Obituaries

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...

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...