OBITUARIES
Doris Walker
Aug 25, 2017
Doris Parker Walker, 76, passed away at her home on August 25, 2017. Doris was born January 24, 1941 in Hillsborough, NC to Ira Lee Parker Sr. and Ruby (Combs) Parker and spent the majority of her life as a resident of Orange County. She studied at Atlantic Beauty College and was a beautician for many years before retirement....
Thomas Dodson
Aug 23, 2017
Thomas "Tommy" Dodson, 71, passed away Wednesday, August 23, 2017. He is survived by his daughter, Sara Dodson Brady, and son-in-law, Christopher, grandchildren, Abigail and Vera, of Matthews, NC; his sister, Mary Fournier, and brother-in-law, Dennis, of Leming, TX; two nephews and seven grandnieces and grandnephews, of Texas. He is preceded in death by his mother and father, Daniel...
Mary Gillespie
Aug 23, 2017
Mary Kathryn Weikel Gillespie passed away at 12:30 on Wednesday August 23rd, 2017. Kathryn was the only child of the late Ralph Waldo and Atwith Weikel. On August 13th, 1963, Kathryn married Frederick Jennings Gillespie, who passed away in December of 1984. She was devoted to the welfare of children and worked for many years as the director of...
Gabriel Marcus
Aug 23, 2017
Gabriel David Marcus, age, 48 of Chatham County died on August 23, 2017. Arrangements pending. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Marcus family during this time.
Freddie Bullock
Aug 22, 2017
Mrs. Freddie Darlerne Long Bullock was a native of Person county where she was married to the late Willie Bullock. She attended school in Person County. She worked at Whites Furniture in Mebane. She is survived by two sons Ricky Charles Bullock and Gerald Ray Bullock and wife Darlene. One daughter Betty Jo Bullock Dodson, three granddaughters, two grand...
Bruce Bechard
Aug 21, 2017
Bruce Farnsworth Bechard, 65, died at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill on August 21, 2017. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Bechard family during this time.
Roger Wright
Aug 18, 2017
Roger Wright died Friday, August 18, 2017 in Colbert, Oklahoma. A memorial service will be held on Sunday August 27, 2017 at 1 PM at Walker's Funeral Home Chapel in Chapel Hill, N.C. Officiating will be Pastor Chris Moore. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Wright family.
Marvin Walker
Aug 15, 2017
Hillsborough - Mr. Marvin James Walker, 91, died Tuesday, August 15, 2017. He was born in Orange County to Mary Woods and Miller Jackson Walker and graduated from Hillsboro High School. He married Thelma Walser. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict. He later moved to Florida to be near his wife's family and in...
Jonathan Riddle
Aug 15, 2017
On Tuesday morning August 15, 2017, God called a little angel back home. Even though he was only in this world for a very short time, Jonathan Dean Riddle touched the lives of many during his brief stay. Little Jonathan is survived by his Parents Jessica and Jonathan Riddle and his maternal grandparents Cathy and Richard Smith. He is...
Ashley Cracker
Aug 13, 2017
Arrangements are pending for Ashley Cracker who died on Sunday August 13, 2017 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Cracker family.
Martha Allison
Aug 13, 2017
Martha Eloise (Davis) Allison enjoyed many things in her life. She was an avid bridge player, golfer, and community volunteer. More than any of those things, she was a wonderful wife to the late Dr. Henry W. (Bill) Allison for over 66 years, and was a terrific mother to four daughters raised in Sliver Lake, Ohio. Her legacy is...
Ellen Bottomley
Aug 11, 2017
Ellen Mayfield Bottomley died peacefully, surrounded by family, on August 11, 2017 at the age of 75 in Chapel Hill,NC. Ellen was born on November 14, 1941in Mt. Vernon, Illinois to the late Charles and Geraldine Mayfield. She attended Depaw University, Illinois State and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Illinois University in 1963. Ellen moved to...
Cleaon Scarlett
Aug 11, 2017
Hillsborough - Cleaon Toney Tyson Scarlett, 85, died Friday, August 11, 2017. She was an Orange County native and attended the Orange County schools. She was the last of 14 children. She worked in Bellevue Mill and later in the Orange County school system. Surviving are her husband Henry Scarlett, her daughter, Tammy Elizabeth Scarlett, her son, James Scarlett...
George Miller
Aug 10, 2017
Hurdle Mills - Mr. George Glenn Miller, 98, died Thursday, August 10, 2017. Glenn was born in Orange County and attended the Orange County schools. He worked on his family's dairy farm and later began working in carpentry and construction until retirement. Surviving are two sons: Worth Miller and Keith Miller, one daughter, Debra Miller Creekmore, five grandchildren, and...
Joseph Jones
Aug 8, 2017
Joseph Kempton Jones, MD died at the age of 95 on August 8, 2017 at his home, The Dubose Center at The Cedars in Chapel Hill, NC. His transition was peaceful and gentle, being held by his children and daughter-in-law. The Staff at The Dubose loved and cared for "Doc" for the last 10 years. Kemp was deeply loved...
Joseph Hammond
Aug 6, 2017
Joseph Langhorne Hammond, Jr., 89, of Pittsboro, NC, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday, August 6th. Beloved husband, brother, father, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather, Joe is survived by his cherished wife Edith; three daughters and their husbands and life partners: Beth and Doug Powell, Cathy Hammond and John Swango, and Sissy and William Holloman; grandchildren Guyton...
Richard Drogos
Aug 3, 2017
Richard Michael Drogos, 63, of Mebane, NC passed away on August 3rd, 2017 at home. He was born in Oak Harbor, WA on December 29th, 1953. He grew up in Chapel Hill and attended the Chapel Hill public schools until his junior year at Chapel Hill Senior High when he enrolled in Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, TN....
Patricia Turnbull
Aug 2, 2017
-Chapel Hill- Patricia Ann Turnbull, 76, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away on Wednesday August 2, 2017 at Brookshire Nursing Center in Hillsborough after a brave struggle with lymphoma. She was born March 26, 1941 in Reading, PA to the late Stanley and Irene Bogdanski. Pat graduated from Central Catholic High School in Reading and earned an associate's degree...
Richard Goode
Jul 31, 2017
Richard Goode , 77, of Ft. Myers, FL died in Chapel Hill on July 31, 2017. No service planned at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Goode family.
Dana Kelly
Jul 31, 2017
Dana Kelly (Bateman), 73, of Hillsborough, died unexpectedly from injuries sustained in a car accident on July 31, 2017. Mrs. Kelly was born in Artesia, CA, to the late Daniel and Gale Reynolds Bateman. She graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing. She continued her education by obtaining her Masters in...
