Obituaries

William Donald Norman, 82, of 1500 Ward Street, died early Tuesday morning at home. He was born in Tarboro, NC and was the son of the late Roscoe Elwood and Martha White Norman. Doneerved in the U. S. Army during WWII. Don owned and operated Don

Charles Henry Allen, age 86, of 4014 Berini Drive, died Friday evening at Durham Regional Hospital. He was borneeptember 27, 1919 in Bunneevel, NC to Carlton & Josephine Byrd Allen. He retired from Liggett&Myers Tobacco Co. and served his country in the US Navy during WW II. Charles was an avid golfer and attended Durham Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are...

Dora Moreau Pere, age 80, of 4900 Roxboro Rd., died Sunday in Duke Hospital. A native of Westfield, Mass., she was a Durham resident since 1998. Throughout her married life, she traveled extensively and lived in many places with her military husband. Mrs. Pere proudly worked in a tool and die plant in support of the war effort during WW...

Ezra Olmsted Heinz died Monday, August 15 in Duke Hospital. He was born August 11 to Todd and Jenneer Heinz of Durham. In addition to his parents, Ezra

Terry Lynn Bray, age 52, died Monday at his Durham home. Born in Roanee, VA oneecember 4, 1952, Terry proudly served his country while stationed in the U.S. Army. Terry was a kind and genee soul, a loving husband and a faithful friend. He is survived by his wife of eleveneears, Melba Vinson of Durham; his mother, Opel June Garst...

Geraldine Farmer Couch died Tuesday at Treyburneealthcare Center. A Durham native who recently celebrated her 80th birthday on August 3, Mrs. Couch was born to the late John Samuel and Matoka Pickett Farmer. She was a kind-hearted lady with a genee nature who brought great joy to her family and friends. Mrs. Couch retired from UNC Hospitals as a switchboard...

Martha Jean Shepherd Holmes, 69, died Tuesday, July 19 at her home. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Claiborne Morland and Dovie Pauline Marks Shepherd. She worked at Burlington Industries until her retirement in 1986. Mrs. Holmes was Baptist. She loved flowers and gardening and was a very compassionee and giving woman. Mrs. Holmes loved to...

Billy Edwin Sloan, age 85, died Friday in Durham Regional Hospital following a brief illness. A Durham native, he was the son of the late Thomas Joseph and Viola Hayes Sloan. Mr. Sloan graduated from Durham High School in 1938, after which he proudly served his country in the US Army during WW II. Before going overseas, he married the...

William Paul Winberry, 90, died Friday evening at Eno Point assisted Living Center. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late William and Lettie Stone Winberry. He worked at Seamen Printing and Christian Printing Companies prior to opening his own business, Modern Printing and Litho, Inc. which he owned and operated for 50 years. He was a master...

Richard Adam Ewers Lischer, of Durham, died Sunday morning, July 17, after a brief struggle with cancer. He was 33. He was the husband of Jenneer Lischer, to whom he was married in 1999 and who sustained him throughout his illness, and the father of a baby girl whose birth is soon expected. A native of St. Louis, Adam Lischer...

Mark David Davison died peacefully Tuesday morning at home with his loving family by his side. He was 39 years old. A resident of Durham since 1996, Mark was born in Binghamton, NY on July 8, 1965. Mark graduated from Campbell Uneersity with a B.A. degree in Pharmaceutical Science and was employed with Cardinal Health in Morrisville, NC as a...

Catherine Martin Wynneevans, 87, died Sunday at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Princeton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Judge G.A. and Mary Ida Martin. She grew up in Smithfield and graduated from Smithfield High School. She graduated from WCUNC now UNC-G and beganeer 22 year teaching career in Johnston County and later in the Durham County School...

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Allen Jackson Croft, Jr., died Wednesday, May 11 in Durham. He was 46 years old. Allen was born ineeckley, W.V. and attended West Virginia Tech, where he received a bachelo

Ralph Frank Ambrosius, 80, of 20 Aldersgate Court, died Saturday morning at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio he was the son of the late Alfred Gustav and Annette Hurst Ambrosius. During WWII, he served his country in the U.S. Army. Mr. Ambrosius was a graduate of the Uneersity of Cincinnati. He retired from Cincinnati Bell, where he was...

Freda K. Gowan died Friday in Durham Regional Hospital oneer 78th birthday. A native of Southamptoneengland, she came to the US as a newlywed following WW II. Freda was a fixture at the former Ivy Room Restaurant on Durham

Lila Tilley Day, age 80, a resident of the Kings Daughters Home, died Thursday in Croasdaile Pavilion. A native of Orange County, she was the daughter of the late Loy Gay Tilley and Lois Carey Tilley. She was valedictorian of her graduating class from Aycock High School. Mrs. Day worked for many years with Liggett-Myers Tobacco Co. She was a...

Earl Warreneessee, 84, of 2113 Lodestar Drive, Raleigh, died Monday morning at his home. Mr. Hessee was born in Durham to the son of the late Eugene aneevelyn Chadwick Hessee. A 1939 graduate of Durham High School, he entered the U.S. Army Air Corp and served his country during WW II. After the war he graduated from N.C. State Uneersity...

Sarah Lackey Ferrell, age 91, former resident of 107 W. Lynch Street, died Thursday evening at Duke Medical Center. Mrs. Ferrell was born in Alexander County, NC ands was the daughter of the late George W. and Flossie Head Lackey. She worked as a nurse at Duke Hospital, at Durham Veterans Hospital for 32 years and with Durham Regional Hospital...

John Cullum Wilson, born July 14, 1917, died Tuesday, May 10th after a brief illness. He lived in Durham for 64 years; first on Oakland Avenue then David Street, and most recently at Croasdaile Village. Cullum was born in Lincoln County, TE and was the only child in his first grade class to attend college. During the Depression, he worked...