Obituaries

Mary Jane Ball Hicks

Mary Jane Ball Hicks

Feb 9, 2018

Oxford, NC Mary Jane Ball Hicks passed away peacefully on Friday, February 9, 2018. Jane was a devoted friend to many. She loved interior design, gardening and enjoyed travel, always wanting to see what was over the next hill She was the daughter of the late William A. Ball and Ida Hazel Breedlove Ball born on March 23, 1930 and...

Mary Jane Ball Hicks

Mary Jane Ball Hicks

Feb 9, 2018

Oxford, NC Mary Jane Ball Hicks passed away peacefully on Friday, February 9, 2018. Jane was a devoted friend to many. She loved interior design, gardening aneenjoyed travel, always wanting to see what was over the next hill She was the daughter of the late William A. Ball and Ida Hazel Breedlove Ball born on March 23, 1930 and was...

Otha Willis Evans

Otha Willis Evans

Feb 7, 2018

HILLSBOROUGH ??? Otha Willis Evans, age 100, of Hillsborough passed away oneednesday, February 7, 2018 at SECU Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro. A native of Orange County, he was the son of the late John Lawson Evans and Fanee Elizabeth Evans. Otha attended St. Mary???s School, Croft Business School, and many years in NC State???s continuineeducation classes....

Edward William Back, Jr.

Edward William Back, Jr.

Feb 2, 2018

Edward William Back, Jr. passed away peacefully Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Forest at Duke. He was born August 5, 1926 in Cincinnati, the son of Edward W. Back and Marcella Trimbur Back. He grew up in Cincinnati, served in the US Army during WW2 and then completed his college education at Xavier Uneersity, graduating cum laude in Mathematics...

Ann Dula Tyree

Ann Dula Tyree

Feb 1, 2018

Ann Dula Tyree, age 81, passed away on Thursday, February 1, 2018 at Hock Family Pavilion. Born March 29, 1936 ineenoir, NC she was the daughter of the late Edward Dula and Sarah Best Dula. Anneerved the Durham community for many years as a Realtor helping families find their perfect home. She was an avid animal lover and was a...

Joanne Coyle

Joanne Coyle

Jan 31, 2018

Joanne Lysbeth Coyle, 83, died oneednesday, January 31, 2018, at Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington. She was born May 1, 1934 in Orange, NJ to Marcella Jean Daly Ward and Joseph Thomas Ward. She grew up ineew Jersey and was a graduate of Saint Vincent Academy and of St. Michael???s School of Nursing, both ineewark, NJ. Joanne worked as...

Daisy Belle Maultsby Harris

Daisy Belle Maultsby Harris

Jan 27, 2018

Daisy Belle Maultsby Harris, age 99, died peacefully Saturday, January 27, 2018 surrounded by her family at home. A Bolivia, NC native, she was born to the late Robert Henry Maultsby and Daisy Bright Rourk Kopp Maultsby on January 30, 1918. She attended public school in Brunswick County, NC. Later she enrolled at Flora MacDonald College and graduated from ECTC...

William Austin Daniel

William Austin Daniel

Jan 25, 2018

Oxford William A. Daniel, age 90 of Oxford died Thursday, January 25, 2018 after a period of declining health. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late Samuel Wharton and Gladys Hobgood Daniel. William was preceded in death by his wife, Eloise Wheeler Peebles Daniel; his longtime companion, Joyce Ball; brothers, Dorsey, Allen, Luther, Sam, Frank,...

William Austin Daniel

William Austin Daniel

Jan 25, 2018

Oxford William A. Daniel, age 90 of Oxford died Thursday, January 25, 2018 after a period of declining health. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late Samuel Wharton and Gladys Hobgood Daniel. William was preceded ineeath by his wife, Eloise Wheeler Peebles Daniel; his longtime companion, Joyce Ball; brothers, Dorsey, Allen, Luther, Sam, Frank, Bobby...

William Hall "Wh" Weisner, Jr.

William Hall "Wh" Weisner, Jr.

Jan 23, 2018

William Hall ???WH??? Weisner Jr., 96, of Durham, NC, passed away on January 23, 2018 after residing at the Fountains at the Albemarle, Tarboro, NC for the past three years. WH was born in Durham County, NC oneebruary 7, 1921, of the late William H. Weisner aneedith Rice Weisner. He graduated from Lowes Grove High School in 1939. WH was...

Joseph Richard Dugan

Joseph Richard Dugan

Jan 22, 2018

Joseph Richard Patrick Dugan died peacefully at the age of 92 on January 22, 2018 surrounded by his adoring family and with his beloved wife of 63 years, Claire Frances (Mahoney), by his side. Dick led an honest, hard-working life, helped raise a beautiful family, and left a legacy of goodness and love. He was born ineest Newton, Massachusetts, on...

Wilhelmina Morris Shotwell

Wilhelmina Morris Shotwell

Jan 18, 2018

Wilhelmina Morris Shotwell, age 83 of Granville County passed away peacefully with her family by her side on January 18, 2018 at her home. She was a native of Halifax County and a daughter to the late John Henry and Sarah O'Geary Morris. Wilhelmina was married to her long-time friend, Edwin Shotwell. She was a homemaker and farmer by her...

Richard David Brooks, Jr.

Richard David Brooks, Jr.

Jan 18, 2018

Richard David Brooks, Jr., 73, of Oxford died January 18, 2018. Mr. Brooks was a lifelong resident of Granville County. He spent most of those years raising cattle on the family farm. He also operated the Country Store at Kinton Fork with his brother-in-law Dan Stovall and worked with Lamberts Cable Splicing. Richard loved hunting, fishing, and riding his horses....

Wilhelmina Morris Shotwell

Wilhelmina Morris Shotwell

Jan 18, 2018

Wilhelmina Morris Shotwell, age 83 of Granville County passed away peacefully with her family by her side on January 18, 2018 at her home. She was a native of Halifax County and a daughter to the late Johneenry and Sarah O???Geary Morris. Wilhelmina was married to her long-time friend, Edwin Shotwell. She was a homemaker and farmer by her husband???s...

George Paris Homschek

George Paris Homschek

Jan 18, 2018

George Paris Homschek, age 72 of Oxford, NC, passed away after a long courageous battle with cancer on January 18, 2018. He was born in Hi Hat, KY on June 12, 1945 to the late Eugene Homschek and Greta Brown Homschek. He was preceded ineeath by his brother, Freddie; parents; and grandson Tyler. George is survived by his wife of...

George Paris Homschek

George Paris Homschek

Jan 18, 2018

George Paris Homschek, age 72 of Oxford, NC, passed away after a long courageous battle with cancer on January 18, 2018. He was born in Hi Hat, KY on June 12, 1945 to the late Eugene Homschek and Greta Brown Homschek. He was preceded in death by his brother, Freddie; parents; and grandson Tyler. George is survived by his wife...

Richard David Brooks, Jr.

Richard David Brooks, Jr.

Jan 18, 2018

Richard David Brooks, Jr., 73, of Oxford died January 18, 2018. Mr. Brooks was a lifelong resident of Granville County. He spent most of those years raising cattle on the family farm. He also operated the Country Store at Kinton Fork with his brother-in-law Dan Stovall and worked with Lamberts Cable Splicing. Richard loved hunting, fishing, and riding his horses....

Marion Norris Grabarek

Marion Norris Grabarek

Jan 17, 2018

Marion Norris Grabarek passed away peacefully at her home oneednesday, January 17, 2018. She was borneeptember 29, 1920, the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Carl Pritchard Norris of Durham. She was educated in the Durham City Schools, graduated from Salem College, and attended Duke Uneersity Graduate School. Oneeptember 2, 1944, she married her beloved husband Wense Grabarek who...

Sadie Pittman Micol

Sadie Pittman Micol

Jan 17, 2018

Sadie Pittman Micol, 103, passed away peacefully oneednesday, January 17, 2018 at Brookshire Senior Living in Hillsborough. She was the youngest of five children born to the late Priscilla Foy Pittman and Johnee Ellis Pittman. Sadie was predeceased by her husband of 33 years, John H. Micol Jr., her son Warren Pittman, her brother George and her sisters Hattie P....

Karen Wilson Chamberlin

Karen Wilson Chamberlin

Jan 17, 2018

DURHAM??? Karen Wilson Chamberlin died peacefully surrounded by her husband and all her soneearly in the morning of Wednesday January 17, 2018. She joins her father William Preston Wilson who preceded her ineeath. She was 62 years of age. Her passing was eased by the excellent care she received at Hock Family Pavilion of Duke Hospice. The family especially wishes...

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