Obituaries
Barbara Cooper Fesel
Jan 27, 2010
Mrs. Barbara Cooper Fesel, 63, of Hidden Hollow Drive in Durham died January 27, 2010 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. A native of West Chester, PA, she was born April 26, 1946 to Marshall Myron Cooper and Geneva Postles Cooper. Mrs. Fesel was a retired realtor, and had served as property maneer at Walnut Grove and Sheffield Manor complexes. She was...
Clyde H. Carroll, Jr.
Jan 27, 2010
Clyde H. Carroll, Jr., 85, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at Duke Medical Center. He was the son of the late Clyde H. Carroll, Sr. and Mable Pendergrass Carroll. Mr. Carroll was a loving and humble man who served the Lord as a deacon for many years and taught Sunday school at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. His interests included hunting,...
Ida Davis Wells
Jan 27, 2010
Ida Davis Wells, 92, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, NC. She was born January 19, 1918 ineender County and was the daughter of the late Madola Shepard and Aaroneeide Davis, Sr. Mrs. Wells was preceded ineeath by her husband of 51 years, William Potter Wells and her two daughters, Mary Ann Mills and Janet...
John Aneew Mac Mckeown
Jan 26, 2010
John Aneew "Mac" McKeown, age 86, died Wednesday evening, January 26, 2010 at Hock Family Pavilion following a brief illness. Born in Lima, NY on March 21, 1924, he was the son of the late John and Florence Mabel Greer McKeown. John attended Lima High School and graduated from State Uneersity of New York in Albany. He proudly served his...
Jean Marion Vanbenthuysen
Jan 23, 2010
Miss Jean Marion Vanbenthuysen, 105, of Pittsboro Christian Village, died January 23, 2010 at Pittsboro Christian Village. Born ineewark, New Jersey on May 13, 1904, she was the daughter of Robert Seaward and Jenny Smith Vanbenthuysen. Miss Vanbenthuysen was a retired insurance clerk. At the time of her death, she was the oldest resident at Pittsboro Christian Village, and one...
Margaret Luevinia Johnson
Jan 23, 2010
Mrs. Luevinia Morris Johnson, 83, of Bynum, died January 23, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Johnson was born in Montgomery County oneecember 2, 1926, a daughter of William G. and May Clark Morris. She was a 1943 graduate of Pittsboro High School and attended Ashmoore Business College in Thomasville. During her lifetime, she worked different capacities in various jobs including...
Mary Suggs Bowling
Jan 22, 2010
STEM: Mary Suggs Bowling, age 84, died Friday, January 22, 2010 at her home. A native of Horry County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Worth Suggs and Lucille Suggs. Mrs. Bowling was a member of Oxford Baptist Church where she played the piano for several classes and was a member of the church choir, the hand bell...
Eugene Alleneene Thorne
Jan 18, 2010
Eugene Allen "Gene" Thorne, age 96, died Monday, January 18, 2010 at Durham Regional Hospital following a brief hospitalization. He died due to complications following a hip fracture oneecember 18th. Poppa, as he was affectioneely called by his family, was born June 3, 1913 and was raised ineenderson, N.C. Vance County and was the son of Howard and Bessie Norvell...
Roy Lee Matthews
Jan 18, 2010
Roy Lee Matthews, age 80, died unexpectedly Monday evening, January 18, 2010 at Durham Regional Hospital. A Durham native, Mr. Matthews was born in Erwin, NC to the late Frank and Ada Barnes Matthews. Mr. Matthews and his wife, Barbara, were founders of the Furniture House of Durham which later became Nance Furniture Company. He is survived by his loving...
Linda Fowler Parham
Jan 18, 2010
OXFORD: Linda Fowler Parham, 62 of Addie's Lane Farm, died January 18, 2010. A native of Granville County and she was the daughter of the late George Y. and Nadine Fowler Parham. She was a life long horse enthusiast, animal lover, commercial real estate developer and a member of Salem Uneed Methodist Church. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM...
Johneeter Dorton
Jan 17, 2010
Johneeter Dorton, 81, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, January 17, 2010 after battling an extended illness. He was born and raised in Durham, and was the son of Peter aneevyenia Dorton. John's parents were founding members of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Barbara, where John was also a member. A graduate of Duke Uneersity, he completed dental...
Rudolph A. Gawlik
Jan 17, 2010
Rudolph A. Gawlik, 93, died Sunday, January 17, 2010 at the Springmoor Retirement Community in Raleigh. Mr. Gawlik was born in Chicago, Illinois where he attended Pullmaneech High School and Wilson Junior College. He worked as a process engineer for the Electromotive Division of General Motors for 37 years before relocating to Raleigh in 1997. Mr. Gawlik is the last...
James "Jimmy" Garrett Burnette
Jan 12, 2010
James Garrett Burnette died at his home on Hiltoneead Island Tuesday, January 12, 2010. He was born in Oxford, North Carolina to Hallie Garrett and Sarah Lucille Burnette. "Jimmy", as he was known during his adolescent and teeneears, graduated from Oxford High School. He was an honor student aneespecially loved athletics. He was quite a star, excelling in baseball, basketball,...
James G. Morgan, Jr.
Jan 11, 2010
James G. Morgan, Jr., age 85, died peacefully at his home, Jan. 11, 2010 with his family by his side. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late James Graden Morgan, Sr. and Myrtle Barbee Morgan Rigsbee. He was a veteran and served his country in the U. S. Army Air Corp during WWII. Mr. Morgan worked in...
Arch Gill Clark
Jan 10, 2010
Arch Gill Clark, son of the late Vione aneernest Clark passed away Sunday, January 10, 2010 peacefully with his family at Rex Hospital. A true and faithful servant, he was born on August 3, 1924 in Chatham County. Born to be a farmer, he loved being on his tractor and was most comfortable there. He retired from his position as...
Michael Paul Alex Cunningham
Jan 10, 2010
Michael Paul Alex Cunningham, 30, of Pleasant Hill Church Rd., Siler City, died January 10, 2010 following a period of declining health while awaiting a heart transplant. The son of Philip and Rose Norton Cunningham, Michael was born ineeesburg, VA oneebruary 24, 1979. He loved farming, but had also worked as a paramedic and a scrub nurse as long as...
Sophie Eloise Daniel
Jan 8, 2010
DURHAM - Sophie Eloise Daniel, 55, passed away January 8, 2010 at the Duke Hock Pavilion in Durham, NC after a courageous and brave battle with cancer. Sophie was born January 17, 1954 in Alexandria, Virginia to the late Katherine Dusenberry Daniel and David Oscar Daniel, Jr. She spent most of her childhood in Durham, NC. She was a 1973...
George William "Billy" Nicholson, Jr.
Jan 8, 2010
STEM: George William "Billy" Nicholson, Jr. age 46, died Friday, January 8, 2010 in Mountain City, TN. He was a native of Baltimore, MD and the son of Louise Huerta, husband, Raul Huerta of Stem, NC and George Nicholson, wife Rose Nicholson of Mountain City, TN. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 2:00 P.M. from...
Stuart Vaughan
Jan 8, 2010
OXFORD: Stuart Vaughan, age 73, died Friday, January 08, 2010 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. He was the son of the late Rufus Elmo and Frauline Jones Vaughan. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church, where he served as Deacon and Chairman of the Cemetery Committee and was a veteran, having served in the US Army. He was...
Marvin Frederick High
Jan 7, 2010
Marvin Frederick High, 89, of 8385 Wake Road, died January 7, 2010 at the VA Medical Center in Durham. Born neember 24, 1920, in Durham County, he was the son of the late John Frederick High and Myrtle Carver High Marvin was a brick mason for over 35 years and he enjoyed farming and gardening. He was a devoted husband,...
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