OBITUARIES
Francesca Deutschen
Mar 19, 2019
Mrs. Francesca Deutschen died on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. A full obituary will be posted when available. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted to care for the Deutschen family.
Lois Thornton
Mar 15, 2019
Lois Smith Thornton, 88, of Chapel Hill, NC passed peacefully in her sleep on Friday, March 15, 2019. Lois was born April 6, 1930 to Helen S. Smith and Frank W. Smith in New Rochelle, NY. As a true East Coast girl, she was raised in Worcester, MA, raised her own family in Manchester, CT, spent summers in Maine,...
Paul Irvine, Jr.
Mar 15, 2019
PITTSBORO, N.C.--Paul Irvine Jr., 92, husband of the late Dorothy Legge Irvine, died on March 15, 2019, at Galloway Ridge. Paul was the son of the late Dr. Paul Irvine and Gladys Kenney Irvine. He was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on November 8, 1926. In 1928, his family moved to Auburn, Alabama, where he grew up. His father...
Howard Wilcox
Mar 15, 2019
Howard Alan Wilcox, 77, passed away at his home in Cary, NC on Friday, March 15, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Kay Taylor Wilcox; son Alan Wilcox of Dunedin, FL; daughter Leigh Wilcox Kinnell of Cary, NC; grandchildren Taylor and Quentin and Lizzie-Kay Kinnell of Cary, NC; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Howard was born in...
Amos Jessup
Mar 14, 2019
Mr. Amos Huntington Jessup, 73, died Thursday, March 14, 2019. He was noted for his music, poetry, and great personality. Before retirement he was a very good engineering manager, patent writer and lover of the sea. Surviving are his wife, Daly Jessup, son, Tucker Jessup, sister, Rebecca Jessup, nephews: Tony Jessup, Selby Jessup, John Jessup, Roddy Jessup, Justin Jessup...
Edith Meadows
Mar 13, 2019
Edith "Gayle" Sharpe Meadows, 76, of Burlington ran into the arms of God Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Edgewood Place. She was born on June 21, 1942, in Newport News, Virginia, to the late Clarence Newton, Sr. & Mary "Erma" Sharpe. Survivors include her children, Judy Marie Herrington Gray (Tony) of Franklinton, Diana Louise Herrington of Hillsborough, Sara Lynn...
Robert Joseph Portugal
Mar 13, 2019
Mr. Robert Joseph Portugal, 52, of Mebane passed away on Wednesday March 13, 2019 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. He was born in Lincoln Park Michigan, and the son of Ronald Joseph Portugal and Diana Svacha. Robert J. Portugal graduated from Alan Park High School. He joined the US. Army as a 91Q Pharmacy Specialist. He proudly served...
John Ahearne
Mar 12, 2019
John Francis Ahearne, 84, died peacefully in his sleep Tuesday March 12, 2019. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Born and raised in New Britain, CT, he met his future wife Barbara during their senior year of high school. He obtained a BS in Engineering Physics and MS in Physics from Cornell University, and later a MA...
Kurt O'Briant
Mar 11, 2019
Kurt O'Briant was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina. He attended Durham High School. He worked at Sears for years and other jobs that ended up landing him living in Chapel Hill. He was preceded in death by his mother, Helen O'Briant; father, Rex C. O'Briant and sister, Mary Nellie O'Briant. He went home to be with the...
Shirley Teresa Goins
Mar 9, 2019
Mrs. Shirley Goins, 83, formerly of Mebane passed away on Saturday March 9, 2019 at Riverside Health & Rehabilitation Danville VA. She was a native of Danville Virginia, and the wife of the late Bobby Goins and daughter of the late Richard Gosney and late Eula Hines Wiles and stepdaughter of the late Brack Wiles. She is preceded in...
Gerry Yow
Mar 9, 2019
Gerry Braxton Yow, 47, went to his eternal home on March 9, 2019 due to a car accident. Gerry worked in the family business John W. Yow Grading and on the family’s farm Valley View Farm. He loved outdoors and enjoyed hunting, fishing, and weekends at Lake Mayo with family and friends. He loved his animals, including his goat...
Audrey Zablocki
Mar 8, 2019
Audrey Bauguess Zablocki, 89, died on Friday, March 8, 2019 at Carolina Meadows retirement community in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born on June 19, 1929 in Traphill, North Carolina to Bertie Pruitt Bauguess and Shirley Bauguess. Audrey graduated as valedictorian of her class from Ronda High School in 1945 and earned a bachelor’s degree in English and...
Robert Nutter
Mar 8, 2019
Robert Percival Nutter passed away peacefully at Maple View Farm on March 8, 2019 surrounded by his family. Farmer Bob, as he was lovingly called by his children and countless friends, was born to Ruth Jones Nutter and Fred Jewett Nutter on September 20, 1928, in Corinna, Maine. The family moved to Hillsborough, NC in 1963, and moved Maple...
Anya Yvette Simpson
Mar 7, 2019
Infant Anya Yvette Simpson, 7 months of Mebane died on March 7, 2019 at Duke University Hospital in Durham. A funeral service will be conducted on Friday March 22, 2019 at 11:00 am in the Chapel of Walker's Funeral Home and Crematory of Mebane, located at 304 W. Center Street. Burial will follow the service in Alamance Memorial Park....
Virginia Crete
Mar 7, 2019
Virginia Wood Crete passed away March 7, 2019. She was born January 31, 1933 in Rutland, VT, daughter of Lyman and Eva Wood. She attended Rutland High School, spent most of her life in Vermont and resided in Chapel Hill, NC. She was a long standing member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. She worked for Howe Richardson...
Sam Jordan
Mar 7, 2019
Sam Holman Jordan, formerly a longtime resident of Asheville, NC, died peacefully on March 7th at Brookshire Nursing Center in Hillsborough, NC. He had been a resident at Brookshire since 2011. A graveside service will be held at the former Generostee ARP Church cemetery on Saturday, March 16th at 3:30 PM. The facility is now The Sanctuary of Praise...
Gerald Manders
Mar 5, 2019
Gerald Vincent Manders, affectionally known as Jerry, died peacefully Tuesday morning March 5, 2019 at the Presbyterian Home of Hawfields in Mebane, N.C. at age 91. Born September 20, 1927 in Wrightstown, Wisconsin, to the late George and Barbara Kempen Manders, Jerry was the youngest of 14 children who are all deceased and waiting on him to be with...
Tara Zachary
Mar 5, 2019
Tara Verville Zachary died unexpectedly on March 5 2019. She was born on February 5th 1984 in Biddeford, Maine to Mark and Vanda Verville. Tara was educated at Biddeford High School graduating with honors. She continued her education at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine earning a degree in biochemistry, again graduating with honors. Not sure what...
David Turner
Mar 5, 2019
David E. Turner a native of Hillsborough died March 5, 2019 at 80 years of age and is survived by one daughter, Linda P. Horne, one grandson, Sean Thomas Parker, and one great-granddaughter, Hadley Nicole Parker (all of Hillsborough), one brother, Rex Lee Turner of Hillsborough, and two sisters, Faye T. Smith of Hillsborough, and Mary Lou Shepherd of...
Sara Romweber
Mar 4, 2019
Sara Romweber, drummer with Let’s Active, Snatches of Pink and the Dex Romweber Duo, has died of complications from a brain tumor at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, she was 55. Sara is survived by her husband, Billy Stewart; her mother, Dr. Sara "Sally" H. Romweber; and her siblings, Paul, Steve, Joe, Luke, Monica, and Dexter A Mass of...
