Obituaries

Oxford: William Henry ???Will???Day, III came to the end of his earthly life on Thursday, February 25, 2016. Will was the son of William Henry Day, Jr. and Beth Jackson Day. Although his life was short, he touched many lives and he was much loved. Surviving in addition to his parents are his sister, Audrey Woody Day; his maternal grandmother,...

CHAPEL HILL: Lee Alexander Thomas, 61 ??? brilliant, handsome, very funny and very wise, deeply spiritual chorister, child of God, and disciple of Jesus ??? died a peaceful and holy death on Tuesday, August 25 at Duke Hospital in Durham, NC. His husband and his priest were by his side. The cause was complications from acute alcoholic hepatitis following a...

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...

Ann Palmer Bayliss, a 43-year resident of Chapel Hill and long-time elementary school library voluneer, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, from complications of lung cancer at Carol Woods. She was 89. She started voluneering at the Estes Hills Elementary School library in 1977 while her youngest son was a student there and continued long after all three sons had graduated from...

A funeral mass for Adeline will be at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Durham on neember 15, 2018 at 12 noon. Inurnment will follow the mass in the church cemetery. Family and friends are invited after the burial for a reception in the church fellowship hall.

Cecil Manik Perera, 71, died in Duke Hospital following a year-long illness. He was borneebruary 6, 1942 in Sri Lanka, moving to the U.S. in 1967. Cecil initially worked with the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington, DC, where he met his future wife, Therese. They were married in 1969 in St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington. Cecil then spent about 30...

Frances Edeburn Slavin, beloved wife of Jack Slavin of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away oneebruary 27, 2013 after a brief illness. Born on January 23, 1929 in Indiana, PA, Frances was the daughter of the late Charles and Frances Woodburn. She was a graduate of the Uneersity of Pennsylvania. Frances married James Edeburn on October 29, 1955, and was the...

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,...

John 14:1-3 Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also inee. In my father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself,...

It is with both sadness and joy for his extraordinary life the family of H. E. ???Nick??? Shoaf , beloved husband, father, friend, and World War II pilot, announces he logged his last flight on a clear Saturday afternoon, March 5, 2016, surrounded by family at home. Herman Elmo Shoaf was born in Forsyth County near Winston-Salem on June 17,...

Richard Joseph Citrini passed away oneednesday, neember 6, 2013 after a relatively brief illness with cancer. Born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1932 to Anthony Miro Citrini and Joachima Helen Citrini, Richard moved with his parents to Durham, NC in 1934 when his father Tony was hired as one of several Italian stonemasons to build Duke Chapel and many other gothic...

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...

Michael Carey Clendenin, 83 Clendenin, Michael C. -- Chapel Hill, NC -- Beloved husband of Joan (June) Marie Sorrell; father of Kathleen (husband Robert Furlong), Michael (wife Lynn Pagano), Christine (husband Richard Kolosky), Jeanne (husband Daniel Sweeney) and Thomas (wife Ann-Marie Albrecht); and 16 grandchildren; brother of Brian (wife Eloise Wender) and late William; brother-in-law of Fred and Patricia Ipavich....

Vivianeelle Marino, 90, of Croasdaile Community died Tuesday, neember 18, 2014. Vivian was born August 20, 1924 to the late William Jasper Wise and Nineedna Young Wise. Vivian is preceded ineeath by her husband of 69 years, Dominic Joseph Marino on neember 11, 2013. Vivian is survived by; two daughters, Josephine Ann Goeckner of Reno, NV; Nina Hornberger and husband,...

Edward Soulia, loving husband, father, and grandfather (Poppy) died at home on neember 4, 2018 after a brief illness. ??He was born on January 18, 1931 in Floral Park, NY, the only child of Catherine Ammerman aneedward J. Soulia. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Monahan Soulia, daughter, Renee Soulia, grandchildren, Michael and Lauren Billy, of Durham, sister-in-laws, Teresa...

Matt Vuolo, 94 years old, passed away on neember 18, 2018. Born in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. Matt graduated from New York Technical Institute and attended Rutgers Uneersity. He was a veteran in the Army Air Forces as aneerial gunner in B-17???s during World War II. He was an adult leader with Troop 21 Boy Scouts of America and during...

DURHAM ??? Barbara L. Adams, 77, died at Duke Uneersity Hospital on 12/25/2019. She was born on neember 12, 1942 ineevelland, Texas to the late George B. and Barbara C. (Goodloe) Adams. Raised in the small towns of Texas, she graduated from Gatesville High School in 1961. She was very musically talented and played the bass fiddle in the school's...

Helen Jane Wettach June 15, 1928 ??? January 15, 2016 nee: DUE TO WEATHER, HELEN JANE'S SERVICE WILL NOW BE HELD 1:00 pm FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 AT ST. THOMAS MORE CHURCH. CHAPEL HILL: Helen Jane Wettach, 87, a lifelong resident of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died peacefully at her home on January 15. She is already greatly missed. The daughter...

Luke J. Gill, aged 72, born June 14, 1942 in McKees Rocks, PA, passed away Friday afternoon at home following complications from a Leukemia targeted Stem Cell Transplant. His wife Donna and his children and close family friends supported aneencouraged Luke as he passed on to heaven. Luke fought unrelentingly over the past two years?? however, the challenge proved insurmountable....

Vergie Cash Howard, 89 passed away neember 9, 2012 at Ashton Place in Greensboro, NC. She was borneecember 9, 1922 in Durham County. She retired from Chatham County Public Schools after 26 years where she beganeer career in cafeteria maneement and continued her education to fulfill her desire to become a certified teacher's assistant at Pittsboro Primary School. There, she...