OBITUARIES
Thomas Allison
May 28, 2014
Hillsborough - Mr. Thomas Chalmers Allison, Jr., 85, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014. He was born in Durham County to the late Lora and Thomas Allison, Sr. He attended Caldwell School. He worked at Erwin Mills. After serving in the US Army during the Korean War he return to the family farm and later retired from White's Furniture Company....
Malcolm Allison
May 24, 2014
Malcolm Graham Allison, age 66, son of the late Percy Graham Allison and Sallie Allen Allison, passed away at home late Saturday evening following a two year battle with cancer. A lifelong resident of Cedar Grove, Malcolm attended Aycock High School and graduated from Orange High School in 1966. He played basketball for Orange High School and Louisburg College....
Lola Parker
May 23, 2014
Walker's Funeral Home P.O. Box 506 Hillsborough, NC 27278 919-732-2121 Fax: 919-732-8368 HILLSBOROUGH - Lola Pauline Parker of Hillsborough, passed away Friday, May 23, 2014 at Duke University Medical Center with her family by her side. Born in Orange County, Ms. Parker was the daughter of the late Ira Lee Parker and Ruby Lee Combs Parker. She was preceded...
Helga Leftwich
May 21, 2014
Helga Neuhaus Leftwich Helga Neuhaus Leftwich, 92, of 5-208 Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill, NC passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Leftwich was born on February 8, 1922 in Leverkusen, Germany to Otto and Emmi Neuhaus. She married the late William Edward Leftwich in 1948 and moved...
John Austin
May 20, 2014
HILLSBOROUGH - Mr. John Thomas Austin, Sr., 81, died Tuesday, May 20, 2014. He was born and lived in Orange County all his life. He attended the Orange County schools and later received his GED from Alamance Community College. He worked at Cone Mills before serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He retired from the Orange...
Gerald Sloan
May 20, 2014
Gerald Mark Sloan died peacefully after a long illness on Tuesday, May 20 at the age of 63. He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Elizabeth, his two children David and Emily, and his sister Diane Gordon of New York. Dr. Sloan was born in New Haven, CT to Edward and Anne Slutsky and attended Hopkins Grammar...
Penny Wilson Reed
May 18, 2014
Efland - Penny Marie Wilson Reed, 45, died Sunday, May 18, 2014. She was born in Orange County and attended the Orange County Schools. Surviving are three children: Walter Ryan Wrenn, Del Brown, and Cameron Cheek, her mother, Marie Cheek Wilson and her father, Raymond Spencer Wilson, and her grandmother, Esther Wheeley of Graham. Graveside services will be held...
Shirley Jarvis
May 17, 2014
HAW RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA - Mrs. Shirley Dawn Jarvis 79, of 909 Pine St. passed to the Lord Saturday May 17, 2014 at her residence. She was the wife of the late John W. Duke Jr. and Harold R. Jarvis Jr. and daughter of the late Mr. Joseph J. Desrochers and Beatrice M. Bennett of Dalton, New Hampshire. She...
William Walser
May 17, 2014
Hillsborough Bill Walser, 70, died Saturday, May 17, 2014. Born in Kansas City, MO, and raised in Houston, TX, Bill spent most of his career in the financial services industry in Chicago, IL, lived in Hillsborough, NC, since 1996 and had interests in astronomy, numismatics and Android development. Bill is survived by his wife Susan (Swain) Walser and favorite...
Pauline Mcgirt
May 16, 2014
Pauline McGirt, 89, passed away on May 16, 2014, at Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill. She was preceded in death by her husband Malcolm and four sisters. A service will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, May 23 at the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Ronald Clark
May 12, 2014
Hillsborough - Mr. Ronald Gene Clark, 69, died Monday, May 12, 2014. He was born in West Virginia and moved to North Carolina. He was a self-employed auto mechanic. Surviving are two daughters Sherry C. Arthur (Darrell) of Ohio and Shelly C. Green of South Carolina, two sons, Ronald Gene Clark, Jr. (Barbara) of Ohio, and Robert Dell Clark...
Miss Anne Lewis
May 11, 2014
Mebane- Ms. Mildred Anne Lewis, 74, died Sunday, May 11, 2014. She was born in Alamance County to the late Ed Lewis and Nannie Westbrook Lewis. She was a graduate of Aycock High School in 1958. She then remained at home to care for her parents, Started working at Royal Home Fashion for nine years. She is survived by...
Sherrie Mooney
May 9, 2014
Sherrie Lynn Mooney (Horton) Chapel Hill - Sherrie Lynn Mooney went to be with our Lord and Savior on May 9, 2014. She is survived by her wonderful loving husband of 21 years Jeff Mooney. Sister Lucy and husband Skippy Godfrey, sister Jenny and husband Bill Golat, brother Bobby and wife Tamar Horton, brother Tom and Karen Godwin, brother...
Elizabeth Hobbs
May 6, 2014
Chapel Hill Elizabeth Deane Haw Hobbs, 80, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina died on May 7th, 2014. She was born February 17, 1934, the daughter of the late Joicey Edna Ruffin Haw and Richardson Wallace Haw of Richmond, Virginia. Known to her friends as "Betty", she grew up in Richmond and Chester, Virginia, graduated from Thomas Dale School and...
James Briggs
May 6, 2014
Hillsborough - Mr. James Everette Briggs, 54, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014. He was born in Person County and attended the Person County schools. His work included farming and constructing. He was married to Marie Dixon Briggs for 27 years. Surviving are his wife, Marie D. Briggs, his son, James Eddie Briggs (Brandy), Chapel Hill, his daughter, Tina Yarborough,...
Walter Dunn
May 4, 2014
Pittsboro Walter Lee Dunn Jr, 65, passed away peacefully at his home on May 4th, 2014 in Pittsboro, NC surrounded by family after a lengthy battle with cancer. Walter was born September 20th, 1948 in Golden Meadow, LA the son of Lola Bert and Walter L Dunn Sr. Walter was a retired law enforcement officer with the UNC Campus...
James Tripp
May 3, 2014
James Elwood Tripp, Jr., 89 of Chapel Hill passed away May 3, 2014. He was born in Carrboro to the late James Elwood Tripp Sr. & Emma Gill Tripp. He was married to Peggy O'Briant Tripp for 54 years. He is survived by his children Ron Tripp & Cindy Tripp Allen. Graveside service will be held Tuesday at 11...
David Lanpher
Apr 29, 2014
Hillsborough - Mr. David Albion Lanpher, 76, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014. He was a native of Vermont where he graduated from Northfield High School. He worked for IBM in Vermont, Virginia, and NC. He was a true family man with a sense of humor. He enjoyed traveling, hunting, fishing and the beach and especially doing things with his...
Stacy Blank
Apr 29, 2014
Stacy Lynn Murdy Blank Stacy Lynn Murdy Blank, age 42, passed away surrounded by family and friends at N.C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. She was born June 19, 1971, in Centerville, Iowa, to Jim and Elaine (Moore) Murdy and was the older of two children. Graduating from high school as a National Honor...
Leo Rycasky
Apr 28, 2014
Leo Felix Rycasky November 5, 1916 to April 28, 2014 Mr. Rycasky, veteran of World War II, U. S. Navy, died Monday at The Pines, the medical division of Carolina Meadows, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children of Elizabeth Wnorowska and Nicholas Rykaczefski, Mr. Rycasky's three siblings: Sister Jessie , and...
