OBITUARIES
Mary Marie Parker
Jun 5, 2020
Mary Marie Parker, 52, died Friday, June 5, 2020. Mary was born on November 8, 1967 to Paul and Alice Parker. Graveside services are scheduled for Thursday, June 11, 2020 at Walnut Grove UMC Cemtery at 2:00PM and will be officiated by Pastor Hunter Preston. Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough is assisting the Parker family.
Phillip Wayne Walker
Jun 4, 2020
Phillip Wayne Walker, Sr., age 70, passed peacefully in his sleep on June 4, 2020. Born on November 8, 1949, he is the son of the late William and Mary Walker. He was employed by Quality Electric Company in Durham for 44 years. He is survived by his wife Geneva; a son Phillip Wayne Walker, Jr (wife Michele); daughter...
Vincent Joseph Tarascio
Jun 3, 2020
Dr. Vincent Joseph Tarascio, Professor Emeritus of Economics at UNC-CH, husband of Linda Tarascio, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. A full obituary is forthcoming. The Tarascio family is under the care of Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill.
Bethany Ann Cook
May 20, 2020
Mrs. Bethany Ann Cook, age 60, passed away on May 20, 2020. Arrangemenrs are incomplete at this time.
Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough is assisting the Cook family.
James Henry Butcher
May 20, 2020
James Henry Butcher, 92, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died peacefully at Carolina Meadows Retirement Community on May 20, 2020. Jim was born on March 21, 1928, in Kent, Ohio, to the late James Frederick “Fred” Butcher and Willa Rosen Butcher. He graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, in 1945. He graduated a semester early...
Bruce Clinton Ladd, Iii
May 18, 2020
Bruce C. Ladd, III, died unexpectedly at his home on Monday, May 18, 2020. Bruce is survived by mother Delores (Dolly) Ladd, of Chapel Hill; sisters, Laura J. Ladd of Chesapeake, VA, and Diane Ladd of Chapel Hill; uncle Barton (Janice) of AZ; nephew and niece, Brandon Foster and Megan Conklin; great nephew and niece, Camden and Raegan Foster....
Pauline Edith Kopec
May 15, 2020
Pauline Cutchall Kopec, age 89 of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away peacefully on Friday May 15, 2020. Pauline was born January 22, 1931 in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. She loved Pennsylvania where her sister Evelyn, brother-in-law Victor Gobin and four nieces Penny, Kathy, Vickie and Valerie continue to live. When referring to Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Mountains, Pauline would get a...
Mary K Alphonse
May 13, 2020
Mrs. Mary Alphonse, 78, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 under the care of Transitions Life Care Hospice in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mary was born in the city of Kochi, Kerala State, India to Elizabeth and C.A. John. The eldest of six children, Mary married K.J. Alphonse (1941-1999) on January 29, 1969. A Kerala native, she spent...
Jay Carson Langhurst
May 11, 2020
Jay Carson Langhurst, 81, of Chapel Hill passed away on Monday, May 11. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He married his wife, Carol Miller in London, England. They lived in Omaha, Nebraska and Seattle, Washington before moving to Chapel Hill. He was a Major in the US Air Force and flew combat missions in Viet Nam. He...
Wanda Cockrell
May 10, 2020
Wanda Martin Cockrell passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Sunday, May 10, 2020. Wanda was born in Statesville, North Carolina on December 8, 1949, the daughter of Glady Rance Martin and Harriet Browning Martin. She is preceded in death by her parents; her beloved sister, Nancy Martin Vanstory, as well as brothers-in-law, Donald Gish, Harvey...
Jolanta Bozena Pucilowska
May 4, 2020
Jolanta (Jola) Bożena Puciłowska, passed away beside her loving husband in her Chapel Hill home on May 4, 2020. She waged a valiant seven-year fight against pancreatic cancer, living her life to the fullest, caring for hundreds of patients, and selflessly supporting family, friends, and strangers alike. She was a generous, resolute, and indomitable woman whose unwavering passion and...
David James Holbrook, Jr.
May 3, 2020
Dr. David James Holbrook, Jr., 87, of Chapel Hill, NC passed from this life on Sunday, May 3, 2020 at Brookdale Meadowmont Assisted Living in Chapel Hill. David was born in Norfolk, Virginia and was the youngest of 3 children born to David J. Holbrook, Sr. and Myrtie L. Curling Holbrook. He was a 1951 graduate of Hampton High...
Barbara Burns Moran
May 2, 2020
Barbara Burns Moran, loving wife and mother, passed away at age 75 in her home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the company of her family on May 2, 2020. Barbara was born in Columbus, Mississippi, and grew up in Roanoke, Alabama. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Subsequently, she earned an MLS from Emory...
Maria Lauritano
May 2, 2020
Mrs. Maria E. Lauritano, 93, died Saturday morning at Brookdale of Chapel Hill. Maria Lauritano was born in Chelsea, New York City to Andrea (Henry) Savarese and Sarah (Sadie) Pisapia Savarese. The third of five children, she married Salvatore G Lauritano (1924-1986) on June 5, 1949. The couple resided in Brooklyn until their move to NJ in 1957 and...
Larry Wayne Barnes
May 1, 2020
Larry Wayne Barnes (June 10, 1947 -May 1, 2020) passed away after a long battle with COPD. He is survived by his mother, Margie Rigsbee Barnes; children: Amanda Tripp (Terrell), Marlon Barnes (Teresa Sykes), Amelia Dickerson (Bobby), Mark Barnes (Kristie); brothers, Henry Barnes Jr. and Troy Barnes (Rose); sisters,: Frances Jordan, Diane Eubanks (Billy Holland), 11 grandchildren and 6...
Roderick Lynwood Cate
Apr 29, 2020
Graham, NC - Mr. Roderick Lynwood Cate, 62, died peacefully at his home on April 29, 2020. Mr. Cate was born November 4, 1957 in Chapel Hill to the late Ann Griffin and John Henry Cate, Jr. He graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1976. Upon his graduation, he went to work at Old Oak Ridge Farm, the...
Joseph Martin Jones
Apr 22, 2020
Joseph Martin Jones, son of the late Elmer and Esther Jones of West Virginia, passed away on April 22, 2020 at the age of eighty-eight in his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Joe earned his Bachelors of Science in mathematics and physics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and his Masters of Psychology from the University...
James Henry Anderson
Apr 20, 2020
Mr. James Henry Anderson, 94, of Mebane passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020 at Mebane Ridge Assisted Living. Mr. Anderson was the husband of Christine Barfield Anderson who survives. He was born January 11, 1926 to the late James Anderson and Effie McGauley Anderson. Mr. Anderson was a member of University Baptist Church in Chapel Hill and also...
