OBITUARIES
Kingsley Lawrence Greene
Dec 27, 2021
Kingsley Lawrence Greene “faced the final curtain” this week at age 95. He was a lifelong educator, scientist and musician; accomplished writer, storyteller and wine connoisseur; proud family man and Cornell alum. To further paraphrase his favorite crooner: He lived a life that’s full, traveled each and every highway, and indeed did it his way. The book he’d been...
Annis Kelly Wicker Mccrary
Dec 27, 2021
Annis Kelly Wicker McCrary July 31, 1928 – December 27, 2021 Annis Kelly Wicker McCrary, 93, passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Annis was born July 31, 1928 in Sanford, North Carolina. The daughter of Fisher and Gladys Kelly Wicker, she was raised in Sanford among large extended families. While attending Rex Hospital...
David Scott Merritt
Dec 26, 2021
With deepest regret and sorrow, we report the line-of-duty death of David “Scotty” Merritt, 54 years old, who passed away on December 26, 2021, after a short battle with intestinal cancer. Scotty was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on August 2, 1967, and resided in Mebane, North Carolina. Scotty is survived by his mother, Brenda Kirby Whitaker; his...
Nazareth "Nazy" Ortiz
Dec 25, 2021
Nazareth “Nazy” Ortiz was born on January 30, 1998 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to Raul & Sonia Ortiz and passed away suddenly on December 15, 2021 at the age of 23. Nazy began her educational journey at Frank Porter Graham Elementary, matriculated to Culbreth Middle, and, in 2016 she graduated from Chapel Hill High School. While in school...
David Clay Whybark
Dec 23, 2021
Dr. David Clay Whybark September 18, 1935 - December 23, 2021 D. Clay Whybark, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, passed away peacefully December 23rd after a heart attack. He was attended by his beloved wife of 64 years, Neva Jo, and their son Michael David, of Seattle, Washington. Clay was born to Clay Alfred “Mike” and Irene Whybark in...
Michael Andrews
Dec 22, 2021
Michael Eugene Andrews Sr. was born in Chapel Hill on November 19, 1967. He is survived by his wife Christeen Andrews,Step daughters Michille Mangum, Stephanie Mangum, Father in law Tony Stone, mother Jean Wagoner Kime , brother Greg Andrews (Terra) sister Lesa Andrews Kendrick (Bill),and his special Aunt Carolyn Wagoner Beaver (Richard) Step Grandchildren Bianca Huggins , I’Anna Huggins...
Rachel Hawkins Cole
Dec 22, 2021
Rachel Hawkins Cole, 94, of Hurdle Mills went home to be with our Lord and Savior, Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at home surrounded by her family. Born April 14, 1927, in Orange County, she was daughter of the late Lottie Rountree Hawkins and William Walter Hawkins. Mrs. Cole was preceded in death by her husband, Malcolm W. Cole (1963)....
William "Bill" Purcell Jones, Jr.
Dec 20, 2021
The Passing of Bill Jones William ‘Bill’ Purcell Jones, Jr. of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died on December 20, 2021 at the age of 69 years. He will be remembered as a devoted and loving husband, father and friend, who will be truly missed by all who knew him. Bill was born on July 12, 1952 to William and...
Herta Mia Sternbach
Dec 18, 2021
Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother passed away peacefully on December 18th at her home in Chapel Hill NC at the age of 101 ½. Herta was born in Zurich Switzerland on August 11, 1920 and lived there until June of 1941 when she married the soon to be renowned chemist Leo Sternbach. His employer, Hoffmann La Roche, then...
Sara Hart Mccoy
Dec 18, 2021
Sara Hart McCoy 1935-2021 Sara Hart McCoy died peacefully at home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Saturday, December 18, 2021. It was not only her 86th birthday but also the 66th anniversary of her marriage to William O. McCoy. Sara was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease several years ago and had been in declining health. The landscape of her...
Valeria James Strum
Dec 14, 2021
Valeria James Strum of Hillsborough, NC joined her Lord and Savior, along with many beloved family members in Heaven on Tuesday, December 14. Anyone that met her, within a few minutes was fully aware that she lived her Christian faith completely and openly, freely sharing the love she felt for others through her faith in Jesus Christ. Valeria was...
Lanie Hare Quade
Dec 12, 2021
Lanie Hare Quade, 56, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on December 12, 2021. She was born April 17, 1965, in Harrisonburg Virginia to Weston A. and Jane Heishman Hare. Lanie’s family moved to Chapel Hill in 1969, where she enjoyed playing with the kids in her neighborhood and following the Carolina Tarheels. She graduated from Chapel Hill...
Chris Cash
Dec 12, 2021
Chris Cash passed away in his home on December 12th, 2021 in Carrboro, NC peacefully in his sleep. He was 52 years old. He was born on April 23rd, 1969 in Alamogordo, NM. He grew up on Damascus Church Rd. in Chapel Hill with his parents, Donna and Ken. Chris raced at the Orange County speedway with his brother,...
Cameron Smith
Dec 11, 2021
Cameron “Cam” Jordan Smith, age 30, of Hillsborough went to be with the lord on December 11, 2021. Cam was born on April 15, 1991 in Durham, North Carolina. Cam is the son of Herbert and Debbie Smith of Hillsborough. Cam graduated from Orange High School and later attended Alamance Community College. Cam loved to cook! Starting at very...
Gerald Charles Siegfried
Dec 7, 2021
Gerald "Jerry" Siegfried, 90, of Raleigh, NC, formerly of Reading, PA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Born November 1, 1931 in Allentown, PA, he was the son of the late Claude Siegfried and the late Evelyn (Ringer) Siegfried. Jerry graduated from William Allen Senior High School, Class of 1949, and then studiedEntomology at Penn State University,...
Elizabeth Jones Waters
Dec 5, 2021
Beloved wife and mother Elizabeth (Liz) Waters passed Sunday, December 5, 2021. Liz was passionate about her family, her First Baptist church family, her friends, her community, and the care and protection of the environment and all its creatures. She expressed her passion in words and deeds that inspired us all to have high expectations of ourselves, to always...
Serge Andre' Dihoff
Dec 5, 2021
Serge Andre Dihoff was born on November 12, 1944 in Mont Saint Aubert, Belgium, son of Serge Dihoff and Germaine Pontegnies Dihoff. The family immigrated to America when Serge was 8 years old, and he immediately charmed his teachers and classmates in the local New Jersey schools by speaking French. He attended Temple University, Ambler Campus where he sang...
Stephen Henley Jones
Dec 1, 2021
Stephen (Steve) Henley Jones was born in Miami on September 18, 1941 and was taken into Heaven on December 1, 2021. He is predeceased by his wife of forty-two years, Cecelia (Ceil), his parents, Leila Anna and John Henley Jones, his brother, Charles Edward Jones, and his sister, Frances Marian Geiter. He is survived by his children, Stephen Bradley...
Hugh Charles (Mike) Friel
Nov 30, 2021
Mr. Hugh Charles (Mike) Friel passed away peacefully on November 30, 2021 with family at his side, at his home (The Arbor, Galloway Ridge, Pittsboro, NC). He celebrated his 95th birthday on November 21 and passed 9 days latter due to complications of cancer, recent hip replacement surgery, COVID-19 and advanced age. He was preceded in death by his...
