Obituaries

Anne Louise Barnhardt Mincey

Anne Louise Barnhardt Mincey

May 29, 2012

Anne Louise Barnhardt Mincey, 82, died on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Anne was born in Durham, NC to the late Max Lloyd and Pauline Bullington Barnhardt on January 30, 1930. Anne was a loving mother and friend to anyone that she had the opportunity to come in contact with. Anne worked in Durham at Duke Uneersity as a housing maneer....

Paul Loften Preddy

Paul Loften Preddy

May 29, 2012

KITTRELL: Paul Loften Preddy, a resident of Kittrell, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 in the VA Hospital in Durham. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late John Royal Preddy and Alpheus Clay Preddy. Mr. Preddy was a veteran of the Navy, serving in WWII and the Korean War. He was a member of Peace's...

Thomas Boone Mccollough

Thomas Boone Mccollough

May 28, 2012

Mr. Thomas Boone McCollough, 20, of Sanford died May 28, 2012 at his home. Borneecember 22, 1991 at Fort Bragg, Mr. McCollough was the son of Lewis Danny McCollough II and Sandra Lynne Demmon McCollough. He moved to the area permanently in 2010 after spending time growing up between Olympia, WA and Cameron, NC. Boone received his adult high school...

Cresentia G. Simelane

Cresentia G. Simelane

May 24, 2012

DURHAM- Cresentia G. Simelane, 37, died on Thursday, May 24, 2012 following a short illness. Cres is survived by her mother Sibongile Margret Simelane and three younger siblings. Friends may visit from 6:00 to 8:00pm Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, 1113 W. Main Street, Durham. Funeral Services will be held 2:00PM Wednesday, May 30, 2012 from Blacknall...

George Layton Gowan, Jr.

George Layton Gowan, Jr.

May 22, 2012

George Layton Gowan Jr, 62, died on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. George was born in Spartanburg, SC to the late George Layton and Freda Skinner Gowan, Sr. on June 12, 1949. George worked for Vaughn Electric as an Electrician. George was an avid nascar fan as well as a Duke fan. He enjoyed going to the race at tracks like...

Margaret Strowd Sharpe

Margaret Strowd Sharpe

May 22, 2012

Margaret Ellen Strowd Sharpe, 74, of Pittsboro, NC died Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at home. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 o'clock Friday morning, May 25, 2012 at Hall Wynne Funeral Home in Pittsboro. Margaret Ellen was borneeptember 14, 1937, the daughter of Jim aneethel Strowd. She was a 1955 graduate of Pittsboro High School and 1959 graduate...

Aneew Steve Williams

Aneew Steve Williams

May 20, 2012

Mr. Aneew "Steve" Williams, 65, of Clarksville, VA, passed away Sunday morning, May 20th, 2012, in his home, surrounded by his family. A native of Pittsboro, NC, Steve was born neember 23rd, 1946 to the late Aneew and Mary Clark Williams. A veteran of Viet Nam, he achieved the rank of Staff Sgt. E-6 in the U.S. Army, before returning...

Preston James Winslow

Preston James Winslow

May 19, 2012

Preston James Winslow, age 4, took his last breath before going to heaven on May 19, 2012, following a long battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Preston possessed a strength and perseverance for life. Despite difficult, painful treatments, he neer complained and bravely cooperated with whatever he had to face. Preston's courage led us and so many others to understand that...

Raeford Clark

Raeford Clark

May 18, 2012

Raeford Clark, 89, of St. Augustine, FL, passed away May 18, 2012. He was born in Chapel Hill, NC on October 16, 1922 to Denee Mack Clark and Bessie Mabel Clark. Mr. Clark was retired and attended Cross Roads Community Church in East Palatka, FL and was a member of Pittsboro Uneed Methodist Church in Pittsboro, NC. He is survived...

Alexander Paul Koch

Alexander Paul Koch

May 18, 2012

Alexander Paul Koch of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, passed away unexpectedly on May 18, 2012 at the age of 23 after a long struggle with bipolar disease. He was born in Chapel Hill on April 9, 1989 and graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 2007. He also studied at East Chapel Hill High School and the Uneersity of North...

Michael Warren Stinemire

Michael Warren Stinemire

May 17, 2012

Michael W. Stinemire, 31, of Durham died May 17, 2012. Michael was born on October 19, 1980 in Staten Island, NY and was the beloved son of the late Patricia Stinemire of Durham and the late Robert Stinemire of Stamford, CT. Michael is survived by his unees, Charles Kiernan and Steven Kiernan and his wife, Ann, all of New Jersey;...

Gladys P. Chasak

Gladys P. Chasak

May 17, 2012

Gladys P. Rorie Chasak, 92, of Durham, NC, died peacefully ineelbourne, Florida on Thursday, May 17, 2012. Gladys was born in Chesterfield, South Carolina and married Erwin Thomas Chasak, Sr. in 1945. They lived in Durham for 60 years, raising three children. Their faith in God and love for each other set an example of a strong marriage. Gladys will...

William Clarence Denny

William Clarence Denny

May 15, 2012

ROXBORO: William Clarence Denny, age 92 of 3715 Denny's Store Road, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012. A native of Person County, he was the son of the late J.W. and Ruth Pritchett Denny and the widower of Ruby Watsoneenny. He was a lifetime member of Sharon Baptist Church, a retired farmer and an Army Veteran of World War II. Funeral...

Carl Douglas Strickland

Carl Douglas Strickland

May 14, 2012

BULLOCK: Carl Douglas Strickland, age 61, of Bullock, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at his home. A native of Durham County, he was the son of the late Ronald Harrison and Inez McLamb Strickland. He was a retired pipe fitter supervisor and a graduate of Northern High School in Durham. A memorial service will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. on...

Joseph J. Fedor

Joseph J. Fedor

May 12, 2012

Joseph J. Fedor formerly of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and recently North Carolina, died on May 12, 2012 in Wilson, NC. Born in Hazleton, PA on April 2, 1925, to Joseph and Johanna Rusnock Fedor, he attended Hazleton High School. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Gonzalez Fedor, of Durham, NC, brother, Edward Fedor of West Islip, NY, sister Dolores...

Theresa Arlene Compton

Theresa Arlene Compton

May 12, 2012

OXFORD: Theresa Arlene Compton, age 56, a resident of Boone, NC, died Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Durham Regional Medical Center from a prolonged illness. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late Leo and Mary Belle Compton of Oxford. Theresa earned a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in education from Appalachian State Uneersity and...

Evelyn Hope Walker

Evelyn Hope Walker

May 11, 2012

OBITUARY KING WILLIAM, VA. Evelyn Hope Walker, died May 11, 2012 at Memorial Regional Medical ineechanicsville, Va. She was the daughter of the late Giles Crutcher and Josephine Burwell Crutcher. Hope was preceded ineeath by her husband George Howell and Joseph Walker. She was a house wife and was a Baptist. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday...

Betty Gooch

Betty Gooch

May 11, 2012

Betty Gooch, 78, died on Friday, May 11, 2012. Betty was born in Durham, NC to Douglas Wendell and Gladys Vaughn Stafford oneebruary 21, 1934. Betty was a loving mother and friend to anyone that she had the opportunity to come in contact with. Betty worked in Durham as an Assembler of Electronics and was a member of Mt. Moriah...

William H. Bayliss

William H. Bayliss

May 11, 2012

CHAPEL HILL-William H. Bayliss of Chapel Hill died Friday, May 11, 2012, from complications after a fall. He was 88. He was born July 29, 1923, in Titusville, PA, the son of George Emery Bayliss aneella Madelaine Heywang. He graduated from Titusville High School as president of his class in 1941 aneentered Harvard College in 1942 following a post-graduate year...

Robert Sanford Garrard

Robert Sanford Garrard

May 6, 2012

Robert Sanford Garrard, age 87, died Sunday, May 6, 2012, at his home. A Durham native, Robert was born to the late Isaac Marion and Lonie Sanford Garrard on neember 12, 1924. He proudly served his country while in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Robert is survived by his three children: Angela Garrard, Amanda Gail Garrard and Robert Aneew Garrard,...