OBITUARIES
Lillian Wagner
May 15, 2018
Mrs. Lillian Elizabeth Shambley Wagner died peacefully at Peak Resources in Graham, N.C., May 15, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Edna and Esker Apple. She is survived by four daughters, Patricia Shambley Clark (Devan “Sonny”), Valinda Shambley Kilbey (Ed), Rosemary Shambley Neighbours (Bill), and Martha Shambley, and one son, Albert Shambley (Coleen), seven grandchildren, thirteen great...
Anna Belle Collins
May 13, 2018
Passed away peacefully at North Lambton Lodge on Sunday, May 13, 2018. Beloved wife of the late Walter Collins. Survived by her daughter Helen Nunn (Lyle). Grandmother of Lisa Wyville (David), Lyle Nunn, and the late Sheila Nunn. Great grandmother of Andrew Cavanagh, Chelsea Moore, and Claire Wyville. Cousin of Shirley Pickard. Predeceased by her parents William & Emma...
Ramona Wilson
May 13, 2018
Mrs. Ramona Maria Wilson (née Puertas) of Hillsborough, NC, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2018, at the age of 73. She celebrated this Mother’s Day in the company of her immediate family at her daughter’s home in Hillsborough, engaging in the witty banter and laughter that have always been a hallmark of their gatherings. Ramona was born to...
Marian Krugman
May 10, 2018
Marian Gold Krugman – December 13, 1923 - May 10, 2018. The Greatest of the Greatest Generation. Marian Gold Krugman, long time resident of Durham, passed peacefully on May 10, 2018. Marian is survived by her 4 children: daughter Janet Turyn and husband Walter of Durham, NC, Neil Krugman of Nashville, TN, Craig Krugman of Atlanta, GA and Meredith...
Alvis Scarlett
May 10, 2018
Hillsborough - Mr. Alvis Henry Scarlett, 86, the son of the late Robert and Myrtle Scarlett, passed away peacefully May 9, 2018 surrounded by his family. Mr. Scarlett is survived by his son, James N. Scarlett, and his wife, Mitzi, of Haw River; daughter, Tammy E. Scarlett, of the home; five granddaughters, five great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren;...
Geraldine Phillips
May 10, 2018
Mrs. Geraldine Faye Wilson Phillips, 89, died Thursday, May 10, 2018. She was born in Orange County and attended the Orange County Schools. Mrs. Phillips was employed at Bel-Vue Mills for over thirty years. She married the late Homer Phillips in 1945, and they had six children. Mrs. Phillips was a very caring person for her family, friends, and...
William Latta
May 10, 2018
William D. Latta (Billy), 78, went home to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, May 10, 2018 peacefully at his home. He is the beloved husband to Barbara D. Latta and loving father of Dudley Latta and David Latta. Billy will be greatly missed by surviving family Patsy Latta Kelly, and her husband, Steve, and Tate Latta,...
Mary Murphy
May 8, 2018
Mary Louise Murphy, 96, of Durham, passed away May 8, 2018, with her family by her side. She was born to the late Louis Henry Whitaker and Georgia Frances Workman Whitaker, April 4, 1922, in Salem, Arkansas. She was a proud member of of the Viola, Arkansas, High School Basketball Team. During WWII Mary was Private First Class in...
Bernice Wade
May 5, 2018
Bernice Verta Stiles Wade (born April 20, 1915) of Chapel Hill, NC died peacefully at home on the morning of May 5, 2018, after a brief illness. She was the twin sister of the late Barbara Stiles. The twins shared a home on Gimghoul Rd. for nearly 40 years. Their spring garden, identified by “The Garden is Open” sign...
Edward Davidson
May 5, 2018
Edward Lee Davidson of Hillsborough, North Carolina passed away peacefully and surrounded by love on May 5th 2018 at the Veterans Administration Hospice Facility in Durham, North Carolina. “Eddie D” was born December 16th 1932 in Bethel, North Carolina. He served his country in the US Army for 23 years, serving 2 tours of duty in Vietnam and one...
Madeline Sparrow
May 4, 2018
Madeline Ferrell Sparrow, 89 of Hillsborough, NC, passed away on May 4, 2018. Madeline was born in Durham County on April 13, 1929 to Lelia Mangum Ferrell and John Green Ferrell. She was predeceased by her parents, husband, Paul B. Sparrow Jr, brother, John R. Ferrell, sisters, Violet F. Chappell and Frances F. Reaves. She is survived by her...
Nola Mcbroom
May 2, 2018
Nola K McBroom, 90, of Hurdle Mills NC, passed away peacefully at home on May 2, 2018. Nola was born in Elkins, West Virginia to the late Mr & Mrs Denzel Kesling on March 16, 1928. She worked at Eaton Corp in Roxboro, NC, until she retired. Nola is survived by her daughter, Linda Riley of Rougemont; son, Jerry...
Francois Deprez
May 1, 2018
The most interesting man in the world has progressed to his next adventure. If you knew Francois Deprez, you are already nodding your head. He had more passions than most people have problems: music, petanque, photography, woodworking, sailing, cooking, politics and rustling up roadside treasures. His premier passion was his wife Christina and the two beautiful boys they raised...
Edwin Dixon, Jr.
Apr 30, 2018
Chapel Hill, NC - Edwin Harrison Dixon, Jr. died Monday, April 30, 2018. Ed, the son of the late Elizabeth Sessoms and Edwin Harrison Dixon, lived most of his childhood in Charlotte and graduated from Walter Bickett High School in Monroe, NC. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1952 where he...
Tammy Cole
Apr 28, 2018
Tammy Lynn Cole, 47, died Saturday, April 28, 2018. She was born in Alamance County. She attended Grady Brown Elementry School, Stanback Middle School and two years at Orange High School. She graduated at Northern High School and attended East Carolina University. Ms. Cole was a Law Office Administrator with Cordell and Cordell Law firm in Raleigh. She loved...
Colleen Milner
Apr 28, 2018
Akron, Ohio native, Colleen Handley Milner, 86, who lived at 300 West Arbor Ave. Port St. Lucie, FL died Saturday April 28, 2018 while residing at Seasons at Southpoint in Durham for her last five months. Retired Mrs. Colleen Milner had been a Business Teacher at Fort Pierce Central High School in Fort Pierce, FL for 27 years of...
Mary Fehr
Apr 27, 2018
Mrs. Mary Lou Fehr, died unexpectedly in Chapel Hill on Friday, April 27, 2018. Mrs. Fehr is survived by her daughters, Deborah Benedetti, and her husband, William, of McKeesport, PA; Barbara McNulty, and her husband, Michael, of Chapel Hill, NC; her son, Chip Fehr, and his wife, Kim, of Chatham County, NC; grandchildren, Brooke Benedetti-Richarz, and her husband, Jason...
Robert Hoppin
Apr 27, 2018
Chapel Hill – Mr. Robert Chambers Hoppin, 74, died unexpectedly on Friday, April 27, 2018, in Cary, NC. Bob was born in Houston, Texas. His father was a career Air Force pilot and his mother was a professional artist. Raised in a military family, he lived in most of the American states and in Japan. He received a BS...
Henry Jackson
Apr 27, 2018
Henry Steven Jackson, 71, passed away on April 27, 2018 at Duke University Hospital. He was born on May 15, 1946 in Davidson county to the late Olive Belle Burnett (Stainback). Raised in the Raleigh area in the presence of a large family, Henry lived in various areas of the country prior to settling in Chapel Hill in 2008....
Florence Ricks
Apr 26, 2018
Florence Christie Ricks “Chris”, passed away from cancer on April 26th, 2018, in her home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Chris was born on January 21, 1937 in Amarillo, Texas to the late Francis Bell Watson and Charles Cloyd Christie. After completing high school in San Francisco, California, she attended college at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where...
