OBITUARIES
Brenda Thompson
Jun 23, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH - Brenda Copeland Thompson, 65, died Sunday, June 23, 2013. She graduated from Orange High School and Croft Business College. She retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield. She was a loving mom , grandmother, and sister. Surviving are her daughter, Molinda Thompson, Hillsborough, her son, Shayne Thompson (Tracy), Hillsborough, her sister, Pam C. Murdaugh (Marshall), Mebane, two brothers,...
William Alexander
Jun 19, 2013
Obituary for William Lona Alexander, Jr. William Lona Alexander, Jr., 87, died peacefully on June 19, 2013 in Chapel Hill, NC. He was born in Buie, NC and raised in Raeford, NC but has been a "Chapel Hillian" since 1946. He is survived by his beloved wife Mary of Chapel Hill, NC, three children (Joe of Chapel Hill, Marc...
Robin Bradsher
Jun 17, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH - Robin Renee Bradsher, 43, of Durham went to be with the Lord earlier this week. She graduated from Orange High School. Surviving are her parents, John and Jackie Bradsher, Hillsborough, three sons: John Christopher Bradsher, Trevor Bradsher, and Desmond Grady; her sister, Lisa Haradon, Colorado, her maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Slaughter, and her best friend, Debra Cannady. Graveside...
Miriam Dobbins
Jun 17, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH - Miriam Agee Dobbins, 50, died Monday, June 17, 2013 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. Miriam was born December 12, 1962 in Murfreesboro, TN, and graduated from Mount Juliet High School in 1981. She received a scholarship to attend Union University in Jackson, TN, and graduated with honors from the School of Nursing in 1985....
Hal Lamb
Jun 13, 2013
Hal William Lamb Jr. died at age 93 on June 13, 2013, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor Hill Lamb; his sons and daughters-in-law: Hal W. Lamb III and Lee, and Daniel S. Lamb and Toni; his stepchildren and spouses: Katherine Wilson Singleton and John, Dorothy Wilson Chappell and John B. Wilson Jr....
Mary Monroe
Jun 12, 2013
Hillsborough Mary Louise Monroe Mary Louise Monroe, age 81, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2013 at her daughter's home in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Mary was born on March 18, 1932 in Elizabeth, LA. The older of two children, she spent most of her childhood in Louisiana and earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Louisiana at...
Claude Teague
Jun 7, 2013
Claude Edward Teague, Jr., 88, of Winston-Salem died peacefully after a brief illness on Friday, June 7, 2013, surrounded by his children. He was born on September 9, 1924 in Sanford, N.C. to the late Mary Spaugh Teague and Claude Edward Teague. Mr. Teague was a graduate of Greensboro High School and his beloved alma mater, the University of...
Horace Smith
Jun 6, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH - Mr. Horace Ted Smith, 94, died Thursday, June 6, 2013. He grew up in Morganton, NC, where he graduated from Morganton High School. He worked in furniture manufacturing until December 4, 1940 when, as one of the first draftees from Burke County, NC, he entered into the U.S. Army. He served in WWII as a member of...
Mildred Blackwelder
Jun 4, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH - Mrs. Mildred Gibbs Blackwelder, born in Durham on June 25, 1927, died June 4, 2013. She was a lifelong resident of Hillsborough. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Ruby Gibbs, and her husband, Billy Blackwelder. She is survived by her children, June Blackwelder (Kurt Lent), Gayle Zales (Mike), Paul Blackwelder, and Lisa Blackwelder;...
Felton Terrell
Jun 3, 2013
HURDLE MILLS - Mr. Felton Grady Terrell, 83, died Monday, June 3, 2013. He was a native of Orange County and was educated in the Orange County schools. His first employment was at Western Electric in Burlington. He was a member of the first line crew with REA Electric building power supply for rural areas. He was a custom...
Willah Shanklin
Jun 3, 2013
MEBANE - Mrs. Willah Tew "Doll" Shanklin, 84, died peacefully Monday, June 3, 2013. Doll led a full life, born in Sampson County in 1928 into a family of twelve children. She was preceded in death by her parents, Pearlie A. Tew and Daisy McLamb Tew, her husband of 49 years Samuel A. Shanklin, Jr., four brothers and one...
Jeanne Parsons
Jun 2, 2013
Chapel Hill Jeanne Barron Hough Parsons was born July 27, 1928 to Walton Ford Barron and Mildred Koch Barron in Columbia Missouri. At age seven, the family moved to Kansas City, Missouri where she attended Kansas City schools, and later attended the University of Missouri where she was a member of the Delta Gamma Sorority and the Vice President...
Henry Kirkman
May 29, 2013
Henry Neil Kirkman, Jr., M.D. (Sept. 14, 1927 to May 29, 2013) CHAPEL HILL Dr. Henry Neil Kirkman, Jr., beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away Wednesday following a lengthy battle with cardio-vascular disease. Dr. Kirkman was a Kenan Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He chaired the Division of Genetics and...
Bobby Hinson
May 29, 2013
BURLINGTON. Bobby Daniel Hinson, 77, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013. He retired from Cone Mills and was a member of Front Street United Methodist Church where he gained a large family. Surviving are two aunts: Elizabeth Hinson Cleary of Burlington and Thelma Hinson George of Raleigh; and his cousin, Charlie Cleary of Hillsborough. The memorial service will be held...
Faucette Williams
May 28, 2013
Ms. Faucette E. Williams died on May 28, 2013 at the age of 93 after a short illness. She retired from UNC Hospitals and was an original member of Farrington Road Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her sisters and brother Eleanor Harward, Nancy Ross and Robert B. Williams. She is survived by sister-in-law Carolyn Williams, Nephews...
Marian Turner
May 27, 2013
Marian Wilson Turner died, the evening of May 27, 2013 at the Dubose Assisted Living Center on the campus of the Cedars Retirement Community in Chapel Hill of natural causes. Mrs. Turner was born on September 3, 1919 in Normal, Alabama on the campus of A&M University, the daughter of Exeline Polk Wilson and James H. Wilson, first African-American...
