Obituaries

Mary Jean Maley Greeneeanee, 77, died peacefully Tuesday at the home of Chip and Desiree Denton surrounded by her family after a period of declining health. She was born ineemphis, TN where she lived until 1970. While ineemphis, she was an executive secretary with Humko Products. She later moved to Atlanta, where she sold residential real estate for 37 years...

Gertrude Chambers Gaster, age 79, died peacefully Thursday morning at her daughte

Melvyn Ernest Kalich, 73, died on neember 18, 2016, at his home in Durham, NC. His surviving family includes Judy, his wife of 53 years, his daughter, Tanya, his son-in-law, Ed Hurt, and his two granddaughters, Claire and Amelia Hurt. He was a man of great intelligence, integrity, and kineess. He was an extraordinary husband, father, grandfather, and friend, and...

Thomas Owen Talton, age 90, died Wednesday morning in the Durham Veterans Hospital. Mr. Talton was born in Johnston County and was the son of the late Thomas Evans Talton and Swannanoa O'Neal Talton. He was a graduate of Garner High School. He served his country during WWII in the U.S. Coast Guard. He was well known as the owner,...

Kemah Jallah Sloan, age 77, died Monday, March 13, at her daughte

Lester V. Murphy, 82 died Sunday at Durham Regional Hospital. Born ineelma, NC he was the son of the late Vick and Sally Parham Murphy. Mr. Murphy attended Thanksgiving Baptist Church. He owned and operated Murphy

Norman H. Crabtree, age 90, formerly of 1807 Lakewood Avenue aneemerald Pond Retirement Community in Durham, and Creekside Terrace Retirement Community in Winston-Salem, died Wednesday, February 8, at Alston Brook Nursing Home ineexington, NC. A Durham native, Mr. Crabtree attended Durham City Schools and graduated from Durham High School. He served his country during World War II while stationed in...

Patricia Ricks Hunter, 80, resident of Franklinton, NC died Thursday morning in Franklineegional Medical Center. Mrs. Hunter was a native of Morehead, Ky and was the daughter of the late Henry Clay Ricks and Ode Mae Purvis Ricks.She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick Lee Hunter. Surviving are her son, James Frederick Hunter and wife, Marcia both of Franklinton; two...

Willard Elmo Inscoe, age 90, died Saturday morning at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Durham to the late John E. and Mary Dollar Inscoe, he owned and operated Willard

Miss Frances Jenks Wagner, 79, of Thompson Street, Pittsboro, died neember 13, 2007 at her home. Frances was born June 21, 1928 in Chatham County, a daughter of Wilson Wagner aneethel Jenks Wagner. She was a retired switchboard operator from Chatham Mills, and was a member of Pittsboro Baptist Church. Frances is survived by a sister, Dorothy Farrell, of Pittsboro;...

Ann McLeod Martin died peacefully, surrounded by her loving family at WakeMed Cary Hospital, neember 14, 2016. She was born to the late Bessie and Angus Arthur McLeod oneecember 26, 1927, in Roanee Rapids, NC. Ann graduated in 1949 from Woman???s College of the Uneersity of North Carolina (now UNC Greensboro) with a degree in Chemistry. In 1950 she met...

Marie Helen Miller, 95 years of age of Durham, North Carolina died oneebruary 17, 2012 ineer daughters' home on Club Boulevard. She was born oneeptember 25th 1916 in Blackwell, OK to Karl G. Janke and Anna Rohr Janke. The family moved to Sturgis MI and later to a farm outside Howe, IN during the Great Depression where she helped with...

Patrick Joseph Buckley, 78 died Sunday in Durham with his family by his side. He was born ineew York City to the late Simon J. Buckley and Anne Gallagher Buckley oneebruary 18, 1927. Patrick moved to Durham from New York in 1973 and became a parishioner at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. He is survived by his eight children, Patrick J....

Howard Phillip "Chuck" Thorne, 65, resident of Wake Forest Hwy. died suddenly Saturday morning . Born in Baltimore, MD, Chuck was the son of Eugene Allen Thorne and the late Mary Aganeen Tharrington Thorne. His family moved to Durham whenee was very young. Chuck was a 1963 graduate of Southern High School. He loved the Marine Corps and he served...

Dorothy Reynolds Willis, 89, died Friday in Britthaven Nursing Center. She resided in Chapel Hill for the last 8 years to be close to her son. A native on Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late S.R. and Lydia Mosteller Reynolds. Mrs. Willis was raised in the Long Shoals community and graduated from Tryon High School. In 1941,...

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Eva Marianneedge, age 85, died Thursday morning, March 9, at Croasdaile Village, where she lived since 1999. Eva was born in Frankfurt, Germany to the late Leopold Harris and Johanna Brandeis on October 30, 1919. Eva left Germany as a teeneer and went to Palestine, where she met and married her first husband, Naftalie Berneein. She joined the British Royal...

Frank Houston Bassett, III, M.D., died Tuesday evening at home following an extended illness. He was born neember 19, 1928 in Hopkinsville, KY to Frank H. and Sara Belle McPherson Bassett, Jr. Dr. Bassett was a 1950 graduate of the Uneersity of Kentucky where he played football under legendary Coach

Durham, NC Jane C. Webster Jane Cooke Webster, 76, of Durham died oneebruary 20, 2017 after a long illness and with her family by her side.?? She was the daughter of the late George H. Cooke and Margaret (Atkins) Cooke.?? She is survived by her husband Robert Wayne Webster.?? Her daughter, Christie (Brad) Heath of Dunn, NC and her son,...