OBITUARIES
Jerome M. Pilarski, Sr.
Dec 4, 2020
Mr. Jerome Marcel Pilarski, 93, of Carrboro, died at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC on Friday, December 4, 2020. He is survived by his children, two daughters, Katherine Scott and Karen Herndon; one son, Marty Pilarski; three grandchildren, Jeremiah Pilarski, Charity Mcdonald and Harold Herndon, Jr.; three great grandchildren, Abigail and Caleb Mcdonald and Harland Herndon. Jerome was...
Pauline Newman
Dec 4, 2020
Pauline Shorter Newman, age 90, died in her sleep on Friday, December 4. She was a resident of Elmcroft Assisted Living Community and a member of Hillsborough First Baptist Church for over 60 years. Before retirement, she worked as an office manager at "The News of Orange" newspaper for about 40 years. Pauline was preceded in death by her...
Mary Swistok Goetze
Dec 3, 2020
Mary (Swistok) Goetze died on December 3, 2020 after a long illness. She was 76. Mary was born on June 22, 1944 in Passaic, New Jersey to Irene and Harold Swistok and was the eldest of four children. Mary was a retired bookkeeper who enjoyed collecting hand made quilts and collectables of all kinds. She enjoyed communicating with her...
Henry Wilton Andrews
Dec 2, 2020
Henry Wilton Andrews born April 30, 1933, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at his residence. Wilton also known as “Witchie” was born and raised in Carrboro, NC. He attended Chapel Hill High School where he played basketball and baseball. He was drafted into the Army and served in Korea during the Korean War. Wilton was employed with Blue Cross/Blue...
Anne Marie Antoinette Riether
Dec 1, 2020
Anne Marie Riether M.D., 65, of Pittsboro, NC, died at UNC hospital in Chapel Hill on December 1, 2020, surrounded by her loving and devoted children. She was born June 21, 1955, in Trenton, NJ, to Robert and Rachel Riether. Anne Marie was a graduate of Saint Mary’s Cathedral High School class of 1973. She attended college and medical...
Marjorie Wilson White
Nov 30, 2020
Marjorie Wilson White passed away peacefully on November 30th at her daughter’s home in North Carolina with her beloved daughter, Cindy, and granddaughter, Callie, by her side. Marge was known by many names…Mom, Marge, Margie, Granny Marge and Gobble. She was a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Marjorie Dean Wilson was born in Lee County, Kentucky....
Betty Jane Hill
Nov 30, 2020
Betty Jane Walters Hill of Efland passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, November 30, 2020. The Family will receive quest at her home on Sunday, December 6, 2020 from noon until 4:00 PM. Walkers Funeral Home of Mebane is assiting the family .
George Stanley Baroff
Nov 28, 2020
Born Nov 27, 1924 Died Nov 28, 2020 Born in The Bronx, New York to Ida and Irving Baroff, George was the eldest of three children and a resident of Chapel Hill, NC for 57 years. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Rose Kislin (Rishie) of Wilkes-Barre, PA by more than 28 years. George is survived by his...
Phyllis Burnett
Nov 27, 2020
Phyllis Hubbard Burnett went Home to be with her Lord and Savior November 27, 2020. Phyllis was born December 20, 1925 in Virginia to her parents, Gayle and Robert Hubbard. She attended James Maddison College and graduated from Duke School of Nursing in 1947. She married the love of her life, Colbert Hulet Burnett, Jr. June 15, 1948. Phyllis...
James Michael Campbell, Sr.
Nov 26, 2020
James Michael Campbell September 30, 1936 - November 26, 2020 James (Jim) Campbell passed away on Thanksgiving Day after a brief illness. Jim was born on September 30, 1936, in Durham, NC, and was raised in Carrboro, NC. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Nancy Campbell; their three sons, Mike Campbell (Carol) of Chapel Hill,...
Gwendolyn Carol (Lee) Boggs
Nov 22, 2020
Gwendolyn Carol (Lee) Boggs passed away Sunday, November 22, 2020, after a brief illness. She was a resident of the Elmcroft of Hillsborough Assisted Living Community. Gwen was born on April 21, 1937 to Clarke Willis and Dorothy Cecilia Lee in Denver, CO, and was the eldest of two children. After graduating from South High School, she married Robert...
Margaret Paulsen
Nov 21, 2020
Margaret Paulsen, 91, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away on November 21, 2020. Margaret was a homemaker and did volunteer work in both churches and public school libraries. She was very kind-hearted, and will be fondly remembered as a voracious reader, a fabulous chef, and an expert seamstress, who always had endless energy for her family. She is survived...
Clara Mae Ferguson
Nov 19, 2020
Chapel Hill – Mrs. Clara Mae Ferguson, 95, wife of the late Ben P. Ferguson, died Thursday, November 19, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Ferguson was born May 7, 1925 in Orange County to the late Alma Vella Riggsbee and Hugh Pendergraph. She was educated in the Orange County schools. Mrs. Ferguson retired as a Supervisor after 30 years...
Lela Veasey Garrett
Nov 19, 2020
Lela Veasey Garrett peacefully passed away on November 19, 2020 in the comforting care provided at Brookshire Peak Nursing Center in Hillsborough NC. Lela was born in Durham, NC on November 14, 1928 the daughter of Sterling S. and Julia Spivey Veasey. Her parents instilled in her a sweet spirit and a love of all things sweet. Lela lived...
Carol Ann Tickle
Nov 17, 2020
Mrs. Carol Ann Vance Tickle passed from this life to be wit;h Jesus Tuesday morning, November 17, 2020. She was born April 21, 1938, in Jewel Ridge, Virginia, the youngest daughter of the late Paul Henry and Nora Vance. Carol was a loving mother of five children and wife to Donald Tickle for 64 years. She loved her children,...
John Elias Thomas Sr.
Nov 16, 2020
John Elias Thomas, Sr., age 92, of Carrboro, NC passed away on November 16, 2020. Funeral services will be held graveside at Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro on Friday November 20 at 2pm. The son of the late Hale Thomas, Sr. and Myrtle Leeper Thomas, he was born in Asheville, NC. He graduated from Church Hill High School and East...
Anna Dotha Pemrick
Nov 15, 2020
Chapel Hill – Mrs. Anna Dotha Pemrick, 94, wife of the late James R. Pemrick, died Sunday morning at the Fairways at Carolina Meadows. Mrs. Pemrick was born December 1, 1925 in Troy, NY. She was raised in Lansingburgh, graduating from Lansingburgh High School in 1945. She married James R. Pemrick in 1948, and enjoyed a 65-year marriage, until...
Julie Anne Costello
Nov 15, 2020
Julie Anne Costello, passed away November 15, 2020, from lung cancer, surrounded by her family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is survived by her daughter Katherine Anne Cretin and granddaughter Sophia Rauda, both of whom she lived with her final years, Carol, Alyssa, and Taylor Jo Zimmerman of Kansas City, Missouri, brothers Michael (Marjorie), Paul (Nancy), and Jim...
Doris Marie Doby
Nov 15, 2020
Doris Marie Hill Doby, 91, of Mebane, North Carolina passed away at her residence on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 1:50 am with her family by her side. A native of Orange County, she was the wife of the late Elmo Doby, and the daughter of Jaser Hill and Alma Porter Hill, both deceased. Doris is survived by a...
Joseph Junious Sparrow
Nov 13, 2020
Joseph “Jay” Sparrow January 31, 1974-November 13, 2020 On Friday the 13th of November, Jay suddenly passed away while he was working out of town in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Jay was born in Durham, North Carolina at Durham Regional Hospital and has been a lifelong resident of Chapel Hill, NC. Jay quickly gravitated towards building, taking apart and tinkering...
