Obituaries
Edith Fowler Averett
Apr 12, 2009
Butner Edith Fowler Averett, 79 formerly of Butner, a resident of Brantwood Nursing Home died Sunday April 12, 2009 at Granville Medical Center. She was a native of Granville County, daughter of the late Mack & Lillian Fowler. Widow of Jerome T. Averett, she was a member of Providence Baptist Church, a retired employee of John Umstead Hospital for 29...
Marjorie Stallcup Watkins
Apr 11, 2009
Marjorie Stallcup Watkins, age 92, died Saturday, April 11, 2009 at Croasdaile Village. Mrs. Watkins first came to Durham as a student at Duke Uneersity where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948. In 1940 she received her Master's in Botany from Wellesley College. After raising her family, Mrs. Watkins returned to Duke Uneersity as curator of the...
Laura Jean Adams West
Apr 9, 2009
OXFORD- LAURA JEAN ADAMS WEST, age 75 a resident of Oxford died Thursday April 9, 2009 in Duke Medical Center with loving family by her side. She was a native of Vance Co. and was the daughter of the late Wesley Thaddeus Adams, Sr. and Alton Roosevelt Rooker Adams of Henderson. She was preceded ineeath by her husband, Morris W....
Raymond Hershel Dash
Apr 8, 2009
Raymond H. "Ray" Dash, 48, died at his home in Pittsboro on April 8, 2009 as a result of complications from a prolonged illness. Ray was born in Bryson City, NC on July 4, 1960, the son of Raymond H. Dash, Sr. and Pat Pruitt Dash. He was a graduate of Hunter College, a part of the City Uneersity of...
Louise S. Cooper
Apr 8, 2009
Louise Sullivan Cooper, age 93 died April 8, 2009 at Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro. Mrs. Cooper taught American History for a number of years at Durham High School. She was a member of the Tillman Bible class at Watts Street Baptist Church. A charter member of the Theta chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, she was also the Maryland state...
Leah Avery Porterfield
Apr 7, 2009
OXFORD: LEAH AVERY PORTERFIELD- age 3, the daughter of Barry Wayne Porterfield and Barbara Smith Porterfield died Saturday in UNC Children's Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday April 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM in the New Horizons Baptist Church by the Rev. Cam Ford. Burial will be ineeadowview Memorial Park. Surviving in addition to her parents are, two brothers...
Mary Ruth Nelms
Apr 6, 2009
OXFORD: Mary Ruth Nelms, of 126 Pine Cone Drive, died Monday, April 6, 2009. She was a native of Granville Co., attended Louisburg College and she retire as Clerk of Granville County Superior Court after 42 years. She was the daughter of the late Edmund and Blanee Adcock Clark. She was a member of Oxford Baptist Church. Surviving are her...
Louise Young Shearin
Apr 6, 2009
OXFORD: Louise Young Shearin, age 82, a resident of Oxford, died Monday, April 6, 2009. She was a native of Franklin County and the daughter of the late James D. Young and Mary Elizabeth Mullin Young. She was the widow of Wilbur Davis Shearin. Mrs. Young was a member of Hester Baptist Church and retired as a secretary for DOT....
Grace Winemiller Chambers
Apr 5, 2009
Mrs. Grace Winemiller Chambers, 94, died at her home at Pittsboro Christian Village on Sunday, April 5, 2009. Born in Harrisburg, PA on June 24, 1914, she was a daughter of Joseph and Bertha Shoop Winemiller. Mrs. Chambers was a retired teacher, and was the widow of Oliver Fulton Chambers. She was a member of Pittsboro Bible Assembly. The funeral...
Mary Helen Younge Smith
Apr 5, 2009
Oxford: Mary Helen Younge Smith, age 89, died Sunday, April 5, 2009. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late Edward Ossie and Lizzie Culbreth Smith. She was the widow of Edward E. "Smitty" Smith and a member of Amis Chapel Baptist Church. Graveside service will be held Tuesday, April 7 at 11:00 A.M. at...
Maria T. Dragula
Apr 1, 2009
Maria T. Dragula, 48, died oneednesday, April 1, 2009. Maria was born in Coral Gables, FL on April 25, 1960. Maria is survived by her husband Bobby Dragula of Franklinton; soneeremiah T. Collins; daughter Kristal B. Dragula; mother Johnie Rea Thompson of Defuniak Springs, FL; brothers James K. Thompson of Defuniak Springs, FL, Charles W. Thompson of Defuniak Springs, FL,...
Claudette Hilton
Apr 1, 2009
OXFORD: Claudette Hilton, a resident of 711 Williamsboro Street, Oxford, NC died at her home on April 1, 2009. Hilton was born in Granville County on May 27, 1950. She was a graduate of the 1968 class of J. F. Webb High School. She graduated from Harbargers School of Business in Raleigh, NC. She was a former secretary for the...
Pete Klein
Apr 1, 2009
Pete Klein of Durham, NC formerly of Pittsburgh, PA died April 1, 2009. Husband of Caelan Madion Klein. Father of Jake, Joe, Mary Kate, Clare, and Franee. Son of Peter Jacob Klein and the late Dorothy Makowski Klein. Pete graduated from Duquesne Uneersity and worked as an eneepreneur aneexecutive in the pharmaceutical industry. Visitation 3:00 6:00pm Sunday, April 5 at...
George James Pirie
Mar 28, 2009
Mr. George James Pirie, 81, of Pittsboro, died Saturday March 28, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Pirie was born neember 13, 1927 to George Bruce and Agnes Booth Pirie in Aberdeen, Scotland. George served many years as a minister for the Brethern Assembly. Mr. Pirie is survived by his wife, Nancy Dickson Pirie of the home; a son, Ian Pirie...
James Herrold Woody
Mar 28, 2009
Mr. James Herrold Woody, 87, of Morris Road, Pittsboro, died Saturday, March 28, 2009 at his residence. A Yancey County native, Mr. Woody was born in Burnsville oneeptember 20, 1921 to Russell and Minee Garland Woody. Mr. Woody attended Lees-McRae College, then entered the US Navy where he served on submarines for 18 of his 22 years ineervice. Following his...
William A. Stapleford
Mar 27, 2009
William Alfred Stapleford, age 89, died peacefully Friday morning, March 27, 2009 at Carver Living Center surrounded by his family. He was born in Raleigh to the late Cassius Clay and Lula Morgan Stapleford on neember 13, 1919. Bill was a 1937 graduate of Durham High School and a long-time member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Following graduation from high...
Ann Llewellyn Mckenee
Mar 27, 2009
Ann Llewellyn McKenee, Attorney, Dies at 83 Baltimore Ann Llewellyn McKenee, 83, of Baltimore and formerly of Concord, N.C., died March 27, 2009 at the Seasons Hospice, Northwest Hospital, Randallstown, MD of complications from emphysema. On Saturday, April 4, 2009, the family will receive visitors from 11 a.m. until noon at the Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Home, 503 College Street,...
Kathlyn Jones Powell
Mar 26, 2009
Oxford Kathlyn "Katie" Adcock Powell, age 85, a resident of Oxford died March 26, 2009 at Durham Regional Hospital. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late Gold Damon Adcock and Ruth Smith Adcock. She was a member of St. Stepheneepiscopal Church, was a secretary at the former Camp Butner and was the bookkeeper at...
Lois May Wilkie Thompson
Mar 22, 2009
Mrs. Lois May Wilkie Thompson, 93, of Pittsboro, NC, died March 22, 2009, at the Laurels of Chatham. Mrs. Thompson was born May 8, 1915 in Moncure, NC, the daughter of Mont Thomas Wilkie and Florence Helen Poe. While attending Radford Uneersity, she was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, and graduated in 1934 with a B.A. in...
Lois Mckinney Fulp
Mar 22, 2009
Lois Rue McKinney Fulp borneebruary 5, 1921, died at Duke Uneersity Medical Center in Durham, N.C. on March 22, 2009. She was born and raised in Hyde County, N.C. Her husband USAF M/Sgt Maurice Elmer Fulp and her son USAF T/Sgt Thomas M. Fulp preceded her ineeath. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Brenda and Joseph Webb; grandsons Jay and wife...
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