OBITUARIES
James King
Apr 26, 2019
James Kimball King, Professor Emeritus of English, 85, died Friday, April 26, at his home in Chapel Hill. He was the son of the late James and Virginia King of Princeton NJ. King attended the Lawrenceville School, Yale University, and Johns Hopkins University. He received an MA from Wesleyan University in Connecticut while teaching at Fairfield Country Day School...
Zackary Cothren
Apr 23, 2019
Mr. Zachary Scott Cothren, age 30, died on April 23, 2019. Arrangments are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is caring for the Cothren family.
Mallory Allen
Apr 23, 2019
Mallory Louise Allen, age 33, passed away on April 23, 2019. Arrangements are incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Allen family.
Mary Salmon
Apr 22, 2019
Mary Lu H. Salmon, 72, wife of the late Donald B. Salmon, passed away Monday, April 22, 2019 in Hillsborough, NC. Born in Ruffsdale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Jay Goodwin Honse, and Helen Gayle Hamel Honse of Greensboro, NC. After high school, she moved from Ruffsdale to North Carolina to attend Guilford College where she...
Thomas Patterson, Jr.
Apr 19, 2019
Mr. Thomas McEvoy Patterson passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019, Arrangements are incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted to care for the Patterson family.
Harry Avinger, Jr.
Apr 19, 2019
Mr. Harry Carlisle Avinger, Jr., a resident of Cary, NC, passed away on April 19, 2019 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill at the age of 72. Harry was born on March 25, 1947 in Orangeburg, SC to the late Harry Carlisle Avinger, Sr. and his dear wife Jane M. Avinger. Harry was married to Jandrelle A. Avinger. They...
Larry Johnson
Apr 19, 2019
Larry Allan Johnson of Caldwell, born February 11, 1951,died April 19, 2019. Larry was one of 18 children of Virgie Adeline Holder and Robert Battle Johnson. He attended Oak Grove School and was employed at Duke University Lock & Key Shop until retirement in 2009; Larry was a member of the Crappie Fishing Club, Schley Grange #710, and Little...
William Knight
Apr 19, 2019
WILLIAM MONROE KNIGHT, son of Gray Knight, and Oscar and Kathleen Brewington, was born December 25th, 1939. Monroe peacefully went to meet his Lord and Savior on April 19th, 2019. Monroe graduated from Hillsboro High School in (1958). He enlisted in the U.S. Marines out of high school. He wed the greatest woman he ever met, Katherine Johnson Knight,...
Lucy De Monchaux
Apr 15, 2019
“And just at the moment when someone at my side says, ‘There she goes!’ There are other eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, ‘Here she comes!’” - Henry Van Dyke Chapel Hill - Mrs. Lucy Jo Jackson de Monchaux, 84, wife of the late Frank Emile de Monchaux, died on Monday,...
Ruth Copley
Apr 15, 2019
Ruth Vincent Copley, 96, daughter of Donald M. Vincent and Florence Blanchard Vincent entered into eternal life on Monday morning, April 15, 2019, at Hospice Home in Burlington, NC. She had been in declining health for the past few years. She is survived by nieces and nephews: Pat Compton, Claudia Manning, Tom Compton, and Bill Vincent. In addition she...
Onyekwere Akwari
Apr 14, 2019
Dr. Onyekwere E. Akwari (Onye), Nigerian-American and first African-American surgeon on the faculty of Duke University, died at his home in Durham, North Carolina on April 14, 2019. He was 76. He brought vision and confident persistence paired with an engaging, low-key temperament to his research and clinical work, to his citizenship in his university, and to his participation...
Shirley Frucht
Apr 14, 2019
Shirley Anne Frucht, age 99, died peacefully on Sunday, April 14, at the Forest at Duke, in Durham, North Carolina, after a full, rich life of nurturing, teaching, and mentoring. Born in Minneapolis to Irene (Schekman) and Abraham Einbinder, immigrants from Russia and Germany, respectively, Shirley was the oldest of four siblings. She showed academic aptitude and athletic prowess...
Robert Laport
Apr 14, 2019
Robert Edmund “Bob” Laport departed this life on April 14th, 2019 at the age of 85. A loving, devoted husband and father, he is survived by his wife, Geraldine “Geri” Laport, his daughter, Elicia Laport, her husband, Nelson Handel, his grandson, Charles Handel, his brother-in-laws, Richard and Larry Snider, Larry’s wife, Susan Snider, and their children, Rachel and Robinson...
Norma Martin
Apr 12, 2019
Chapel Hill - Norma Jean White Martin, born October 22, 1936 in Lexington, Kentucky, was the second of five children born to the late Pauline Williams White and Joseph Robert White. Growing up in Lexington, she recalled a happy childhood, fondly remembering her large family and extended family, and the important part that Victory Christian Church played in her...
Dorothy Hughes
Apr 12, 2019
Kathleen Hughes, age 88, of Chapel Hill, NC entered Heaven’s gates on April 12, 2019. A loving wife and mother, Kathleen was born in Princess Anne, MD to Frank and Dorothy Fitzgerald on May 23, 1930. Kathleen was a graduate of Princess Anne High School, where she received the Old Home award. She attended State Teacher’s College in Salisbury...
Carter Doyle
Apr 11, 2019
Carter Ray Doyle of Durham, North Carolina, died after a car accident on April 11, 2019 along with a close friend, on the way home from a band rehearsal. He was 71 years old. Ray is survived by his wife Brenda, their two children, Patrick Doyle and Mary Summerlin and three grandchildren - Georgia and Ellie Summerlin and Clara...
Christopher Jones, Jr.
Apr 7, 2019
Christopher Scott Jones, Jr. (“CJ”) went to be with our Lord on April 7, 2019 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC. CJ was born On January 4, 2019 to Joanne Blankenship and Christopher Scott Jones, Sr. He is survived by his parents both of Chapel Hill, two brothers, Jason Scott Lewis and Matthew Hanna, one sister, Hannah Pennell...
Marion Mae Rosemond
Apr 7, 2019
Marion Mae Hicks Rosemond, 96, passed away April 7, 2019 at Duke Regional Hospital. Born and raised in Orange County, Mrs. Rosemond was the daughter of the late Shellie Stephen Hicks and Unie Mae Sykes Hicks. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rosemond was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Edward Rosemond; two brothers, James Leonard Hicks and...
Annie Frick
Apr 5, 2019
Annie Ruth Frick, daughter of the late Ruth May Riley and James Boyd Jones, passed peacefully in her home on April 5, 2019 at the age of 74. Mrs. Frick was born and raised in Orange County. She was employed at Cones Mill for 35 years and then went back to college where she became a CNA and retired...
