OBITUARIES
Helen Chaney
Oct 25, 2017
Helen Elizabeth Chaney of Pittsboro, NC died on October 25, 2017. Born on August 1, 1927 in Cranford NJ, the daughter of John Francis and Nancy Moose Chaney. In all respects, she embodied the timeless values of compassion and kindness and led her life by this example. She was well loved and known by her warmth, sparkling blue eyes...
Frank Kielar
Oct 22, 2017
Frank Edward Kielar Jr. passed away 22 October 2017 at Brookdale Meadowmont, Chapel Hill, NC. He was born in 1922 in Wanamie PA, son of Rose Wilkes Kielar and Frank Edward Kielar Sr., and grew up in Nanticoke, PA. He graduated from Nanticoke High School in 1940. His father was Mayor of Nanticoke from 1954 until his death in...
Annie Pendergrass
Oct 22, 2017
Annie Lee Pendergrass, 91. died Sunday October 22, 2017 at Laurel's of Chatham in Pittsboro. Graveside service will be held on Wednesday, November 01, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery.
Jeannette Tapp
Oct 19, 2017
Jeannette Parker Tapp, 80, the daughter of the late Kathleen Phelps Parker and Maynard Haywood Parker, died Thursday October 19, 2017 at the Hospice Home in Burlington. Jeannette is survived by her husband Arthur D. Tapp of Burlington; daughter, Patricia Squires of Maryland; and her sister, Kathy Parker Oakley of Burlington. Jeannette was preceded in death by her brother,...
Joshua Ferry
Oct 18, 2017
Joshua Allen Ferry died October 18, 2017 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Arrangements are being handled by Beck Funeral Home, 898 Hwy 441 South, Clayton, GA. 30525
Diane Halladay-Allen
Oct 15, 2017
Mrs. Diane Leonore Halladay-Allen died on October 15, 2017. Arrangements pending.
David Shelby
Oct 15, 2017
Mr. David Shelby died Sunday afternoon, surrounded by his wife and children. Arrangements are pending.
Joann Mclauchlan
Oct 14, 2017
Mrs. Joann Jewel McLauchlan, 90, died Saturday, October 14, 2017 at the DuBose Health Center in Chapel Hill. Mrs. McLauchlan is survived by her husband, Russell W. McLauchlan of Chapel Hill; son, Russell C. McLauchlan, and his wife, Cara, of Fuquay-Varina, NC; daughter, Pamela A. Stenger, and her husband, Carl, of Beacon Falls, CT; grandchildren, Craig C. McLauchlan of...
Margaret Packard
Oct 14, 2017
Margaret Susan Davis Packard died peacefully at Hospice Home in Burlington, NC on October 14, 2017 at the age of 91. She is survived by sons Michael (Cherie) Packard, Billy (Gladys) Packard, daughter Pat (Fred) Conner, Grandchildren Elizabeth (Todd) Conner Jones, Laura May Conner (Neil Doss), Emily Williams (Allison Kendall), Catherine (Matt) Helm, Billy and Chris Packard and great-grandchildren...
Margaret Gibson
Oct 12, 2017
Mrs. Margaret Montgomery Gibson (Peg), wife of the late Col. Baylor Price Gibson Jr., died October, 12th, 2017. Mrs. Gibson was born March the 26, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pa. to the late Brigadier General and Mrs. Edward A. Montgomery of Augusta, Georgia. Margaret (Peg) grew up as "a Marine brat" moving as her father moved from duty station to...
Eric Gibson
Oct 12, 2017
Eric Dana Gibson died unexpectedly on October 12, 2017 in Chapel Hill. Eric was born in 1963 to the late Col. Baylor Price Gibson, Jr., and Margaret Montgomery Gibson. He received his BA in Teaching and his Masters in History from Northwestern University. Shortly after he completed his education, he became disabled. He has a passion for Art and...
William Ray
Oct 11, 2017
Obituary for William Calvin Ray William Calvin Ray, 90, of Cedar Grove, NC, passed away on October 11, 2017. He was born in Red Springs, NC on April 22, 1927 and grew up in Pender County. Bill moved to Orange County in 1948 to work as a fixer in Efland Hosiery Mill. He started dairy farming in 1954 and...
Charles Galatioto
Oct 10, 2017
Mr. Charles Anthony Galatioto died Tuesday morning at Beacon Place in Greensboro, NC. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, on Friday, October 13, 2017 at 2:00 pm. The family will receive visitors Thursday evening from 5:00 - 7:00 pm at Walker's Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. A full obituary will be...
Ronald Tanner
Oct 9, 2017
Ronald L Tanner, 72, died Monday October 9, 2017 in Pittsboro. Arrangements pending. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is serving the Tanner family.
Whitney Darrow Jackson
Oct 8, 2017
Chapel Hill - Ms. Whitney Meeran Darrow Jackson, 29, died unexpectedly in Whiteville, NC on Sunday, October 8, 2017. Whitney was born in Pusan City, South Korea. She was the daughter of Craig R. and Deanne D. Jackson, and the sister of Jonathan Jackson. She attended Chapel Hill High School and was currently working towards her CNA certificate and...
Anne Dibartolo
Oct 7, 2017
Mrs. Anne Teresa DiBartolo, age 74, died on October 7, 2017. Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM on October 10, 2017 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the DiBartolo family.
Corena Johnson
Oct 4, 2017
Corena Maileece Johnson was born January 20, 1998 and passed on October 4, 2017 as a result of a car accident. She was a full time student at ACC working toward becoming a pediatric neurological psychiatrist, since before completing high school. I often often compared her intellect to that of Einstein. She could have taken a full ride at...
Jack Chestnut
Oct 2, 2017
Jack Steven Chestnut, 72, of Hillsborough, NC, died on the morning of October 2, 2017. Jack was born and raised in Ohio. He moved to Missouri for his senior year of high school to live with his older brother, Charlie. While working at a department store, he met the woman he would later marry, Merry. After high school, Jack...
Kwong Ling
Oct 2, 2017
Rose Ling Kwong Tiu, age 82, was called home by the Lord on Oct 2, 2017 in Carrboro, NC. Rose was born on Aug 1, 1935, in Southeast Asia (Sibu, Sarawak) to Ling Ung Chong and Loi Hong King. She was married to Thomas Ha in 1961 for 3 years before she was widowed. She is survived by her...
Patricia Compton
Sep 29, 2017
Patricia Mize Compton Patricia "Pat" Mize Compton died on September 29th, 2017 surrounded by her beloved family. She was eighty years old. Pat was born in Daytona Beach, Florida to Ardelia and R. H. Mize. She attended Seabreeze High School, and High Point College where she received a BA in Music. A life long learner, she later earned a...
