Local obituaries for Walker's Funeral Home

Apr 5, 2022

Dennis Brian Haynes son of Barbara Haynes Johnson and Pierre Larkin was born on June 11, 1965 in Newark, New Jersey. He departed this life after a lengthy illness on April 5, 2022. Dennis was educated in the Newark Public School System and attended Montgomery High School. After High School he was an apprentice under the leadership of the...

Apr 5, 2022

John G. Margoles, age 71 passed away at home in Hillsborough, NC on April 5th, 2022. He is survived by his loving wife Doris Margoles; his daughter Elise Bortz and husband Aaron (Hillsborough, NC); his son Ben Margoles and wife Sandy (Seattle, WA); and his four grandchildren -- Ari & Eva Bortz and Annabel & Olive Margoles. He is...

Apr 5, 2022

Joanna Albright Parker of Hillsborough, North Carolina passed away peacefully on April 5, 2022, while at The Hospice Home in Burlington. She was born in Hillsborough, N.C., on March 4, 1934. She was preceded in death by her parents Thomas and Frances Albright and siblings Marion (Pete), Jeff and Kae and her in-laws, Fred and Pauline Parker. Joanna is...

Apr 4, 2022

Paul Arthur Abolila died at Duke University Hospital on April 4, 2022, due to heart failure. He was 94. Maj. Abolila was born on June 4, 1927, in New York City to Paul and Essie Gillikin Abolila. He moved with his family to his grandparents’ farm in Carteret County, NC, where he attended Beaufort Elementary School. They then moved...

Apr 4, 2022

Mr. Yongqi Sun passed away on Monday, April 4, 2022 at the age of 75. Arrangements are incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home in Chapel Hill is assisting the Sun family.

Apr 2, 2022

Mrs. Gisela Cox passed away on Monday, April 4, 2022. Arrangements are incomplete. Walker's Funeral Jome in Chapel Hill is assisting the Cox family.

Apr 1, 2022

Jewell Hogan Altemueller 1/19/1923 - 4/1/2022 Jewell Hogan Altemueller passed away peacefully at her home on April 1, 2022 at the age of 99. She was born in Chapel Hill to Willie S. Hogan and his wife Jessie Moore Hogan. She graduated from Chapel Hill High School and in 1945 she earned a Bachelors degree in Psychology from UNC...

Apr 1, 2022

James David Melton Creedmoor – James David Melton, 94 went home to be with the Lord on Friday, April 1, 2022 at the Durham VA Hospital-Heroes Way Hospice. He was born May 1, 1927 in Person County to the late David Danton Melton and late Minnie Shotwell Melton. He married Inez Harrison Melton on November 20th, 1948. They were...

Mar 30, 2022

Dayn Curtis Peters died unexpectedly in the early morning hours of March 30th, 2022 at UNC Hospital. He was 38 years old. Dayn was born on July 22, 1983 in Siler City, NC to his parents Ceib Phillips and Edward Peters. He graduated from Durham Community College with an associate degree in Computer Technology in 2017. He was skilled...

Mar 27, 2022

Mar 26, 2022

Kathleen Erskine Leutze passed from this world on March 26 after a brief illness. She was raised in sunny Lake Worth, Florida, the child of Robert Sloan Erskine and Mary Shirley Erskine. She was surrounded by her adoring family at the time of her death. Kathy attended Florida State University and then graduate school at the University of Miami...

Mar 23, 2022

Phyllis Lloyd, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at Genesis-Siler City Center in Siler City, NC, where she had resided for the past ten months. She had been a resident at Chatham County Group Homes for more than 30 years, and had worked at Chatham Trades prior to her illness. Phyllis was the oldest of four...

Mar 22, 2022

Our early to bed, early to rise, Tar Heel-following, cell-phone holding, dog-loving, theater-going, life-loving, always on the go, wife, mom, sister, daughter and friend, Deborah Musson, decided there were no more texts to answer, no more 6 am walks to make, no more schedules to sync, no more restaurant take outs to order with amazing red wine. She decided...

Mar 22, 2022

John Wesley Blythe, 61 of Durham has gone to be with his Lord and Savior on March 22, 2022. John was born on December 14, 1960 in Middletown, Ohio to Wesley and Beverly Blythe. He attended Middletown and West Middletown schools and graduated from D. Russell Vocational School in Machine Trades. He worked for a short time in Texas...

Mar 21, 2022

Carol Ann Flanagin passed away in her home on March 21st, 2022 in Durham, NC due to a battle with long-term illnesses. She was 52. Mrs. Flanagin was born on August 20th, 1969 in Alamance County to her parents: James Larry Bullock and Ruth Ann Ray. She was an alumni of Orange High School and an avid volunteer/supporter for...

Mar 18, 2022

Anne Smith Garrett died on March 18, 2022 at Sunnybrook Rehabilitation Center in Raleigh, NC. She was 83 years old. Anne was born on January 12, 1939 in Raleigh, NC. Her parents were Charles Alvin Smith and Irma Eloise Wood Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Blackwell Garrett II and her sister Edna Rebecca Neas....

Mar 17, 2022

Vernon R. “Rudy” Worley, 92, of Chapel Hill, passed away peacefully, March 17, 2022, at Parkview, following several months of declining health. He was born on September 26, 1929, to the late Jim and Eliza Worley of Johnston County, NC.

Rudy spent his career in the construction industry working on several...

Mar 15, 2022

Mrs. Helen Marie Johnston, age 94, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Arrangements are not complete. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Johnston family.

Mar 14, 2022

GREENSBORO – A worship service to celebrate the life of James Samuel Holmes will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at Guilford College United Methodist Church, 1205 Fleming Road, Greensboro, North Carolina 27410 with Reverends Jeremy Troxler and Tom Gibson officiating. The burial will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at...

Mar 13, 2022

After 99 years full of life and love, Beulah Estelle Miller Irwin passed away at Duke Hospital in Durham, NC, on Sunday, March 13, 2022. She died of complications following surgery a week earlier. Beulah was born on December 10, 1922, in Holmes County, FL, the first child of Vernon and Loni Myers Miller. After her father died in...