OBITUARIES
Hannah Terrell Collins
Feb 14, 2015
Hannah Myrtle Terrell Collins, 79, of Cedar Grove passed away February 14, 2015. She was born in Orange County, NC on September 24, 1935 to the late Bertie Wilson Terrell and John Monroe Terrell. Growing up Hannah worked with her mother in the tobacco and farming business. She accepted Christ at a very young age at Cedar Grove United...
Rozelle Crabtree
Feb 13, 2015
Orange County Efland - Mrs. Rozelle Elizabeth Warren Crabtree, 92, died Friday, February 13, 2015. Surviving are sons: Henry Ronald Crabtree (Judy), Graham, and Larry Donald Crabtree (Jeanne), Hurdle Mills; Granddaughters: Allyson Crabtree Cecil (John T.), Chapel Hill and Kimberly Crabtree Cook (Nicholas Gilbert), Hurdle Mills, great grandchildren: Joshua Hunter Cecil and Lauren Allison Cecil, Chapel Hill, one brother,...
Dorothy Hobby
Feb 12, 2015
Dorothy Wilson Hobby, 87, of Cedar Grove passed away February 12, 2015. She was born July 30, 1927 to the late Odie and Betty Rogers Wilson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband Sam James; second husband Norman Hobby; son, Sammy James and sister Elaine Wilson. Dorothy was a member of the...
Virginia Tilden
Feb 8, 2015
Burlington NC Virginia Katherine Grotgen Tilden died on February 8, 2015 at the age of 95 at Twin Lakes Retirement Community in Burlington, NC. She is pre-deceased by her husband of 62 years, Robert Bryan Tilden Sr., her parents, George Thaddeus Grotgen and Carrie Virginia Meier, also her brother George Thaddeus Grotgen Jr. and sister Caroline Ann Grotgen Lester....
Carrie Compton Lloyd
Feb 6, 2015
Carrie Camelia Compton Lloyd, age 82 of Efland, NC passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Friday, February 6, 2015 after an extended illness. She was born on May 12, 1932 to the late Ralph and Carrie Compton. She, along with her 6 brothers- Kenneth, Robert, Charlie, Fred, Burch and Harry- grew up on a tobacco farm in...
Rita Patterson
Feb 4, 2015
Rita Ashley Patterson lived an adventurous and interesting life. She was a daughter, mother, grandmother and a loving example of God's love to many. She was born June 21, 1947 in Durham, North Carolina. She spent her formative years growing up in Hillsborough, on the outskirts of Chapel Hill. After attending Elon College, Rita married Pat Patterson and had...
Robert Mueller
Feb 3, 2015
Dr. Robert Arthur Mueller of Chapel Hill died Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at age 76 from complications of advanced Alzheimer's disease. He was born to the late Dr. Gustave and Edith Mueller, on July 24th, 1938, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Robert married his late wife, Marian Schiller Mueller in 1961. They enjoyed most of their life together in...
Kenneth Taylor
Feb 3, 2015
Kenneth Edward Taylor, Sr., 79, of Mebane passed away February 3, 2015. He was born November 17, 1935 to the late Linwood and Bertha Leigh Smith Taylor. In addition to his parents Kenneth was preceded in death by sister, Louise Crowling and brother, Linwood Taylor Jr. Kenneth served in Vietnam and retired from the US Air Force with 21...
Charles Williams
Feb 3, 2015
Orange County Cedar Grove - On February 3, 2015 Charles Hughes Williams, 93, went home to his heavenly father. He grew up on the family farm in Cedar Grove where he was able to embrace his love of nature and animals. Charles was a successful baseball player during his years at Efland High School. During WWII a love for...
Donald Shea
Feb 2, 2015
-Chapel Hill- Don Shea, a legendary and widely-respected TV sportscaster in the Durham-Raliegh-Chapel Hill area for almost 50 years, has died at the age of 77. His death was attributed to natural causes. Mr. Shea was born in San Francisco, CA on Jan. 3, 1938 to Patrick Shea and his wife Elizabeth Anne (nee Sullivan), both of Co. Cork,...
Milton Phelps
Feb 1, 2015
Mebane - Mr. Milton Walker Phelps died Sunday, February 1, 2015. He was born in Caswell County. He graduated from Prospect Hill High School and Devry College. He was a veteran of the Korean War. After retiring from RCA Corporation, he returned to his home place of Prospect Hill. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Morin Phelps, four sons: Ernest...
Thomas Stansbury
Jan 31, 2015
Hillsborough- Mr. Thomas Bradley Stansbury, 72, died Saturday, January 31, 2015, in Wilkes Regional Medical Center. He was born in Durham County to Estelle and Raymond Stansbury. The graveside service will be held 2 PM Tuesday in the Hillsborough Town Cemetery. Visitation will be 12:45-1:45 PM Tuesday in Walker's Funeral Home.
William Jordan
Jan 31, 2015
PERSON COUNTY JANUARY 31, 2015 ROXBORO - William Edward Jordan, 77, of Roxboro, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 in Person Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. Mr. Jordan was born in Roxboro, NC on March 21, 1937, son of the late Lambeth Branch, Sr. and Grace Eva Long Jordan and husband of the late Charlotte Irby Jordan. He was...
Alma Nichols
Jan 30, 2015
Trynis McBroom Nichols Alma Trynis Nichols, of Hillsborough, died Friday, January, 30 2015 at The Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, NC. She was born September 5, 1920 in Orange County, North Carolina to Charlie & Bertha McBroom. She was married to C.B. Nichols on August 26, 1945. Surviving are her daughter, Bertha Nichols Saunders (Max), two sons, Ben Nichols...
Barbara Medlin
Jan 29, 2015
Orange County Hillsborough - Mrs. Barbara Ann Chisenhall Medlin, 82, died Thursday, January 29, 2015. She was a native of Orange County and attended the Orange County Schools. She was employed by Cone Mills and later by Walmart. She was a great cook and loved her home and family. Surviving are two daughters: Pam Terrell (James), Sherry Medlin, one...
Richard Hildebrandt
Jan 27, 2015
Richard Edward Hildebrandt, Sr. of Hillsborough, NC died January 27, 2015. He was born in May 1927, in Collingswood, NJ. He was a graduate of Hargrave Military Academy, King College, Bristol, TN, and Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, VA. He was ordained as a Presbyterian Minister in 1955, and served Presbyterian churches in Virginia and North Carolina. He retired as...
Donald Macmillan
Jan 18, 2015
Donald Macmillan, 91, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina (formerly of Corning, NY) passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015. Born in Bellshill, Scotland on June 25, 1923, he was the son of Robert and Jean Macmillan. Don was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Ronald, Robert, William and sister Marylin Dillon. In June 1950, he married Theresa Zupancic...
Maurice Horner
Jan 17, 2015
Mebane - Maurice Eugene Horner Maurice Eugene Horner, 72, of Mebane passed away January 17, 2015. He was born October 6, 1942 to the late Willard Franklin and Margaret Wilson Horner. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brother, Kenneth "Racer" Horner; sisters Shirley Zarr and Francis Marie Blair. Those left to cherish his memory...
Mary Cheek
Jan 14, 2015
Burlington Mary Sue Moore Cheek, 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday January 14, 2015 at Twin Lakes Community in Burlington. Mary Sue was born in Pitt County, NC on February 19, 1923 to Lula Trott Moore and Lee Hyman Moore. She graduated from high school in Greenville and matriculated from East Carolina Teachers College (now East Carolina University). Her...
