OBITUARIES
Beverly Harland
Apr 29, 2019
Mrs. Beverly Ann Harland, age 79, passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Harland family.
Geraldine Huff
Apr 29, 2019
Jerry Huff passed to heaven on Monday, April 29, 2019 (on her 85th birthday), peacefully in her home in Chapel Hill. Jerry was born in Atlanta, GA on April 29, 1934 to the late Helen and Carlton Childress, and attended Decatur Girls High and Georgia State University. Jerry and Charles moved to Chapel Hill in 1997 to be near...
Sara Minton
Apr 29, 2019
Sara Jacqueline “Jackie” Minton, of Chapel Hill, NC died in her home surrounded by her family on April 29, 2019. She was preceded in death by her husband, TSgt. William "Bill" Lee Minton. Born June 26, 1933 to Thelma and Jack Long, Jackie is survived by her children, Ken Butler, Bill Minton (Polly Dickson), Steve Minton, Greg Minton (Mishele);...
Rachel Gooch
Apr 27, 2019
Chapel Hill - Mrs. Rachel Joanne Blackwood Gooch, 73, wife of Robert Lee Gooch, died early Saturday morning at UNC Hospitals. Mrs. Gooch was born on February 23, 1946 in Orange County to the late Rachel Nalls and John Blackwood. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 2:00pm at Bethel Baptist Church, 9326 Bethel Hickory...
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...
