Obituaries

John Billy West

John Billy West

John Billy West, 84, passed away on Friday, neember 10, 2017, at Duke Hospice-Hock Family Pavilion, in Durham, NC, after a brief illness. He was born in Stovall, NC on January 5, 1933, to Jonah Buck West and Anee Belle Smith West. He was the oldest of five children, all of whom preceded him ineeath. He was educated in Granville...

Maybelle Hall Husketh

Maybelle Hall Husketh

Mrs. Maybelle Hall Husketh, age 99, of 3849 Shoccoree Drive died Monday at home. Maybelle was born and raised in Durham and graduated from Braggtown High School and Western Carolina Teachers College. A devoted Christian, Maybelle was a member of Aneer Avenue Baptist Church for 87 years. She was a member of the Estheren Sunday School Class, Leah Royal Circle...

Polly N. Kearney

Polly N. Kearney

Oneeptember 10, 2007 Polly N. Kearney died peacefully at age 87. Polly was a nurse in the Baltimore area for over 43 years. She spent her retirement traveling, reading and taking care of her growing family. Her last five active years were in Rose Manor Assisted Living in Ellicott City. She is survived by her loving son Thomas Tony W...

Dorothy Elizabeth Heinecke

Dorothy Elizabeth Heinecke

Dorothy Elizabeth Heinecke, 89, died on Sunday, neember 29, 2009. Dorothy was born in Quincy, IL to Myrtle and Ralph Rapp on June 12, 1920. Dorothy is survived by her daughters Patricia Bodoh and her husbaneed of Fearrington Post, NC; Susan Dirks and her husband Richard of Cincinnati, OH; five grandchildren aneeight great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by her husband Irwineeinecke...

Joseph Harmon Duncan

Joseph Harmon Duncan

Joseph Harmon Duncan, age 69, died oneeptember 22, 2019. He was born on May 25, 1950 to Harmon Lazone Duncan and Virginia Dooley Duncan. ??Joe grew up in Durham, NC. In his youth he loved spending time with his father and siblings at his family???s river house on the Pamlico River where he developed a lifelong love of fishing and...

Ann Tilden Pope

Ann Tilden Pope

DURHAM - Ann Tilden Pope, 93, died at her home in Croasdaile Village, Durham, NC on neember 30, 2017. She was born neember 23, 1924 in Chicago, Il. to the late Mason Osgood Tilden and Anna Mary Meyer Tilden. Ann graduated from Wilson College and later married Robert Gilmer Pope on October 23, 1948. She raised two sons in Haddoneeld,...

Adele S. Wehr

Adele S. Wehr

Adele S. Wehr, age 84, of Hillsborough, NC died Saturday, December 10, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. A resident of Hillsborough for the past six years, Mrs. Wehr was born in Southampton, NY to the late Aneew aneedna Seneenski. She worked for Macy

Romie William Whitt

Romie William Whitt

Romie William Whitt, 78 of 1102 Enon Road, Oxford, died Sunday, neember 16, 2008. He was a native of Person Co. and a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Private services were held on Monday, neember 17, 2008 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church by the Rev. Keith Williams. Surviving is his wife, Edith H. Whitt of Oxford; a son, Ronee...

Dorothy G. Wilkinson

Dorothy G. Wilkinson

Oxford, N.C. Dorothy Gupton Wilkinson, 96, a resident of Granville County, passed away at Duke Uneersity Medical Center on neember 2, 2018. Dorothy was the daughter of the late Theodore R. Gupton and Olive Cheaves Gupton.?? She was born in Franklin County on August 6, 1922. Dorothy obtained a master???s degree from East Carolina Uneersity. She married G.P. Wilkinson, Jr....

Ted L. Isaac

Ted L. Isaac

Durham -Ted L. Isaac, 78, was born on March 27, 1932 in Patterson, North Carolina, and made his transition home to God and his wife and soul-mate Mary Isaac oneebruary 2, 2011. Ted was also preceded ineeath by his father Dewey Isaac, mother Julia Isaac, brothers, Ralph Quinlan and Lloyd Isaac, sisters, Vera Mitchum and Violet Winston. He is survived...

Margaret Linda Zealy

Margaret Linda Zealy

DURHAM, NC: Margaret Linda Zealy, 67, died unexpectedly Saturday in Duke Hospital. A native of Savannah, she was the daughter of the late Margaret Mildred Monee and Aloysius Jones Zealy. She attended Sacred Heart and St. Vincent's Academies in Savannah, after which she received an associate's degree from Armstrong College. After marriage Margaret started her family in Savannah. She then...

Jessamine Markham Norman

Jessamine Markham Norman

Jessamine Markham Norman, age 79, died peacefully Thursday at Croasdaile Village, where she resided for two years. She was born in Chatham County oneeptember 7, 1925 to the late Albert L. and Olivia Markham. A long-time member of First Baptist Church in Durham, Mrs. Norman was employed by BC Remedy and Carolina Distributing Co. until her retirement. Surviving are her...

Clyde Thomas Wilson

Clyde Thomas Wilson

Clyde Thomas Wilson,??81, of Stovall, NC died Saturday, neember 24, 2018.??Born June 23, 1937, in Granville County, Clyde was the son of the late James W. and Mary Leigh Wilson. At the age of 19, Clyde joined the US Army where he served both active duty and as a reservist for 5 years. Clyde later became a Mechanic for Burlington...

Victor B. Civalier

Victor B. Civalier

Victor Bernard Civalier, age 82, died peacefully at his home in Hillsborough on Saturday, September 10. Born in Manville, RI, Victor retired from the U.S. Air Force after 22 years of service and was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Hillsborough. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Alice C. Civalier of Hillsborough; his sons,...

Beatrice Eunee Clayton

Beatrice Eunee Clayton

OXFORD: Beatrice Eunee Clayton A memorial service celebrating the life of Beatrice Eunee Clayton, 93, will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, October 9, 2010 at Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Home in Oxford, with visitation at 12:30 until 2:00 PM and burial at Elmwood Cemetery in Oxford. Beatrice-also known as Bea, Aunt Bea, and "Miss Bea"-was the daughter of Effie...

Patricia Anne Lord

Patricia Anne Lord

Patricia Anne Lord of Chapel Hill passed away on Sunday, June 9th. She was on hospice care at her home due to lung cancer and slipped away peacefully a little before midnight, with her family by her side. She was 73. Pat was borneept. 2, 1945 to Robert and Jean Lord in Bronxville, NY. Her family soon moved to Rye,...