Obituaries

Services for Ms. Knowles will be held in North Haven, CT at a later date.

The Right Rev. Robert C. Johnson, Jr., 75, tenth bishop of North Carolina, died on Friday, January 3. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Conee Smith Johnson; son, Robert Kinley Johnson David Oxender; daughter, Julie Johnsoneege Pike; three grandsoneens. Daniel Robert Hege Emily, Adam Bolanos Hege Liliana and Jacob Johnsoneege; two great grandsons, Henry Hege and Lucas...

Colleen Poythress Brewer, 88, died Wednesday, January 22, in the Chapel Hill Health and Rehabilitationeenter. Ms. Brewer is survived by her 6 children, Coy Brewer of Wake Forest; Kaye Clark and husband, Melvin, of Pittsboro; Jane Dorton and husband, Phil, of Thomasville; Tommy Brewer and wife, Ginger, of Hickory; Terry Brewer and wife, Cheryl, of Durham; and Tim Brewer and...

DURHAM???????Pattie ???Inez??? Rackley, age??102,??died??at Hock Family Pavilion??on??October 16, 2019.??She??was born on??July 14, 1917??to the late??Joseph Wood and Pattie Thompson??Doby. The oldest and longest living member, Inez was a member of First Baptist Church of Durham where she served as a children???s Sunday School teacher ineer younger years and assisted in other areas of hospitality. ??She worked at Bullock???s BBQ as...

Bradley Lee Dezern, born on August 29, 1959 in Durham, NC and died oneeptember 6, 2019 at UNC Hospital. He was born to the late Jimmie Lee and Lella Ruth Dezern. There will be a graveside service on Friday, September 20, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC. The Dezern family is under the care of Hall-Wynne Funeral...

Samuel Poletta 1959-2013 Pittsboro NC Passed away oneecember 30th, 2013 in Pittsboro NC surrounded by his family. Survived by his wife Doi, Children Sam Noi, Nan, nee and Joel, Parents Sam and Dorothy Poletta, Brothers Tom- Shirley, Frank -Beverly, Sisters MaryBeth -Steve Barber and Vicky -Joe Lima, Nieces and nephews Jordan, Bria, Dominic and Daniel. Also by his Aunt Anne...

David Ladley Swanson, 53, of Durham, North Carolina, died oneeptember 2, 2019.?? David was born to Lois and Bill Swanson in 1966.?? He attended high school at Justin Siena in Napa, California, and college at Brown Uneersity. ??He received his masters degree in International Public Policy from Duke Uneersity.?? David married Sally Rosenberg in 1992, and they had two children,...

Durham- Frances Elleneennessey Love, a long-time resident of Durham, North Carolina, passed away peacefully oneeptember 3, 2019 after an extensive illness.?? Frances was born in Paris, Kentucky on neember 5, 1935 to John Anthony Hennessey and Mary Kathryneennessey.?? Frances graduated from Lexington Catholic High School and attended the Uneersity of Kentucky.?? She was a Brownie Leader with the Girl Scouts...

Bobby Cole Couch, 74, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Thursday, September 12th at Hock Family Pavilion. Bobby was born oneebruary 3, 1945 in Durham, NC to Oscar Aaron Couch and Alpha Mae Cole Couch. Bobby attended Hillsboro High School in Orange County, NC. He started his career driving oil trucks at the age of 18 ineeptember...

James Elgan Hillman, Jr. James Elgan Hillman, Jr., 80, passed away peacefully at home in Durham following an extended illness. Jim was born on neember 26, 1938 in Raleigh. He was baptized at Edenton Street Uneed Methodist Church in Raleigh. He graduated from Needham Broughton High School in 1956, where he played oboe in the school band and was a...

Frederic Dow Leubuscher, 85, of Durham, North Carolina, died oneeptember 7, 2019 after a courageous battle with paneeatic cancer. Fred (also known as Dow, Dad, and Pa) was borneebruary 26, 1934 in East Orange, New Jersey, the son of Florence Smith and Frederic Henry Louis Leubuscher. He grew up in Essex Fells, New Jersey, Kutztown, Pennsylvania and Lakeville, Connecticut. He...

Bernard Bender was born 10-26-1925 in Brooklyneew York to orthodox??Jewish Eastern European immigrant parents, Robert Bender and Celia??Borodineender. He had one older sister, Lorraine Bruder Roberts, who??predeceased him by one year. He grew up in a Brooklyn house subdivided??into apartments where all his neighbors in the building were his mother???s??sisters and their families, so his first cousins were like siblings...

Rose Truscio (96) passed away peacefully on June 21,2019 in Cary, NC.?? She was born in Connecticut to Santina and Louis Diemente on May 5, 1923 and had a happy childhood there surrounded by a large extended family. She was devoted to her husband William Truscio for 66 years until he passed away on October 2, 2012. They divided their...

On Monday August 19, 2019, Karen Sue Pappas, loving wife, passed away at age 72. Karen Sue Pappas was born oneebruary 20, 1947 in Farmington, Missouri to Viola and Lindell McDaniel. She married Art Pappas on May 5, 1982. She helped to raise two children, Kim and Adam, and three grandchildren, Jackson, Bryson, aneemerson. Karen and Art became residents of...

Paul Wright Council, age 53, passed away unexpectedly oneeptember 27, 2018 in Oxford, NC. He was born in Durham, NC. He is preceded ineeath by his parents, Calvineecil Council and Helen Spencer Council; and great nephew, Brandon Michael Strickland. Paul is survived by his sister, Fanee Strickland (Roy) of Oxford, NC; nephews, RC Strickland (Kimberly); and Sam Strickland; great nieces...

We celebrate the brilliant life of Dr. Samir Khalil, beloved husband, father, unee, brother, and grandfather, who left this world too soon on August 20, 2019 in Durham, North Carolina. He is survived by his loving wife Wafa, daughter Lara (son-in-law Randy), son Ronny, and grandson Isaac Zayd. A private service will be held on Tuesday, August 27 for invited...

On May 29, 2019, heaveneelcomed home a loving son, husband, father, and grandfather, Bret Peacock. He was born October 17, 1939, to William Provis Peacock and Alice Brett Cleverly in Watsonville, CA. An only child, Bret grew up in Auburn, CA, adored by both sets of his grandparents and the family???s cocker spaniels. He was married 52 years to his...

Mary Ann (Seume) Cate, 75, passed from this life into the presence of her Savior on June 30, surrounded by three generations of her family. Mary Ann spent her childhood in Houston, New Jersey, and Virginia, the daughter of Rev. Dr. Richard Seume, a respected pastor and chaplain at Dallas Theological Seminary, and Mary Troutmaneeume, a feisty Bible teacher. Following...

BUTNER ??? Sandra Paulette Boyles, 75, went HOME to Jesus oneeptember 28, 2018, at The Murdoch Development Center in Butner, following a brief illness. She is predeceased by her beloved parents, Paul and Corene Boyles. Sandy is survived by her sister, Anne Carol Boyles Kellam and husband, Ron of Durham; her nephews, Jeff Kellam and wife, Suzanne, of Charlotte, NC,...

Janet Colleen (Hill) Kilsheimer of Durham, NC passed from this life to be with her savior Jesus oneec. 10, 2018. She was surrounded by her family. Colleen was born in Shelby, NC on Oct. 16, 1925 to Boyd and Vera Hill. She was reared in Shelby. She was preceded ineeath by her parents and by her three brothers, Wayne, Randolph...