Obituaries

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...

Dec 30, 2020

Rev. Roby Turner, Jr., 85, went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 30, 2020. Born in Wilson, he was the son of the late Roby Turner, Sr. and Minnie Murphy Turner Waddell. A life-long Christian, Roby was called to his ministry at an early age. He worshiped and served the Lord. He was the pastor of the...

Dec 27, 2020

Click here to view the Livestream service. Durham – Dana Wayne Ashley, age 50, died at UNC Hospice Home on December 27, 2020. He was born on March 12, 1970 to Deborah Jean Hynes and Danny Thomas Ashley. Dana is survived by his mother, Deborah Jean Hynes; sons, Dwayne Ashley, Jeremiah Ashley, and Michael Ashley; daughter, Asia Ashley and grandchildren,...

Dec 26, 2020

Click here to view the Livestream service. On December 26, 2020, Teresa Fontenelle, “Grace" or "Ma Gordon,” to her close friends and neighbors, transitioned, in Durham, NC. She was 77 years old. Teresa resided on the island of St. Croix in the U.S.V.I. She was visiting her children and grandchildren in Durham, N.C. prior to her death. She is preceded...

Dec 26, 2020

Durham - Mrs. Eva Wade Knight, 91, died Saturday morning at 2:04am December 26, 2020. She was born on June 16, 1929 to the late William Alvin Wade and Gaynell Jones Wade of Lillington, Harnett County, NC. Eva moved to Durham in 1948 with her husband, Philip H. Knight, and daughter, Phyllis. She later went to work with American Tobacco...

Dec 24, 2020

Rosemary Clifford McGee, 81, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died on December 24, 2020. She was born on June 8, 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Agnes (Ragsdale) and Thomas Hill Clifford, and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Detroit, Michigan, Ridgewood, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia. Rosemary graduated from the Westminster School in Atlanta, and attended the University of Georgia...

Dec 23, 2020

Hazel Marie Cooksley embarked on her voyage to Valhalla on December 23, 2020. She was born October 20, 1928 to Mildred Anderson and Clifford White in Corning, Iowa. She had two brothers, Gail and Elvin. She enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951 as a nurse. She served at the Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco, CA; the 8169th Evac...

Dec 22, 2020

Click here to view the Livestream service. Floris Ann Hladik, 80, of Rougemont N.C., passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Born in the South Amboy N.J., on December 4, 1940 she was the daughter of Theodore Conneway and Floris Richardson. Floris Ann lived in Johnstown N.Y. before moving to Rougemont NC. Floris Ann graduated from Johnstown High School, Class...

Dec 21, 2020

Click here to view the Livestream service. June Humphries Summerell of Durham, age 81, joined our Lord and Savior and the love of her life, Billy Summerell, in Heaven on Monday, December 21, 2020. She was born June 28, 1939 to the late Ira Humphries and Libby Ryals Humphries (Riley). June graduated from Durham High School and lived in Durham...

Dec 19, 2020

William Kirkland “Kirk” Carrington, a resident of Brownsville, Texas passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at the age of 56.  Kirk was born December 25, 1963 in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama to Lt. Colonel (ret.) John D Carrington and Madge Fort Carrington.  As the son of an Air Force officer that relocated frequently, Kirk was able to...

Dec 18, 2020

Garland (Butch) Talton passed away on December 18th, 2020. He was born in June 1943. He was preceded in death by his father, Moses Garland Talton; his mother, Frances Hendron Talton and his sister, Mary Katherine Talton. Butch was a beloved and kind person who loved his family. His favorite past time was watching old movies and reading science fiction...

Dec 15, 2020

Susan Barwick Curlee, 69, of Chapel Hill, died December 15, 2020, surrounded by members of her family. Susan was born August 11, 1951 in Tampa, Florida. She was the daughter of Henry Clayton Curlee, Jr. and Jacqueline Norton Curlee. Susan grew up in Statesville, North Carolina. She graduated in 1969 from Statesville Senior High School, and in 1973 from The...

Dec 15, 2020

Raleigh, NC Mary Alice Cozart Black, age 97, died on December 15, 2020. She was born to the late James Thurston Cozart, Jr. and Sallie Dean Cozart on March 24, 1923 in Oxford, North Carolina. Mary Alice was a longtime resident of Wake County. She attended East Carolina Teacher’s College and earned a 4-year degree in Home Economics and Dietary;...