OBITUARIES
Robert Smith
May 14, 2016
Hillsborough- Robert (Bob) Ellis Smith passed away on May 14, 2016 at Hock Family Pavilion surrounded by family and friends. Bob worked at Durham Coca-Cola for 35 years, retiring in 2002. He was a member of the Coca-Cola Collectors' Club for 30 years. He was also a member of the Tar Heel Chapter of the Coca-Cola Collectors' Club, having...
Dwight Smith
May 10, 2016
D. Moody Smith, Jr., professor emeritus at Duke University Divinity School, died on May 10, 2016. Smith was born in 1931, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Nellie Beckwith and Dwight Moody Smith. He attended public schools in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and graduated from Spartanburg High School in 1950. Smith received a B.A. in history, summa cum laude, from Davidson College...
Gordon Armstrong
May 9, 2016
Gordon Armstrong died peacefully at his Hillsborough home on May 9, 2016. Nancy, Elizabeth, Greg and Avery were with him through his final days. Ayr Mount has always been a special place for Gordon and Nancy. They enjoyed going for walks along the Eno River, as well as having picnics at this beautiful location. To honor his memory, family...
Gary Perry
May 9, 2016
Hillsborough- Mr. Gary Wayne Perry died Monday, May 9, 2016. He was born in Maryland and attended school in Maryland and Wake Forest. He has been in Orange County for 50 years where he worked in home construction. He also worked for Pike Electric for 30 years in which he traveled a lot. He attended New Sharon U. Methodist...
Frances Roberts Sharpe
May 5, 2016
Frances Ann Roberts Sharpe - On Thursday, May 5, 2016, Frances Ann Roberts Sharpe passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded bv her family. Frances was born and raised in the Cedar Grove Township of Orange County; the youngest child to Jeff and Margaret Roberts. Frances resided her whole life in the Cedar Grove Township, and she attended and...
Faye Patterson
May 2, 2016
Faye Smith Patterson, 92, of Hillsborough, died Monday, May 2, 2016. Born on August 1, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Omer Roy Smith and Mary Fields Smith. Faye graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1940; and after graduating from Croft's Business School in Durham, she moved to Richmond, Virginia, to pursue a career. She returned home...
John Keeter
May 2, 2016
Mebane, NC - John Willie Keeter, 75, of Mebane, NC passed away at his home, Tuesday, May 02, 2016 after a short illness. Mr. Keeter was born November 1, 1940 in Orange County, NC, to the late Joseph Charles and Bertha Lee Everett Keeter. John attended Orange County schools, and worked at Belleview and then Efland Hosiery until his...
Joseph Forrester
Apr 30, 2016
Joseph Wade Forrester, 63, of Hillsborough passed away April 30, 2016. He was born on July 19, 1952 to the late Mary Medlin Forrester and Warren Forrester. He was a native of Orange County and graduated from Hillsborough High School. He then began his life's work of construction with Riggs-Harrod until his retirement. He was a former member of...
William Ragland
Apr 27, 2016
William Crutcher Ragland, age 87, died on April 27, 2016. He was born on May 25, 1928 in Taylorsville, KY to the late Samuel Emerson Ragland and Lillian Harlow Ragland. Bill went to College High School, led by the Teacher's College and now part of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He was a retired Lieutenant Colonel in...
John Constantine
Apr 27, 2016
John Jordan Constantine, age 85 of Chapel Hill, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Hock Pavillion, Durham, NC, after a short period of declining health. Mr. Constantine, was born in Philadelphia, PA. He became a resident of Chapel Hill in 1971 and has lived here since that time. He was employed at Jeff's Campus Confectionary for many years....
Patricia Aldrich
Apr 26, 2016
Services will be held on Friday April 29, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church 2438 S. Alston Avenue in Durham. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Aldrich family.
James Beam
Apr 24, 2016
Reidsville - James "Jim" Allen Beam, 57, passed away on April 24, 2016. He was born in Bossier City, LA on March 20, 1959 to the late Barbara Faye Simmons Beam and Robert Leon Beam. In addition to his parents Jim was preceded in death by sister, Sue Beam; brother, Robert "Buddy" Beam; and step father Doug Romero. Jim...
Vivian Yates
Apr 22, 2016
Hillsborough - Mrs. Vivian Alene Squires Yates, 89, died Friday, April 22, 2016. She was a native of New Hanover County but lived most of her life in the Palmers Grove community. Surviving are her children: Denise Robinson and husband Gary, Ann Kirby, Delbert Yates, Jr.; grandchildren, Erin Schneider and husband Nick, Adam Kirby and wife Anna, Jacob Robinson,...
Guilfred Hicks
Apr 21, 2016
Caldwell - Guilfred Freeman Hicks passed away Thursday, April 21, 2016 of complications of Alzheimer's. He is survived by his three daughters: Terry Hicks Bennett of Rougemont, Laura Ann Hicks of Rougemont and Karen Hicks Davis (Eddie) of Durham, and two sons: Robert Alan Hicks (Cindy) of Georgia and John Smith Hicks of Maryland. He is also survived by...
Ivey Goswick
Apr 21, 2016
Ivey Mae Blackstock Goswick known as Irene, 83, died April 21, 2016 in Presbyterian Home of Hawfields. She was the daughter of the late Lettie and Walter Blackstock. Surviving are three daughters: Shirley Riddle (JW), Joanne Barham, and Debra Atkins (Tim), three sons: Terry Bowers (Dianne), Hank Bowers, and Timothy Bowers. In addition to her parents she was predeceased...
Ruth Spoon Harris Jennings
Apr 20, 2016
Ruth Paula Spoon Harris Jennings, 68, of Uvalde died on April 20, 2016, in San Antonio. A graveside funeral service will be held at a time to be determined at the Hillsborough Town Cemetery in North Carolina. She was born on Dec. 30, 1947, in Mebane, North Carolina to Christine (Barneycastle) and James Spoon. She attended Mebane High School...
John Spencer
Apr 20, 2016
John Franklin Spencer, age 83, died on April 20, 2016 at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was known by family and friends for his blue eyes, big smile, sense of humor and unfailing optimism. Mr. Spencer was born on May 2, 1932 in Ithaca, New York to the late Dr. Leland Spencer and Ruth Reed Spencer...
Donald Sturdivant
Apr 19, 2016
Donald Lee Sturdivant, age 69, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away at his home, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. He was born February 19, 1947 to the late Edgar and Annie Ferguson Sturdivant. Mr. Sturdivant proudly served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps, and is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He retired from the UNC School of Dentistry...
Charles Antle
Apr 19, 2016
Charles Cage Antle, Jr of Chapel Hill passed away on April 19th at the age of 80. Mr. Antle is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Margaret, and his four children, David Antle of Durham and his partner Andy Smith, Karen Antle of Chapel Hill, Chuck Antle of Apex and his wife Donna, and Ellen Hernandez of...
