Obituaries

Martha Marshall Joy

Martha Marshall Joy

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" Lee

Roberta "Robbie" Lee

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

David B. Norris

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...

Wanda Marie Capps

Wanda Marie Capps

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...

Teresa Lynn Ilinitch

Teresa Lynn Ilinitch

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 Green Smith Lutterloh

Vergilia Green Smith Lutterloh

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

Dr. Benjamin Ward

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...

Deborah "Debbie" Rose Satterwhite

Deborah "Debbie" Rose Satterwhite

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

Mary Ringland

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...

Eloisa Rojas

Eloisa Rojas

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....

Thomas Vincent Spicci

Thomas Vincent Spicci

Thomas Vincent Spicci, age 67, died on Saturday, December 12th in Durham, NC. Tom was born in Washington, D.C. to the late Morris and Marie Sullivan Spicci. Tom graduated from Archbishop John Carroll High School in Washington, D.C. in 1966. He was drafted in 1968 and served two years in the Army. Tom is survived by his two loving children,...

Allen D. Verhey

Allen D. Verhey

DURHAM: Allen D. Verhey, 68, died at home Wednesday, February 26th, after a long struggle with Amyloidosis. Allen is survived by his beloved wife of 48 years, Phyllis DeKruyter Verhey; his three loving children, Timothy Beach-Verhey of Faison, NC, Elisabeth "Betsy" Verhey of Davidson, NC, and Kathryn Davis and husband, Craig of Holland, MI; five adored grandchildren, Ryan, Caroline, and...

Ollie Mae Greene

Ollie Mae Greene

OXFORD: Ollie Mae Boger Green was born on April 24, 1923 in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Fred A. Boger, Sr. and Ollie Coffey Boger. Mrs. Green had two brothers ??? Dan Boger, who pre-deceased her, and Fred A . Boger, Jr. of Waxhaw, North Carolina. In 1938, the Boger family moved to Oxford, North Carolina, where Mrs. Green???s father worked...

Dorothy Marie Tobin

Dorothy Marie Tobin

CHAPEL HILL -Dorothy Marie Tobin, 83, of Chapel Hill, formerly of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, passed away oneecember 1, 2015 after a long battle with Alzheimer???s. Dorothy was born in Manhattan, New York on April 14, 1932 to William and Helen Toth. She graduated from Hunter College in 1955 aneearned her Master???s Degree in Music Education from Columbia Uneersity in 1957....

Ollie Frances Mimi Kelly Pickett

Ollie Frances Mimi Kelly Pickett

Ollie Frances "Mimi" Kelly Pickett met her heavenly father on March 4, 2014. Born October 21, 1924 in the Lowe's Grove Community of Durham, NC to the late Aneew L. and Ollie Lowe Wynne. She retired from Liggett & Myers to enjoy her family, especially her grandchildreneelly and Aneew Bowling. She was a long time member of Lowe's Grove Baptist...

Geraldine Ross Sheehy

Geraldine Ross Sheehy

DURHAM - Mrs. Geraldine Ross Sheehy, 90, of 3121 Cheek Road, Durham, NC, died Thursday, neember 13, 2014 at her residence. A native of Durham, she was the wife of the late John Burke Thomas and the late Albert H. Sheehy, and the daughter of the late Ioma Flowers Ross and Otho Settle Ross. She is survived by her soneevin...

Gertie Gigi Frances Myers

Gertie Gigi Frances Myers

Gertie "Gigi" Frances Myers of Durham died Thursday, neember 29, 2012 at Durham Regional Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 2, 2012 from the Chapel of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, 1113 W. Main St. in Durham. Friends may visit prior to the service on Sunday from 1:30 3:00 p.m. in the funeral...

Laurie Elaine Adams

Laurie Elaine Adams

DURHAM: Laurie Elaine Adams, 51, died unexpectedly at home Thursday. She was born neember 14, 1964 in Durham to Marvin W. aneeleanor Wells Adams. Laurie graduated from Jordan High School, and was a graduate of UNC-Wilmington with a double major in accounting and business maneement. Following graduation, she beganeer career with the EPA as an auditor for the Ineector General,...

Gary Robert Kramish

Gary Robert Kramish

CARRBORO: Gary Robert Kramish, 56, died unexpectedly January 3. A native of Washington, DC, Gary is survived by his parents, Shirley and Arvin Kramish of Chapel Hill and brother-in-law, Tom Campbell of Durham. He was predeceased last year by his sister, Marci Kramish Campbell. Gary was beloved by his family and friends. A graveside service will be 2:00 PM Friday...

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