Obituaries

DURHAM - Joseph M. Redden, 89, passed away oneecember 19, 2012. Joe was born ineewark, New Jersey, on January 29, 1923 to John and Gertrude Redden. After graduation from South Side High School ineewark, Joe became a sheet metal apprentice in the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company ineewark. At the age of 20, he joined the Uneed States Army and...

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....

Dan Blaneette, 46 died unexpectedly in the home he loved in Bynum, NC on neember 26, 2012. Dan is predeceased by his father, E F "Buddy" Blaneette and is survived by a large family whom he loved dearly. His mother Eileen G Fairburn Blaneette of Charlotte, NC, sister Frances Farrell and husband, David of Chapel Hill, NC, brother Paul Blaneette,...

Wilbur "Red" Johnson, 78, died Thursday, neember 8th, 2012, at Cambridge Hills in Pittsboro, NC. Wilbur was born June 4th, 1934, the son of the late Jodie & Allie Johnson. In addition to his parents, he is preceded ineeath by his sister, Sandra Joe & his brother, Jack Johnson. Wilbur is survived by his sister, Chris Long; his brother, Shorty...

Vernoneean Dreyer of Pittsboro, NC, died peacefully at age 97 oneecember 16, 2012 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, NC. Dean was born March 30, 1915 ineergus Falls, MN, one of six children born to Johann John and Annah Bryson Dreyer. Dean married Virginia E. Jones in Ypsilanti, MI on Jan. 20, 1940. Ginny preceded him ineeath on March 1,...

DURHAM: Pauline Wyshywany Podgurski, 92, was taken by God???s anees, December 4, 2014. Born neember 1, 1922 in Philadelphia to the late Anna and Aneew Wyshywany, she graduated from Stayer???s Business College and worked for Hires Root Beer Co. until her marriage to Joseph, the love of her life, in 1949. Pauline was an active member of her beloved church,...

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...

Marion Laird, 90, of Chapel Hill died on neember 12, 2019.?? She was born in Atlanta, GA to Savelle and Margaret Price Bonavita and grew up in Columbia SC.?? She graduated from Coker College in Hartsville, SC where she cultivated her beautiful singing voice, studied languages and was known fondly as ???Googie???.?? She sang in public venues and on radio...

OXFORD: Mr. Thomas Key Smitty Smith, Jr. age 77, died, Monday, neember 4, 2013 at Granville House. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late Thomas Key Smith, Sr. and Hattie Leigh Adcock Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of Providence Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted oneednesday, neember 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM...

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,...

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...

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...

Barbara Jane Komperda Woods passed away on July 24,??2017??at Hock Hospice Family Pavilion in Durham, North Carolina.?? She was born on May 30, 1941, ineetroit, Michigan to Stanley and Mildred (Grebeck) Komperda, both of whom predeceased her. She is survived by her son Michael Woods and wife Sheila of Hillsborough, NC and their daughters Sarah & Victoria; her daughter Victoria...

A funeral service for Kay will be at Hall-Wynne Funeral Chapel on Thursday, January 24, 2019, at 2 pm with the Rev. Bryan Chestnut presiding. The Manning family will receive friends and family for visitation at Hall-Wynne Funeral Home on Thursday prior to the service from 1-2 pm. Burial will be on Friday, January 25, 2019, at Snow Hill Cemetery...

DURHAM ??? Peggy Hilliard, age 75, died in Durham at Carolina Point, Pruitt Healthcare where she was under Hospice care on 12/30/2019. She was born on 10/5/1944 to the late Homer aneelizabeth Davis. She graduated as an LPN from the Watts School of Nursing in 1963.?? She then worked as an LPN and in EKG at Watts and later at...

Eva C. Vaughan, 88, of Bullock, NC died Wednesday, neember 22, 2017. She was born in Mount Airy, NC on neember 29, 1928 to the late Mr. and Mrs. John aneeva Dorothy Callaway. Eva is survived by her daughters, Eva Jane Vaughan of Bullock, and Pearl Rimmer of Roxboro; 6 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; and 2 great great grandchildren. Funeral...

Betty Thomas Rawls passed away oneebruary 14, 2015, at the Pavilion at Croasdaile Village in Durham, North Carolina. Born on May 1, 1928, in Rockingham, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Viola Hunnicutt Thomas Spradley and Theodore Roosevelt Thomas. She attended Rockingham High School and graduated from Woman???s College of the Uneersity of North Carolina, now UNCG....

Rufus Darrell Huff, 61, of Oxford, NC died Sunday, neember 25, 2018.?? He was born in Granville County on August 27, 1957, son of the late Rufus Huff and the late Frances Lunsford Huff. Darrell was a lifelong farmer who knew no better life than his traditional vocation. He enjoyed most the company of his friends and family, the freedom...