Obituaries

Robert Holden Wilkinson, Jr. MD., age 87, died at Duke Hospital on neember 28, 2019. He was born on October 11, 1932, to the late Robert Holden and Gladys Duvall Wilkinson He graduated from High School in Northern Virginia. He then attended the College of William and Mary and received a B.S. in Biology in 1954. He earned his medical...

Mary Frances Bridges, age 91, died Thursday, February 7th at Louisburg Nursing Center. She was born in Oklahoma to the late George aneethal Tindale Wilson. Mary was a member of Peace & Harmony Baptist Church in Franklinton and the Americaneegion Women's Auxiliary ineedlands, CA She is survived by her daughter, Margaret Ames and husband, Tony, of Franklinton; her sister, Lola...

Susanne Sue Lynas Moulton, 95, died on neember 19, 2012 at Croasdaile Village in Durham, NC. She was born oneebruary 8, 1917 in Glasgow, Scotland to James and Agnes Martin Lynas. She immigrated to the Uneed States when she was teneears old, and the family moved to Norwich, CT. Although she was always proud of her Scottish roots, she immediately...

Hildegard Scheffey Ryals, a dedicated protector of the environment and well-known advocate for open space and land preservation in Durham and Chapel Hill, died on All Soul's Day, neember 1, 2012, at the age of 81. The daughter of Dr. Lewis Cass Scheffey and Anna Thun Scheffey, she was born in Philadelphia, PA, on July 17, 1931, and grew up...

John McLaughlin October 14, 1936 - neember 18, 2014 Fearrington ???? Born in Milwaukee, WI on October 14, 1936, to J. Gerald aneerna Timm McLaughlin, John Bruce McLaughlin passed away at home, peacefully, surrounded by his family, in the warmth of the morning sun on neember 18, 2014. ?? Ineetween, he led a full and adventurous life, devoting himself energetically...

OXFORD: Peggy Paynter Hobgood, 80, of 6141 Hobgood Rd. died Wednesday, neember 26, 2014. A native of Warren County, she was the daughter of Jasper and Lizzie Paynter and the wife of the late William Eugene ???Billy??? Hobgood. Mrs. Hobgood helped her husband in their State Farm Insurance office in Oxford and was a homemaker at the home. She was...

DURHAM- Willie Bradley Harrill, age 84, died Saturday, neember 11, 2017 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. She was a born January 14, 1933 ineevierville, TN to the late James Bradley and Helen Gann Bradley. Willie is survived by her son, Jack Harrill Jr. of Kerr Lake; her daughter, Debi Harrill Vincent and husband, Michael of Jacksonville, NC; her brother, Lawrence Bradley...

Mabel Roany Johnson Hancock, age 92, of Chapel Hill, NC crossed over the river to the shade of the trees Friday, January 02, 2015. Mabel was born to the late Syd and Ocie Johnson oneebruary 15, 1922 in Chatham County, North Carolina where she would reside until her death. There, she met her first husband Russell ???Lee??? McGhee, Sr and...

Anee Mae Jolley, 101, of Durham, peacefully passed away oneeptember 28, 2014, 37 days shy of her 102nd birthday. She was the daughter of Aneew N. Hutchins, Sr. and Flora Atkins Hutchins. She was preceded ineeath by husband Richard Ervin Jolley, and siblings, Elizabeth H. McLean, Aneew N. Hutchins, Jr., Clyde H. Hutchins and James C. Hutchins. She is survived...

Mr. George Dewey Clayton III, 62, peacefully passed away at home, Sunday August, 5th, 2012, with his family by his side. A native of Durham County, George was born the son of George Clayton Jr. and Audrey Hunt. After graduating from Northern H.S. in 1968, he was a first place winner of Mr. NC Physique 1975 & Mr. Atlantic States...

DURHAM - Joseph M. Redden, 89, passed away oneecember 19, 2012. Joe was born ineewark, New Jersey, on January 29, 1923 to John and Gertrude Redden. After graduation from South Side High School ineewark, Joe became a sheet metal apprentice in the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company ineewark. At the age of 20, he joined the Uneed States Army and...

Michael Loyd Norwood, 69, of Chapel Hill passed away Wednesday, neember 27, 2013, from complications of Legionnaires' disease. The firstborn child of Loyd Archie and Mary Burden Norwood, Mike was born on April 27, 1944, in Palestine, TX, and grew up near Hattiesburg, MS. He became the youngest Eagle Scout in Mississippi's history, receiving his award at the age of...

Merritt Y. Wilson Jr. of Pittsboro, NC went home to be with his Heavenly Father on April 18, 2012. He was born August 17, 1922 in Orange County, NC to the late Merritt Y. Wilson Sr. and Macy Suggs Wilson. He was preceded ineeath by his loving wife of 62 years, Doris Browning Wilson. He leaves behind a loving family....

Dan Blaneette, 46 died unexpectedly in the home he loved in Bynum, NC on neember 26, 2012. Dan is predeceased by his father, E F "Buddy" Blaneette and is survived by a large family whom he loved dearly. His mother Eileen G Fairburn Blaneette of Charlotte, NC, sister Frances Farrell and husband, David of Chapel Hill, NC, brother Paul Blaneette,...

Wilbur "Red" Johnson, 78, died Thursday, neember 8th, 2012, at Cambridge Hills in Pittsboro, NC. Wilbur was born June 4th, 1934, the son of the late Jodie & Allie Johnson. In addition to his parents, he is preceded ineeath by his sister, Sandra Joe & his brother, Jack Johnson. Wilbur is survived by his sister, Chris Long; his brother, Shorty...

Vernoneean Dreyer of Pittsboro, NC, died peacefully at age 97 oneecember 16, 2012 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, NC. Dean was born March 30, 1915 ineergus Falls, MN, one of six children born to Johann John and Annah Bryson Dreyer. Dean married Virginia E. Jones in Ypsilanti, MI on Jan. 20, 1940. Ginny preceded him ineeath on March 1,...

DURHAM: Pauline Wyshywany Podgurski, 92, was taken by God???s anees, December 4, 2014. Born neember 1, 1922 in Philadelphia to the late Anna and Aneew Wyshywany, she graduated from Stayer???s Business College and worked for Hires Root Beer Co. until her marriage to Joseph, the love of her life, in 1949. Pauline was an active member of her beloved church,...

DURHAM ??? Barbara O???Brien, age 72, died peacefully Sunday after a two-year battle with cancer.?? She was surrounded by her loving family at home. She was born to the late Carl and Louise Gilliam in Alexandria, VA. While raising five children in Orange, CT, she and her husband John O???Brien owned and operated multiple restaurant franchises.?? In 1991, Barbara and...