Obituaries

Genevieve Lawler Hilton

Genevieve Lawler Hilton

Oct 3, 2014

Genevieve (Lawler) Hilton ??Born March 7, 1930 ineew York City Died peacefully ineer sleep Friday, October 3, 2014 at Galloway Ridge Retirement Community in Pittsboro, N.C. ??She is survived by her husband of 58 years Robert Hilton. Together they had four children, Mary Ellen, Brianeeileen and Greg and nee grandchildren. She retired from IBM in 1992.?? The family lived in...

Ursula "Sula" Frazier Hughes

Ursula "Sula" Frazier Hughes

Oct 2, 2014

Oxford: Ursula ???Sula??? Frazier Hughes, 83, of Oxford, died October 2, 2014 in Oxford. She was borneebruary 13, 1931 in Granville Co. to the late Hugh Rowland Frazier and Virginia Robert Tuck Frazier. She was the widow of Talton T. Hughes. She was a graduate of Oak Hill School and Danville Hospital School of Nursing, Danville Virginia. She was a...

Ursula "Sula" Frazier Hughes

Ursula "Sula" Frazier Hughes

Oct 2, 2014

Oxford: Ursula "Sula Frazier Hughes, 83, of Oxford, died October 2, 2014 in Oxford. She was born February 13, 1931 in Granville Co. to the late Hugh Rowland Frazier and Virginia Robert Tuck Frazier. She was the widow of Talton T. Hughes. She was a graduate of Oak Hill School and Danville Hospital School of Nursing, Danville Virginia. She was...

Dr. Lowell Somers

Dr. Lowell Somers

Oct 1, 2014

Dr. Lowell Somers, 76, passed away late Wednesday night, October 1, 2014, at the William M. Dunlap Center for Caring, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Lowell was born in Los Angeles, California, son to the late Charles E. Somers and Vivian Laurel Van Wig. He honorably served in the Uneed States Navy, serving as a Dental Technician which sparked his love...

Olga Hall Dean

Olga Hall Dean

Sep 29, 2014

DURHAM-Olga Hall Dean, age 98, died peacefully on Monday, September 29, 2014 at Duke Regional Hospital. Olga was born in Chesterfield Co., VA oneebruary 15, 1916 to the late Thomas Stephen and Olivia Mae (McLaughlin) Hall. Olga spent a lengthy working career at Liggett & Myers. For many years she was an active member of Duke Memorial Uneed Methodist Church,...

Mina Kyles

Mina Kyles

Sep 24, 2014

Mineelizabeth O???Briant Kyles, age 96 died Wednesday morning, September 24, 2014. Mrs. Kyles was predeceased by her parents Sam and Bertha O???Briant, her husband Richard E. Kyles and her daughter Janee Kyles. Her service will be held at Hope Valley Baptist Church at 2:00 PM on Friday, September 26, 2014 with visitation from 1:00 PM ??? 2:00 PM. Mrs. Kyles...

Mary Mccusker Mcloughney

Mary Mccusker Mcloughney

Sep 24, 2014

CHAPEL HILL - Mary McCusker McLoughney was born on January 21, 1953, in Rome, Italy, and passed away oneednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 in Chapel Hill. Mary's father, Paul, was a diplomat in the US Foreigneervice and his wife, Joan, a consummate diplomat's spouse, so Mary enjoyed a very international upbringing, born in Rome, Italy, (and baptized in St. Peter's Basilica)...

Dr. Kevin J. Mcbride

Dr. Kevin J. Mcbride

Sep 23, 2014

Dr. Kevin J. McBride of Durham, NC died peacefully September 23, 2014 at the Hock Family Pavilion.?? He was 63 years old.?? Kevin was born in Brooklyn, NY to the late Francis J. and Helen R. Donovan McBride on May 26, 1951. Kevin was raised in Rocky Mount, NC and graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School.?? He received his...

Shirley Strickland Long

Shirley Strickland Long

Sep 19, 2014

Stem: Shirley Strickland Long 75, died Friday September 19, 2014. A native of Granville County, she is the daughter of the late Willard L. and Irene Bullock Strickland. She is a former employee of Murdoch Center and Revlon. She is a member of Providence Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family, working outdoors with her flowers, and being...

Shirley Strickland Long

Shirley Strickland Long

Sep 19, 2014

Stem: Shirley Strickland Long 75, died Friday September 19, 2014. A native of Granville County, she is the daughter of the late Willard L. and Irene Bullock Strickland. She is a former employee of Murdoch Center and Revlon. She is a member of Providence Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family, working outdoors with her flowers, and being...

Doris Owen Rose

Doris Owen Rose

Sep 15, 2014

DURHAM- Doris Owen Rose, age 93, died September 15, 2014 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. Doris was born March 19, 1921 in Gonzales, FL to the late Clifford Owen and Mae Williamson Owen. She graduated from Sacred Heart Hospital nursing school ineensacola, FL and joined the US Army becoming a 1st Lieutenant Nurse during WWII where she met and married Sydney....

Anne Broadhead

Anne Broadhead

Sep 10, 2014

Anne Royal Chappell Watson Broadhead, 87, of Durham died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at her residence at Durham Regent. Born April 7, 1927 to the late Wayland and Mary Graves Chappell in Durham, she was a life resident. Anne Royal was a 1945 graduate of Durham High School. Anne Royal married Walter I. Watson. She and her family were associated...

Toni D. Turner

Toni D. Turner

Sep 8, 2014

Toni D. Turner, 67, died Monday, September 8, 2014. Toni was born October 4, 1946 to the late Oscar aneeula Hunt Thompson in Durham, she was a life resident. She attended Mt. Lebanon Primitive Baptist Church in Durham. Toni retired from the accounting department of Verizon after 30 plus years of dedicated service to stay at home with her daughter....

George Conyer Parsons

George Conyer Parsons

Sep 5, 2014

George Conyer Parsons March 6, 1940 - September 5, 2014 George Parsons died September 5, 2014 at UNC Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Nasheville, Tennessee to Gordon and Boots Parsons who preceded him ineeath. George was educated in Nasheville and graduated from Vanderbilt Uneersity with a degree ineechanical engineering. George and Alice McIlvaine were married on...

Colton Thomas Williams

Colton Thomas Williams

Sep 4, 2014

Oxford: Sweet baby boy, Colton Thomas Williams, son of Daniel Scott Williams and Courtney Kirsch Williams went to his heavenly home far too soon on Thursday, September 4, 2014. Colton was born on June 28, 2014 and has two loving and proud brothers, Shane Michael and Landon Westley. He was his mama's "little peanut and his daddy's little blue eyed...

Colton Thomas Williams

Colton Thomas Williams

Sep 4, 2014

Oxford: Sweet baby boy, Colton Thomas Williams, son of Daniel Scott Williams and Courtney Kirsch Williams went to his heavenly home far too soon on Thursday, September 4, 2014. Colton was born on June 28, 2014 and has two loving and proud brothers, Shane Michael and Landoneestley. He was his mama???s ???little peanut??? and his daddy???s little blue eyed baby....

Florence Velna Hogan

Florence Velna Hogan

Aug 31, 2014

Florence Velna Creech Hogan, age 87, died Sunday, August 31, 2014 of a lengthy illness with Alzheimer???s. Velna was born January 24, 1927, in Johnston County to the late Frank Douglas Creech, Sr. and Florence Mae Mumford Creech. In 1947 she graduated from Rex Hospital School of Nursing in Raleigh. In October of 1947 she married Curtis Preston Hogan. She...

Sidney Lee Dean

Sidney Lee Dean

Aug 29, 2014

Sidney Lee Dean, 80, of Pittsboro, NC died Friday, August 29, 2014. He was borneecember 16, 1933 in Granville County, NC to the late Cortez and Florence Dean. Mr. Deaneerved honorably in the??U.S. Army and retired from the??N.C. Forestry Service after nearly 38 years of service. Sidney is survived by his wife of 58 years, Shirley Dixoneean of Pittsboro, NC;...

Mary Elizabeth Thrift

Mary Elizabeth Thrift

Aug 28, 2014

Mary Elizabeth Thrift ???Elizabeth???, 91, of Pittsboro passed away peacefully at Cambridge Hills on August 28, 2014. She was born on August 17, 1923 in Chatham County, NC, daughter of the late Gurney and Julia Bryant Farrell. Elizabeth was preceded ineeath by her husband, Lebon Thrift, two sisters, and one brother. She is survived by her two sons, Reid Hill...

William Chad Wilson

William Chad Wilson

Aug 27, 2014

Stovall: William Chad Wilson, age 27 died Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in an automobile accident. He was a native of Granville County, and was the son of Kathy Capps Wilkerson (Junior Wilkerson) and William Wilson (Gail Wentworth). Chad was a member of Stovall Uneed Methodist Church, where he was a faithful attendant of Wednesday night Bible study and a graduate...

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