Obituaries

DURHAM-Katherine Louisa Legg Carr,Mrs. Albert Gallatin Carr was born on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1925 to Maria and Milton Franklineegg ineenderson, North Carolina. She lived a long, happy life and passed away peacefully at home on Friday evening with her family by her side. Katherine was full of spirit with a loving and kind presence. She was a devoted wife,...

Suzanne Sweeney Valliere, age 65, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, neember 7, 2105 at her Durham home. She was born in Biddeford, Maine to Irene V. Cyr Sweeney and the late John E. Sweeney. Suzanne graduated from St. Louis High School in Biddeford, Maine. While her daughters were young, she worked as an Avoneepresentative and held...

OXFORD: Kathryn Maurne Gillespie, age 69, died Wednesday, neember 7, 2012 at Brantwood Nursing Facility. She was born in Baltimore, MD and was the daughter of Gladys White Trujillo of Oxford and the late James Smith. Mrs. Gillespie was of the Baptist faith and had retired from Revlon. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, neember 10, 2012 at Gentry-neell...

CHAPEL HILL: Mary Louise (Milam) Creed, 90, of Chapel Hill and Surry, ME died oneecember 25, 2015 beneath a brilliant, Christmas, full moon. Louise was born in the Philippines oneeptember 25, 1925 to Mary Louise (Wilson) Milam and Daniel Franklin Milam, M.D. Louise grew up traveling the world with her family until they settled in Chapel Hill in the1930???s. She...

DURHAM: The Reverend Albert Arnold Nelius, beloved Episcopal priest over 50 years in Durham and former Duke Uneersity Library staff member, died peacefully January 1 at the Forest at Duke Health Center, surrounded by his wife and loving, competent staff. He was borneecember 9, 1925 ineemphis, TN, to Eva aneengel Nelius. Albert served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-46, after...

Richard Ihly ,78,died Sunday Feb 8 in Pittsboro NC. He was a lifelong lover and respecter of the natural world and was happiest when around water. He shared his love of nature with his family and friends and taught many children to fish and water ski. He led by example and was a role model for those who knew him....

Jerrard Russell Maxwell, 84, passed quietly oneeptember 16, 2014 at Carillon Assisted Living in Hillsborough, NC. Jerry was born on July 3rd, 1930 at the Ohio State Uneersity Hospital, Columbus, OH to the late Paul Russell Maxwell and Leah Shelt Maxwell. Following graduation in 1949 from Howe Military School, Howe, IN, Jerry went on to serve in the Army as...

Ha Thi Nguyen Guthrie, 66, of Durham lost her very brave year-long battle with gastric and breast cancer oneebruary 1, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Vietnam on March 12, 1947. During the war, she met her husband, William Guthrie, an American soldier, while she was working as a secretary for the US Army. She moved...

Pat Rowe was a recogneed international practitioner ineeadership selection and performance.?? An Australian native, his particular expertise had been acknowledged by The Financial Times and other news media and journals. With extensive international experience working in Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America and South America, he brought to his clients the working knowledge of line leadership, coupled with a strong practitioner background...

Marie Gregoris Council May 9, 1923 neember 5, 2013 DURHAM - Marie was born May 9th, 1923, to Kiriaki Coula Stavroulakis Gregoris and Nicholas Efstratios Gregoris ineew York City where she lived until 1930 wheneer family moved to Durham. She attended a French school in Chania, Crete, Greece in 1927-29. She was elected to National Honor Society in 10th grade...

DURHAM Phyllis Eileen Vuolo, 82 years old, passed away oneecember 1, 2018. Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, she attended Rutgers Uneersity and was a member of Rainbow Girls and a lifetime member of Order of Eastern Star, Southgate Chapter #177 in Durham, North Carolina. She was employed with Avon Cosmetic Corporation ineew York and was a maneer of Systems...

DURHAM ??? Ossie Dyson Couch, 91, went to be with her Lord and Savior oneecember 3, 2018. She is predeceased by her Parents Edgar and Vada Dyson; Husbaneedward H Couch Sr; Sisters Eva Mae Dysoneew, Ruth Dyson Rich, Evelyn Dyson Culbreth aneedna Pearl Dyson. She is survived by two sisters Lois Dyson Culbreth ??? Fayetteville NC and Myrtle Dyson Allegood...

Cindy Ann Howerton Sprinee, 59, lost her hard fought battle with ALS on October 10, 2015 surrounded by her loved ones at Duke Hospice Center. She was born on January 20, 1956 to Thomas and Lena Howerton in Durham, North Carolina. She spent 33 years with the love of her life, her husband, ???her rock???, Alan Sprinee. She worked as...

John Randolph Carpenter April 11, 1945 ??? neember 20, 2014 Rann Carpenter, 69, passed away on neember 20 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Gastonia, NC, he was the son of the late Virginia Ragan Carpenter and Donald S. Carpenter, Sr. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Nancy A. Carpenter; two daughters, Ragan Carpenter Anderson...

A funeral mass will be held at St. Thomas More Catholic Church on Monday, neember 12th, 2018 at 9 AM. A reception will follow the funeral mass for friends and family. A private burial will follow the reception. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Amedisys Hospice at 2609 Duke Street Suite 102 Durham, NC 27704.

Frederick Ted B. Gervais, Colonel, Uneed States Air Force Retired, loving husband for 68 years to Doris Dobby, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, unee, and a proud and honorable veteran, passed away at the age of 90 at The Pavilion, Croasdaile Village, Durham, North Carolina, with his loving family at his side. Ted was born oneebruary 18, 1922 in Lawton, Oklahoma....

Mike Cavender, formerly of Highlands, NC, died on June 22 in Durham. The cause was sarcoma cancer. He is survived by his wife of 28 years Paulette Webb; two-step daughters, Charlotte Schwartz of Atlanta and Vanessa Tsumura of Milwaukee; their husbands Paul and Kenji; grandchildren Carl, Violet, Anri and Isla; his sister Katie Baer of Pittsboro, NC, and many nieces...

Robert Harrison Booth passed away oneecember 1, 2014, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center, after a long period of declining health. He was 82 years old. Mr. Booth was born on October 30, 1932 in Wichita, KS. The son of the late Arch N. Booth and the late Wilma Harrison Booth, he spent his early years in Kansas before moving with his...

Bernard Bender was born 10-26-1925 in Brooklyneew York to orthodox??Jewish Eastern European immigrant parents, Robert Bender and Celia??Borodineender. He had one older sister, Lorraine Bruder Roberts, who??predeceased him by one year. He grew up in a Brooklyn house subdivided??into apartments where all his neighbors in the building were his mother???s??sisters and their families, so his first cousins were like siblings...