Local obituaries for Walker's Funeral Home

Mar 11, 2022

Betty Lou Moore Terry of Mebane, NC passed away at her home on Friday, March 11, 2022 at the age of 82. Betty was a native of Orange County and was the daughter of the late Luther and Molly Moore. Betty is survived by her children LouAnn Myatt (Dallas) of Hillsborough, NC and Frankie Vaughan (Denise) of Cedar Grove,...

Mar 9, 2022

Michele Kathleen Reilly Creech died Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 at the age of 72 following a complicated illness. Michele was born in New York, New York on November 23, 1949 to parents Michael Reilly and Kathleen Kenny Reilly. She was the youngest of four girls and attended grammar school at Good Shepherd Catholic School. She graduated from Mount St....

Mar 9, 2022

David Edward Morgan, loving husband and father, passed away March 9th, 2022 due to complications from brain cancer. David is survived by his wife Pam, children Katharine (Brandon) and James, grandson David Reid Morgan, mother Edna and brother Danny (Barbara). He was preceded in death by his father, Gene and brother, Mark. David was born in Albemarle, NC to...

Mar 9, 2022

MEBANE, NC – Betty Jean Smith, 94, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. She was born in Mebane in the same house on October 3, 1927, to June Nelson Smith and Annie Sartin Smith. B.J. graduated from Mebane High School and attended East Carolina Teachers College. On a Friday in 1946 she went to Western Electric...

Mar 8, 2022

Robert (Bob) Peter Guizzetti, 96, passed away on March 8, 2022. He was born on January 10, 1926. He is survived by his wife of nearly 17 years, Barbara (Bobby) Morrill Callahan Guizzetti, and his four daughters: Robin Jeffers (Dick), Christine Begley (Bobby), Janet Mallon (Rick), Patricia Guizzetti (Therese Quinn) and 4 step-children: Kathleen Callahan, Diane Perez (Charlie), Sharon...

Mar 7, 2022

Priscilla Corintha Clayton Ray entered Heaven’s gates on March 7, 2022 in Gainesville, Georgia after a brief illness. She was born in Hillsborough, North Carolina to Rainey Banes Clayton and Alcy Mae Johnson Clayton. After receiving her Bachelor of Science from the University of Tennessee, she taught high school in Ringgold and Loganville, Georgia and middle school in Waynesville,...

Mar 7, 2022

Donald McLean Helton passed away on March 6th, 2022. Don is survived by his wife, Susan Helton, his mother, Barbara Helton, his daughter Jenny Hester and her husband Daron, his son Donald Helton Jr. and his wife Shana, his sister-in-law Marion Helton, and his grandchildren: Helen, Sarah, and Rosa. Don was preceded in death by his father Clifton, his...

Mar 5, 2022

Lizzie (Liz) Charity Chikwanda beloved mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend and colleague passed away Saturday, March 5 , 2022 at her home in Chapel hill. Liz was born in Lusaka, Zambia on January 27, 1976 to Godwin N. Chikwanda and Winifreda P. Chikwanda. Liz graduated from Kabulonga Secondary School in lusaka in 1993. She relocated to the United States...

Mar 4, 2022

Della Louise Fredericksen Hudson, beloved wife, mother and friend, passed in her sleep on Friday, March 4th. She had battled Alzheimer’s for over a decade. Born March 2nd, 1942 in Oak Park, Illinois to Edward and Jesse Fredericksen, Della spent most of her childhood on a 160 acre farm in central Illinois. As a teacher for the Defense Department...

Mar 4, 2022

Samuel Bradford “Brad” McKnight, 63, died peacefully at home on March 4, 2022 after a long battle with cancer. He was born on October 29, 1958 in Chapel Hill, NC to Anzenette Andrews and the late Preston Lloyd McKnight.. Brad attended Parkwood Elementary School, Lowes Grove Junior High School, Jordan High School (all in Durham, NC), Randolph-Macon Academy (Front...

Mar 3, 2022

Walter R. Mears, who for 45 years fluidly and speedily wrote the news about presidential campaigns for The Associated Press and won a Pulitzer Prize doing it, has died. He was 87. “I could produce a story as fast as I could type,” Mears once acknowledged — and he was a fast typist. He became the AP’s Washington bureau...

Mar 3, 2022

Rev. Armp Lenwood Strum, age 94, formerly of Hillsborough die March 3, 2022 in Burlington. He was born September 7, 1927, in Orange County. The son of the late Fletcher and Mary Viola Brown Strum. He was preceded in death by brothers, Oscar Strum, Melvin Strum, sisters, Stella Adams, Mandy Wheely, and Hazel Wagner. He was a veteran of...

Mar 3, 2022

Eunice Durham Crane, 89, of Mebane, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Alamance Regional Medical Center. She was born on May 16, 1932, to the late Charles Cicero Durham and Ruth Woods, both deceased. She was married to Mr. Ira Boggs Jr and Mr. William Crane, both deceased. She was a care giver for many years for...

Feb 28, 2022

Jeanette J. Ross, 77 of Efland, went to be with the Lord unexpectedly, on February 28, 2022 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. Born October 05, 1944 in New Bedford Mass, oldest daughter of James Benjamin Johnson and Hazel Reid Johnson six children, James B Johnson Jr, Barbara Ann Williams, Joyce Sheila Ireland, Kenneth B Johnson and...

Feb 28, 2022

Graham, NC - Claude Winfred Wade passed away Monday, February 28, 2022 at Duke Regional Hospital. He was born on November 23, 1944 in Lenoir County and was raised in Snow Hill, NC. He graduated from Greene Central High School. After graduating he followed his dream to become a North Carolina State Highway Patrolman. He faithfully served the state...

Feb 27, 2022

Herman Paul Höecke left this Earth on Sunday, February 27th, 2022. Herman, who preferred to go by Paul, was the son of Paul Höecke and Valerie Gubonov, and he was born in Berlin, Germany in 1937. His parents had moved there after meeting and marrying in Belgrade while they were students at university. They lived in the Berlin and...

Feb 26, 2022

Feb 25, 2022

Leo William Weisbecker, 93, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina passed away on February 25, 2022. One of six children, he was born in 1929 in Omaha, Nebraska, son of Alan and Cecilia Weisbecker. He attended Creighton Prep and his post-secondary education included a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree from...

Feb 24, 2022

Byron Anthony “Tony” Dalton was born June 6, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, and died peacefully on February 24th, 2022 at Duke Hospital after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Suellyn Lehman Dalton; his brother, David Lee Dalton (Kaye) and their children Kelly Suhre (Steve) and Patrick Dalton (Regina) all of Louisville Kentucky and...

Feb 23, 2022

Miss Marilyn Tracy, 81, longtime resident of Hillsboro, Ohio and loyal friend to Diana Sunstrum, Mary Jane Beechen, Mary Root and Jan Manning passed away on February 23 at her niece’s home in Chapel Hill. A devoted elementary teacher of 43 years, Miss Tracy dedicated her life to helping others, asking for nothing in return. Compassionate and caring, teaching...