OBITUARIES
Marie Stacy
Feb 12, 2018
Mrs. Marie Katherine Stacy, age 93, died on Feburary 12, 2018 in Pittsboro, NC. Mrs. Stacy was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on February 22, 1924. Marie grew up and went to school in San Antonio. Mrs. Stacy was a very loving and caring woman who worked for several years as a cook. She and her husband Jimmy Ray...
Valinda Lou Gornto
Feb 11, 2018
Valinda Lou Wrenn Gornto was born July 29, 1937 in Hillsborough, NC and died February 11, 2018 in Durham, NC after a period of declining health. A life -long resident of Hillsborough, Mrs. Gornto retired from Duke University after 40 years in the Benefits & Records Department, "signing up and explaining benefits to people with Masters Degrees & Doctorates...
Larry Knight
Feb 9, 2018
LARRY GRAY KNIGHT, son of the late Gray Knight, and Oscar and Kathleen Brewington, was born February 25th 1943. Larry peacefully went to meet his Savior on February 9th. Larry graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1962. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy out of high school and served until 1965. He wed his High School sweetheart, Glenda Terrell,...
Shelby Norwood
Feb 8, 2018
Shelby A. Norwood, 26, was with us only a short time. She was full of life, joy, laughter and compassion. A cheerleader, golfer, Tarheel fan, she never met a cat or kitten she did not love, Shelby touched many lives by always keeping a happy, cheerful smile and always remaining optimistic. She passed away on February 8 at her...
Benjamin Houck
Feb 6, 2018
Benjamin Hamlin Houck, age 62, died at UNC Hospital on Tuesday, February 6, 2018. Born in Chapel Hill on July 4, 1955, Ben lived at Spring Glen Retirement Home in Durham, N.C. He had some of the happiest days of his life there, going for coffee, looking at his books on astronomy and maps of all kinds, listening to...
Richard Carter
Feb 6, 2018
Richard Alton Carter, 66, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 at his home in Chapel Hill, NC. He was born January, 21st, 1952 in Spartanburg, SC to the late Betty and Fred Carter. A native of Charlotte, NC, Richard met his first wife in 1972 selling daisies in Athens, GA. He worked at Underground Records...
Magdalene Hahn
Feb 5, 2018
Magdalene Hahn died on February 5, of strokes due to amyloid angiopathy. She led an extraordinary life, filled with caring and joy, and was an inspiration to family and friends. Mrs. Hahn was born on January 8, 1931 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, West Germany, to the late Hermann and Helene Hesse. She told of a happy childhood, but had to become...
Michelle Anderson
Feb 2, 2018
Dr. Michelle Kyle Anderson, loving mother, sister, and friend, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 2, 2018 in her home in Durham. Dr. Michelle Anderson was born on September 6, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the late Dorothy and William H. Anderson. The family later moved to Winterville, North Carolina, where her parents were both respected educators in the...
Lucy Fasolino
Jan 29, 2018
Lucy Fasolino, 93, formerly of Mamaroneck, NY, passed away on January 29, 2018. Mrs, Fasolino was born May 16, 1924 in Brooklyn to the late Antonio and Palmina Galgano, the youngest of three girls. She was pre-deceased by her sisters Annie and Francesca. Lucy married Anthony Fasolino on June 27, 1946; they were married for 58 years. She is...
Mari Takahashi
Jan 29, 2018
Mrs. Mari Takahashi, 68, wife of Mark Holliday, died January 28, 2018 at her home in Pittsboro. A full obituary will appear once it is completed.
Dorothy Daniell
Jan 29, 2018
Dorothy Meares Fowler Daniell, 72, was surrounded by family as she peacefully entered Heaven from her home in Morrisville on January 29, 2018. Born January 3, 1946 to the late John Thomas and Louise Palmer Coleman Fowler, she was a 1964 South Mecklenburg High School graduate, and a 1969 UNCC graduate. She also attended UNCG. Dotty worked with Eastern...
William "Bill" Powell, Sr.
Jan 29, 2018
William Thomas Powell, Sr., age 83, died on January 29, 2018 at Duke Hospital. Mr. Powell was born on December 6, 1934, in Durham, NC to the late Albert V. Powell and Addie Sturdivant Powell. Bill grew up in Chapel Hill graduating from Chapel Hill High School in 1953. In high school Bill is well remembered for his prowess...
Edgar Harland, Jr.
Jan 28, 2018
Edgar Nicholson Harland, Jr., age 82, died on Sunday, January 28 at 3:40AM. Ed was born on December 1, 1935, in Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY to the late Edgar Nicholson Harland, Sr. and the late Arline Peck Harland and was married to Beverly Ann (Hughes) Harland on January 1, 1960. After serving in the U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Corps, Ed earned his...
Freddy Parrish
Jan 27, 2018
Freddy Watson Parrish, age 73, died on January 27, 2018 at UNC Hospital. Freddy was born October 22, 1944 in Wilson County, NC to the late Paul and Mamie Parrish and was married to Marilyn Watson Parrish on July 15, 1967. Freddy graduated from Lucama High School in 1963. Shortly after Freddy went to work for UNC-Chapel Hill Telecommunications...
Barrey Hall
Jan 27, 2018
Mr. Barrey Lee Hall, 71, died January 27, 2018 at his home, surrounded by his family. Barrey spent his early years in a small town in upstate New York where he developed a deeply-entrenched love of nature, an insatiable desire to figure out how things work, and an aversion to shoveling snow. He joined the Army right after high...
John Hill
Jan 26, 2018
John Benjamin Hill died Friday morning, January 26, 2018 at the Dubose Health Center in Chapel Hill, NC. He was six weeks shy of his 95th birthday. He was born to the late Dorothy Arkush Hill and Charles Maurice Hill on March 8, 1923. John was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Elaine Hill and his grandson, Dallas...
Jackie Carden
Jan 26, 2018
Jackie Faye Cates Carden, age 89, wife of the late Billy Carden, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 26, 2018. She was born to the late George W. and Shirley “Addie” Wyrick Cates and lived in Hillsborough all her life. Jackie married Billy Carden in 1946 and raised seven children. Mrs. Carden is survived by sons, Billy David Carden,...
Angie Duncan Cook
Jan 26, 2018
Angie Duncan Cook, God took a gentle hearted woman away from her earthly home and brought her up to meet her family in Heaven. Angie had a gentle heart and will be remembered as a fantastic mother and wife. She passed away peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones, Friday, January 26, 2018 at Duke Regional Hospital, after a...
Ethel Yarborough
Jan 25, 2018
Ethel Mae Mayo Yarborough 95, departed this life Thursday, January 25th, 2018. She leaves to morn 6 sons: Allen (Joyce), Melvin, Kenneth (Geraldine), Clarence (Faye), Jerry (Connie), and Larry (Carlethia) and one daughter Carolyn (Melvin) one brother Jackson Mayo (Faye), and 2 sisters - Lois Allison and Virginia Hunter; 30 grandchildren, Preceding her in death was her husband, Amos...
Taylor Thorne
Jan 24, 2018
Taylor Theophilus Thorne, age 93, died on January 24th, 2018. Mr. Thorne was born on February 26th, 1924. the son of the late Spencer T. Thorne and Anne Cox Thorne. He was preceded in death by his brothers Dr. Edward Young Cox Thorne, Charles Ellington Thorne, Spencer T. Thorne, Jr., and sister Sarah T. Connelly. Taylor went to Rocky...
