Obituaries

Col. John F. Mallard, known by his friends and family as "Frank" was promoted to glory oneednesday, January 30, 2013. He was born in Jones County, NC, December 28, 1917 to the late Roy Franklin Mallard and Myrtle Lee Banks. In June 1939 he graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina, and in July he was commissioned as a Second...

Kyle Lee Simpson, 57, passed away unexpectedly in his home oneebruary 3, 2013. He was born in Richland, Wa. on January 31, 1956, to the late Charles and Janie Ann Simpson. He graduated from Columbia High School in in 1974 in Richland, Wa. and from Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Wa. in 1976. He met his future wife, Jenee Laurie...

Charles Howard Lochmuller, 72, died at home Saturday. A native of New York City, he was a graduate of Manhattan College. He theneeceived the PhD. in chemistry from Fordham Uneersity. After a fellowship in analytical chemistry at Purdue Uneersity, Dr. Lochmuller joined the faculty of Duke Uneersity. He was chairman of the Chemistry Dept. from 1982-87, and later, Director, Center...

Eileen Mary Veladota, age 72, died Monday February 11, at Kineed Healthcare oneettigrew St. in Durham. Eileen was born in Bronx, NY to the late Jeremiah Kinsella Durick aneelizabeth McLaughlin Durick. Eileen taught first grade for thirty-four years at Mater Christi School in Burlington, VT. She moved to Durham, NC and taught kindergarteners at Immaculata Catholic School for five years....

Frederick Ted B. Gervais, Colonel, Uneed States Air Force Retired, loving husband for 68 years to Doris Dobby, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, unee, and a proud and honorable veteran, passed away at the age of 90 at The Pavilion, Croasdaile Village, Durham, North Carolina, with his loving family at his side. Ted was born oneebruary 18, 1922 in Lawton, Oklahoma....

Louis Berini, loving son, husband and father, age 98, passed away on July 17 at the Croasdaile Pavilion. He was borneebruary 5, 1914 in Thayer, West Virginia to the late Tony Berini and Carolina Brusa Berini. The family moved to Durham in 1929 when his father brought his skills as a stone mason to the construction of the new campus...

Helen Elizabeth Albert Pope, loving daughter, wife and mother, age 91, died oneeptember 26 at the Hock Family Pavilion. She was borneeptember 17, 1921 in Alamance County, North Carolina to the late Samuel Grover and Louisa Laws Albert. Helen was a longtime member of Carr Uneed Methodist Church. She and her husband William Everett Pope were the owners of the...

Catherine Watts Vaughn of Pittsboro, NC completed this life's journey on October 18, 2012. Catherine was born in Bangor, ME on October 28, 1940, attended an Episcopal boarding school for girls ineendham, NJ for her highschool and obtained a bachelor's degree in business from Arizona State Uneersity. After careers with Westinghouse in Phoenix, the city of Albuquerque and as a...

Horace Leon Hill, 75, died Tuesday morning, September 18, at Duke Hospital. He was born in Shelby, NC to the late E.B. and Vera Champion Hill oneecember 25, 1936. Horace graduated from N.C. State in 1959 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. An avid State sports fan, he enjoyed playing golf in his spare time. Horace is survived by his...

Anyone who met Ken Trout only knew him as a kind, loving, open and giving man. Ken had a unique gift of insightfulness into humaneehavior learning more about a person within minees than the person knows of themselves. Friends knew Ken as a man who lived life with passion, loved all people he met, had a unique and honest view...

Winona Audrey ???Winee??? Merrithew Ennis died Tuesday at Croasdaile Retirement Village following a brief illness. A native of Portland, Maine, Mrs. Ennis was a Durham resident since 1960. She attended Shaw Business College in Portland and Craft Business College in Durham. Mrs. Ennis retired from Central Carolina Bank (now Suntrust) after 35 years of service as a loan officer. Following...

Oxford: William Henry ???Will???Day, III came to the end of his earthly life on Thursday, February 25, 2016. Will was the son of William Henry Day, Jr. and Beth Jackson Day. Although his life was short, he touched many lives and he was much loved. Surviving in addition to his parents are his sister, Audrey Woody Day; his maternal grandmother,...

-DURHAM- V. Anne Redick Valeria Anne (Stiff) Redick left this earthly world on March 1, 2016. Anne was born in Marion, Ohio oneebruary 9, 1934, graduated from Cory-Rawson High School, and attended Ohio State Uneersity, where she became an accredited radiology technician. She married Lloyd Redick of Jenera, OH, in June, 1954. Anne accompanied Lloyd on his journey through medical...

Oxford: Lucille Ann Frazier Frazier, 89, of Oxford passed away peacefully oneebruary 11, 2016, surrounded by family. She was a native of Granville County and was the daughter of the late Conley Thomas Frazier aneessie Blackwell Frazier, and the widow of W. R. ???Bill??? Frazier, Jr. Lucille was a graduate of Berea High School and worked for more than 20...

Cary Newton Pickett, age 88, passed away peacefully oneebruary 4, 2016 at Seasons of Southpoint in Durham. A native of Durham, he was the son of the late Wesley and Gladys Rigsbee Pickett. Cary served his country in the Uneed States Navy. Fishing, farming and gardening were some of Cary???s favorite things to do along with going to Emerald Isle....

DURHAM, NC - Srinivas Aravamudan, professor of English and former dean of the humanities at Duke, died oneednesday. He was 54. Aravamudan, a scholar of 18th-century British and French literature and postcolonial literature, was also a champion of the humanities, committed to nurturing and promoting their role in contemporary society. At Duke, his leadership included serving as director of the...

Alford Forney Morris was borneeptember 5, 1933 to William Ervin and Zullar Hayden Morris in Coneer, N. C. Alford accepted Christ at an early age. He was an active member of Mt. Olive AME Zion Church where during his many years of service he was Superintendent of Sunday School, teacher of the men???s class, member of the Chancel Choir and...

William "Bill" Wood Anderson. On March 16th, 2016, Bill Anderson, 59, died as he lived--unexpectedly. Bill grew up in upstate New York, in the small town of Norwich. He traveled extensively by thumb and box car as a youth before marrying Aneea Hughes in 1978 and settling into the lovely community of Duke Park in Durham, NC. Bill was a...

DURHAM - Frank Zedick of Durham, NC, ended his earthly pilgrimage on April 3, 2016, at his home. ??Borneeptember 2, 1923 ineest Newton, PA, he was the son of John and Susan D. Zedick, both deceased. ??He was married to Mary Eva Pridgeneedick, his wife of 67 years. ??Frank and Mary were the parents of four children, Frank Roneedick (Gail)...