OBITUARIES
Robert Peck
Feb 4, 2012
Mr. Robert H. (Bob) Peck, 97, passed away February 4, 2012 at the DuBose Health Center in Chapel Hill. Bob was a native of Schenectady NY, but as a young man, traveled to Chapel Hill, NC to study engineering. He was a graduate of UNC, class of 1937, and a member of the last class in the School of...
Margaret Boswell
Feb 2, 2012
Orange County BOSWELL, Margaret Madeline Hyland Hillsborough - Mrs. Margaret Madeline Hyland Boswell, 71, died Thursday, February 2, 2012, in Mt. Pleasant, SC. She was a native of Alexandria, Va. She retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield. She was a member of Union Grove United Methodist Church. Surviving are her children: Linda Boswell Bloom (David), Susan Boswell Gourdin (Kent),...
Shirley Horn
Feb 2, 2012
Shirley Norris Horn passed away at her home in Chapel Hill Thursday, February 2, 2012. Memorial services will be held Monday February 6, 2012 at 11:00AM at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born July 7, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Survivors include her loving husband of 49 years, John F. Horn, Sr.; her brother...
Mei-Heng Mar
Feb 2, 2012
CHAPEL HILL - Mei-Heng Huang Mar, 66, of Chapel Hill, passed away on February 2, 2012. The daughter of the late Jong-Song Huang and King-Fa Ong Huang was born on September 3, 1945 in Chiayi, Taiwan. Mei-Heng is predeceased by her parents and two sisters. She is survived by her husband, Eng-Chun Mar; her son Spencer Mar; daughter Jennifer...
Charles Spoonhour
Feb 1, 2012
"Charlie" peacefully left us Wednesday February 1, 2012 in Chapel Hill, NC, at home, surrounded by his family. Charlie is survived by his wife of 25 years, Vicki; two sons, Jay, 41, wife Nicole, of Moberly, MO; Stephen, 37, wife Lisa, of Leawood, KS; and five grandchildren, Grace, 8, Charles, 6, and Samuel, 2, of Moberly, MO; Michael, 10,...
Jeanette Cecil
Feb 1, 2012
-----Original Message----- From: walkersfhmebane To: obits ; walkersfh ; jan.weaver Sent: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 4:53 pm Subject: Obit for Jeanette Cecil Bill to: Walker's Funeral Home 304 W. Center Street Mebane, NC 27302 (919) 563-9211 TO: Obituary Desk ALAMANCE COUNTY MEBANE - Mrs. Jeanette Faye Tatem Cecil, 65, of 2567 South N.C. 119, Lot 4, Mebane, NC, died...
Robert Wilson
Jan 30, 2012
Robert Stringer Wilson, M.D., 92, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and formerly of Clarksburg, West Virginia, died January 30, 2012 at his home from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was born in Clarksburg on January 9, 1920, the son of James Edward Wilson, Sr., M.D. and Mary Evelyn Boggess Wilson. Dr. Wilson graduated from Washington Irving High...
Marsha Massey
Jan 26, 2012
HILLSBOROUGH - Marsha Scott Massey of Hillsborough, NC finished her courageous fight with cancer on January 26, 2012 at her home. Marsha was born on January 15, 1953 in New Orleans, LA to the late Johnnie Kathryn Scott and Roy David Scott. She grew up in Macon, GA where she attended Southwest Macon High School and graduated from Mercer...
Homer Tapp
Jan 23, 2012
Orange County Chapel Hill - Mr. Homer Ruffin Tapp, 90, passed away peacefully at his home on January 23, 2012 after several months of declining health. Homer was born August 13, 1921 in Orange County to the late Henry Ruffin Tapp and Lillian Durham Tapp. Homer graduated from Hillsborough High School and then served in the U.S. Navy. He...
Merle Gregory
Jan 19, 2012
Durham - Mrs. Merle Joyce Gregory, 78 of Durham, NC, died peacefully, Thursday, January 19, 2012 at her home. A native of Durham, she was the daughter of Robert and Mary Rasberry. She was a retired practical nurse that worked at Watts Hospital in Durham and Hill Haven Nursing Home in Chapel Hill. She is survived by her husband...
Shirley Mason
Jan 18, 2012
Shirley Coggins Mason, of Chapel Hill, died Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at her home. Born on November 23,1935 in Walstonburg, NC, she lived and worked in Richmond, VA, and Chapel Hill, NC. Shirley achieved a Doctorate of Education from North Carolina State University, Raleigh. She taught at UNC-CH, School of Nursing, from 1971 until her retirement in 2007. Shirley...
Kathleen Robertson
Jan 18, 2012
Kathleen Glenn Robertson (91) of Carrboro, N.C., passed away peacefully at UNC Hospitals Palliative Care on January 18, 2012. She was a lifetime member of Carrboro United Methodist Church. Services will be held on January 21, 2012 at Carrboro United Methodist Church with visitation at 10am & funeral service 11am by Claire McKeowan. Burial will follow at Westwood Cemetery....
Gerald Farrell
Jan 17, 2012
There will be a memorial service honoring the life of Gerald Moore Farrell. Family and friends are asked to meet and celebrate his life on Saturday, January 28th, at Antioch Baptist Church at 11 AM. Gerald a life long resident of Carrboro, was born on August 21st at his family's home in Carrboro. Gerald was the son of the...
James Blaylock
Jan 16, 2012
PERSON COUNTY TIMBERLAKE - Mr. James R. "Shug" Blaylock, 78, of 880 C. C. Andrews Road, Timberlake died Monday, January 16, 2012 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Blaylock was born on March 3, 1933 in Person County, son of the late Charlie Bradsher and Annie Elizabeth Ashley Blalock. Shug attended Helena School prior to serving in...
Rusty Freeman
Jan 15, 2012
304 W. Center Street Mebane, NC 27302 (919) 563-9211 Walker's Funeral Home TO: Obituary Desk ALAMANCE COUNTY MEBANE - Rusty Jay Freeman, II, 27, of 649 Trollingwood-Hawfields Road, Lot-7, Mebane, died unexpectedly Sunday, January 15, 2012. Rusty was born on August 17, 1984 in Durham County, son of Phyllis Lee High Freeman of Durham and the late Rusty Jay...
Mary Capps Shearin
Jan 12, 2012
Mary Gladys Capps Shearin September 22, 1910 - January 12, 2012 Chapel Hill, NC Mary Gladys Capps Shearin died Thursday at Carolina Meadows after a brief illness. She had lived there for over 20 years. She was born September 22, 1910, in Arcola, NC, the oldest daughter of Robert Lewis Capps and Beulah Gupton Capps. She graduated from Louisburg...
Vincent Dodson
Jan 10, 2012
Orange County Chapel Hill - Vincent T. Dodson died on January 10, 2012 at his home after several years of illness. Born in Orange County to Teresa Balak and Brodie Duke Dodson on August 5, 1923. He moved to Durham County and attended the Catholic School through the eighth grade, graduating at Durham High with the class of "41....
Virginia Partin
Jan 8, 2012
Virginia Collins Partin passed peacefully into the presence of God on Sunday January 8th after a short illness and a wonderful life. Funeral service will be Friday January 13, 1 PM at Lystra Baptist Church. Virginia was born in Petersburg VA on January 15 1915 to Rufus M Collins and Ella Walker Collins and was reared by her Aunt...
Elisabeth Whyte
Jan 3, 2012
Betty Whyte Harriet Elisabeth Stafford Whyte Elisabeth Stafford Whyte, 82, of the Cedars at Meadowmont, died on January 3, 2012, after a long illness. Mrs. Whyte was born July 19, 1929 in Columbia, Missouri, to Virginia Reid and Elliott Morrison Stafford. She spent her childhood in Sedalia, Missouri and graduated high school in 1947 from Dana Hall in Wellesley,...
Jerry Powers
Jan 3, 2012
POWERS EFLAND - Mr. Jerry Randall Powers, 60, of 5901 Charles Dead End Road, Efland, died Tuesday, January 3, 2012. He was born on March 23, 1951 in Kanawha County, WV, son of Patty Holstein Powers of West Virginia and the late Clarence Clyde Powers. Before moving to North Carolina, Jerry was very proud to be a coal miner....
