Obituaries
Mary Teer Barringer
Nov 22, 2021
Mary Teer Barringer passed away on November 22, 2021, in the home in which she was born on November 10, 1935. The daughter of Mr. Hubert O. Teer and Mrs. Mary Ruth Wright Teer, Mrs. Barringer was educated at the Calvert School (now Durham Academy), The Knox School (Cooperstown, NY) and Duke University.
She was presented at the Terpsichorean Society Ball...
Eva Koltai
Nov 22, 2021
(Durham) – Eva Koltai, age 87, died peacefully on November 22, 2021.
Eva was born on July 1, 1934 to the late Rózsi Szilvási in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. After her mom died in a WWII bombing in 1944, Eva’s aunt accepted her into her home and Eva gained a brother and best friend, Les Besser.
A brief window opened the Hungarian borders...
Wade Hampton Penny
Nov 21, 2021
Wade Hampton Penny, Jr., 85 years old, died at home on November 21, 2021. He was born in Durham, NC on January 28, 1936, to Pauline Browne Penny and Wade H. Penny. He was a lifelong resident of Durham, graduating from Durham High School (1953), Duke University (1957), and Duke Law School (1960.) His North Carolina roots mattered greatly to...
Mary Catherine Corr
Nov 20, 2021
Mary Catherine Schmidt Corr (Mary Cay), age 84, passed away November 20, 2021 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill with family at her bedside.
Mary Cay was born in 1937 in the Bronx, New York, where she grew up. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College and taught history in New York City. In 1959, she married Dr. Francis (Frank) Patrick Corr,...
Rebecca Averette Michener
Nov 20, 2021
Rebecca Averette Michener (Becky) age 63, of Yonges Island, SC passed away on November 20, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Macon William Averette II, and Ruby Meadows Averette of Granville County, NC.
Rebecca was born July 22, 1958 in Oxford, NC. She attended Mars Hill University and McDowell Technical College. She married William T. Michener III, on...
James William White
Nov 19, 2021
Oxford
James (Jim) William White, age 94, died on November 19, 2021. He was born in Pennsylvania on June 14, 1927, the son of the late James White and Margaret Bowers White.
Jim is survived by his wife of 48 years, Katherine Ann Dunavant White; his daughters, Carmen Quinn (David) of Oxford, NC, Linda McOsker of Littleton, CO; grandchildren Michael...
William Thomas Lunsford
Nov 19, 2021
Stem
William Thomas Lunsford, age 72, a long-time resident of Stem, NC, died at his home on November 19, 2021. He was the son of the late Floyd Lunsford and Allie Gentry Lunsford of Granville County.
William was a good husband, a good father, and a friend to many. He loved to help people and found creative ways to...
Monika P. Marcinko
Nov 17, 2021
Oxford
Monika P. Marcinko, 73, a long-time resident of Oxford, died at her home on November 17, 2021. She is survived by her mother, Annemarie W. Eyrich; her daughter, Michele Eyrich; her son, Anthony Marcinko Lloyd (Gary) and her grandchildren, Talon Lloyd and Keanan. She will be remembered and missed by all whose life she touched.
Monika was predeceased...
Alice Jane Hayes
Nov 17, 2021
Bahama – Jane Hayes, age 74, died at Duke Hospital on November 17th, 2021. She was born on June 4th, 1947, to the late Hugh and Novella Wilson.
Jane graduated from Hildebran High School in 1965. She went on to study at Watts Hospital School of Nursing from 1965 to 1968. She started working as a RN at McPhersons Hospital...
June Johnson
Nov 14, 2021
Durham – June Russell Johnson, age 95, died at home on November 14, 2021. She was born on March 6, 1926 in Birmingham, England to the late John Hubert Russell and Nellie Sykes Russell.
June earned a Masters of Library Science and worked for The Durham County Library for 24 years. She played Bridge, was a prolific reader a lover...
Alton E. Hilton
Nov 13, 2021
Alton E. Hilton, age 75, of Oxford, NC, went to his heavenly home on November 13, 2021, at Rex Hospital. He was born in Granville County on April 4, 1946, to his late parents, Elmer Cecil Hilton and Mabel Myers Hilton, and lived on the family farm his entire life.
Alton was a kind and generous man who devoted his life...
Nina Rutledge Carroll
Nov 13, 2021
Nina, age 100, beloved wife and mother passed away peacefully at home in Durham on Saturday, November 13, 2021, while surrounded by her loving daughters.
Nina was born on May 19, 1921, to John Henry and Nina Sligh Rutledge in Durham, NC.
Nina graduated from Durham High School in 1939. She went on to study at Duke University and graduated with a...
Steven Ray Henson
Nov 13, 2021
Steven Ray Henson, 55, of Durham, NC, passed away at home Saturday, November 13, 2021, after a courageous battle with small cell neuroendocrine cancer. Born November 30, 1965, in Knob Noster, MO, he was the son of Harold and Marjorie Henson.
As a military dependent, Steve grew up throughout the U.S., and graduated from Highland High School (Albuquerque, NM). He earned...
Dominic Julius Chiantera
Nov 12, 2021
Dominic Julius Chiantera, age 82, died at home on November 12, 2021 after declining health. Dom was born on June 10, 1939 to the late Louise Chiantera Rotello and John C. Chiantera.
Dom served in the US Navy for 4 years. After his service in the Navy, Dom attended college and received degrees in Electronics, Electrical Engineering and his Juris Doctorate...
Alice Faye Partin
Nov 9, 2021
Alice Faye Partin, age 84, died on November 9, 2021. She was born on August 16, 1937, to her late parents, Richard Clinton Bridgers and Emily Annie Tunstall Bowman in Granville County, North Carolina.
Faye was a kind soul who was loved by all. She worked for Burlington Mills and Harriett & Henderson Yarns, Inc. where she retired from...
Lance Pierre Fontaine
Nov 8, 2021
Lance Pierre Fontaine, of Durham, North Carolina, passed away on November 8, 2021 at the age of 44. Born in Laredo, Texas, Lance attended St. Augustine High School and graduated in 1995. He earned a degree in Ecological Biology from Tulane University in 1999. He went on to earn a Master’s degree (in 2002) and eventually a Ph.D. (in 2008)...
Lester David Grant
Nov 7, 2021
LESTER DAVID GRANT
October 16, 1942 to November 7, 2021
Lester David Grant was born in Mount Pleasant, PA October 16, 1942. He died peacefully in his sleep November 7, 2021. He attended the University of Pittsburgh for his undergraduate work and Carnegie Mellon University, where he received his Ph.D. He subsequently held a postdoctoral research position at the University of Chicago. ...
Bennett Watson Cowper Roberts, Jr.
Nov 4, 2021
Bennett Watson Cowper Roberts Jr. lived life like he had somewhere to be and he had to be there yesterday. A serial speeder when behind the wheel, he had phone numbers for just about every traffic lawyer across the entire state of North Carolina, including Durham, where he was born (September 19, 1967) and raised. He adopted this mentality into...
Kathleen Davis
Nov 2, 2021
OxfordKathleen H. Davis went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday November 2, 2021, at her home with her daughters by her side. She was 93 years of age, born in Granville County on May 1, 1928, to her late parents Walter E. and Lila Yancey Hite.Upon graduating from Oak Hill High School, she married the love of...
Priscilla Emilia Sotolongo
Oct 30, 2021
Priscilla Sotolongo, age 93, died at the Forest at Duke on Saturday, October 30, 2021. She was born on January 17, 1928, in Havana, Cuba to the late Jose Maria and Virginia Fontecilla.
Priscilla attended Loyola University in New Orleans, LA., for a year and then returned to Cuba to graduate from the Ursuline University. She and her husband Hugo traveled...
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