Obituaries
Grace Tiller Jones
Dec 15, 2014
Grace Tiller Jones passed away peacefully on the morning of December 15th, 2014 at Alamance Hospice Home. Born on Valentine's Day in 1918, in South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Leo aneeffie Tiller. She moved to Durham at a young age and worked at American Tobacco Company for many years before retiring in 1980. Aunt Grace as...
Sophia Pavlakis Livas
Dec 13, 2014
CHAPEL HILL: Sophia ???Sophie??? Pavlakis Livas, 96, died peacefully at UNC Memorial Hospital Saturday, December 13, 2014 after a brief illness. Born June 9, 1918 in Durham, she lived her early years in Chapel Hill and as a teeneer moved with her parents to Thessaloniki, Greece, where she graduated from the American Girls College. In 1937, she married George Livas...
Jesse Olive Bumpass
Dec 13, 2014
DURHAM ???Jesse Olive Bumpass, 83, of, Durham, NC, died Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Hock Family Pavilion. A native of Durham, he was the son of the late John Dillard Bumpass and Julia Dodie Carden Bumpass. Jesse was a member of Edgewood Baptist Church in Durham. Jesse is survived by his wife, Geraldine Hunt Bumpass; two sons, Wayne Bumpass and...
Deneaize H. Bennett
Dec 9, 2014
Deneaize Hortoneennett, age 82, died peacefully ineer Durham home surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. She was born in Granville County to the late Eddie ???Jake??? Horton aneestelle Adcock Horton. Deneaize was a founding member of Aldersgate Uneed Methodist Church and a charter member since 1956. She was employed with the Herald-Sun for 31 years. Deneaize...
Lyn D. Robinson
Dec 7, 2014
Durham - Lyn D. Robinson, age 81, of Durham, NC died peacefully ineer sleep from complications of Alzheimer's disease on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at Croasdaile Village Retirement Community. Lyn -- loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend -- taught us patience and kineess. When Pandora opened the box and let fly all, save hope, Lyn picked up the...
M. Fay Dills
Dec 5, 2014
M. Fay Dills, 79, of Raleigh, died Friday, December 5, 2014. Born neember 12, 1935, in Durham, to the late William and Mary Heneetta Philpott Kearney. Fay lived most of her life in the Durham and Trianee area. Besides her parents, she is preceded ineeath by two sisters, Lois Branch and Sue Kearney, a brother, Larry Kearney and two grandchildren,...
Joyce Ann Fuller
Dec 1, 2014
OXFORD: Joyce Ann Fuller age 69, died Monday, December 1, 2014. A native of Granville County she was the daughter of the late Emma O'Briant and Aubrey Fuller. Joyce was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Trinity United Methodist...
Joyce Ann Fuller
Dec 1, 2014
OXFORD: Joyce Ann Fuller age 69, died Monday, December 1, 2014. A native of Granville County she was the daughter of the late Emma O'Briant and Aubrey Fuller. Joyce was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Trinity United Methodist...
Joyce Ann Fuller
Dec 1, 2014
OXFORD: Joyce Ann Fuller age 69, died Monday, December 1, 2014. A native of Granville County she was the daughter of the late Emma O???Briant and Aubrey Fuller. Joyce was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Trinity Uneed Methodist...
Joyce Ann Fuller
Dec 1, 2014
OXFORD: Joyce Ann Fuller age 69, died Monday, December 1, 2014. A native of Granville County she was the daughter of the late Emma O???Briant and Aubrey Fuller. Joyce was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Trinity Uneed Methodist...
Martha Marshall Joy
Nov 30, 2014
OXFORD: Martha Marshall Joy, age 94, of Oxford, went to be with the Lord Sunday, November 30, 2014. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be conducted Friday, December 5, 2014 at 11:00 am in the chapel of Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home in Oxford. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Burial will take place at...
Janet Arleen Trivett
Nov 16, 2014
OXFORD: Janet Arleen Trivett age 55 died Sunday, November 16, 2014. A native of Merced, CA, she was the daughter of James William Bradley and the late Ruth DeVore Bradley. Janet was of the Baptist faith and was a CNA. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Chapel by Reverend...
Marc James Augustine
Oct 26, 2014
Durham - Marc James Augustine, 38, of Durham, NC died at his home October 26, 2014. He was born on July 31, 1976 in Middletown, Connecticut, son to Gerald Edward Augustine and Lorraine Margaret Bayliss Augustine. Marc received a Bachelor???s Degree in Fine Arts from the Uneersity of Connecticut at Storrs. He was a local artist, specializing in Display Art....
Leoneeva Gray
Oct 26, 2014
WAKE FOREST- Leoneeva Gray, 90, passed away peacefully October 26, 2014 at Hillside Nursing Center in Wake Forest. Leone was born oneebruary 15, 1924 in Grand Rapids, MI to the late Fred Kelley and Frieda Bennett Kelley. Leone is predeceased by two brothers, Glen and Fred Kelley, her husband John W. Gray and her youngest daughter, Kristi Petersen, who is...
Virginia (Ginger) Burns Gunnells
Oct 26, 2014
DURHAM ??? Virginia (Ginger) Burns Gunnells, 80, passed away on October 26, 2014 at Croasdaile Village in Durham, North Carolina. She was born on May 6, 1934 in Greenwood, SC to the late James C. Burns, Jr and Virginia McGowan Burns. Ginger grew up in Greenwood, SC and was a graduate of Greenwood High School. She also graduated from the...
Arthur Lee "Doc" Hearne
Oct 23, 2014
Arthur Lee ???Doc??? Hearne, 96, of Pittsboro, died Thursday, October 23, 2014. Born April 17, 1918, to Herbert and Lillian Griffineearne, he was a life-long resident of Pittsboro and a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. He was well known for his kineess and patience and was a well-liked and respected member of the community. Although he had several occupations,...
Joyce Harper Whisenant
Oct 22, 2014
Joyce Harper Whisenant September 21, 1928 - October 22, 2014 Joyce Harper Whisenant, 86, died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 surrounded by the love of her family. ??She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to William Percy Harper and Moselle Price Harper. Joyce grew up in Poteau, OK where she met her future husband, William E. (Whiz) Whisenant. She graduated with a...
George Grabowski
Oct 21, 2014
George Grabowski, 99, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014. He was preceded ineeath by his wife, of 60 years, Genevieve. He is survived by: two daughters, Eva (James) Hoke of Chapel Hill, Elizabeth (Robert) Paterson of Tiburon, CA; two grandchildren, Sarah Hoke of Atlanta, GA aneethan Hoke of Downington, PA. George???s funeral mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, neember...
Lonee L. "Jimmie" Dean
Oct 19, 2014
DURHAM -Lonee L. ???Jimmie??? Dean, 82, died Sunday, October 19, 2014. Jimmie was borneecember 2, 1931 in Wake County to the late Junie and Minee Watkins Dean. He was a graduate of Durham High School and attended the Uneersity of North Carolina. Jimmy was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. A member of Grey Stone Church in Durham, he...
Ethel Dagit Cunningham
Oct 14, 2014
Ethel Dagit Cunningham, 81, born October 2, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles and Janet Dagit passed away on October 14, 2014 in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Survived by Kathy Cunningham of Auckland, New Zealand and parter Rob Nesbit-Savage; Muffie Cunningham of Hudson, New York and partner Todd Woodard; Dr. William G. Cunningham, Jr. of Narberth, Pennsylvania and wife Liz, granddaughter...
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