OBITUARIES
Gloria Jimenez
Nov 21, 2011
Gloria M. Jimenez, age 79, passed away on November 21, 2011 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Born on July 1, 1932 to Dominic and Mary Cusumano, Gloria spent her childhood and early years in Bayside, NY. As a teenager she was an avid horseback rider and also taught riding. After graduating from Hofstra University and Brooklyn Law...
Peggy Wynn
Nov 18, 2011
Mebane Mrs. Peggy Marie Wynn passed away Friday, November 18 after failing health. She was born August 1, 1938 and grew up in the Caldwell Community of Orange County. She was preceded in death in 1980 by her husband, Lessie Wynn. Surviving are her children, Joy Stanley of Durham; Michael Wynn, Judy Wynn, and Paul Wynn, of Mebane; seven...
Jessie Sturms
Nov 12, 2011
Orange County Hillsborough - Jessie Lynn Sturms, 21, died Saturday, November 12, 2011. She was a 2008 graduate of Cedar Ridge High School where she enjoyed sports and was an avid softball player. She was fun loving, free spirited and full of joy. She loved her family and friends and was always willing to share. Surviving are her mother,...
In-Ok Lee
Nov 12, 2011
DURHAM - In-Ok Lee, 80, passed away on November 12, 2011. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 10:00AM in the chapel of Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill. Visitation will take place on Tuesday the 15th from 6:00PM to 8:00PM. The family has chosen Victoria Park Florist to supply the floral arrangements, they...
Charlie Wilkerson
Nov 12, 2011
Mr. Charlie Maynard Wilkerson, Sr., 92, of Hillsborough passed away early Saturday, November 12, 2011 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Tom and Mary Wilkerson; brothers, Lacy and Clyde Wilkerson; and a grandson, Josh Williams. Mr. Wilkerson was a World War II veteran, with the 1st Infantry Division, The Big Red One. While serving...
Donald Gates
Nov 9, 2011
Chapel Hill - Donald C. Dates, a resident of Governor's Club, died suddenly at home on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. He leaves his wife of 47 years, Suzanne Ruggles Dates. He was born in Orange, New Jersey on August 1, 1934. He graduated from Bernardsville High School, Bernardsville, New Jersey and Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, where he was a...
Lillian Bobbitt
Nov 7, 2011
HILLSBOROUGH - Lillian "Betsy" Park Bobbitt, age 63, passed away on November 7, 2011 after a long fight with breast cancer. She never gave up. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ida Allen Park Lockaby. Betsy worked the past 25 years for General Services Corporation of Durham, NC. She is survived by her loving husband of 43...
James Terry
Nov 7, 2011
TERRY HILLSBOROUGH - Mr. James Franklin "Frank" Terry, age 81, died Monday, November 7, 2011. He was born in Orange County and was the son of the late Jethro Terry and Annie Mae Pearson Terry. He was preceded in death by one brother, Billy Terry. Prior to retirement he was a cable splicer for AT&T and Bell South. He...
John Wood
Nov 6, 2011
JOHN JEFFERSON WOOD Dec. 18, 1936 - November 6, 2011 Jeff Wood passed away on November 6 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC, after a period of rapidly declining health. Born in Junction City, KS, Jeff attended Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Jeff later attended Notre Dame University and graduated from St. Benedict's College...
Bill Roberts
Nov 6, 2011
Orange County Hillsborough - William Paisley "Bill" Roberts, 89, of Hillsborough, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2011, after a brief battle with cancer. Bill was born to the late Jeff Lee and Margaret Hughes Roberts on August 26, 1922 in Cedar Grove, NC. While in Cedar Grove, Bill began farming with his father. Bill graduated from Aycock High School...
Mavor Godfrey
Nov 1, 2011
GODFREY HILLSBOROUGH - Mavor W. Godfrey passed away November 1, 2011 at her residence. She was born May 28, 1916 to Olin S. Wright and Annie Roberts Wright. Her husband, L. C. Godfrey preceded her in death. She owned and operated Godfrey's Apartments and Cottages at Carolina Beach for 30 years. She returned to Cedar Grove where she became...
Shirley Pope
Oct 31, 2011
EFLAND Pope - Mrs. Shirley Ann Mitchell Pope, age 63, of 905 Brookhollow Road died Monday, October 31, 2011 in the Duke University Medical Center. She was born in Alamance County and was the daughter of the Peggy Robinson Mitchell. She was preceded in death by her father, William Mitchell. She was a member of the Efland United Methodist...
Thomas Clark
Oct 28, 2011
Thomas K. Clark, 59, of Hillsborough, NC passed away Friday, October 28th, 2011. Thomas was born on December 16th, 1951 in Tokyo, Japan. He was raised in Carrboro/Chapel Hill, NC. He was an honest, gentle, kind and loving man. He could fix or build anything he set his mind to. When other contractors were building doll houses for a...
Pearl Seymour
Oct 28, 2011
PEARL FRANCIS SEYMOUR June 23, 1927 - October 28, 2011 Pearl Francis Seymour, 84, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, passed away on October 28th, 2011. She was born to Sallie Bailey and Paul Francis in LaFollette, Tennessee, on June 23th, 1927. Preceding her in death were her parents and her brothers, Paul Bailey Francis and William Clark Francis. She...
George Kingman
Oct 17, 2011
George Metcalf Kingman, 81, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away on Monday, Oct 17, 2011. He was born on Dec. 25, 1929 to the late Brig. General Allen F. Kingman and Margaret G. Kingman in Ft. Leavenworth, KS. George graduated from High School in Washington, DC, and received a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University in 1955. George married...
Glen Caruthers
Oct 16, 2011
Wade Glen Caruthers, Jr Cedar Grove - Wade Glen Caruthers Jr, 81, died October 16, 2011 after a brief illness. Glen was born in Orange County on January 30, 1930 to the late Wade and Mozelle Watkins Caruthers. Funeral services will be held at Cedar Grove United Methodist Church on Wednesday, October 19 at 1:00 p.m. Burial will follow...
Andy Farra
Oct 14, 2011
EFLAND FARRA, JR. - Mr. Andy Joe Farra, Jr., 28, died Friday, October 14, 2011. He was a veteran of the US Air Force. Surviving are his wife, Stephanie Bell Farra, his mother, Ella Marcum Farra; his father, Andy Joe Farra, Sr.; one daughter, Abbigail Aragon-Farra, CA; one brother, James Farra, Trinity, NC; and one sister, Lotus Farra, Asheboro;...
Stuart Sechriest
Oct 13, 2011
STUART WILSON SECHRIEST 1914-2011 He has showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 Stuart Sechriest, former newspaper man, journalism teacher, and Army officer, passed away on October 13, 2011. He believed in the fatherhood...
Joy Neville
Oct 13, 2011
Joy McAdams Neville joined her husband of 48 years, Eric A. "Tud" Neville and her twelve siblings in heaven on Thursday, October 13th. She celebrated her 87th birthday on October 9th surrounded by family and close friends at her home in Carrboro. Her career included being a teller and loan officer at Home Savings and Loan, book keeping for...
