Obituaries

Jan 19, 2021

Joan Shedd, age 100, died at Hillcrest Convalescent Center on 01/19/2021. She was born on 10/29/1920 to the late Joseph and Margery Moody in Manchester NH. Joan Shedd graduated from the Boston School of Occupational Therapy. She volunteered at UNC Hospital for over 30 years and was named volunteer of the year in 2008. She enjoyed playing bridge, doing puzzles...

Jan 18, 2021

Port Saint Lucie, FL Virginia Dean Moye, age 83, died on January 18, 2021 in Port Saint Lucie, FL. She was born to the late Cuther Dean and Cora Lee Dean in Oxford, NC on June 15, 1937. Virginia was a woman who believed strongly in family and adored her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She worked hard to provide...

Jan 17, 2021

Mr. Larry Wayne Marbrey, age 75, of Durham, NC passed away on January 17th, 2021 at the Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. Larry was born on September 9, 1945 in Durham to the late N.M. “Foots” Marbrey and Eunice Mae Gooch Glenn. Larry retired from IBM after a 31-year service with the company. After a brief retirement, Larry returned to...

Jan 15, 2021

Randall “Randy” Owen Fuller, 56, of Stem, NC died Friday, January 15, 2021. He was born in Granville County, NC on March 24, 1964 to Vernon Owen Fuller and Carolyn Crowe Fuller. Randy was a graduate of South Granville High School’s class of ’82. He went on to obtain his bachelor’s degree with DeVry University in Electrical Engineering. Randy enjoyed...

Jan 14, 2021

Shirley Ann Lemke Wollner of Durham died on January 14, 2021 after living with Alzheimer ’s disease for over 24 years. Shirley’s husband of 62 years, Woodrow Wollner, died in 2015. Shirley was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1931 to Margaret Kubitz Lemke and Henry Lemke. She often told her daughters about how she and her sister Marilyn would get...

Jan 14, 2021

Hillsborough – Joseph Gregory Procopio, age 79, died on January 14, 2021. He was born on September 21, 1941 to the late Angeline and Gregory Procopio. Joseph graduated from Rome Free Academy in Rome, N.Y., in 1959, and earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. He also studied under scholarship at the...

Jan 12, 2021

Benjamin Franklin Wilson, age 83, died on January 12, 2021 at his home with family. He was born to the late Francis Coley Wilson and Ruby Odell Wilson on May 10, 1937 in Granville County. Ben was a lifelong resident of Granville County and married to Montie Lou Bridgers on June 26, 1960. He was employed at Oxford Dry Cleaners...

Jan 10, 2021

DURHAM - Billie Rippy Shelton Thomas, age 94, died Meadows of Dan, VA on January 10, 2021. She was born on May 3, 1926 to the late Worth Bagley Shelton Sr. and Ruby K. Bunting Shelton. Billie graduated high school early and attended college for Accounting. She enjoyed sudoku and crossword puzzles. Billie Rippy Shelton Thomas is survived by her...

Jan 10, 2021

Jan 9, 2021

CHAPEL HILL – Erik Govert, age 23, passed away on January 9, 2021. He was born on October 4, 1997 in Columbia, MD to John and Janine Govert. After being diagnosed with autism at the age of three, Erik was tutored at home throughout his pre-school, elementary and middle school years. He also spent two years in Chapel Hill public...

Jan 7, 2021

Click here to view the Livestream service. Beaufort, NC – Michael Paige Umstead, 82, passed away in Morehead City, NC on January 7th. He was born August 7th 1938 to the late Malcolm Bruce Umstead and Etta Monk Umstead of Bahama, NC. He was raised in Bahama and served as Class President in the first graduating class of Northern High...

Jan 7, 2021

William (Bill) Charles Spann died January 7th in Roxboro, NC from the COVID-19 virus. He was born June 23, 1934 in Ada, Oklahoma to the late James Orval Spann and Gladys Carter Spann. After graduating from Duke University in 1956, Bill worked for Chemical Bank in New York while completing an MBA at New York University. Bill returned to North...

Jan 7, 2021

Jan 7, 2021

Patricia Rodgers Merwarth was born on October 7, 1930 and died January 7, 2021 of complications of congestive heart failure. She grew up in a small town in northern New Jersey where she made friends that lasted a lifetime including her husband, Dick. They became high school sweethearts, married eight years later and remained much in love for sixty seven...

Jan 7, 2021

Fredrick Elzie Lambe II, a life-long resident of Durham, died of complications as a result of the Covid-19 virus on January 7, 2021 in Greensboro, NC. He was 90 years old. Born November 10, 1930, he was the only child of Fredrick Elzie Lambe and Mary Elizabeth Hight Lambe, also of Durham. Fred attended St Mary’s and Saint Williams Catholic...

Jan 6, 2021

Margaret Mary Glynn, 96, died January 6, 2021 at Pettigrew Nursing Home. Margaret was born May 7, 1924 in Chicago, IL. She was the daughter of the late George and Julia Moylan Luebke. She married John T. Glynn in Chicago, IL in 1953. Margaret (Marge) was a successful executive at Lytton’s in Chicago prior to becoming the loving mother of...

Jan 5, 2021

Click here to view the Livestream service. David Vernon Porter, age 64, died peacefully on January 5, 2021, at his home in Durham due to complications from esophageal cancer. David was born November 27, 1956, in Durham to the late Lee Burton and Elizabeth Timmons Porter. He lived his entire life in Durham attending Charles E. Jordan High School and...

Jan 4, 2021

Kristin Herzog, age 91, died in Durham, North Carolina, on January 4, 2021. Kristin Herzog was born in Osnabrück, Germany, on March 1, 1929, as the third child of Richard Karwehl, a Lutheran minister, and his wife Margarete, a former teacher. She attended primary and secondary schools and universities in Germany and became a teacher for German and Religion in...

Jan 3, 2021

Jane Davis Rourk, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA 82, died Sunday, January 3 at Duke Hospital following an extended illness. She was born May 14, 1938 in Charlotte NC to the late Javan and Margaret Smith Davis. Jane attended Queens College and was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Occupational Therapy. The focus of her clinical experience...

Jan 1, 2021

Click here to view the Livestream service. Former Durham resident, Janice Pulley Beeson, age 83, died January 1, 2021 in Pinehurst, NC. Janice was born on February 27th, 1937, in Durham NC, to the late Wallace and Lela Pulley. Janice spent her career with Blue Cross and Blue Shield as well as with CCB and Suntrust. While being a mother...