Obituaries
Eleanor Cely Carter
May 27, 1917
After a brief decline ineealth, Eleanor Cely Carter passed away peacefully on October 11 at the age of 94 surrounded by her three children. Eleanor Cely Carter was born May 27, 1917 to Anee West and William Riley Cely in Greenville, SC. She was preceded ineeath by her husband, Joel J. Carter, her parents and her older brother, W.R. Cely...
Edward Plonski
Jul 13, 1916
Edward Plonski died Friday in Duke Hospice at the Meadowlands following a brief illness. He was born July 13, 1916 in Astoria, NY. A Durham resident since his military service, Ed proudly served his country in the 78th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army during WWII. He spent a career in sales with Durham Builders Supply Co. Ed was a...
Edith Arnold Johnson
Jun 25, 1916
Edith Arnold Johnson, of Croasdaile Retirement Village, died Wednesday, December 6, following a brief illness. She was born June 25, 1916 to the late Herbert and Fanee Belle Arnold, and lived most of her life in Durham. Mrs. Johnson enjoyed 50 years of marriage to her late husband, Albert Richard Johnson. She was a long-time devoted member of Duke Memorial...
James B. Wilkinson
May 14, 1916
DURHAM - James Buchanan Wilkinson 'Whitey', 92, of 1616 Shawnee Street, a life-long resident of Durham, died Tuesday morning, December 9. He was born May 14, 1916, the third son of John Walker Wilkinson and Mary Pearl Wray, both of East Durham. James was married to Mildred Boyd oneecember 3, 1949. Mildred preceded him ineeath December 30, 2002. He is...
Sarah Mae Johnson
Jan 24, 1916
Sarah Mae Johnson, 89, died peacefully Friday morning in Hospice at the Meadowlands. Born on January 24, 1916 in Durham, Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of the late William E. and Ola O
Robert King
Aug 24, 1915
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. Ps. 116: 15 Robert King, Jr., died at Durham Regional Hospital on Sunday, February 22. He was born in Richmond, Va., on August 24, 1915, to the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Robert King. A graduate of Davidson College, he spent sixty years as a stockbroker. Retiring as...
Alice Canada Evans
Jun 4, 1915
Alice Lee Canada Gearhart Evans, Age 91, died peacefully Saturday evening, December 9, at Forest View Healthcare Center in Durham. She was born June 4, 1915 to the late Leamond and Lolllie Stansbury Canada in Durham, where she lived her entire life. Mrs. Evans was a diligent worker who retired after 34 years of employment at Liggett Myers Tobacco Company....
Jonas Mccoy Austin
Aug 30, 1914
Jonas McCoy Austin, age 90, died Friday in Durham Regional Hospital. He was born August 30, 1914 in Alexander County, NC to Oma Elizabeth Hall and Jonas Partee Austin. He attended school ineethlehem Community, then as a young man joined the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Butner during WW II. Mr. Austineegan his career as an electrician, and later became...
Henry Battle Abernethy
May 5, 1914
Henry Battle Abernethy died peacefully on Oct. 10 after a very brief illness. He was 95 years old, born May 5, 1914 in East Durham and lived his entire life in the Durham area. He was the last surviving member of a family of eight brothers and sisters. Mr. Abernethy served in the Army during WWII, and was retired for...
William James Berry, Jr.
Aug 20, 1913
William James Berry, Jr., age 92, died Thursday evening at Croasdaile Village where he resided. He was born in Durham to the late William James Berry, Sr. and Lilah Stone Berry on August 20, 1913. A genee and kind man who adored his family and his work, Mr. Berry enjoyed many accomplishments throughout his life. He attended prep school at...
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Currin
Apr 27, 1913
OXFORD: Lizzie Currin, passed away Thursday, April 11 at the age of 99. Miss Currin, a twin, was born on April 27, 1913. She was one of 10 children born to Mary Pitts Currin and William A. Currin. Miss Currin was a lifetime resident of Oxford, a graduate of Oxford High School, and lifelong member of Corinth Baptist Church. In...
Ermadene W. Martin
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,...
Goldie Lewis Lougee Peeler
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...
Virgie S. Pleasant
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...
Adele Carmella Medure
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...
Emil L. Dunk Preddy
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,...
Mary Elizabeth Lunsford Whitfield
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...
Mary Ella Sloan
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...
Minee Mangum
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....
Lee Robert Smudz
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...
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