Obituaries

Curtis J. Crutchfield

Curtis J. Crutchfield

Jan 24, 1946

Curtis J. Crutchfield, III, age 65, died unexpectedly Thursday. A Durham native, he was born January 24, 1946 to Curtis J. and Ann Cole Crutchfield. Curtis graduated from Orange High School, after which he entered the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He was retired from the VA Hospital where he worked for many years in an administrative capacity. Curtis...

Cecil Roy Mcneill

Cecil Roy Mcneill

Jul 29, 1945

Cecil Roy McNeill, age 65, died peacefully Saturday night at Duke Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born ineee County on July 29, 1945 to the late Dallas and Alice Patterson McNeill. Cecil was an active and long-time member of St. Paul Uneed Methodist Church where he served as maneer of the church's dartball team. Throughout the years...

Mr. Ralph V. Pendergraph, Sr.

Mr. Ralph V. Pendergraph, Sr.

May 21, 1944

Ralph Pendergraph, 70, died peacefully on May 4th, following a valiant battle with paneeatic cancer. He was born May 21, 1944 at Watts Hospital in Durham to Thomas W. Pendergraph aneedna Lloyd Pendergraph. He grew up in Orange County, attended Carrboro Elementary School and graduated from Chapel Hill High School where he played football. He attended Mars Hill College and...

Vivian Joyce Lynn

Vivian Joyce Lynn

May 19, 1944

Vivian Joyce Lynn died unexpectedly at her home in Durham. She was 61 years old. Joyce was born to the late James Henry and Dorothy Jolly Lynn on May 19, 1944 in Durham. She was a member of St. Aneew Uneed Methodist Church and worked for 38 years at Hillcrest Convalescent Center as a physical therapist. Joyce is survived by...

James Romulus Storey

James Romulus Storey

Jan 29, 1944

James Romulus Storey, 74, died Thursday following a short illness. A Durham native, he was born January 29, 1944 to Shepherd and Florence (Smith) Storey. Jim began his schooling at Immaculata Catholic School and graduated high school from Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, VA. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from North Carolina State Uneersity. Jim married Sheila Faucette in...

Aden Davis Riggin

Aden Davis Riggin

Aug 2, 1943

DURHAM - Aden Davis Riggin, 64, became one of God's angels Sunday, February 10, 2008. He passed in the comfort of his new home surrounded by loving family and friends. Aden came into this world on August 2, 1943, born to the late Nathaniel Benson and Carolyn Davis Riggin in Crisfield, Maryland. Following high school, he was determined to serve...

Karen Margaret Baiarsky Marchant

Karen Margaret Baiarsky Marchant

Jul 31, 1943

FUQUAY-VARINA: Karen Margaret Baiarsky Marchant, 69, died Friday in Hock Pavilion, Durham. She was born July 31, 1943 in Washington, DC, to Abraham "Moe" Baiarsky and Josephine "Jo" Delaney Baiarsky. Karen lived in Arlington, VA until she married her husband of 47 years, Robert Dennis Marchant on April 17, 1965. Karen attended Madison College in Harrisonburg, VA. She was a...

Johnny Wayne Mokus

Johnny Wayne Mokus

Mar 30, 1942

Johnny Wayne Mokus, age 71, died Sunday, April 7, at the Murdoch Center in Butner. A native of Durham, NC, Johnny was born to the late Johnny Joseph Mokus and Mildred Hicks Mokus Eubanks on March 30, 1942. Johnny is survived by his brother, Marshall Lee Mokus of Timberlake, NC; his sisters, Sharon Mokus Seslar of Franklinton, NC; and Charlotte...

Marshall Thomas Mangum Jr.

Marshall Thomas Mangum Jr.

Aug 25, 1941

On Thursday May 23, 2019, Marshall Thomas Mangum, Jr. (Tommy) passed away at the age of 77. Tommy was born on August 25, 1941, in Durham, NC to the late Ruth and Marshall Mangum.?? He graduated from Durham High School in 1959, continued his education at Wake Forest and received his business degree from Campbell Uneersity. Tommy had a passion...

Lothar Lot August Hugo Voller

Lothar Lot August Hugo Voller

Jan 23, 1941

Major Lothar Lot August Hugo Voller, 71, of Pittsboro, North Carolina died in his home on May 13th. Lot was born on January 23, 1941 in Frankfort, Germany to Herta Katharina Ziefer Voller and Moritz Adolf Voller. He was raised ineermany and immigrated to the Uneed States in 1954 where he attended St. Anne's Academy in Fort Smith, Arkansas and...

Susan Marie Hubka Todd

Susan Marie Hubka Todd

Jul 25, 1940

Susan Marie Hubka Todd, 66, of 801 Chalice St. died unexpectedly Wednesday evening. She was born in Oak Park, IL July 25, 1940 to Vernon E. and Marie Rees Hubka. Suzy graduated from Blessed Sacrament School and St. Mary

Ralph Fredrick Beisner, Jr.

Ralph Fredrick Beisner, Jr.

Jan 22, 1940

Ralph Fredrick Beisner, Jr. died Saturday surrounded by his family at the UNC Medical Center Chapel Hill, NC at the age of 71. He was born January 22, 1940 and was raised in Joplin, MO where he graduated high school in 1957. After graduating from the Uneersity of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1964 with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Ralph worked for...

Dr. H. Keith H. Brodie

Dr. H. Keith H. Brodie

Aug 24, 1939

Dr. H. Keith H. Brodie, 77, a psychiatrist, educator, and former president of Duke Uneersity, died at Duke Uneersity Hospital Friday morning. Born in Stamford, Connecticut on August 24, 1939, Brodie attended New Canaan Country School, graduated from Milton Academy, and received his A.B in Chemistry from Princeton Uneersity. He received his M.D. from Columbia Uneersity in 1965 where he...

Jerome Silverbush

Jerome Silverbush

May 13, 1939

Jerome Silverbush, 78, of Durham, NC, died on Tuesday, May 23, at his residence. He was born May 13, 1939 to Abraham and Beatrice Silverbush in Brooklyn, New York. He spent many years as an engineer for the telephone company, and retired to North Carolina. He is survived by his loving daughters, Barbara Silverbush and Diana Elliott and grandchildren David...

Jerome Silverbush

Jerome Silverbush

May 13, 1939

Jerome Silverbush, 78, of Durham, NC, died on Tuesday, May 23, at his residence. He was born May 13, 1939 to Abraham and Beatrice Silverbush in Brooklyn, New York. He spent many years as an engineer for the telephone company, and retired to North Carolina. He is survived by his loving daughters, Barbara Silverbush and Dianeelliott and grandchildren David and...

Joseph Anthony Moylan, Jr., M.D.

Joseph Anthony Moylan, Jr., M.D.

Jul 14, 1938

DURHAM: Joseph Anthony Moylan, Jr., M.D., 74, died Thursday. He was born July 14, 1938 in Hartford, CT to the late Joseph A. and Sabina O'Connor Moylan. Dr. Moylan graduated from Fairfield Uneersity as class Valedictorian. He received his medical degree from Boston Uneersity, after which he completed training in surgery at the Uneersity of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Moylaneerved as...

Joyce Hancock

Joyce Hancock

Apr 15, 1938

Joyce Ann Hancock, 76, died Easter Sunday following a long illness. Joyce was born in High Point on April 15, 1938 to Jewell Roosevelt Keith and Jeffie Josephine Collins Keith. Mrs. Hancock retired in 1999, after 37 years, from Duke Hospital in Durham. Joyce, along with Hank Holland, became the first people, in Duke Hospital's history, certified by the American...

Myrna Howerton Micol

Myrna Howerton Micol

Apr 8, 1938

Myrna Howerton Micol, age 73 of Durham, NC went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday morning, August 30, after a courageous battle with cancer. She died peacefully at her residence surrounded by her family. Mrs. Micol was born on April 8, 1938 in Hillsborough, NC to Mather Spencer Howerton and Lillian Wheeley Howerton. She was the 9th child...

Dorothy "Dot" Allen Rigsbee

Dorothy "Dot" Allen Rigsbee

Mar 31, 1938

Dot went home to be with the Lord on August 30th after a period of declining health at the age of 79. She was born on March 31, 1938 to James Noah Allen and Keturah Windham Allen in Pitt County, NC. They preceded her ineeath, her father in 1954 and her mother in 2000, her husband Thomas ???Tom??? Rigsbee in...

Louise Miller Thomas Swanson

Louise Miller Thomas Swanson

Oct 13, 1937

Louise Miller Thomas Swanson, resident of Amherst, New Hampshire passed away peacefully at her home on July 8th surrounded by her family. Ms. Swanson was born on October 13, 1937 in Durham, North Carolina. Ms. Swanson was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Thomas of Durham, North Carolina, who preceded her ineeath.?? She was also predeceased by her...

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