Obituaries

Socorro  Solis  Castillo

Socorro Solis Castillo

Dec 7, 2023

Socorro Solis Castillo, age 89, died on December 7, 2023 at her residence. She was born on August 24, 1934 to the late Pedro Castillo and Rufina Solis Catillo.

Corina as fondly called by her peers, obtained a B.S. in Medical Technology at the University of Santo Thomas- The oldest extant university charter in Asia, located in Manila, the capital of...

Maria Carr Harrell

Maria Carr Harrell

Dec 3, 2023

Maria Carr Harrell of Durham, died peacefully surrounded by her family on December 3 while briefly in hospice care. She was born August 31, 1948, the first of three daughters, to the late Albert Gallatin Carr of Durham and Katherine Legg Carr of Henderson, NC.

Maria graduated from Durham High School, attended Stratford College for two years and graduated from UNC...

Michelle  Mason King

Michelle Mason King

Nov 30, 2023

Michelle Mason King, has died at the age of 56, on Thursday, November 30th, 2023, in Durham, N.C.

She was born in Boston, Mass., to Edna Taylor Mason and Norman Christy Mason on Dec. 5, 1967. She graduated from Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh and went on to graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From there, she...

Mary  Alice  Eckman

Mary Alice Eckman

Nov 27, 2023

Mary Alice Eckman (née Ryan) passed away peacefully on Monday, November 27th. She was born to the late Robert and Irene Ryan on January 20, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Mount St. Mary Academy in St. Charles, Illinois, and graduated from Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois.

On January 11, 1958, she married Thomas Roy Eckman and spent the next...

Mildred Frances Newsome

Mildred Frances Newsome

Nov 26, 2023

Mildred Newsome, age 102, a lifetime resident of Oxford, joined our Father in heaven on 11/26/2023. She was the daughter of the late Lewis Thomas Newton and Flora Elizabeth Critcher.

Mildred was a devoted member of the Hester Baptist Church and graduated from Berea High School, Oxford. She devoted her life to raising three children, assisted on the farm, worked at...

Sylvia  Virginia  Matthews

Sylvia Virginia Matthews

Nov 25, 2023

         Sylvia Currin Matthews, age 94, passed away peacefully on November 25th, 2023. A long-time resident of both Granville and Perquimans counties in North Carolina, she was a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend to many. She was born in July of 1929 to Bodie Marsh and Lodema Adcock Currin and was raised on a tobacco farm on Roxboro Rd....

Kenneth Richard Apgar

Kenneth Richard Apgar

Nov 21, 2023

Kenneth Richard Apgar, age 94 formerly of Newark NJ, died peacefully at the Cedars in Chapel Hill on November 21st 2023. He was born July 26,1929 from parents, Theresa A. Apgar and Stacy T. Apgar. Ken was the second oldest child of three. He graduated from Irvington High School in Irvington NJ and worked at NJ Bell Telephone company (Verizon)...

Myrtle  Wilson Cherkas

Myrtle Wilson Cherkas

Nov 19, 2023

Myrtle S. Cherkas, 95, was called home to be with our Lord on Sunday, November 19, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Willie Wilson and Mary Lee Wilson; first husband, Sidney Satterwhite; her second husband, William Cherkas; her daughters, Barbara Currin and Sandra Newton; and a grandson, Westley Satterwhite.

Myrtle lived and raised her children in Stovall,...

Barbara Jean Reeves

Barbara Jean Reeves

Nov 16, 2023

Barbara Jean Daniel Reeves, age 80, died at Raleigh's Rex Hospital on November 16, 2023. She was born on June 28, 1943 in Durham's Watts Hospital to the late Wallace L. Daniel and Ethel Jones Daniel.

She graduated from Southern Durham High School and she graduated from Campbell College, which is now Campbell University, with a BS in Secondary Mathematics Education....

George James Pashales

George James Pashales

Nov 13, 2023

George James Pashales, 86, died peacefully in his home with his family on November 13, 2023. He was born on May 24, 1937, in Clifton Forge, Virginia to the late James and Maria Pashales. He was the husband of the late Janet Beatrice Hudson for 38 years. George was a graduate of Durham High School class of 1955 and attended...

Annie  L.  Cotten

Annie L. Cotten

Nov 13, 2023

A more detailed obituary to follow - please keep the family in your thoughts. 

Martha  Ruth Morton

Martha Ruth Morton

Nov 11, 2023

Martha Ruth Davis Morton, age 63, died in her home on Saturday, November 11, 2023. She was born in Waco, Texas on December 29, 1959, to her late parents, Edgar Felton Davis and Martha Sue Hightshoe Davis. She met and married her late husband, George Daniel Morton, III at NC State University and they were married October 17, 1981 at...

Patricia Ann Upton

Patricia Ann Upton

Nov 11, 2023

Pat was born on Halloween 1944 in Madeira, CA to George and Margaret Sullivan. Sandwiched between her three brothers, Chester, Jimmy, and David, she was one tough woman who was strong-willed and smart.

She received an undergraduate degree and a masters degree from San Jose State. She met the love of her life George while she was working in a diner...

Frederick Trott Doane

Frederick Trott Doane

Nov 11, 2023

Frederick T. Doane, 84, of Durham, NC and Colchester, VT, died November 11, 2023 of complications following surgery. Fred was the son of Vernon Harden Doane and Kathryn Trott Doane and was born in Washington, DC. 

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Heike; two children, Marcus F. Doane and Katrin Doane Goldfarb; his son-in-law, Michael Goldfarb; and...

Michael  Kevin  Dugan

Michael Kevin Dugan

Nov 11, 2023

Michael K. Dugan died on November 11, 2023 in Durham, North Carolina.

In 1940, Mike was born to Frank and Leah Kelley Dugan in Utica, New York. He was their trailing son, who looked up to his big sisters Louise and Sheila. As a boy, he was often found playing hockey on a frozen pond. He attended St. Michael’s College, University...

Russell Newton Barringer, Jr.

Russell Newton Barringer, Jr.

Nov 10, 2023

Russell Newton Barringer, Jr. November 10, 2023. He was born in Durham, North Carolina on March 16, 1935, to the late Russell N. Barringer, Sr and Maelee McKenzie Page Barringer.

He attended the Calvert Method School (now Durham Academy), Carr Junior High School, and Durham High School. Upon graduation he attended Davidson College for two years before transferring to Duke University...

Linda  Greene Trent

Linda Greene Trent

Nov 9, 2023

Linda Greene Trent passed away on November 9, 2023. She was born July 11, 1950 in Clarkton, NC to parents John Thomas “Tommie” Greene and Miriam White Greene. She is

survived by husband Thomas H. Trent and sister Sue G. Sugheir and sister in law Sue N. Trent.

Linda was employed in the accounting departments of Waccamaw Bank, Northwestern Bank and Security...

William Winthrop Kingsbury

William Winthrop Kingsbury

Nov 9, 2023

William Winthrop Kingsbury, AIA, age 81, passed away peacefully at Duke Hospital on November 9, 2023. He was born in Albany, New York, and grew up in Valley Stream, New York, and New Canaan, Connecticut. He was always called “Bill” by his friends and family. His talent in art and architecture became evident at an early age. He graduated from...

Robert Hargrave, Jr.

Robert Hargrave, Jr.

Nov 8, 2023

Robert Hargrave, Jr passed away on November 8, 2023 in Duke Hospital. He was 80 years old. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Hargrave (Carr) who he was married to for 57 years, his brother Doug Hargrave and 4 nieces and 3 nephews. He was the son of the late Robert Hargrave Sr and the late Sara Ambler.

Robert grew...

Philip Bates Hopkins, Jr.

Philip Bates Hopkins, Jr.

Oct 31, 2023

It is with deep sadness that we share with you the passing of Philip B. Hopkins Jr. Born on December 5, 1937 in Holyoke, MA, Phil grew up in Massachusetts, raised a family in Connecticut and retired in North Carolina. Growing up in the Northeast, he attended The Loomis school for boys, which eventually became Loomis Chaffee college preparatory school....