Obituaries

Apr 26, 2013

Miss Nancy Ocampo, 22, of South Second Avenue, Siler City, died Friday, April 26, 2013, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash. Borneebruary 6, 1991 in Surry County, NC, Nancy was the daughter of Telesforo and Maria Ocampo. Nancy was an honors student currently attending Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro, where she also worked in the library. She...

Apr 24, 2013

STOVALL: Conee M. Hite 79 of Stovall died Wednesday April 24, 2013. He was a native of Halifax Co Virginia and was the son of the late George Bernard and Rosa O`Geary Hite. Conee was a retired employee of Burlington Industries, Clarksville, VA, a Veteran of the US Army, a member of Marrow's Chapel Uneed Methodist church. Surviving is his...

Apr 24, 2013

Mrs. Michele Rose O'Doherty Tart, 62, of Pittsboro, died April 24, 2013 ineer home. Michele was born in Washtenaw County, Michigan oneeptember 8, 1950, the daughter of Gerald Joseph O'Doherty and Lena Irene Strong O'Doherty. She received her Master's Degree in Business Education and her Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, both from Eastern Michigan Uneersity, and her law degree from Thomas...

Apr 23, 2013

Mrs. Lorelei Douglas Barnes, 37, of Farrington Road, Apex, died April 23, 2013 ineer home following an extended illness. Lorelei was born May 13, 1975 ineebb County, Texas, the daughter of George Richard Douglas and Sonia Laura Garcia Douglas. She was a graduate of the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was the Vice-President of Barnes Precision Machinery....

Apr 23, 2013

DURHAM- neeen Marie Halley, 48, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Duke Uneersity Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Leaving to mourn are her dear friend, partner and fianeeacute;, Geir-Ole Ellineen, her parents, Denis Halley and Frances Halley of Newfoundland; her brothers, Gary Donna and David Valerie. Nephews and nieces Aneew, Mathew, Catherine aneemily and a large circle...

Apr 20, 2013

OXFORD: James Dale Mink, died Saturday, April 20, 2013. He was born neember 22, 1943 in Baltimore, MD and was the son of the late James Cecil and Audrey Taylor Mink. James grew up most of his life in Pulaski, Va. He was an Insurance broker, a veteran of the US Army, a Mason and a member of Trinity Chapel...

Apr 17, 2013

Walter M. Beckham, 76, of Franklinton, died April 17, 2013. He was formerly Chief of Police of Franklinton and Chief Deputy Sheriff of Franklin County. He is preceded ineeath by his father and mother, Ronald aneedna Beckham and brother Dan. He is survived by his loving wife, Joyce Stallings Beckham; loving children, Donee Beckham, Hope Morath, Gail Honeycutt, Karen Tant;...

Apr 17, 2013

Mary Lyndon Dossett, age 85, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at Hock Family Pavilion. Mary was born in Raleigh to the late Joseph Reese and Anna Lloyd Lyndon on May 21, 1927. Mary was a long time member of Bethany Uneed Methodist Church in Durham and presently a member of Aldersgate Uneed Methodist Church. Mary is survived by her loving...

Apr 16, 2013

James Glenn Garth, age 77, died April 16, 2013 in Palm Beach Shores, FL. A resident of Chapel Hill, Glenn was born in Ennis, TX to the late James Edward and Juanita Stringer Garth on January 17, 1936. Glenn graduated from Abilene Christian Uneersity and spent his career in maneement working for Southwesterneell which later became AT&T ineexas, Missouri, New...

Apr 15, 2013

Lexington, neelizabeth Franklin Barker, age 84, died at 4:30 am on Monday, April 15, 2013 at the Thomasville Medical Center ineexington, NC. She was born oneeptember 12, 1928 in Oxford to the late Samuel Edward Parrott, Sr. and Martha Harris Parrott. She was also the widow of the late Henry Franklin and William Leonard Barker. Elizabeth was a member of...

Apr 15, 2013

DURHAM - Stephanie Kahr Berry was born October 15, 1964, and departed from us on Tuesday, April 15, 2013. Stephanie was raised in Champaign, Illinois, but spent her adult life in North Carolina. She is survived by her devoted husband, Scott Berry of Durham, and stepsons, Casey and Josh; her precious parents, Toby and Rita Kahr of Chapel Hill; a...

Apr 13, 2013

Margaret Catherine Fitzpatrick, 82, passed away, on Saturday, April 13. 2013, in Durham, North Carolina. Born in Brooklyn, New York on July 25, 1930, Margaret was a daughter of the late Thomas and Margaret Jennings McDonald. She was predeceased by her sister Elizabeth McDonald Costello. While working at Cahill Gordon Law Firm, she met the love of her life, Thomas...

Apr 13, 2013

Virgilina, VA John R. Nelson, age 93 of Virgilina, died Saturday, April 13, 2013. A native of Halifax County, he was the son of the late John Irby and Mary Ella Morris Nelson and widower of Mary Carmichael Nelson. John was a World War II veteran of the US Army, a member of the Americaneegion Post 8 for 50 years,...

Apr 12, 2013

DURHAM-James A. "Jim" Bodenhamer, 77, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2013 after a courageous battle with Lung Cancer with his wife and sons by his side. Jim was born oneebruary 14, 1936 in Princeton, KY to L.W. and Imogene Clift Bodenhamer. After graduating from Butler High School, serving in the U.S. Army and attending technical/trade school in Nashville, TN,...

Apr 11, 2013

DURHAM: Ellen Isley Johnson, 97, of Durham passed onto the Lord Thursday, April 11, 2013. She was born October 16, 1915 to the late Walter and Mary Eva Wood Johnson in Granville County. She resided most of her life in Durham. Ms. Johnson was a devoted longtime member of Grace Baptist Church in Durham, where she was a member of...

Apr 11, 2013

Hannah McCord "Nancy" Wright Pinckney, 76, originally from Bluffton, SC, passed away on April 11, 2013 in Chapel Hill, NC. Nancy was the beloved wife of John Chapman Pinckney for 55 years and died holding his hand, surrounded by loved ones. A graveside service will be held in the Pinckney Family Cemetery in Pinckney Colony, Bluffton, SC on Saturday April...

Apr 11, 2013

Apr 9, 2013

WAKE COUNTY - Martha Matilda Monk, 90 of Cary, NC and formerly of Sebastian and Fort Lauderdale, Florida died Tuesday April 9, 2013. She was born in Raleigh, NC in 1923. She was a graduate of Hugh Morson High School in Raleigh in 1941. Her early career was at NC State Uneersity where she worked in the News Bureau during...

Apr 9, 2013

DURHAM - Anne-Marie Laplante Hobin, 76, of Durham, passed away Tuesday April 9, 2013 after a period of declining health. Anne-Marie was born in Salem, Massachusetts to Aurele and Laura Laplante oneebruary 7, 1937. The youngest of eight children, she attended high school at St Joseph's atholic High School and graduated in 1954. In 1955 her brother Phil introduced her...

Apr 7, 2013

Patricia "Paty" William Karstaedt was born July 17, 1954 in Pittsburgh, PA. Paty departed from us on Sunday April 7, 2013 at her home in Sanford NC, due to her battle with cancer. She graduated from Cary High. She was preceded ineeath by her son, Justin Allen Williams age two days; Biological father Ray Eger of PA; and her father...