Obituaries
Myrtle Chappell Briggs
Jan 29, 2009
Mrs. Myrtle Chappell Briggs died peacefully at UNC Memorial Hospital on January 29, 2009. Myrtle was born in Durham on July 18, 1918, one of six children to the late Rufus and Nora Chappell. She worked as a Hosiery Ineector at both Durham aneefland Hosiery Mills before retiring from Duke Uneersity Medical Center as Informationeervices Supervisor. Myrtle married Marion C....
Mary Jane Matteson Smith
Jan 28, 2009
Mary Jane Matteson Smith, 80, of Cambridge Hills, Pittsboro, died January 28, 2009. She was born in Canton, NC on June 26, 1928 to Roy and Mamie Matteson. Mary Jane is survived by two sons, Norman L. Smith and wife, Carol, of Marion, NC, and Thomas D. Smith of Arden, NC; two daughters, Mary Etta Smith of Clifton, SC, and...
Alta Belle Mills
Jan 28, 2009
Mrs. Alta Belle Pendergraph Gilmore Mills, 81, of Blakes Drive, Pittsboro, died January 28, 2009 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Born in Durham County on October 31, 1927, Alta Belle was the daughter of John Erie Pendergraph and Addie Farrell Pendergraph. A Baptist, Alta Belle was also a homemaker. Survivors include her sons, William Gilmore of Chapel Hill and...
Nancy Whaley
Jan 28, 2009
Nancy Whitney Whaley died January 28, 2009 in Duke Hospice care at her retirement home at Croasdaile Village in Durham. She was born 31 January 1928 in Adams, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elizabeth Dean Whitney and the Reverend Kenneth Lawson Whitney. She graduated from high school in 1946 in Morristown, New Jersey and from Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont...
Catherine Mangum Overton
Jan 23, 2009
CATHERINE COLEY MANGUM OVERTON STEM- Catherine Coley Mangum Overton, age 91 a resident of Stem died Friday January 23, 2009 at her home. She was a native of Granville County and was the daughter of the late Henry Newton Coley, Sr. and Mary Parrish Coley. She was preceded ineeath by her husbanee. E. Mangum. They owned Mangum's General Store in...
Raleigh Newman Carson
Jan 23, 2009
Raleigh Newman Carson, age 88, formerly of Lynchburg, VA, departed this life on January 23, 2009 at UNC Hospital. He is survived by nieces Delores J. Ferguson of Pittsboro, NC, Fay Walden of Denver, CO, Saundra Goldsby of Gary IN, Mrs. Arliene Carson, Claudette, Wendy, and Ronald Carson of Bronx, NY; nephews David and Frank Young of Richmond, VA, Ollie...
Nancy Hauser Moore
Jan 23, 2009
Nancy Hauser Moore, 81, formerly of Bethlehem, PA and Fort Myers, FL, died January 23, 2009 at her home at Galloway Ridge ineearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC. Born May 11, 1927, in Allentown, PA, she was the daughter of the late Roderick Ritter Hauser and Ruth Powell Hauser. Nancy was a graduate of Wheaton College in Norton Massachusetts. In 1948 she...
Barbara "Bobbie" Duncan Wilkerson
Jan 22, 2009
Oxford: Barbara Duncan "Bobbie" Wilkerson, age 75, a resident of Oxford, died January 22, 2009 at her home. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of late Melvin Bradsher Wilkerson and Volsie Oderine Kearney Wilkerson. A member of West Oxford Baptist Church. She was retired from Granville Medical Center and has worked at Burlington Industries and Dr....
Evelyn Butts Brummitt
Jan 22, 2009
Kernersville Evelyn Butts Brummitt, age 72, of Kernersville, NC died on January 22, 2009. She was the daughter of the late Lewis W. and Nettie Harvey Butts. She was a beloved mother and wife and a native of Berkley Springs, West Virginia. Graveside services will be held, Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 2:00 PM at Gray Rock Uneed Methodist Church...
Betsy Riley Harris
Jan 21, 2009
Mrs. Betsy Riley Harris, 80, of Jones Ferry Road, Pittsboro, died January 21, 2009 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Harris was born in Burlington on October 6, 1928, the daughter of Leslie Walter Riley and Laura Valentine Fogleman Riley. She was a retired bank teller, and was a member of Mt. Pleasant Uneed Methodist Church. Survivors include her...
Jack T. Dossett
Jan 20, 2009
Jack Thomas Dossett, age 81, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at the VA Hospital in Durham. Jack was a Durham native and son of the late Grover Newton and Mamie Allen Dossett. He attended Durham County schools and the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jack also was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Jack served as Past Master...
James David Cox
Jan 19, 2009
Butner: James David Cox died January 19, 2009. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Johneenry Cox and Reatha Crowe Cox. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Butner, N.C. and was an electrician. Funeral services will be Friday, January 23, 2009 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Gentry-neell and...
Ruby Lucas Wheeler
Jan 16, 2009
Ruby Lucas Wheeler, age 91, died peacefully Friday evening, January 16, 2009 in Matthews, NC. She was born in Speed, NC to the late William Wilson and Frances Elizabeth Hyde Lucas on June 26, 1917. Mrs. Wheeler was a graduate of Speed High School aneeast Carolina Teacher's College. She taught school for 10 years and later worked as assistant registrar...
Louise Caron Harris
Jan 14, 2009
OXFORD: Louise C. Harris, 74 died January 14, 2009 at her home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Baltimore, MD, she moved to Oxford, NC at age 6. Mrs. Harris was a member of Gray Rock Methodist Church where she served for 30 years as secretary-treasurer. Starting at 14 years old at J.J. Newberry, 27 years at Granville...
Dr. James Norwood Rowland
Jan 13, 2009
OXFORD: Dr. James Norwood Rowland, age 85, a resident of Oxford died Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at Duke Medical Center. He was a native of Wake County and the son of the late Crestoneenry Rowland and Alma Burchette Rowland. He is preceded ineeath by his wife Virginia Miller Rowland. He attended Oxford Baptist Church and was on the board of...
Charles Marshall Nance
Jan 12, 2009
OXFORD: Charles Marshall Nance, age 75 died Monday, January 12, 2009 at Durham Regional Hospital. He was a native of Granville County and was the son of the late Charles Pender Nance and Sally May Nance. He was a retired salesman. Funeral services will be held Friday December 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM in the Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Chapel...
Vera Berdine Stephenson
Jan 11, 2009
Mrs. Vera Rose Berdine Stephenson, 84, of Pittsboro Christian Village in Pittsboro, died January 11, 2009. The daughter of Patrick Berdine and Goldie DeBolt Berdine, Vera was born March 8, 1924 ineeep Valley, PA. She was a retired cosmetologist. Vera was a former Asheville resident and was a member of Asheville Gospel Chapel for 30 years. Survivors include her husband...
Ruth Dean
Jan 11, 2009
Ruth Dean, 89 passed away on January 11, 2009 at Granville Medical Center. She was born in Granville County oneept. 7, 1919. She was the daughter of the late Harry W. and Bessie Lee Overton Daniel. Ms. Dean was a member and ardent worker of Providence Baptist Church. She was a retired employee for the NC State Forestry for 40...
Alvineenton Light
Jan 9, 2009
ALVIneeNTON "AL" LIGHT OXFORD- Alvineenton "Al" Light passed away on January 9, 2009 at Duke Medical Center. He was born in Nolan County, Texas on October 18, 1921. He was the son of the late Alvin and Leota Montgomery Light. Mr. Light was a member of Hester Baptist Church and a former Deacon of Hester Baptist Church. He was employed...
Doris Mason Hunn
Jan 9, 2009
Mrs. Doris M. Hunn, 90, died Friday, January 9, 2009 at home. Mrs. Hunn was born in Rochester, NY on March 31, 1918, the daughter of Charles Robert Mason and Mabel Cocket Mason. Mrs. Hunn was a retired executive legal secretary. She moved to Siler City in 2007. Surviving are her daughters, Carol Bogart of Siler City and Linda Friedel...
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