OBITUARIES
Diane Generous
Mar 12, 2012
Diane B. (Kowalchuk) Generous, 69, died in her Carrboro home on Monday, March 12, 2012 after a six-year fight with multiple myeloma. She was the beloved wife of William T. Generous, Jr., known as "Tom," and the devoted and loving mother of Michelle E. Generous of Washington D. C., and Suzanne F. Generous Prentice of Wallingford CT, and she...
William Thompson
Mar 9, 2012
William George Thompson, 53, passed away peacefully at his home on March 9, 2012, after a brief battle with esophageal cancer. Bill was born August 28, 1958, in Miami, Fl. Bill served as the Chief Information Officer at Guilford Performance Textiles in Wilmington, NC. He had also been an IT executive with GMAC, Genworth Financial and General Electric. Prior...
Sarah Cagle
Mar 4, 2012
Sarah Edmonds Cagle CHAPEL HILL — Sarah Edmonds Cagle, 51, of Chapel Hill, passed away Sunday, March 4th, 2012 after years of declining health. Sarah was born in Orange County to the late Captain Charlie L. Edmonds and Yvonne Plummer Edmonds. She is survived by her husband Timothy Cagle, Daughter Ashley Solomon (Donald), Grandchildren- Haylei, Brianne, and Aiden Solomon;...
Anna Heins
Mar 4, 2012
Anna Sabatello Heins of Chapel Hill, died on March 4, 2012 after a long fight against the ravages of atypical dementia. Anna was born in New York City in 1935, the fifth of six surviving children born to Alice and Joseph Sabatello, immigrants from Ireland and Italy. Anna married Bob Heins, also of New York City, in 1956. They...
Betty Davis
Mar 3, 2012
Betty Jo Davis 1/11/1938 - 3/3/2012 Betty Jo passed away at home on March 3rd after a lengthy battle with Cancer. She is the daughter of the late Catherine Diggs Staunton and Fred B. Horton. She was retired from UNC Hospitals where she worked in admitting for many years She is survived by her husband Larry Davis and daughter...
Mabel Waddell
Mar 1, 2012
Orange County Hillsborough - Mrs. Mabel Wilkerson Waddell, 81, was a resident of 1608 Riverside Drive in Hillsborough. She passed on Thursday morning, March 1st, 2012, at home after an extended illness. She was a native of Orange County and attended Orange County schools. She had been a resident of Hillsborough for 52 years. She was a member of...
Pauline Compton
Feb 28, 2012
MEBANE- Pauline "Polly" Vincent Compton, entered into everlasting life on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Duke University Medical Center. Mrs. Compton had been in declining health for the past seven months and had spent the winter months in Winston-Salem with her daughter, Pat. Polly had been involved in community and county activities for many years. She served as a...
Linda Walker Dunn
Feb 27, 2012
Linda Mae Walker Dunn, 63, died February 27, 2012 at her home in Pittsboro, NC with her beloved husband Walter by her side. Linda was born November 29, 1948 in Kane, PA, the daughter of Dorothy and David Walker, JR. Mrs. Dunn was a Program Coordinator for the UNC Office of Sponsored Research where she worked for 8 years....
Mary Briggs
Feb 27, 2012
MEBANE - Mrs. Mary Ellen Vaughan Briggs, 93, formerly of 305 East Clay Street, Mebane, NC, died Monday, February 27, 2012 at Alamance Health Care Center. Mrs. Briggs was born on December 1, 1918 in Halifax County, VA, daughter of the late Ellis Andrew and Mary Powell Vaughan. She was the widow of the late Clifton William Briggs. Mary...
Emma Hastings
Feb 27, 2012
Orange County Hillsborough - Mrs. Emma Belle Riley Hastings passed into internal rest Monday, February 27, 2012. She retired from the Carolina Inn. Surviving are two daughters: Linda Williams, Hillsborough and Kathryn Gillette, Raleigh; one son, Willliam Owen Hastings, Jr. and wife Patricia, Texas; one sister-in-law, Helen Hastings Luquire, Biscoe, NC; one brother-in-law, Arnold Hasting and wife Delores, Ohio;...
Pansy Blalock
Feb 22, 2012
Efland - Mrs. Pansy Cochran Blalock, 95, of 5305 Hugh Allen Drive, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at the home of her daughter, Patricia Hill. A native of the Alarka community in Swain County, she was born March 26, 1916 to Daniel Bryan Cochran and Ila Esther Woody Cochran. She was the widow of Hugh Allen Blalock, who...
Harlan King
Feb 21, 2012
CHAPEL HILL - Harlan Leigh King, a resident of Durham County, died Tuesday morning, February 21, after months of declining health. He was born in Durham County to the late John Wesley King and Sallie Selena Pope King. He was the youngest of eleven children and was preceded in death by 6 brothers and 4 sisters. He was also...
Peggy Hartley
Feb 19, 2012
MEBANE - Mrs. Peggy West Hartley, 81, of 712 N. Wilba Road, Mebane, NC, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Hartley was born on December 8, 1930 in Alamance County, NC, daughter of the late William Harvey and Mable Clayton West. She was retired from Duke Medical Center and was a member...
Roy Thillberg
Feb 18, 2012
Roy W. Thillberg, Jr. passed away the morning of February 18 at Duke University Hospital surrounded by family. He was a pedestrian struck by an automobile in Durham, NC in evening hours of February 17th. Born in Youngstown, Ohio on September 8, 1947 and nicknamed 'Sonny', Roy graduated from Poland Seminary HS in 1965. While serving in the United...
Christine Lockhart
Feb 17, 2012
Orange County Hillsborough - Christine (Chris) Cates Lockhart of 1415 Arthur Minnis Road in Hillsborough died February 17th following a brief illness. Mrs. Lockhart was a lifelong member of New Hope Presbyterian Church where she served as Elder and Deacon on several occasions. Early in her working years she served as secretary to Don S. Matheson, Orange County Extension...
Elizabeth Terrell
Feb 14, 2012
Walker's Funeral Home 204 North Churton Street Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 Phone 919-732-2121 Fax 919-732-8368 walkersfuneral@aol.com www.walkersfuneralservice.com TO: OBIT DEPARTMENT DATELINE: ORANGE COUNTY, NC TERRELL HILLSBOROUGH - Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Terrell, 80, formerly of Terrell Road, Hillsborough, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Kindred Rehabilitation Center in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Terrell was born on March 28, 1931 in Halifax...
Thomas Leinfelder
Feb 14, 2012
Thomas Edward Leinfelder, 42, of Chapel Hill, NC died on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. He was born in Port Washington, Wisconsin on December 7, 1969. Thomas is survived by his parents, Dr. Karl Francis Leinfelder and LaVonne Ida Strupp Leinfelder, and his siblings, including his brother Karl T. Leinfelder of Wake Forest, North Carolina; Kathi M. Newton of Chapel...
Dorothy Murray
Feb 11, 2012
Orange County Cedar Grove- Mrs. Dorothy (Dottie) Moore Murray, 75, of Cedar Grove went to meet the Lord on Saturday, February 11, 2012. She is fondly remembered by family, friends, and the thousands of lives she touched during her 45 years as an administrative assistant at Granville Towers on the UNC campus. Dottie was a lifelong member of Walnut...
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),...
