Obituaries
Dr. Jim Lowe
May 10, 2015
DURHAM - Dr. Jim Lowe, beloved father and grandfather of Hillsborough, North Carolina, passed from this world on Sunday, May 10, 2015. Dr. Lowe was born oneecember 27, 1946 in Brunswick, Georgia to Elsie and Gordon Lowe. He graduated from Stanford Uneersity in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and then from the Uneersity of California Los Angeles...
Edward Howard Hill
May 9, 2015
Oxford: Edward Howard Hill , 79, of Oxford, died Saturday May 9, 2015. A native of Charleston, SC, he was the son of the late Hugh and Margaret Ann Hill. He was a retired draftsman, a member of Westwood Pentecostal Holiness Church, and a veteran of the US Coast Guard. Graveside services will be conducted at 12:00 PM on Tuesday,...
Homer L. Riley
May 7, 2015
The Odyssey of Homer. A Great Ride. Homer L. Riley, Sr., a lifelong resident of Durham, NC, passed away at the age of 92 on Thursday morning, May 7, 2015. He died while in the kind care of the staff at The Pavilion at Croasdaile Village. Homer and his wife, Martha, have lived in Croasdaile Village since 1999. Homer led...
Mrs. Hazel Radcliff Farrell
May 4, 2015
Hazel Farrell, 91, peacefully passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 at Cambridge Hills in Pittsboro, NC. She was born on April 22, 1924 in Morven, NC, daughter of the late Armond & Helen Knight Radcliffe. She met and married Percy C. Farrell. They were together 20 years until his death in 1968. Hazel was a devoted mother and loving grandmother....
Mark V. Barker, Jr.
May 3, 2015
ORLANDO, FL- Mark V. Barker, Jr, 88, died May 3, 2015. Mark was born in Rock Hill, SC on August 7, 1926 but within a month was moved to Durham, NC, which he adopted as his home and declared he was a true Tar Heel. He joined the Navy in 1944, serving as a photographer at the Naval Air Station,...
Mr. Richard Joseph Miller
May 3, 2015
Richard Joseph Miller was born in Long Beach California oneeptember 23, 1943 to the Revs. Clarence and Vinita Miller, both Ordained Elders in the Methodist Church, ministers who inspired both in Richard and in his elder sisters and brother sisters (Ruth, Anna aneed) a love of the beauty of the natural world and an extended love, through God???s own love,...
Aspasia Knoerr
Apr 30, 2015
DURHAM ??? Aspasia Knoerr, 85, passed away peacefully at home on April 30, 2015 of complications following a hip fracture. Her three sons were by her side. Aspasia was an exceptionally strong, generous, kind, patient, witty, and industrious woman, a master gardener, and a wonderful mother and grandmother. She enjoyed life, with all its challenges, and celebrated people for who...
Samuel Carter Hodges, Jr
Apr 29, 2015
DURHAM - Samuel Carter Hodges Jr., Architect Emeritus, age 84, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at his residence. Born on August 10, 1930 in Durham, North Carolina, Sam was the son of the late Samuel C. Hodges, Sr., and Martha Alise Hodnett Hodges. Sam attended E. K. Powe School and Durham High school, graduating in 1948. He received a Bachelor...
Giorgetta Vuoso Rengan
Apr 28, 2015
Chapel Hill, NC - Giorgetta Vuoso Rengan, age 88, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Born on the beautiful island of Ischia, Italy on April 23, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Raffaele Vuoso and Restituta Di Orio, and sister to Luigi and Maddalena. Giorgetta (known as Gina) is survived by her husband Kasturi Rengan, to whom she had...
Carl Leland Puckett, Jr.
Apr 25, 2015
Carl Leland Puckett, Jr, 77, of Oxford, NC, passed away at his home surrounded by his friends and family on April 25, 2015 after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Puckett was a loving husband and devoted father who loved spending time on the lake and fishing. Not only was Mr. Puckett in the Masonic Lodge for over 40 years,...
Anna May Nolan Brommage
Apr 23, 2015
Anna May Brommage, 94, of Pittsboro, North Carolina died on April 23rd, 2015. She was born ineew York City, New York on March 15th, 1921 and was the daughter of John Nolan and Anna Riha. She was married on July 15th, 1950 in Cozumel, Mexico to Robert Joseph Brommage by her brother, Father John Nolan. She is survived by her...
Mrs. Mary Moore Stallworth
Apr 22, 2015
MARY MOORE STALLWORTH, 89, died Tuesday, April 22, 2015 at her residence in Pittsboro, NC. A native of Louisville, KY, Mary was the daughter of the late Percy Walton and Flavia Oglesby Moore. She was married to the late William Hunter Stallworth, Jr. for 60 years. As the wife of a textile executive, they lived in North Carolina, South Carolina,...
Anne Powell Leathers
Apr 22, 2015
Anne Powell Leathers, age 95, of Durham passed away April 22, 2015. Born in Durham, Anne was the daughter of the late Rufus Heflin Powell, Jr. aneelizabeth Bailey Reade Powell. She was also preceded ineeath by her husband of 59 years, William Alsey Leathers, and two brothers, Rufus H. Powell, III (Matibelle) and Joe Reade Powell (Jenny). She is survived...
James Edgar Harward Jr.
Apr 22, 2015
James Edgar Harward Jr. passed away on April 22, 2015, at the Durham VA Hospice Center. James (Jim) was born ineenderson, NC, on June 24, 1925. His family moved to Durham, NC, where he was raised in a loving family, grew up and graduated from Durham High School in 1943. After enlisting in the Army in October, 1944, he was...
Edith Gail Dement
Apr 19, 2015
Edith Gail Dement, 64, passed away at her home of a heart attack in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 19, 2015. She was educated at Oxford City Schools, Louisburg College, and received and Associates in Applied Science in Computing Technology at Albuquerque Technical Institute. In 2013 she retired from the State of New Mexico as head of the Mental Health...
John Hillman Brummitt
Apr 19, 2015
John Hillman Brummitt, 94, of Oxford, NC, passed away at his home surrounded by his friends and family on April 19, 2015 just as he had requested. Mr. Brummitt was a loving husband and devoted father who loved to fish, play golf, spend time on the lake and relax at the beach. Mr. Brummitt also was honeed with the Purple...
Mr. Colby Scott Parks
Apr 19, 2015
Colby Scott Parks, 59, died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday April 19, 2015. Colby was born in Charlotte, NC and lived in Chatham County for almost 60 years. A graduate of Jordan Matthews High School, he worked for Chatham County Schools for 25 years. His family was his first love followed closely by fishing. He faced every challenge bravely...
George W. Newton
Apr 17, 2015
DURHAM ??? George W. Newton, founder of Newton Instrument Co. and an original board member of Durham Technical Community College, died after a short illness on April 17, 2015. He was 95. George imbued all he touched with compassion, integrity and Southern grace and reserve as he used his diploma in vocational education from Durham High School (Class ???39) to...
Kathleen Johnson Dixon
Apr 17, 2015
Kathleen Johnson Dixon, 86, passed away Friday, April 17, 2015, at the Genesis Center in Siler City, North Carolina. The family will receive friends 6-8:00pm, Sunday, April 19, 2015, at Hall-Wynne Griffin Chapel, Pittsboro, North Carolina. The funeral service will be held 11:00am Monday, April 20, 2015, at Pleasant Hill Uneed Methodist Church with the Rev. Ray Gooch officiating. Burial...
Beverley Margaret Brigandi
Apr 16, 2015
DURHAM -Beverley Brigandi of Durham NC, died from massive stroke on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at the age of 72. She was an accomplished artist, educator, consultant, and published author. Beverley was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to parents John and Marie Brigandi on January 3, 1943. She was the second of three daughters. She graduated from St. John???s Uneersity with...
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