OBITUARIES
Irma Dean Hudson
Mar 6, 2021
Chapel Hill - Mrs. Irma Dean Johnson Hudson, 96, wife of the late Roland Merle Hudson, died Saturday morning at Parkview Health and Rehabilitation Center in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Hudson is survived by her children, Gail Hudson Neely, and her husband, Ed, of Chapel Hill, and Raymond Hudson of Bradenton, FL; granddaughters, Dana Ruth Neely and Kathryn Rose Neely....
Emma Pearl Simpson
Mar 5, 2021
Emma Pearl Berry Simpson of Rougemont, NC passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, March 5, 2021. Pearl was born on January 22, 1931 to the late Jerome G. Berry and Clair Miller Berry in Caldwell. She married Noah Simpson and they were married for 54 years. Pearl worked second shift at American Tobacco Company for 36 years....
Robert Bacon, Jr.
Mar 1, 2021
Robert E. Bacon, Jr. passed away March 1, 2021, in Saco, Maine. He was born October 17, 1929, in Holyoke, MA to Robert E. and Lillian Farr Bacon. He had great pride in the area he grew up in. Talked often of his adventures at the Holyoke Water Power Plant where his father worked. After he graduated from Mt....
Joseph Donn Rowand
Feb 25, 2021
Joseph Rowand, Creator and Director of Somerhill Gallery from 1972-2010 and formidable impresario of the regional contemporary art scene passed away on Feb. 25, a victim of the Covid virus. He was 78. Joe’s Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill, which later relocated to Durham, brought together several generations of artists and aspiring art collectors in a gallery environment that...
Elizabeth Mckuhen
Feb 24, 2021
Mrs. Elizabeth Faye McKuhen, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Arrangements are incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough is assisting the McKuhen family.
Carol Wharton Page
Feb 24, 2021
Carol Wharton Page, 87, passed away at the Arbor of Galloway Ridge, Pittsboro, NC on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. Carol Annetta Wharton was born in Washington, DC on December 9, 1933, to Claude Wharton and Eva Barker Wharton. Carol grew up in Washington, DC with her older sister Ann, and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. Carol attended Syracuse...
Shirley Marie Van Pelt
Feb 23, 2021
Shirley Van Pelt (Young), 94, died in her home at Elmcroft Assisted Senior Living in Hillsborough, NC, February 23, 2021. Shirley was born on November 14, 1926, in Altoona, PA to the late Ralph F. Young, Sr., and Mable (Hicks) Young. After high school, she worked at a Sylvania plant in Pennsylvania during WWII. After the war she traveled...
Gerald Dewey Mcelreath
Feb 22, 2021
Gerald Dewey McElreath passed away suddenly Feb. 22 at UNC Hospitals. He will be terribly missed by his friends and family, especially by his wife of 52 years. Jerry loved his family, animals, golf and vehicles of every type. He was a veteran who served two tours of duty in Vietnam as a Navy Seabee. After Vietnam he spent...
William Edwin Huskey
Feb 22, 2021
William Edwin Huskey, age 96, passed away in the early morning of February 22, 2021. William was born June 14, 1924 in Chapel Hill, NC to the late James Edwin Huskey and Callie Mae Stallings Huskey. . Except for time away for WWII military service, he was a life long resident of Chapel Hill living his entire life in...
William Thompson Burton
Feb 21, 2021
William Thompson Burton (Bill) age 77 went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 21, 2021. He is survived by his best friend and beloved wife, Lillian, daughters Audra Burton Hodges and son in law Scott Hodges and their children Anna, Elijah and Monica of Rougemont, North Carolina; a daughter, Stacie Burton Dusetzina and son in law...
Dwayne Watts
Feb 18, 2021
Dwayne Watts, 63, of Hillsborough, North Carolina, died February 17, 2021. He was born in Buffalo, New York on August 15, 1957 to Ben L., Sr. and Jelena Watts. Dwayne was brother to Barbara Cason, Sylvia Filostrat, Angela Watts, and Ben Jr. Watts. He was preceded in death by his siblings Easter Pratt and Jean Manning. He was married...
Joyce Gail Lloyd
Feb 14, 2021
Joyce Gail Lloyd 73, of Chapel Hill, NC unexpectedly passed away peacefully on February 14, 2021 in her home. Joyce was born July 14, 1947 to Myron Glenn and Christine Cheek Lloyd, whom preceded her in death. Joyce is survived by her best friends of more than 50 years, Kay Thomas and Matthew Fearrington, brothers Paul (Carolyn) Lloyd, Mark...
Diane Good Waggoner
Feb 13, 2021
Chapel Hill - Mrs. Diane Good Waggoner died Saturday, February 13, 2021 at UNC Hospitals. Mrs. Waggoner is survived by her husband, Carlton P. Waggoner, of the home; and her sons, Peter M. Waggoner, and his wife, Margarite, of Durham, Scott D. Waggoner, of Durham, and Michael W. Waggoner of Buffalo, NY. A Vigil service will be offered in...
Alyce Catherine Smith Bennett
Feb 13, 2021
Alyce Catherine Smith Bennett, 94, passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 13, 2021. Born on June 1st, 1926, she was the youngest child of Joseph Eugene Smith and Naomi Hayes Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Bennett, Jr. (RL) in 1964, whom she loved unceasingly, her mother and father, her sister, Bettie...
Lorenz Martin Hofmann
Feb 11, 2021
Obituary of Dr Lorenz Martin Hofmann Lorenz passed to heaven on 11 Feb 2021 at the age of 84, born 10 Jan 1937. He was preceded 2 months earlier by his beloved Wife Victoria Theresa Hofmann on 15 Dec 2020 after 52 years Marriage. He leaves behind his two children Lorenz and Paul (Tracy), four loving grandchildren Jaxon, Madeline,...
Patty Maynard Hill
Feb 10, 2021
Dr. Patty Sue Maynard Hill was born on June 9, 1944 in Winston Salem, N.C., daughter of Ray W. Maynard and Etta Holloman Maynard. Her early childhood was spent in Yadkinville, N.C. and she moved to Winston Salem in the 7th grade. Growing up, Patty was inspired by her father’s example of nurturing family and friends, and meeting new...
Gina Ruth Walker
Feb 10, 2021
Chapel Hill - Mrs. Gina Ruth Walker, 66, husband of David Walker, died Wednesday afternoon at the SECU Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro. In addition to her husband of 49 years, Gina is survived by her brother, Eddie Womble, and his wife, Settle, of Chapel Hill; and her sister, Jerry Carpenter, and her husband Ron, of...
Elnora Faye Heath
Feb 9, 2021
Faye Metts Heath, 73, of 1127 Crawford Dairy Road in Chapel Hill, North Carolina passed away at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. A native of Jones County, North Carolina, she was the wife of Chester Ray Heath who survives, and the daughter of Joseph Martin Metts and Hattie Mae Jarman Metts, both deceased. Faye...
Lydia Crawford
Feb 9, 2021
Lydia Terrell Crawford, Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great and great-great grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend entered into Heaven on Tuesday February 9th, 2021. She was 94 years old. Lydia spent her life taking care of everyone from her patients at Yancy Rest Home leading to the many friends and family at the Skateland roller rink to the Schley Community...
Margaret Carolyn Kueider
Feb 9, 2021
Peg Kueider, 86, of 524 N. Carr Street, Mebane, passed away on February 9, 2021 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Born on March 3, 1934 to Dwight L. Bryan and Mary Ellen Cozort Bryan, both deceased, she was also the wife of the late Walter G. Kueider. She was awarded the Eastern Star and was a longtime faithful member...
