Obituaries
Roy Lee Matthews
Jan 18, 2010
Roy Lee Matthews, age 80, died unexpectedly Monday evening, January 18, 2010 at Durham Regional Hospital. A Durham native, Mr. Matthews was born in Erwin, NC to the late Frank and Ada Barnes Matthews. Mr. Matthews and his wife, Barbara, were founders of the Furniture House of Durham which later became Nance Furniture Company. He is survived by his loving...
Linda Fowler Parham
Jan 18, 2010
OXFORD: Linda Fowler Parham, 62 of Addie's Lane Farm, died January 18, 2010. A native of Granville County and she was the daughter of the late George Y. and Nadine Fowler Parham. She was a life long horse enthusiast, animal lover, commercial real estate developer and a member of Salem Uneed Methodist Church. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM...
Johneeter Dorton
Jan 17, 2010
Johneeter Dorton, 81, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, January 17, 2010 after battling an extended illness. He was born and raised in Durham, and was the son of Peter aneevyenia Dorton. John's parents were founding members of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Barbara, where John was also a member. A graduate of Duke Uneersity, he completed dental...
Rudolph A. Gawlik
Jan 17, 2010
Rudolph A. Gawlik, 93, died Sunday, January 17, 2010 at the Springmoor Retirement Community in Raleigh. Mr. Gawlik was born in Chicago, Illinois where he attended Pullmaneech High School and Wilson Junior College. He worked as a process engineer for the Electromotive Division of General Motors for 37 years before relocating to Raleigh in 1997. Mr. Gawlik is the last...
James "Jimmy" Garrett Burnette
Jan 12, 2010
James Garrett Burnette died at his home on Hiltoneead Island Tuesday, January 12, 2010. He was born in Oxford, North Carolina to Hallie Garrett and Sarah Lucille Burnette. "Jimmy", as he was known during his adolescent and teeneears, graduated from Oxford High School. He was an honor student aneespecially loved athletics. He was quite a star, excelling in baseball, basketball,...
James G. Morgan, Jr.
Jan 11, 2010
James G. Morgan, Jr., age 85, died peacefully at his home, Jan. 11, 2010 with his family by his side. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late James Graden Morgan, Sr. and Myrtle Barbee Morgan Rigsbee. He was a veteran and served his country in the U. S. Army Air Corp during WWII. Mr. Morgan worked in...
Arch Gill Clark
Jan 10, 2010
Arch Gill Clark, son of the late Vione aneernest Clark passed away Sunday, January 10, 2010 peacefully with his family at Rex Hospital. A true and faithful servant, he was born on August 3, 1924 in Chatham County. Born to be a farmer, he loved being on his tractor and was most comfortable there. He retired from his position as...
Michael Paul Alex Cunningham
Jan 10, 2010
Michael Paul Alex Cunningham, 30, of Pleasant Hill Church Rd., Siler City, died January 10, 2010 following a period of declining health while awaiting a heart transplant. The son of Philip and Rose Norton Cunningham, Michael was born ineeesburg, VA oneebruary 24, 1979. He loved farming, but had also worked as a paramedic and a scrub nurse as long as...
Sophie Eloise Daniel
Jan 8, 2010
DURHAM - Sophie Eloise Daniel, 55, passed away January 8, 2010 at the Duke Hock Pavilion in Durham, NC after a courageous and brave battle with cancer. Sophie was born January 17, 1954 in Alexandria, Virginia to the late Katherine Dusenberry Daniel and David Oscar Daniel, Jr. She spent most of her childhood in Durham, NC. She was a 1973...
George William "Billy" Nicholson, Jr.
Jan 8, 2010
STEM: George William "Billy" Nicholson, Jr. age 46, died Friday, January 8, 2010 in Mountain City, TN. He was a native of Baltimore, MD and the son of Louise Huerta, husband, Raul Huerta of Stem, NC and George Nicholson, wife Rose Nicholson of Mountain City, TN. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 2:00 P.M. from...
Stuart Vaughan
Jan 8, 2010
OXFORD: Stuart Vaughan, age 73, died Friday, January 08, 2010 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. He was the son of the late Rufus Elmo and Frauline Jones Vaughan. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church, where he served as Deacon and Chairman of the Cemetery Committee and was a veteran, having served in the US Army. He was...
Marvin Frederick High
Jan 7, 2010
Marvin Frederick High, 89, of 8385 Wake Road, died January 7, 2010 at the VA Medical Center in Durham. Born neember 24, 1920, in Durham County, he was the son of the late John Frederick High and Myrtle Carver High Marvin was a brick mason for over 35 years and he enjoyed farming and gardening. He was a devoted husband,...
Jean Lowe Preston
Jan 7, 2010
Mrs. Jean Lowe Preston, 85, died at the home of her daughter ineearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC on January 7, 2010. Born May 22, 1924 in Troy, NY, she was a daughter of Francis J. and Marguerite Birney Lowe. She was the first female apprentice to graduate from Watervilet Arsenal. Mrs. Preston was a former member of St. Francis de Sales...
Jean Rosenthal Mandel
Jan 5, 2010
Jean Rosenthal Mandel of Fearrington Village in Pittsboro, NC since 1997, formerly of Tuckahoe Yonkers, NY, died January 5, 2010 at The Arbor at Galloway Ridge ineearrington Village. She was the wife of the late Howard Mandel; long-time companion of Philip McIntosh; stepmother of Mark Mandel and Wendy Sue; grandmother of Roger Morehouse, Susannah Mandel and Jeremy Mandel. Jean worked...
Eizabeth Irene Farris Carroll
Jan 2, 2010
Elizabeth Irene Farris Carroll, age 78, died peacefully Saturday morning, January 2, 2010, at the Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. She was born in Rutherfordton, NC o n July 5, 1931 to the late Marvin and Hattie Pearl Morrow Farris. Elizabeth's greatest joys were found ineer family, especially her children and grandchildren, and ineer service as a Registered Nurse, having...
Julia Elizabeth Walker
Jan 1, 2010
DURHAM: Julia Elizabeth Walker, went to be with her Heavenly Father on January 1, 2010. She was born on a 350 acre farm in Butner, NC on July 4, 1923 to the late Ally Walker and Cora Chappell Walker. She was a member of Gorman Baptist Church. She has several siblings, who were stillborn or who lived only months, buried...
James Pasco Gill
Dec 30, 2009
OXFORD: James Pasco Gill, a resident of Enon Rd. died December 30, 2009 in Granville Medical Center. He was a native of Person Co. and was the son of the late Earlie George and Mattie Lunsford Gill. He was a member of Geneva Presbyterian Church, a farmer and owner of Gill's Grocery. He was a former employee of the ASCS...
Joseph Edward Lowe
Dec 29, 2009
Mr. Joseph Edward Lowe, 92, of Galloway Ridge ineearrington Village, Pittsboro, died December 29, 2009 at UNC Hospitals. Mr. Lowe was a Durham County native, born July 5, 1917 to Edward and Lila Durham Shipp Lowe. He was raised in the Lowes Grove community, and was a member of Lowes Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Lowe served in the US Army...
Kaleb Joshua Brigman
Dec 29, 2009
Master Kaleb Joshua Brigman, infant son of Micah Joel and Wanda Whitford Brigman, was born and died December 29, 2009 at UNC Hospitals. Kaleb is survived by his parents Micah and Wanda; a brother, Cody Brigman; paternal grandparents, Jimmy and Cheryl Wolfe of Moncure; maternal grandparents, David and Christy Whitford of Sanford, Donna Whitford of New York; paternal great-grandparents, Eileeneestbrook...
Mary Ann Cole Gooch
Dec 29, 2009
OXFORD: Mary Ann Cole Gooch, age 89, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late Jim and Moriah Beasley Cole. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 2, 2010 from Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. John Yount. Burial will follow in Bullock Cemetery,...
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