Obituaries
Sally Anne Timlin
Feb 21, 2024
Sally Anne Timlin, RN, MSN of Durham, NC, age 61, daughter of Thomas (deceased) and Anne Timlin passed away on February 21 after a cardiac arrest.Her heartbroken family includes: mother Anne of Durham; five sisters Katy (Chris) Shaw and Susan (Rufus) Reynolds of Durham, Margaret (Michael) Majsak of Detroit, Molly (Jerry) Tritt of Cherry Hill, NJ, and Patty (Ken)Jasper of...
Frances Ellen Kay
Feb 20, 2024
Frances Ellen Kay (Fran) passed away at her home in Durham, North Carolina, on February 20th, 2024.
Fran was born on August 5th, 1948, to the late Bert Wesley Hungerford and Cleo Marion (Mattson) Hungerford, who welcomed their middle child into the world at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan, at 10:40 in the morning. Bert worked in construction, banking,...
Maynard William Mckay
Feb 18, 2024
(Durham) – Maynard William McKay, age 84, died at SECU Hospice House of Johnston Health on Sunday, February 18th, 2024. Maynard was born on August 30th, 1939, to the late Lizzie Covington McKay and Lawrence Gregory McKay.
Maynard retired in 2001 from Sumitomo Corporation. He loved blue grass music, NASCAR racing, and his family. He was a devoted Christian and enjoyed...
Jeanne Brown Lilly
Feb 15, 2024
Jeanne Kent (Brown) Lilly, 97, of Durham, NC passed away on February 15, 2024. She was born on August 16, 1926 to Mary McNamara Brown and Charles Lee Brown Sr. in Orange, NJ. Jeanne spent her childhood in Ridgewood, NJ and raised her family with her husband Pete in Glen Rock, NJ before moving to Durham in 1999. Jeanne was...
Robert Gordon Christie
Feb 15, 2024
Durham, NC – Robert Gordon Christie, age 77, died at home on the morning of February 15, 2024. He was born on September 21, 1946 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to the late Robert Earl Christie and Jeannette Marcella Christie (Delainey). He was raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with his two siblings Bonnie and Chris.
Robert graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with...
Norman Carl Gaddis
Feb 13, 2024
Norman C. Gaddis, a career Air Force officer, died peacefully on Feb 13, 2024 with his family by his side.
Norman C Gaddis was born in Jefferson Co., TN, on September 30, 1923. He entered the Army Air Corps in 1942 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in 1944. He flew the P-40 Warhawk and the P-51 Mustang in a non-combat...
Crescenzo (Cris) Mercaldo
Feb 12, 2024
Crescenzo (Cris) Joseph Mercaldo passed away peacefully at his home under hospice care surrounded by members of his family on February 12, 2024. He was born in Manhattan, NY to Mary and Phil Mercaldo. Cris graduated from high school and joined the Army where he served our country for two years. He met and married the love of his life,...
Tommie Williams Calhoun
Feb 6, 2024
Tommie Lou Williams Calhoun, 86, died Tuesday, February 6, at Croasdaile Retirement Community. She was born September 29, 1937, in Etowah, Arkansas, to JD and Hazel (nee Taylor) Williams.
She graduated from Memphis State University, where she met her eventual husband James E. Calhoun, and began teaching English in Bolton, TN. In 1960 she and Jimmy married in Memphis. The couple...
Carol Sue Clary
Feb 5, 2024
Durham, NC – Carol Sue Clary, age 86, died in Durham, North Carolina on February 5, 2024. She was born on October 9th, 1937 to the late Ethel and James Carlson.
Carol attended Richmond High School in Richmond Indiana and attended Berea College in Kentucky. While Carol held many jobs, including comptroller of the original Hilton Inn of Durham, her favorite...
Hala Husn
Feb 5, 2024
Hala Chaaban Husn, age 67, peacefully passed in Durham on Monday, February 5, 2024. Born on July 20, 1956 in Choueifat, Lebanon to the late Izzat and Hekmat Chaaban. Wife of Nabil M. Husn; loving mother of Jason (Kelly) Husn and Justin (Megan) Husn; proud grandmother of Leila, Nora, Sophia, Eliana, and Carter Husn. Sister of Rabih Chaaban (Sharon) of...
Morna Lam
Feb 2, 2024
Morrisville, NC- Morna Lam, age 30, died at a Duke University Hospital after fighting a brave battle with cancer on February 2nd, 2024.
Born in New York City, New York, Morna moved to Burlington, North Carolina at a very young age. Morna graduated from Walter M Williams High School in 2012. Following her graduation, she pursued her passion for nursing at...
Charles Richard Merwarth
Feb 2, 2024
Pittsboro, NC – Charles Richard (Dick) Merwarth, MD was born on August 27, 1930 and died on February 2, 2024. He grew up in a small town in New Jersey where he made friends that lasted a lifetime including his beloved wife, Pat. They became high school sweethearts, married eight years later and remained in love for sixty-seven years of...
Lynn Marie Edwards
Feb 1, 2024
Lynn Marie Edwards of Raleigh, NC., after a short illness passed away on February 1, 2024, surrounded by family and friends. She was only 60 years of age. Her family and friends are deeply saddened by her sudden illness and death.
Lynn was born on February 27,1963, to Ada & Wayne Edwards at Falls Church, VA. At an early age the...
Linda Wilson
Feb 1, 2024
Linda Williams Wilson, age 73 of Oxford, North Carolina, was born on May 8, 1950, in Cary, NC and sadly left us on February 1, 2024.
Linda was raised in Cary and attended Cary High School, where she graduated from and then went on to attend Hardbargers Business College where she earned her degree. She married her high school sweetheart Jim...
Nancy Starr Avery
Jan 29, 2024
Chapel Hill, NC – Nancy Avery, age 86, died at a local hospital on January 29, 2024.
Born in Columbia, S. C., Nancy and her mother later moved to a home on Hillsborough Rd in Chapel Hill when she was two years old. Her mother found employment as a secretary in the Education Department at UNC. Nancy enjoyed laughing and chatting...
Betty Lou Webb
Jan 26, 2024
Betty Lou Stanberry Murchie Webb
August 13, 1925-January 26, 2024
Betty's earthly journey ended January 26, 2024, at Croasdaile Village in Durham, North Carolina. She was born in Winona, Minnesota, on August 13, 1925, the daughter of Roscoe and Gladys Stanberry. Most of her early years were spent in the beautiful city of Minneapolis. Though her childhood was during the Great Depression,...
Deborah Susan Dale
Jan 26, 2024
Durham, NC – Deborah Dale, age 72, a beacon of love and an embodiment of resilience, beautifully impacted the hearts of so many. She peacefully passed on Friday, January 26 at 8:40a but her legacy of Love endures.
Born to Eleanor and Gib, Deborah's early life was marred by challenges that she transformed into a wellspring of strength and compassion. Faced...
David Malbourne Stovall
Jan 26, 2024
David Malbourne Stovall, age 82, died peacefully on Friday, January 26, 2024 at Duke University Medical Center following a period of declining health. He was born on September 15, 1941, in Stovall, North Carolina to the late Willard Holmes “Snooks” Stovall and Ruby Guthrie Stovall.
David graduated from Stovall High School and Fuller’s Business School. He also attended East Carolina University...
Richard Marvin Hauck
Jan 25, 2024
Richard M. Hauck was born on June 22, 1938 to the late Clarence and Mary Hauck, and passed peacefully on January 25, 2024, at the age of 85.
Richard was employed by Case-Hoyt Printers of Rochester, NY for 40 years before retiring to Durham, NC. Richard was also a U.S. Army Veteran.
Richard is survived by his wife Margaret, son James...
Ella Jean Evans
Jan 23, 2024
Ella Jean McDonald Evans, age76, passed away at her home on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. She was born on September 11, 1947, in Granville County, North Carolina to the late William Ralph McDonald and Florence Hester McDonald.
Jean retired from the state of North Carolina after working 30 years with children that she loved like her own. She was known for...
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