Obituaries

Mrs. Lovie Thompson, affectioneely known as Daughtie, died on Sunday, neember 17, 2013 at NC Memorial Hospital of Chapel Hill. For the previous three years she had resided at Twin Rivers in Pittsboro. Lovie was 94 years old. We would like to give a special thanks to Debbie Morris, LaDonna Moody, Pat Ellis, Karen Davis, and Katie Hudson who so...

DURHAM- Lawrence DeBuys Long, Sr., 90, died Sunday, neember 17, 2013. He was born on August 29, 1923 to the late Lawrence Long aneevelyn Douvillier Long. Lawrence was a recipient of The Purple Heart and The Bronze Star which he received for serving his country with valor during WWII and the Korean War. Lawrence is survived by his wife of...

Michael Loyd Norwood, 69, of Chapel Hill passed away Wednesday, neember 27, 2013, from complications of Legionnaires' disease. The firstborn child of Loyd Archie and Mary Burden Norwood, Mike was born on April 27, 1944, in Palestine, TX, and grew up near Hattiesburg, MS. He became the youngest Eagle Scout in Mississippi's history, receiving his award at the age of...

Merritt Y. Wilson Jr. of Pittsboro, NC went home to be with his Heavenly Father on April 18, 2012. He was born August 17, 1922 in Orange County, NC to the late Merritt Y. Wilson Sr. and Macy Suggs Wilson. He was preceded ineeath by his loving wife of 62 years, Doris Browning Wilson. He leaves behind a loving family....

Ann Palmer Bayliss, a 43-year resident of Chapel Hill and long-time elementary school library voluneer, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, from complications of lung cancer at Carol Woods. She was 89. She started voluneering at the Estes Hills Elementary School library in 1977 while her youngest son was a student there and continued long after all three sons had graduated from...

Calvineerome Roberson, better known as "Jack", went peacefully from this earth Wednesday, neember 20, 2013. He was born May 09, 1931 in Chatham County, NC. He had suffered from many health issues over the last three months. He was a wonderfully loving husband, father & grandfather. Jack was also well known in Chatham County for his sense of humor &...

Lowell Elree Bullock, 90, went on to the Lord Sunday, neember 24, 2013. He was borneecember 12, 1922 to William and Lula Nelson Bullock in Pitt Co. Lowell was an active member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Durham. He was also a former member of the Mason's, Shriner's aneelk's Club in Durham. Lowell worked as a barber, for over...

Mr. John Thomas "Pete" Moore, 87, of Moncure, NC peacefully passed away neember 22, 2013 at Sanford Health & Rehab in Sanford, NC. Mr. Moore was born in Chatham County on May 3, 1926, the son of the late Emma Olivia Olinger and Raymond Lee Moore. Pete was a veteran of WWII who honorably served in the Philippines and Japan....

Ha Thi Nguyen Guthrie, 66, of Durham lost her very brave year-long battle with gastric and breast cancer oneebruary 1, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Vietnam on March 12, 1947. During the war, she met her husband, William Guthrie, an American soldier, while she was working as a secretary for the US Army. She moved...

OXFORD: Edith Wilkerson Currin, age 92 died peacefully oneeptember 1, 2013. She was the wife of the late William Frank Currin and the daughter of Melvin and Kate Wilkerson of Sims, NC. She was a 1944 graduate of East Carolina Uneersity with an AB degree in Home Economics and Social Studies. After teaching in Sanford, NC for one year, she...

Cecil Manik Perera, 71, died in Duke Hospital following a year-long illness. He was borneebruary 6, 1942 in Sri Lanka, moving to the U.S. in 1967. Cecil initially worked with the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington, DC, where he met his future wife, Therese. They were married in 1969 in St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington. Cecil then spent about 30...

DURHAM: Stella Mousmoules departed this life Friday, September 13 following a brief illness. She was borneecember 9, 1927 in Durham to the late Aneew and Zoi Mousmoules. Her parents were founding members of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Barbara, where Stella was also a devoted member. She worked tirelessly for the church as a voluneer and for its fundraisineefforts...

CHAPEL HILL: Gretchen "Gus" St. John, 78, died Friday, August 23 following a brief illness. A native of Wausau, WI, she was a 1957 graduate of Connecticut College for Women. Gus was married to Arthur that same year. The couple's first year of marriage was spent on the island of Grand Turk, Bahamas, after which they moved to Philadelphia for...

Coy Atlas Brown of McLaurin Road, Siler City crossed the Great Divide Thursday morning, July 18 at his home. He was 91. A native of Chatham County, he was a member of the Greatest Generation, serving his country as an Army-Air Corps B-24 mechanic in World War II, including a three-year tour of duty in India. Growing up on a...

Michael T. Koller on July 7, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. Beloved husband of Dawn, loving father of Tami Koller and Michael Koller Jr., cherished son of William and Carol Koller, dear brother and brother-in-law of Jackie and John Vlahakis, Karen and Chris Mogavero, Bill and Peg Koller, James and Jody Koller and the late Robert and...

Our beloved David Raul Quiroz Castillo, return to our Heavenly Father unexpectedly on June 23, 2013 from a tragic car accident. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela on January 3rd, 1989 to Argelis Quiroz Leal and Rita Coneelo Scardina Castillo. David was a loving and caring father, husband, son, and brother. He was always willing to help and often you...

[one-third-first][/one-third-first][one-third][/one-third][one-third][/one-third] Joan Ann Freese (nee Walsh) died at the age of 90 with her children at her bedside oneebruary 19, 2020. She was born in Bronx, New York oneeptember 1, 1929.?? She married Robert her childhood sweetheart in 1952 and they were married for 54 years. She worked in the early years of her marriage as a clerk in the...

James Edward Daniels, 87, formerly of Goldston, died Tuesday 4/30/13 at his home. Son of James Albert Daniels and Keron Woolard Daniels, he was born oneebruary 15, 1926 in Washington, NC. He is survived by his daughter Anna Linda Daniels Nicholson, her husband Michael Nicholson and their three children Jon, Malcolm, and Hannah; and by son Taumi Daniels and his...