Obituaries
Rosemary Clifford Mcgee
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...
Hazel Marie Cooksley
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...
Floris Ann Hladik
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...
Iris June Summerell
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...
William Kirkland Carrington
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...
Garland Hays Talton
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...
Susan Barwick Curlee
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...
Mary Alice Cozart Black
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;...
Virginia Sullivan
Dec 13, 2020
Virginia A. Sullivan, 97, passed away peacefully on December 13, 2020 after a brief illness. She was a strong, loving, talented and cheerful woman who lived a full, happy life, and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Virginia was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Henry and Florinda Gomez. She graduated from St. Rose of Lima High...
Hsioh-Shan Wang
Dec 10, 2020
Dr. Hsioh-Shan Wang died suddenly at his home in Durham, NC at the age of 92 years on December 10, 2020. He was born in Shanghai, China on September 1, 1928 as the youngest son of Wang Yun-Wu and Hsu Jing-Puu. He was raised in China until the Communist Revolution, during which he and his family fled to Taiwan in...
Georgia Fields Tilley
Dec 10, 2020
Click here to view the Livestream service. NORTH MYRTLE BEACH – Georgia Fields Tilley, age 97, died on December 10, 2020. She was born on June 29, 1923 in Durham, NC to John Fields and Elizabeth Harmon Fields. Georgia met and married Wayland Harris Tilley in 1939. She was a longtime member of Angier Avenue Baptist Church and retired from...
Jean Randolph Sears
Dec 9, 2020
DURHAM – Jean Randolph Sears, age 88, died on December 9, 2020. She was born December 27, 1931 to Hal Gordon Randolph and Ruth Tapscott Randolph in Elon, NC. Jean spent most of her life in Durham, NC. Graduating from Lowe’s Grove High School, Jean married Ed Sears in 1950 and the two were partners in life, raising Randy and...
Laura Fresina Sugar
Dec 5, 2020
SANFORD – Laura Fresina Sugar, age 68, died at the Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham on Saturday, December 5, 2020. She was born on July 3, 1952 to the late Gertrude Victoria Danesi and Michael John Fresina, Sr. in Syracuse, New York. Moving from Syracuse in 1979 to Meadville, PA, then to Norwich, NY in 1982, Laura finally settled in...
Deborah Tippett Daniel
Dec 4, 2020
To view the recorded service, please follow the link provided below. Deborah Tippett Daniel, 67, of Oxford, NC died unexpectedly Friday morning, December 4, 2020. She was born in Vance County, NC on January 13, 1953 to Thurman and Mildred Smith Tippett. Deborah was retired from Regional Surgical Associates in Durham, North Carolina as a surgery scheduler. Her greatest joy...
George Holly Whitacre
Dec 1, 2020
George “Holly” Whitacre, 85, passed away December 1, 2020. Holly was born at home in 1935 in Brooklyn, NY. He grew up in Valley Stream, NY with his mother Elsie. He had a special relationship with his grandfather, Ferdinand “Pop” Holly which helped to shape the special person Holly became. Holly graduated Valley Stream Central HS and received both his...
Kenneth Elwood Guist
Nov 28, 2020
Kenneth Elwood Guist, 92, died in Durham on Saturday, November 28, 2020. He was born in Hennepin County, Minnesota on February 17, 1928 to the late Leslie Earl Guist and Bessie Everson. Kenneth joined the United States Marine Corps in March 1945 at the age of 17 and retired after 30 years as a Master Gunnery Sergeant. He was a...
Louise Frate
Nov 28, 2020
Click here to view the Livestream service. DURHAM- Louise B. Frate, age 91, died Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Duke Regional Hospital. Louise was born on September 14, 1929 to the late Michael Rossi and Anna Conti Rossi. Louise never met a stranger. She was a generous, loving, and giving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Louise was known by everyone for...
Donald Thomas Krizek
Nov 24, 2020
(DURHAM) – Donald Thomas Krizek, age 85, died in Durham on November 24, 2020. He was born on June 25, 1935 to the late Elsie Shlesinger Krizek and Lad Thomas Krizek. Donald grew up in Cleveland where he attended Garfield Heights High School. He graduated from Western Reserve University in 1957 and earned his masters degree from University of Chicago...
Alan And Louise Averill
Nov 23, 2020
Louise Hinnant Averill, 87, went to be with the Lord on December 17, 2020 at Riverside Hospital in Newport News, VA. Louise was born and grew up in Durham, NC. She was a graduate of Durham High School in the famous class of 1952. She graduated from Woman’s College – UNC Greensboro with a degree in mathematics and did computer...
James William Dashner
Nov 22, 2020
Durham – James W. Dashner, age 98, died at the Carolina Reserve on November 22, 2020. He was born on March 11, 1922, to the late Irene and Wilfred Dashner. James grew up in Springfield, Vermont. In 1944, he graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He served in the US Navy during World War...
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