Obituaries

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...

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...

John Floyd Green, age 60, died Wednesday in Emory Eastside Hospital, Snellsville, GA. Born in Durham, John was the son of the late Floyd Edwineed" Green and Bessie Couch Green. He was predeceased by his brother, Richard Edwin Green ineeptember of 2008. John was a 1966 graduate of Southern High School. He worked for Gregory Poole Equipment Company in Raleigh...

George Charles Tomasic, Jr. 72, died Saturday in UNC Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Pittsburgh, PA to George C. aneelizabeth H. Tomasic, he was raised in the North Braddock section of Pittsburgh. He spent four years in the Air Force prior to moving to Durham in 1957. George joined Tar Heel Barbershop in 1958, becoming its owner in...

Shirley Ford Joines, 64, died at home Saturday following an extended illness. A native of Weston, WV, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Lillie Turner Ford. A graduate of Fairmont College, Fairmont, WV, Shirley moved to Durham in 1966 and began a career in nursing. She worked in nursing for 10 years, and later became an optical...

Martha Anne Bryaneedgerton, age 64, resident of Pendergrass Street, died Saturday evening at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Durham, Martha was the daughter of the late Iris Southerland Bryant and Posey Leon Bryant. She was a graduate of Northern High School, where she was a cheerleader. Martha attended East Carolina Uneersity. She was married for 30 years to the late...

Nellie Gray Corbett Hessee, age 83, resident of 2113 Lodestar Drive, Raleigh, died Monday morning ineex Hospital. Born in Turkey, NC, she was the daughter of the late Lucian P. and Lillie Herring Corbett. Mrs. Hessee received her B.A Degree from San Jose State Uneersity. She was married for many years to Earl Warreneessee, who died in April of 2005....

Margie Louise Gibson, 83, died Friday ineendersonville, NC. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Herman Worth Gibson and Myrtle E. Rigsbee Gibson. Margie work for several years at Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company and the Little Acorneestaurant. She later worked at the Goodwill Industries. She was an avid reader and was the widow of the late...

OXFORD: Marshall Glen Green was a lifelong resident of Granville County, North Carolina. He was born oneeptember 15, 1922, the only son of Gary Albert Green and Addie Mae Currin Green. His parents were dairy farmers, and his father also worked as a rural route carrier for the U. S. Post Office. Green and his three sisters Celia, Mae and...