Obituaries

Dec 16, 2009

DURHAM - Kenneth Raymond Coulter, age 77, passed away Wednesday morning December 16, 2009 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. Born in Catawba County on April 18, 1932, he was the son of the late Herbert Guy Coulter aneedith Emily Sublette Coulter. Mr. Coulter studied Landscape Architecture at N.C. State Uneersity and served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He played...

Dec 15, 2009

Cynthia McMannen Roche, age 56, died peacefully Tuesday, December 15, 2009, ineer Durham home surrounded by her loving family. A Durham native, Cindy was a dedicated registered nurse who worked 15 years at Durham Regional Hospital and later at John Umstead Hospital for another 15 years. Cindy is survived by her loving husband of 37 years, Don Roche of Durham,...

Dec 14, 2009

Margaret Arlene McMurray died Monday, December 14, 2009 in Duke Hospital in Durham, NC. Born in Sheridan, Arkansas, she and her husband, Harlan, who preceded her ineeath, raised their family in Ohio. Arlene is survived by her three sons, Terrence of Houston, Texas; Dwight of Elyria, Ohio; and Greg of Tigard, Oregon; and one granddaughter, Holly, of Hickory, North Carolina....

Dec 14, 2009

Perdita Arnett Brantly, 94, died on Monday, December 14, 2009 at Seasons at Southpoint in Durham, NC. Perdita was born in Danville, VA to the late Perdita aneeugene Arnett oneeptember 20, 1915. Perdita attended Hollins College and received her B.S. Degree in Mathematics from the Uneersity of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She was a member of Chi Omega Sorority and...

Dec 13, 2009

John Norwood Pollok "Pearl Harbor Survivor", 89, died on Sunday, December 13, 2009. John was born in Durham to the late Ada Mae and Luther Pollok on April 30, 1920. He later became a graduate of Durham High School and theneent on to complete 2 years of college with the Navy. On August 14, 1943 John was married to the...

Dec 12, 2009

OXFORD: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dickerson Hicks, age 97 a former resident of 529 Hillsboro Street died Saturday December 12, 2009 Treyburn Nursing Home. She was a native of Granville County and was the daughter of the late W. Odis and Lissie Kearney Dickerson. She was the widow of the late Ernest Hicks. She was a homemaker and was a member of...

Dec 8, 2009

Mr. Robert Brodie Horton, 77, of Farrington Point Road, Chapel Hill, died December 8, 2009 at UNC Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Horton was borneebruary 16, 1932 in Chatham County, the son of Truby and Vesta Merritte Horton. He served in the US Army during the Korean conflict; and following military service. was the owner/operator of Horton

Dec 6, 2009

David Robertson Sugg, Jr., 62, died December 6, 2009. A native of Nash County, NC, he was borneebruary 2, 1947, the son of David Sugg, Sr., and Phoebe Jane Harris Sugg. A US Navy veteran, he served on the USS Sunfish submarine in the Atlantic Fleet during the Viet Nam war. David had lived in Apex since the early 1970's,...

Dec 6, 2009

Rose Brenzia, 98, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away Dec. 6, 2009 at Spring Arbor of Durham, NC. Born in Whitsett, PA, Dec. 8, l910, to the late Gabor and Marcella Nyilas and the wife of the late John Wm. Brenzia, who were both longtime residents of McKeesport, PA. She is survived by daughter Rose Marie Paul and son-in-law, Herbert...

Dec 6, 2009

Ralph Edward McLaurin, 86, of Hadley Mill Road, Siler City, died December 6, 2009 at the VA Medical Center in Durham. A Chatham County native, Mr. McLaurin was borneeptember 20, 1923, a son of Albert Hugh McLaurin and Lucy Rhyne McLaurin. He was a retired seafood dealer; an avid outdoorsman that loved to hunt and fish, and a notorious gardener...

Dec 4, 2009

Kevin Stillman Cook, age 23, died unexpectedly Friday, December 4, 2009. Kevin was born in Durham on July 20, 1986. Kevin graduated from Durham School of the Arts where he was actively involved ineechnical theater. Kevin was employed with Whole Foods Market of Chapel Hill for several years. Kevin is survived by his wife, Marta Bugel; his parents, Gail and...

Dec 2, 2009

Dateline: Pittsboro Deceased: Jeaneemrick Hudson Jeaneemrick Hudson, 77, of Tom Hudson Road in Pittsboro, died December 2, 2009 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. A native of Forsyth County and the youngest of eleven children, Jean was borneecember 13, 1931 to Johneenry Hemrick and Ada Louellen Long Hemrick. She worked as a registered nurse for a number of years; theneecame...

Dec 2, 2009

Veteran Durham journalist and retired Air force pilot Louis Edward Hodges, Jr., died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. He was suffering from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Hodges was born in Tarboro February 25, 1919, the son of L.E. Hodges and Lydia Sophronia Clark Hodges. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Betty Arnold Hodges; a...

Nov 29, 2009

Oct 30, 2009

Floyd McKinley Ellis passed away at his home, Aspen Hall, in Chatham County on October 30, 2009. He was a native Virginian, but had lived in North Carolina for thirty years. He was a graduate of the Uneersity of Virginia and attended graduate and law school there. Mr. Ellis was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, the Masonic Lodge, and...

Oct 30, 2009

OXFORD: Maynard Macon Brooks, age 81, died Friday, October 30, 2009 at Duke Medical Center. A native of Granville County, he was the son of late Joseph Rhodes and Hortense Mangum Brooks. Mr. Brooks was a member of Delrayno Baptist Church where he served as superintendent of Sunday schools for 24 years. He was also a member of the Henry...

Oct 30, 2009

Andrew Weston Hobbs, 1 month, died on Friday, October 30, 2009. Andrew was born in Durham at Duke Medical Center on October 1, 2009, to Gene and Becky Hobbs. Andrew was a brave boy with more courage and strength than one could imagine. He meant more to his family in his short life than can be explained in words. We...

Oct 29, 2009

Shirley Vana Hollister, 83, died on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Duke Uneersity Medical Center in Durham NC. Shirley was born ineewiston, NY to the late Joseph and Bessie Mae Vana on April 9, 1926. Shirley was a graduate of the Red Brick School ineewiston, NY and the DeVry Institute of Buffalo NY. As a young woman she was an...

Oct 29, 2009

WILTON: Lessie D. Strother, born neember 16, 1910 in Granville County, died Thursday, October 29, 2009, daughter of the late Raymond Joseph and Lessie Weathers Davis and widow of J. Frank Strother. She was a retired License Practical Nurse at Granville Hospital and was the oldest member of Banks UMC. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday,...

Oct 26, 2009

OXFORD: David Littleton Adcock, Sr., age 82 a resident of Oxford died Monday October 26, 2009 in Granville Medical Center. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Gold Damon and Ruth Smith Adcock. Mr. Adcock retired from Oxford Implement Co. and Al Sandling Chevrolet. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the...