Obituaries
Helen Rose Hunt Williams
Aug 14, 1931
On February 23rd, 2018 Helen Rose Hunt Williams, 86, a resident of Granville House, Oxford, NC went to be with her Lord. She was born August 14, 1931, the daughter of Walter William and Annie Hoyle Hunt. Helen was married to the love of her life, John Alton Williams, Sr. They raised five sons, John Alton "Al Williams (Debbie) of...
Helen Rose Hunt Williams
Aug 14, 1931
Oneebruary 23rd, 2018 Helen Rose Hunt Williams, 86, a resident of Granville House, Oxford, NC went to be with her Lord. She was born August 14, 1931, the daughter of Walter William and Anee Hoyle Hunt. Helen was married to the love of her life, John Alton Williams, Sr. They raised five sons, John Alton ???Al??? Williams (Debbie) of Mooresville,...
Judith Creel
Apr 13, 1931
Judith Murdock Creel, 79, died Wednesday afternoon in Brookshire Nursing Center. Judy was born April 13, 1931 in Durham and was the daughter of the late Christine James and William Henry Murdock. She was a graduate of Durham High School, St. Mary's College and Duke Uneersity. For many years, Judy was a social worker with the Durham County Department of...
Mary Ann Ward Hester
Dec 8, 1930
Mary Ann Ward Hester, age 85, of Oxford, NC, died on May 4 in Cary at Woodland Terrace Arboretum, where she had lived for the last three years. Mary Ann was born on December 8, 1930 in Goldsboro, growing up there as the only child of Esther Ann Hunter Ward and Lindsay Loice Ward. She graduated from Goldsboro High School,...
Bobby Dale Gilleland
Jul 2, 1930
Bobby Dale Gilleland, 82, died Friday in Hillside Nursing Home, Wake Forest. A native of Wake Forest, he was born July 2, 1930 to the late Thomas B. and Beaulah Hadden Gilleland. Mr. Gilleland worked as an independent carpenter his entire career, having built houses and completing restoration work in many of Wake Forest's notable historic homes. Surviving are his...
Dr. George H. Cocolas
Jul 9, 1929
Dr. George Harry Cocolas, PhD, age 87, died Monday at Carolina Meadows following a brief illness. He was born July 9, 1929 in Flushing, NY to the late Harry George and Marian Cocolas. A Chapel Hill resident since 1952, George spent a distinguished career in Pharmaceutical Sciences. He was a graduate of the Uneersity of Connecticut School of Pharmacy in...
Bruce Pennybacker
Jul 8, 1929
Bruce??Pennybacker??of the Forest at Duke, Durham , NC died on June 15. Born in Boston, MA, on July 8, 1929, ??Bruce received an undergraduate degree from??Oberllin??College, did graduate work at Columbia Uneersity and State Uneersity of New York.?? He taught English for a combined ??25 years ??at Beacon High School and at??Newburgh??Free Academy before retiring in 1984. He is survived...
Betty Shields Bass
Jun 9, 1929
Betty Shields Bass died Thursday, October 12 following a brief illness. She was born in Raleigh on June 9, 1929, the only child of David Shields, Jr. and Grace Freeman Shields. Betty graduated in 1948 from Needham Broughton High School and was elected Miss Needham Broughton by her peers. She made her debut the following year at the Terpsichorean North...
Margaret F. Hurst
May 20, 1929
DURHAM: Margaret Francis Hurst, 87, died Wednesday at Hock Pavilion after recent years of declining health. She was born in Durham May 20, 1929 to the late William B. and Louise (Brown) Francis. Margaret attended Durham schools and graduated from Durham High School. She spent her entire career in banking and retired from Wachovia at age 62. Margaret was married...
Louis H. Wiethe, Jr.
Mar 8, 1929
DURHAM-Louis H. Wiethe, Jr., 82, died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 17th at Durham Regional Hospital. He was born in Covington, Kentucky, on March 8, 1929, the son of Louis H. and Juliaetta Bacon Wiethe. Louis had a lifelong love of motion pictures from the experience of growing up around his father's many movie theaters in the Cincinnati area. He graduated...
Mary Law Taylor
Jan 19, 1929
DURHAM- On Monday, July 21, 2014, Mary Frances Law Taylor was taken by angels to her heavenly home. Mary passed away peacefully at home with her loving husband and children at her side. Mary was born on January 19, 1929 to the late Francis X. and Mary L. Nestor Law. Mary is survived by her husband of 66 years, Harold...
Betty Z. Cralle
Oct 10, 1928
Betty Zaffarano Cralle, of 3320 Rugby Rd., died Monday in Duke Hospital following a six month battle with lung cancer. Betty was born October 10, 1928 in Astoria, NY, to Nicholas and Amelia Lagno Zaffarano. She graduated from Sewanaka High School and received an associate
William Mills "Bill" Law
Aug 20, 1928
William Mills ???Bill??? Law, age 88, died Tuesday morning August 30 at his home. Bill was born on August 20, 1928 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the eldest son of William Hopkins Law and Kathryn Mills Law. As a young man, he lived in Rockport, Massachusetts, Maneester, New Hampshire and Burlington, Vermont where he attended Burlington High School. Shortly after his graduation...
Helen V. Leontis
Aug 2, 1928
Helen Vassiliades Leontis, 90, died Wednesday, October 17. She was born August 2, 1928 ineew York City to the late George and Vassiliki (Livas) Vassiliades. Helen moved to Durham with her parents in the early 1940???s. She graduated from Durham High School and worked her entire career as an administrative assistant with the City of Durham. Over many years, Helen...
Frances Elizabeth Freck
Apr 9, 1928
On March 15th, Frances Freck, 83, loving wife, devoted mother and grandmother passed into the loving arms of her Lord Jesus Christ. Frances was born April 9, 1928 in Copiah County, MS and grew up ineemphis, TN, but was a longtime resident of Denver, Colorado, having moved there in 1958 to pursue her career as a cytotechnologist at the Uneersity...
Era Campbell Link
Mar 27, 1928
Era Mae Jo Campbell Link died Tuesday at Hospice of the Meadowlands following a brief illness. She was born March 27, 1928, in Sanford. Mrs. Link was a graduate of Watts School of Nursing and had a 10 year nursing career at Watts Hospital until the birth of her children. She was an active member of Mt. Hermon Baptist Church...
Gloria Frances Freeman Wagner
Jan 24, 1928
Mrs. Gloria Frances Freeman Wagner died June 16 at Croasdaile Village. A Durham native, she was born January 24, 1928 to Mary Lee Duncan Freeman and Theodore Marvin Freeman, Sr., who predeceased her. Gloria was the widow of Warren Eugene Wagner, the love of her life. She also was predeceased by brother, Theodore Marvin Freeman, Jr. Gloria was a member...
George Freeman Davis
Jan 17, 1928
George Freeman Davis, 87, died at The Seasons of Southpoint on Tuesday, June 23rd. He was born January 17, 1928 to the late James M. Davis and Virginia Watts Davis in Norfolk, VA. George was a graduate of The Uneersity of Virginia where he received his Bachelor???s Degree in Accounting and was a member of the Cavaliers Football team. Following...
Mary Louise Powe Gardner
Oct 30, 1927
DURHAM: Mary Louise Powe Gardner died Tuesday at home following a lengthy decline. She was born October 30, 1927 in Durham to E.K. Powe, Jr. and Louise Watkins Powe. Mary Louise was among the proud attenees of Watts Street Elementary School. After graduation from Salem Academy, she began college at Duke Uneersity and graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina....
Daniel L. ???Dan??? Graham
Apr 28, 1927
Daniel L. ???Dan??? Graham, 87, of Pittsboro, NC peacefully passed away in his sleep Saturday afternoon, January 3, shortly before a mass for his beloved late wife was being said at the St. Julia Catholic Church. Dan was born on April 28, 1927 in Donnelsville, Ohio, the son of Louis J. and Barbara Jane (Leffel) Graham. After graduating Olive Branch...
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