Obituaries

Ralph R. Hurst, 85, died Sunday after an extended illness. A Durham native, he was borneebruary 6, 1929 to Julian D. Hurst, Sr. aneedna Chesson Hurst. Mr. Hurst was a graduate of Durham High School, after which he began a lengthy career in sales of men???s clothing. He began work at Ray Browning Clothiers, followed by many years with Young...

DURHAM ??? Elaine Ruth Sandahl, age 90, died peacefully ineer sleep oneec 9, 2014, at The Forest at Duke. She was born in Milwaukee, WI, to the late David and Ruth Graper Carlson. Elaine graduated from the Uneersity of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied English and Mathematics. It was in Madison that Elaine met her husband of 51 years, Robert Abel...

Robert Harrison Booth passed away oneecember 1, 2014, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center, after a long period of declining health. He was 82 years old. Mr. Booth was born on October 30, 1932 in Wichita, KS. The son of the late Arch N. Booth and the late Wilma Harrison Booth, he spent his early years in Kansas before moving with his...

Dona B. Henney King, age 86, of Pittsboro, NC died Tuesday, neember 25, 2014. Dona is survived by her son, Matthew Eloneenney of Charlotte, NC. A visitation will be held Sunday, December 7, 2014 from 12-2 pm at Hall-Wynne Funeral Home Griffin Chapel, 396 West St., Pittsboro, NC 27312. Hall-Wynne Griffin Chapel is serving the King family. Please place online...

Lavern Griffin Stott, 82, died Saturday, neember 22, 2014. Lavern was born July 29, 1932 in Franklin County to the late H. Clemmon and Athaleah Griffin. She worked for the state of North Carolina with the department of Transportation for more than 30 years, retiring in 1990. Lavern was actively involved in Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Beside her parents, she...

DURHAM: Pauline Wyshywany Podgurski, 92, was taken by God???s angels December 4, 2014. Born neember 1, 1922 in Philadelphia to the late Anna and Aneew Wyshywany, she graduated from Strayer???s Business College and worked for Hires Root Beer Co. until her marriage to Joseph, the love of her life, in 1949. Pauline was an active member of her beloved church,...

Kathleen Godwin Smith passed away peacefully at her home oneebruary 14, 2015. She was born March 8, 1919, in Durham, the third of 6 children of Gus Travis Godwin and Lelia Lowe Godwin from the Lowe???s Grove community in southern Durham, NC. Kay grew up in a lively household, was a member of Lowe???s Grove Baptist church, graduated from Lowe???s...

Essie Mae Boring, 76, died neember 10, 2014 at Uneealth in Durham. She was the daughter of the late John Edgar Swaney and Margaret Dixon Swaney. Essie will be dearly missed by her son, William Chestnut and wife, Dawn, of Hillsborough; her sister, Linda Coggins, of Mebane; her grandson, Sean Chestnut, of Asheville; and granddaughter, Sarah Chestnut, of Charlotte. She...

William E. Brown was born on January 4, 1923 in Plaineeld, New Jersey. He attended Plaineeld High School and was President of his Senior Class. He is one of teneembers of the TNT Club, which consisted of ten of his male school friends. As to what the TNT stood for - all were sworn to secrecy and have kept it...

George Edward Steward born April 20, 1923 died neember 1, 2014 with his family by his side. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne Steward; his brother, Tom Steward; and his daughters, Laura, Lisa, Elaine, and Peggy; his grandchildren, Sean, Scott, Caroline and Jeff; and great-grandchildren, Jackson, Taylor, Grant and Pierce. George was a World War II Veteran in the...

DURHAM: Pauline Wyshywany Podgurski, 92, was taken by God???s anees, December 4, 2014. Born neember 1, 1922 in Philadelphia to the late Anna and Aneew Wyshywany, she graduated from Stayer???s Business College and worked for Hires Root Beer Co. until her marriage to Joseph, the love of her life, in 1949. Pauline was an active member of her beloved church,...

William R. Guthrie, 73, of Durham died Tuesday, neember 4, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. Borneebruary 25, 1941 to the late Willie Lee and Margaret Vincent Guthrie. He worked for many years as a pipe fitter and in the HVAC business before joining his wife in owning and operating Kim Son Vietneese in 1985. William was a communicant of...

CHAPEL HILL ??? George Edward Holt, Jr., 79, of Chapel Hill and Blowing Rock, died peacefully at home on March 2nd. ??Borneebruary 22, 1936 in Miami, FL, he was the son of the late Honorable George Edward Holt and Christine Frix Holt. Growing up in Miami, his family would spend summers in Blowing Rock and George fell in love with...

CHAPEL HILL: Lee Alexander Thomas, 61 ??? brilliant, handsome, very funny and very wise, deeply spiritual chorister, child of God, and disciple of Jesus ??? died a peaceful and holy death on Tuesday, August 25 at Duke Hospital in Durham, NC. His husband and his priest were by his side. The cause was complications from acute alcoholic hepatitis following a...

Theresa Angelyneennison, passed suddenly on 8-25-2015. She is survived by her children, Paul Candelori of Greenville, NC and Joel Candelori of Pittsboro, NC. She was also survived by her parents, David Baron and Katharine Roberts Dennison of Atlanta, GA; brother David and wife Lynn of Acworth, GA; sisters Lucile Clotfelter of Durham, NC, Cookie Daniel and husband Russ of Athens,GA,...

Cindy Ann Howerton Sprinee, 59, lost her hard fought battle with ALS on October 10, 2015 surrounded by her loved ones at Duke Hospice Center. She was born on January 20, 1956 to Thomas and Lena Howerton in Durham, North Carolina. She spent 33 years with the love of her life, her husband, ???her rock???, Alan Sprinee. She worked as...

DURHAM -Anita ???Nita??? Evelyn Boreneein (nee Cohen), aged 84 died at her residents at Seasons At Southpoint oneebruary 16, 2015. Nita was born oneeptember 11, 1930 to the late Emanuel and Ann Cohen. She grew up in Bristol, Virginia. Nita lived in Baltimore, Maryland, Aventura, Florida before recently moving to Durham, North Carolina. Nita is survived by her husband of...

Jackie Strange, 87, of Chapel Hill, passed away on Sunday, February 1. She was borneebruary 3, 1927 in Stuckey, Georgia to Charlie aneetta Mae Anderson and predeceased by her brothers Charles and Carlton Anderson. She received a BS in Education from Georgia Teachers College (now Georgia Southern Uneersity) and, after three years teaching high school and coaching the women's basketball...

Mr. Edwin Ray Snuggs, Jr., 85, died oneeptember 27, 2015.?? He was born in Albemarle, NC, oneecember 4, 1929 to the late Edwin Ray Snuggs, Sr. and Bonee Lee Barnes.?? He graduated from Albemarle City Schools and received his undergraduate and professional training at Weber College, Ogden, Utah, the US Army Engineering School at Fort Belvoir, VA and DeVry Uneersity...

DURHAM: Edyth Mae Adams Weaver, 80, died Saturday in Durham Regional Hospital. Borneebruary 25, 1934 in Port Jervis, NY, she was the youngest of five children of the late Harry and Alma Davenport Adams. Mrs. Weaver graduated from Port Jervis High School then moved to the Vestal, NY area until her marriage in 1953 to Ronald B. Weaver. The family...