OBITUARIES
Hope Ellis
Oct 15, 2016
Hope Hilliard Ellis, 64, of Durham, formerly of Carrboro, passed away on October 15, 2016, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Hope was born in High Point on February 3, 1952, the daughter of Thomas Hampton and Gladys Pauline (Swaim) Hilliard. She was later united in marriage to John Ellis. He preceded her in death in 1997. Hope worked...
Roger Gower
Oct 14, 2016
Roger L. Gower - Inventor, Fun-Loving Entrepreneur and Family Patriarch Maine business leader Roger Gower passed away peacefully on Friday, October 14, 2016 in Carrboro, NC, where he had been living for the past 2 ½ years. He was 87. Roger was born and raised in Canaan, ME, the son of Harold & Florence Gower. As a young man,...
Noel Bradsher
Oct 13, 2016
Noel Warren Bradsher 84 of Hurdle Mills ,N.C. Passed away peacefully in his home on October 13. He is preceded in death by his father Ira Baynes Bradsher and his mother Bera Brooks Bradsher, also by his wife Margaret Roberts Bradsher and his son Jay Lee Bradsher. Noel grew-up on a Tobacco and Dairy Farm and he was a...
Catherine Neighbours
Oct 7, 2016
Catherine Patterson Neighbours passed into the arms of God on October 7, 2016, at her home in Hillsborough, NC after a lengthy illness. She was born on January 4, 1929, and was the daughter of the late Mr. Charles Edwin and Mary Catherine Patterson of Efland, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, James...
Eileen Kentera
Oct 6, 2016
Eileen Kentera, 92, passed away on October 6, 2016 at Galloway Ridge Retirement Community in Pittsboro, NC. Born Eileen Ruth Kohler in Hamilton Ohio in 1924, she was one of four children of William and Alice Lykens Kohler. Soon after graduating from Hamilton High School in 1942, she was recruited during World War II to the United States Army's...
Iris Cates
Oct 5, 2016
Iris Walker Cates, 93, of Southport, NC, formerly of Hillsborough, NC died October 5, 2016 in Southport, NC. Mrs. Cates was born April 7, 1923 in Hillsborough, NC to the late William Henry and Lorena Walker. She was also preceded in death by her sisters; Ethel Whetstone, Hazel Strayhorn, Lucille Strayhorn, Miriam Allred and Elizabeth Walker. Iris was the...
Samuel Nichols
Oct 3, 2016
Mr. Samuel Jesse Nichols went to heaven on October 3, 2016. Sammy grew up on Arrowhead Farm, and loved every minute of it. He was truly an outdoorsmen and relished life on the farm. Sammy attended Appalachian State and the mountains became his second love. Sammy was also a very talented baseball player. He was a pitcher and threw...
Thomas Shepard
Oct 3, 2016
Thomas Alan Shepard, 52, of Snow Camp, passed away Monday, October 3, 2016 at his home. Mr. Shepard was born September 15, 1964 in Durham County to Harold Shepard and Linda Benfield, and was the husband of Wendy Williams Shepard. Mr. Shepard owned and operated Shepard Home Improvements for many years, he loved doing yard work, and spending time...
James Wade
Oct 2, 2016
Mebane - James Albert Wade, Sr., 91, died Sunday, October 2, 2016. He was born in Caswell County and moved to Orange County at an early age. He was a 1943 graduate of Aycock High and married Rachel Phelps in 1943. He was in the U.S. Navy on the USS Shea until WWII ended. He returned to Orange County...
Betty Harrison
Oct 1, 2016
Betty Elliott Harrison, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died on October 1, 2016 In Chapel Hill, NC. Betty was born on December 22, 1924. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander Elliott of Chester, SC. Betty was predeceased by her husband Miller Hulet Harrison. Betty graduated from Chester High School and Limestone College. She did...
Michael Whaley
Sep 29, 2016
Mebane - Mr. Michael Chad Whaley, 39, a resident of Mebane, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2016. Michael was born in Orange County on June 2, 1977 to the late Jimmy Ervin Whaley and Barbara Myers Whaley who survives. Michael was a 1995 graduate of Eastern Alamance High School. He was a mechanic and enjoyed his work. Michael...
Gladys Crabtree Gates
Sep 28, 2016
Gladys Mae Crabtree Gates, 82, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at her home, with her family by her side. Gladys was born, August 12, 1934 in Chapel Hill, NC to the late David M. and Lilly Stout Crabtree. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She dearly loved her grandchildren and great -grandchildren....
Rachel Williams
Sep 28, 2016
Rachel Rierson Williams, 77, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016 with her devoted family by her side. Rachel was born August 30, 1939 in Guilford County, NC to the late Oscar and Mattie Flippin Rierson. She was the widow of the late Kenneth L. Thomas. She was a gentle soul and a sweet spirit who...
Murry Ferguson
Sep 26, 2016
Murry Wister Ferguson, Jr. of Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill, NC, and Blowing Rock, NC died September 26, 2016. He was born in Mebane, NC and lived there until moving to Wilmington, N.C. in 1967. He was a custom home builder and developer in that area until his retirement in 1997. He was preceded in death by his parents, Murry...
Ann Queen
Sep 25, 2016
Ann Queen, 72, of Hillsborough, NC, passed away on September 25, 2016. A family service was held at Walker's Funeral Home in Hillsborough September 29. Pastor Buddy Wright officiated. Ann was born in Durham on November 28, 1943. She graduated from Hillsboro High School and continued on to receive a nursing degree from Watts. Ann worked as a nurse...
Toula Bockting
Sep 25, 2016
Toula Protos Bockting, age ninety, died of heart failure on September 25, 2016, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born on March 25, 1926, in Washington, D.C. to James Protos and Sophia Manolas Protos. She attended Roosevelt High School. As a young woman, she worked for the State Department and the CIA. After earning her Bachelor's Degree in...
William Carver
Sep 22, 2016
William Austin Carver, Jr. passed away on September 27, 2016. He is survived by his wife Beverly B. Carver, and mother, Helen B. Carver. He was preceded in death by his father, William A. Carver, Sr. He was a member of Cherry Point Baptist Church and graduated from Havelock High School. He also attended Dalton College in Dalton, Georgia....
Shelleymarie Clarke
Sep 22, 2016
ShelleyMarie Jillene Clarke, 64, of Durham, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016 at the home of her brother Todd, in Chapel Hill, NC. ShelleyMarie was born February 23, 1952 in St. Paul MN to the late Orville J. and Lorraine E. Flaherty Meath, and was the wife of the late Gerald G. Clarke. She was a Business Manager with...
Victor Slade
Sep 21, 2016
Victor Leonard Slade, 59, passed away in the comfort of his home in Chapel Hill on September 21, 2016, after a long journey with cancer. He was a loving husband and father, dear friend and coworker, devoted tender of butterflies, and talented origamist. Victor was born in Amityville, New York, on March 3, 1957, the youngest son of his...
Barbara Jones
Sep 20, 2016
Chapel Hill, NC - Barbara Neville Jones, age 95, died Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at the Cedars of Chapel Hill. Mrs. Jones was born April 12, 1921 in Chapel Hill, NC; in the home she grew up in on Mallette St.; to the late Andrew and Alma Dean Neville. She married her true love, John Daniel Jones, Jr. in...
