Obituaries

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...

Apr 6, 2013

Mr. James C. Boone, 88, of Pittsboro, NC died Saturday, April 6, 2013 at his home. James was born in Chatham County oneebruary 26, 1925 to the late Jarvis and Mozelle Boone. He served his country in WWII as a B-29 pilot, in the Pacific and was awarded a Bronze Star and an Air Medal. James spent his remaining working...

Apr 5, 2013

OXFORD: William Henry "Bill" Day died April 5, 2013. Mr. Day was born in Oxford, N.C. on Ivey Day Road. He was the son of the late Ivey Wilson and Anee Mae Hart Day. He was a member of Oxford Methodist Church. Mr. Day also was a member of the Masons and served for many years. After serving in the...

Apr 4, 2013

Mary Jane Auld Linker, 91, died Thursday, April 4, 2013. She has been a resident of the Carol Woods Retirement Community since 1996. She was born in Chester, SC and grew up in Greenville, SC. She was the daughter of the late George DeWitt Auld and Lillian McDill Auld of Greenville, SC. She was a 1939 graduate from Greenville SC...

Apr 2, 2013

Calvin Lucian Ward, 85, Duke Uneersity Professor of Zoology, died April 2, 2013, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Calvin was born in Yancey, Texas, and was one of six children. He is predeceased by his parents, Lucian Simeon and Artie Berry Ward; his sister, Evadna Chalmers; and three brothers, Don, Gordon, and Ross Ward. Calvin had many fond memories of growing...

Apr 1, 2013

Mrs. Mary Lucille Morris Farrell, 86, of Hanks Chapel Road, Pittsboro, died April 1, 2013 at Cambridge Hills in Pittsboro. Mrs. Farrell was born in Rockingham on April 15, 1926, a daughter of James Michael Morris and Maude Poplin Morris. She retired from Chatham Mills after 40 plus years of service. Mrs. Farrell was a long time member of Hanks...

Apr 1, 2013

Muriel DePowel Burgun, 88, passed away peacefully at her home on April 1, 2013, in Pittsboro, NC. She was born oneecember 13, 1924 ineewark, NJ. She graduated from Marymont College ineerrytown, NY. She was a librarian at Pleasantville Public Library in Pleasantville, NY. She was also a docent at Washington Irving's house, Sleepy Hollow Restorations, in Irvington, NY. Muriel was...

Mar 31, 2013

OXFORD: Talton Thomas "T" Hughes, died March 31, 2013 in Granville House in Oxford. He was born on August 18, 1928 in Oxford, NC to the late Talton Thomas Hughes, Sr. and Loyd Dickerson Hughes. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Ursula Frazier Hughes; son, David Talton Hughes Shawn , and a sister Marilyn Hughes LoganRichard of...

Mar 27, 2013

Phyllis Jane Davidson Briggs, 1922-2013 Phyllis Jane Briggs passed away on March 27, 2013 at age 90 after a 19-year battle with Parkinson's disease. Phyllis was born April 30, 1922 in Worcester, Massachusetts of parents Anneelle Lewis and Jacob Davidson. Throughout her childhood and youth she took dancing lessons and became a very accomplished tap dancer as a young woman....

Mar 26, 2013

Oxford: David Adcock Powell, age 60, died March 26th 2013 at the Jaycee Burneenter at UNC Hospital. He was a native of Granville County and was the son of Edward S. Powell and the late Kathlyn Adcock Powell. Member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and was Past Master of Rolesville Masonic Lodge #483. He was formally employed in the food...