Obituaries

Oct 20, 2023

 Chapel Hill, NC – Richard A. Lee, age 57, died on October 20, 2023. He was born on September 14, 1966 to the late Richard Lee and Delores DeMatteo Lee.

After enlisting in the United States Army, Richard embarked on a distinguished military career, achieving the rank of First Sergeant. His journey began as an Airborne Infantryman and included a daring...

Oct 17, 2023

Darla Hope Warne Casner, age 82, went to meet her Lord and Savior on October 17, 2023. She was the daughter of the late Chauncy Delmer Warne and Florence Jackson Warne from Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Darla was born on May 4, 1941, and lived a full and prosperous life.

Darla met and married her late husband of 60 years, Donald Eugene...

Oct 17, 2023

Norma Ruth Dean Allen, a resident of Oxford, NC, peacefully joined her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. She was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on July 19, 1941, to her beloved late parents, Norma Talmadge Dean and Annie Ruth Daniel Dean.

Norma's life was a testament to grace and beauty. She graduated from high school and went on...

Oct 14, 2023

Connie Kearney, 69, died October 14th following a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. She is survived by her husband, Philip Henderson Kearney, daughters Kelsey McBane Kearney and Sarah Watkins Kearney, and sisters Belinda Watkins Rasmussen (John) of Durham and Karen “Suzie” Watkins Brincefield of Warrenton, VA.

A Durham native, Connie was the daughter of the late Percy Millard Watkins and...

Oct 13, 2023

Anna Maureen Psoter, known to her friends and family as Maureen, Mo, or MoMo, passed away on Friday October 13, 2023 at her home in Durham, NC. The weeks preceding her death were filled with love and laughter through the many visits and calls from her family and friends.

Mo was born in Amesbury, MA in 1951 to the late Raymond...

Oct 13, 2023

Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, daughter and sister, Rose Marie Hunter Broadwell peacefully went to be with her lord on Friday, October 13, 2023 surrounded by her family. She was born on May 1, 1939, in Henderson, Vance County, NC, to the late Wilford Monroe Hunter and Esther Mae Blackley. Rose was a devoted military wife, having supported her spouse, Walter...

Oct 13, 2023

Patricia Helms Coman born January 2 1925, died peacefully October 13, 2023 at Duke Regional Hospital. A life long resident of Durham, She was the daughter of the late Howard J. Helms and Myrtle S. Helms. After graduating Durham High school’s famous class of 1943 she went to Greensboro College. She completed studies in art, music and french graduated in...

Oct 11, 2023

Mr. Benjamin Gorman “B.G.” Swann, age 95, of Oxford, NC died on, Wednesday, October 11, 2023. He was born in Piney Point, Maryland on February 2, 1928, to his late parents, Benjamin Gorman Swann and Anita Guyther Swann.

Benjamin was a man of quiet faith and fortitude. He served in the Army at the end of World War II and was...

Oct 7, 2023

Benjamin Joseph Green

April 6, 1941 – October 7, 2023

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Benjamin Joseph Green, 82, on October 7, 2023, at Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina. He was born in Sayer, PA to Willis and Eleanor Green.

Benjamin is survived by his wife, Rosemary Hayes Green, son, Benjamin Joseph Green, Jr. (Cathy), and...

Oct 6, 2023

Oct 6, 2023

Joseph “Joey” Lawrence Johnson, II, age 21, from Stem, NC, died on Friday, October 6, 2023. Joey was born in Durham, North Carolina on August 30, 2002, to his mother, Cynthia Goss Jackson and raised by her and his father, Darrell Wayne Jackson.

Joey was a young man full of life. He loved meeting people. He worked for Rino’s as a...

Oct 6, 2023

Oct 6, 2023

Durham – Gregory Roger Lockhead, age 92, died on October 6, 2023. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 8, 1931 to the late John R. Lockhead and Esther Bixby Lockhead.

He grew up in Salem Massachusetts until joining the United States Navy in 1951. Greg returned to the Salem Willows in 1955. He studied psychology at Tufts University, graduating...

Oct 4, 2023

Durham – Elizabeth “Bette” Baird, age 85, died on October 4, 2023. She was born in Richmond, VA on July 8, 1938, to the late Robert Tyler English. Jr. and Elizabeth Hodges Mann.

Bette’s interests in dolls and animals were sparked early on when she visited her grandmother in rural Kenbridge, VA and while living on a farm in Varina, VA....

Oct 3, 2023

Sarah Dameron McCracken, 100, of Durham, NC, was born on July 15, 1923, and passed away on October 3, 2023. A lifelong Durham resident, Sarah was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She lived at The Forest at Duke for the past 26 years.

She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Joseph P. McCracken, parents Earl C. and Lillian P....

Sep 30, 2023

Daniel Leszczak, 65, died on September 30, 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a longtime resident of New Jersey, and lived for most of his life in Point Pleasant and Hopatcong before moving to North Carolina to be near his children and grandchildren.

Dan was the beloved son of Nicholas (Mickey) and Ellen (Allen) Leszczak, who predeceased him. He is...

Sep 28, 2023

Durham, NC – Mrs. Elizabeth Stone Watkins, age 94, passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Mrs. Watkins was born on September 26, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Sydney Walker Stone and Sarah Judson Stone from Apex, NC.

Mrs. Watkins was a graduate of Durham High School and Wake Forest University in the field of Mathematics.

After graduating from...

Sep 28, 2023

Jennifer Jeffries Crawford died 9/28/2023 in Durham NC. She is survived by her

husband of 34 years, Lawrence Edward Crawford, sons Jonathan Edward Crawford and

Christopher Lawrence Crawford, brother Christopher Coleman Jeffries (Beth Jeffries),

nieces, and cousins.

Jennifer was born May 8, 1962 to James Douglas Jeffries and Barbara Coleman

Jeffries. Together with her brother Christopher, she grew up at the family home in NW

Washington,...

Sep 26, 2023

Ann Howard Barnes, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on August 29, 1934, in Granville County to the late Floyd Dudley Howard and Evelyn Hobgood Howard. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Waverly H. Barnes Sr.

Ann was an avid homemaker with a servant’s...

Sep 26, 2023

Clyde Jackson Jacobs, age 94, sadly passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. He was born on April 3, 1929, in Durham County to the late Claude Jacobs and Marietta Walker Jacobs.

Clyde enjoyed fishing at the North Carolina coast and drives through the North Carolina mountains. He was a retired military veteran of the Army branch.

Clyde is survived by his...