OBITUARIES
James Hankins, Jr.
Apr 30, 2022
James Curtis Hankins Jr. 7Jan1947-30Apr2022 James Curtis Hankins Jr. aged 75, died suddenly on Saturday, 30Apr2022 at UNC Hospital-Chapel Hill of a complication following a procedure. James was born on 7Jan1947 in Benton Harbor, Michigan to the late James C. Hankins Sr. and Evelyn Louise Smith. From the age of 12, he grew up in Salisbury, NC. James graduated...
Pamela Medlin Terrell
Apr 29, 2022
Pamela Medlin Terrell born December 8, 1952 of Hurdle Mills, NC passed away on Friday April 29, 2022. Pam married James Terrell on May 10, 1986. Pam loved animals. She couldn't resist talking her husband James into adding a new fur baby to their family any chance she could. Pam was also an avid lover of flea markets and...
Larry Neal Kerley
Apr 26, 2022
Larry Neal Kerley, of Mebane, passed away on Monday, April 26, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his family. Born in Efland, North Carolina on September 9, 1941 to the Mr. William Dafern Kerley and Margaret Wright, both deceased. He married his wife Barbara, on June, 26, 1961. He graduated from Mebane High School where he played on the...
Susan Marie Wortinger
Apr 25, 2022
In the early morning of April 25th, 2022, Susan Marie Wortinger, 70, passed away peacefully. After several long months of fighting, even though her heart was strong her body could not fight anymore. Susan was born to the late Richard and Rosemary Wortinger, born in Mt. Clemens, Michigan but spent most of her life in Alamance County. Susan started...
William Herbert Bland Jr.
Apr 23, 2022
William Herbert Bland, Jr. (MDIV, DMin) July 27, 1950 – April 23, 2022 William Herbert Bland, Jr., 71, of Mebane, passed away suddenly at his home on Saturday afternoon, April 23, 2022. Bill survived a difficult hospitalization with COVID-19 in December 2020, only to be taken while mowing the front yard. He was preceded in death by his father...
Joyce Watkins
Apr 20, 2022
Mrs. Joyce Watkins passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at the age of 86. Arrangments are incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Watkins family.
Ted Haywood Martin
Apr 19, 2022
Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, Apr 23 from 11:00-11:30 AM at Pleasant Green United Methodist Church 3005 Pleasant Green Road, Durham Visitation will be held on Saturday, Apr 23 from 10:00 to 11:00 AM at Pleasant Green United Methodist Church 3005 Pleasant Green Road, Durham Ted's Burial will take place on Saturday, Apr 23 at 11:45-12:00 AM...
Julius Calvin Johnson
Apr 16, 2022
Julius Calvin Johnson, Sr. passed away on April 16, 2022 surrounded by his family following a brief illness. He was the oldest child of J. C. and Nancy Reid Johnson, both deceased from Efland, NC. He was married to his high school sweetheart, Elaine Miller Johnson, for 59 years. Calvin retired from the N.C. Department of Transportation. He and...
Arthur Benavie
Apr 11, 2022
Chapel Hill, North Carolina - Arthur Benavie died unexpectedly on April 11, 2022 at his home at Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill. His wife, Marcy Lansman, was with him when he died. Art was born in Detroit, where his father, Sam Benavie, was a well-known orchestra conductor. As a child, Art made music the center of his...
Sharon Hines Agronsky
Apr 11, 2022
Sharon Hines Agronsky, 77, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away on April 11, 2022, after a long illness. On October 10, 1944, Sharon was born to Richard C. Hines and Muriel Hammer Hines in Muscatine, IA. After graduating from St. Catherine's High School in 1962, she went on to study English at the University of Iowa and George Washington...
Jean Gregory
Apr 11, 2022
Jean Harrison Gregory died on April 11th, 2022, just 6 days before her 99th birthday at Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill, NC. Miss Gregory was the daughter of Arthur Wynns Gregory and Ruth Shaw Gregory. Along with her parents, she is predeceased by a brother, Henry Shaw Gregory and two sisters, Ruth Gregory Proctor and Elizabeth Gregory...
Donald Buford Tickle
Apr 10, 2022
Don passed from this life Sunday evening, April 10, 2022. He was born May 20, 1935, in Fremont, Virginia as the youngest of 12 Tickle children. Don had a distinguished and highly decorated 27 year career in the US Marine Corp. He bravely served in the Vietnam War and received high honors for combat in both Korea and Vietnam....
Dennis John Zaborowski
Apr 9, 2022
Dennis Zaborowski, artist and retired UNC professor, passed away on April 9th. He was 79 years old. Professor Zaborowski was born in 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Garfield Heights with his mother, Stephanie, father, Michael, and brother, Michael. He attended St. Stanislaus High School in the Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland. He was a Boy Scout...
Vincent Anthony Diamonti
Apr 6, 2022
Vincent A. Diamonti passed away peacefully on April 6, 2022 at Duke University Medical Center surrounded by his family. He was 79 years old. "Vinny" was born on September 11, 1942 in Peekskill, N.Y. Survived by his wife, Arlene, his son Gregory and daughter, Patti, his brother Anthony and his grandchildren. The family would like to thank the staff...
Joseph Lister Thomas
Apr 6, 2022
Joseph Lister Thomas, 80, of Mebane, North Carolina passed away on April 6, 2022 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Joe was born in Norfolk, Virginia on February 25, 1942 to the late Ralph Bernard Thomas and Laura Elizabeth Thomas, both deceased. Joe was an extremely loving husband, father, paw-paw, grandpa, godfather and always a loyal friend his entire life....
Dennis Brian Haynes
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...
John George Margoles
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...
Joanna Parker
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...
Paul Arthur Abolila
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...
