Obituaries
Susan Hovis Kennedy
Dec 17, 2023
Ms. Susan Hovis Kennedy, 85, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023, at Pruitt Health Union Point Skilled Nursing in Monroe, NC.
A longtime resident of Durham County, Ms. Kennedy was born August 7, 1938, to the late William and Mary Hovis in Charlotte, North Carolina. She graduated from Central High School, Class of 1956, in Charlotte. Ms. Kennedy was also a...
Emily Marie Thomas
Dec 16, 2023
Emily Marie Roberts Thomas was born May 5, 1932, at the Germantown Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married Alexander K. Thomas on June 29, 1951, at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.
She enjoyed being a mother to Lee Alexander Thomas, who was born on February 17, 1954, and predeceased her in death in July of 2007.
Alex and Emily were lifelong members...
Elizabeth Knight Sanford
Dec 15, 2023
Elizabeth “Betsee” Knight Sanford of Durham died peacefully on Friday, December 15 surrounded by family and friends. Betsee was born on February 3, 1949 to the late Margaret Rose Knight Sanford and the late James Terry Sanford, Sr., who served as Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Senator, and President of Duke University. She grew up in Raleigh alongside her younger...
William A Howie
Dec 13, 2023
William Alexander Howie, age 90, died at Hillcrest Convalescent Center on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. He was born on February 1, 1933 in Monroe, NC to the late William Allison Howie, Jr. and Flossie Harriett Lingle Howie.
Bill graduated from Walter Bickett High School in Monroe, NC in 1951. He served in the U.S. Army from May 1953 to April 1955,...
Kai Wing Young
Dec 10, 2023
(CARY) – Kai Wing Young, 90, passed away at the Duke Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, North Carolina on December 10, 2023. He was born on May 28, 1933 in the village of Taishan, China to the late Ging Sum Young and Suet Fong Young. After completing high school in Hong Kong, he emigrated to join his extended family in...
Helen Adcock Irvin
Dec 7, 2023
Helen Bland Adcock Irvin, age 84, peacefully died in her home of Greensboro, NC, and joined her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 7, 2023. She was born in Oxford, North Carolina, on May 31, 1939, to her beloved late parents, Joseph Solomon Adcock and Virginia Daniel Adcock.
Helen’s life was a testament to being among the most endearing and kind...
John Broughton, Iii
Dec 7, 2023
(Cary, NC) – John Broughton III, age 84, died at his home in Cary, NC on December 7, 2023. Born on May 5, 1939, in Norfolk, VA, he was the son of the late John Broughton Jr. and Mattie Relfe Broughton.
John earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from NC State University, a Master’s degree from East Carolina University, and EdD...
Virginia Johnson
Dec 7, 2023
DURHAM – Virginia “Jenny” Lloyd Johnson, 94, of Durham passed away on Thursday December 7, 2023 at Brookdale. A native of Durham, she was the daughter of the late Harry Lee Lloyd and Lillian Lloyd.
Virginia is survived by her son, Edward “Eddie” Johnson and wife, Debra, of Booneville.
Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, December 13, 2023, in the...
Geraldine Rayford
Dec 7, 2023
In Loving Memory
of
Geraldine Steffen Rayford
Geraldine Steffen Rayford, known affectionately as Geri, gracefully concluded her earthly journey on December 7, 2023; surrounded by the love and warmth she freely shared throughout her life. Born on April 29, 1946, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Geri was the cherished daughter of the late John Victor Steffen and Catherine Segla Steffen.
Geri's educational...
Socorro Solis Castillo
Dec 7, 2023
Socorro Solis Castillo, age 89, died on December 7, 2023 at her residence. She was born on August 24, 1934 to the late Pedro Castillo and Rufina Solis Catillo.
Corina as fondly called by her peers, obtained a B.S. in Medical Technology at the University of Santo Thomas- The oldest extant university charter in Asia, located in Manila, the capital of...
Maria Carr Harrell
Dec 3, 2023
Maria Carr Harrell of Durham, died peacefully surrounded by her family on December 3 while briefly in hospice care. She was born August 31, 1948, the first of three daughters, to the late Albert Gallatin Carr of Durham and Katherine Legg Carr of Henderson, NC.
Maria graduated from Durham High School, attended Stratford College for two years and graduated from UNC...
Michelle Mason King
Nov 30, 2023
Michelle Mason King, has died at the age of 56, on Thursday, November 30th, 2023, in Durham, N.C.
She was born in Boston, Mass., to Edna Taylor Mason and Norman Christy Mason on Dec. 5, 1967. She graduated from Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh and went on to graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From there, she...
Mary Alice Eckman
Nov 27, 2023
Mary Alice Eckman (née Ryan) passed away peacefully on Monday, November 27th. She was born to the late Robert and Irene Ryan on January 20, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Mount St. Mary Academy in St. Charles, Illinois, and graduated from Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois.
On January 11, 1958, she married Thomas Roy Eckman and spent the next...
Mildred Frances Newsome
Nov 26, 2023
Mildred Newsome, age 102, a lifetime resident of Oxford, joined our Father in heaven on 11/26/2023. She was the daughter of the late Lewis Thomas Newton and Flora Elizabeth Critcher.
Mildred was a devoted member of the Hester Baptist Church and graduated from Berea High School, Oxford. She devoted her life to raising three children, assisted on the farm, worked at...
Sylvia Virginia Matthews
Nov 25, 2023
Sylvia Currin Matthews, age 94, passed away peacefully on November 25th, 2023. A long-time resident of both Granville and Perquimans counties in North Carolina, she was a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend to many. She was born in July of 1929 to Bodie Marsh and Lodema Adcock Currin and was raised on a tobacco farm on Roxboro Rd....
Kenneth Richard Apgar
Nov 21, 2023
Kenneth Richard Apgar, age 94 formerly of Newark NJ, died peacefully at the Cedars in Chapel Hill on November 21st 2023. He was born July 26,1929 from parents, Theresa A. Apgar and Stacy T. Apgar. Ken was the second oldest child of three. He graduated from Irvington High School in Irvington NJ and worked at NJ Bell Telephone company (Verizon)...
Myrtle Wilson Cherkas
Nov 19, 2023
Myrtle S. Cherkas, 95, was called home to be with our Lord on Sunday, November 19, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Willie Wilson and Mary Lee Wilson; first husband, Sidney Satterwhite; her second husband, William Cherkas; her daughters, Barbara Currin and Sandra Newton; and a grandson, Westley Satterwhite.
Myrtle lived and raised her children in Stovall,...
Barbara Jean Reeves
Nov 16, 2023
Barbara Jean Daniel Reeves, age 80, died at Raleigh's Rex Hospital on November 16, 2023. She was born on June 28, 1943 in Durham's Watts Hospital to the late Wallace L. Daniel and Ethel Jones Daniel.
She graduated from Southern Durham High School and she graduated from Campbell College, which is now Campbell University, with a BS in Secondary Mathematics Education....
Annie L. Cotten
Nov 13, 2023
A more detailed obituary to follow - please keep the family in your thoughts.
George James Pashales
Nov 13, 2023
George James Pashales, 86, died peacefully in his home with his family on November 13, 2023. He was born on May 24, 1937, in Clifton Forge, Virginia to the late James and Maria Pashales. He was the husband of the late Janet Beatrice Hudson for 38 years. George was a graduate of Durham High School class of 1955 and attended...
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