Obituaries

Oxford: Lynwood Sessums Bryan, Jr. of Oxford died oneeptember 29, 2016. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late Lynwood S. Bryan, Sr. and Sallie (Taylor) Bryan. He was preceded ineeath by his wife Polly (Ingold) Bryan and his sister, Sally Bryaneenhet, his brother, Robert T. Bryan and a sister-in-law Peggy Landis. He is survived...

Oxford Mrs. Charlotte Catlett Floyd of Oxford, NC, a daughter of the late Frank and Mae Kearney Catlett, passed away oneeptember 27, 2016 at Duke Hospital, at the age of 68. She is survived by her husband, Marshall Bernard Floyd Jr.; her daughters and sons-in-law, Anna and Benjamin Averette, Sarah and Thomas Hicks, and Leah and John Roberts; grandsons John...

Richard Todd ???Rick??? McLean passed unexpectedly at his home oneeptember 19, 2016 at the age of 52. Richard Todd ???Rick??? McLean was born on August 6, 1964 in Durham, North Carolina to Charles Alexander McLean, Sr. and Shirley Mae ???Harward??? McLean. Rick loved his city and loved being a part of his community. Rick graduated from Durham High and was...

Mrs. Bertha Sparrow, age 107, passed on to her heavenly home oneeptember 7, 2016. Bertha, the youngest of six children of John Elexander Davis and Sarah Lucretia Parris, was born in a log cabin that her dad built. The log cabin was chosen for its craftsmanship by the Park Service. It was moved and placed on display in 1953 as...

On June 12, 2018, we mourned the loss of Dorothy Pockrus, beloved mother and friend. She died early in the morning, succumbing to a fight with breast cancer in which she had shown bravery and resilience for years. She met the many challenges of life and of old age with humor and resolve right to her last breath. A woman...

Jesus took the hand of 100-year-old Joyce Sneeden Hopkins oneew Year???s Day to lead her to a joyful birthday celebration in Eternity.?? Her greatest legacy is that she completed her race of faith as God???s child and is presently resting in His Loving Arms. Joyce loved her family.?? She was born to Luther Palmer Sneeden and Martha May Southerland on...

Lorraineelizabeth Williamson died peacefully oneecember 21, 2018 after a long illness. She was born in January 1942 in Olean, NY to Lawrence and Anna Smith. On May 18th 1963, she married her sweetheart, Donald Williamson. They were married 54 years. Lorraine was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who treasured her children and grandchildren. She attended all of her children???s...

Aileen Lally Ferguson, 90, died on Friday September 9th, after a long battle with paneeatic cancer. Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1925, Aileen graduated from the College of Mount Saint Vincent in the Bronx. Aileen focused oneeing a wife and mom, raising four childreneefore returning to work as a Financial Aid Counselor at George Mason Uneersity. She served in...

Sybil Hartley Stewart Tull, of Durham, died Tuesday. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, and an innovative English teacher. She was also instrumental in Women's Preventive Health Services. She is survived by her four children, Roxane Gwyn, Ben Stewart, Mary Pruchansky, and Becky Finger as well as eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Oak Grove Memorial Park, 10:00 AM...

Leonora (Lee) Stoddard Courtland, 78, of Durham, NC, passed away peacefully oneecember 23, 2018, at the Croasdaile Retirement Community. Lee will be remembered as a loving and devoted wife, mother, daughter, and sister. She is survived by her daughter Katie Courtland and son Jonathan Courtland (both of Durham, NC); her sister and brother-in-law Beverley and Michael Koch (Ponte Vedra Beach,...

Heleneean Little Parrish, until recently a Durham, NC resident, passed away oneecember 28, 2018, in Tullahoma, TN.?? Helen was born in Washington, NC oneecember 23, 1923, to Crawford P. and Margaret Harvey Little.?? After moving to Durham, she met and married Leander "Lee" Parrish, Jr. and their loving marriage continued until his death in 1996. She served in the Signal...

Hillsborough-Elizabeth ???Ellie??? Rose Keisler Ellie Rose went to her heavenly home oneebruary 12th, 2018 after a brief journey on this earth. Ineer short life, she touched so many lives as people came together from around the world to pray for her healing. She drew her final breath ineer parents??? arms theneeceived complete healing through Jesus as He welcomed her home....

DURHAM ??? Mary Margaret Moore Wilkinson, age 83, died at the Forest at Duke oneebruary 5, 2019. She was born on August 15, 1935 to the late Robert and Helen (Nellie) Moore. She graduated from Perry High School, Perry Missouri, in 1953. She theneent to college at Washington Uneersity Nursing School and received her Rneegree in 1957. She later earned...

Oneebruary 6, 2018, Leonard Curtis Pergerson Sr. passed from this life into the loving arms of his heavenly Father. Curtis grew up on a farm working with his parents, Glady and Cordie Pergerson. It was on this farm and working at Short Sugars that he developed a wonderful work ethic that would benefit him in the years to come. He...

A graveside service will be held to celebrate the life of Josiah Stockton Murray III on Saturday, January 20, at 11AM at Maplewood Cemetery, section 9. The Reverend Robert K. Kaynor will officiate. Joe was born in Durham, NC to Josiah Stockton Murray, Jr. and Irene Kornegay Murray. Joe???s father, along with other members of the Murray family, owned and...

Mary Ann Lumpkins, 74, of Oxford. God called Mary Ann O???Brien Lumpkins home Sunday, January 28th, 2018 to tend His flower garden. Mary Ann loved flowers but hated weeds. No matter where she went, if she saw a weed she would pull it and throw it away. She was the daughter of the late Harold L. O???Brien and Frances Breedlove...

Mrs. Sunanda Mallik passed away ineer sleep, oneeb 6th 2018, with her family by her side, in Chapel Hill, NC. Mashima, as she is popularly known, spent the last few months with her daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren and friends, recuperating aneenjoying the final phase of her life. Her caring and genee smile gave a lot of courage, hope and plenty of...

Phyllis Bloechl Brustad, 89, of Durham, NC formerly of Oshkosh Wisconsin, and at Carillon Assisted Living, Fuquay Varina, NC where she lived. Phyllis worked supporting her husband of 64 years, by raising 10 children, all of which she claimed were her pride and joy. Before her children, she worked as a nurse. When she retired she voluneered her time ineeesburg...

Virginia Pleasants Newton, 84, died on Monday, neember 6, 2017 at UNC Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Newton was a native of Granville County and was the daughter of Sam Jones Pleasants, Mary Watson Pleasants, and Charlie Thomas Knott. She retired after 40 years of service from the Granville County Health Department as the Director of Nursing. While working, she was a...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Dale Hanes, 73, of Wilmington, North Carolina on neember 2, 2017. By his side in his courageous battle with multiple myeloma, just as in so many of the better of his life's adventures, was his beloved wife, best friend, business partner and confidante, Vicky. Born Richard Dale Hanes on...