OBITUARIES
David Michael Bermel
Jul 2, 2024
David Michael Bermel, 66, of Mebane, NC, passed away at his home on July 2, 2024.
David was born in Buffalo, NY to the late Frank and Wilma Bermel. He graduated from Medaille College with a bachelor’s degree in business. David and Eileen raised two sons and settled in North Carolina...
Florence Ruel
Jul 1, 2024
Florence V. Ruel, a woman of strong faith and steadfast love, peacefully departed this world on July 1, 2024, surrounded by the love of her family. She was 93. Florence was predeceased by her husband, John Robert Ruel and her sister Margaret (Peggy) Melillo. She leaves behind her son Matthew Ruel, his wife Rachel, her daughter Laura Ruel, and...
Nancy Carson Lloyd
Jun 30, 2024
Nancy was born on January 9, 1938 to Lois and Hubert (Jotta) Carson. Their only child, she grew up in the historic Ray house on Weaver Street in Carrboro, NC. She was smitten with Kermit Lloyd in elementary school. They started dating in their teens. She graduated from Chapel Hill High, then they were married in 1957 at Carrboro...
Lewis Bernice Baker
Jun 30, 2024
Lewis Bernice Baker, 95, of Mebane, passed away, Sunday, June 30, 2024, at his home.
A native of Caswell County, he was born on June 7, 1929, a son of the late John Calvin Baker and the late Abbie Lee King Baker. Lewis was a hard worker, he retired as a tobacco farmer and then...
Janet Zapala Le Golvan
Jun 29, 2024
Janet A. Le Golvan, 79, of Chapel Hill, NC, peacefully died at home in the presence of devoted family on Saturday the 29th of June following a long and determined battle with pancreatic cancer over 4.5 years.
Born at Cottage Hospital in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan on Sunday, July 30, 1944, to Ann and Frank...
James Leslie Foster, Jr.
Jun 23, 2024
James Leslie (Jim) Foster, Jr., born December 20, 1938, in LaPorte, Indiana, passed away in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on June 23, 2024. He was the son of James Leslie and Mary Louise Foster.
After graduating from high school, he served four years in the U.S. Air Force. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business...
Emagene E Willingham
Jun 21, 2024
Emagene E Willingham passed away peacefully to be with the Lord June 21st, 2024. Ema accepted Christ as her personal Savior and Lord at an early age.
She was born in Bainbridge, Georgia and was raised partly in Bainbridge, in New Bern, North Carolina, and in Buffalo, New York before her family eventually settled in...
Thomas Wolf
Jun 19, 2024
Thomas Wolf, 91, passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in Chapel Hill, NC. He was born in Frankfurt Germany and was the son of the late Martha and Arnold Wolf. For over a century, the Wolf family owned soap factories. Tom’s father was the chief chemist at the Dreiturm Company, which was expropriated without compensation by the Nazi...
Keith Lewis
Jun 19, 2024
Keith Bullard Lewis, 97, was born on April 26, 1927, in Bladen County, NC to William Madison Lewis and Nettie Estelle Marshburn Lewis. He was married to Doris Lee Minnis Lewis for 69 years prior to her death in 2018.
He graduated from Garland High School, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy on April 12,...
Lewis Phillip Walker
Jun 15, 2024
Lewis Phillip Walker, died June 15, 2024 at his home after suffering a second heart attack since March 11, 2024. Phillip was born, July 24, 1953, at his family home in the Caldwell Community of Northern Orange County. He lived on the family farm, which has been in his family for over 200 years.
Phillip was predeceased by his parents Vance...
James Wallace Wilson
Jun 14, 2024
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James “Jimmy” Wallace Wilson, 76, of Burlington, passed away, Friday, June 14, 2024, at his home.
Born, February 22, 1948, in Durham, North Carolina, he was the son of the late James R. Wilson and the late Doris Burton Wilson. Jimmy...
Michael Silver
Jun 14, 2024
On Friday, June 14th, 2024, Michael (Mike) Silver, loving husband and father of three, passed away at the age of 70.
Mike was born on March 30th, 1954 in Spokane, WA to Ilene and Stanley Silver. There he and his three siblings, spent their days in the family diner, until he eventually found his way...
Eduarda Resendes
Jun 14, 2024
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Eduarda Resendes, a woman of unparalleled love, dedication, and warmth. She left us on June 14, 2024, surrounded by her loving family in her home in Hillsborough, NC, leaving behind a legacy of compassion and an unyielding commitment to the happiness and well-being of those she loved.
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Delores Ray
Jun 12, 2024
Delores "Sandy" Hicks-Ray departed this world to be with her Heavenly Father and his Son on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. She transitioned peacefully while at home with the love of her life, her husband Kerry Dee Ray, and her adoring son, Kerry Dee Ray, II. Sandy was a very strong Christian and left this world without fear, knowing exactly...
Debra Whited
Jun 12, 2024
Debra Ann Whited, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to many, passed away peacefully with family by her side at her home in Efland on June 12th, 2024. She was born on November 26th, 1956 in Alamance County and lived a life filled with love and laughter until the very end.
Debra leaves behind...
Charles Roy Snider Jr.
Jun 11, 2024
Charles Roy "Chuck" Snider Jr., 70, of Chapel Hill, NC died Tuesday, June 11, 2024 during an LVAD repair surgery, after battling with Congestive Heart Failure over the last 10 years.
Chuck was born September 1,1953 in Waynesburg, PA, the son of Charles Roy Snider, Sr. and Theodosha Eileen (Fluharty) Snider of DeFuniak Springs, FL....
Marjorie Elnora Oakley
Jun 10, 2024
Marjorie was a native of Person County, NC, the only daughter and first born child of Lewis Crockett Lunsford and Ida Aurelia Alice Walters. Her paternal grandparents were Thomas Goodwin Lunsford and Roxanna Clayton; maternal grandparents were Edward Pickett Walters and Mary Alice Brown. Marjorie’s father died in 1937 following surgery for a head injury. Her mother Ida, who...
William Ernest Moore
Jun 10, 2024
William “Bill” Ernest Moore, 85, of Cedar Grove, NC passed away at his home on the lake surrounded by his family on June 10, 2024.
Bill was born October 17, 1938 in Randolph County, NC and raised in Alamance County. He was the son of the late Lewis Wesley Moore and Sue Kiger Ernst. He...
John Sands Morrell Hutchison
May 31, 2024
John Sands Morrell Hutchison, or “Hutch” as he was affectionately known, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Friday, May 31, 2024. After struggling with multiple health issues and being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, his health took a sudden decline in recent weeks.
He was born in Asheville on May 6, 1955, moving to...
Mary Jean Harris
May 31, 2024
Mary Jean Harris, 82, of Mebane, passed away, Friday, May 31, 2024, at the Hospice Home of Alamance.
Born, September 6, 1941, in Orange County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Burton Goswick and the late Carma Mae Clayton Goswick. Mary was retired from the textiles industry.
Surviving are...
