Obituaries
William Clyde Griffin
Dec 22, 2013
MEBANE-The Honorable William Clyde Griffin, Jr., 71, of Mebane and Ocracoke died at home Sunday, December 22, 2013. He was born April 4, 1942 in Martin County, NC to the late William Clyde Griffin, Sr. aneeleanor Waters Griffin. Although he lived ineebane for several years, Judge Griffin was born and raised in Williamston, NC . He lived and worked there...
Louise M. Mason
Dec 19, 2013
Louise M. Schneider Mason, 97, a resident of Croasdaile Village in Durham for 10 years, passed on to the Lord Thursday, December 19, 2013. Louise was borneeptember 26, 1916, in Hillsboro, Missouri to Tonee. and Katherine Williams Schneider. She was preceded ineeath by her husband Mont Gerald Mason, two brothers, John Frederick Schneider and Capt. Tony Schneider. Surviving are: three...
Margaret Sheila Matthews
Dec 18, 2013
OXFORD: Margaret Sheila Matthews, died Wednesday December 18, 2013 at Duke Medical Center. She was a native of Derbyshire, England and a resident of Oxford since 1975 and widow of the late Maurice Matthews. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Surviving is a son, David Matthews of Oxford. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made...
Lector Mae Piper
Dec 15, 2013
CREEDMOOR: Lector Mae Piper, age 89, passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC. She was born in Wake County to the late Arthur Bailey and Lector Smith Bailey. Lector has four living siblings, Leonard Bailey Catherine, Liffie Bell Chamblee Harold, Evelyoneeagroves Albert aneella Mae Bailey. Three other siblings, Ola Ree Williams, Essie King, and...
Louise Gooch Adcock
Dec 12, 2013
OXFORD: Louise Gooch Adcock, age 96 died Thursday, December 12, 2013 at her residence, Granville House. A native of Granville County, she was born on May 18, 1917 to the late Noah Cheatham Gooch and Maggie Booth Critcher Gooch. She was the widow of Benjamin Thomas "Benee" Adcock. Louise was a member of Hester Baptist Church and was a retired...
Mozelle Brooks Green
Dec 11, 2013
Mozelle Brooks Green, daughter of the late Manley and Nellie Snees Brooks, was born in Chatham County on October 15, 1924. She departed her earthly life oneednesday, December 11, 2013 ineer home at the age of 89. She attended school in Chatham County before moving away. While living ineew York, she met and married the late Jule Green. She resided...
Janee Decre' Boretti
Dec 9, 2013
OXFORD Janee Decr Boretti died unexpectedly, December 9, 2013 at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, NC. She was a native of Harrison, New York and was the daughter of the late Fred Decr and Rita Oriller Decr. Mrs. Boretti was a retired Registered Nurse and spent many years teaching and developing Catholic religious education programs for children and adults. Surviving is...
Anee Ruth Strickland Arrington
Dec 9, 2013
Anee Ruth Strickland Arrington, 81, died Monday, December 9, 2013. Anee Ruth was born in Alamance County on August 10, 1932 to Clarence Pruett Strickland Sr. and Mamie Hybernia Dixon Strickland. She was a graduate of Durham High School. Following graduation she worked at Harris Upham & Company, ran a teletype machine and was a teacher's assistant in the Durham...
Mary Catherine Hines Roberson
Dec 7, 2013
Our sweet Mary Catherine Hines Roberson spread her angel wings at her residence on Saturday, December 7, 2013 after over a year of being diagneed with paneeatic cancer. She was born to Edgar Miller Hines and Sarah Jane Borland on June 11, 1931, in Orange County, NC. She was known for her sweet and selfless soul. She always had a...
Clyde Leslie Strickland
Dec 6, 2013
Clyde Leslie Strickland BUTNER Clyde Leslie Strickland, age 89 of 311 16th Street died Friday December 6th 2013 at E.E. Toney Rest Home in Oxford NC. Clyde was born October 9, 1924 in Vance County to the late William Nathaniel and Maggie Bell Grissom Strickland. Clyde was a member of First Baptist Church in Butner, NC. He was retired with...
Genevieve Annette Weisbecker
Dec 5, 2013
Genevieve Annette Weisbecker: 83, died Thursday, December 5, 2013. She was born oneebruary 8, 1930 to Daniel and Anna Louise Klink Murphy in Omaha, Nebraska. She attended Duchesne Academy in Omaha, Nebraska, and received a nursing degree from St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. After raising five children, Genevieve worked for 17 years as a Registered Nurse in the Medical...
Mary Carol Johnson
Dec 2, 2013
DURHAM-Mary Carol Johnson, 67, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2013 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, NC. Born on April 24, 1946, Ms. Johnson was the daughter of the late Albert Richard aneedith Arnold Johnson. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a long-time resident of Durham. Carol is survived by her brother, Al Johnson and wife...
Joseph Lake Mclaurin
Nov 27, 2013
Oxford, NC: Joseph Lake "Joe" McLaurin, 62 of Oxford died Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013. A native of Surry County, son of the late Daniel Archie McLaurin, Jr. and Mary Margaret Templeton McLaurin. An active member of the Oxford Uneed Methodist Church, a retired employee of Wesco Heating and Air, he was president of the Trianee Chapter of the Bladder Cancer...
Willie Ray Adcock
Oct 31, 2013
OXFORD: Mr. Willie Ray Adcock, age 90, died Thursday, October 31, 2013 at his home. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late Emmett Abson and Nettie Howard Adcock and his step-mother Teresa Resa Pruitt. Willie Ray was a member of Hester Baptist church, where he served on many church committees, including deacon, Trustee and...
Clifford Charles Smith
Oct 31, 2013
Clifford Charles Smith, PhD, 69, died peacefully on Thursday evening, October 31, 2013, at Hock Family Pavilion within the services of Duke Home Care & Hospice in Durham, NC, following a long battle with prostate cancer. Cliff was born in Cuyahoga County, OH to the late Charles J. and Lois Hopkinson Smith on October 14, 1944. Cliff was a three-time...
Catherine Gowing O'Foghludha
Oct 30, 2013
Catherine Gowing O'Foghludha, 88, of Durham, N.C. and Cloneeagh, Dublin, Ireland, died on October 30, 2013 in Durham, surrounded by her loving family. Known to her friends and relatives as Kit, she was born neember 15, 1924 in Killeen House, near Daingean, Co. Offaly, to John Christopher Gowing and Margaret Brereton. She was educated in the Loreto Convent in Bray,...
John Fletcher Mann
Oct 29, 2013
Mr. John Fletcher Mann, 88, of River Road in Pittsboro died October 29, 2013 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mr. Mann was born in Chatham County on March 23, 1924, the son of Wardeneesley Mann and Daisy Dean Thompson Mann. He attended Bynum School, and theneent to work at UNC. He later went to work with Carolina Telephone Company,...
Cynthia Mackie Wright
Oct 28, 2013
Cynthia Mackie Gottberg Wright passed away on October 28, 2013. Cindy was born on neember 17, 1962 in Portland, Maine to Jacqueline and the late Thomas Mackie. After graduating from Kennebunk High School, she moved to Florida to attend college. Having returned to NC, she met and married Darren Wright. Cindy then earned a Paralegal degree from Central Carolina Community...
Carolyneement Thaxton
Oct 28, 2013
OXFORD: HIXIE CAROLINE CAROLYneeMENT WILSON THAXTON Carolyn Thaxton died on October 28, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer. A native of Granville County, she was born on Christmas Day in 1933 to William Edward and Sophia Ivey Dement on their first wedding anneersary. Carolyn spent her entire life living and working in Oxford and retired from Oxford Heating and...
Robert "Bob" Lewis Tesh
Oct 26, 2013
OXFORD: Robert Lewis Bob Tesh, died October 26, 2013 at Durham Regional Hospital in Durham. He was a native of Guilford Co. and was the son of the late Russell Lewis and Katherine Hunter Tesh. He was of the Lutheran faith. Mr. Tesh retired from the NC Army National Guard after 35 five years of service. He worked from 1959...
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