Obituaries

Thomas Edward Mappes, 65, of Durham, N.C., passed away oneeptember 27, 2016 after an unexpected and brief battle with lung cancer. Tom was born in Cincinnati, OH to Edward Robert Mappes and Margorie Gossett Mappes on August 18, 1951. He received a bachelor???s of science degree from Miami Uneersity on Oxford, OH and master???s of science degree in public health...

Oxford ??? Ms. Mary Louise Boyd, 83, died Friday morning at Uneersal Healthcare in Oxford, NC. Ms. Boyd was born in Granville County to the late Mary Clyde and Thomas Lee Boyd. She was educated in Granville County, graduating from Oak Hill High School. Ms. Boyd spent her entire life in Granville County and Oxford, working with her parents and...

Mrs. Rosemary Michele Berger returned to her heavenly home on Sunday, neember 6,2016 in Durham, NC at the age of 67. Her devotion to her family and her firm belief in God supported her ineer struggle and ultimately gave her peace. Rosemary was born on neember 1, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pa. to Mary and Robert McGonigal. She graduated from Gwyned...

Jane Graper, 81, died peacefully at her home Sunday morning.?? Jane was born in Durham, daughter of Lonee and Betsy Carpenter. Jane graduated from the Uneersity of Greensboro with a degree in Chemistry. She worked for Becton Dickinson for over 25 years and has her nee on neerous patents.?? After retiring, Jane became a reading voluneer for students at Spaulding...

DURHAM - Cleo B. Fox, age 91, of Durham passed away on Monday, neember 7, 2016 at Durham Nursing and Rehabilitation. Cleo was a longtime member of McMannen Uneed Methodist Church. She retired from American Tobacco Company after many years of employment. Cleo is survived by her son, Christopher Harward; her daughter, Carol Troy and husband, John; her brother, Harold...

Hurley Lawrence Brustad, 86, of Durham, NC and formerly of Muskegon, Michigan, died at Jordan Oaks Retirement Community of Cary, NC, where he lived with his wife, Phyllis Brustad. Hurley was in the U.S. Navy on the USS Leyte (CV-32) Air Craft Carrier during the Korean War stationed in the Mediterranean and retired Claims Maneer of Reliance Insurance Company. He...

Sol David Harris, Sr., 94, went to live among the angels on March 4, 2017. A true southerneeneeman, he grew up on a tobacco farm in Northern Granville County, NC. He served in the Uneed States Army and was a World War II Veteraneerving in Europe, Germany, Belgium, and Holland. Love at first sight, he met Josephine Clay Pruitt in...

Thomas George Wilson, a Durhamite since 1959, died peacefully oneeb 25, 2017, surrounded by four generations of family. Tom was 91 years old. Many thanks to the professional, loving, exceptional caregivers at The Forest at Duke Retirement Community. Tom was a proud Eagle Scout and WW II Army veteran. He earned Bachelor, Masters, and PhD degrees at Harvard Uneersity, and...

DURHAM- Edward Foster Rayford, Jr., son of the late Edward F. Rayford, Sr. and Janet Morrison Rayford was born May 4, 1934, in Maxton, North Carolina (Robeson County). He transitioned from Labor to Rest April 24, 2017. He graduated from R.B. Dean High School (formerly Robeson County Training School) in 1953 aneentered St. Augustine???s College (St. Augustine???s Uneersity) pursuing his...

Dr. M. Thomas Wagner Jr. of Pittsboro, NC died oneebruary 22, 2017 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, NC at the age of 86. He was the son of Murphy Thomas Wagner, Sr. and Mamie Jordan Carden. Thomas was born on October 20, 1930 in Durham, NC. He was a 1948 graduate of Durham High School and of UNC-Chapel Hill...

Raleigh ??? Mrs. Betty Imogene Williams Hunter, 89, died Sunday April 9 at Transitions Hospice in Raleigh after a brief illness. Betty was borneeptember 1, 1927 in Coats, North Carolina to the late Almon and Betty Turner Williams. She was preceded ineeath by her seven siblings. Mrs. Hunter was a 1975 graduate of Douglas College, Rutgers Uneersity. She is survived...

A celebration of the life of this charter member of the Greatest Generation will be held at Holy Infant Catholic Church in Durham on April 25th at 9:00am.Peter was born during the roaring 20???s in Yonkers, New York to Ann (Siano) and Peter Fornaby.?? The family nee was originally Fornabaio but was changed in an Ellis Island snafu as family...

DURHAM ??? Jamie Ann Carver, 34, of Durham (and formerly of Detroit, MI) passed away unexpectedly oneebruary 21, 2017 in Pompano Beach, FL. Jamie was born on neember 2, 1982 in Wayne County, Michigan and was the daughter of Denis and Linda Stith of Houghton Lake, MI and Gary McFarland of Wayne County, MI. In addition to her parents, she...

David Ainsworth Onees, 79, a long time professor of Medicine at UNC, lost his battle with cancer on May 7, 2017. He was an excellent student, graduating with Highest Distinction from the Uneersity of Kansas as a part of their Honors program; attending Oxford Uneersity as a Rhodes Scholar and graduating in the First Class, Final Honors School of Physiology,...

Chapel Hill-Robert L. Dorfman, 87, formerly of Gloversville, NY and Jupiter, FL, died peacefully oneebruary 7, 2017. He was born to the late George and Pauline Dorfman on May 21, 1929, in Brooklyn, NY.?? Bob, a graduate of Syracuse Uneersity, Albany Law School and NYU Law School, was an avid golfer, traveler, art collector, and supporter of various charities.?? An...

Durham- Bobby Hunter Ross Sr., tobacconist, Realtor, husband, father and grandfather, died oneebruary 15 in Durham, NC, a few weeks before his 90th birthday.?? He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Harriett King Ross; his son Ron and granddaughters Katie and Courtney; his daughter-in-law Susan, her husband Tom Hadzor, grandchildren Andy (Katherine) and Sarah, and stepgrandchildren Sarah Worley,...

Zena Lerman was born in 1930 on the back staircase of her family home in Trenton, NJ.?? Her folks had not planned the auspicious beginning, but her mom was bringing the kids home from a picnic and didn???t quite make it in time.?? Zena grew up in Trenton, went on to receive a BA at Douglass College, and an MA...

Ruth Wagner Gentry, 91, of Durham went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ oneednesday, February 15. Ruth was born ineerson County oneecember 21, 1925 to the late Claude Wagner and Banee Brown Wagner. In addition to her parents she was preceded ineeath by her husband, Jesse Gentry, her oldest son, David Gentry, and her brothers and...

William Goodman Waller passed away oneebruary 8, 2017 at Duke Hospice. He was 91. Mr. Waller was born on June 13, 1925 in the town of Northside, in Granville County, NC. He moved with his parents to Durham County in 1942, graduated from Hope Valley High School in 1944, theneerved in the Merchant Marines during World War II. ??Following the...

Nancy York Gupton, beloved wife, mother, sister, and friend, was called home to rest on May 29, 2017, after a short but intense illness.?? She was the daughter of the late Genolia and Reuben W. York Sr., and beloved sister to brother Reuben W. ???Jimmy??? York, Jr., and brother Timothy A. York.?? She will always be remembered for her bright...