Obituaries

Durham, North Carolina Alexander C. Ney, 29 years old, born in Washington, DC. Alex passed away unexpectedly oneednesday, the 16th of April at his home in Durham. Alex was a PhD candidate at Duke Uneersity working on neel breast cancer research. Prior to beginning his research at the McDonnell Lab at Duke, Alex was a decorated officer of the 82d...

DURHAM: Theodore Vincent Cassidy Major USMC - Ret., age 71, died peacefully in his sleep Tuesday. Ted was still recovering from the death of his beloved wife, Patricia in October. A native of Red Bank, NJ, he graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School and St Peter's College. Ted served his Country as a Major in the US Marines, with...

Miguel Angel Marrero, 78, died Monday in the V.A. Hospital. A native of Puerto Rico, he was a resident of Orlando, Fla. from 1993 until moving to Durham in 2005. Mr. Marrero proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. Although suffering a permanent disability in the military, he successfully supported his family, sending all four...

Frances Arnold Carroll, 88, died Thursday in Croasdaile Pavilion. A Durham native, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Frances Wright Arnold. She attended Durham County schools and spent 33 years working with Liggett-Myers Tobacco Co. Mrs. Carroll was a long-time member of McMannen Uneed Methodist Church. Frances, ineer younger years, enjoyed square dancing. She also enjoyed the...

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...

On May 14th Wesley Moore Langdon, Jr., age 91 and former Durham resident of 4016 Bristol Road, died peacefully in St. Petersburg, FL. Born in Hornersville, Missouri, he was the son of the late Mildred Elizabeth Huff Langdon and Wesley Moore Langdon, Sr. Mr. Langdon served in Saipan during WW II in the U.S. Army. He was a graduate of...

CARY - Ralph J. Norris, 84, resident of 426 Sawgrass Hill Court, Cary, died Saturday at his home. He retired from the Kopper Company, where he was a draftsman. He was a World War II Veteran and served in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Mary Saurin Norris; one daughter,...

Earl Woodson Mays, age 83, of 5019 Autumn Drive died Saturday at home following an extended illness. A native of Lebanon, KY, he was the son of William and Zelma Guthrie Mays. He proudly served his country in the Air Force during WW II, where he was a radio operator. Mr. Mays received several medals of Honor for his distinguished...

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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...

Christopher Hunt Harlan, 36, died at his home in Morrisville earlier this month. Chris was born in Birmingham, AL to William Robert Harlan, Jr, M.D. and the late Linda Carmichael oneebruary 17, 1972. Chris graduated from St Mary's School and attended both Hampden-Sydney College and North Carolina State Uneersity. Chris worked many jobs after high school but felt most proud...

Iris Elizabeth Regan Pritchard, age 96, died oneeptember 15, 2010 at Hock Family Pavilion Hospice Center. Mrs. Pritchard was predeceased by her husband, Frederick Whitaker Pritchard; her parents: Luther E. and Sarah Wallace Regan; her sisters: Gladys Buntineevans, Vera Regan Aneews, Hazel Regan Cash, Bertha Reganeent, Mildred Reganeeel, and her best friend for 80 years, Ruth Forlines Dailey. She is...

Frances Davis Ellison, beloved mother, wife, sister, and lifelong caregiver, passed away Friday afternoon, August 24, in the presence of her husband Fred of 62 years, her four children, and her surviving sibling, sister Heleneernard. Her transition was made at Croasdaile Village, the nursing home in Durham, North Carolina, where she and Fred have resided since March 2004, after living...

Kent A. Otto, 64, died Saturday at home following a year-long illness. He was borneebruary 4, 1944 in St. Louis. Kent was a graduate of Indiana Uneersity, where he majored in music. He received the Masters degree in music from Oklahoma Uneersity. Kent spent a 35 year career as music director at St. Philip's Episcopal Church. While music was his...

Martha Hebbert Wilsoneecently celebrated her 99th birthday by blowing out all the canees in one breath. She believes in doing things right the first time. Mrs. Wilson was born in Little Rock, AK on 21 July 1908; grew up in Nutley, NJ, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Syracuse Uneersity in 1930. She moved with her late husband, Charles Thomas...

Myrtie Best Hall, age 90, resident of 1515 Pettigrew Street, died Sunday evening . Mrs. Hall was born in Johnston County and was the daughter of the late Joe and Ida Harris Best. She moved to Durham in 1923 and has lived here since. Mrs. Hall loved gardening and sewing. She was a former member of Guess Road Baptist Church....

Barbara Finney Johnson, age 67, passed away from this world at Hospice at the Meadowlands in Hillsborough on Saturday, neember 17, 2007. Born oneeptember 23, 1940 in Midland, NC, Barbara was the daughter of the late Carl aneedith McManus Finney. She is survived by her two children: Rhonda Davis and Craig Johnson, both of Durham and her granddaughter, Carly Johnson....

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