OBITUARIES
Ann Elizabeth Barker
Sep 2, 2021
Ann Elizabeth Barker of Mebane, North Carolina was born on July 18, 1945, in Biddeford, Maine. Ann went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on September 2, 2021. Ann was the eldest of 10 children born to Richard and Marie Barker. Ann attended Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine and graduated from Old Orchard Beach High School....
Frank Patterson
Sep 1, 2021
Frank Leslie Patterson Jr. passed into heaven in Durham, North Carolina on September 1, 2021 at the age of was 92. Born in Durham, April 29, 1929, he was the only son of Frank Leslie Patterson Sr. and Novie Hamlet Patterson who predeceased him. He was also predeceased by Clara Estelle Howard Patterson, his beloved Peg, to whom he...
Charles P Loveland
Aug 31, 2021
Charles “Charlie” Price Loveland, 76, of Kernersville, passed away peacefully on August 31, 2021 in Hillsborough, NC surrounded by his family. Charlie was born in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Josephine Price Nichols and the late Charles Welling Loveland. He grew up in Shelby, North Carolina with his sister, Jo Lee and many pets. He was particularly fond...
Frederick Nelson Young
Aug 30, 2021
Frederick Nelson Young, 58, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina died on Monday, August 30, at UNC Memorial Hospital. He was born at the same hospital on November 4, 1962, to Frederick and Kathie Whitt Young. He graduated from Chapel Hill High in 1981 and attended UNC-Chapel Hill studying Computer Science. As a young man Fred worked around Chapel Hill...
Helen Hogan Yates
Aug 29, 2021
Helen Hogan Yates was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She passed away on August 29, 2021 at the age of 83 after a courageous battle with cancer. Her memory will live on in the joy for life and love for others that she modeled for all who knew her. Helen was born to Annie Mae and...
William Louis Diggs
Aug 29, 2021
William Louis Diggs (Will), aged 65, went home to be with his Lord on August 29, 2021. He was the son of the late Jim and Norma Diggs. Will was a loving husband to his wife, Catherine Jean Diggs, and is survived by three brothers and their wives, James Henry Diggs III (Jo Anne), John Charles Diggs (Barbara Reeves),...
Needham Price Layton
Aug 28, 2021
Mr. Needham P. Layton, 91, of Mebane, passed away at his home surrounded by his daughters on Saturday, August 28, 2021. He was born in Durham County on August 29, 1930 to the late Austin H. Layton and Mary Douglas Layton, both deceased. Mr. Layton was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of the First...
Essell R. Womble
Aug 27, 2021
Mr. Essell Roland Womble, 84 of Chapel Hill, NC passed away at Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro, NC on Friday August 27, 2021. A native of Chapel Hill NC, Mr. Womble was the husband of Martha Womble, his loving wife of 60 years. The son of the late Roland and Mildred Womble, he was born and...
Jackie Lawrence Penland
Aug 26, 2021
Jackie M. Penland of Hillsborough, 04-22-1955, died unexpectedly on the morning of August 26 2021. Born in the mountains of NC but raised along with his 4 older brothers in Orange County. Jackie was a wonderful husband of 43 years to Karen Coble Penland and father to his two daughters Heather Penland of Efland and Angela Penland of Hillsborough....
Johnny Craven Cannada
Aug 26, 2021
Johnny Craven Cannada Johnny Craven Cannada, 63, died August 26, 2021, at his home. He was born in Durham County on February 4, 1958 and attended Orange County Schools. Surviving heirs are his wife Janice P. Cannada, one daughter Kristen M. Locke, three grandchildren, Austin Fleming, Lauren Fleming, and Ethan Locke. A sister, Linda Nipper, and a brother, Wayne...
Michael Darrow
Aug 24, 2021
Michael 'Micky" Darrow was born on February 25th, 1931 and was raised in the Hollandale, WI area. He went to be with his Lord from a comfortable sleep on August 25th, 2021. He was the son of Wilford and Marian (Hughes) Darrow. Micky lived a full and beautiful life, spreading smiles and laughter throughout his many adventures. He served...
Kenneth Daniels
Aug 24, 2021
Kenneth Richard Daniels, also known as “Slick”, “Poppie”, or the “Strawberry Man”, 67, of Efland, passed away August 24, 2021. He was son to the late Wayne and Frances Daniels. He retired from the Orange County Schools Maintenance Dept in 2003, where he worked for many years. He later went to work during strawberry season at the McAdams Farm...
Adilia Aguilar Thompson
Aug 23, 2021
Our amazing, caring, loving, beautiful mother, Adilia Aguilar Thompson, born September 27, 1931, passed away with family by her side on , August 23, 2021 at the age of 89. She was a wonderful mother who was always there when we needed her. She also had many friends and was a well-loved member of the community in Charlottesville, VA...
Marigold Eleanor Neely
Aug 22, 2021
Marigold Eleanor Neely was born on February 7, 2021, and passed into the eternal loving arms of Jesus on August 22, 2021. At six and a half months old, she was often the embodiment of the famous Shakespeare quote, “Though she be but little, she is fierce!” Born with underdeveloped lungs, Marigold showed us what a fighting spirit looks...
Dorothy Ann Wilkinson
Aug 21, 2021
Born December 6, 1931 in Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, Dot was the third of three children. Her parents were Isaac Franklin Davidson and Ada Alexander Harper Davidson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Teddy Adrian Wilkinson and her eldest brother, Isaac Franklin Davidson, Jr. She is survived by her children, Franklin Adrian Wilkinson, Lee Ann Wilkinson...
Sara Elizabeth Tolar
Aug 20, 2021
Sara Elizabeth Tolar peacefully entered eternal life on August 20th at the age of 82 with her loving husband of 64 years by her side. Sara was born and raised in Cedar Grove, NC, the youngest of five children born to Hubert and Rosa Jobe of Carr. Sara was raised in a hardworking, farming family and was the salutatorian...
Joyce Ann Vick
Aug 19, 2021
Joyce Ann Royal Vick, age 82, passed away peacefully Thursday, August 19, 2021 after a long battle with metastatic breast cancer. Joyce was born May 26, 1939 in Sampson County, North Carolina to the late Elton and Ethel Boykin Royal. She graduated from Watts School of Nursing and started her nursing career in the Emergency Room Department of Watts...
Louise "Tink" Fisher
Aug 16, 2021
Fisher, Louise Godwin “Tinkerbell”, age 77, formerly of Hillsborough, NC passed away peacefully August 16, 2021 in her home after a brief illness. Tink was a graduate of Durham High School in 1962. Tink’s life work was in the insurance industry. She began her career at Home Security Insurance Company before finishing out her insurance career with Investors Consolidated...
Marshall Jay Morris
Aug 12, 2021
Mr. Marshall J. Morris, 75, of Mebane, passed away at his residence on August 12, 2021. No public services are planned at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Mebane is serving the Morris Family.
Mary Ellen Horne
Aug 11, 2021
Mary Ellen Horne, 92 (Known to her family and friends as Grannie), passed away on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at UNC Hospital-Chapel Hill. She was born in Orange County, North Carolina on December 21, 1928, to the late Willie Stroud Ward and Mittie Lloyd Ward. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years Charles Harold Horne...
