Obituaries
Margaret "Peggy" Eloise Reeve
Jul 22, 2019
DURHAM ??? Margaret "Peggy??? Eloise Reeve, age 67, died peacefully on July 22, 2019 surrounded by family. She was born oneeptember 5, 1951, to Delos Bartoneeeve and Marion Marsh Reeve. As a Navy brat, she was born in Trinidad and grew up in Italy, California, Hawaii, and Georgia. Perhaps her early exposure to beautiful places explains her lifelong love of...
Lourdina Paixao Camara Fernandes
Jul 21, 2019
Lourdina Paixao Camara Fernandes, age 89, died July 21, 2019 at Hock Family Pavilion, surrounded by family and friends. Lourdina was born and raised in Panjim, Goa. She later married in Bombay to Assumcao Trinidade Fernandes, raised two sons Joseph Fernandes (Rebecca) of Dallas, GA and Camillo Fernandes of Durham, NC. After her husband died, she moved to the USA...
Isidora Cruz Sevilla
Jul 16, 2019
Isidora ???Dory??? Cruz Sevilla, 90, passed peacefully to be with our Lord and Savior on July 16, 2019, at her home in Durham, surrounded by her loving family. Born in the Philippines on April 4, 1929, Dory was the second oldest of seven children and the matriarch of the Cruz clan.?? Ineer youth, she attended vocational school and became a...
Ned Newsom
Jul 15, 2019
Ned Newsom, 96, died on July 15, 2019, at his daughter???s home in Atlanta, Georgia, surrounded by his loving family.?? A lifelong resident of Durham, he was born on March 11, 1923, the youngest of seven children, to Anee Laurie Long Newsom and Marion Eugene Newsom. Ned graduated from Durham High School, Duke Uneersity, and North Carolina State Uneersity School...
Robert " Gene" Eugene Newcomb
Jul 15, 2019
Robert ???Gene??? Eugene Newcomb, 69, of Oxford, NC died Monday, July 15, 2019 at his home.?? He was born in Vance County on July 18, 1949 to his now predeceased parents, Robert Lee Newcomb aneevelyn (Riggan) Newcomb.?? He was the youngest of nee children. His military experience was extremely important to him. ??He served in the US Air Force where...
Audrey Rachel Rabalais
Jul 14, 2019
Audrey Rachel Rabalais, 73, passed away on July 14, 2019 in hospice care in Durham, NC after a short illness. Audrey was born on May 5, 1946 in Bunee, Louisiana to Lenee and James Rabalais. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics aneeducation at St. Mary???s Dominican College in 1968. She also matriculated into Trinity Evangelical Divinity...
Laura Myrtle Johnson May (Johnee)
Jul 14, 2019
Laura Myrtle Johnson May (Johnee) April 10, 1922-July 14, 2019 Even at the age of 97, Laura drove to the Durham Farmers??? Market bright aneearly on Saturday mornings shopping for fresh tomatoes and sweet corn.?? Her long life was marked by determination at every turn. Born in Walters, Virginia on a productive peanut farm in the spring of 1922, Laura...
Blanard "Bud" Currin
Jul 14, 2019
Wilson, NC Blanard ???Bud??? Currin, 88, died on July 14, 2019 at Wilsoneedical Center. Born to the late Allie Ray Currin and Nanee Adcock Currin oneeptember 14, 1930 in Granville County. Bud believed strongly in his church and loved his church family and community. He joined Hester Baptist Church at age 9 and was a dedicated member all his life.??...
Opal Marie Gallagher
Jul 12, 2019
Opal Marie Gallagher, 83 years, died on July 12, 2019 at Brantwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center after a long battle of health issues. Born to the late Benjamin McElroy and Minee Mae McClintock McElroy on June 7, 1936 ineellaire, Ohio. Opal is survived by her children, Linda Turner (William Turner), Deanneest (Roger West), Veronica ???Vicky??? Williams (Dale Williams), Mary Elizabeth...
G. Michael "Mike" Miller, Jr.
Jul 10, 2019
G. Michael Miller, Jr. ???Mike,??? age 60, of Durham, NC, formerly of Dayton, Ohio, passed away on July 10, 2019 after courageously battling a series of health related issues for many years. Mike is survived by his loving parents, Carole and Gerald Miller, his sister, Kathy Miller Alpeter, and husband David Alpeter, Jr., their children; David III, Lineey and Alexandra,...
Katherine Mason Blalock
Jul 7, 2019
Katherine Mason Blalock, a resident of Granville County, North Carolina passed away at the age of 88 on July 7, 2019 at Duke Regional Hospital. Born Katherineelizabeth Mason to her parents, Windal White Mason and Beulah Agnes Grooms Mason oneebruary 7, 1931 in Pineview, NC in Harnett County.?? Katherine had two sisters Mary Winifred Mason Jones anee. Shirley Mason.?? She...
Dr. Wolfgang K. (Bill) Joklik
Jul 7, 2019
DURHAM ??? Dr. Wolfgang Karl (Bill) Joklik, born in Vienna, Austria on neember 16, 1926 died peacefully on Sunday July 7, 2019. The older of the two sons of Karl Friedrich and Helene Joklik, Bill moved, whenee was eleveneears old, to Sydney, Australia, where his father headed the Australian branch of the Austrian company Styrian Steelworks. He attended Cranbrook School...
Ethel Beasley Sherman
Jul 3, 2019
Ethel Beasley Sherman, age 90, died peacefully on July 3, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Stepheneeasley and Mary Jane Floyd Beasley. ?? She was born in Granville County on neember 28, 1928, and resided in Granville County with her late husband, James Sherman. Ethel graduated from High School in 1949 and immediately went to work as secretary...
Julia Honeycutt Whitaker
Jun 30, 2019
Julia Honeycutt Whitaker, 99, of Durham, passed away peacefully June 30, 2019, at Pruitt Carolina Point. ??She was born on neember 19, 1919, in Cornelius, NC to the late Rufus H. Honeycutt and Bleker Parks Honeycutt. In 1937, Julia graduated from Hope Valley School. She then worked at Liggett-Myers Tobacco Company until her retirement in 1981. Julia was a faithful...
Beverly Mary Lapointe Smolka
Jun 30, 2019
DURHAM ??? Beverly Mary LaPointe Smolka, age 93, died on June 30, 2019. She was born in Potsdam, NY on January 30, 1926 to the late Francis LaPointe and Mary Endersbee LaPointe. Beverly loved her family and was especially devoted to her grandsons, James and Spencer. As a young woman, she dreamt of studying art and fashion but the hardships...
Claudia Anne Hurst Bishop
Jun 29, 2019
Claudia Anne Hurst Bishop of Raleigh, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on June 29, 2019, at Transitions LifeCare Hospice Home in Raleigh. She was born on June 25, 1943, in Durham to the late Carl aneexie Mae Hurst. In addition to her parents, Claudia is preceded ineeath by her husband of 37 years, Nathan Marvin Bishop, III. She is...
Betty Weatherspoon Norwood
Jun 26, 2019
Betty Weatherspoon Norwood, age 87, died on June 26, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Sallie Woodruff Weatherspoon.?? Betty was born in Durham County oneeptember 27, 1931 and resided in Wake and Granville County for many prosperous years with her late husband, Billie E. Norwood. Betty was the mother of 3 boys and a loving friend to all....
Gianfranco Ruffini
Jun 26, 2019
Gianfranco Ruffini died peacefully at home in Durham, NC on June 26, 2019, surrounded by his family. Born on August 29, 1938 in Ancona, Italy to Remo and Ines Ruffini, Gianfranco grew up in World War II Italy, spending the majority of his early life in Como, Italy, where would start a family and have two sons, Remo and Fabrizio....
Frederick Charles Kull
Jun 25, 2019
Frederick Charles Kull, age 100, died June 25, 2019.?? He was born April 10, 1919 to the late Anna Rudman and Frederick William Kull ineewark, NJ.?? He graduated from St Benedicts Preparatory School ineewark, NJ, and from Villanova Uneersity.?? In 1942 he enlisted in the US Navy and served honorably as a Leut (jg) in the WW II effort.?? On...
Matthew Russell Ellis
Jun 24, 2019
CHAPEL HILL ??? Matthew Russell Ellis, age 21, died on June 24, 2019, after a tragic accident on his summer job. He was born on neember 27, 1997, to Bruce O. Ellis and Catherine Ferraro Ellis. A 2016 graduate of The Hawbridge School in Saxapahaw, Matthew was keenly interested in theatre arts.?? He was a rising senior at Greensboro College,...
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