Obituaries

Martha Anne Bryaneedgerton, age 64, resident of Pendergrass Street, died Saturday evening at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Durham, Martha was the daughter of the late Iris Southerland Bryant and Posey Leon Bryant. She was a graduate of Northern High School, where she was a cheerleader. Martha attended East Carolina Uneersity. She was married for 30 years to the late...

Mrs. Rosalie Mosley Cassidy 9/7/1932 ??? 1/31/2020 Rosalie Cassidy was born Rosalie Mosley in Mitchell County, North Carolina oneeptember 7, 1932 to Josephine and George Mosley. When she was very young, the family moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she grew up and married the love of her life, Duane H. Cassidy. The couple began their nomadic life in the US...

Dr. Suydam Osterhout, MD, PhD, age 85, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed into the comfort and peace of our Lord oneeptember 14, 2011 from complications of paneeatic cancer. He was the son of the late Howard aneedna Davison Osterhout and predeceased by his sister, Miriam Rosengarten. He was a 1945 graduate of Princeton Uneersity and received his MD from...

Taylor Dawn Fisher, born July 23, 1993, passed over into Heaven and became one of God???s Angels oneecember 3, 2017. Taylor was 24 years old and had battled Cystic Fibrosis (CF) all her life. Taylor did not let CF define who she was. She had a successful double lung transplant on May 28th, 2016. Due to unforeseen complications, Taylor required...

Dr. Page Anderson, Professor of Pediatrics at Duke Uneersity Medical Center, died unexpectedly Saturday, neember 8, 2008. He was born January 12, 1942, ineerkeley, CA. He obtained his B.A. degree from the Uneersity of California at Berkeley in1960 and Doctor of Medicine from Duke Uneersity Medical Center in 1964. He served in the U.S. Army from 1965 - 1968 during...

Oneebruary 6, 2018, Leonard Curtis Pergerson Sr. passed from this life into the loving arms of his heavenly Father. Curtis grew up on a farm working with his parents, Glady and Cordie Pergerson. It was on this farm and working at Short Sugars that he developed a wonderful work ethic that would benefit him in the years to come. He...

Gary Tinker passed away unexpectedly on neember 13, 2017. He was retired from UNC ??? Division of Uneersity Advancement. Gary enjoyed playing his guitar, Yoga and working out with his silver sneaker ???Buds???. He is preceded ineeath by his parents, Alice and John Sylvester Tinker, brothers Jack, Sylvester and Richard. Gary is survived by his brothers, Charles (Timmi) Tinker, Larry...

Shirley Virginia Nichols Holloway, 91, of Chapel Hill, died Sunday, neember 30, 2008. She was predeceased by the love of her life and best friend, Homer C. Holloway, her husband of 60 years. Born January 31, 1917 in the Oak Grove community of Durham County, she was a daughter of the late J. C. Nichols and Kitty Anneerguson Nichols. Mrs....

Raleigh Alec George Lapadula, passed away unexpectedly oneebruary 16, 2018 at Rex Memorial Hospital, Raleigh, NC. Alec was born on April 29, 1997 in Mount Holly, NJ to Ronald and Tina Lapadula. He was a high school graduate, a hard worker, and an avid gamer. He loves his family, friends and co-workers and always had an enigmatic grin. Alec enjoyed...

William J. Bill Gillis passed away at Duke Uneersity Hospital on Saturday, March 24, after a valiant struggle against cancer. Bill was borneecember 20, 1952, ineewark, New Jersey and grew up in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Pequannock Township High School and attended Uppsala College in East Orange, New Jersey and Guilford College in Greensboro, North...

Mr. Arthur Anthony Colucci, 86, of Pittsboro, died Wednesday, neember 26, 2008 at his home. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held Sunday, neember 30, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church with Rev. Dr. Carl Edwards officiating. A committal service will follow in the church gardens. Mr. Colucci was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., son...

Jane Graper, 81, died peacefully at her home Sunday morning.?? Jane was born in Durham, daughter of Lonee and Betsy Carpenter. Jane graduated from the Uneersity of Greensboro with a degree in Chemistry. She worked for Becton Dickinson for over 25 years and has her nee on neerous patents.?? After retiring, Jane became a reading voluneer for students at Spaulding...

Jack Thomas Crumpacker, 88, resident of 607 Wofford Road, died Sunday afternoon at his home. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Crumpacker and Nettie Harris Crumpacker. He was employed from 1939 to 1975 with Wrights/Sperry Company. In 1976, Jack started working at the U.N.C. Department of Physics and retired in 1983. His wife of...

OXFORD- Kathleen Royster Pruitt, age 88 died Sunday neember 9, 2008. She was the widow of the late T. Winston Pruitt, and the daughter of the late Charles Gregory and Anee Watson Royster of Bullock, NC. Memorial services will be held oneednesday neember 12, 2008 at 11:30 am at the Oxford Baptist Church by Dr. J. Steve Bolton. She is...

Walter Herbert Green, age 55, died peacefully at his home in the Carpenter Community of western Wake County on Tuesday, February 15. Born in Durham, NC, Walter grew up in the Nelson Community and was a graduate of C.E. Jordan High School in Durham, NC, where he played football. The Green family has deep roots in the Nelson Community of...

Hughes Ernest Wilkinson III, of Washington D.C. left this life in his sleep on July 5, 2009. He was born on May 26, 1941 to Hughes Ernest Wilkinson Jr. and Anee June Faust Wilkinson in Durham and preceded ineeath by them. Hughes graduated from Northern High School in 1959 and Watts Hospital School of Radiology. He received his Radiologic Technologist...

Richard Earl Poole, 68, of Efland, NC passed away oneeptember 20, 2017. Rick loved the outdoors and was a lifelong sportsman. He was a skilled mathematician, an avid reader, and a loyal friend. He was a faithful son, a kind brother, a devoted father, and a loving grandfather. Rick was born on June 11, 1949 and was a 1967 graduate...

Maxie Alexander Pickard, of Durham, died on neember 11, 2008. She was born ineerrien County, Georgia. Mrs. Pickard was a member of Temple Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband of 63 years, Kenneth Pickard; two daughters, Donna Bryant of Roswell, GA and Susan Shepherd of Timberlake, NC; two grandchildren, Michelle Dickerson and husband Kevin, and Jason Shepherd and wife Christie;...

Nellie Gray Corbett Hessee, age 83, resident of 2113 Lodestar Drive, Raleigh, died Monday morning ineex Hospital. Born in Turkey, NC, she was the daughter of the late Lucian P. and Lillie Herring Corbett. Mrs. Hessee received her B.A Degree from San Jose State Uneersity. She was married for many years to Earl Warreneessee, who died in April of 2005....

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