Obituaries

Charles Wilsoneesh

Charles Wilsoneesh

Apr 16, 2008

Mr. Charles Wilsoneesh, 73, of Oak Hill Road, Pittsboro, died Wednesday night, April 16, 2008 at Duke Hospital. Mr. Tesh was born in Forsyth County on October 10, 1934, the son of Roy Wilsoneesh aneemma Small Tesh. He was retired from the State of North Carolina, and was a member of Mt. Pleasant Uneed Methodist Church. Mr. Tesh was a...

Cubie Johnson Wrenn

Cubie Johnson Wrenn

Apr 15, 2008

Mrs. Cubie Johnson Wrenn, 72, of Bynum Church Road in Bynum died Tuesday morning, April 15, 2008 at Chatham Hospital in Siler City. A lifelong native of Bynum, Cubie was born October 19, 1935, to James Hobart Johnson and Tranee McDuffie Johnson. She had worked for Odell Mills, and was retired from the Chatham County School System. Mrs. Wreneenjoyed fishing,...

Howard Buddy Winstoneearce

Howard Buddy Winstoneearce

Apr 13, 2008

Howard "Buddy" Winstoneearce, 73, of Franklinton died Sunday afternoon, April 13, 2008, at Wake Med Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Buddy was born in Franklin County to the late Richard S. and Lizzie Pergersoneearce on neember 29, 1934. He was a member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church who influenced many people during his life with his strong Christian faith,...

Robert Leonard Roberts

Robert Leonard Roberts

Apr 12, 2008

Robert Leonard Roberts, 86, of Pittsboro, died Saturday, April 12, 2008 at his home. Robert was the son of Almerdine Robbins Roberts and Archie Daniel Roberts, Sr. He was borneecember 5, 1921 in Harlan County, KY, and moved to Pittsboro with his family whenee was a child. Robert served in the US Army in Africa, Italy, and France during World...

Hartford Jeffrey Melvin

Hartford Jeffrey Melvin

Apr 12, 2008

Durham Hartford Jeffrey Melvin, 78, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on April 12, 2008. He was born in Fayetteville the son of the late Harvey Lester and Bessie Christian McDonald Melvin. A Korean War Veteran, Mr. Melvineerved with the 82nd Airborne. A graduate of Elon College and South Easterneeminary, he served as Associate Pastor of several...

Clyde Martin Ward

Clyde Martin Ward

Apr 11, 2008

Clyde Martin Ward, 91, of Hatley Road, Pittsboro, died April 11, 2008 at Duke Medical Center after a brief illness. Mr. Ward was born in Raleigh County, WV on April 3, 1917, the son of John Gilbert Ward aneevelyn Cloud Ward. He was a graduate of Lowe's Grove High School, and served as a deputy with the Durham County Sheriff's...

Sue Gray Ramos

Sue Gray Ramos

Apr 10, 2008

Sue Gray Ramos, 70, died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Born in Mullins, SC, she was the daughter of the late Donnan Evans and Kathryn Judd Gray. She attended Durham High School and graduated from Stratford Hall in Danville, VA. Sue enjoyed politics and was an avid Republican. She was also a lover of animals...

Charles L. Jones

Charles L. Jones

Apr 9, 2008

Charles Layton "Casey" Jones, 77, of the Laurels of Chatham and formerly of Highway 64 East, Pittsboro, died April 9, 2008 at UNC Hospital. Casey was born July 12, 1930 in Durham, the son of Layton Jones and Jessie Snees Jones. He retired from Chatham Mills following 42 years of service. Casey loved to fish, especially salt water fishing. He...

Mary Regina Arena Roseman

Mary Regina Arena Roseman

Apr 9, 2008

Mary Regina Arena Roseman, age 89, a resident of Croasdaile Village Friendship Hall, died Wednesday evening, April 9, 2008 at Duke Medical Center. A member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Mrs. Rosemaneeturned to Durham four years ago from Baltimore, MD. She was born in Clarksburg, WV to the late Anthony M. and Rose Santo Arena on April 23, 1918. Mrs....

Deborah Jo Carpenter

Deborah Jo Carpenter

Apr 7, 2008

DEBORAH JO CARPENTER Franklinton- Deborah Jo Carpenter age, 53 died Monday April 7, 2008 at home. She was a native of Saratoga Springs, NY and was the daughter of the late Ralph W. aneeva Labarge Carpenter. Deborah was a member of the First Baptist Church of Saratoga Springs and worked for Ellsworth Ice Cream Company. She was an avid bowler...

Judith Judy Carolyn Tingen

Judith Judy Carolyn Tingen

Apr 6, 2008

Judith "Judy" Carolyn Tingen died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on April 6, 2008. She was preceded ineeath by her mother Vallie Tingen, Father Frances Tingen and a brother Curt Hedrick. Judy is survived by her brother Ronee Tingen of Creedmoor; nephews Chris Hedrick of Franklinton, Scott Tingen of Oxford, and Adam Tingen of Florida; and one niece...

Joanne Cheek Erpelding

Joanne Cheek Erpelding

Apr 3, 2008

Mrs. JoAnne Cheek Erpelding, 71, of Twin Rivers Independent Living in Pittsboro, NC, died unexpectedly April 3, 2008 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC. JoAnne was born March 6, 1937 in Dunkirk, Indiana, the daughter of Robert Nathan Stanley and Margaret Alice Cheek Stanley. She graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1955, and from Ball State Uneersity in 1959...

James Dudley Watkins

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

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