OBITUARIES
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...
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....
