Obituaries

Mike Cavender, formerly of Highlands, NC, died on June 22 in Durham. The cause was sarcoma cancer. He is survived by his wife of 28 years Paulette Webb; two-step daughters, Charlotte Schwartz of Atlanta and Vanessa Tsumura of Milwaukee; their husbands Paul and Kenji; grandchildren Carl, Violet, Anri and Isla; his sister Katie Baer of Pittsboro, NC, and many nieces...

DURHAM-Nicholas Johneeluso, 81, of Durham, died April 18 after a long and courageously fought illness. Nick will be missed by his loving wife of sixty years, Joan Platt Peluso, his children John Julie, Marjorie, Marie, Michael Mj, Nora and Nicholas Jr., his brother Dominic and the rest of his family ineew York, and dear friends and honorable family members Chip...

Mrs. Ruby Lee Farrell Clark, 88, of Pittsboro earned her greatest reward on July 31, 2015 when she went to her eternal home ineeaven. Mrs. Clark was born oneecember 10, 1926 in Chatham County to the late Hugh Ward Farrell and Anee Boone Farrell. She is reuneed with her lifelong sweetheart, Walter Reid Clark, to whom she was married for...

Charles H. Gatchel died peacefully at Duke Uneersity Hospital on August 19 after a short illness. His loving and devoted wife of 62 years, Evelyn, was at his side. He was an Army veteran of WWII, having served in the 353rd Combat Engineers in the South Pacific for 3-1/2 years. This was followed by 18 months in the Army Air...

Kathleen ???Deet??? Robertson, 67, lost her courageous battle to cancer on Friday, June 26 th, 2015 while surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Robertson was born in??Rochester,??New York on October 4, 1947 to the late Clayton and Phyllis Caves. She was an avid reader and someone you did not want to challenge ineeopardy. She is survived by her husband of...

???There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on the world??? The family of Maxwell Reid Pogers will receive friends from 3:00 - 6:00 pm Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Calvary Baptist Church, 1204 Lynn Road, Durham.

Millie ???Polly??? Rich of Durham went home to meet her Lord on June 6, following a short illness. She was predeceased by her husband, James ???Jimmy??? Thomas Rich of Durham and her parents, Millie Garrett Woodlief and Leonard Woodlief of Oxford. She was also predeceased by Li???l Red, a tiny pomeranian who adopted Polly and Jimmy. She is survived by...

Ruth Faucette Allen died oneecember 25, 2014 at 11:50 p.m. at the Hospice Home of Alamance in Burlington, NC just shy of her 96th birthday. She was born on January 14, 1919 in Alamance County but grew up in Durham. Ruth graduated from Durham High School in 1937 and was a member of Durham Primitive Baptist Church. She was the...

Ann Majestic passed away peacefully on August 16th at home with her husband of 37 years, Hank, by her side. She loved living in Trinity Park and being a partner at Tharrington Smith for over 30 years. At reunions, she took pride in saying that she had the same spouse, the same house, and the same job. Ann had a...

Pastor Johneenry Covington, age 73, of Pittsboro, NC went home to be with his Savior late Saturday, May 31, 2014. John was born July 11, 1940 in Salisbury NC. He was the pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church for the last five years as well as the Chaplin for the Bynum Ruritan Club. He is preceded ineeath by his parents...

Harry Saring Kulp, 56, of Pittsboro passed away oneeptember 02, 2014. He was born on October 01, 1957 in Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Kulp is survived by his wife Kathryn Thibault Kulp of Pittsboro, NC; a son, Samuel Kulp, of Mebane, NC; and a daughter, Sabrina Kulp of Mebane. A memorial service will held at??6 pm on??Friday September 05, 2014, at...

Mrs. Beulah Hackney peacefully passed away early Monday morning, at her home in Carrboro, NC, while surrounded by her family. Beulah was born in Chatham County, NC, daughter to the late Thomas Hobby and Inez Hamlet Hobby. She was a faithful member of Carrboro UMC for more than 70 years and was very active in different areas of the church....

Mrs. Leitha H. Glosson April 10, 1942 ??? December 22, 2014 Pittsboro Born April 10, 1942, in Bynum, NC to the late Roy Howard and Peola Tyson Howard, Leitha Howard Glosson passed away at The Laurels of Chatham oneecember 22, 2014. She was married 54 years to Leon Glosson until his passing July of 2012. Leitha was a hard worker...

Elsie Eileen Baber Nass, age 71, of Pittsboro, NC died Sunday neember 16, 2014. She was born April 19, 1943 ineenver Colorado to the late William Elmer and Leda Rose Baber. Elsie is survived by her husband, James Nass of Pittsboro, NC; her sons, Sean Nass and his wife Heather Novak of Bristow, VA and Brandan Nass and his wife...

DURHAM: Mary Mullahey Pendergrass, 91, died Thursday after an extended illness. A native of Des Moines, IA, she moved to Durham in 1949, relocating thereafter to Goldsboro for 23 years before returning to Durham in 1978. Mary spent her career as an administrative assistant, working for many years at St. Mary???s Catholic Church and School in Goldsboro. She later worked...

Cathy Hooper Boyd, 68, of Chapel Hill, died Monday, neember 17, 2014 at home after a lengthy illness. Born January 12, 1946 to the late Walter and Marian Roth Hooper in Staten Island, NY, she has resided in North Carolina for over 40 years. Cathy was a travel agent for over 10 years. Surviving are: her husband, James B. ???Jim???...

Vivianeelle Marino, 90, of Croasdaile Community died Tuesday, neember 18, 2014. Vivian was born August 20, 1924 to the late William Jasper Wise and Nineedna Young Wise. Vivian is preceded ineeath by her husband of 69 years, Dominic Joseph Marino on neember 11, 2013. Vivian is survived by; two daughters, Josephine Ann Goeckner of Reno, NV; Nina Hornberger and husband,...

OXFORD: Peggy Paynter Hobgood, 80, of 6141 Hobgood Rd. died Wednesday, neember 26, 2014. A native of Warren County, she was the daughter of Jasper and Lizzie Paynter and the wife of the late William Eugene ???Billy??? Hobgood. Mrs. Hobgood helped her husband in their State Farm Insurance office in Oxford and was a homemaker at the home. She was...

Oneecember 11, 2014 Lola Kathryn Davis, a longtime resident of Franklinton, NC, completed her long journey to the Kingdom of Joy. lola who recently moved to Durham, NC passed peacefully at the Duke Hospice in the presence of her family and Jesus Christ her Lord and Savior. Lola was the daughter of the late Foster and Lola Pace of Franklinton,...

James Lanier Robbins???proud Southerner, lifelong fan of the Uneersity of Louisville Cardinals, and all-around geneeman???passed away peacefully, with his wife Renee by his side, on Tuesday, October 7, just two days shy of his 86th birthday. James???known as Jim???is survived by his wife, Reni, his two children, Scott and Jenneer, and two grandchildren, Theo and Fiona. Jim was born on...