Obituaries

Jan 30, 1913

Ermadene Wilson Martin, 96, of Durham, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ August 28 at Carolina House in Cary. Born January 30, 1913, she grew up ineebb City, Missouri, the daughter of Samuel Leon and Clara Reed Wilson. She was preceded ineeath by her husband Raymond Leith Martin, sisters Veda Wilson McCullough and Loretta Wilson,...

Oct 22, 1912

Durham ??? Mrs. Goldie Lewis Lougee Peeler, 104, died Sunday afternoon at Brookdale of Chapel Hill. Mrs. Peeler was born in Nash County on October 22, 1912.?? She relocated to Durham as a teeneer, where she was educated in the Durham public schools.?? She was a beautician, having her owneeauty shop ineer home for many years. Mrs. Peeler enjoyed gardening...

Aug 7, 1912

Virgie S. Pleasant, 95, died Friday, August 17 at her home on Woodland Dr., Durham.She was born to John Bailey and Jerusha Stinson on August 7, 1912 in Goldston, NC. She was predeceased by her husband, Major Y. Pleasant. Mrs. Pleasant was employed with Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company for 37 years, retiring in 1970. She will be remembered by...

Jul 15, 1912

Adele Medure, 95, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend, died on Thursday, September 20 at the Forest at Duke Health Care Center. Adele, born in Brooklyn, NY on July 15, 1912, was the daughter of Camillo aneelisa Fosco. She lived most of her life in the Bronx, NY moving to Maryland in 1996 and then to Durham in...

Jul 4, 1912

Emil L. "Dunk" Preddy of Franklinton died Wednesday night at Brantwood Nursing Center in Oxford. He was 98 years old. Dunk was born in Granville County to the late Joseph and Carrie Blackley Preddy on July 4, 1912. A long-time member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Franklinton, Dunk spent most of his life farming his land. Whenee wasn't farming,...

Jan 1, 1912

Mary Elizabeth Lunsford Whitfield, 95, former resident of Durham, went to be with God, Saturday night, in Houston, Texas. Mrs. Whitfield was born in Durham on January 1, 1912 and was the daughter of the late Dennis Tilley Lunsford aneeva Mae Jones Lunsford. She was a graduate of Durham High School and attended East Carolina Uneersity. Mrs. Whitfield was with...

Aug 20, 1911

Mary Ella Sloan, 94, resident of Spring Arbor of Durham, died Tuesday morning in Durham Regional Hospital. Mrs. Sloan was born in Columbus, Georgia on August 20, 1911. She was the daughter of the late Lehmaneee Cain and Mary Florence Gilbert. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul R. Sloan. Surviving are three sons; John Sloan of Chattahoochee, Fl, Richard...

May 5, 1911

Minee Hall Wilson Mangum, 93, died Saturday, April 16, at Croasdaile Village, where she lived for the past 11 years. Minee was born in Alamance County to the late James C. and Harriett Walton Dickens Hall on May 5, 1911. Minee moved to Durham in 1930 and worked at American Tobacco Co. for 35 years until her retirement in 1977....

May 6, 1910

Lee Robert Smudz, age 97, died Sunday, June 17, at Carolina House of Durham. Born in Cleveland, OH to the late Michael and Josephine Pater Smudz on May 6, 1910, he moved to Durham more thaneeveneears ago. Surviving are his four childreneelaine Munley and husband, Bill, of Durham; Thomas Lee Smudz, Timothy Lee Smudz and Terry Robert Smudz, all of...

OXFORD: Martha Marshall Joy, age 94, of Oxford, went to be with the Lord Sunday, neember 30, 2014. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be conducted Friday, December 5, 2014 at 11:00 am in the chapel of Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Home in Oxford. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Burial will take place at...

Roberta ???Robbie??? L. Lee, age 61, died neember 7, 2014 at her residence in Chapel Hill. Robbie was born in Dania, FL. She completed a degree in nursing in Anchorage, KY and soon after joined the U.S. Army where she trained for burn victims and air rescue. When she moved to Chapel Hill she worked with the Women and Homeless...

David B. Norris, 76, died December 18 at Duke Uneersity Medical Center in Durham, NC. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, and lived in Savannah for 44 years before moving to Cashiers, neearlier this year. He earned degrees in forestry at the Uneersity of Michigan and retired from Union Camp Corp. and also retired as Commander in the US Coast...

BULLOCK: In loving memory of Wanda Marie Roberts Capps , 58, a resident of Bullock, NC. A beloved wife, mother, and grandmother ended her battle with cancer at home on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. She has gone to speneeternity with the Lord Jesus. Wanda Marie was born oneecember 27, 1954, in Chesterfield County, VA. She was predeceased by her mother...

A Celebration of Life for Teresa Ilinitch - A Life of Light, will be conducted Saturday, March 1, 2014 at: The Barn ineearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC 27312. A gathering will commence at Noon. The program will proceed at 1PM with opportunities to share stories, memories, & love. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the UNC...

Vergilia, "Jill," Green Smith Lutterloh was born in Chatham County September 12, 1918 to Carnie Baxter and Fanee Tillman Smith. She completed her earthly journey oneecember 27, 2013 at Cambridge Hills Assisted Living Facility in Pittsboro. Jill was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, C. W. "Jack" Lutterloh; her parents; her sister, Evelyn Smith Blackwood; and her son-in-law, Bobby...

Dr. Benjamin Ward, professor of philosophy, Arabic, and German Studies, passed away this weekend. He had been battling cancer for the past four years. Raised in Montgomery, Alabama, Ward grew up during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. From 1973-1980, he taught philosophy and served as Dean of Berkeley College at Yale Uneersity, his alma mater. He departed New...

Oxford: Deborah Rose "Debbie" Williams Satterwhite, 61, died neember 27, 2013 at Wake Med Hospital in Raleigh. She was born in Oxford, NC on June 11, 1952 to Iola Greene Bittie Williams and the late Elmus Williams, Jr. She attended Granville County schools. She loved her family and was a very devoted mother and daughter. She loved the simple things...

Mary Ringland, age 96, died peacefully on a sunny afternoon in Hillsborough, North Carolina Born in Barry, Texas and a proud life-long Texan, Mary graduated from North Texas State Uneersity. She got her pilot's license in 1938. She and her husband Breeneere married for 59 years and raised five children: Ann, Joe, David, Tom and John. They lived in Houston...

DURHAM: Eloisa Rojas, 97, died Monday in Hock Family Pavilion. She was born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba to Vicenta and Simoneendez, but lived in the province of Santi Spiritus in the town of Guayos. Eloisa emigrated to Brooklyn, NY in 1953 with her husband and son. She worked as a seamstress for over 32 years before retiring to Durham....