OBITUARIES
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...
Linda Stinnett Harris
Nov 13, 2020
Linda Harris, 73, died Friday 13 Nov 2020 after several months of deteriorating health. Left to grieve her passing are her sister Sandra Stinnett of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, her daughters Kathrene Harris of DeWitt, Arkansas, and Michelle Gagnon (Doug) of Monroe, Louisiana, and three grandchildren---Makayla and Daniel Gagnon and Joshua Harris. Linda is also survived by cousins, Gloria...
Glenna Sue Williams
Nov 12, 2020
Obituary for Glenna Sue Williams 8/22/1959 – 11/12/2020 Glenna Sue Williams of Carrboro NC passed away on November 12th, 2020 after a short illness. She leaves to mourn her passing her loving care taker Natasha Burnette and her extended family Alvin and Ashley Burnette. Glenna was 61 years old. Born in Hamilton Ohio to the late Mary Magdalene and...
Clara Kathleen Poteat
Nov 10, 2020
Clara Kathleen Westbrook Poteat, (Kathy), 78 of Mebane, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, went to be with the Lord, she loved on November 10, 2020. Kathy was born August 29th, 1942, daughter of Aaron Westbrook and Lucille Christopher Westbrook, both deceased. She attended the former, Mebane High School where she loved music and singing. She married her...
Winder "Roy" Leroy Wilson
Nov 8, 2020
Mr. Winder "Roy" Leroy Wilson passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2020 in Burlington. Mr. Wilson was born on Wednesday, December 10, 1930 to the late Winder Webb and Laylon Ellington Wilson. Roy grew up here in Hillsborough and was an active deacon at Mars Hill Baptist Church. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during...
Beatrice Feinberg Serotkin
Nov 7, 2020
Beatrice (Feinberg) Serotkin of Chapel Hill passed away on November 7, 2020 at age 100. She had been a resident of Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill since 2008. She and her husband, Louis, retired to Chapel Hill in 1976, after spending their lives in Dover, N.J. Both were educators, Bea a home economics teacher and Lou a school principal....
John Gay Britt Jr.
Nov 7, 2020
John Gay Britt, Jr. died November 7th, 2020 at the Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro, North Carolina. John was the husband of Linda Holland Britt. They were married for forty-three years. John was born November 27th, 1946 in Goldsboro, NC, to the late John Gay Britt, Sr. and Edwina Taylor Britt. He served in the United...
Mildred Thompson
Nov 5, 2020
Mildred Mahalie Crabtree Thompson a resident of Hillsborough passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at the Alamance House in Burlington. On August 12, 1923, Mrs. Thompson was born to the late Frank and Artelia Crabtree. She was employed by Central Carolina Farmers Inc. for 27 years and later retired from Southern States. During World War II, Millie met...
Hadley Brooke Laprade
Nov 3, 2020
Hadley Brooke LaPrade, beloved daughter of Corey and Brooke (Hayden) LaPrade, was born on November 2nd, 2020 at 11:48 PM at the North Carolina Women’s Hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She weighed 4 pounds, 1 ounce and was 17 inches long. She had a head full of black hair, blue eyes, her daddy’s feet, and her mama’s nose....
Donald Keith Hicks
Nov 3, 2020
Mr. Donald Keith Hick passed away at his home in Hillsborough on Tuesday, October 3, 2020 at the age of 87. Donald was born in Orange County on October 28, 1933. Donald loved his country and proudly served in the United States Army. He was employed by the Town of Hillsborough prior to his retirement. During his retirement, Donald...
Jerry Allen Blalock
Nov 3, 2020
Mr. Jerry Allen Blalock, 85, of Efland, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Mr. Blalock was the husband of Kitty Mazie Tate Blalock who survives and the son of Hugh Allen Blalock and Pansy Cochran Blalock, both deceased. Mr. Blalock graduated from Aycock High School in Cedar Grove and he retired from North Carolina State...
Lucy Caroline Warren Donnan
Nov 2, 2020
A devoted wife and mother, loyal friend and doting grandmother, Caroline Warren Donnan passed away on November 2, 2020 at Salemtowne Retirement Center in Winston-Salem, NC. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of seventy years, Richard Frederick “Dick” Donnan. Born and raised in Chapel Hill, NC, Caroline was the only child of Julius Algernon “Ben” Warren and Pattie...
Louanne Roberta Howe
Nov 1, 2020
Louanne K. Howe, 93 passed away on November 1, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born on May 14, 1927 to the late Queen and Joseph Kroupa of Riverside, IL. She lived in Lake Forest, IL from 1956 to 2020 when she moved to Chapel Hill, NC. Louanne is survived by her loving children, Delcine Howe Drayson...
Richard A. Gonzalez
Nov 1, 2020
Richard A. Gonzalez, 76, of Chapel Hill January 23rd, 1944 - November 1st, 2020 Richard A. Gonzalez passed away on Sunday, November 1st, 2020 at Brookshire Nursing Center in Hillsborough, NC. after a lengthy battle with kidney disease. Known as 'Rich or Richie' by his close friends and acquaintances, he was esteemed by many and will be deeply missed....
Barbara Clare Richter
Nov 1, 2020
It is with a heavy heart we announce Barbara Clare Richter passed away at the age of 59 after a brief and serious battle with brain cancer. Barbara will be greatly missed. She touched the lives of so many people in her abbreviated time with us. In addition to her family, she had many friends including fellow choir members...
