Obituaries

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...

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...

Durham ??? Steven Earl Gaddis, age 72, died at home peacefully oneecember 12, 2018. He was born in Knoxville, TN on March 4, 1946 to the late Hazel Ketner Gaddis and Brigadier General Norman C. Gaddis. Born into a military family, Steve???s early childhood years were formative ones growing up in post-war Germany aneengland, as well as Texas, Montgomery, AL,...

Jerry L. Norton passed away peacefully in his home oneecember 5, surrounded by his family. Jerry is survived by his wife, Sheila Robinson Norton; daughters, Robin Kirk, (Allan D) of Durham, NC and Dawn Norton (Torey Arvik) of Vallejo, CA; grandchildreneeric and Shannon Kirk, and Annika Arvik; sisters-in-law, Twylia Robinson Cribb (Jerry) and Ann Robinson of Wilmington, NC aneemily Robinson...

Thomas Haywood??Stark, 63, of Durham, North Carolina, passed away in his office oneecember 17, 2018. Tom??was born in Durham, North Carolina on August 3, 1955.??Tom??is survived by his wife Roxanne Bragg, sons Michael??Stark??(Emily) and Jonathan??Stark??(Sara), stepsoneevin Cash (Shereen), stepdaughter Lynn Bowling (Tripp), mother Betty Lou??Stark, brothers Walter??Stark??(Betsy) and Paul??Stark??(Traci), sister Sarah Anneeed (Charles), grandchildren Oliver, Reid aneeleanor??Stark, Joey Peneeton and...

Brandon Forrest Rawlins, age 41, of Durham, NC, was borneeptember 13, 1977 in Charlotte, NC. He graduated from Ledford High School and attended Guilford Tech Community College while educating himself to become an automotive technician. He moved to Durham and worked at Crown Honda for many years before finally becomineemployed at Mark Jacobson Toyota, where he became friends with everyone...

Margaret Lovelace Fessler, age 98, passed away peacefully oneeptember 25, 2018, in Durham NC. Margaret was a proud and dedicated mother, citizen, civil servant, and Kansan. She grew up in the Great Depression, began work early, married, had a daughter, was widowed ineer early 40s, aneeventually went on to a distinguished career as a secretary in the U.S. Department of...

Celebrating the Life of Betty Ruth Farmer Moore Sunrise: September 11, 1943 -?? Sunset:?? January 13, 2019 Betty Ruth Farmer Moore was born oneeptember 11, 1943, to the proud parents, Mr. Jeff and Mrs. Lucille Washington Farmer in Shorterville, Alabama. Betty accepted Christ as her personal Savior at an early age as a faithful member of New Salem Baptist Church...

Allan Talmage Preyer III, 65, of Chapel Hill, died neember 6, 2018, surrounded by his family.?? Allan was born May 21, 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was the son of Allan Talmage Preyer, Jr. and Margaret Glenn Preyer. A Tar Heel ???born and bred???, Allan grew up in Greensboro and Durham. Following his grandfather and father, Allan graduated from...

Oxford, NC Thomas Chafen Cook, 79, died unexpectedly on neember 5, 2018 after a tragic accident. Born to the late Clayton Thomas Cook and Ruby Etta Garner Cook on October 6, 1939 in Orange County, NC. TC met and married Betty Jean Cole. TC is survived by his three beautiful daughters; Cindy Cook (Gina), Beth Cook, and Christie Cook West...