Obituaries

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Philip C. Gast, who showed that gumption and tenacity can take your dreams anywhere, died Saturday, May 12th in Durham, N.C. He was 88. Gen. Gast will be remembered professionally as a decorated and accomplished defender of his country, a skilled combat pilot and a respected military leader whose career took him across the country...

Chapel Hill, NC - Kadayam Ramachandra Kasturi Rengan (known as Kasturi Rengan) age 97, died Friday, February 23 , 2018. Born in the lush green town of Kochi in South India oneeptember 18, 1920, he was the oldest son of the late Ramachandra Iyer and Seetalakshmi Ammal. He was preceded ineeath by his beloved wife Giorgetta Vuoso Rengan (known as...

Konrad Karl Fish of Greensboro, NC died of Lewy Body Dementia oneebruary 21, 2018 in Raleigh, NC. Konee was preceded ineeath by his parents, Frank and Mildred Fish. He was born on May 9, 1935 in a cottage on his grandfather's dairy farm in upstate New York. He spent his childhood leading an idyllic, simple existence playing with his cousins,...

Augusta Reece Hockaday died at Western NC Baptist Home in Asheville, NC at the age of 93. She was borneeb. 1, 1929 in Yadkin County, NC to James Thadeus and Nina Danes Reece. Augusta received her education at Mars Hill College and became an educator for Durham County Schools and was also very involved with many community and civic activities....

William Henry Senter, 87, died Friday, February 23 at Hock Family Pavilion following a brief illness. He was borneecember 13, 1930 in Duke Hospital to the late Marie Pauline and Hubert H. Senter. After graduation from Durham High School, Bill enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving for 4 years until discharge in 1952. He began a career in computers in...

Tom Carsey, age 52, of Durham, NC, died oneebruary 21, 2018, after a stubbornly determined fight with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was born on January 20, 1966, in Omaha, NE, to Dennis and Marsha (Green) Carsey. He graduated from Fremont (NE) High School in 1984. Tom graduated from Wayne State College (NE) in 1989, where at...

Durham, NC Perry A. Sloan, Jr., having celebrated his 100th birthday in the company of many friends late last year, died peacefully at his home oneednesday, October 10. He is survived by his soneerry Sloan III of Salt Lake City and cousin Robert M. Sloan, of Winston-Salem. He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, Lillie Duke Clements Sloan,...

Raleigh Alec George Lapadula, passed away unexpectedly oneebruary 16, 2018 at Rex Memorial Hospital, Raleigh, NC. Alec was born on April 29, 1997 in Mount Holly, NJ to Ronald and Tina Lapadula. He was a high school graduate, a hard worker, and an avid gamer. He loves his family, friends and co-workers and always had an enigmatic grin. Alec enjoyed...

Oxford Jerry Wayne Dunn, 62, of Oxford died on Saturday July 23 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill after a long battle with cancer. Jerry is the son of the late Johnee William and Mary Elizabeth ???Pete???(Burnette) Dunn. He is survived by two children; his son, William Farrington Dunn and wife Lindsay of Wilson, NC and his daughter, Kelsey Dunn...

Doris Woods Gervais Our much beloved Mom, Grammie, and Great Grammie left us on July 24, 2016 to joineer late husband of 68 years, Frederick B. (Ted) Gervais. He is tipping his hat, extending his hand, aneescorting her into the loving arms of our heavenly Father. Her grandson, Jordan, is excited to show her "just everything.??? They have been patiently...

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...

Fred Smith passed away at Croasdaile Village in Durham NC oneeptember 1, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded ineeath by his parents, Fred George Smith and Agnes Melville Smith, his wife, Lurene (Laurie) Roman Smith, to whom he was married for 56 years, and his son Richard Smith. He is survived by his children Randall Smith and...

Galen S. Wagner, 76, of Durham, NC, died oneednesday, July 13th, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, NC following a long illness. He was borneecember 25, 1939 to Eugene Wagner and Ruth Culp Wagner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife Marilyn Wagner. Also surviving are a son Christopher of New Bern, North Carolina, daughter Laura and granddaughter...

Mrs. Frances Terrell Gibson, 84, died Wednesday morning at Croasdaile Village Retirement Community in Durham, NC. She was preceded ineeath by her husband of 55 years Preston E. Gibson Jr. Mary Frances was born in Atlanta, Ga. to the late Frank Matthews Terrell and Lottie McNair Terrell. After high school graduation she attended the Uneersity of Georgia. She married Preston...

Joe Burton Linker Jr. 7/23/1923 ??? 7/21/2016 Joe Burton Linker Jr., age 92, born in Durham, NC, raised in Chapel Hill, NC, died 7/21/2016. He was a resident of Carol Woods Retirement Community to which he came after having been away from Chapel Hill for 47 years. He was the son of the math professor Dr. Joe Burton Linker and...

CHAPEL HILL - Donald Louis Tiedeman passed away suddenly on Tuesday, neember 22, 2016. Don was born in East St. Louis, IL on October 1, 1936 to Louis and Lucille Tiedeman. He is survived by Sue (Keagle) Tiedeman, his wife of 57 years; four daughters Wendy Cawley and husband Jon, Kristin Tiedeman and husband Jerry, Karyn Magee and husband Tony,...

Durham- On Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 11:10pm, the de Lima family gained a guardian angel. Derek Johnee Lima, the first born son of Edward and Danette de Lima, was finally set free from a lifelong struggle against a terminal, genetic disease known as Cystic Fibrosis at the age of 29. Originally from Greenwood Lake, NY, Derek was no stranger...

Durham ??? Betty Jane Duke, long-time resident of Durham, NC, passed away Thursday neember 24, 2016 at the Duke Hock Family Pavilion surrounded by the love of her family and caring staff. Born to the late Marion and Ruth Jones in 1941 in Bryan, TX, Jane graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School and later from the Free Will Baptist...

Rubyleigh Davis Herndon (July 2, 1918 ??? neember 30, 2016) Rubyleigh Davis Herndon died peacefully on neember 30, 2016, oneer family farm in Durham County. She was predeceased by her husband, Fred Jacksoneerndon, and is survived by her son, Fred Herndon, daughters Nancy Herndon, Constance Herndon, and Faith Herndon, and her 5 grandchildren. Born in Fremont, NC, Rubyleigh received her...

Oxford: Charles D. Crumpler, Sr., 79, of Creedmoor, NC and formerly of Oxford, NC died Tuesday, neember 8, 2016. He was borneeptember 21, 1937 to Johneenry and Clyde Crumpler. Charles is survived by his son, Charles David Crumpler, Jr.; brother, John Crumpler; and close friend, Peggy Lawrence. He is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Charles...