Obituaries
Haywood Alvin Jones, Iii
Mar 20, 2009
Haywood Alvin Jones III, 81, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 20, 2009 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center after complications from a fall in his home earlier this month. A native and lifelong resident of Durham, N.C., he was the son of the late Edith and Haywood Jones, Jr. Mr. Jones was a graduate of Durham High School Class of '44...
Marie Chickie O'Shea
Mar 14, 2009
Marie "Chickie" Althea O'Shea, age 84, died peacefully Saturday, March 14, 2009 at Durham Regional Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Philadelphia, PA on June 7, 1924 to the late Leslie Sherman Greene and Helen Hanrahan Greene. Chickie was a founding member of St. Matthew Catholic Church and an active voluneer ineer parish and community. She worked...
John Arne Carlson
Mar 10, 2009
Mr. John Arne Carlson, 66, of Rocky Knolls Road, Chapel Hill, died at his home March 10, 2009. Mr. Carlson was borneebruary 12, 1943 in Chicago, the son of Rolf John Harry Carlson aneevelyn Marie Hakanson Carlson. He attended Princeton Uneersity for three years, graduated from the Uneersity of Illinois, and received his Masters Degree in Education from the UNC...
Benjamin Autry Gentry
Mar 10, 2009
OXFORD: Benjamin Autry Gentry, 70, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2009. He was the son of the late Maynard aneelizabeth Adcock Gentry. He spent his early childhood in Robeson and Person Counees and later moved to Oxford, NC where he graduated from high school theneerved in the Air Force. Uponeeturning to Oxford, he began work at Union National Bank. Banking...
Joffre Wesley Ray
Mar 8, 2009
Joffre Wesley Ray, a former men's clothing store owner, passed from this life Sunday, March 8, 2009 in Durham after a brief illness. He was 94. Mr. Ray spent much of his professional life working in downtown Durham during its heyday in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 60s. He co-owned Ray-Browning Clothiers. Mr. Ray is survived by his wife of...
Taylor Junior Laws
Mar 8, 2009
Oxford Taylor J. Laws age 85 of 7280 Goshen Road died Sunday March 8, 2009 at Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville Co., he was the son of the late Robert M.and Lelia Adcock Laws. A retired farmer and was retired from Murdoch Center. He was a member of Sharon Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00...
Harry Franklin Watts, Jr.
Mar 2, 2009
OXFORD: Harry Franklin Watts, Jr. US Navy Retired age 63 of 215 Gilliam Street died Monday, March 2, 2009 at Duke Medical Center. Harry was born in Suffolk, VA, son of the late Harry Franklin Watts, Sr. and Marie Wilkins Watts. He was a 1963 graduate of Oxford High School, attended UNC Chapel Hill, a graduate of the US neel...
Woodis Lee Vaughan
Mar 2, 2009
WOODIS L. VAUGHAN Oxford- Woodis L. Vaughan, age 86, a resident of 109 Grace St. died Monday March 2, 2009. A native of Granville Co. he was the son of the late Willie M. and Martha Nunn Vaughan. He was a member of Amis Chapel Baptist, retired maneer of Oxford Dry Cleaners and a veteran of WWII serving in the...
Henry Hank Sasser Holder
Feb 25, 2009
Henry "Hank" Sasser Holder, 79, died at home Wednesday, February 25, 2009 in Dillon, SC. Born in Greensboro, NC, on July 3, 1929, he was the son of the late John R. Holder and Junia Sasser Holder. He was in the printing industry for more than 40 years and retired as Plant Maneer for Holladay Tyler Printing Corporation of Rockville,...
Caroline Royall Mayes Breedlove
Feb 25, 2009
CAROLINE ROYALL MAYES BREEDLOVE OXFORD- Caroline Royall Mayes Breedlove, age 84 a resident of Oxford, died Wednesday February 25, 2009. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late John Brent Mayes, Jr. and Mary Royall Hancock Mayes. Mrs. Breedlove was a member of the Oxford Uneed Methodist Church and a former Sunday school teacher....
Penny Ray Gooch Holloway
Feb 24, 2009
Penny Ray Gooch Holloway, 89, formerly of 1404 Norton Street, Durham, died Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1737 Hillandale Road, Durham. The services will be followed by a reception in Johnson Hall at the church. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8...
Claytoneearliman Marshall
Feb 24, 2009
Mr. Claytoneearliman Marshall, 91, formerly of Marshall Road, Pittsboro, died February 24, 2009 at Blue Ridge Health Care Center in Raleigh. Mr. Marshall was born in Chatham County oneecember 7, 1917, the son of H.M. and May Lutterloh Marshall. He was educated in Chatham County, and following graduation from high school, he was employed at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry...
Blanee Clanton Joines
Feb 23, 2009
Blanee Clanton Joines, 86, of Chapel Hill died Monday, February 23, 2009, at the UNC Hospitals. She was born in Iredell County to John Aneew and Carrie Genee Clanton, and was widow of John Elree "Fraley" Joines of Moravian Falls. She was a member of Orange Uneed Methodist Church. Surviving her are two daughters, Carol J. Ludwig and husband Ross...
Ann Holmes Collins
Feb 22, 2009
FRANKLINTON, NC COLLINS Ann Holmes Collins of Franklinton, Age 77, died Sunday, February 22, 2009 at her residence. She was a native of Franklinton, NC and was the daughter of the late Herbert and Irene Holmes. Mrs. Collins was a member of Popes Chapel Uneed Church Of Christ, former secretary and a member of the choir. Mrs. Collins is survived...
Harold L. Sherman
Feb 21, 2009
OXFORD Harold L. Sherman, age 82, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 at Rex Hospital, Raleigh, NC. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late C. R. Sherman and Mildred Day Sherman. He was owner and operator of Morton & Sherman Implement Co., a member of Delrayno Baptist Church and a US Army veteran. Funeral services will...
Samuel R. Perry
Feb 20, 2009
SAM R. PERRY Franklinton - Sam R. Perry age 61 died Friday, February 20, 2009 at Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville Co, he was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill Surgical Assistant Program, an employee with Dr. David Noel and Trianee Orthopedic Associates PA, and a member of Brassfield Voluneer...
Dave W. Chaneer
Feb 20, 2009
Dave W. Chaneer died peacefully Friday morning, February 20th, 2009 after several years of declining health. He was born in Durham County, the youngest and last surviving child of Mcvay Chaneer and Maggie Marshall Chaneer. He worked for many years at the American Tobacco Company and on his family farm. He was a long-time member of Aneews Chapel UMC. He...
Clara Belle Scott Godwin
Feb 17, 2009
Clara Belle Scott Godwin died ineer home February 17, 2009, with her children by her side. She was a Durham native and the daughter of the late Janie Belle Harward and Sam H. Scott. Mrs. Godwin was predeceased by her beloved husband Hoover D. Godwin and brother, Harrison Scott. Surviving are her daughter Janie G. Tew and husband Milton R....
Rev. Charles Spence Hubbard
Feb 16, 2009
The Rev. Charles Spence Hubbard, 95, of Pittsboro, died Monday, February 16, 2009, peacefully in his home. Rev. Hubbard was born and raised in Sanford. While attending UNC at Chapel Hill, he lettered in both track and football, and he held the conference indoor broadjump record for many years. He was a retired Uneed Methodist pastor, a member of the...
William Hunter Stallworth, Jr.
Feb 14, 2009
Mr. William Hunter "Bill" Stallworth, Jr., 85, of Pittsboro, NC died February 14, 2009 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Bill was born ineeath Springs, SC on March 16, 1923, the son of William H. Stallworth, Sr. and Zada Rogers Stallworth. He was a graduate of Clemson Uneersity with degrees in Math and Chemistry. Bill's time at Clemson was divided...
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