Obituaries

HENDERSON: Mrs. Florence BoydWest, age 80, of 2857 Hicksboro Road, died Wednesday, neember 25, 2009 at Maria Parham Hospital ineenderson, NC. A native of Granville Co., she was the daughter of the late Luther E. and Bessie King Boyd, and was the widow of Curneral West. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, neember 29, 2009 from Gentry-neell...

Raleigh: Anthony Joseph Romano, 82, of Oxford, North Carolina, passed away oneecember 25, 2011. He was born in Brooklyn, New York to Louis and Josephine Romano. He graduated from the School of Industrial Arts in Manhattan, NY, majoring in photography. He served as an Army photographer with the Air Force in Rhein Main, Germany and following his military service, joined...

OXFORD: Benjamin "Ben" T. Woody, a resident of Oxford died Saturday at his home. He was a native of Johnson Co. and was the son of the late john Tyree and Mildred Stephenson Woody. He was preceded ineeath by his wife Jearlean Owen Woody. Ben was a retired car salesman and was a member of Peace's Chapel Baptist Church. Funeral...

Howard Phillip "Chuck" Thorne, 65, resident of Wake Forest Hwy. died suddenly Saturday morning . Born in Baltimore, MD, Chuck was the son of Eugene Allen Thorne and the late Mary Aganeen Tharrington Thorne. His family moved to Durham whenee was very young. Chuck was a 1963 graduate of Southern High School. He loved the Marine Corps and he served...

Thomas Eliot Frothingham was born in Boston on June 21, 1926. Despite the stigma of repeating kindergarten, he ultimately succeeded in graduating from the Dexter School, St. Marks School, Harvard College, and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Frothingham earned his medical degree in 1951 as part of the U.S. Navy's V-12 Program, and interned at Bellevue Hospital ineew York City from...

Helen Long Tyree, 98, died Monday at her home of 17 years, the Forest at Duke. Born in Catawba County, she was daughter of the late Dr. Fred Yount Long and Carrie Belle Davis Long. She graduated from Greensboro College and was a longtime member of Trinity Uneed Methodist Church. Her passion for gardening and community was fueled with her...

Edsel Bowling Terry, age 90, died peacefully at his home on Thursday morning, December 29. A Durham native, he was born to the late Joseph D. and Sudie Poole Terry oneecember 8, 1921. Edsel proudly served his country in the U.S. Army aneearned the rank of Master Sergeant, 98th Bombardment Group, 415th Bombardment Squadron. He attended Mt. Lebanon Primitive Baptist...

Mary Edwards Taylor, age 84, died Wednesday evening at Duke Medical Center. Mary was born in Mars Hill, NC to the late Bryan W. and Adeline Gibbs Edwards. She was a member of Yates Baptist Church and was a very enthusiastic sports spectator for UNC football and basketball teams. Mary is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 60...

CHAPEL HILL: Natalie S. Rodnina, 28, died unexpectedly Sunday. She came to the U.S. eight years ago from the Ukraine. While in the Ukraine, Natalie pursued a medical career, and after coming to the U.S. her vocational interest shifted to Biology. Surviving are her husband, Michael needrik; her soneenjamin; and relatives in the Ukraine. The funeral liturgy will be 10:00...

DURHAM Mary Westbrook Chapmaneerini, loving wife and mother, age 94, passed away oneebruary 1 at the Pavilion at Croasdaile. She was borneeptember 27, 1917 in Durham to the late David Simeon aneemma Faucette Chapman. She was a lifelong resident of Durham, NC and grew up on Watts Street. Mary graduated from Duke Uneersity on 1936 with a BA degree in...

OXFORD: Robert Bob Hubert Burnette, age 73, died Thursday evening, May 31 at his home. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late Hubert Herndon and Clara Eakes Burnette. Mr. Burnette was a retired tobacco farmer, a former member of the National Guard and a member of Enon Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon...

Marie Helen Miller, 95 years of age of Durham, North Carolina died oneebruary 17, 2012 ineer daughters' home on Club Boulevard. She was born oneeptember 25th 1916 in Blackwell, OK to Karl G. Janke and Anna Rohr Janke. The family moved to Sturgis MI and later to a farm outside Howe, IN during the Great Depression where she helped with...

Bill Harvey, who served as Duke's head wrestling coach for 31 years until retiring in 1997, passed away oneebruary 29, 2012. He was 76. Bill was born in Phoenixville, Pa May 24, 1935 and graduated from Stevens Trade School in Lancaster, Pa with a degree in printing. He attended Appalachian State Uneersity where he wrestled and played football. Bill was...

RALEIGH: Mary Ann Watkineeason completed her eighty-four year journey through life on Friday, May 27, 2011, with the love and support of her immediate family, and attended by the caring professionals of Rex Hospital in Raleigh. She was the tenth child of the late Sen. John S. Watkins and Belle Norwood Watkins to be born at the Watkins' farm in...

Virginia Blair Quineevans, 74, of Chapel Hill, NC, died on Saturday, Feburary 4, 2012. She was born in Shreveport, LA on April 22, 1937, the daughter of Mary Virginia Saunders Quinn and Dr. Harold Joseph Quinn. She attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA and graduated from Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane Uneersity, New Orleans, in 1959. At Randolph-Macon she took...

Timmy Hearn of Windsong Drive in Pittsboro died Tuesday due to end stage liver disease aneesophageal cancer. He had been hospitalized since February 24th at Duke Medical Center and had been on the liver transplant list for 8 years. Timmy was predeceased by his father, Willard Hearn of Moncure; his mother and step-father, Rebecca and Thomas Wood of Apex and...

Sara Anneelson, 54, died neember 1st at Duke Hospital. She graduated from Lawrence High School, Lawrenceville, NJ in 1974. She sang in the Madrigal Group, was Captain of the Color Guard, was inducted into the National Honor Society and was a National Merit Scholar. She graduated from Duke Uneersity in 1978 with honors. She sang in the Duke Chorale the...

Ronald Mark Landfried, 58, died peacefully at home Thursday after battling tonee cancer since 2006. He had a great sense of humor, a compassionee heart, and a deep curiosity about the world. Ron was born Oct. 23, 1952, in Greenville, PA, the son of Mark and Marjorie Landfried. He spent his career as a newspaper writer, photographer aneeditor, spending the...

Crystal Leigh Gigliotti, age 21, died ineer Durham residence this week. She was born in Riverside, CA oneeptember 28, 1989. Crystal was an active member of St. Matthew Catholic Church and was employed by KFC for three years. A loving mother and daughter, Crystal was full of life, planning for the future and always willing to go the extra mile....

Pamela Durham Silverman of 1209 Queensbury Circle, died Thursday, May 5th at Duke Medical Center. Pam was borneeptember 26, 1961 at Danville Virginia Memorial Hospital. She grew up in Yanceyville, North Carolina raised by her parents Dewey Bernard and Anee Lucille Durham. She received her associate's degree from Danville Community College in 1981. Pam met her husband Paul in Danville...