OBITUARIES
Anne Shrader
Dec 20, 2019
Katherine Anne Royall Shrader (“Anne”) of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died at home in the presence of her loving family on December 20, 2019 at the age of 82. Anne was born on March 4, 1937 in Lynchburg, Virginia to Eleanor and William Ewart Royall. She graduated from E.C. Glass High School and attended Randolph-Macon Women’s College. In 1959,...
Marion Wilson, Jr.
Dec 19, 2019
Marion Henry Wilson Jr., 72 passed away on Dec 19, 2019 at the Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice Center, Pittsboro, North Carolina. Henry Jr. is survived by his son, Jeremy Wilson and his grandson, Codie Wilson. Funeral services will be performed at Walker's Funeral Home in Chapel Hill on December 28, 2019. Family will receive guests between 1-2pm and...
Mary Smith
Dec 19, 2019
Mrs. Mary Ramsden Smith passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2019. Arrangement are incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Smith family.
Maria Tornetta
Dec 19, 2019
Mrs. Maria Tornetta died Thursday, December 19, 2019 Maria Tornetta was born September 12, 1949 in Caltabellotta, Italy. Maria was a dedicated wife, mother and Nonna first and foremost. She treasured her grandchildren and embraced every moment with them. She is survived by her husband, Leonardo Tornetta ; her son, Charlie Tornetta ; her daughter, Josephine Finazzo and Son-in-law,...
Norma Diggs
Dec 18, 2019
Norma Elizabeth Norton Diggs (Norma), age 92, residing in Chapel Hill, NC (formerly from Sioux City, Iowa), passed away peacefully on December 18, 2019 at UNC Hospice in Pittsboro, NC. Norma was born on the plains of South Dakota in the community of Lucas in Gregory County on April 30, 1927 to her parents John Charles Norton and Arnetta...
Thomas Claytor
Dec 18, 2019
Mr. Thomas Bradshaw Claytor, 55 passed away at his residence at 6911 Ramblewood Drive in Hillsborough, NC. Thomas was a lifelong resident of Orange County where he graduated from Orange High School. With a true servant heart, he dedicated the majority of his career working with individuals of special needs and disabilities at OE Enterprises where he was the...
Charles Childs
Dec 17, 2019
Charles Benson Childs, age 89, died at First Health Hospice Home in Pinehurst, North Carolina, on December 17, 2019. The son of Robert Taylor Childs and Sarah Elizabeth Sherrill, he was born in Harriman, Tennessee, and grew up in High Point, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by seven older sisters. He attended High Point College and Salem...
Elizabeth Garrard
Dec 16, 2019
Mrs. Elizabeth Wynne Garrard died Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Eno Pointe Assisted Living in Durham. Mrs. Garrard was born September 22, 1931 in Vance County, NC, the daughter of the late Jimmy Hamilton Wynne and Eunice Hoyle Wynne. She graduated from Mangum School in Bahama, and was a retired Assistant Tax Collector for Orange County, NC. She is...
Dorothy Donovan
Dec 16, 2019
Dorothy Jean Donovan, 94, died Monday, December 16, 2019. Surviving is her daughter, Kathleen Bucher. Services will be at a later date. The Donovan family is under the care of Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough.
Brodie Lloyd Iii
Dec 11, 2019
Brodie Hugh (Puggy) Lloyd III died at his home on December 11, 2019. He was the son of Nancy Kathleen Williams and Brodie Hugh Lloyd Jr. He was born at his grandfather’s farm in Orange County and lived his entire life in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. He Served in the Navy and was a builder until his retirement. He...
David Eugene Hamlet, Sr.
Dec 10, 2019
David Eugene Hamlet Sr, 63, born in Durham, NC to Harold and Peggy Hamlet has gone into the loving arms of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. David is survived by his wife Amy, his children David Jr and Jessica, his 3 grandchildren, his sisters Beverly and Marcie, and his brother Russell. A celebration of life service will be...
Kathleen Swendiman
Dec 6, 2019
Kathleen “Kathy” Shea Swendiman, age 70, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She had recently been diagnosed with cancer, though had not known how aggressive it was, and then suffered a stroke from which she could not recover. She died peacefully, surrounded by her husband and two children. In the...
Ethel Stansbury
Dec 6, 2019
Mrs. Ethel Holloman Stansbury, born on January 4, 1929, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 6, 2019, at the age of 90, in her home surrounded by loved ones. Mema, as everyone called her, was the owner, along with her late husband, "Hammie", of The Village Diner for over 40 years. She was "Ms. Village Diner of Hillsborough". It...
C L Kendall
Dec 3, 2019
Chapel Hill - Retired professor C L Kendall died December 3, 2019. Born and raised in Topeka, Kansas, Kendall lurched from one lucky experience to another, ending up as a professor in UNC's Kenan-Flagler business school where he taught marketing and international business. After working as a railroad laborer and telegraph lineman, he enlisted in the Navy at age...
Martin Spritzer
Dec 3, 2019
Pittsboro - Martin Alan Spritzer passed away on December 3, 2019 at Galloway Ridge, a retirement home in Fearrington Village (Pittsboro) North Carolina at the age of 92. He is survived by Lola F. Spritzer, his wife of 64 years, by his son Evan and his daughter, Dinah, and by four grandchildren, Emil, Julius, Romer, and Margot. He was...
Betty Hawkins
Dec 3, 2019
Betty Sue Cole Hawkins passed away on Dec 3, 2019 after months of declining health. She was born on March 6, 1931, to the late Arthur and Addie Cole. A lifelong resident of Hillsborough, NC, she was a member of the First Baptist Church, and retired from the ASCS office and Orange County Schools. Mrs. Hawkins is survived by...
Richard Kopec
Dec 2, 2019
Mr. Richard Joseph Kopec, age 91, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is caring for the Kopec family.
Hanjin Liu
Nov 30, 2019
Ms. Hanjin Liu, passed away on November 30, 2019 at the age of 22. A visitation is scheduled at Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill for Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 10:00AM. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted to care for the Liu family.
Rev. Ralph Harrell
Nov 30, 2019
Ralph Webster Harrell, 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at Brookshire Assisted Living in Hillsborough, NC. Ralph was preceded in death by his wife Rosalind Knott Harrell, and eleven brothers and sisters. He is survived by his three children: Stephen, Beverly and Samuel, and their respective spouses: Daniela Coacci, James Barnett, and Melody Carroll. Ralph loved...
Arlene Mae Grew
Nov 28, 2019
Mrs. Arlene M. Grew, a resident of Chapel Hill passed away at the Carolina Reserve of Durham on Thursday, November 28, 2019 at the age of 91. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is respectfully caring for the Grew family.
