OBITUARIES
Juanita Poole
Jan 14, 2015
Durham County Juanita Poole, 91, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015. She graduated from Aycock High School and King Business College. She moved to Washington, DC where she worked at the Pentegon for 33 years until retirement. Surviving are her brother, R. B. Poole and his wife Patsy, her sister, Frances P. Leonard and her nieces and nephews. She was...
Carrie Sigmon
Jan 13, 2015
Hillsborough - Mrs. Carrie Terrell Sigmon, 77, went home to be with the Lord January 13th, 2015. She was a native of Orange County and graduated from Hillsboro High School. In 1959 she married Jimmy Sigmon. She retired from Trien, Inc. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Surviving are her husband, her daughter, Cindy Hamilton, her son,...
Wade Griffin
Jan 13, 2015
Hillsborough - Wade Edward Griffin, 88, of Hillsborough, died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Duke Hospice, Hock Family Pavilion. He was a WWII Navy Veteran and a precision instrument maker in the Engineering Research Department at NCSU. After retirement, he farmed and operated Griffin's General Service for 35 years. Surviving are his wife, Frances Haley Griffin, his daughter, Katherine...
Ralph Compton
Jan 13, 2015
Mr. Ralph Cooper Compton, 85, of Hillsborough, NC, died on Tuesday January 13, 2014, at N.C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill of pulmonary fibrosis. Mr. Compton was born on January 13, 1930 in Orange county NC to the late R. Cooper and Annie Woods Compton. He was raised in Cedar Grove with his brother the late Joseph Woods Compton,...
Maria Turnier
Jan 12, 2015
MARIA VALLECILLO TURNIER María Fernanda Vallecillo de Turnier, 72, of Chapel Hill passed away peacefully on Monday, January 12 surrounded by family, after a complicated medical illness. A native of Puerto Rico, Marifé, as she was affectionately known, was born on October 11, 1942 in Mayagüez to the late Fernando A. Vallecillo Franceschi and Emma Inés Vidal Lassise. While...
Catherine Peace
Jan 11, 2015
Catherine Louise Peace, 66, of Mebane Passed away Sunday, January 11. She was born August 23, 1948 to the late William and Ruby Murphy Peace. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by daughter, Deborah Ray and brother, Calvin William Peace. Those left to cherish her memory are sisters, Janie Peace Rook and Donna Peace Sharpe;...
Edgar Riggsbee
Jan 7, 2015
Edgar Lloyd Riggsbee Chapel Hill Edgar Lloyd Riggsbee, 91 years of age, passed away on January 7, 2015 after a brief Illness. Lloyd was born on August 18, 1923 in Chatam County, NC to T.V. and Sallie Riggsbee. He graduated from the UNC School of Pharmacy in 1945. He was employed at Duke University Outpatient Pharmacy for thirty years....
Gerald Beaver
Jan 7, 2015
Burlington - Gerald Wayne Beaver Gerald Wayne Beaver, 64, of Burlington passed away January 7, 2015. He was born February 19, 1950 to the late James Lawrence and Martha Josephine Childrey Beaver. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Clinton Perkins. Those left to cherish his memory are a son, Gregory Beaver of...
Noel Durham
Jan 7, 2015
Ijamsville Noel Jack Durham, 76, passed peacefully at his home in Ijamsville on the 7th of January, 2015. He leaves behind his wife and partner of 46 years, Stella; sons Martin Dwayne and Malcolm "Mike"; daughter Beverly; grandchildren Nicole, Kasey, Savanna, Kimberly, Alexis and Justin Durham; and Amanda and Jeremiah Moore. He will also be missed by brother Frank...
Norman Jackson
Jan 7, 2015
Pittsboro Norman Fullerton Jackson, 94, peacefully passed away on January 7 at his home in Fearrington Village surrounded by his family. Born in Stovall, NC, on November 27, 1920, to Henry Taylor Jackson and Norma Fullerton Jackson, "Top" as he was affectionately known, grew up and lived in Chapel Hill throughout his life. Top proudly served in the US...
Mary Polak
Jan 6, 2015
Mebane - Mary Elizabeth Polak Mary Elizabeth Polak , 88, passed away January 6, 2015. She was born in Harbor Beach, MI September 11, 1926 to the late John E. And Susie Smaglinski Ulfig. In addition to her parents Mary was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years Raymond A. Polak; sister, Gertrude Borek and her husband...
Danielle Winslow
Jan 6, 2015
Danielle Winslow, 62, of Chapel Hill, NC died on January 6, 2015 at home in the love of her family after a long battle with breast cancer. Born in Pittsburgh, PA February 10, 1952 she attended the Young Artists classes at Carnegie-Mellon while in high school. She continued her painting studies at Kutztown University. Danielle had an artistry that...
Jane Roller
Jan 5, 2015
Jane Morrow Roller, 98, of Chapel Hill, died Monday, January 5, 2015, at Springmoor Retirement Center in Raleigh, NC. She was born on July 22, 1916, in Plain City, Ohio, the daughter of Pearl Grieves Morrow and Alexander Brabson Morrow. Her father, a Presbyterian minister, moved the family to Stanley, North Dakota, and then to Pontiac, Illinois, where they...
John Greene
Jan 4, 2015
John Wesley Greene, Jr, 62, of Pittsboro, NC passed away on Sunday January 4. He was born December 2, 1952, in Camden, SC. He was son of the late Katherine Engleman Greene and John Wesley Greene of Roanoke, VA. John married Katherine Dillon Greene on July 13, 1974. Together they raised two children. John graduated from Virginia Tech with...
Thomas Hutchins
Dec 29, 2014
Orange County Cedar Grove - Mr. Thomas "Tommy" Keith Hutchins, 22, died Monday, December 29, 2014. He was the son of Jeanie Wagner Bateman and Rodney Hutchins. Surviving are his daughter, Harper Faith Hutchins, his brother, Timothy Bateman, his grandparents, Patsy and Jeff Smith and Larry and Brenda Owens, and his great grandmother, Annie Hunt. The memorial service will...
James Settlemyre
Dec 29, 2014
Cedar Grove - Mr. James "Jimmy" Albert Settlemyre, 55, died Monday, December 29, 2014. He was the son of the late Jerry and Lorraine Pearce Settlemyre. Surviving are his wife, Rhonda Cates Settlemyre, his son, Justin Settlemyre, his sisters, Rhonda Carden and her husband Perry, and Lynne Medlin and her husband Joe, and his brother, Danny Settlemyre and his...
Christine Heath
Dec 26, 2014
- Christine Bass Heath December 6, 1927 - December 27, 2014 Hillsborough Christine B. Heath was a remarkable woman and an inspiration for all who her knew her! She was raised on a Harnett County farm by hard working, loving parents, Wiley B & Susie Bass. After graduating as the salutatorian of her class of 1944, she was recruited...
Lishan Knowles
Dec 26, 2014
Lishan Woldemichael Knowles, 62, passed away on December 26, 2014, while spending Christmas with her daughters in Los Angeles, California. Lishan was born in Asbe Teferi, Ethiopia and led an active life of service in Chapel Hill. A chef, caretaker and a devoted member of Grace Church, she was beloved for her energy, faith and sense of humor. The...
