Obituaries

Chapel Hill-Robert L. Dorfman, 87, formerly of Gloversville, NY and Jupiter, FL, died peacefully oneebruary 7, 2017. He was born to the late George and Pauline Dorfman on May 21, 1929, in Brooklyn, NY.?? Bob, a graduate of Syracuse Uneersity, Albany Law School and NYU Law School, was an avid golfer, traveler, art collector, and supporter of various charities.?? An...

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Robert Patrick Donovan (Bob) passed away on neember 5, 2019 at Grand Oaks Assisted Living ineenseneeach, FL. He was 89 years old. Bob was born oneeptember 3, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Richard Patrick aneedith Harley Donovan. Robert grew up in Norristown, PA. He attended Girard College in Philadelphia, PA from first grade through high school, graduating in 1947. He...

The Rev. R. Martin Caldwell Jr., 84, died Monday, May 27 at UNC Memorial Hospital, 48 hours after a fall. He neer regained consciousness after neurosurgery early May 26 to stop bleeding that developed in his brain. Martin loved and was beloved by his wife Elizabeth "Ki" Shinnick Caldwell, his three daughters and three grandchildren, and a host of loyal...

Tom Carsey, age 52, of Durham, NC, died oneebruary 21, 2018, after a stubbornly determined fight with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was born on January 20, 1966, in Omaha, NE, to Dennis and Marsha (Green) Carsey. He graduated from Fremont (NE) High School in 1984. Tom graduated from Wayne State College (NE) in 1989, where at...

Judith Barnes Agnew of Durham, NC died peacefully oneeptember 17, 2017 surrounded by her family. Judy was seventy-nee years old. Borneecember 6, 1937 in Rocky Mount, NC, she was predeceased by her parents Alice Abernathy and Guy Earl Barnes and by her sister Alice Barnes Robertson. Judy graduated from Sweet Briar College and later received her Masters in Education from...

Betty Arnold Hodges, 83, a veteraneewswoman who worked for Herald-Sun Papers in Durham for 43 years, died on Easter Monday, April 5, at the Hock Pavilion. She was born in Waynesboro, VA, and was preceded ineeath by a daughter, Elizabeth Ann, and by her husband Louis Edward Hodges Jr., who died last December. The Hodges were married for 55 years....

Marjorie Phillips Moore (96) of Blythewood SC formally of Durham NC, June 9, 2018. Born October 17, 1921 in Hope, Arkansas.?? She was the daughter of the late Eugenee. and Alma Rider Phillips. Survivors include her nephew and his wife, Thom and Darlene Walker of Blythewood SC, with whom she resided with for the past year. She has a number...

OXFORD: Mrs. Mary Leigh Newby Hobgood age 78 died Thursday, neember 6, 2008. Mrs. Hobgood was a native of Granville Co. and the daughter of the late Charlie G. and Lelia Faucette Newby. Mrs. Hobgood was a member of Dexter Baptist Church and was retired from Burlington Mills, Oxford Plant. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P. M. Sunday,...

Oxford ??? Ms. Mary Louise Boyd, 83, died Friday morning at Uneersal Healthcare in Oxford, NC. Ms. Boyd was born in Granville County to the late Mary Clyde and Thomas Lee Boyd. She was educated in Granville County, graduating from Oak Hill High School. Ms. Boyd spent her entire life in Granville County and Oxford, working with her parents and...

Jimmie Thomas, 85, passed away at his home oneecember 26, 2009, surrounded by family and friends. Born in Chatham County oneecember 18, 1924, Jimmie spent most of his life in Pittsboro. He was the son of the late Eva Hearn Thomas and George Newton Thomas. During World War II, Jimmie served his country in the Uneed States Army and was...

OXFORD: Marshall Glen Green was a lifelong resident of Granville County, North Carolina. He was born oneeptember 15, 1922, the only son of Gary Albert Green and Addie Mae Currin Green. His parents were dairy farmers, and his father also worked as a rural route carrier for the U. S. Post Office. Green and his three sisters Celia, Mae and...

Gloria Jean Olson, age 72 died peacefully Friday, December 29th at Rex Heart and Vascular Hospital in Raleigh, NC surrounded by her family. She was born in Johnston County, NC and graduated from Clayton High School in 1963. She worked as a CNA at Dorthea Dix Hospital until 1968 when she stayed home to raise her family. She lived in...

Martha Chescheir Boren, age 81, died March 27 at UNC Hospitals of pulmonary disease. She was born in 1929 in Louisville, KY. She spent her first 11 years in Shanghai, China, where her parents were missionaries. She returned to the US in 1941 with her mother to avoid the Japanee invasion. After attending high school at St. Mary

Oxford, NC Richard Lee Goldthwaite, 70, died at his residence with family oneeptember 1, 2018. Born in Biddeford, Maine to the late Edward Wilbur Goldthwaite and Annette Regina Jette on a cold February day. Richard retired to Oxford to be closer to family. He worked ineesearch Trianee for several years and grew to love the area. Richard was an avid...

Presbyterian Church U.S.A. mission worker, Dr. David C. Kneert, 38, died Saturday, Nov. 14, in Atlanta after he collapsed while jogging. Kneert and his wife, Leigh, were appointed to missioneervice in July. They and their four childreneere living in Atlanta awaiting visas for a planned move to Brazil. A 2009 Ph.D. graduate of Duke Uneersity, Kneert had been appointed to...

George Charles Tomasic, Jr. 72, died Saturday in UNC Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Pittsburgh, PA to George C. aneelizabeth H. Tomasic, he was raised in the North Braddock section of Pittsburgh. He spent four years in the Air Force prior to moving to Durham in 1957. George joined Tar Heel Barbershop in 1958, becoming its owner in...

Ruth V. Bennett, 48 of Knightdale, NC and formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, passed away oneednesday October 18th from complications of Leukemia.?? She fought a hard and long battle. Borneebruary 16, 1969 in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of Flora Marie Fink and the late Joseph Paul Fink, Jr.?? Ruth moved to NC in 1989 with her soulmate and 8-month...

Suzanne Gardner Bussian passed away at NC Memorial Hospital at UNC-Chapel Hill on Saturday, October 25, after a long battle with a rare cancer. Suzanne's optimism and courage in fighting her cancer -- including neutron radiation treatment at the Uneersity of Washington ineeattle and gene therapy at the National Cancer Institute -- inspired all who knew her. She is survived...