Local obituaries for Walker's Funeral Home

Jan 31, 2023

Joyce Mason Brusseau, 83 years old, died on January 31, 2023 at 1 P.M. Mrs. Brusseau was born on July 27, 1939 in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina as Joyce Ellen Ward. She was the first child of three born to Joyce Cranford Ward and Samuel Allen Ward. She was baptized in youth as a Methodist. Joyce was married...

Jan 30, 2023

Mary Ellen Carden Scarlett of Hillsborough, NC passed away peacefully at home Monday, January 30, 2023 after declining health at 100 years of age.

Mrs. Scarlett was born July 20, 1922, to George Crawford Carden and Georgia Morris Carden at their home on Occoneechee Street in Hillsborough. She married Calvin Laster...

Jan 30, 2023

Mr. John Thomas “Tommy” Gunter, 89, of Mebane, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2023 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. He was the loving husband of 67 years to Sylvia Melton Gunter, who survives. He was born in Durham County on August 15, 1933 to John Calvin Gunter and Vivian Bell Gunter, both deceased. He was proud veteran of...

Jan 29, 2023

Our dearest Billie McFarling Johnson, age 88, was picked by Our Lord from the garden of life January 29th, 2023.

Born September 24th, 1934 in Durham, NC, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Coleman McFarling “Jack Mack” and Bonnie Markham McFarling. Billie was from “yes ma’am” and “no sir”,...

Jan 27, 2023

M. Blake, age 80, died on January 27, 2023. Born in Wake County, June 5, 1942, to the late James H. Mann and Inez W. Mann, she was a graduate of Garner High School Class of 1960.

Bonnie married the love of her life, Terry L. Blake on June 23, 1973. They have lived in...

Jan 25, 2023

Richard (Ricky) Alan Cook went to be with The Lord on January 25th, 2023, at 4:53 PM. Ricky was a kindhearted, loving family man. He is survived by his sisters Cheryl Stroud (Bob) and Elaine Goldberg, his son Erik and his grandson Austin. He also leaves behind his Ex-Wife and best friend Kimberly Moore Cook along with many nieces...

Jan 24, 2023

Jane Harris passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at the age of 100. Arrangements are incomplete. A full obituary will be posted when available. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Harris family.

Jan 23, 2023

Virginia Boley French died January 23rd, 2023, of natural causes in her Chapel Hill home. She was born February 11, 1929, in Kansas City, MO to Gertrude Renshaw and James O. Boley, M.D., where her father was a general practitioner of medicine. During WWII she moved to St. Louis, MO where her father studied pathology and she attended Jennings...

Jan 22, 2023

On Sunday, January 22, 2023, Ruth Eleanor Snyder, a treasured daughter, sister and aunt, passed away at her home in Chapel Hill from complications following a short illness. She was 55 years-old.

“Roo”, as she was affectionately called by her family, was born on September 17, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland to...

Jan 22, 2023

Charles Harvey "Chuck" Harrison passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at Duke University Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete. A full obituary will be posted when available. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Harrison family.

Jan 21, 2023

Charles Guthrie, 76, of Hillsborough, NC passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, at Duke Medical Center on Saturday, January 21, 2023. His passing came following complications from a fall at his home on December 29, 2022. He was born in Alamance County on the 13th of April in 1946 to Willie Lee and Margaret Vincent Guthrie. He served...

Jan 19, 2023

Judith Martin Culbreth, 78, of Graham, North Carolina passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2023 after battling a short illness. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 4, 1944 and she grew up in Newton, North Carolina.

She graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in Elementary Education. Judy was a long...

Jan 15, 2023

John (Jack) Hammond, 85, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away on January 15, 2023, after a brief illness. He was the loving husband of 53 years to Sally (MacDonald) Hammond, devoted father to Alison McMahon (Jay) of Midlothian, VA, and Ashley Clarke (Hamish) of Chapel Hill, NC. One of Jack’s most treasured roles was grandfather to Alina and Luke...

Jan 15, 2023

Laura passed away in the presence of all her children on January 15, 2023 at the age of 102. She was born June 11, 1920 in Whortonsville, NC, the only child of Ralph Emerson Mayo and Ruth Whorton Mayo. She was predeceased by her parents and her spouse of 76 years, Charles Warren who passed away in 2018. She...

Jan 14, 2023

Louise Drogos died peacefully on January 14th, 2023 with family at her side. She was 101 years old. Louise was a farm girl, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on December 5, 1921 to Richard William Hux and Masie Elouise Goers. She was the second oldest of 7 children. Louise graduated from Speed High School and then, in 1943,...

Jan 13, 2023

Mary Enfield Stark passed from this life peacefully on Friday, January 13, 2023. Born in Maxwell, Iowa in 1927, Mary Jean Enfield married her high school sweetheart, Donald Gerald “Don” Stark, and they remained devoted to each other throughout their 77 year marriage.

Mary always had an interest in music and...

Jan 11, 2023

George Robert Hoag, husband of 65 years to Rosemary Shepard Hoag, and Papa to Brigid, Gretchen, and Lucy, died on January 11, 2023. He was 87. George was born in Dallas, Texas, but after attending Loyola University and Tulane University in New Orleans, he became a New Orleanian at heart. The family moved to Chapel Hill, NC in 1983....

Jan 10, 2023

Jimmie Allen Sigmon was born February 26th, 1938 to John Troy Sigmon & Addie Mace Sigmon and was one of ten siblings. He was lovingly married to Carrie Sigmon on February 22nd, 1959 and were together for 56 years before Carrie passed. Jimmie worked at White’s Furniture Company before retiring, and had two children, Cindy & James.

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Jan 9, 2023

On January 9, 2023, our father passed away at home surrounded by his family after a brief decline in health, he was 88 years old. He is survived by many loving family members, including his daughters, Leslie Campbell (Ron), Kristen Schaugaard-Green (Stephen), Collette Brown (Len) and Biz Schaugaard (Gov Landrum), his grandchildren Maddie and Nate Wilshire, Davis and Walker...

Jan 8, 2023

Sally Couch Vilas died on January 8, 2023 in Chapel Hill, NC. She was 91. Born February 4, 1931 to Else Ruprecht Couch and John Nathaniel Couch, Sally grew up in Chapel Hill. She is predeceased by her husband Harry Gooder, her parents, and her brother John Philip Couch.

Sally attended Salem Academy and maintained...