Obituaries
Harry T. Mcpherson, M.D.
Jan 9, 1926
Harry Thurman McPherson, 92, died at home Wednesday, August 8 of natural causes. He was born January 9, 1926 in Walnut Cove, North Carolina to Gladys (Wheeler) and H. Russell McPherson.?? He graduated from Walnut Cove High School with the last class of public school students to have completed 11, not 12, years of schooling.??He entered Duke Uneersity in 1942...
Geraldine "Geri" Powell Deloatche
Aug 6, 1925
DURHAM: Geraldine "Geri" Powell DeLoatche, age 91, passed away on neember 8th??at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham. Born in Hartwell, Georgia on August 6, 1925, she was the youngest of five children born to Isham and Ida Gaines Powell.?? Geri was preceded ineeath by her parents, brothers, Morrell (Louise) Powell, Horace Powell, sisters Carlise (E.W.) Lovett , Mary (Hugh) Bell...
Meta Louise Frye Howe
Jul 23, 1925
Durham, NC - Louise F. Howe, age 91, died Thursday, October 27th, in Montclair, VA, surrounded by her family.?? She was a longtime resident of Durham, NC. Mrs. Howe was born on July 23, 1925 in Bluefield, WV and was raised in Atlantic City, NJ.?? During WWII she was employed by the Glen L. Martin Company, Essex, MD.?? She was...
Fu-Tien Sung
Jan 20, 1925
Dr. Fu-Tien Sung, age 87, passed away during his sleep at home in Durham, North Carolina, on Saturday, July 28. He was born on January 20, 1925, in Jinan, China, to the late Ching-Tsai Sung and Shu He. With the onset of World War II, his family like many others relocated several times in the face of the advancing Japanee...
Lenora F. O'Neal
Oct 9, 1924
Lenora Fuller O'Neal, age 86, died Wednesday, August 10, at Duke Medical Center. A life-long resident of Durham, Lenora was born to the late Jimmie N. and Lelia Laneey Fuller on October 9, 1924. She was a talented and skilled organist who spent 24 years playing for the coneegation at St. Paul Uneed Methodist Church and later played at Braggtown...
Vivian Melvin
Sep 3, 1924
CHAPEL HILL - Vivian Melvin, age 92 died on December 26. She was born on Sept 3, 1924 to Halcott Hughes and Daisy Inscoe Williams. Vivian was born and raised in Durham NC. She loved her days at Durham High School and loved to play tennis there. As she shared her stories of being a young girl, and by the...
Cornelia Conee Grissom Mcleod
Jun 6, 1924
DURHAM: Cornelia "Conee" Grissom McLeod, 88, died Monday in Duke Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Vance County, she was born June 6, 1924 to Charlie aneeffie Glenn Grissom. Conee graduated from Peace College, after which she began working in the offices of Goldeneelt Manufacturing Co. She married Randall A. McLeod, her husband of 62 years, whom she...
Ruth E. Mogilnicki
Apr 1, 1924
Ruth Ezyk Mogilnicki, 91, died after a brief illness at Croasdaile Retirement Community. She was born April 1, 1924 ineew Bedford, MA to Joseph Charles and Josephine (Rog) Ezyk. Ruth graduated from New Bedford High School. She married Eugene J. Mogilnicki in 1949, and the couple moved to Durham. Ruth began working for the Employment Security Commission and later for...
William Blair Anderson
Nov 8, 1923
William Blair Anderson of Durham died peacefully on Friday, March 1 at the age of 95. His wife of 59 years, Barbara Deaton Anderson, was with him; his three children and two of his grandchildreneere nearby. Born Nov. 8, 1923, he was raised by his parents, the late William S. Anderson and Lenora Amanda Hagen Anderson, his older sister Harriette,...
Carl Morganeezern
Jul 7, 1923
Carl Morganeezern, age 89, died Friday, March 8, at the Hock Family Pavilion. Born in Durham County on July 7, 1923, Carl was the son of the late John and Mamie Hicks Dezern. Carl proudly served his country in the U.S. Army and later worked as the golf pro at Willowhaven Country Club for 25 years before retiring in 1985....
Ray Deal Carlton
Jun 11, 1923
Durham ??? Mr. Ray Deal Carlton, 93, husband of the late Ruth Margaret Carlton, died Friday morning March 31 at Croasdaile Village. Mr. Carlton was born in Harmony, North Carolina on June 11, 1923, the son of the late Alonzo Brutel aneetha Lou Vance Deal Carlton. He graduated from Barnegat High School ineew Jersey in 1941 and upon graduationeenlisted with...
William A. Smith
May 2, 1923
William A. Smith, 83, died Monday, February 26, at the VA Medical Center. A Durham native, William was born on May 2, 1923, to the late Luther aneella Hall Smith. In 1943, William joined the Uneed States Marine Corps, serving in the 22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Brigade. He had an extensive wartime record, including battles at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Kwajalein Atoll,...
Elisabeth Ford Siebert
Apr 5, 1923
Elisabeth Ford Siebert quietly passed on March 23, 2012 to be with the Lord. Elisabeth Betty was born on April 5, 1923 in Akron, Ohio. Betty was predeceased by her parents, Robert Francis Ford and Rose Shanley. Betty was also predeceased by her first husband Werner Scheidegger. Betty is survived by her second husband, Edward G. Siebert; three step-children, six...
David Lester Seagroves
Jan 29, 1923
David Lester Seagroves, 84, of Buddy Drive, Apex, died October 25 at UNC Hospital. He was born January 29, 1923 in Chatham County, the son of Julius Jacksoneeagroves and Ronie Goodwineeagroves. Mr. Seagroves was a retired truck driver; and was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Retha Kelley Seagroves; sons and daughters-in-law, David Allen and Stella Seagroves of Apex, James...
James Edward Wynne
Oct 2, 1922
James E. Wynne, 88, died Sunday in Durham Regional Hospital following a brief illness. A Durham native, he was born October 2, 1922 to Aneew L. and Ollie Lowe Wynne. He attended Lowe's Grove Schools, after which he proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II. James was among those who landed at Normandy Beach on the...
Joseph W. Novak
Aug 24, 1922
Joseph Walter Novak, 96, died at home Wednesday. He was born August 24, 1922 in Ronkonkoma, NY.?? A graduate of Brooklyn Prep, Joseph received his professional training in engineering and science at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute while also employed as an engineering mechanic with Grumman Corporation.?? A longtime resident of Garden City, New York, ineetirement, Joe and his wife lived in...
Beth Perry Upchurch
Aug 18, 1922
Durham ??? Mrs. Olma Elizabeth ???Beth??? Perry Upchurch, 94, died Saturday, March 25, at Hock Family Pavilion (Duke Hospice). Beth was born on August 18, 1922 ineexington, NC, to the late Sarah Othello McIntosh Perry and Dr. David Russell Perry, a well-known physician in Durham. She moved to Durham at the age of three, where she graduated from Durham High...
Sara Hopkins Newton
Aug 14, 1922
Sara Hopkins Newton died Thursday at her residence in Greensboro. She was born August 14, 1922 in Camaguay, Cuba to Methodist Missionary parents, Sara Barr Hopkins and the Rev. Olmstead Key Hopkins. She lived in Cuba and attended schools there until high school graduation at age 17. She then came to the U.S. to attend Georgia State College for Women,...
Madelyn L. Cole
Aug 10, 1922
Madelyn L. Cole died Saturday, April 22, ineer home at the Durham Regent. She was born ineewoka, OK to the late Walter Rose and Minee Ethyl Finnigan Rose on August 10, 1922. Madelyn attended the Uneersity of Oklahoma and later married a career officer in the Marine Corps. After his death she settled in Kansas City and was a much-loved...
Robert Nicholas Bob Ludwig
Jul 22, 1922
Robert Nicholas "Bob" Ludwig, 83, of Durham, formerly New York, died peacefully Monday at Durham VA Medical Center. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Bob was born on July 22, 1922 to the late Nicholas and Anne Croke Ludwig. Bob was a great man with the rare ability to succeed at any thing he put his mind to. He was drafted...
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