Obituaries

Blake Anthony Mitchell came into the world bursting with joy oneebruary 15, 2006, in the company of his whole family and getting his first kiss from his big sister. His life of four years was filled with laughter, color, bouneess energy and immeasurable happiness his family celebrated every day. "Fu Baby" as he was always known, was brimming with affection,...

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...

Hazel Wynelle Burden Irby of the Durham Regent, died Tuesday in Hillcrest Convalescent Center. She was borneecember 27, 1916 in Fort Valley, GA, the daughter of Willie Mae Cox aneearl Lowell Burden. Hazel graduated from Fort Valley High School in 1934 as a 3rd honor graduate and attended Freeman Business College in Albany, GA. She worked for many years at...

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...

Richard Lee Hedgecock, Sr., 75, died Wednesday, August 18, at UNC Hospital. Richard was born in Forsyth County to Clyde and Wanda Hedgecock. Following his graduation from Asheboro High School in 1953, Richard served in the US Marine Corp until 1956. Richard earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from N.C. State Uneersity in 1960. In 1980 he earned his Professional...

DURHAM Joyce Mauldin Fife, age 76, left this earth to joineer Savior ineeaven on Monday evening, March 15, 2010 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. Born in Atlanta, GA oneebruary 7, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Aubrie H. Mauldin and Bessie Gresham Mauldin. Joyce was a member of Grey Stone Baptist Church. Joyce and her beloved husband Bob celebrated...

Rubyleigh Davis Herndon (July 2, 1918 ??? neember 30, 2016) Rubyleigh Davis Herndon died peacefully on neember 30, 2016, oneer family farm in Durham County. She was predeceased by her husband, Fred Jacksoneerndon, and is survived by her son, Fred Herndon, daughters Nancy Herndon, Constance Herndon, and Faith Herndon, and her 5 grandchildren. Born in Fremont, NC, Rubyleigh received her...

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....

William Goodman Waller passed away oneebruary 8, 2017 at Duke Hospice. He was 91. Mr. Waller was born on June 13, 1925 in the town of Northside, in Granville County, NC. He moved with his parents to Durham County in 1942, graduated from Hope Valley High School in 1944, theneerved in the Merchant Marines during World War II. ??Following the...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

It is with sorrow and sadness that we share the news of the death of our son and brother??Eli Ali Allebaugh, who died from complications arising from the disease of addiction oneebruary 27th?? ???? There will be a memorial service at Eno River Unitarian Uneersalist Fellowship, 4907 Garrett??Road in Durham on Sunday, March 4th at 4 p.m. In lieu of...

DURHAM: Mary Anne Long, 58, passed away Tuesday, March 3 surrounded by her loving family following a heroic battle with cancer. Mary Anne's will to live in the face of adversity inspired couneess people nationwide. She was borneebruary 24, 1951 in Durham to Mary Alice D. Eubanks and the late Ruie Eubanks. A 1969 Durham High School graduate, Mary Anne...

Robert Blair Miller, April 6, 1943 neember 12, 2009. Mr. Miller was preceded ineeath by a son, Aneew; father, Jordan Joe; and mother, Byrl. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Rebecca, of Pittsboro, NC; soneeric and daughter-in-law, Heather; granddaughter, Beatrix Bee, all of Chapel Hill, NC; brothers, Joe, of Omaha, NE; Ray, of Beryl, UT; unee, Robert,...

CHAPEL HILL ??? Diane??Zaccardi (nee Heizenroth),??70,??of Chapel Hill passed away on Sunday,??July 8,??2018 at UNC??Hospital. Diane was a most loving wife, mother, sister, friend, aunt, and grandmother. She was a generous host and neighbor, and aneenthusiastic baker. Diane was an expert bridal pattern maker ineer beloved New York City. Above all, she knew how to make people feel special and...

William Henry "Nick" Gardner, Jr. passed away Sunday in Duke Hospital. He was born in Edenton, NC on neember 26, 1925. Nick graduated from John A. Holmes High School, where he played several sports and was an Eagle Scout. Nick attended NC State for one year and then traneerred to Duke Uneersity's School of Engineering where he earned his BSCE...

Julia McCutcheon Warner died on Saturday neember 4, 2017 in Durham, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Dr. William Benson McCutcheon and Julia P. (Polly) McCutcheon of Durham. Born in Richmond, Virginia, she moved to Durham as an infant, grew up on Watts Street, and graduated from Duke Uneersity Phi Beta Kappa in 1953. In 1954 she moved to...