OBITUARIES
Helen Gravette
Apr 3, 2021
Helen Elizabeth Hornbuckle Gravette peacefully passed away on April 3. 2021 at her home in Wilkesboro at age 93. Helen was born August 25, 1927 in Hillsborough to Paul Jacob Hornbuckle and Pansy Freeland Hornbuckle. Helen spent much of her early years with her grandparents Irving and Minnie Freeland and her aunts and uncles who treated her like a...
Dixie Lee Boney Soo
Mar 29, 2021
Dixie Lee Boney Soo died on Monday, March 29, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham. She was 87 years old. Born in Clinton, N.C., to the late Landron and Jessie Boney, Dixie was quiet and determined. Dixie decided as a teenager that she would be a doctor. Told by her mother to study typing in her senior year, Dixie...
Chun Lian Wang
Mar 29, 2021
Chun Lian Wang, age 76, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021. Chun Lian Wang was born on 22 Dec,1944 to the late Ji Yun Wang and Gui Ying Wang. She lovingly raised her two children and was devoted to her husband, her extended families, and the communities she lived in. She held various leadership positions in her career...
William Mack Daniels
Mar 26, 2021
William Mack Daniels, 79, of Graham, passed away at Alamance Regional Medical Center on Friday, March 26, 2021 at 2:55pm. He was the husband of Lamai Siriwilai Daniels who survives and the son of Mr. Clyde Daniels and Mildred Anne Connell Frederick, both deceased. He was a member of Crosslink Community Church in Mebane and retired from United States...
Theodore Richard Oldenburg
Mar 25, 2021
Dr. Theodore Richard Oldenburg of Chapel Hill died suddenly on March 25, 2021 in Chapel Hill. Born in Muskegon, Michigan to the late Theodore Oldenburg and Frederika VanderWeiden Oldenburg. He grew up in Signal Mountain, TN, and entered Davidson College in 1950, entering the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Dentistry in 1953. Following graduation he entered...
Jennifer Irene White
Mar 24, 2021
Chapel Hill - Ms. Jennifer Irene White, 64, died peacefully at her home on March 24, 2021. Ms. White was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to the late James Ruston and Helen Lyng White. She is survived by her brother, John N. White of Chapel Hill. Jennifer's wishes were to be cremated and interred with her parents in New Garden...
Vivian Ann Dodson
Mar 21, 2021
Vivian "Ann" Dodson passed away at the age of 60 on March 21, 2021 at AuthoraCare Hospice in Burlington, North Carolina. She courageously battled chronic medical issues from the age of 29 while facing life's challenges with a smile. Despite all of her health issues, Ann stayed strong to the very end full of love, joy, peace, and laughter....
Helen Davis
Mar 21, 2021
Helen Gates Berry Davis, age 94, passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2021. Helen was born on July 20, 1926 to the late W.P. Gates and Josephine Parker Gates. She lovingly raised her five children and was devoted to her church. Cooking for her family and friends was her witness and ministry. She enjoyed reading good books and her...
Sarah "Sally" Ann Mallett Tomlinson
Mar 19, 2021
Mrs. Sarah Ann Mallett Tomlinson, 89 of Chapel Hill passed away on Friday, March 19, 2021 at Carolina Meadows, The Pines. Private services for Mrs. Tomlinson will be held at a later date. Walker’s Funeral home in Chapel Hill is assisting the family.
Peggy Mustian
Mar 17, 2021
Mrs. Peggy B. Mustian, 88, passed away, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, peacefully at her home where she was born in 1932. Mrs. Mustian was the daughter of the late Charles and Eula Berry. She was previously employed by Croscill Manufacturing from 1957 to 1999. Mrs. Mustian was an active member of Walnut Grove United Methodist Church her entire life....
Mary Rochelle Atwater
Mar 16, 2021
Mary “Rochelle” Atwater, daughter of the late Ben and Bertha Atwater of Chapel Hill, passed away on March 16, 2021 at Brookdale Chapel Hill Assisted Living. Rochelle was born September 16, 1926 in Chatham County, graduated from Pittsboro High School and, afterwards, the secretarial school at Pittsboro High School. Following graduation, she worked at the BC Plant and Baldwins...
Betty Lucille Carter
Mar 16, 2021
Betty Lucille Tapp Carter, 97, recently residing at Mebane Ridge Assisted Living in Mebane and formerly of Elk Drive in Burlington passed at Liberty Commons on Tuesday March 16, 2021 where she was recovering from surgery to repair a broken leg. Lucille was preceded in death by her husband, Harold “Bill” Carter, and son William Keith Carter. She was...
George Anthony Trapp
Mar 15, 2021
George Anthony (Tony) Trapp, 82, of Hillsborough, NC, died Monday afternoon, March 15, 2021 at home. Born December 1, 1938 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Francis and Frances Trapp. He is survived by his wife Ellen Trapp, son Raymond Trapp of Cocoa Beach, FL, daughters Carolyn Trapp (Brian Young) of Efland, NC, and Melanie...
Vickie Holcomb
Mar 15, 2021
Vickie Lynn Holcomb, age 62, and a resident of Hillsborough passed away at her home on Monday, March 15, 2021. Vickie was born on December 2, 1958 in Gassaway, WV to Linda Kay Holcomb and the late Leon Holcomb. Vickie Loved spending her time reading all kinds of books, solving different kinds of puzzles and playing with her dolls...
Walter Frank Strucinski
Mar 13, 2021
Walter Frank Strucinski, 86, of Broadway, NC, died Saturday, March 13, 2021 at UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC. He was born June 30, 1934 in New York City to Michael and Czeslawa Strucinski. Walter is survived by his wife of 55 years, Virginia Strucinski; two daughters, Ann Weingartz and husband Brian, Lynn Streeter and husband Todd; three granddaughters,...
Dr. Robert Michael Hoefges
Mar 9, 2021
Dr. Robert Michael Hoefges, 61, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina passed away March 9, 2021. Michael was born on February 24, 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Robert P. and Dorothy R. Hoefges. He graduated from Forest Park High School in Cincinnati in 1978. Michael earned his Bachelor’s, Juris Doctorate, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from University of Florida. He practiced...
Florene Dunn Funk
Mar 8, 2021
Florene Dunn Funk, born on Easter Sunday, 1924, passed away on March 8, 2021 at the AuthoraCare Hospice Home in Burlington. Florene was a native of Mebane, North Carolina, the sixth of eight children born to Rudy Tate and Caroline Smith Dunn. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward and her son, John. She is survived by her son,...
Nancy T Grady
Mar 7, 2021
Nancy Ann Tucker Grady was born in Hillsborough, NC, on February 17th,1935, the daughter of Maude Crabtree Tucker and Herbert Tucker. She retired from Honeywell. Later, going on to work with close friend Kaye Byrd at Butterfly Kisses Daycare. Nancy was always dedicated to her family and friends. She enjoyed walking around Historic Hillsborough, hiking on the Occoneechee Mountain...
Linda Teresa Penland
Mar 7, 2021
Linda Teresa Jones Penland Linda Teresa Jones Penland 65, of Graham passed away Sunday March 7, 2021, at her residence. Linda a native of Orange County, she was the daughter of Hazen Jones and Hazel Whitt Jones both deceased along with brothers Stanley Jones, Jimmy Jones, sisters Pauline Mayton, Margaret Moore. She is survived by her husband Bobby Penland...
Beverly Greenhill Ferguson
Mar 6, 2021
Beverly Greenhill Ferguson born on January 2, 1953, passed away surrounded by love at UNC Hospital on March 6, 2021. A true Chapel Hill native, Beverly attended Chapel Hill High School. Working in different departments throughout her 30 years at UNC Hospitals; she retired within the OBGYN clinic. This was a position that she loved and truly became her...
