Obituaries
Mary Estelle Robbins
Apr 20, 1922
Mary Estelle Robbins of Columbia, NC died peacefully in Franklinton on Monday, March 9, surrounded by her loving family. She was 86 years old. Mary was born in Edgecombe County on April 20, 1922 to the late James O. and Mary Elizabeth Jones. A member of Union View Baptist Church for many years, Mary had retired from Robbins Grill where...
Edna May Riggsbee
Apr 16, 1922
Durham- Edna May Riggsbee, 95, of Durham, NC, died on Thursday, June 8, at The Pruitt Healthcare Center in Durham. She was born April 16, 1922 to Ethel and Brodie Clark in Chapel Hill, NC.?? Edna lived her entire life in Durham and Chapel Hill.?? She attended Hope Valley School in Durham from the first grade until high school graduation.??...
John Thomas Glynn
Apr 9, 1922
DURHAM, NC: John Thomas Glynn, 87, a long time LaSalle resident died Sunday. A Chicago native, he was born April 9, 1922 and was one of eight children. The Glynns were LaSalle residents since 1971, moving to Durham, NC a year ago to be close to their daughter and grandchildren. Mr. Glynn spent his career in the printing business and...
Mary Sue Crabtree Vaughan
Mar 1, 1922
Mary Sue Crabtree Vaughan, age 85, died unexpectedly Monday April 2, at home. A native of Durham, Mary Sue was born March 1, 1922 to the late Ethel Williams and O.C. Crabtree. She worked in the Payroll Dept. for many years at American Tobacco Company. A member of Lakewood Baptist Church, Mary Sue was a die-hard Carolina fan who took...
Lewis Fracis Foytlin
Oct 31, 1921
Lewis Francis Foytlin, 83, died Saturday, May 14, in his Durham home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Yonkers, N.Y. on October 31, 1921, Lew was the son of Ludwig and Angylea Papula Foytlin. Lew proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as an aviation machinist
James Aneew Mousmoules
Oct 26, 1921
CHAPEL HILL: James Aneew "Jimmy" Mousmoules, died Wednesday in UNC Hospital. He was born October 26, 1921 ineetersburg, VA to the late Aneew and Zoi Mousmoules. James' parents were founding members of St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, where he was also a member. A 1940 graduate of Durham High School, Jimmy attended Duke Uneersity. He ran the very popular Jeff's...
Anna Lee Hintoneetter
Oct 18, 1921
Anna Lee Hintoneetter, 91, died peacefully ineer sleep Thursday morning after an extended decline ineealth. Anna was born ineeedville, VA to the late Richard Howard and Mary Johnson Hinton. Born October 18, 1921 she grew up on coastal Virginia. After graduating Averett College and Duke School of Nursing she married and shortly afterwards relocated to the Durham area for the...
Stewart Parks Alexander, Jr.
Oct 17, 1921
Stewart Parks Alexander, Jr., 84, died Wednesday following an extended illness. He was born October 17, 1921 to Stewart P. and Josephine Thompson Alexander. Mr. Alexander attended Durham City Schools, graduating from Durham High School. He attended the Severn School prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy. After graduation, he served his Country during WW II in the Pacific, earning...
Margie Brewer Hanner
Aug 21, 1921
Margie Lee Brewer Hanner died Saturday, September 30, at Durham Regional Hospital. She was 85 years old. Born August 21, 1921 in Durham, NC to the late John aneeva Coleman Brewer, Margie was a long-time member of Carr Uneed Methodist Church and more recently a member at Olive Branch Baptist Church. She is survived by her three children: Barbara Hanner...
Jean D. Strother
Jul 10, 1921
Jean Duskin Strother, 83, died peacefully Monday morning at Croasdaile Village. She was born in Stantonsburg, NC on July 10, 1921 to the late Paul Nelson and Lois Strickland Strother. Jean
Thomas A. Jones
Apr 18, 1921
Thomas Allen Jones, age 85, died Tuesday evening at the Durham VA Hospital. He was the son of the late John A. and Pearl Reeves Jones. Born in Hillsborough, NC on April 18, 1921, he was a self-employed painting contractor Thomas A. Jones Painting for over 50 years. Mr. Jones was a member of Carr Uneed Methodist Church. He loved...
Alvada Blydenburgh
Jan 11, 1921
Alvada Lunsford Emory Blydenburgh, formally of Durham, NC and Myrtle Beach, SC, died Sunday morning in Raleigh, NC. Alvada was born January 11, 1921 in Hillsborough, NC to the late Harvey and Biddie Rouneee Lunsford. The oldest of ten children, her family lived in the Lowe
Melvin Craig Gibson
Oct 7, 1920
DURHAH-Melvin Craig Gibson, age 96, resident of 5116 Lansdowne Drive, died Thursday afternoon at his home. Born October 7, 1920 ineeadville, Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Bliss Clarence and Helen Cunningham Gibson. Melvin graduated from Summit High School in Harmonsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1940, and was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S Army. Melvin...
Adelaide Shuford Teague
Aug 16, 1920
Adelaide Shuford Teague died Monday ineeartfields Assisted Living of Cary. A Catawba County native, she was born August 16, 1920. Mrs. Teague was a graduate of Hickory High School and Woman
Chester Roycroft
Aug 6, 1920
Chester Roycroft, age 84, died Sunday morning at Duke Medical Center after a long illness. A Durham native, Chester was born August 6, 1920 to the late Robbie Lee and Ila Ross Roycroft. A graduate of Durham High School, Chester served in the 15th Air Force during World War II. He worked for the U.S. Post Office for 38 years...
William Arvin Myers
May 28, 1920
William Arvin Myers, age 85, died Saturday morning at his home in Chapel Hill. He was born May 28, 1920 in Hibbing, MN to the late Clare Arvin and Carolyn Sterling Myers. Bill served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and was stationed on the island of Saipan. Before marrying in 1952, he pursued a career in...
A.P. James
May 27, 1920
Albert Parham "A.P." James, age 91, died neember 5 at his home in Durham, with his wife of 67 years by his side. Born in Roxboro on May 27, 1920, A.P. graduated from Roxboro High School and attended Elon Uneersity for two years prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1941. After serving for four years as a radioman,...
Ernest C. Sunas
Apr 9, 1920
Ernest C. Sunas, 95, died Tuesday following a brief illness. He was born April 9, 1920 in Bronx, NY to Zoe (Leon) and Gus Sunas, and came to Durham at the age of 9. The Sunas family was among the pioneers of Durham???s Greek community. Ernie graduated from Durham High School and began undergraduate studies at age 16 at Duke...
Mary Ruth Terry Mebane
Apr 7, 1920
DURHAM-Mary Ruth Terry Mebane, 92, of Durham, died Wednesday evening at Carolina Point following years of declining health. She was born April 7, 1920 to John Wilkins and Katherine Riley Poole Terry. She was born and grew up in northern Durham in a community surrounded by a large extended family. Her mother died when Mary Ruth was six years old...
Anna Napier Oeltmanneeaney
Mar 18, 1920
DURHAM -- Anna Napier Oeltmanneeaney passed away neember 22 in Hillsborough. She was born March 18, 1920 on the Napier farm in northwest Georgia in the house built by her great grandfather in 1836. During the Battle of Chickamauga, the home was used as a hospital and now has a historical marker. During her professional career, Ms. Meaney was a...
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