Obituaries
Doris Poole Watkins
Jun 4, 2009
OXFORD/RALEIGH Doris Poole Watkins, age 96, a resident of Springmoor's Stewart Health Center died June 4, 2009. She was born in Virgilina, VA on July 4, 1912. She was the daughter of the late Charles Grey Poole and Mae Gregory Poole. She attended St. Mary's Jr. College and UNCG, she then taught at the Uneersity of Alabama. After her marriage...
Virginia Dare Tilley
Jun 3, 2009
Virginia Dare Tilley, 95, died peacefully Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at her residence in Croasdaile Village. Miss Tilley was born in High Point, NC, on August 25, 1913, to the late Adolphus P. and Fanee M. Malone Tilley. She was a graduate of East Carolina Teachers College, class of 1934. Miss Tilley was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority,...
James William Bill Garrett
Jun 3, 2009
James William "Bill" Garrett, age 86, died Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at Wake Med Hospital. Bill was born in Vance County to the late Nolan and Mabel Morton Garrett on March 3, 1923. He proudly served his country during WWII in the U.S. Air Force. Bill was a member of Perry's Chapel Baptist Church and the Americaneegion Post 52. He...
Jerry Auburn Grady
May 31, 2009
Jerry Auburn Grady May 1, 1951 - May 31, 2009 Jerry died at home, Sunday Morning, surrounded by his family, and loved ones. Jerry had only been ill for the last four weeks of his life, with Stage IV Paneeatic Cancer. Jerry was born in Durham NC and attended the Durham County Schools. He joined the Air Force in 1969....
Karen Susie Kirkland
May 31, 2009
Karen Susanne "Susie" Kelly Kirkland, 48, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2009 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount after a valiant year-long battle with breast cancer. Born in Durham, NC, Susie was the daughter of the late Banks C. Kelly, Jr. and Mary Strickland Kelly. Susie will be remembered as a loving wife, devoted mother and sweet sister. Surviving...
Eugene Harry Thomas
May 29, 2009
Mr. Eugene Harry Thomas, 89, of Cardinal Ct., Pittsboro died May 29, 2009 at The Laurels of Chatham. Mr. Thomas was born ineedalia, MO on May 7, 1920, the son of Lester Thomas and Arlene Pearl Mettler Thomas. He graduated from Washington Uneersity in St. Louis, and served in the Pacific with the US Army during World War II. Following...
Hazel Wimberly Brown
May 27, 2009
Mrs. Hazel Wimberly Brown, 85, of Pittsboro died May 27, 2009 at Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mrs. Brown was a Chatham County native, borneecember 6, 1923 to Charles Green Wimberly and Maude Hearn Wimberly. She was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening, reading, and sewing. She is survived by her daughter, Debbie Picket of Pittsboro; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a...
Marjorie Mcnay Jones
May 26, 2009
Marjorie McNay Jones, 88, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 26, 2009 after a brief illness at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Marjorie, the eldest daughter of Charles McNay and Catherine Hill McNay was born on June 20, 1920 in Midway, KY and moved to Durham as a child. She...
Velna Moore Pendergraph
May 26, 2009
Mrs Velna Moore Pendergraph, 82, of Foxfire Trace, Pittsboro, died May 26, 2009 ineer home. Mrs. Pendergraph was born in Chatham County on neember 29, 1926, a daughter to Ed and Fanee Johnson Moore. She was retired from Chatham Mills where she had worked as a weaver for a number of years. Mrs. Pendergraph was a member of Gum Springs...
Mattille Hicks Whitaker
May 25, 2009
Mattille Hicks Whitaker, age 85, and a resident of Franklinton, died Monday, May 25, 2009 at Rex Hospital. She was a native of Franklinton, and was one of twelve children of the late Donald Cade and Mattille Irwin Hicks. She graduated from Women's College now known as the Uneersity of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1944, and was married to...
Louise A. Ferrell
May 22, 2009
Louise Arringtoneerrell, age 85, died Friday morning, May 22, 2009, at Durham Regional Hospital. She was born in Lineville, AL to the late Charles R. and Omie Taylor Arrington on neember 1, 1923. Mrs. Ferrell was the last surviving member of the five Arrington children. She was an active member of First Baptist Church and the Friendship Sunday School Class....
Mary Compton Johnson
May 22, 2009
Mary Compton Johnson, age 88, died peacefully Friday morning, May 22, 2009, surrounded by her loving family. She was born ineebane, NC to the late James W. and Nellie Stuart Compton on June 10, 1920. Mrs. Johnson was a long-time member of Northgate Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her husband, Jack Johnson; her daughter, Joan J. Hutchins; her son,...
Bruce Lucien Paradis
May 21, 2009
Deceased: Bruce Lucien Paradis Mr. Bruce Lucien Paradis, 63, of Pleasant Hill Church Road, Siler City, died May 21, 2009 at Chatham Hospital in Siler City following a period of declining health. Bruce was borneeptember 7, 1945 in Presque Isle, ME, the son of Lucien Maurice Paradis and Artheline Theriault Paradis. He served in the US Marine Corps for over...
Johnee Fontaine Jones
May 18, 2009
OXFORD: J. Fontaine Jones, age 92 died at his home on May 18. 2009. Mr. Jones was born in Granville County on July 10, 1916 and was the son of the late Lewis Richard and Gracie Weary Jones. He was a retired tobacco farmer and worked in the past at John Umstead Hospital and N.C. Dept. of Transportation Bridge Division....
Rose Crumpton Gregory
May 17, 2009
Rose "Rollie" Crumpton Gregory, 89, died Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Durham Regional Hospital. Borneebruary 22, 1920, she was the daughter of the late William Robert Crumpton and Ruth Harris Crumpton and wife of the late Bernard "Bub" Cortez Gregory. Mrs. Gregory was a member of Yates Baptist Church. Her love of childreneed to her involvement in the Parents Morning...
Frances M. Woody
May 14, 2009
WOODY Frances M. Woody, 85 died on Thursday, May 14, 2009. Frances was born in Greensboro, NC to the late Jessie and Clarence Miles on January 6, 1924. She enjoyed family, growing flowers and her Lord most of all. Her husband and family were her world, but she opened her arms and heart to everyone. The XYZ club and the...
Anne Pauline Mckinnon
May 12, 2009
OXFORD: Anne Pauline McKinnon, age 79 died Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at Duke Medical Center. She was a native of Queens County, NY and the daughter of the late Salvatore and Ann Spillett Consiglio. She was a retired office maneer and a member of St. James Catholic Church. A Mass of Resurrection will be held on Friday, May 15, 2009...
Carl Edwin Nuckols
May 9, 2009
Carl Edwin Nuckols died peacefully in his Durham home Saturday evening, May 9, 2009 surrounded by his loving family. He recently celebrated his 41st birthday. Carl was born in Danville, VA on April 30, 1968 to Jean V. Reasor Nuckols and the late William B. Nuckols, Jr. Carl and his family were active members of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. He...
Colleen Thrift Petty
May 8, 2009
Mrs. Colleen Thrift Petty, 87, formerly of Old Sanford Rd., Pittsboro, died May 8, 2009 at The Laurels of Chatham. Mrs. Petty was born in Chatham County oneeptember 25, 1921, the daughter of John W. Thrift aneedith Dean Thrift. She was a graduate of Pittsboro School and retired from the textile industry where she had worked as an ineector. Mrs....
Ruby Leonard Dixon
Apr 30, 2009
Ruby Leonard Dixon, 96, formerly of Fayetteville, NC , a resident of Golden Living Nursing Home in Greensboro, NC died Thursday April 30, 2009. A native of Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Frank H. and Rosa H. Kearney. She was married to the late James L. Leonard and Calvin Dixon. Mrs. Dixon was a member of...
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