OBITUARIES
Helga Horton
Aug 19, 2019
Helga Wirsing Horton was called to meet her heavenly father on Monday, August 19, 2019. She was one of five children born to Christina and Hans Wirsing of Bamburg, Germany. Helga was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, JT Horton and her brother Gunter Wirsing and sister Rosie Pagar, both of Germany. Surviving are her three...
Eleanore Dunn
Aug 16, 2019
Eleanore B. Dunn, age 94, died of complications from a stroke on August 16, 2019, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 27 years, Robert J. Dunn, on October 1, 1998. Eleanore is survived by her four stepchildren, Diana D. Alcorn and husband, William, of Fairfax, Virginia; Kathleen D. Evans and...
Jay Meyer
Aug 16, 2019
Jay Christopher Meyer, 73, passed away on August 16, 2019, surrounded by his family. Jay was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Crunden Meyer of Newton, NC; his parents Joseph Nicholas Meyer and Ruth Thielen Meyer of Cincinnati, OH; and his brother Paul Meyer of Cincinnati, OH. He is survived by his daughter Katherine (Steven) Dixon of Pittsboro,...
Larry Smith
Aug 16, 2019
Larry Richard Smith, 70, of Hillsborough, North Carolina, passed away August 16 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, North Carolina. A memorial service will be held Sunday, August 25 at 3:30pm at First Baptist Church Hillsborough, 201 West King Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall after the service. Richard was born...
Karen Lorne
Aug 15, 2019
Karen Kay Lorne, dear wife of Thomas J. Neagle, and mother of two, Alexander Lorne (Megan) and Sarah Hillesheim (Chris), entered into eternal happiness peacefully at home on August 15, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Karen was born in Dearborn, Michigan on September 1, 1958, graduated from St. Alphonsus High School, earned her nursing degree from Detroit Mercy...
Elizabeth Patton
Aug 14, 2019
Mrs. Elizabeth Wynelle Melson Patton, age 87, passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted to care for the Patton family.
Richard Clancy
Aug 14, 2019
Chapel Hill – Mr. Richard “Dick” George Clancy, Jr., husband of Bridget Mauro Clancy, died unexpectedly on August 14, 2019, at his home. Mr. Clancy was born January 12, 1929, in New Jersey, the son of the late Beatrice Walsh and Richard George Clancy. He was raised in the Marblehill area of Manhattan, attending P.S.7, and graduating from DeWitt...
Kurt Wagoner
Aug 13, 2019
Kurt Moore Wagoner passed away in his home on Tuesday August 13th, 2019 at the age of 51. He was born May 3rd, 1968 in Durham County as the oldest child to Jesse William (Billy) Wagoner and the late Judy Thompson Wagoner of Hillsborough, NC. After graduating from Orange High School, Kurt attended N.C. State University earning a degree...
Joan Earle Condoret
Aug 12, 2019
Joany Earle Condoret, beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, and friend, has left this world. By universal consensus of those who knew her, the world is a much poorer place, as there never lived a nicer, sweeter, kinder person. It was hard to find any evidence that she was human, and not an angel – her addiction to junk food...
Stanley Socha
Aug 11, 2019
Chapel Hill - Stanley Socha, 95, of Chapel Hill, NC and formerly of Stockbridge, MA, died peacefully on Sunday, August 11, 2019. A loving husband, father, and grandfather, Stanley was a kind and gentle man who was always willing to lend a hand to family and friends. He was born on June 19, 1924 in Adams, MA to the...
Gloria Abernathy
Aug 9, 2019
Mrs. Gloria Attienza Abernathy, age 82, passed away in Chapel Hill, NC on Friday, August 9, 2019. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at at St. Thomas More Catholic Church on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 9:30AM burial followed at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. Walker's Funeral Home is honored to care for the Abernathy family.
William Nelson
Aug 7, 2019
William Cary Nelson, of Chapel Hill, NC, died suddenly on August 7, 2019 at the age of 80 years old, of a surprise cardiac incident from which he could not be revived. He will be remembered for his kind and generous heart, warm smile and sharp mind, able to recall detailed sports statistics and political history like few could....
Clara Merritt
Aug 6, 2019
Clara Rowe Merritt, 98 of Carrboro passed away on August 6, 2019 at the home of her daughter after several years of declining health. Clara was born and raised in Durham, NC and was the daughter of the late Franklin and Goldie Rowe. Clara was a devoted wife and mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a homemaker and...
Joan Huntley
Aug 5, 2019
Dr. Joan Huntley of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, age 88, died on August 5, 2019 at North Carolina Memorial Hospital following a sudden illness. Born in Melrose, Massachusetts, Dr. Huntley was a graduate of Mary Washington College (AB, 1953) and received an MPH degree from the University of Virginia in 1962. After working as a research assistant at Harvard...
Gina Stone
Aug 5, 2019
Gina K. Stone, 63, died Monday, August 5, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Laverne Jones and Jack Ray Kelly. She retired from the Waffle House. She is survived by one daughter Christeen Stone, two granddaughters Jamie Mangum and Stephanie Mangum, three great grandchildren Bianca Huggins, I'Anna Huggins and Branden Wright, two aunts Bonnie Huckabee and Jan...
Richard Brandon
Aug 3, 2019
Richard Leonard Brandon “Pop-pop”, 67, died peacefully on Saturday August 3rd, at his home in Hillsborough, NC, surrounded by family. Richard was born October 1st 1951 to the late Jack and Ruth Brandon. He spent his childhood in Davidson County and graduated from North Davidson High School and NC State College of Engineering. He retired from Premier Inc. in...
William Uber
Aug 1, 2019
William Wade “Bill” Uber, 88, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at Chatham Ridge Assisted Living in Chapel Hill, NC. He was born May 29, 1931 in Homer City, PA, the son of Ida Belle Jobe and Simon Wade Uber and moved to Springfield, OH as a young boy. He was a resident of Palm Beach county, FL...
Joan Poole Holbrook
Aug 1, 2019
Joan Benning Poole Holbrook, 84, of Chapel Hill, NC passed from this life on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at her home. Joan was born in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Clayton I. Poole and Elma Benning Pearson Poole, of Dilllwyn, Virginia. Joan grew up amongst a large extended family in Dillwyn and was a 1953 graduate of Buckingham Central...
Joyce Anderson
Jul 30, 2019
Joyce Folden Anderson passed away at her home in Chapel Hill, NC on July 30, 2019. She is with her Lord in heaven rejoicing today and for eternity. Born in Zanesville, OH on March 25, 1935, Joyce was raised by her mother Gladys Jones Folden and her grandparents David and Mabel Jones in New Lexington, OH. She began dating...
Ruby Martin
Jul 28, 2019
Ruby Yarboro Martin passed away in her home in Hillsborough, N.C., Sunday, July 28, 2019 at the age of 96. The wife of Ted H. Martin was born March 27, 1923 in Person County as the oldest child of Russ G. Yarboro and Lessie Watson Yarboro. She is survived by her husband Ted, children Ann Morton Owen (Bobby) of...
