Obituaries

Durham ??? Mrs. Rosabell Dorsey Absalom, 91, wife of Worthy Carver Absalom, Jr., died??Tuesday??evening at Roxboro Health Center in Roxboro, NC.?? Born neember 17, 1925 in Swiss, WV to James Edwin aneemma Schwartz Dorsey, Mrs. Absalom earned her Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia Tech in 1947, and completed her formal education at Watts Practical School of Nursing in...

DURHAM: Grace Councill Atkinson died peacefully at her home at The Forest at Duke in Durham oneecember 20, 2016 at the age of almost 92. She was born in Boone, North Carolina oneecember 31, 1924, the daughter of Grace McNinch Councill aneedward Tracy Councill. All of Boone toasted her arrival with champagne. Gay graduated from Duke Uneersity in 1946. In...

Bennett Watson Cowper Roberts died oneecember 17, 2016 at the age of 79 in Durham, NC.?? He was born on April 30, 1937 in Durham, North Carolina, the son of Dr. Bennett Watson Roberts aneelizabeth Parker Roberts.?? He graduated from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia and attended the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a...

Eleni Zourdou Varelas passed away peacefully Saturday in Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center following a brief illness. She was borneecember 10, 1950 in Sparta, Greece and came to America with her beloved aunt at the age of 10 to live with her in Chicago. Eleni later married her neighbor in Greece, Dr. Dimitris Varelas, and moved to North Carolina, where...

Gloria Mitchell Mazzia passed away unexpectedly at Duke Hospital oneeptember 18, 2008 in Durham, N.C. A native New Yorker, Gloria relocated to Durham this May to be closer to family. After raising a family, she earned her second Masters degree from New York Uneersity School of Social Work aneenjoyed maneenriching years of service as supervisor of outpatient Social Work at...

Visitation will be Sunday, March 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service in Pittsboro. Funeral Service will be held at Bynum Uneed Methodist Church, Monday, March 3, at 2 p.m. Burial will follow at the Bynum Uneed Methodist Church Cemetery.

Sarah L. Todd passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 26th with her family at her side. Born in Little Washington, NC, Sarah graduated from Washington High School, East Carolina Teachers College and Watts Hospital Medical Technology Program. Sarah worked full-time as head of the laboratory at Durham Medical Arts Building for twenty years. After retiring, Sarah became an active voluneer for...

Jack Thomas Crumpacker, 88, resident of 607 Wofford Road, died Sunday afternoon at his home. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Crumpacker and Nettie Harris Crumpacker. He was employed from 1939 to 1975 with Wrights/Sperry Company. In 1976, Jack started working at the U.N.C. Department of Physics and retired in 1983. His wife of...

Aubrey Daniel "A.D." Turrentine, Jr. died Saturday in Grace Health Care following a brief illness. A Durham native, he was the son of the late Aubrey D. and Jessie Rice Turrentine. He graduated from Durham High School and served in the US Navy during WW II. Mr. Turrentine spent over 50 years in sales with Motor Bearings & Parts. An...

Mrs. Thelma Mae Crews, 94, of 321 Forest Road, Oxford, went to be with her Lord oneept. 18, 2008. Mrs. Crews, the widow of Mr. Raymond Crews of Gainesville, FL was retired from Sunland Training Center in Gainesville, FL She attended Oxford Uneed Methodist Church. She is survived by her son, Bobby Crews Lucy of Durham, and her daughter Barbara...

Rebecca Sue Perry Strunk, 77, passed away peacefully ineer sleep in Pittsboro, NC oneeptember 30, 2013. A celebration of her life will be held with family, friends, and caregivers at the Laurels of Chatham on Tuesday October 8, 2013 at 2:00pm. The family greatly appreciates the expertise and care of the Hall-Wynne Funeral Home in assisting with arrangements. Sue was...

Hubert Irwin McMannen, age 84, died Friday, October 4, in his Durham home. A Durham native, Hubert was born to the late George T. and Audrey Hamlett McMannen. He worked for 30 years at Liggett Myers as a pipefitter and was a long-time member of Aneer Ave. Baptist Church and the Cabin Sunday School class where he had a 60...

Dr. Shirley Kirkman Osterhout, age 81, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed into the comfort and peace of our Lord oneeptember 23, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Carlton Kirkman and Harriett Jones Kirkman. Growing up in High Point, NC she learned to love classical music while playing the piano for 12 years and playing the violin...

Betty Jane de Sherbinin, of Pittsboro, NC, and formerly of Chatham, NJ, passed away oneeptember 27, 2013 after a brief illness; she was 86. Born in White Plains, NY to the late James aneevelyn Quillen Callan, Betty spent her childhood in Fairfield, CT. She graduated from Roosevelt Nursing School ineew York City, in 1948, and began a career as a...

Dr. William Preston Wilson Bill, 90, died Wednesday, Sept. 18. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Elizabeth Taylor Wilson and five children, Bill Wilson and Kathy of Massachusetts, Ben Wilson and Liz of Leasburg, Karen Chamberlin and Jeremiah of Farmville, Tammy Wilson-Roberts and Roy, of Massachusetts and Bob Wilson and Angela of Durham. Also surviving are seveneen...

Bobbi Longo passed away April 30 in Pittsboro, NC. Prior to her move to Pittsboro in 2004, she had been a long-time resident of Oswego, NY. She was the daughter of Robert L. Kremin and Claire H. Grawboski Kremin of Syracuse, NY, both of whom preceded her ineeath. Surviving are her daughters, Christine M. Longo of Mexico, NY, and Nicole...

Robert "Bob" Quinneelko, age 65, died Wednesday, June 5, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Bob was born in Atlanta, GA to the late Joseph and Vendetta Quinneelko. He proudly served his country as a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Bob retired from Xerox in 2007 with 34 years as a service technician starting in Atlanta and then...

The Rev. R. Martin Caldwell Jr., 84, died Monday, May 27 at UNC Memorial Hospital, 48 hours after a fall. He neer regained consciousness after neurosurgery early May 26 to stop bleeding that developed in his brain. Martin loved and was beloved by his wife Elizabeth "Ki" Shinnick Caldwell, his three daughters and three grandchildren, and a host of loyal...

Oxford Ms. Mary Louise Boyd, 83, died Friday morning at Universal 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 her...