OBITUARIES
Joseph Robertson
Mar 25, 2014
Joseph H. Robertson, Jr. MEBANE — Mr. Joseph H. Robertson, Jr., 68, passed away, surrounded by his family, on Tuesday March 25, 2014, in Mebane, NC. He was the son of Joseph H. Robertson, Sr., and Kathleen G. Robertson, both deceased, and husband of Frankie W. Robertson for 51 years. Joe earned his associate degree from Durham Tech, his...
Susan Schwab
Mar 24, 2014
CHAPEL HILL Surrounded in her North Carolina home by her family, Susan F. Schwab passed away peacefully on March 24 from pancreatic cancer. Born August 13, 1952, she was raised in Tonawanda, New York and attended St. Amelia School and Mount Saint Mary Academy. After graduating from the University of Buffalo, Susan began a 30+ year career in information...
David Hall
Mar 22, 2014
HILLSBOROUGH - David Linden Hall, Sr., 76, died Sunday, March 23 . He was born in Orange County and attended the Orange County schools. He served in the National Guard. He worked for the Hall Brothers who provided the stone for the first South Duke Hospital. He also worked for Wilkerson Grading and retired from the City of Chapel...
Teresa Goodson Bullock
Mar 19, 2014
HILLSBOROUGH - Mrs. Teresa Bullock, age 53 of 2007 US 70-A East, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at home where she was surrounded by family and friends she loved. She was a native of Durham County and attended the Orange County schools. She and her husband, Randy, were married in 1980. She was employed by Hatfield-Berrang Hearing Aid...
James Luxton
Mar 19, 2014
James Louis Luxton passed away Wednesday morning, March 19, 2014 at his home in Durham, NC. He was the son of late John Virgil and Fannie "Bud" Smith Luxton and was born February 4, 1923 in Chatham County and he grew up in Lee County. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Clark Luxton, his children: son, James "Jim"...
Helen Scott
Mar 16, 2014
HAW RIVER - Mrs. Helen Fay Horner Scott, 72, died Sunday, March 16, 2014. She was a native of Orange County and attended the Orange County schools. She was a very loving mother, grandmother, and sister. She loved working and cooking. She was the world's greatest Nana. Surviving are her daughter, Fay Scott McPherson, Haw River, her son, Mark...
Patricia Marshall Sheffey
Mar 12, 2014
Chapel Hill, NC Patricia Ruth Marshall Sheffey, a Chapel Hill, North Carolina resident born in Cedar Grove, Louisiana to the late Robert and Winnie Marshall, on October 13, 1926, died March 12,2014 at the home of her daughter, attended by her loving family and UNC Hospice. She attended Tulane University after World War II and was one of the...
Nellie Webster
Mar 11, 2014
Durham - Nellie Mae Allen Webster died Tuesday, March 11, 2014. She was a native of Durham County and the daughter of the late Juanita and William Allen. She attended the Durham schools. At the age of 14 she worked in Eno Mills in Hillsborough. She married Herbert Webster. She retired from Burlington Industries after 34 years of service....
Robert Meddock
Mar 10, 2014
DURHAM--Robert Dodds Meddock Jr, 73, philosophy professor, hot air balloon pilot, and academic administrator, passed away at Duke University Hospital on March 10, 2014. He was the son of the late Mary Alice Fox and Robert Dodds Meddock, Sr. Dodds was born March 23, 1940, in Lebanon, Ohio. He earned a B.A. at Miami University, completed graduate work at...
Marvin Carson
Mar 9, 2014
Pittsboro, NC - Marvin D. Carson, 75, died peacefully on March 9, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Carson was born in Orange Co. son of the late William Lemuel Carson and Nina Johnson Carson. Marvin is survived by his wife of 50 years, Anne Carson, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Carson worked at UNC for 33 years as...
Troy Lloyd
Mar 8, 2014
EFLAND - Troy Walander Lloyd , 90, died Saturday, March 8, 2014, in his home. He was a native of Orange County He was the son of the late Julia and Andrew Lloyd. He grew up and worked on the family dairy farm with his dad, A. B. Lloyd, Sr. He then became a salesman at Patz Dairy and...
Cheshire Cole
Mar 7, 2014
Hillsborough - Mr. Cheshire Jackson Cole, Sr., 89, Friday, March 7, 2014. He attended Hillsboro High School and was a veteran of the US Navy during WWII. He retired from General Electric. He was a founding member of the Orange County Rescue Squad. He was a member of the Hillsborough Planning Board and The Church of God. He was...
Robert Branscome
Mar 5, 2014
Robert Gerald "Jerry" Branscome, 71, passed away at his home on March 5, after a long courageous battle with cancer. He is preceded in death by his mother Frances Branscome Clayton and Marshall F. Branscome. He is survived by his wife, Jane Mangum Branscome, daughters Kristy Branscome Montana (Scott) and Tracy Branscome Lane, son Robert "Robbie" Branscome (Kim), 9...
Helen Bloomquist
Mar 3, 2014
CARRBORO Helen Squires Bloomquist, 87, of Carrboro, NC, died on Monday, March 3rd after a lengthy illness. Born in Braxton County, WV, Helen was the elder child of Cecil Ellis Squires, Sr., and Mona Hall Squires. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Charles King (Chuck) Bloomquist, both of her parents, her younger brother, Cecil...
Virginia Ellington
Mar 3, 2014
Virginia Trigg Ellington, mother, aunt and friend died on Monday, March 3rd in Chapel Hill. She was 86. A force to be reckoned with to the end she died peacefully. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband J.P. Ellington, Jr. in 1987 Virginia was born in Lakewood, Ohio on May 5 1927 to Frances Warr Trigg and...
Lonnie Matthews
Mar 2, 2014
Lonnie (L. T. )Matthews was born on October 8, 1932 to Lonnie Turner Matthews, Sr. and Katie Spivey Matthews in Durham County North Carolina. His life ended on March 2, 2014 at Alamance Regional Hospital, Burlington, NC. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by two brothers, Clifton and Earl, and a sister, Doris Carver. He is survived...
Sonia Rodriguez
Feb 27, 2014
Ms. Sonia Rodriguez, age 74, died on February 27, 2014 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. The family will have a visitation on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Walker's Funeral Home in Mebane from 7:00PM to 9:00PM. Complete arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Mebane is honored to serve the Rodriguez family.
James Blankenship
Feb 25, 2014
Durham - James Finley Blankenship, Jr., 57, of Durham, NC, died Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at his home. Born in Chicago, IL and raised in Roxboro, NC, Jim was the son of James Finley Blankenship, Sr., and the late Hester Belle Parkes. In addition to his mother, a brother and a grandson precede him in death. He was the...
Edward Hayes
Feb 23, 2014
Edward Thomas Hayes (Ed) passed away February 23, 2014 at his home in Pittsboro, NC. He was a five year survivor of a heart transplant and lived his gifted years to the fullest. Edward was born in Chicago, IL to the late Edward A. Hayes and Mary Margaret (Brown) Hayes. He received his BA and MA from Illinois State...
