OBITUARIES
Thomas Lloyd
May 7, 2013
Mr. Thomas W. Lloyd, Jr. (T.W.), age 87 died on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was married to Edna Womble Lloyd who preceded him in death. Mr. Lloyd was the son of the late Thomas Wingate Lloyd Sr. and Emma Julia Lloyd both from Carrboro. He was employed and retired with the UNC...
Alvis Dixon
May 5, 2013
ORANGE Alvis James Dixon CHAPEL HILL — Alvis James Dixon, 86, died Sunday, May 5, 2013 at Chapel Hill Rehab. He had been in declining health for several years and had been in rehab after suffering a stroke on April 7, 2013. He was born in Durham county on June 7, 1926 and had lived in Orange county all...
Louise Arnold
May 4, 2013
CHAPEL HILL Louise Halls Falls Arnold died on Saturday, the fourth day of May, 2013 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A native South Carolinian, a beloved first-grade teacher, a quietly gutsy traveler, and a whirlwind of a hostess, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and caretaker, she lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for the for past twelve years....
Shirley Posillipo
May 2, 2013
Shirley Posillipo died suddenly on May 2, 2013 . She is survived by her children Gina Ambrosecchia, Joseph Posillipo and Vera Mecca. Grandchildren: Tiffany Posillipo, Dustin and Tony Ambrosecchia, Joseph Mecca, Mitchell Posillipo and great-children. Her brother Louis Azzolino and sister Susan Schulz. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 at 2pm at Walker's Funeral...
James Nobblitt
May 1, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH - Mr. James Wayne Nobblitt, 81, died May 1, 2013 in his home surrounded by his family following a brief illness. He was born February 14, 1932, in Galax, VA. He was in the US Air Force 1950-1954 and served in the Korean War 1952-1953. He was a beloved husband, father and grandfather. Surviving are his wife of...
Robert Dicks
May 1, 2013
Chapel Hill Dr. Robert Stanley Dicks, Jr. As Bob often said, I was born in "the front room" in Barnwell, SC in 1917 to Wilhemena Antley Dicks and Robert Stanley Dicks, Sr. His Father passed away and Bob became man of the house at age 12. He moved to Chapel Hill at the age of 16 where he helped...
Carolyn Wallace
Apr 30, 2013
CHAPEL HILL Carolyn A. Wallace, retired director of the Southern Historical Collection at Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina, died on April 30, 2013, at Carol Woods Health Center in Chapel Hill. Born September 30, 1919, in Hillsborough, she was the daughter of the late Charles M. Andrews and Virginia Dare Danner Andrews of Burlington and the...
Joyce Miller
Apr 29, 2013
PITTSBORO - Mrs. Joyce Johnson Miller, 83, of Pittsboro, died Monday, April 29, 2013 in Hospice Home of Alamance. Joyce was born on January 17, 1930 in Orange County, NC, daughter of the late Allen J. Johnson, Sr. and Audrey Ray Johnson . She was a retired beautician and member of Dasmascus Congregational Christian Church. She is survived by...
Susan Saunders
Apr 27, 2013
Susan Murphy Saunders, 75, a Chapel Hill native and long-time Charlotte resident and educator, died on Saturday at her home at Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill after a two-year struggle with pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. 1. Ms. Saunders was the daughter of the late J. Maryon Saunders and the late Susan Rose Saunders of Chapel Hill. She is...
R. O'Briant
Apr 24, 2013
Title : R. Leon O'Briant August 20, 1934 to April 24, 2013 R. Leon O'Briant died on the evening of Wednesday April 24 after a brief illness. He was born in Greenville, SC, resided in Raleigh, NC for most of his adult life and had lived in Mebane, NC since 2007. He had two years of honorable service in...
Mary Grinstead Taylor
Apr 23, 2013
HURDLE MILLS - Mrs. Mary Jane Grinstead Taylor, 84, of the Caldwell Community died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late Cliff and Tinsey Dixon Grinstead. She was the last of twelve children. She was the widow of the late C. B. Taylor. She was a member of...
Starnes Weaver
Apr 23, 2013
Starnes Eli Weaver, 86 of Carrboro, NC passed away April 23, 2013 at the UNC Memorial Hospital. Mr. Weaver is survived by his wife, Mildred Wright Weaver; one sister, Janice Weaver Jordan; three sons, David Starnes Weaver, spouse Cynthia Zeman, grandson Tiber Zeman-Weaver, granddaughter Claire Zeman-Weaver; son, Karl Richard Weaver; son, Kevin Lee Weaver; and a host of family...
Clara Emory
Apr 19, 2013
ROUGEMONT - Mrs. Clara Mae Walker Emory, 97, died April 19, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Emma and Toy Vance Walker. She was a great mother and grandmother. She loved flowers and baking cakes for the community. Surviving are her Sons: James Emory (Becky), Rougemont and Larry Emory (Elsie), Gibsonville; six grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; 2...
George Dodson
Apr 18, 2013
MEBANE -Mr. George Donald Dodson, 83, 3200 Jim Lowe Drive, Mebane, died Thursday, April 18, 2013. He was born on November 9, 1929, in Alamance County, son of the late Collie McKinley and Agnes McAdams Dodson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, retired owner and operator of Dodson Service Station and a member of Eastside Baptist Church....
Edgar Riley
Apr 12, 2013
Hillsborough - Rev. Edgar David Riley of 518 Terrell Road, Hillsborough, N.C., passed away suddenly on Friday afternoon, April 12th, 2013, at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, N.C. A beloved son, brother, husband, father and friend; he will be greatly missed by many. David was born on January 19th, 1952, in Durham, N.C. to the late William Edgar "Ed" and...
Harvey Watson
Apr 12, 2013
Reverend Doctor Harvey Langill Watson Durham The Reverend Doctor Harvey Langill Watson, beloved husband, devoted father and grandfather, cherished friend, and dedicated minister in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, died peacefully on April 12, 2013. He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Elizabeth Martin Watson; daughter Amy Watson Briceño; son Harvey Langill...
