OBITUARIES
John Blackwood
Apr 14, 2017
Chapel Hill - John William Blackwood, 75 of Chapel Hill passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at his home with his family by his side. John was born January 22, 1942 in Orange County, NC to the late John Hocutt and Rachel Nalls Blackwood. He was the husband of Diane Suitt Blackwood of the home, whom survives. John was...
Phyllis Sockwell
Apr 12, 2017
Phyllis Sockwell passed away peacefully on April 12, 2017, shortly after having a stroke. She lived in Chapel Hill for 63 years and was actively involved in the community. A Hartville, Ohio native, Phyllis earned her B.A. degree from Bowling Green State University. She began teaching first grade in Cleveland and then came to Duke University for graduate school....
Katherine Buckner
Apr 12, 2017
Katherine (Kit) Kern Buckner died at age 102, just 22 days shy of her 103rd birthday. She died at her home in Chapel Hill on April 12, 2017 after an extended illness. She was born in 1914 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee to Paul Bentley and Lucy Campbell Kern. She spent her childhood in Dallas and San Antonio, Texas. She graduated...
Elizabeth Danziger
Apr 11, 2017
Betty Hastings Heath Danziger died peacefully of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at the Carolina Meadows Health Center on Tuesday at the age of 85. Betty Heath was born in Durham, NC, the middle child of Clara Cole and Milton S. Heath, a professor of economics at UNC Chapel Hill. Betty attended the Chapel Hill public school system, graduating from...
Sadie Parosky
Apr 11, 2017
Sadie M. Parosky, age 81, of Middletown, DE, died peacefully, while surrounded by her loving family, on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Sadie was born in Candor, NC on June 20, 1935, and was the daughter of the late Jonah C. and Mary Bell (Burris) Hogan. A devout Catholic, she was a longtime parishioner of St. Peter the Apostle Church...
Evelyn Rimmer
Apr 9, 2017
Hillsborough - Mrs. Evelyn Gray Cox Rimmer, 87, died Sunday, April 9, 2017. She was a native of Orange County and attended the Orange County schools. She was employed at Cone Mills. She was a member of Wayside Baptist Church for many years. She enjoyed her home, church, and time with her family. Surviving are her daughter Debbie R....
Raymond Auwarter
Apr 9, 2017
Raymond G. Auwarter, age 89, passed away peacefully on April 9, 2017 in Chapel Hill, NC. Beloved son of Henry D. Auwarter and Clara (nee Albrecht), Ray was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York. Ray met his future wife, Roberta Gedney, at Franklin K. Lane High School in Queens. There and at the local YMCA, he swam (mostly backstroke)...
Allison Rockefeller Greene
Apr 8, 2017
Allison Rockefeller Greene, age 65, died on April 8, 2017, at her home at 8808 Oxford Court, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born Allison Jayne Rockefeller on February 10, 1952, in Ridgewood, New Jersey to Winston Gardner Rockefeller and Barbara Millard Rockefeller. After graduating from Pascack Hills High School in New Jersey in 1970, Allison attended the University...
Margaret Sirvis
Apr 8, 2017
Margaret (Peggy) Pickard Sirvis, 93, died peacefully on April 8th, surrounded by the love and care of Carol Woods staff. Born in Chapel Hill, she was the daughter of the late Alfred A. and Margaret Killough Pickard. She graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in Group Social Work. While at the University, she was dedicated...
Duane Taylor
Apr 7, 2017
Duane F. Taylor of Carrboro, NC died peacefully at home on April 7, 2017 after an extended illness. He was born to Norris and Marie Taylor in Iowa City, Iowa September 30, 1925. He served in the United States Navy Air Corps during World War II. He received a BS in chemical engineering and a masters in metallurgical engineering...
Chang Lee
Apr 5, 2017
Chang Ho "Peter" Lee of Chapel Hill, North Carolina passed away on April 5, 2017 at the age of 87 at Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina. He was born on May 9, 1929 in a riverside village in what is now North Korea. Mr. Lee was a student at Kim Il Sung University studying English when the Korean...
Ross Kingsley
Apr 3, 2017
Dr. Ross William Kingsley, age 89, died on April 2, 2017 at his home in Durham, NC. He was born on October 26, 1927 in Erie, PA to the late William F. and Florence J. Kingsley. He was married to MaryAnne Rawa on December 26, 1955. Ross attended Erie Technical High School in Erie, PA. He served in both...
Harold Shepard
Mar 31, 2017
Mebane - Mr. Harold Thomas Shepard, 70, died Friday, March 31, 2017. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church. For many years he was employed by McKee Baking Company (Little Debbie) and was also an auctioneer. For forty-three years he was the loving husband of Mickie Mears Shepard who survives. Also surviving are, three sons: Gregory Michael Shepard,...
Christine White Childers
Mar 31, 2017
Hillsborough - Christine Thomas White Childers, 84 of Phelps Rd. Hillsborough passed away, Friday, March 31, 2017 at UNC Hospital. Mrs. Childers was born, December 15, 1932 in Orange County, NC to the late Herbert and Oma Walker White. She attended Orange County Schools. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Childers,...
Edith Davis
Mar 30, 2017
Edith Hawkins Davis, 91, passed away March 30, 2017, after a brief illness. Edith received her nursing degree from Watts School of Nursing and worked for several years as a nurse at Watts Hospital in Durham. Upon her marriage in 1951, she left her nursing career to become a full-time homemaker. She said many times that her training as...
Arthur Thurber
Mar 30, 2017
It is with a heavy heart that we tell you that Arthur F. Thurber, age 88, transitioned from life to life eternal on March 30, 2017 after a long illness. Art was born in 1929, in Lynn, Massachusetts to Arthur S. Thurber and Ruth D. Thurber. He graduated from Biddeford High School in 1946, and then served in the...
Greg Zimmerman
Mar 30, 2017
Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is serving the Zimmerman family. Obituary and service information is incomplete at this time.
Nellie Cheshire
Mar 30, 2017
Hillsborough - Nellie Cheek Cheshire died March 30th at home after several years of declining health. She was born September 16, 1928, the only daughter of Carl and Nellie Davis and was the widow of Lucius McGehee Cheshire. Surviving are her sons, Lucius M. Cheshire, Jr. and wife Betsey and Carl D. Cheshire and wife Debra, three grandchildren: Kevin...
Timothy Potter
Mar 28, 2017
Timothy John Potter, age 81, passed away peacefully on Tuesday March 28, 2017, following several years of declining health. Born November 3, 1935 in the city of Exeter, Devon, England, John was the only child of Walter Lewis and Thursa Violet Potter. John was always so proud of his father's valor displayed and acknowledged with the Distinguished Conduct Medal,...
Robert Parr
Mar 27, 2017
Dr. Robert G. Parr, emeritus Professor of Chemistry at UNC and resident of Chapel Hill, died quietly on March 27 after a brief illness. He was 95. A celebration of his life followed by a reception will be held at 2Pm on Friday, March 31 at the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF)at 4097 Garrett Road In Durham. The...
