Obituaries

Apr 11, 2013

DURHAM: Ellen Isley Johnson, 97, of Durham passed onto the Lord Thursday, April 11, 2013. She was born October 16, 1915 to the late Walter and Mary Eva Wood Johnson in Granville County. She resided most of her life in Durham. Ms. Johnson was a devoted longtime member of Grace Baptist Church in Durham, where she was a member of...

Apr 11, 2013

Hannah McCord "Nancy" Wright Pinckney, 76, originally from Bluffton, SC, passed away on April 11, 2013 in Chapel Hill, NC. Nancy was the beloved wife of John Chapman Pinckney for 55 years and died holding his hand, surrounded by loved ones. A graveside service will be held in the Pinckney Family Cemetery in Pinckney Colony, Bluffton, SC on Saturday April...

Apr 11, 2013

Apr 9, 2013

WAKE COUNTY - Martha Matilda Monk, 90 of Cary, NC and formerly of Sebastian and Fort Lauderdale, Florida died Tuesday April 9, 2013. She was born in Raleigh, NC in 1923. She was a graduate of Hugh Morson High School in Raleigh in 1941. Her early career was at NC State Uneersity where she worked in the News Bureau during...

Apr 9, 2013

DURHAM - Anne-Marie Laplante Hobin, 76, of Durham, passed away Tuesday April 9, 2013 after a period of declining health. Anne-Marie was born in Salem, Massachusetts to Aurele and Laura Laplante oneebruary 7, 1937. The youngest of eight children, she attended high school at St Joseph's atholic High School and graduated in 1954. In 1955 her brother Phil introduced her...

Apr 7, 2013

Patricia "Paty" William Karstaedt was born July 17, 1954 in Pittsburgh, PA. Paty departed from us on Sunday April 7, 2013 at her home in Sanford NC, due to her battle with cancer. She graduated from Cary High. She was preceded ineeath by her son, Justin Allen Williams age two days; Biological father Ray Eger of PA; and her father...

Apr 6, 2013

Mr. James C. Boone, 88, of Pittsboro, NC died Saturday, April 6, 2013 at his home. James was born in Chatham County oneebruary 26, 1925 to the late Jarvis and Mozelle Boone. He served his country in WWII as a B-29 pilot, in the Pacific and was awarded a Bronze Star and an Air Medal. James spent his remaining working...

Apr 5, 2013

OXFORD: William Henry "Bill" Day died April 5, 2013. Mr. Day was born in Oxford, N.C. on Ivey Day Road. He was the son of the late Ivey Wilson and Anee Mae Hart Day. He was a member of Oxford Methodist Church. Mr. Day also was a member of the Masons and served for many years. After serving in the...

Apr 4, 2013

Mary Jane Auld Linker, 91, died Thursday, April 4, 2013. She has been a resident of the Carol Woods Retirement Community since 1996. She was born in Chester, SC and grew up in Greenville, SC. She was the daughter of the late George DeWitt Auld and Lillian McDill Auld of Greenville, SC. She was a 1939 graduate from Greenville SC...

Apr 2, 2013

Calvin Lucian Ward, 85, Duke Uneersity Professor of Zoology, died April 2, 2013, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Calvin was born in Yancey, Texas, and was one of six children. He is predeceased by his parents, Lucian Simeon and Artie Berry Ward; his sister, Evadna Chalmers; and three brothers, Don, Gordon, and Ross Ward. Calvin had many fond memories of growing...

Apr 1, 2013

Mrs. Mary Lucille Morris Farrell, 86, of Hanks Chapel Road, Pittsboro, died April 1, 2013 at Cambridge Hills in Pittsboro. Mrs. Farrell was born in Rockingham on April 15, 1926, a daughter of James Michael Morris and Maude Poplin Morris. She retired from Chatham Mills after 40 plus years of service. Mrs. Farrell was a long time member of Hanks...

Apr 1, 2013

Muriel DePowel Burgun, 88, passed away peacefully at her home on April 1, 2013, in Pittsboro, NC. She was born oneecember 13, 1924 ineewark, NJ. She graduated from Marymont College ineerrytown, NY. She was a librarian at Pleasantville Public Library in Pleasantville, NY. She was also a docent at Washington Irving's house, Sleepy Hollow Restorations, in Irvington, NY. Muriel was...

Mar 31, 2013

OXFORD: Talton Thomas "T" Hughes, died March 31, 2013 in Granville House in Oxford. He was born on August 18, 1928 in Oxford, NC to the late Talton Thomas Hughes, Sr. and Loyd Dickerson Hughes. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Ursula Frazier Hughes; son, David Talton Hughes Shawn , and a sister Marilyn Hughes LoganRichard of...

Mar 27, 2013

Phyllis Jane Davidson Briggs, 1922-2013 Phyllis Jane Briggs passed away on March 27, 2013 at age 90 after a 19-year battle with Parkinson's disease. Phyllis was born April 30, 1922 in Worcester, Massachusetts of parents Anneelle Lewis and Jacob Davidson. Throughout her childhood and youth she took dancing lessons and became a very accomplished tap dancer as a young woman....

Mar 26, 2013

Oxford: David Adcock Powell, age 60, died March 26th 2013 at the Jaycee Burneenter at UNC Hospital. He was a native of Granville County and was the son of Edward S. Powell and the late Kathlyn Adcock Powell. Member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and was Past Master of Rolesville Masonic Lodge #483. He was formally employed in the food...

Mar 26, 2013

Joe Thurman Pickard, 95, of Hillsborough, NC passed away peacefully on March 26, 2013 surrounded by his loving and devoted family on his farm. Mr. Pickard was born in Durham County to the late James Ernest Pickard and Mae Johnson Pickard of Durham. He was preceded ineeath by his wife of 57 years, Mildred Cashwell Pickard; a daughter, Barbara Jo...

Mar 21, 2013

Virginia Madren Stone, 92, died March 21, 2013. She was born October 25, 1920 in Caswell County to Ogburn Madren and Minee Apple Madren. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Merle K. Stone, her son, James M. Stone, three sisters, and two brothers. She was a graduate of Anderson High School and the Watts Hospital...

Mar 20, 2013

Creedmoor: Bertie Lee Qualls, died March 20, 2013 at Uneersal Health Care. She was a native of Kanawha Co., West Virginia and was the daughter of the late George and Maggie Stevens Robertson. Mrs. Qualls was married to the late Raymond Qualls for 64 years. Bertie was a beautician for 20 years, member of the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in...

Mar 20, 2013

Barbara Case McDonald, age 79, died March 20, 2013 at Duke Medical Center. She was born in Sacramento, CA to the late Frank H. and Dorothy Case. Barbara worked as a real estate broker in Durham and attended Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Barbara is survived by her loving husband of 55 years, Eugene J. McDonald of Durham, NC; Her six...

Mar 19, 2013

RALEIGH - Anna M. Gawlik, 95, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Springmoor Retirement Community in Raleigh. Her husband and dancing partner, Rudolph, passed away in 2010. Anna was the loving mother of four children: Rudolph, Judith, Joseph and John, who resides at Brother James Court. Family and friends remember Anna's broad and joyful smile which beamed brightest when she...