Obituaries

Iola Bodenheimer Jones, age 93, died Saturday, neember 3, 2012 at Durham Regional Hospital. She was born in High Point, NC to the late Willie aneemma Hayworth Bodenheimer on July 30, 1919. Iola was an accomplished golfer and skilled bridge player throughout her life. She is survived by her sons, Larry W. Jones and wife, Debra, of Durham, NC; Terry...

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...

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...

James Duke Biddle Trent Semans 10 Dec. 1957???17 Dec. 2018 Death loves a shining mark.??? Edward Young (1683-1765) James Semans, 61, of Chapel Hill died Monday morning. James was the husband of Margaret W. Rich; son of the late Dr. James Hustead Semans and Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans of Durham: and great-grandson of Benjamin Duke. He attended grammar school...

Chapel Hill Reid died on Monday, neember 11, 2013 at UNC Hospital. He was the son of the late Wallace Reid Proctor and Thelma Josephine Collier Proctor. Reid served in the US Air Force for 13 years and was a letter carrier in Chapel Hill for 23 years. He is survived by his wife, Karen Ripley Proctor and daughter Kimberly...

Pamela K. Bennett, age 72, passed away 4/27/ 2019 after bravely battling paneeatic cancer with her husband John and close friends?? by her side. She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on a snowy Easter Sunday on April 6, 1947 to Pearl Ness Fiske and Clarence A. Fiske.?? The Fiske family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1959 where Pamela attended Sunnyslope...

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...

???There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on the world??? The family of Maxwell Reid Pogers will receive friends from 3:00 - 6:00 pm Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Calvary Baptist Church, 1204 Lynn Road, Durham.

Robert Holden Wilkinson, Jr. MD., age 87, died at Duke Hospital on neember 28, 2019. He was born on October 11, 1932, to the late Robert Holden and Gladys Duvall Wilkinson He graduated from High School in Northern Virginia. He then attended the College of William and Mary and received a B.S. in Biology in 1954. He earned his medical...

Mary Frances Bridges, age 91, died Thursday, February 7th at Louisburg Nursing Center. She was born in Oklahoma to the late George aneethal Tindale Wilson. Mary was a member of Peace & Harmony Baptist Church in Franklinton and the Americaneegion Women's Auxiliary ineedlands, CA She is survived by her daughter, Margaret Ames and husband, Tony, of Franklinton; her sister, Lola...

Susanne Sue Lynas Moulton, 95, died on neember 19, 2012 at Croasdaile Village in Durham, NC. She was born oneebruary 8, 1917 in Glasgow, Scotland to James and Agnes Martin Lynas. She immigrated to the Uneed States when she was teneears old, and the family moved to Norwich, CT. Although she was always proud of her Scottish roots, she immediately...

Hildegard Scheffey Ryals, a dedicated protector of the environment and well-known advocate for open space and land preservation in Durham and Chapel Hill, died on All Soul's Day, neember 1, 2012, at the age of 81. The daughter of Dr. Lewis Cass Scheffey and Anna Thun Scheffey, she was born in Philadelphia, PA, on July 17, 1931, and grew up...

John McLaughlin October 14, 1936 - neember 18, 2014 Fearrington ???? Born in Milwaukee, WI on October 14, 1936, to J. Gerald aneerna Timm McLaughlin, John Bruce McLaughlin passed away at home, peacefully, surrounded by his family, in the warmth of the morning sun on neember 18, 2014. ?? Ineetween, he led a full and adventurous life, devoting himself energetically...

OXFORD: Peggy Paynter Hobgood, 80, of 6141 Hobgood Rd. died Wednesday, neember 26, 2014. A native of Warren County, she was the daughter of Jasper and Lizzie Paynter and the wife of the late William Eugene ???Billy??? Hobgood. Mrs. Hobgood helped her husband in their State Farm Insurance office in Oxford and was a homemaker at the home. She was...

DURHAM- Willie Bradley Harrill, age 84, died Saturday, neember 11, 2017 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. She was a born January 14, 1933 ineevierville, TN to the late James Bradley and Helen Gann Bradley. Willie is survived by her son, Jack Harrill Jr. of Kerr Lake; her daughter, Debi Harrill Vincent and husband, Michael of Jacksonville, NC; her brother, Lawrence Bradley...

Mabel Roany Johnson Hancock, age 92, of Chapel Hill, NC crossed over the river to the shade of the trees Friday, January 02, 2015. Mabel was born to the late Syd and Ocie Johnson oneebruary 15, 1922 in Chatham County, North Carolina where she would reside until her death. There, she met her first husband Russell ???Lee??? McGhee, Sr and...

Anee Mae Jolley, 101, of Durham, peacefully passed away oneeptember 28, 2014, 37 days shy of her 102nd birthday. She was the daughter of Aneew N. Hutchins, Sr. and Flora Atkins Hutchins. She was preceded ineeath by husband Richard Ervin Jolley, and siblings, Elizabeth H. McLean, Aneew N. Hutchins, Jr., Clyde H. Hutchins and James C. Hutchins. She is survived...