Obituaries
Aneew Paul Bratton
Feb 19, 2011
Aneew "Drew" Paul Bratton, 68, of Fearrington Village, NC, died February 19, 2011 of heart disease at home. Drew was born June 28, 1942 in Baltimore, MD and grew up in Grosse Pointe, MI, one of four children of Aneew C. Bratton, Jr., MD, PhD, who worked ineesearch for Parke-Davis, and Marianeeuerstein Bratton, a registered nurse. Drew graduated from Eastern...
Pauline Williams Mills Williams
Feb 19, 2011
Mrs. Pauline Williams Mills Williams, 96, of Lockville St., Pittsboro, died February 19, 2011 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. Mrs. Williams was born in Chatham County on May 28, 1914, the daughter of Earnest and Lela Beane Williams. She was a former resident of Durham, where she was a member of Holloway Street Baptist Church. Mrs. Williams was a...
John Robert Sturdivant
Feb 18, 2011
Mr. John Robert Sturdivant, 91, of Aneews Store Road., Pittsboro, NC passed away February 18, 2011 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. John was born in Chatham County to the late William R. and Novie Eubanks Sturdivant. John was predeceased by his wife Evon Upchurch Sturdivant. John was one of 11 siblings and was predeceased by sisters, Addie Powell, Jessie...
Sara Corbitt Roberts
Feb 16, 2011
Sara Corbitt Roberts, 89, died February 16, 2011 ineer home off NC 87 North, Pittsboro. Born in Gates County December 5, 1921, she was a daughter of James Richard Corbitt and Pearl Russell Corbitt. Sara moved to Pittsboro in 1942 following her graduation from Elon College. She taught Home Economics for several years and worked as a Home Demonstration Agent....
Mary Lillian Dixon
Feb 11, 2011
Mary L. Dixon, 89, of Pittsboro, died Friday, February 11, 2011 ineer home. A Chatham County native, Mary was born January 31, 1922 to Freeman Hilliard and Katie Beckwith Hilliard. Mary was a loving wife, mother and homemaker. She attended Pittsboro Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Thomas Nesbitt Dixon of Pittsboro; daughters, Glenda Dixon of Pittsboro and Vivian Dixon...
William James Rabon
Feb 11, 2011
Mr. William James Rabon, Jr., 80, died February 11, 2011 at the Duke Hoch Family Pavilion, Durham, NC. A native of Marion, SC, he received a Bachelor of Architecture, Clemson College, a Bachelor of Architecture with Honors at NC State Uneersity, a Masters in Architecture, MIT and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Uneersity of Rome, Italy. For sixteeneears he...
Jim Tate
Feb 10, 2011
OXFORD: Jim Tate, age 41, of 308 12th Street, Butner, died peacefully, Thursday, February 10, 2011. A resident of Butner since 1983, he was son of J. B. Tate and the late Virginia Danner Smith and a 1988 graduate of South Granville High School. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Creedmoor Uneed...
Thelma Faust Proctor
Feb 7, 2011
Thelma Faust Proctor, 103, a long-time resident of Durham, passed away at Durham Regional Hospital on Monday, February 7, 2011. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living member of the Trinity Uneed Methodist Church, and for the past several years she was the oldest living resident at the Hillcrest Convalescent Center. She had been a resident...
A.J. Perkinson
Feb 7, 2011
Aneew Jackson "A.J." Perkinson died Monday evening, February 7, 2011, at Duke-Raleigh Hospital. He was 78 years old. A.J. was born in Vance County to the late Blair and Lila Faulkner Perkinson on neember 20, 1932. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Youngsville and was the founder of the Franklintoneescue & EMS. A.J. also was an active...
Wiliam Luke Johnson
Feb 7, 2011
William L. Bill Johnson, age 64, passed away February 7, 2011 of an apparent heart attack. Born at Kingsport, Tennessee, he attended Lynn View High School, East Tennessee State Uneersity, and Uneersity of Tennessee, Knoxville. He earned degrees in both chemistry and chemical engineering. At the time of his passing, he resided in Durham, NC, where he had worked for...
Robert Bobby Lumpkin
Feb 4, 2011
OXFORD: Robert "Bobby" Thomas Lumpkin, died February 4, 2011 at his home. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Willie "Billy" T. Lumpkin aneethel Owen Lumpkin. He was a lifetime member of Salem Uneed Methodist Church for 68 years, where he served in almost every office at the church, the Choir and taught...
John Moody Matthews, Jr.
Feb 4, 2011
OXFORD: J. Moody Matthews, Jr. age 86, passed away peacefully, Friday, February 04, 2011 at his home. A long time resident of both Perquimans County, NC and Granville County, NC, he co-owned and co-maneed Farmer's Feed and Seed Co. ineertford, NC for many years. He was a veteran of WWII; a member of the Army Air Corp and attended North...
Jeanette Blackwell Hatton
Feb 2, 2011
OXFORD: Jeanette Blackwell Hatton, age 102 died Wednesday February 2, 2011. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late William Thomas and Virginia Caroline Hart Blackwell. She was preceded ineeath by her husband Joe Clarence Hatton. Mrs. Hatton was a member of Tabb's Creek Baptist Church and was retired from Fox's Department Store. Funeral...
Alexander John Gilleskie
Jan 27, 2011
Alexander John Gilleskie, 74, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 in Durham NC. Alex was born ineeidelberg, PA on May 24, 1936, to Stella and Alexander Gilleskie. Lured to North Carolina on an NC State Uneersity football scholarship, little did he know that he would establish roots in Durham that would shape his life and the lives of many others for...
Alex J. Gilleskie
Jan 27, 2011
Alexander John Gilleskie, 74, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 in Durham NC. Alex was born ineeidelberg, PA on May 24, 1936, to Stella and Alexander Gilleskie. Lured to North Carolina on an NC State Uneersity football scholarship, little did he know that he would establish roots in Durham that would shape his life and the lives of many others for...
Viktor Wenzel Pleil
Jan 27, 2011
Viktor Wenzel Pleil, 88, of Surf City, NC died Thursday, January 27, 2011 at the Durham Regional Hospital in Durham, NC following complications from pneumonia. Viktor was born oneeptember 11, 1922 and raised in Komotau, Germany. He attended the Uneersity of Erlangen and received undergraduate and graduate degrees in Mathematics and Physics. He married the love of his life, Ruth...
Kathryneeneey Watson
Jan 24, 2011
OXFORD: Kathryneeneey Watson, a resident of Oxford passed away Monday January 24, 2011 in Durham after an extended illness. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Robert Vincent and Jessie Cottrell Beneey. Kathryn was a member of Hester Baptist Church, a graduate of Stovall High School and retired as Administrator of the ASCS...
Bessie Sherron May Freeman
Jan 23, 2011
Mrs. Bessie Sherron May Freeman, age 88, of Fletcher's Chapel Road, passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2011. Mrs. Freeman was a native of Durham and the daughter of the late Nebron and Bessie Nichols Sherron. She was previously deceased by all eight brothers and sisters; Harvey, Joel, Victor, Vernon, Marvin, and Billie Sherron, Leora Ward and Mary Sue Cheek....
Charles Nelson Wheeler
Jan 23, 2011
Charles Nelson "Charlie" Wheeler, 63, of Old Sanford Road, Moncure, died January 23, 2011 at the Laurels of Chatham. Charlie was born in the Bear Creek community on May 12, 1947, the son of Nelson Wheeler and Fanee Eubanks Wheeler. He was retired from Kayser-Roth following more than 40 years of service, where he worked in various capacities at several...
Anee S. Kearney
Jan 19, 2011
Anee S. Kearney, 92, died oneednesday, January 19, 2011. Anee was born in Franklin Co. NC to the late Irma and Al Sheron oneecember 3, 1918. Anee was a great woman and possessed many of the characteristics and qualities of so many great womeneefore her. She tirelessly cared for her family in every respect possible. She found great joy in...
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