Obituaries

Cornelia Speas Shepherd Beloved Wife, Mother and Grandmother Cornelia Speas Shepherd, 91, of Harwich, Massachusetts passed away at Rosewood Manor on March 21st, with her son and daughter by her side. She was the wife of the late John H. Shepherd Jr. of Durham who passed away in 1964. Mrs. Shepherd was born in Boonville, North Carolina. She was the...

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Gertie Dillard Braneey, 93, of Durham, died peacefully ineer home at 2600 Croasdaile Farm Parkway on Friday evening. She was born in Cary but spent most of her adult life in Durham and was active in many organizations. She was a member of First Baptist Church, where she met and married her late husband, Lendon. She and her husband were...

Mrs. Mary Freeman Nichols, 90, former resident of Robbins Road died Friday morning in Rose Manor health Care Center. Mrs. Nichols was born in Durham County and was the daughter of the late O. M. and Sally Watts Freeman. She was educated in the Durham County Schools. She was the widow of the late J. Rufus Nichols who died in...

Naomi Chisenhall Mims, age 88, died Sunday morning at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. She was born ineerson County to the late John Jackson and Della Harris Chisenhall. Naomi moved from Roxboro to Durham in 1938 and sooneegan working at Liggett Myers where she retired after 44 years of employment. Naomi had a strong faith in God and was an active member...

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Freda K. Gowan died Friday in Durham Regional Hospital oneer 78th birthday. A native of Southamptoneengland, she came to the US as a newlywed following WW II. Freda was a fixture at the former Ivy Room Restaurant on Durham

John Edmond Goswick, age 61, died Tuesday evening at his brothe

Peyton Strickland, age 18, died Friday night in Wilmington, North Carolina where he was a college student. He was a warm and generous child and loved by his family and friends. Peyton is survived by his parents, Don and Kathy Strickland of Durham; his sisters Collin and Joslyn Strickland also of Durham; his grandparents Dr. Martin Brooks of Pembroke and...

Josephineerwin Russell Shaw, 88, passed away peacefully at Carillion Assisted Living of Hillsborough at 7:00 AM oneecember 16, 2010. Josephine was born in High Point, NC on October 25, 1922 to Elijah Austin Russell aneella Erwin Russell. Josephine went to school in Hamlet, NC and after graduation worked for the US Army where she met and married her husband. Following...

Mrs. Emma Mangum Turrentine, 81, died Saturday morning in Durham Regional Hospital. A native of Granville county, she was the daughter of the late Steven and Lula Evans Turrentine. She lived ineew York City for most of her adult life and moved to Durham in 1972. Surviving are one daughter, Jean Louretta Jackson of Suitland, MD. and one son Luther...

Suezine Adams Wilson, age 95, died Thursday in Durham Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Granville County to Ebbie and Nanee Turner Adams, Mrs. Wilson was the last member of her family. She was a long time resident of the Cedar Fork Community. Mrs. Wilson worked at Aerotron Electronics for 20 years. She was a devoted member of...

Edsel Bowling Terry, age 90, died peacefully at his home on Thursday morning, December 29. A Durham native, he was born to the late Joseph D. and Sudie Poole Terry oneecember 8, 1921. Edsel proudly served his country in the U.S. Army aneearned the rank of Master Sergeant, 98th Bombardment Group, 415th Bombardment Squadron. He attended Mt. Lebanon Primitive Baptist...

DeLancy S. Price died Saturday at the Forest at Duke Retirement Community, where she lived since 1993. A former resident of Newbury, SC, she was the daughter of Jeffie Lee and Braneey H. Snelgrove. Receiving her education in the Newbury city schools, she went on to graduate from Newbury College. A teacher in the Williamsburg and Florence County, SC school...

Catherine S. Craig, age 91, died peacefully on neember 23, 2009 at Duke Medical Center. Born on August 2, 1918 in Wake County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Smith and Flonee Newson Smith and widow of John T. Craig, Jr. who died in 1993. She was the last member of her immediate family of six children, Hettie...

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Anee Louise Moss, age 89, died Tuesday evening, neember 9, 2010, at the Hillside Nursing Center in Wake Forest. Anee Louise was born in Franklin County on May 27, 1921 to the late George and Anee Bertha Winbon Laughter. She was a long-time member of Union View Baptist Church in Franklinton. Anee Louise is survived by her three children: James...

Elizabeth Iliashenko Antipov, 77, died at home Thursday following an extended illness. Born in Yugoslavia as an only child, she immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in the late 1940

OXFORD: Mrs. Cleva Wilson Blythe-Hester, age 95, died Friday, neember 5, 2010 at Granville House in Oxford, NC. She was the daughter of the late R. Edward Wilson and Carrie Snowden Wilson of Williamsburg County, S.C. She was preceded ineeath by her first husband S. Marshall Blythe and second husband, C. Landis Hester of Oxford. She was a faithful member...

Constance Vogel died unexpectedly Tuesday at home. Mrs. Vogel moved to Durham two years ago from Stroudsburg, PA. She was a native of Brooklyn, NY. Surviving are her husband, E. Paul Vogel; a son, William F. Vogel, daughters, Mary Ann Power, Janet M. Scharp and Patricia J. Barth; and 16 grandchildren. A Mass of Christian burial will be offered 12:00...