Obituaries

Florence Shackelford, a long-time Durham resident, died peacefully on Tuesday July 3rd at age 94. Florence was well known in the Durham community. She is remembered as the indefatigable working partner of her late husband, photographer Walter Shackelford. She was active in many service clubs, including a sisterhood she cherished called the Red Hens. In the early 70s, she was...

Creedmoor, NC Barry Levan Miller, 52, a long-time resident of Granville County, passed away unexpectedly oneeptember 6, 2018. Born oneeptember 15 to Nathaniel Ward Miller and Virginia Carol Pettigrew Miller in Ronceverte, WV, Barry was a self-employed contractor and was married to Teresa W. Miller for 31 beautiful years. He is survived by his parents, his wife, Teresa and two...

Mary Julia Durham Matlock died oneeptember 4, 2018 ineer home surrounded by her family at the age of 95. She was born August 1, 1923 to Edward Watson Durham and Jenee Florence Herndon Durham. Julia was married to the late Cuba Owen Matlock on neember 14, 1932 and they were married for over 50 years until his death on August...

Mary Clare Wilkinson Fair, borneeptember 4, 1944 in Baltimore, MD.?? Father is the late John Nicholas Wilkinson, Jr, and her mother is the late Elizabeth DeVane: of Bel Air MD.?? Clare is survived by her beloved husband, Dr. Richard Barton Fair: children, Dr. Cynthia DeVane Fair (her husband Richard Tod Granowsky), of Greensboro, NC Catherine Stuart Megarity (her husband Mark...

A full obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available. Please check back for further updates. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, September 2, 2018 at 3:00 pm from Oxford Presbyterian Church, 121 Gilliam St, Oxford, NC. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive guests one hour prior to the church service.

John Albert Gering, 79, of Durham, NC, passed away peacefully at his residence oneeptember 5, 2018, while holding the hand of his beloved wife, Elynor. John was born April 14, 1939, ineeloit, WI, the son of Albert and Ann (nee MacDonald) Gering, and was raised in Aurora, IL, by his father and stepmother Dorothy (Moses) Gering. He was uneed in...

Louie A. Camacho joined his wife Ana on the Eve of their 48th wedding anneersary, August 21, 2018. Originally from Denver, CO, he settled in La Habra, CA for almost 40 years before retiring to North Carolina 10 years ago. Louie by trade was a maneer ineelecommunications. Prior to that he was involved in building and maintaining the first IBM...

DURHAM - Fulton Sutherland, 67, of Durham passed away Thursday, August 16th after an extensive illness with cancer. He grew up in Laurinburg, NC by a loving aneextended family. He graduated from Scotland High School and The Uneersity of North Carolina. Fulton found his true love, wife Pam by swaying her on a boat ride on John???s Pond in Laurinburg,...

Ruth Joan Smith Ewing (known as Joan, pronounced JoAnn) was a complex, intelligent, loyal and faithful person. An obituary will not capture the fullness of her life and the life she gave to others. Joan died peacefully at Carol Woods from complications of Parkinson???s Disease. A native of Emporia, Kansas, Joan grew up in a moderately Republican family where she...

DURHAM - Kenneth Eugene Sealy, 87, of Durham, NC passed away peacefully in his sleep oneeptember 1, 2018. He was born in Elmira, NY on January 14, 1931 to Ivan aneella Sealy, He graduated from Geneva High School in 1950. Ken joined the Uneed States Air Force in 1951 and served in the Korean War. After he retired from General...

Joseph Frank Podgurski, 90, was taken from us by God???s angels on??August 3, 2018. His suffering has ended, and he has joined our Mom. Joe was born and raised in Philadelphia. After high school, where he was the band???s Concert Master. He enlisted in the US Navy, serving in WW ll.?? Following discharge, Joe met the love of his life,...

Oxford, NC Richard Lee Goldthwaite, 70, died at his residence with family oneeptember 1, 2018. Born in Biddeford, Maine to the late Edward Wilbur Goldthwaite and Annette Regina Jette on a cold February day. Richard retired to Oxford to be closer to family. He worked ineesearch Trianee for several years and grew to love the area. Richard was an avid...

Lucinda McMichael Paris, much loved wife, mother and friend, died at Duke Hospital on August 4. She is survived by her husband John Staddon, her sister Charlotte Pelon of Durham, and two children: Charlie Paris who lives near Boulder, CO, and Anne Paris, who lives with her husband Barclay Collins and two daughters in Arlington VA. Cindy was born on...

Walter Eugene Shackelford, Sr. March 24, 1920 ??? May 27, 2016. Walter Shackelford, long-time Durham resident and custom photographer, passed away peacefully at age 96 at the Uneed Methodist Retirement Home at Croasdaile Village. During a career that spanned over 35 years, he photographed couneess weddings aneevents, and he was a fixture at the annual Durham Debutante Ball. His distinctive...

Charles Thomas "Tom" Harton died peacefully on Saturday the 10th of September after several months of illness. Tom was born oneeptember 9, 1940 to the late Roman Albert, aneedith McPherson Harton. Tom graduated from Durham High School in 1958 and attended Campbell College. He was retired from UNC Psychiatry as department librarian in 2002. Tom taught tennis, was loyal and...

CHAPEL HILL-Kelly Wright, a long time resident of Chapel Hill, died May 1st at her home. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister and friend. Kelly had a creative soul and was always a vivacious presence in the lives of those she touched. Kelly is survived by her husband of 12 years, Tristaneee Sylvester, her sons, Jasper and Aidan Sylvester;...

David Clarke Bailey Sr., in Durham, North Carolina, on Thursday, April 28, 2016. He was 82. Born August 31, 1933, in Sullivan, Illinois, he received a Bachelor???s degree ineechanical engineering from The Uneersity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Dave was a long-time resident of Cocoa Beach, Florida where he worked for General Electric Co. during the Apollo era. He later worked for...

Mrs. Bonnell Layton Hilliard Morris, 87, died Thursday morning at Duke Uneersity Medical Center. Mrs. Morris was born and raised in Durham, NC, to the late Charlie P. and Hattie Horne Layton. She graduated from Bragtown High School. She married Charles C. Hilliard in 1946, whom preceded her ineeath in 1960. In 1963, she married William B. Morris, whom preceded...

Mary Ann Ward Hester, age 85, of Oxford, NC, died on May 4 in Cary at Woodland Terrace Arboretum, where she had lived for the last three years. Mary Ann was born oneecember 8, 1930 in Goldsboro, growing up there as the only child of Esther Ann Hunter Ward and Lindsay Loice Ward. She graduated from Goldsboro High School, then...

Dai Tran, age 33, of Durham died unexpectedly Monday. Dai was born in Saigon, Vietnam and had been a Durham resident for most his life. The family will receive friends 7-9 PM Saturday at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. Dai's funeral will be 1:00 PM Sunday in Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery.