Obituaries

Mr. Jessie Walker Rodgers, of Pittsboro, will be funeralized on Saturday at 11:00 am at Mitchell Chapel AME Zion Church. Mr. Jessie departed this life on Sunday, January 18th after serving his church and community for 92 years. Mr. Jessie was born in Chatham County oneecember 18, 1916, the son of Willie D. and Fanee Degraffenreidt Rodgers. He was employed...

Oxford: Armistead Ralph Burwell- age 54 a resident of Ashburn, Va. died Thursday in Myrtle Beach, SC. He was a native of Vance Co. and was the son of the late Armistead Ravenscroft and Lucy Rogers Burwell. He was a member of Peace's Chapel Baptist Church and was a commercial realtor. Funeral services will be held Monday January 19, 2009...

Betty Glenn Jones Kissell, age 90, resident of 1227 Shepherd Street, died Sunday at her home. Born in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Americus Jones and Pattie Davis Jones. Mrs. Kissell moved to Durham in the early 1940's. She was a long time member of Duke Memorial Uneed Methodist Church. Surviving are her son, R. Rouse...

Jon Michael Bernardo, age 26, died in an automobile accident Saturday in the Dominicaneepublic. A 3rd year medical student at Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, he was performing a medical rotation in under-served care at the time of his death. Michael was borneecember 12, 1982 in Quezon City, Philippines and moved with his family to Durham in 1990. A 2001...

Wesley Scott Brewer, 78, of Durham passed away neember 24, 2008 surrounded by his family. He was borneeptember 4, 1930 in Greenwich, Ohio, the son of the late Thomas H. Brewer and Hester Ryder Brewer. After graduation from high school Mr. Brewer voluneered for the Air Force, and served as a staff sergeant with the 502nd Tactical Control Group during...

Ann W. Gary, age 86, resident of 1201 N. Gregson Street, Durham, NC, died Friday evening, neember 28, 2008 at the Hospice at the Meadowlands in Hillsborough, NC. Born in Falls City, Texas, Mrs. Gary was the daughter of the late Edmund Henry Wehmann and Normania Poth Wehmann. She grew up on a farm in Poth, TX. Her life span...

Aline G. Lanee, 99, died at her home in Chapel Hill on Sunday, neember 23, 2008. Aline was born in Hillsgrove, RI oneebruary 7, 1909, to French-Canadian immigrant parents, Emma and Telesphore Dugas. She was a woman of many talents who shared her gifts for music, painting, and needlework. After studying the violin as a child she played along with...

OXFORD Louise Hight Person-age 91, a resident of Oxford died Saturday neember 22, 2008. She was a native of Franklin Co. and was the daughter of the late Charlie Guy Hight, Sr. and Bradford Gibbs Hight. She was the widow of Frank C. Person, Jr.. She was a member of the Oxford Presbyterian Church. Graveside services will be held oneednesday...

Shirley Virginia Nichols Holloway, 91, of Chapel Hill, died Sunday, neember 30, 2008. She was predeceased by the love of her life and best friend, Homer C. Holloway, her husband of 60 years. Born January 31, 1917 in the Oak Grove community of Durham County, she was a daughter of the late J. C. Nichols and Kitty Anneerguson Nichols. Mrs....

Mr. Arthur Anthony Colucci, 86, of Pittsboro, died Wednesday, neember 26, 2008 at his home. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held Sunday, neember 30, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church with Rev. Dr. Carl Edwards officiating. A committal service will follow in the church gardens. Mr. Colucci was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., son...

Dateline: Pittsboro, NC Deceased: Dave Wiley Roberts Dave Wiley Roberts, 84, of Pittsboro, passed away peacefully on Sunday neember 30, 2008 at UNC Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his wife and daughters. Dave was born in Birmingham, Alabama on July 4, 1924; his family moved to North Carolina in 1928. He served in the Navy during WW II in the South...

Walter D. "Buck" Raynor a resident of Oxford, NC died Wednesday, neember 27, 2008. He was a native of Granville County and was the son of the late John and Fanee Williams Raynor. He was a member of Dexter Baptist Church and was a former Building Ineector. Memorial services will be held Monday, December 1, 2008 at 4:00 PM ineexter...

Frances B. Pisaravich, 85, died Monday in Hillcrest Convalescent following a brief illness. A native of Detroit, she lived most of her adult life ineearborn, Mich. Mrs. Pisaravich moved to the area in 2004 to be close to her daughter. She made her home at the Durham Regent, where her remaining years were happy and fulfilling. Mrs. Pisaravich enjoyed crafts...

Winifred "Winee" J. Barbaza, age 88, resident of 3007 Pickett Road, died Friday evening at Hock Hospice, Duke Community Hospice. Mrs. Barbaza was born in Richmond County, New York and was the daughter of the late Michael and Winifred Kelly Heneghan. She will be remembered as a loving Wife, mother and a grandmother. Having been a homemaker for most of...

OXFORD: Gary Hobert Anee died unexpectedly oneecember 1, 2008. He is the son of the late Samuel Anee and Alma Odom Anee. He retired from Southern Railroad and was a member of the Stovall Uneed Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 4, 2008 at Stovall Uneed Methodist Church at 2:00 PM by the Rev. John Yount. Burial...

Carroll Dale Briscoe, Col. USAF Retired, passed away oneebruary 15, 2009 at The Arbor at Galloway Ridge ineearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC. Colonel Briscoe was born oneeb. 9, 1921 near Tipton, OK, son of Jefferson C. Briscoe and Bertha Gore Briscoe. Colonel Briscoe graduated from Tipton, OK High School in 1938 and attended the Uneersity of Oklahoma, before entering the Army...

James Randolph "Randy" Williams, 81, died unexpectedly Friday at UNC Hospital. A native of Headland, Ala., he was borneeptember 18, 1927 to the late Charles E. and Greta Cowart Williams. After discharge from the U.S. Army in 1947, Mr. Williams moved to Chapel Hill, enrolled in UNC and graduated in 1950 with a B.S. degree in Commerce. He spent the...

Virginia Scarborough Teasley, age 84, resident of Durham entered into eternal rest Monday morning, April 20, 2009. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Burns Thomas and Martha Katherine Breedlove Thomas. . Virginia was a graduate of Oak Grove High School. She was a retired employee of the West Durham, Lumber Company, having worked there for...

OXFORD Richard Daryl "Rick" Hawkins, 58, of 415 Hancock Street, Oxford, NC, died April 22 at his home from complications following a stem cell transplant for pro lymphocytic leukemia. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Freeman Hawkins, his daughters, Kathryn Lucille Hawkins of Smyrna, GA, and Sara Lauren Hawkins of Durham, NC, as well as his brothers and sisters-in-law...

Claude Adams Lowe, beloved father and grandfather passed away oneecember 28, 2009. He was born on August 20, 1919, to the late Ernest and Minee Lowe. He was married for 66 years to his childhood sweetheart, Elizabeth Copeland Lowe who passed away on March 27, 2006. He served as a proud U.S Marine from May 20, 1944 through June 20,...