Obituaries
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...
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...
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