Obituaries

DURHAM- On the afternoon of October 26, 2015 Martha Louise Pope Wetherington passed away peacefully at Peak Resources Treyburn. Martha was 86 years old. Martha was born in Durham, NC oneeptember 21, 1929. She was the fifth child, of seven, born to the late Abner Benton and Vera Pickett Pope. Martha moved to Chatham County where she spent most of...

Helen Elizabeth Albert Pope, loving daughter, wife and mother, age 91, died oneeptember 26 at the Hock Family Pavilion. She was borneeptember 17, 1921 in Alamance County, North Carolina to the late Samuel Grover and Louisa Laws Albert. Helen was a longtime member of Carr Uneed Methodist Church. She and her husband William Everett Pope were the owners of the...

Clement ???Clem??? Barbaza, age 98, a resident of Durham, NC, died Tuesday, neember 26, 2019. Mr. Barbaza was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Staten Island, New York.?? He was the son of the late Emily and Anthony Barbaza.?? He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, and grandfather. After serving in the Navy during WWII,...

DURHAM- Han Quang Nguyen, 65, died Wednesday, January 20 at Duke Medical Center. Han was born in Hanoi, Vietnam; he was the son of the late Dieu Thi and Ho Quang Nguyen. Han was a parishioner of St. Matthew Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Nga Nguyen; sons, Dai Nguyen and Duy Nguyen; daughter, Van Bartes; brothers, Han Nguyen and...

Mrs. Margaret Emma Diedrich peacefully passed away Monday afternoon, at her home in Chapel Hill, NC, while surrounded by her family. Margaret was born in Bureau County, IL, daughter to the late Virgil Roush and Stella Gunning Roush. She is survived by her daughter, JoEllen Munee and her husband, William, of Chapel Hill; her granddaughter, Suzanne and husband, Vince Allen;...

Catherine Watts Vaughn of Pittsboro, NC completed this life's journey on October 18, 2012. Catherine was born in Bangor, ME on October 28, 1940, attended an Episcopal boarding school for girls ineendham, NJ for her highschool and obtained a bachelor's degree in business from Arizona State Uneersity. After careers with Westinghouse in Phoenix, the city of Albuquerque and as a...

Mae Love Chambers Currin, age 94, passed away peacefully at home oneecember 13, 2018. Born ineerson County, she was the daughter of the late Lee Chambers aneelizabeth Turner Chambers.?? She was a member of Roxboro Baptist Church ineer early years and became a member of Hester Baptist Church after marriage to Chaneer T. Currin, Sr. Mae Love had many accomplishments...

Jonathan Mowry Steere, III, passed away on neember 16, 2017 at Hock Hospice Center in Durham, NC after a prolonged illness. He was 71 years old. Jonathan was born on March 27, 1946 in Philadelphia, PA to Jonathan M. Steere, Jr. and Hilda Fletcher Steere. He graduated from Penn Charter High School in Philadelphia in 1964 and later earned a...

Durham ??? Mark Paul Gilbreath, age 55, died oneebruary 4th, 2019. He was born on June 30th, 1963 to Paul and Marjorie Gilbreath. Mark graduated from Northern High School, class of 1981. He graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1985. Mark worked for IBM and Builders Mutual Insurance. Mark loved exploring National Parks with his son,...

The Right Rev. Robert C. Johnson, Jr., 75, tenth bishop of North Carolina, died on Friday, January 3. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Conee Smith Johnson; son, Robert Kinley Johnson David Oxender; daughter, Julie Johnsoneege Pike; three grandsoneens. Daniel Robert Hege Emily, Adam Bolanos Hege Liliana and Jacob Johnsoneege; two great grandsons, Henry Hege and Lucas...

Iola Bodenheimer Jones, age 93, died Saturday, neember 3, 2012 at Durham Regional Hospital. She was born in High Point, NC to the late Willie aneemma Hayworth Bodenheimer on July 30, 1919. Iola was an accomplished golfer and skilled bridge player throughout her life. She is survived by her sons, Larry W. Jones and wife, Debra, of Durham, NC; Terry...

DURHAM- Lawrence DeBuys Long, Sr., 90, died Sunday, neember 17, 2013. He was born on August 29, 1923 to the late Lawrence Long aneevelyn Douvillier Long. Lawrence was a recipient of The Purple Heart and The Bronze Star which he received for serving his country with valor during WWII and the Korean War. Lawrence is survived by his wife of...

Colleen Poythress Brewer, 88, died Wednesday, January 22, in the Chapel Hill Health and Rehabilitationeenter. Ms. Brewer is survived by her 6 children, Coy Brewer of Wake Forest; Kaye Clark and husband, Melvin, of Pittsboro; Jane Dorton and husband, Phil, of Thomasville; Tommy Brewer and wife, Ginger, of Hickory; Terry Brewer and wife, Cheryl, of Durham; and Tim Brewer and...

James Duke Biddle Trent Semans 10 Dec. 1957???17 Dec. 2018 Death loves a shining mark.??? Edward Young (1683-1765) James Semans, 61, of Chapel Hill died Monday morning. James was the husband of Margaret W. Rich; son of the late Dr. James Hustead Semans and Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans of Durham: and great-grandson of Benjamin Duke. He attended grammar school...

Chapel Hill Reid died on Monday, neember 11, 2013 at UNC Hospital. He was the son of the late Wallace Reid Proctor and Thelma Josephine Collier Proctor. Reid served in the US Air Force for 13 years and was a letter carrier in Chapel Hill for 23 years. He is survived by his wife, Karen Ripley Proctor and daughter Kimberly...

Pamela K. Bennett, age 72, passed away 4/27/ 2019 after bravely battling paneeatic cancer with her husband John and close friends?? by her side. She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on a snowy Easter Sunday on April 6, 1947 to Pearl Ness Fiske and Clarence A. Fiske.?? The Fiske family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1959 where Pamela attended Sunnyslope...

Michael T. Koller on July 7, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. Beloved husband of Dawn, loving father of Tami Koller and Michael Koller Jr., cherished son of William and Carol Koller, dear brother and brother-in-law of Jackie and John Vlahakis, Karen and Chris Mogavero, Bill and Peg Koller, James and Jody Koller and the late Robert and...

???There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on the world??? The family of Maxwell Reid Pogers will receive friends from 3:00 - 6:00 pm Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Calvary Baptist Church, 1204 Lynn Road, Durham.