Obituaries

F. Royster Critcher

F. Royster Critcher

Jul 28, 2008

F. ROYSTER CRITCHER Oxford- F. Royster Critcher, age 82 a resident Oxford died Monday, July 28, 2008 in Brantwood Nursing Center. He was a native of Wilkes Co. and was the son of the late Atlas Nathaniel Critcher and Magdalene Royster Critcher. He was preceded ineeath by his wife Margaret S. Critcher. Mr. Critcher was a member of the Oxford...

Ruffineendenhall Hobbs

Ruffineendenhall Hobbs

Jul 28, 2008

Ruffineendenhall Hobbs, 56, well knowneetal sculpture artist, died unexpectedly at his McBane Mill home in Graham, NC on July 28, 2008. Ruffin was borneebruary 15, 1952 in Wayne County, Indiana, the son of Grimsley T. Hobbs and Lois Ann Hunkele Hobbs. He was a 1975 graduate of Guilford College. His works span the country; some of his most prominent work...

Charlie David Hobgood

Charlie David Hobgood

Jul 26, 2008

CHARLIE DAVID HOBGOOD OXFORD- Charlie David Hobgood, age 53 a resident of Oxford died Saturday, July 26, 2008. Mr. Hobgood was the son of Mary Leigh Newby Hobgood and the late Samuel C. "Bill" Hobgood, Jr. He retired from the N. C. National Guard, was a life member of the NC National Guard Association and was also a former employee...

Glenee Newman

Glenee Newman

Jul 24, 2008

Dr. Gleneedwineewman MD Ed, 61, passed away on July 24, 2008, at Duke Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on neember 18, 1946, to the late Dr. Glenn C. and Peggy Newman of Clinton, NC. Ed graduated from Clinton High School in 1965 and attended Duke Uneersity on a football scholarship. After graduating from Duke...

Paul Gustav Killenberg, M.D.

Paul Gustav Killenberg, M.D.

Jul 23, 2008

Paul Gustav Killenberg M.D., 70, died unexpectedly oneednesday, July 23, 2008 at Duke Hospital. During his 36 years on the Duke medical faculty, Dr. Killenberg established himself as a national leader in the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease. In 1985, Dr. Killenberg helped create Duke's Liver Transplant Program- the first in North Carolina. While his contributions in the field...

Herbert William Patrick, Jr.

Herbert William Patrick, Jr.

Jul 20, 2008

Herbert William Patrick, Jr., age 76, died peacefully in his Durham home Sunday morning, July 20, 2008 surrounded by his family. A resident of Oak Grove Community, Bill, "Billy", was born and raised in Matthews, NC to the late Elizabeth Gordon and Herbert William Patrick, Sr. on June 10, 1932. Bill worked as an electronics technician in the Chemistry Dept....

Thomas Howard Cordle

Thomas Howard Cordle

Jul 19, 2008

Thomas Howard Cordle of Durham died Saturday, July 19, 2008 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. He was 90 years old. Mr. Cordle was born in Atlanta, GA to the late Howard and Nelle R. Cordle on July 15, 1918. He served in the US Navy ineest Africa during World War II. He received a BA from Uneersity of Virginia, followed by...

Patricia Kelley Renz

Patricia Kelley Renz

Jul 17, 2008

Patricia Kelley Renz crossed over into the loving arms of Jesus on July 17, 2008 with her family by her side. She was borneebruary 21, 1940, to Roy Kelley and Pauline Baer Kelley, both now deceased. She is survived by her husband Carl Renz; son and daughter-in-law Stephen and Cathy McMannes of New Bern; daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Steveneeiss...

David Leon Horonetz

David Leon Horonetz

Jul 16, 2008

David Leon Horonetz, "Poppy", 61, of 1481 Dewitt Smith Road, Pittsboro, died July 16, 2008 at his home. The funeral service will be held at 3:30 pm, Saturday, July 19, 2008, at Meroney Uneed Methodist Church, Bear Creek, NC with Pastor Jim Whittaker and Pastor Phil Hulgin presiding. Interment, with military honors, will follow in the church cemetery. He was...

Jill Doty Lovings

Jill Doty Lovings

Jul 15, 2008

Jill Doty "Gi-Gi" Lovings, 55, of Saxapahaw, and a former resident of both Chatham and Carteret counees died July 15, 2008 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. She was born July 15, 1053 in Nashville, TN to Jobe P. Doty and Dorothy Ohlman Doty. Jill was a graduate of UNC-Greensboro; she taught middle school English in Carteret County for a...

Loris Beal Whitaker

Loris Beal Whitaker

Jul 12, 2008

Mrs. Loris Beal Whitaker, 67, of NC 87 North, Pittsboro, died July 12, 2008 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Whitaker was the daughter of Eugene aneetta Moore Beal. She was born March 30, 1941 in Chatham County. She was employed by Al's Diner in Pittsboro, and attended New Salem Church. Survivors include her daughter, Dottie Whitaker; sons, Barry...

Fred B. Williams

Fred B. Williams

Jul 10, 2008

Fred B. Williams, 68, died Thursday, July 10, 2008 at Duke Medical Center. Fred Williams was a selfless man. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he was the son of the late Gene and Geraldine Cotten Williams. In 1957, Mr. Williams entered the Uneed States Marine Corps and in 1964 began his first tour as a drill instructor at Parris Island SC....

Mary Beth Yancey

Mary Beth Yancey

Jul 10, 2008

OXFORD Mary Elizabeth Beth Austin Yancey, 82, died on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at her home in Oxford. She was born on October 18, 1925 in Greenville, North Carolina to Edward Denny Austin and Violet Willoughby Austin. She graduated from Rose High School in 1942 and from East Carolina in 1945 with a B.S. degree. She taught high school biology...

William Thomas Self

William Thomas Self

Jul 8, 2008

WILLIAM THOMAS SELF FRANKLINTON: William Thomas Self, age 66 a resident of 20 Back Home Rd. died Tuesday July 8, 2008 at his home. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of Anee G. Self of Boydton, Va. and the late Marcus Franklineelf.. Mr. Self was a retired textile engineer, working with the Franklinton Cotton Mill,...

Ruth Carlton

Ruth Carlton

Jul 7, 2008

Ruth Margaret Carlton, 83, of Croasdaile Village, Durham, NC, died peacefully July 7th, 2008. She was born ineewark, New Jersey, daughter of Alfred and Margaret Kucher. In 1943, Ruth graduated from Barnegat High School in Barnegat, New Jersey and did laboratory technician training ineew York City at Paine Hall. She worked at Lenox Hill Hospital during the early part of...

Lina Bowling Spillman

Lina Bowling Spillman

Jul 6, 2008

Lina Bowling Spillman, 98, peacefully passed away Sunday evening, July 6, 2008. Mrs. Spillman, a native of Chatham County, resided in Greensboro, NC after living many years in Wilmington, NC where she and her husband, John Spillman, owned and maneed the Camera Shop on Front Street, a local landmark patroneed by residents of Wilmington for several decades prior to its...

Everett Henry Lorenz

Everett Henry Lorenz

Jul 4, 2008

Everett Henry Lorenz, 84, of Pittsboro, NC, and a long time resident of the Young Harris, GA area died July 4, 2008 at the VA Medical Center in Durham, NC. Mr. Lorenz was borneebruary 15, 1924 in Grand Island, Nebraska, the son of Felix Alexander Lorenz and Amanda Olga Jensen Lorenz. He served in the US Marine Corp during World...

Edith Marie Poole

Edith Marie Poole

Jul 3, 2008

OXFORD Mrs. Edith Edi Johnson Poole age 51 died Thursday July 3, 2008 at UNC Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC She was a native of Granville Co. and the daughter of Jerry E. and Jean Sherman Johnson. She was a dedicated Dialysis nurse for 20 years. Memorial services will be conducted at 4:00 PM Monday July 7, 2008 from Gentry-neell...

William E. Haas

William E. Haas

Jul 3, 2008

William E. Haas, age 74, formerly of Blacksburg, VA departed this world July 3, 2008 in Durham, NC for a better life ineeaven to join God, as well as his parents, his brothers, and sisters and his many friends. Mr. Haas was born in Ionia, MI and was the son of the late Elizabeth J. Boot and Roy A. Haas,...

Georgia Seagroves Thompsoneeard

Georgia Seagroves Thompsoneeard

Jul 3, 2008

Mrs. Georgia Seagroves Thompsoneeard, 95, of Twin Rivers Independent Living in Pittsboro, died ineer home July 3, 2008 following a period of failing health. Mrs. Beard was born in Chatham County on October 1, 1912, one of nee children, to James Fredrick Seagroves and Donnah Dorsett Seagroves. She was retired from Chatham Mills where she worked as a weaver. Mrs....

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