OBITUARIES
Lucy Chew
Nov 2, 2013
Chapel Hill, NC - Lucy Rita Chew, 90, passed away peacefully at home, November 2, 2013. Born in Teluk Anson, Malaysia, she attended the University of Melbourne, Australia. It was there she met and married her husband of 64 years, Victor Chew. Moving to the US in 1955, they lived in Gainesville, FL, Raleigh, NC, Dahlgren, VA, Satellite Beach...
Judy Mccollum
Nov 2, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH -. Mrs. Judy Elaine Stewart McCollum, 67, died Saturday, November 2, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Lillie and John Stewart. She was a native of Rockingham County and graduated from the Reidsville Schools. She attended Alamance Community College. She and her sister were self-employed in a photography business, Portraits Plus. Surviving are her husband, Hal...
Barbara King
Nov 1, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH -. Barbara Ann King, 74, died Friday, November 1, 2013. She was an Orange County native and attended the Orange County schools. She was employed by BVD in Carrboro/Mebane. She was a loving person who cared for many nieces and nephews and extended family. Surviving are two sisters: Marie King, Hillsborough, and Sylvia K. Kernodle, Durham; one brother,...
Leigh Hecht
Nov 1, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH -. Leigh Ann McLaurin Hecht, 57, passed away on November 1, 2013 at Alamance Regional Hospital in Burlington, NC. Leigh was born on January 16, 1956 in Durham to Robert and Shirley McLaurin. Leigh grew up in Durham, NC. Leigh graduated from Orange Senior High in Hillsborough, NC in 1974. Leigh married Raymond Hecht in June 10, 1973...
Raymond Defriess
Oct 28, 2013
Mr. Raymond Dennis deFriess, 60, went home to the Lord on October 28. A native of Rochester, New York, Raymond moved to Chapel Hill in 1960. He graduated from Chapel Hill High in 1971. After high school, he began a 44 year career as a service engineer on X-Ray equipment, finishing as a senior service engineer at Radon Medical...
Gloria Blythe
Oct 27, 2013
ORANGE Gloria Nassif Blythe CHAPEL HILL — Gloria Nassif Blythe was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 27, 1928, and died in Chapel Hill on October 27, 2013. With her older brother David, she grew up in a family that celebrated its Scottish and Lebanese ancestry. She attended Classical High School in Springfield, and Mount Holyoke College in South...
James Morgan
Oct 27, 2013
PERSON James Ellis Morgan ROXBORO — James Ellis Morgan, 85, died Sunday morning, October 27, 2013, in Person County Memorial Hospital. A resident of Roxboro, he was retired from the University of North Carolina. He was predeceased by his wife, Mallie May Morgan. He is survived by a brother, Billy Morgan of Chapel Hill; a sister-in-law, Annie Lee Pendergrass...
Giselle Albert
Oct 26, 2013
CHAPEL HILL Giselle Milot Albert, 86, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away at Duke University Medical Center after a long illness on Saturday October 26, 2013. "Hazel" was born at home on February 24, 1927 in Watertown, CT. She was one of five children to Philip Milot and Rose Alma Desruisseux, French-Canadian, immigrants. She was married to Marvin Gibbons...
Kelly Colon
Oct 24, 2013
The family will receive friends at Walker's Funeral Home Of Hillsborough on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 from 1PM until 5PM with Father Tom Tully officiating.
Betty Whitfield
Oct 23, 2013
Betty Sue Duncan Whitfield died at her home on Wednesday, October 23, 2013. She was raised on Homestead Road, Chapel Hill. She retired in 1984 after thirty-six years with John Umstead Hospital. She and her husband were owners of the Hollow Rock County Store on Erwin Road for over twenty-five years. She was an avid Tar Heel Fan. She...
George Johnson
Oct 23, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH - Mr. George Ira Johnson, Jr., 85, died Wednesday, October 23, 2013. George graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1945. He was a veteran of the US Navy and served in the Korean War, serving on the U.S.S. Ajax and participating in operation "Passage to Freedom". He worked at Duke Power Company for 36 years where he was...
Thomas Faison
Oct 22, 2013
Chapel Hill - Thomas Ellison Faison, 85, died Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at UNC Hospital after a brief illness. He is survived by his two children, Elizabeth Faison and Thomas I Faison, Thomas' wife Jolee and their children Joseph, Cody, Kristina, Amber and Crystal. He is also survived by his brother William A. Faison Jr. of Chicago, IL and...
Ralph Hemmig
Oct 21, 2013
CHAPEL HILL — Lt. Col. (Ret.) USAF Ralph Brian Hemmig passed away peacefully October 21, 2013 at Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill, NC. Col. Hemmig was born April 26, 1921 in Delphi, Indiana. He first attended Perdue University where his education was interrupted by World War II. He later graduated from Sacramento State College with an AB. Degree in Personnel...
Betty Sharpe
Oct 20, 2013
Walker's Funeral Home, Inc. P.O. Box 506 204 N. Churton Street Hillsborough, NC 27278 919-732-2121 For Thursday's paper (Nov. 14) Bill to above address. Hillsborough - Betty Hayes Sharpe died October 20, 2013. She was born December 14, 1925 in Asheboro, NC to Moody T. and Glada Yow Hayes. She retired from the Orange County Tax Supervisor's Office in...
Chester Crabtree
Oct 19, 2013
OBITUARY OF CHESTER LLOYD CRABTREE: ------------------------------------------------------- HILLSBOROUGH, NC -- Chester Lloyd Crabtree, 85, of 4609 Saint Mary's Road, Hillsborough, NC, passed away October 19th at his home after an extended illness. Born December 9, 1927, Chester was the son of the late Artelia Holden Watkins Crabtree and Thomas Frank Crabtree. Chester spent most of his life in Orange County...
Estelle Barbee
Oct 19, 2013
CHAPEL HILL Estelle Barbee, 79, of Chapel Hill passed away at WakeMed in Cary on Saturday, October 19, 2013 after a brave battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rob and Ruby Maynor of Carrboro, her husband, "Pete" Barbee, her son, Steve Barbee and her brothers, Wilbert, Carlton, and Homer Maynor. She is survived by...
