. Mrs. Huang was born in Shandong Province, China on March 29th, 1937 to Mr. and Mrs. Hua-De Li (?????????). Because of the Chinee Civil War, Mrs. Huang relocated with her family to Taipei, Taiwan in 1950. Mrs....
Fred Cockerill
Oct 29, 2015
BAHAMA- Fred Cockerill, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at his residence in Bahama. Fred was 95 years old. He was born in Goathland, North Yorkshire, England to the late William Thomas and Lily Robinson Cockerill. Fred started work at an early age aneeventually became Huntsman at a number of prestigious Hunts in England. In 1967 Fred and...
Billy H. Bunn
Oct 27, 2015
Billy H. Bunn 82, died October 27, 2015. He was a native of Zebulon and son of the late William E. and Thelma Hinton Bunn. He was a veteran on the Korean conflict serving in the US Army and he attended NC State Uneersity. Billy was a retired employee with the USDA in Oxford with 39 years of service. He...
Lyla Dodd Kloos
Oct 27, 2015
Surrounded by her loving family, Lyla Dodd Kloos died peacefully on October 27, 2015 in Raleigh. Lyla was born to the late Lyle and Faye Fletcher Dodd in Hamburg, Iowa oneecember 18, 1939. She obtained her undergraduate and Master???s degree at Iowa State Uneersity. Lyla was always involved ineeeding the masses. She fed us literally as a church hostess at...
Essie Mae Ollis
Oct 27, 2015
Essie Mae Ollis, 92, of Franklin Oakes Retirement Center died on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. A native of Granville County, daughter of the late Edward and Cora Pennell, widow of Robert W. Ollis. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 pm Tuesday, neember 3, 2015 at Elmwood Cemetery. The Rev. Sam Brewer will be officiating. Surviving are her daughters Joyce...
Alice Grey Currin
Oct 26, 2015
Oxford Alice Grey Currin died Monday, October 26, 2015. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late Willie Hayes and Mary Geneva Cole Currin. She was a long time City Commissioner, a member of the Planning Board, and a former employee of the federal government for many years. She was a lifelong advocate for those with...
James Paul "Jimmy" Johnson, Jr.
Oct 26, 2015
Oxford James Paul ???Jimmy ???Johnson, Jr. 84, of 113 Pine Cone Drive, died at his home on Monday, October 26, 2015. James was the son of the late James Paul Johnson, Sr. aneevelyn Stewart Johnson and was the husband of Sarah Hall Johnson. He was born on July 20, 1931 in Williamsport, PA and grew up in Greensboro and Durham....
Richard Lewis Logan
Oct 24, 2015
Oxford ???Live, Love, Laugh, and Be Happy!??? Richard Lewis Logan, 81, passed away at Duke Hospice, Hock Family Pavilion on Saturday, October 24, 2015. He was born in Anniston, AL on October 2, 1934. He was the son of the late James Lewis Logan and Helen Gresham Logan. Richard was a graduate of the Campbell College High School Program and...
Jo Ann Pleasants Pendergraph
Oct 23, 2015
Jo Ann Pleasants Pendergraph, age 80, died peacefully Friday, October 23, 2015 at Hock Family Pavilion. She was born to the late Joe Mann and Lucy Hoyle Mitchell in Vance County. A member of Durham Memorial Baptist Church and the Friendship Sunday School class, Jo Ann was a registered nurse at the Durham VA Hospital where she worked for many...
Olga Kopsky Malham
Oct 19, 2015
Olga Kopsky Malham, age 92, died Monday evening, October 19, 2015 at Carolina Point.?? She was born ineexington, NY to the late Peter and Natalie Kopsky. For most of her adult life, Olga Malham lived in Long Island, New York where she had a long career in the insurance industry as a claims analyst. She enjoyed summering in Twin Lakes,...
Robert Homer Bass
Oct 19, 2015
Mr. Robert Homer Bass, age 85, a resident of Croasdaile Village in Durham died on October 19, 2015. He was born in Danville, Virginia to the late John Robert Bass and Lille Mae Moorefield. Homer graduated and received his Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Duke Uneersity. He retired as the director of accounting systems and procedures for Duke Uneersity,...
Peggy Brewer
Oct 17, 2015
Peggy Brewer January 27, 1926 ??? October 17, 2015 DURHAM-Mrs. Margaret Lewis Teal Brewer, 89, died peacefully at her home on Saturday, October 17, 2015. Known affectioneely to both family and friends as Peggy, Mrs. Brewer was born on January 27, 1926, in Roseboro, Sampson County, North Carolina to the late James H. Teal and Margaret Lewis Teal. Mrs. Brewer...
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