OBITUARIES
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...
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,...
