Obituaries

Paul Thomas LeClair, 60, of Durham, N.C. passed away unexpectedly at home oneeptember 2, 2018. He was born August 30, 1958 in Oswego, N.Y. to Leigh and Joan Lacey LeClair. He is survived by his wife Susan Squire LeClair, daughter Leah and son Eric, his father, his step-mother, Priscilla, his brothers, Tim (wife Rhea Anna) and Larry (wife Susan), his...

Hazel Blalock Viola, 81, died Saturday, October 20 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. She was born in Chatham County oneeptember 17, 1937, to the late Bernard and neer Sherron Blalock. Hazel graduated from the Watts School of Nursing, where she was need a member of the Santa Filomena Honor Society. She served Duke as a surgical nurse for 38 years, including...

On Friday, October 5, 2018, Merle J. Minor, 82, passed into his heavenly home after aneextended illness. He is predeceased by his parents Aubrey and Wava Minor and a brother Reade Minor. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 58 years, Peggy Ross Minor. He leaves two children a daughter Carolyn and Ryan Wise and a son William...

Stovall Amos Buford Rutledge, age 87, died peacefully surrounded by family oneecember 14, 2018. He was the son of the late Richard Anderson Rutledge and Ola Jane Burns Rutledge of Virginia.?? He was born ineecklenburg County on June 10, 1931 and resided in Granville County for many prosperous years with his late wife, Edith Rebecca Currin Rutledge. Amos was an...

Katherine Rankineeaver was born August 9, 1922, in Macon, Georgia, the oldest daughter of Myrtle and Goodwin Rankin. Growing up in Macon, she attended Miller High School and Wesleyan College, and married in July 1942 Charles Beaver, who was stationed nearby at Camp Wheeler Army Base. They lived in Little Rock, Arkansas (Camp Robinson), then Tyler, Texas (Camp Fannin), where...

Mae Love Chambers Currin, age 94, passed away peacefully at home oneecember 13, 2018. Born ineerson County, she was the daughter of the late Lee Chambers aneelizabeth Turner Chambers.?? She was a member of Roxboro Baptist Church ineer early years and became a member of Hester Baptist Church after marriage to Chaneer T. Currin, Sr. Mae Love had many accomplishments...

Durham ??? Mark Paul Gilbreath, age 55, died oneebruary 4th, 2019. He was born on June 30th, 1963 to Paul and Marjorie Gilbreath. Mark graduated from Northern High School, class of 1981. He graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1985. Mark worked for IBM and Builders Mutual Insurance. Mark loved exploring National Parks with his son,...

DURHAM ??? Barbara O???Brien, age 72, died peacefully Sunday after a two-year battle with cancer.?? She was surrounded by her loving family at home. She was born to the late Carl and Louise Gilliam in Alexandria, VA. While raising five children in Orange, CT, she and her husband John O???Brien owned and operated multiple restaurant franchises.?? In 1991, Barbara and...

John Joseph Eslinger, age 98 and fondly known to many as ???Charm,??? died peacefully in his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on neember 18, 2018. Loving father of Kathleen (Daniel) Herr and Linda (Brian) Lewotsky; loving grandfather to Nicholaus (Mollie) Herr, Matthew (Alisa) Herr, Rebecca (Richard) Dismuke, Laura Herr, Sarah Rose (A.J.) Barragan, and Sage Lewotsky; great-grandfather to Calvineerr,...

DURHAM Imogeneelizabeth Andersoneene, 81, beloved by her family and a cherished good friend to many, was reuneed with her Lord and Savior, oneecember 17, 2013. Imogene was born May 13, 1932, in Charlotte, NC. Her parents, Ernest B. Walker and Mabel M. Walker, predeceased her. An only child, she grew up in Concord. She graduated from Concord High School in...

Kathryn Mary Manginelli (nee Curtis), age 61, of Durham passed away on neember 11th, 2018 under hospice care following a two-and-a-half-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig???s disease). Formerly from Long Island, NY, and Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, Kathryn was a graduate of the class of 1975 at Maria Regina H.S. in Uniondale, NY. In 2011 she moved to Durham, NC, and...

Ross Lester Aneews, 39, died unexpectedly Friday evening while running on a trail he loved near Steep Hill Creek above Yates Mill Pond in Raleigh. A native of Charlottesville, VA, Ross graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina, where he was a member of the NC Fellows Program. He completed graduate education at NC State Uneersity, earning a Masters in...

Clydie Ann Claytoneewter passed away Monday, March 3, at her home in Apex, NC. Mrs. Lewter was borneebruary 1, 1937 to Henry Cornelius Clayton and Allie Sue Wagner Clayton ineerson County, NC. She was a loving wife, aunt and sister. Mrs. Lewter was a member of Bell's Baptist Church in Apex; a dedicated care-giver; and, always the first to assist...

DURHAM: Margaret Neal Smith Davis, age 101, of Durham and formerly of Charlotte, North Carolina died on October 7 at the Forest at Duke. Born in Matthews, North Carolina oneeptember 15, 1912, Mrs. Davis was the daughter of the late Mary Jane Freeman Smith and Samuel Leroy Smith. She was preceded ineeath by her husband, J. Van Davis, co-founder of...

Abha Pal Ghosh, 75, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away oneebruary 28, 2014. She was born to Rabrindranath and Lila Pal in East Bengal, India, July 4, 1938. Abha received a BS, MS, and PhD in Chemistry from the Uneersity of Calcutta, India. She was married to Kalyan K. Ghosh since January 29, 1965, and they moved to the US...

Moorman-Durham Dateline Virginia Hawkins Moorman, age 88, died Thursday, October 17, at Croasdaile Pavilion in Durham. She was born in Cloverport, KY to the late Charles Irle Hawkins and Alma Polk Hawkins. Following her graduation from high school, she attended business school, then worked for the Kentucky Department of Health in Louisville until marrying her husband in 1951. She then...

Callie F. Phillips of Richmond, VA passed away oneebruary 19, 2014. She is survived by her sister, Myrtle Whitehead; brother, Roscoe Farrell Jr.; daughter, Vickie Phillips; and neerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of Mrs. Callie Phillips life will be at 1:00 PM Saturday March 1, 2014 at Hanks Chapel, UCC. The family will receive friends after the service in...

DURHAM: The Reverend Albert Arnold Nelius, beloved Episcopal priest over 50 years in Durham and former Duke Uneersity Library staff member, died peacefully January 1 at the Forest at Duke Health Center, surrounded by his wife and loving, competent staff. He was borneecember 9, 1925 ineemphis, TN, to Eva aneengel Nelius. Albert served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-46, after...