OBITUARIES
James Wade
Oct 2, 2016
Mebane - James Albert Wade, Sr., 91, died Sunday, October 2, 2016. He was born in Caswell County and moved to Orange County at an early age. He was a 1943 graduate of Aycock High and married Rachel Phelps in 1943. He was in the U.S. Navy on the USS Shea until WWII ended. He returned to Orange County...
Betty Harrison
Oct 1, 2016
Betty Elliott Harrison, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died on October 1, 2016 In Chapel Hill, NC. Betty was born on December 22, 1924. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander Elliott of Chester, SC. Betty was predeceased by her husband Miller Hulet Harrison. Betty graduated from Chester High School and Limestone College. She did...
Michael Whaley
Sep 29, 2016
Mebane - Mr. Michael Chad Whaley, 39, a resident of Mebane, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2016. Michael was born in Orange County on June 2, 1977 to the late Jimmy Ervin Whaley and Barbara Myers Whaley who survives. Michael was a 1995 graduate of Eastern Alamance High School. He was a mechanic and enjoyed his work. Michael...
Gladys Crabtree Gates
Sep 28, 2016
Gladys Mae Crabtree Gates, 82, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at her home, with her family by her side. Gladys was born, August 12, 1934 in Chapel Hill, NC to the late David M. and Lilly Stout Crabtree. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She dearly loved her grandchildren and great -grandchildren....
Rachel Williams
Sep 28, 2016
Rachel Rierson Williams, 77, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016 with her devoted family by her side. Rachel was born August 30, 1939 in Guilford County, NC to the late Oscar and Mattie Flippin Rierson. She was the widow of the late Kenneth L. Thomas. She was a gentle soul and a sweet spirit who...
Murry Ferguson
Sep 26, 2016
Murry Wister Ferguson, Jr. of Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill, NC, and Blowing Rock, NC died September 26, 2016. He was born in Mebane, NC and lived there until moving to Wilmington, N.C. in 1967. He was a custom home builder and developer in that area until his retirement in 1997. He was preceded in death by his parents, Murry...
Ann Queen
Sep 25, 2016
Ann Queen, 72, of Hillsborough, NC, passed away on September 25, 2016. A family service was held at Walker's Funeral Home in Hillsborough September 29. Pastor Buddy Wright officiated. Ann was born in Durham on November 28, 1943. She graduated from Hillsboro High School and continued on to receive a nursing degree from Watts. Ann worked as a nurse...
Toula Bockting
Sep 25, 2016
Toula Protos Bockting, age ninety, died of heart failure on September 25, 2016, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born on March 25, 1926, in Washington, D.C. to James Protos and Sophia Manolas Protos. She attended Roosevelt High School. As a young woman, she worked for the State Department and the CIA. After earning her Bachelor's Degree in...
William Carver
Sep 22, 2016
William Austin Carver, Jr. passed away on September 27, 2016. He is survived by his wife Beverly B. Carver, and mother, Helen B. Carver. He was preceded in death by his father, William A. Carver, Sr. He was a member of Cherry Point Baptist Church and graduated from Havelock High School. He also attended Dalton College in Dalton, Georgia....
Shelleymarie Clarke
Sep 22, 2016
ShelleyMarie Jillene Clarke, 64, of Durham, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016 at the home of her brother Todd, in Chapel Hill, NC. ShelleyMarie was born February 23, 1952 in St. Paul MN to the late Orville J. and Lorraine E. Flaherty Meath, and was the wife of the late Gerald G. Clarke. She was a Business Manager with...
Victor Slade
Sep 21, 2016
Victor Leonard Slade, 59, passed away in the comfort of his home in Chapel Hill on September 21, 2016, after a long journey with cancer. He was a loving husband and father, dear friend and coworker, devoted tender of butterflies, and talented origamist. Victor was born in Amityville, New York, on March 3, 1957, the youngest son of his...
Barbara Jones
Sep 20, 2016
Chapel Hill, NC - Barbara Neville Jones, age 95, died Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at the Cedars of Chapel Hill. Mrs. Jones was born April 12, 1921 in Chapel Hill, NC; in the home she grew up in on Mallette St.; to the late Andrew and Alma Dean Neville. She married her true love, John Daniel Jones, Jr. in...
Frances Day
Sep 19, 2016
Frances Hawkins Day, 93, died on Monday September 19, 2016, at Granville Medical Center in Oxford. Frances was 93 at the time of her death. Frances, also known as Nanny, is survived by one remaining son, Phillip (Cheryl), five grandchildren, Jason, Jonathan (Ashley), Nick, Kaitlyn, & Libby. In addition she is survived by a number of great grandchildren, cousins,...
Ricky Parker
Sep 18, 2016
Mebane, NC - Ricky Paul Parker, 56 of Durham, NC passed away Sunday, September 18, 2016 at Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC. Ricky was born in Pearson County, NC to the late Richard Parker and Lucille Carver Parker, whom survives. He was a self-employed electrician. Ricky is survived by his wife Debra Post, his mother, Lucille Parker of Mebane,...
Randy Mcconnell
Sep 18, 2016
Randy Thorne McConnell, scientist, husband, father, and friend, passed away peacefully at home in the early morning of Sunday, September 18, 2016, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was 66. Randy was born to Mary Lee and John Marshall McConnell in Mooresville, NC. His mother taught him piano at an early age. This was the beginning of an...
Wylie Cole
Sep 17, 2016
Hillsborough - Mr. Wylie Stephen Cole, 72, died September 17, 2016. He was a native of Orange County. He was a graduate of Hillsboro High School and received his associate degree from a technical school. He served in the U.S. Air Force and later worked for Burlington Mills until retirement. He was married to Faye Carroll for many years....
Nancy Wilson
Sep 16, 2016
Nancy Wilson, 65, of Chapel Hill, passed away on September 16, 2016, at Alamance Caswell Hospice House in Burlington, North Carolina. Nancy was born on May 18, 1951, the daughter of William Harold and Willie Lee (Pickett) Clark. She later married Henry Wilson, Jr. whom survives. She retired from the University of North Carolina, where she worked as an...
Bobby Tatum
Sep 15, 2016
Mebane, NC - Bobby Young Tatum, 64 of Mebane, NC passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Alamace-Caswell Hospice in Burlington, NC. Bobby was born in Person County on May 9, 1952 to the late Charlie and Carrie Riley Tatum, and at a young age his parents moved to Orange County. He attended Orange County Schools and served in...
Beverly Mcbride
Sep 14, 2016
Hillsborough - Mrs. Beverly Sue Johnson McBride, 63, died Wednesday, September 14, 2016. She was a native of Orange County and grew up in Chatham County where she attended Chatham School. She was employed at the Chapel Hill Country Club for 20 years and retired due to health problems Surviving are her daughter, Robin M. Ligon (Don), her son,...
Neldo Sibrian
Sep 14, 2016
Carrboro, NC - Neldo M. Sibrian, age 61, of Carrboro passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2016 with his family by his side. Mr. Sibrian was the husband of Isable del Trancito Marin. He was the son of the late Fernando Sibrian and Demesia del Carmen Eche Verria whom survives. Funeral services will be held 8:00 P.M, Thursday, September 15,...
