Obituaries
James Dudley Watkins
Apr 1, 2008
OXFORD: Mr. James D. Watkins age 83 of 4548 Watkins Road died Tuesday April 1, 2008 at his residence. He was a native of Granville Co. and the son of the late Oscar K. and Hattie Wheeler Watkins. Retired from Burlington Mills, oxford Plant, a member of Providence Baptist Church where he was a former deacon and Sunday School Teacher...
Anee Laura Brooks
Apr 1, 2008
OXFORD: Mrs. Anee Laura Young Brooks age82 died Tuesday April 1, 2008 in Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville Co. and the daughter of the late Willie aneeulie Jones Young. She was a member of Hester Baptist Church and retired from Murdoch Center at Butner, NC. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Friday April 4, 2008 from...
Dorothy Brown Miller
Mar 31, 2008
Mrs. Jesse L. Dorothy Brown Miller, 100, of Pittsboro Christian Village died March 31, 2008 at Pittsboro Christian Village. Mrs. Miller was born April 15, 1908 in Grand Island, NE, the daughter of Herb Brown and Susie Luberg Hubbard Brown. She moved to North Carolina in 1946 and taught school for 31 years in Sanford and Pittsboro. Mrs. Miller was...
Billy Brax Sykes
Mar 24, 2008
Billy Brax Sykes, 75, a long time resident of Durham, passed away at Durham Regional Hospital on Monday, March 24, 2008, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Bill was born on May 27, 1932. He proudly served in the Uneed States Army. Bill worked at Trianee Communities until 1990 whenee suffered a stroke. He retired to his home and...
George Moore, Jr.
Mar 19, 2008
George Estus Moore, Jr., age 87, died Wednesday evening, March 19, 2008 at Durham Regional Hospital. He was born in Biloxi, MS on Nov. 20, 1920 to the late Christine Colin Summerlin Moore and George Estus Moore, Sr. Mr. Moore moved to Durham in 1942, deployed at Camp Butner. While attending church at First Baptist, Durham, he met Dorothy Chamblee,...
Ellen Smith Capewell
Mar 19, 2008
Ellen Smith Capewell, 96, of Tripp Road, Pittsboro, NC , died March 19, 2008 at the home she made with her son and daughter-in-law, John and Ursulla. Mrs. Capewell was a native of Trenton, NJ, where she was born October 15, 1911 to George Wilson Smith aneedith Fone Smith. During her life she worked as an office bookkeeper, a retail...
Mildred Eubanks Harris
Mar 18, 2008
Mildred Eubanks Harris, 84, of Hamlet's Chapel Road, Pittsboro, died March 18, 2008 at the Laurels of Chatham following a brief illness. A native of Chatham County, she was born March 23, 1923 to Romulus Pope Eubanks and Minee Booneeubanks. Mrs. Harris was an LPN, working for several years at the Mathiesen Clinic as well as doing private duty nursing....
Dorothy Vickers Spivey
Mar 18, 2008
Dorothy Vickers Spivey, 83, of The Church Road, Pittsboro, formerly of Black Mountain, died March 18, 2008 at Alamance Health Center. Mrs. Spivey was born in Calhoun, KY on October 24, 1924, the daughter of Gilbert Vickers and Mary Edna Welch. A homemaker, Dorothy also worked in the dairy industry for a number of years for both Jesse Fearrington and...
William O. Buzzie Page
Mar 18, 2008
William O. "Buzzie" Page, age 88, died Tuesday morning, March 18, 2008 at Durham Regional Hospital. A Durham native, Buzzie was born to the late Walter E. and Sarah Halliburton Page on January 26, 1920. He was a WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army. Buzzie later worked for American Tobacco Co. for 44 years before his retirement. He...
Garleneewis Webster
Mar 16, 2008
DURHAM Garleneewis Webser, 96, died Sunday, March 16, 2008. He was born on May 23, 1911 in Durham to George and Martha Webster. He is survived by his daughter Martha Webster of Durham; and his son Dante L. Webster of Durham. Graveside Service will be held at 11:30 AM oneednesday, March 19, 2008 at Maplewood City Cemetery, Section 17. On-line...
Mary Agnes Law
Mar 16, 2008
Mary Agnes Law, sister of Louise Cooper and aunt of Betty Epanchin, died Saturday night, March 16, 2008, at the Care and Wellness Center of the Masonic aneeastern Star Home in Greensboro, North Carolina. Mrs. Law, widow of James Law, had been ineeclining health for several years. She was born in Ellisville, Mississippi, in 1909 and would have been 99...
Frederick C. Rahdert
Mar 16, 2008
Fredrick C. Rahdert, age 93, passed away Sunday evening, March 16, 2008 in his Durham home. He was born in Fort Wayne, IN to the late Christian and Sophie Rosebrook Rahdert. During the last 30 years of his working career, Mr. Rahdert worked for GTE ineeveral capacities: in California he served as engineer and chief engineer; ineennsylvania he was promoted...
Edith Cooper Mcdonald
Mar 15, 2008
Edith "Edyie" Cooper McDonald, 68, of Old Graham Rd, Pittsboro, died unexpectedly March 15, 2008 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. Edyie was borneeptember 18, 1939 in Quitman, Arkansas to Elmer and Pearl Swaffer Kennedy. She was a kind, loving woman who enjoyed gardening, knitting, bird watching, and golf. She also loved attending her grandchildren's baseball games. For over 20...
Joyce Fulcher Jackson
Mar 14, 2008
Joyce Frances Fulcher Jackson, 92, a resident of Pittsboro, NC, died Friday, March 14, 2008 at Chatham Hospital in Siler City, NC. She was borneecember 3, 1915 in Atlantic, NC, and was the daughter of Daily Maxton Fulcher and Lovie Frances Mason Fulcher. She was married to Philip Ray Jackson, originally from Guilford Co., NC, for 66 years, from their...
Irene Johnson Mann
Mar 10, 2008
Irene Johnson Mann, 87, of US 15-501, Chapel Hill, died March 10, 2008 at UNC Hospital. Mrs. Mann was born June 15, 1920 in Chatham County to Rufus J. Johnson and Nettie Womble Johnson. She attended Bynum School and graduated from Pittsboro High School. Mrs. Mann was retired from Belk after a 30 year career, where she worked in the...
Louis Francis Fruzzetti, Jr.
Mar 8, 2008
Louis F. Fruzzetti, Jr. 65, of Pittsboro, and a Fayetteville resident for nearly 20 years, died March 8, 2008 at his home in Pittsboro. Louis was borneebruary 8, 1943 in Springfield, MO., the son of Louis F. Fruzzetti, Sr. and Margaret Ellison Fruzzetti. He served in the US Army for 20 years, retiring as a Staff Sergeant, and was awarded...
Jeffrey Hirst Johnson
Mar 3, 2008
DURHAM - Jeffrey Hirst Johnson was borneeptember 27, 1943 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to Dr. Max Edwards Johnson and Mildred Suffield Johnson. Jeffrey grew up ineew Orleans, Louisiana, attending St. Martin's School and Tulane Uneersity, where he received his B.A. in philosophy. A true New Orleanian, he loved good music, good food, and good beer. In conjunction with his love of...
Curtis Barney D. Roberts
Mar 2, 2008
Curtis Dean "Barney" Roberts died unexpectedly at the family home, 431 S. Cheatham St. in Franklinton, on Sunday, March 2, 2008. Barney was born ineenderson oneecember 25, 1962. Barney will fondly be remembered as a kind and generous man who was always willing to help those ineeed. His kind hearted nature made him popular with friends and co-workers. Barney worked...
Margaret Fuquay Munford
Feb 29, 2008
Margaret Fuquay Munford was born in Durham, NC on July 24, 1920 and went to be with Jesus on Friday, February 29, 2008. She was the daughter of the late Felix Reid and Bessie Woody Fuquay. Margaret is survived by two children: Dheadra M. Cozart and husband, Bill, of Creedmoor, NC; and Reid Munford of Durham, NC; three grandchildren: Wiley...
James Ross O'Neal
Feb 25, 2008
James Ross O'Neal was borneecember 12, 1925 in Durham to Eunee and John Rufus O'Neal. He died Monday, February 25, 2008 at the VA Medical Center in Durham. He was known to his family and friends by a variety of nicknees "Charlie", "Pete", "J.R." and "Jim". On January 11, 1946, he married Harriett May Dula. They were married for 62...
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