Obituaries

DURHAM ??? Mark Elias Fogel, age 77, died at UNC Hospital oneecember 8, 2019. He was born on neember 28, 1942. Mark was born and raised in Bronx, NY and completed his undergraduate degree at The Cooper Union. He received both his Master???s and Law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. He practiced Environmental Law in Raleigh. He had a love for...

NORMAN HILL, Jr Norman Hill, Jr., a longtime Durham-Chapel Hill resident passed away on neember 20 in Springfield,VA at the age of 102. He was preceded ineeath by his wife of 67 years, Alice Lentz, and his son, Norman Hill III. Previously, he and his wife were owners/designers of Hills Florist in Carrboro and later he worked for the Orange...

The world lost a great man. Oct. 4th, 2019, William Gordon Goodson Of Fallbrook Ca. passed peacefully, smiling, surrounded by loved ones. He is survived by his adoring wife of 60 years, Mary Lou; son, Billy; daughters, Bridget and Karen; siblings, Phil and Cindy; 10 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Bill was an avid hunter, and loved to mentor other sportsman....

An obituary is pending, however, services are established. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 2:00 PM at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, 1113 West Main Street, Durham, NC.

Visitation was on Thursday, October 17, 2019, from 6-8 pm at St. Raphael Orthodox Church in Fuquay Varina, NC. Funeral service was held at St. Raphael Orthodox Church on Friday, October 18, 2019, at 10 am. Burial followed at St. Basil Orthodox Church in Castle Hayne, NC.

OXFORD: Mrs. Mary Leigh Newby Hobgood age 78 died Thursday, neember 6, 2008. Mrs. Hobgood was a native of Granville Co. and the daughter of the late Charlie G. and Lelia Faucette Newby. Mrs. Hobgood was a member of Dexter Baptist Church and was retired from Burlington Mills, Oxford Plant. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P. M. Sunday,...

Mark Vincent Packard, age 53, died neember 4, 2008 at Duke Hospice in Durham, North Carolina, after a short battle with paneeatic cancer. He was preceded ineeath by his parents, Howard and Jean Packard. He is survived by his sisters, Christine Chambers and Karen Packard Leneellegrino, nieces Cara Chambers and Lisa Chambers Jeremy Lindsley, great nephew Samuel Lindsley, god-daughter, Ingrid...

On October 11, 2019, Norman Roobol, who dearly loved singing sacred music, joined the heavenly choir. He had suffered from dermatomyositis, a rare auto-immune disorder, for several months. He leaves his wife, Joan, to whom he was married for 62 years, their children, Kerri Vos (Paul), Michael Roobol, Victoria Frame (Kirk) and Sara Olsen (Bobby); grandchildren, Nathan Vos, Hannah Frame,...

Pearl C. Perdue, age 87, of Chapel Hill died Friday October 18, at Duke Hospice. She was born ineeaufort County, NC to the late Glen Thomas and Clara Mae Denby Clark. Pearl worked in insurance before accepting the busier job of stay at home mom. She still found time to play bridge, voluneer at the hospital, sing ineeveral choirs and...

Danie Lee Marshall Johnson died Thursday evening, neember 6, 2008, at New Haneer Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC. She was 104 years old. Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of the late Elijah D. and Mamie Marshall. While living in Durham she was a member at Calvary Baptist Church for more than fifty years. In 2001, she moved to Sunset...

Charles Frank Hauser Chuck died at home oneebruary 10, 2009 at the age of 74. Born in Durham, NC May 23, 1934 to Dr. Charles Roy Hauser and Madge Lucile Baltimore Hauser. He received his undergraduate degree from Duke Uneersity and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society and a member of the swim team. He...

Suzanne Gardner Bussian passed away at NC Memorial Hospital at UNC-Chapel Hill on Saturday, October 25, after a long battle with a rare cancer. Suzanne's optimism and courage in fighting her cancer -- including neutron radiation treatment at the Uneersity of Washington ineeattle and gene therapy at the National Cancer Institute -- inspired all who knew her. She is survived...

Albert Dominic "Bert" Loro, Jr. 59, died unexpectedly Thursday at Duke Hospital. Born in Chicago, he was the son of the late Albert D. and Betty Jane Hartman Loro. Bert grew up in a loving family of 5 siblings in Lafayette, IN, where he attended Central Catholic High School. He graduated from Purdue Univ. in 1971 with a degree in...

OXFORD- Kathleen Royster Pruitt, age 88 died Sunday neember 9, 2008. She was the widow of the late T. Winston Pruitt, and the daughter of the late Charles Gregory and Anee Watson Royster of Bullock, NC. Memorial services will be held oneednesday neember 12, 2008 at 11:30 am at the Oxford Baptist Church by Dr. J. Steve Bolton. She is...

Edward Parker Best of Durham died on Nov.4, 2008. Ed was born on May 29, 1927 in Woodland, NC to Neb and Anee Parker Best. He graduated from Woodland Olney High School and from Wake Forest Uneersity in June 1950. Ed and Betty Grey Whitten of Richmond, VA were married ineeptember, 1950. Ed was a veteran of World War II...

Thomas Excell Rigsbee, 73, of the Oak Grove Community was born on March 28, 1935 in Wake County to the late Raymond Louis Rigsbee and Genetta Moore Rigsbee. Tom went to Heaven to be with the Lord oneednesday, October 22nd at Blue Ridge Health Care Center in Raleigh following a 5-month illness. He attended Bethel Christianeenter and was a member...

Janee Little Harvey passed away peacefully oneeptember 19, 2008. She was a dedicated wife of 47 years, mother to three children, and grandmother of six. She was a native of Newton, NC and attended Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone NC, where she met her husband, William J. Harvey, Jr. They married in 1961 and raised three children in Durham,...

Lloyd Everett "Red" Massey, age 90, resident of 133 Crestview Drive, died Friday evening at his home. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late Willie Eugene Massey and Servada Barbee Massey. Mr. Massey served in the U. S. Army during WWII. For 36 years he owned and operated the L. E. "Red" MasseyOil Company. He was a...

John William Gray, age 80, a resident of Durham, NC passed away peacefully Monday evening at Duke Uneersity Hospital surrounded by his loving family. John was born in Bahama, NC and was the son of the late Marvin and Anna Lee Peacock Gray. He graduated from Durham High School in 1947. He served in the U. S. Army, Signal Corps...

Dora Sandling Abernethy, 92, resident of 2324 New Raleigh Hwy, died Saturday morning at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Abernethy was born in Durham County and was the daughter of the late Charles Zebulon Sandling and Mezie Coley Sandling. She was a graduate of Bethesda High School and attended Uneersity of North Carolina at Greensboro. Mrs. Abernethy retired from...