Obituaries

DURHAM - Rebecca Jane Cash Rogers died at her home oneeptember 2, 2008 with her children at her side. Rebecca was born on March 22, 1914, in Chatham County, to Moses Stanford Cash and Susan Townsend Cash. She is the last surviving member of a family of six siblings. Rebecca is also predeceased by her husband, James Elbert Rogers, who...

Ethel Oakley Blalock passed oneecember 22, 2019 at the age of 92 after long suffering. She was a lifetime resident of Stem, NC, a 1945 graduate of Stem High School and the wife of the late George L. Blalock, Jr and daughter of the late Robert ???Bob??? Oakley and Luna O. Oakley. Ethel was known for exquisite quilting and as...

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Robert Cole, age 85, died on neember 23, 2017 at the Pines nursing facility, Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill, NC. He was born May 6, 1932 in Ada, Ohio to Robert aneeunee Cole who proceeded him ineeath. He married Carolyn Rayl Cole in 1951 and she also proceeded him ineeath. Surviving are two sons: Michael (Nancy) Cole of Dartmouth, NH...

DURHAM ??? John C. Clamp was born August 5, 1949 in neemberg, Germany and spent his early years ineermany and France. The only child of an Army Sargent, John and his parents returned to the US and lived in Colorado before moving to Fayetteville, NC after his father retired from the Army. John had a passion for science. He received...

Ann Majestic passed away peacefully on August 16th at home with her husband of 37 years, Hank, by her side. She loved living in Trinity Park and being a partner at Tharrington Smith for over 30 years. At reunions, she took pride in saying that she had the same spouse, the same house, and the same job. Ann had a...

Hilda Gray Elliott, 71, passed away on Monday, neember 2, 2015 at her home in Granville County. Hilda was born in the Oak Hill community of Granville County on neember 21, 1943 to Charlie Emory Talley and Polly Wilburn Talley. She was employed over the years by Pepsi Cola and Mitchell Warehouse, and was co-owner of Elliott's Jewelers in Oxford....

OXFORD: Brenda Elaine Davis, age 66, died Monday evening at Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the Kathleen Hite Davis and the late Lawrence Edward Davis. Brenda was a member of Amis Chapel Baptist Church and had been employed by Granville Medical Center and John Umstead. Brenda also loved going to the beach....

DURHAM - Mrs. Geraldine Ross Sheehy, 90, of 3121 Cheek Road, Durham, NC, died Thursday, neember 13, 2014 at her residence. A native of Durham, she was the wife of the late John Burke Thomas and the late Albert H. Sheehy, and the daughter of the late Ioma Flowers Ross and Otho Settle Ross. She is survived by her soneevin...

Ralph R. Hurst, 85, died Sunday after an extended illness. A Durham native, he was borneebruary 6, 1929 to Julian D. Hurst, Sr. aneedna Chesson Hurst. Mr. Hurst was a graduate of Durham High School, after which he began a lengthy career in sales of men???s clothing. He began work at Ray Browning Clothiers, followed by many years with Young...

W.L. "Bill" Hunt, Jr. 81, of Hillsborough died Friday, neember 15, 2013 at Duke Regional Hospital. A native of Durham he was the son of the late Wilmer L. Hunt, Sr. and Nellie Long Hunt. Bill was preceded ineeath by his brother, Danal Hunt. Bill is survived by his wife of 59 years, Myrtle Glenn Hunt, his sons, David Hunt...

Lee Wood (Alexandria, VA) was an artist who selflessly shared her talents and her loving spirit with family, friends, and neighbors alike. Humble and self-critical, she neer fully understood or realized how profoundly her life and work inspired aneenriched those around her.?? She was born oneecember 1, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA and grew up in Greensburg, PA.?? Her fondest childhood...

DURHAM ??? Elaine Ruth Sandahl, age 90, died peacefully ineer sleep oneec 9, 2014, at The Forest at Duke. She was born in Milwaukee, WI, to the late David and Ruth Graper Carlson. Elaine graduated from the Uneersity of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied English and Mathematics. It was in Madison that Elaine met her husband of 51 years, Robert Abel...

Oxford: Janet H. Barlowe, 79, of Oxford, dies Wednesday July 9, 2014 at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Hicks and Mabel Hicks Halstead. The widow of Felix Russell Barlowe, she was a retired employee of the Oxford Crdit Union, and she was a member of Hester Baptist...

JEAN STONE LINKER Born April 19, 1930, Jean graduated to glory on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, with her family at her bedside. Hers was a life of joyous service and loving devotion to God, family, church, and community. She was born in Winston Salem, NC to the late Walter Smith Stone & Virginia Giddens Stone of Stoneville, NC. She attended...

Sam Wyndham Craver, Jr. February 13, 1928 February 2, 2013 Sam Wyndham Craver, Jr. passed away peacefully at Galloway Ridge ineearrington Village oneebruary 2, 2013. He was a native of Charlotte, North Carolina. Sam was borneebruary 13, 1928 to Sam Wyndham Craver and May Pitts Craver, in Charlotte, NC. Sam graduated from Central High School in Charlotte, NC in 1946....

Allison Rose O???Toole, age 28, died suddenly in a car accident oneecember 15, 2019. She was born on March 15, 1991 in Durham, NC. Allison was an outstanding student and a voracious reader. She graduated from Durham School of the Arts in 2009 with an art focus in photography. She received her Bachelor???s Degree in Psychology from The Uneersity of...

DURHAM: Edyth Mae Adams Weaver, 80, died Saturday in Durham Regional Hospital. Borneebruary 25, 1934 in Port Jervis, NY, she was the youngest of five children of the late Harry and Alma Davenport Adams. Mrs. Weaver graduated from Port Jervis High School then moved to the Vestal, NY area until her marriage in 1953 to Ronald B. Weaver. The family...

Celebrating the Life of Betty Ruth Farmer Moore Sunrise: September 11, 1943 -?? Sunset:?? January 13, 2019 Betty Ruth Farmer Moore was born oneeptember 11, 1943, to the proud parents, Mr. Jeff and Mrs. Lucille Washington Farmer in Shorterville, Alabama. Betty accepted Christ as her personal Savior at an early age as a faithful member of New Salem Baptist Church...

Edward James Hans, better known as Jim, Jimmy, Hansy, Dad and Grandpa, was the best. Jim, the youngest of seven siblings, was born and raised in Whitestone, NY. Aneeveryone in his family knows exactly which house Jim was born in. An amateur historian, Jim neer failed to tell the stories of the past to his family. With his family, he...