Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Paul H. Smith, 68, formerly of Oxford, NC, went to his eternal home oneednesday, April 15, 2015. He is preceded ineeath by his loving wife of almost 30 years, Faye Burwell Smith and a granddaughter, Leah Avery Porterfield. Mr. Smith is survived by three daughters, Paula S. Sumner of Henderson, NC, Barbara S. McMillian of Spring Lake, NC, and Kathy...

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...

DURHAM ??? Lella Taylor Dezern, age 93, died peacefully at Durham Nursing & Rehabilitationeenter oneebruary 26, 2019. She was born on August 1, 1925 to the late Haneel and Anee Taylor. Lella was a 1944 graduate of Durham High School. She was a member of McMannen Uneed Methodist Church and a member of the Bethany Sunday School. She was a...

DURHAM- Isobel Suggs Hall, 89, died Sunday at Durham Regional Hospital. A native of Durham, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lacy and Maggie Davis Suggs. Isobel was a graduate of the Durham High School Class of 1940. She retired after spending her career with the Veterans Administration Hospital and Duke Uneersity Hospital. A generous lady, with a...

Thomas Isidor Lenard, husband, father and long-time community banker, died at home on Saturday in Durham, NC, after a two-year battle with paneeatic cancer. He was 63 years old. Tom, a native of Brooklyn, and Jean, his wife of nearly 40 years, raised their sons, Matthew and Christopher, in Ellenville, NY. Tom's career as a community banker at Ellenville National...

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...