Obituaries

Joyce Newsome Reheis

Joyce Newsome Reheis

Jul 28, 2013

Joy, our mom and friend, passed away 5AM Sunday, July 28 2013 at The Laurels of Chatham. The joy, strength, wisdom, and inspiration she brought to so many lives will be in our hearts and minds forever. Joyce Reheis was 78, and lived at Twin Rivers Independent Senior Community in Pittsboro. She was born in Clinton, NC oneeptember 19, 1934,...

Peggy Mcrae Hobby

Peggy Mcrae Hobby

Jul 25, 2013

BUTNER: Peggy McRae Hobby, age 78 died Thursday, July 25, 2013 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. A native of Moore County, she was the daughter of the late George aneevelyn Moore McRae. Peggy was a member of Butner First Baptist Church. A memorial service will be conducted at 4:00 PM on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at Butner First Baptist...

Michel Bourgeois-Gavardin

Michel Bourgeois-Gavardin

Jul 24, 2013

MICHEL BOURGEOIS-GAVARDIN, 95, of The Forest at Duke Retirement Community in Durham, NC died Wednesday, July 24, 2013 following a brief illness. He was born neember 21, 1917 ineeguier, North Coast of Brittany, France and was the son of M. Maurice and Mme. Gabrielle Bourgeois-Gavardin. He grew up in Paris, France aneentered medical school at the Uneersity of Paris in...

Sidney Taylor Currin

Sidney Taylor Currin

Jul 22, 2013

OXFORD: Sidney Taylor Currin, 87 passed away on July 22, 2013 at Duke Medical Center. He was borneecember 21, 1925 in Granville Co. to the late Ralph Ansal and Mary Lee Hobgood Currin. He was preceded ineeath by his wife of 53 years, Anne Pitts Currin and a sister, Sophie Currin Daniel. Taylor was in the U. S. Marine Corp...

Wilsoneewitt Webb

Wilsoneewitt Webb

Jul 20, 2013

Wilsoneewitt Webb, 91, died Saturday, July 20, 2013 at his home. He was borneebruary 15, 1922 to the late Redic Lacy Webb and Victoria Wilsoneebb in Eagle Springs, North Carolina. Wilson was a proud US Army veteran of WW II where he served as a motorcycle courier for General George Patton. He was involved ineeveral major campaigns that included: D-Day...

Jacqueline M. Zinn

Jacqueline M. Zinn

Jul 16, 2013

Jacqueline Marie Stanislaw Zinn died peacefully on July 16, 2013, ineer Chapel Hill home surrounded by her loving family. Jacqueline is survived by her devoted husband of 33 years, Douglas C. Zinn, and their four loving children; Christopher, Jerry, James and Mary Kathryn; her faithful mother, Anne Stanislaw; her four dedicated siblings; sister, Joan Shanahan and husband, Brien; brother, Jerome...

Jean Jones Parrott

Jean Jones Parrott

Jul 16, 2013

OXFORD: Jean Jones Parrott, age 75, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at her home. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late Willie Day Jones and Alma Woodlief Jones and the widow of the late Roy Noblin Parrott. Jean was a member of Enon Baptist Church and retired from the family business. Funeral services will be...

Edith Oakley Faucette

Edith Oakley Faucette

Jul 15, 2013

OXFORD: Edith Oakley Faucette, age 84, died Monday, July 15, 2013. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late Leonard Cordie Oakley and Tishie Kearney Oakley and the widow of the late Irvin Faucette. Edith was a member of West Oxford Baptist Church where she sang in the choir and kept the nursery. Funeral services will...

William Dehart

William Dehart

Jul 15, 2013

WILLIAM DeHART AUGUST 29, 1931 JULY 15, 2013 William DeHart of Fearrington Village, Chatham County, died peacefully on July 15, 2013, while vacationing with his family in his favorite sailing destination Oriental, North Carolina. Bill was born to James and Lois Guffy DeHart in Durham, N.C. and grew up in Winston-Salem. In 1953 he was commissioned an Ensign at the...

Anastacio Chan Ng, Md

Anastacio Chan Ng, Md

Jul 14, 2013

Anastacio Chan Ng, M.D., 80, died at home, surrounded by his family, on July 14, 2013. He was born April 15, 1933 in Manila, Philippines, to the late Gregorio and Maxima Chan Ng. Dr. Ng graduated cum laude from the Uneersity of Santo Tomas in Manila, from which he received his medical degree. He immigrated to the Uneed States to...

Dr. Gerard Roddy Tempest

Dr. Gerard Roddy Tempest

Jul 11, 2013

Dr. Gerard Francis "Roddy" Tempest, Jr., a man with a huge sense of adventure, love, deep faith ineesus Christ and ineedible strength and courage, died Thursday evening, July 11, 2013 at Duke Hospital. He was 62 years old. Roddy was born in Durham, NC to the late Gerard F. and Sarah Margaret Cameroneempest. Roddy was a global leader in innovation,...

Samantha Jo Arrington

Samantha Jo Arrington

Jul 3, 2013

OXFORD:Samantha Jo Arrington 21, of Oxford died Wednesday, July 3rd 2013.A native of Charles County Maryland. She attended South Granville High School. Funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 PM Monday July 8th 2013 at Gentry-neell Vaughan Funeral Chapel by Rev. Jesse J. Parrish.Burial will follow in South Granville Memorial Garden. She is survived by her Mother Sandra Rudd of...

Alice Bragg Bigham

Alice Bragg Bigham

Jun 29, 2013

Alice Bragg Bigham, 94 of Franklinton passed away June 29, 2013 at Louisburg Nursing Center. Born in Granville County she was the daughter of the late Bayard Lamar Bragg and Norma Moore Bragg. She was the widow of Isaac Leroy Bigham, Jr. Alice believed her zeal to always do her best origineed from the inspiration of her parents and their...

Benjamin Thomas Tom Adcock, Jr.

Benjamin Thomas Tom Adcock, Jr.

Jun 29, 2013

Raleigh: Benjamin Thomas "Tom" Adcock, Jr. of Raleigh, age 72 died Saturday, June 29, 2013 at Hospice of Wake County. A native of Granville County, he was the son of Louise G. Adcock and the late Benny T. Adcock. Tom was a member of North Raleigh Uneed Methodist Church, a former member of the N.C. Army National Guard and was...

Patricia Pat May Cole

Patricia Pat May Cole

Jun 29, 2013

YANCEYVILLE: Patricia Pat May Cole, age 60, died Saturday, June 29, 2013 at her home. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late Albert Winston May and Roslyn Van Dyke May. Pat was a member of Bethel Uneed Methodist Church and was a data maneer at Oakwood Elementary School in Yanceyville. Funeral services will be conducted...

Elizabeth "Libby" New Davis

Elizabeth "Libby" New Davis

Jun 28, 2013

Elizabeth "Libby" New Davis, 70, of Sanford, crossed into Heaven on June 28, 2013. Libby was born neember 22, 1942 in King and Queen County, VA, to Marshall Carl New, Sr. and Mary Kathleen Powers New. She lived in Rocky Mount, NC and attended local schools. Libby was married to Aneew Allen Davis and together they raised five children. In...

Doris Mae Finch Hodges

Doris Mae Finch Hodges

Jun 27, 2013

Doris Mae Finch Hodges, age 82, of Franklinton, NC, passed away on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at her home. A native of Franklin County, she was born oneecember 12, 1930, a daughter of the late James Thomas Finch, Sr. and Lillie Mae Debnam. Along with her parents, Doris is preceded ineeath by her husband of 21 years, George Hodges; her...

Tom Doyle

Tom Doyle

Jun 27, 2013

Mr. Thomas Joseph "Tom" Doyle, 87, died June 27, 2013 in The Arbor at Galloway Ridge. Tom was born ineew York City oneecember 21, 1925, the son of Joseph and May Egan Doyle. He served in the US Navy in both World War II and Korea. Tom received a business degree from Long Island Uneersity and an engineering degree from...

Robert Macon Critcher

Robert Macon Critcher

Jun 26, 2013

Henderson: Robert Macon Critcher age 73 of Vance County died Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at his home. A native of Granville County, son of the late Walter Meadows Critcher and Anee Leigh Eakes Critcher. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church and a veteran of the Uneed States Marine Corp. Macon was a retired research technician with the U...

Dr. Emmett Mason Partin

Dr. Emmett Mason Partin

Jun 24, 2013

Dr. Emmett Mason Partin, 81, passed peacefully from this life to his eternal life on Monday, June 24, 2013 at Duke Medical Center. Emmett was born to the late Kenneth and Rachel Blackwood Partin on August 1, 1931. Emmett was keen on education and personal development, and in his late thirties chose to pursue his doctorate in Spanish/Education at the...