OBITUARIES
Eileen Kentera
Oct 6, 2016
Eileen Kentera, 92, passed away on October 6, 2016 at Galloway Ridge Retirement Community in Pittsboro, NC. Born Eileen Ruth Kohler in Hamilton Ohio in 1924, she was one of four children of William and Alice Lykens Kohler. Soon after graduating from Hamilton High School in 1942, she was recruited during World War II to the United States Army's...
Iris Cates
Oct 5, 2016
Iris Walker Cates, 93, of Southport, NC, formerly of Hillsborough, NC died October 5, 2016 in Southport, NC. Mrs. Cates was born April 7, 1923 in Hillsborough, NC to the late William Henry and Lorena Walker. She was also preceded in death by her sisters; Ethel Whetstone, Hazel Strayhorn, Lucille Strayhorn, Miriam Allred and Elizabeth Walker. Iris was the...
Samuel Nichols
Oct 3, 2016
Mr. Samuel Jesse Nichols went to heaven on October 3, 2016. Sammy grew up on Arrowhead Farm, and loved every minute of it. He was truly an outdoorsmen and relished life on the farm. Sammy attended Appalachian State and the mountains became his second love. Sammy was also a very talented baseball player. He was a pitcher and threw...
Thomas Shepard
Oct 3, 2016
Thomas Alan Shepard, 52, of Snow Camp, passed away Monday, October 3, 2016 at his home. Mr. Shepard was born September 15, 1964 in Durham County to Harold Shepard and Linda Benfield, and was the husband of Wendy Williams Shepard. Mr. Shepard owned and operated Shepard Home Improvements for many years, he loved doing yard work, and spending time...
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....
