Obituaries

Stem: Earl Lee Duke, 87 of 3603 Old Rt. 75, died Tuesday, neember 11, 2008. He was the son of late Ernest Poole and Alma Jacobs Duke and widower of Emma Duke. He was a retired farmer. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 PM Friday, neember 14, 2008 from Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Chapel in Oxford by Elder Donald Smith....

Charles Anthony "Chad" McDonald, 21, died unexpectedly Friday at home. Chad was born in Rota, Spain and had lived in Durham most of his life. He worked at Tyler's Restaurant and was passionee about cooking. Chad a natural curiosity and a zest for learning. Of his many interests, he especially loved fishing, rap music and fashionable clothing. Chad had many...

Maxie Alexander Pickard, of Durham, died on neember 11, 2008. She was born ineerrien County, Georgia. Mrs. Pickard was a member of Temple Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband of 63 years, Kenneth Pickard; two daughters, Donna Bryant of Roswell, GA and Susan Shepherd of Timberlake, NC; two grandchildren, Michelle Dickerson and husband Kevin, and Jason Shepherd and wife Christie;...

Frances Chester Whitaker, 80, of Pittsboro died neember 21, 2008 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill following a period of declining health. Frances was born August 18, 1928 in Chatham County, the daughter of Ralph Aneew Chester and Clara Louise Seagroves Chester. She was a lifelong, very active member of Pittsboro Presbyterian Church. Frances operated her owneeauty salon, and was...

OXFORD: Pattie Inscoe Yancey, 86 of the Grassy Creek Community died Tuesday, neember 11, 2008 at Brantwood Nursing Center. She is the daughter of the late George Thomas Inscoe and Alice Fitts Inscoe and her late widow of the late Woodrow W. Yancey. She was a loving housewife and devoted member of Grassy Creek Baptist Church until health problems limited...

Madeline Joan Schlegel died Friday evening, neember 7, 2008 at her Durham home. She was born in Stanford, CT on May 8, 1924 to the late Ralph and Gemma Cerreta. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, Madeline was a member of Holy Infant Catholic Church. Her unwavering faith in God sustained her throughout her wonderful life. She was an avid...

Beula Odessa Nelson, age 94, died Saturday in Croasdaile Village. Born in Oklahoma City, OK, she was the daughter of the late D.E. and Shirla Smith Williams. Mrs. Nelson moved to Durham in 1997. She was as a person that loved to voluneer. She was a Girl Scout leader for many years and she crocheted baby caps for hospitalized infants...

Marcellus Bernard Hearne 8/14/1907 11/7/2008 Marcellus "Cell" Bernard Hearne, 101, of Cary, North Carolina died Friday, neember 7th 2008 @ The Laurels of Chatham in Pittsboro, NC. Cell was born in Farmville, NC, one of ten children born to Louisa Star May Hearne and William Augustus Bernard Hearne. Cell spent most of his life in Greenville and moved to Woodland...

Frances Josephine Lacey died neember 1, 2008 at home in Durham, NC. "Jo" Lacey, beloved wife of the late Gordon J. Lacey, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas oneebruary 19, 1921 to Alonso aneemma Jones. She and Gordon raised their family in Buffalo, NY where Gordon worked for the FBI while Jo worked for the State Uneersity of New York....

Dr. Page Anderson, Professor of Pediatrics at Duke Uneersity Medical Center, died unexpectedly Saturday, neember 8, 2008. He was born January 12, 1942, ineerkeley, CA. He obtained his B.A. degree from the Uneersity of California at Berkeley in1960 and Doctor of Medicine from Duke Uneersity Medical Center in 1964. He served in the U.S. Army from 1965 - 1968 during...

Hannah Southerland Braswell, of Pendergrass Street in Durham, died neember 7, 2008 at her residence. She was 75 years old. Mrs. Braswell was born in the Bahama area of Durham County on neember 1, 1933, the daughter of Sam and Minee Bowen Southerland. She was a graduate of Louisburg College, and retired from the Durham County DSS where she was...

John Edward Graham died neember 7, 2008, at home in the presence of his family and priest. He was borneebruary 28, 1927, in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of Sophie Kloeckler and John Freeman Graham. John joined the Navy at an early age and served in the Pacific during World War II on the USS Orleck. He lived and worked...

Mrs. Barbara Ann Poschen Shean, 63, of Manns Chapel Road, Pittsboro, died neember 8, 2008 at UNC Hospitals. She was born May 16, 1945 in Orange County. Barbara was both a wonderful, loving wife and a very caring person. She is survived by her husband, Danny L. Shean; a sister, Shirley P. Sieber of Pittsboro; and three nephews, Chris, Chuck,...

Thomas C. Key, Sr., 78 and Shirley Creech Key, 73, were tragically killed in a car accident on October 24, 2008 in Johnston County. Tom, a native of Shoals, NC, was the son of Porter and Nellie Key. Tom graduated from Shoals High School in 1948. He attended Gardner Webb College and Duke Law School and graduated from High Point...

Doris Shields Fonville, age 79, resident of 4900 N. Roxboro Road, died Thursday afternoon. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Bertie Lorenzo Shields and Rosalind Copley Shields. Doris was the widow of the late David L. Choc Fonville. She was retired from General Telephone Company. Mrs. Fonville was a member of the Glendale Heights Uneed Methodist...

MARSHALL BERNARD FLOYD, SR. OXFORD- Marshall Bernard Floyd, Sr. age 87, a resident of Oxford died Sunday neember 9, 2008 in the VA Hospital in Durham. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Eric Z. and Viola Latta Floyd. He was preceded ineeath by his wife Frances Newton Floyd. Mr. Floyd was the...

Richard Edwin Green, age 58, resident of 3625 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Morrisville, died Friday night following a brief illness. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late Floyd Edwin Green and Bessie Couch Green. Richard was employed for many years with IBM. Richard enjoyed life aneespecially enjoyed the fellowship with his church family, the Nelson Rod and...

Erma Dance Riddle, 73, died unexpectedly at her home ineearrington Village on Monday, neember 10, 2008. She was born in Jacksonville, FL on October 26, 1935 but moved with her family to Fayetteville, neearly ineer childhood, where she spent her growing-up-years. She was a graduate of the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Elementary Education....

Mr. Abel Aguilar-Saneez, 40, of 1003 N. Hampton St., Siler City, died unexpectedly oneeptember 29, 2008 at Chatham Hospital in Siler City. He was born August 29, 1968 in Gro, Mexico, the son of Atanacio Aguilar Nestor and Juana Saneez Santana. Mr. Aguilar-Saneez was a saw operator at a lumber company. Survivors include his parents; his wife, Lucia Soto Aguilar;...

Harriet May Dula O'Neal died ineer home Sunday evening. She was the daughter of the late W. C. aneelise Dula of Durham. She is survived by her son, Frank Marsha of Durham, Bill Diana of Chapel Hill, J. Ross Julie of Spencer, and Michael Sean Susan of Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is also survived by nee grandchildren: Tyler and Samantha...