Obituaries

Robert Parks

Dorothy Boothe Leighton passed away peacefully after a brief illness ad Britthaven of Chapel Hill oneednesday, neember 7, 2007. She said,

Ernest Boddie Autry, 84, of 1705 Ned Moore Road died Thursday in the VA Medical Center. Mr. Autry owned and operated E. B. Autry Constructioneervices. He was a veteran of WWII and served in the U.S. Army. Mr. Autry was preceded ineeath by his wife, Mildred Williamson Autry. Surviving are five children, Sherrill Cates and David Autry both of Raleigh,...

Anil Gaur, 55 years of age, of Durham, NC passed away on neember 13, 2016. Anil was born in Jodhpur, India on August 26, 1961. He graduated from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jaipur, India and continued on to receive a BS in Chemical Engineering from Punjab Uneersity, Chandigarh, India. Anil was married to Brijlata Gaur on neember 21, 2004; and they were...

Thursday, January 25th marked the passing of a kind and genee lady, Jacksie Dixon Wheeler, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Born to Jack and Maude Dixon on neember 2, 1926 in Hoke County, she then grew up in Creedmoor. She married the love of her life, Aubrey Wheeler, who preceded her ineeath in 2002 after 52 years...

Jerry Wayne Quinn, 61, a resident of Chatham County, died July 31 at his home on Crawford Dairy Road after struggling valiantly against cancer. He was born ineensacola, FL and was raised in Durham NC. He served in the US Army in Vietnam and ineermany. Jerry was employed at the UNC in Chapel Hill, first as a laboratory animal assistant,...

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 of 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,...

Willie Helen Lamb Winston Ball, 90, entered into eternal rest Friday evening at Rex Hospital, Raleigh. Born in Capron, Va., she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Lamb and Dorothy Rena Whitehead Lamb. Helen moved to Durham in 1938. She married Raymond L. Winston, who died in 1970. Later she married Robert L. Ball, who died in 1996....

Elizabeth

Mark David Davison died peacefully Tuesday morning at home with his loving family by his side. He was 39 years old. A resident of Durham since 1996, Mark was born in Binghamton, NY on July 8, 1965. Mark graduated from Campbell Uneersity with a B.A. degree in Pharmaceutical Science and was employed with Cardinal Health in Morrisville, NC as a...

Frances Bailey Ennis Hall, age 84, died Wednesday, neember 7, 2007 at Durham Regional Hospital. Frances was born in Morrisville, NC to the late Dewitt Talmage and Daisy Barbee Bailey. She attended Campbell College and was a charter member of Page Road Baptist Church. Surviving are her sister, Clara B. Layton and husband, E.C. Buck, of Durham; her nephews: Talmage...

Oxford: Willie M Pruitt, 86, of Southern Pines died neember 7th 2009. A native of Vance County and a former resident of Oxford. A retired textile employee. Funeral Services will be conducted 2:00 PM Friday from Gentry-neell & Vaughan Chapel by the Rev. Bill Wes Garner. Burial will follow ineeadowview Memorial Park. Family will receive visitors from 1:00 PM to...

LIneeY ELIZABETH REAVIS OXFORD: Lineey Elizabeth Reavis, age 2, daughter of Michael J. and Linda Finch Reavis of 6512 Harold O

Mrs. Bobbie Dupree Smith, 82, died Saturday morning at her daughte

Durham ??? Mrs. Marcella Theresa Bohl Swanson, 88, died Tuesday morning at Duke Regional Hospital. Mrs. Swanson was born oneeptember 23, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY to the late John M. and Mary Grace Bohl.?? She was educated in the New York public schools, and later graduated from Croft Business College.?? She married her late husband, Kenneth Swanson and relocated several...

DURHAM - James Elmo Perry, Jr. age 84 and resident of 127 N. Riverdale Dr., died Tuesday evening at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Creedmoor, he was the son of the late James Elmo Perry, Sr. aneemily Phelps Perry. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during WW II. For many years he was a member of the Community...

Norman J. Gallagher, 37, passed away oneednesday, neember 25, 2009. Norman was born in Toledo, OH oneecember 12, 1971. Norman is survived by his wife Nikki Gallagher and their two children Miranda and Matthew. He is also survived by mother Brinda Scarberry; step-father Richard Scarberry; step-mother Ann Kulhman; sisters Teresa Cruise and Bonee Lawrence; brothers Jamie Gallagher, Timmy Scarberry, Rich...

RUTHER GLEN, VA

Anrol "Buddy" Oliver Sawaya, age 75, died Tuesday, April 5th, at Durham Regional Hospital. Buddy was born in Salina, KS to the late George and Olive Johnson Sawaya. He proudly served his country while in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. A member of Durham Memorial Baptist Church, Buddy worked in construction and later retired from IBM. Buddy...

Richard H. Gustafson, PhD, of Durham, North Carolina, formerly of Princeton Junction, New Jersey died at home oneeptember 19, 2007 at the age of 78. He is survived by his wife of almost 55 years, Jeanne K. Gustafson; daughters Lisa J. Foulkes-Arnold of Durham, Kathryn E. Gustafson of Durham, and Kirsten Gustafson-Kapur of Mendham, New Jersey; his twin brother, Robert...