OBITUARIES
Faye Brockwell
Apr 20, 2017
Some people walk softly through this world and yet their gentle spirits awaken the best in all others around them. Faye Brockwell born Allie Faye Swink on March 14, 1928 in Cass, WV was exactly one of those people. Losing her father Charles Swink at a young age, her mother Ruth Tallman Swink and grandfather John Henry Tallman raised...
Frank Fearrington
Apr 20, 2017
Chapel Hill Frank Wynne Fearrington, 90, of Chapel Hill, died peacefully Thursday morning, April 20, 2017. A native of Chapel Hill, Frank was the son of the late Lenna Holleman Fearrington and George Edward Fearrington. He entered the U.S. Navy at age 18, was discharged as a Seaman First Class, and then returned home to work in storerooms and...
Judith Ryder Cowan
Apr 19, 2017
Judith Harcourt Ryder Cowan, 85, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at Edgewood Place in Burlington, N.C. Judy is preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Marion Ryder; her brother, Bill; her sister, Nancy; and her husband, James. Judy is survived by her four children and their spouses: Catherine Becker and her spouse, Paul; Cynthia Bennett and...
Dorothea Lank
Apr 18, 2017
Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is serving the Lank family. Service information and obituary are incomplete at this time.
Judith Carrigan
Apr 17, 2017
Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is serving the Carrigan family. Obituary and service information is incomplete at this time.
Mavis Cagle
Apr 16, 2017
Durham - Mavis Miexell Cagle, 90, of Pickett Rd. Durham, NC passed away April 16, 2017 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC. Mrs. Cagle was a native of New York, born December 16, 1926 to the late James and Mildred Miexell. She graduated from Bethany College in Bethany, WV and began working as a Social Worker in Southern...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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)...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
