Obituaries

Durham- Merle JACK Hammersley was born oneebruary 7, 1923 in Dayton, Ohio.?? He was the son of the late George aneelnora Hammersley.?? He died at the VA in Durham on June 6 after a long declining illness. He is survived by his loving daughter Jacqueline Hammersley; his grandson Logan Hammersley. He was preceded ineeath by his wife Sarah Pendergraft Hammersley...

Marjorie Phillips Moore (96) of Blythewood SC formally of Durham NC, June 9, 2018. Born October 17, 1921 in Hope, Arkansas.?? She was the daughter of the late Eugenee. and Alma Rider Phillips. Survivors include her nephew and his wife, Thom and Darlene Walker of Blythewood SC, with whom she resided with for the past year. She has a number...

Ruth V. Bennett, 48 of Knightdale, NC and formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, passed away oneednesday October 18th from complications of Leukemia.?? She fought a hard and long battle. Borneebruary 16, 1969 in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of Flora Marie Fink and the late Joseph Paul Fink, Jr.?? Ruth moved to NC in 1989 with her soulmate and 8-month...

On Friday in Chapel Hill, NC, Marilyn Rose Genzer (nee Feinberg), 77, wife of Marvin D. Genzer; mother of Scott Genzer and Rachel Flanagan; grandmother of Sarah, Katie, James and Paige. Graveside 11:00 Tuesday, New Montefiore Cemetery. Gutterman???s Inc.

Jon Charles Miller died quietly of leukemia at his Durham home on Sunday. He was seventy-three. A scholar and a teacher, he was a man of books, language, poetry, and music. He was genee, patient, and kind. His courtesy was old-fashioned and came to him easily. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Miller of Durham, Jon was...

Richard Earl Poole, 68, of Efland, NC passed away oneeptember 20, 2017. Rick loved the outdoors and was a lifelong sportsman. He was a skilled mathematician, an avid reader, and a loyal friend. He was a faithful son, a kind brother, a devoted father, and a loving grandfather. Rick was born on June 11, 1949 and was a 1967 graduate...

A. William Kennon was born on neember 22, 1940, son of the late Albert W. Kennon, Jr. and Margaret Wannamaker Kennon. He was raised in Durham, attended Durham city schools, and received his AB degree from Duke Uneersity in 1962. Following graduation from Duke, he served as a commissioned division officer of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal; he is a...

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...

Dianne W. Daniels, May 27, 1953 to June 26,2018. Dianne W. Daniels passed away June 26th at her home in Stem. She was born in Durham, N.C. and attended Durham High School. She had a passion for cooking, flowers, and hummingbirds.?? You could find her cooking/baking on a regular basis, and she loved to share her goodies with everyone.?? She...

Margaret Lucille Tippett Dixon, 91, of Oxford died July 3rd of 2018.?? She was born in Granville County on Jan. 1st, 1927, daughter of the late Farris Bragg Tippett and the late Joe Peace Tippett. Lucille is survived by her sons,??Harry Dixon and his wife Sharon of Raleigh and Frank Dixon Jr. and wife Marietta of Asheville as well as...

On July 18, 2018, Rose Azar passed from this earth after spending the last of her days at UNC SECU Hospice in Pittsboro, where she said good-bye to many of her friends and family, who were grateful that Rose???s passing was pain-free.?? The family are also grateful to the staffs of UNC Hospital and Hospice for their caring treatment and...

Zachary Justin Hunter was born May 4, 1979 in South Korea and was adopted by Cheryl Neubert Hunter of Raleigh, NC and James Rickie Hunter of Clayton, NC. A graduate of South Johnston High school and an employee of 3C Packaging in Clayton, he was a long time Johnston County resident. Zac as he was lovingly called was known by...

CHAPEL HILL ??? Diane??Zaccardi (nee Heizenroth),??70,??of Chapel Hill passed away on Sunday,??July 8,??2018 at UNC??Hospital. Diane was a most loving wife, mother, sister, friend, aunt, and grandmother. She was a generous host and neighbor, and aneenthusiastic baker. Diane was an expert bridal pattern maker ineer beloved New York City. Above all, she knew how to make people feel special and...

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,...