Local obituaries for Walker's Funeral Home

Oct 23, 2015

Hillsborough- Mr. Charles Donald Crawford, born June 5, 1938 died October 23, 2015 after several years of declining health from Alzheimers. He was a graduate of Hillsboro High School. He was preceded in death by his parents Paul Crawford and Irma H. Crawford. Surviving are his wife, Jean Miller Crawford, two children, Carol C. Melton and husband Harvey and...

Oct 23, 2015

Ian Davis Ingalls January 18,1935 - October 23, 2015 Carrboro Ian Davis Ingalls, 80, departed this life on October 23, 2015. He is survived by his dedicated caregiver and loving wife Jane McCartney Ingalls of the home; his daughter Linda Shade, husband Keith, and 2 granddaughters, Haley and Heather of Washington, Illinois; his sister-in-law Wanita Frank of Timberlake, NC;...

Oct 22, 2015

Mrs. Kai Mei Parks, 78, died Thursday, October 22, 2015 at the Hospice Home of Alamance-Caswell in Burlington. She was born July 21, 1937 in Shang Hai, China. Mrs. Parks was the owner / operator of Camellia Forest Nursery in Chapel Hill. Survivors include her sons, David Parks of Chapel Hill and Robert Parks of San Francisco. The service...

Oct 19, 2015

Efland - Mr. Kenneth Wayne Oakley, 69, died October 19, 2015. He was a native of Durham and was a 1964 graduate of Durham High School. After serving in the U.S. Navy he worked in the U.S. Post Office for over 30 years until he retired. He later worked with Walker's Auto Parts and formally served as volunteer with...

Oct 19, 2015

Oct 18, 2015

Chapel Hill - Mr. "Buck" David Bruce Bennett, 72, died Sunday, October 18, 2015, in his daughter's home in Snow Camp. He was born in Lubeck, West Virginia and graduated from Lubeck High School. He served in the U.S. Army 101 Airborne and later in the Green Beret. He was a mechanic, electrician and truck driver. He enjoyed fishing...

Oct 16, 2015

Rodney John Renne, age 75, died Friday October 16, 2015. Services pending a later date. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Renne family.

Oct 14, 2015

Mrs. Bobbie Lou Lacock, 83, of Chapel Hill, died October 14, 2015 at High Point Regional Hospital. Born October 5, 1932 in Durham County, she was the daughter of William Dewey Buck and Mattie Christine Cavanaugh Buck. Mrs. Lacock was the wife of Rev. Leonard Lacock, who survives. She was a member of College View Church of God in...

Oct 12, 2015

Ernestine Friedl Harmel, Ph. D., eminent cultural anthropologist and former Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University, died Monday, October 12, at The Cedars in Chapel Hill. She was born in Cegled, Hungary in 1920 and emigrated to the United States two years later with her parents, Nicholas and Ethel Friedl. She was a graduate...

Oct 7, 2015

Paul Stankus , age 64, of Chapel Hill died October 7, 2015. A visitation will be held on Monday October 12, 2015 from 11 AM to 1 PM at Walker's Funeral Home, 120 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Stankus family.

Oct 7, 2015

HAZEL LEE LACOCK Chapel Hill, Hazel Lee Lacock 90 passed away October 7 at Duke Hospital. Hazel was born in Chapel Hill, youngest daughter of the late Wilson Odell and Elizabeth Ann Lacock. She was preceded in death by her brothers J.Vernon Lacock and Carl W. Lacock, sister Helen L. Lacock, and Step Mother Ellen D. Lacock. Hazel was...

Oct 6, 2015

William T. Dawson age 86, died Tuesday night at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. Funeral Mass will be held on Friday October 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Service will be held at St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Dawson family.

Oct 5, 2015

HILLSBOROUGH - Mr. George Truitt Williams, 68, died Monday, October 12, 2015. He was a native of Orange County and graduated from Orange High School. After serving in the U.S. Army, was employed by Liggett and Myers for 44 years. He loved his family especially his grandchildren. He loved telling jokes and making people laugh. Surviving are his companion,...

Oct 1, 2015

Evelyn M. Girsham died October 1, 2015 after a long illness. She will be interred among her many revered ancestors in the Gordonsville, TN, Cemetery following a ceremony at Bass Funeral Home, Gordonsville, on Monday October 5, 2015 at 1 PM. A private memorial celebration of her life will be held at a later date in Chapel Hill with...

Oct 1, 2015

Donna Lynn Freeland, 67, peacefully passed away on October 1, 2015 in her Hillsborough home. She was born on February 29, 1948 in Durham to the late James John and Maxine Hayes Freeland. In addition to her parents, Ms. Freeland was preceded in death by her brothers James Rae Freeland and Jack Irvin Freeland; her sister Joan Freeland Hopper;...

Sep 27, 2015

Betty Somers of Chapel Hill, NC died September 27, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Wiley Terrell Simpson of Winter Haven, FL. She and the late Dr. James Earl Somers had 4 children. Sally Somers Austin (Paul), Peter Galen Somers both of Durham. James Terrell Somers of Pinehurst and Susan Somers Rothschild (William) of...

Sep 27, 2015

Evelyn Jean Mlinar, a long time resident of Danville, Kentucky, died Sunday the 27th of September at her home in Chapel Hill. Born in 1935 in Williston, ND, to Clifford Palmer Mehus and Odney Jorstad Mehus, Jean was the eldest and longest lived of their three girls, losing her 9-year old sister Katherine in 1954 and her sister Arleen...

Sep 25, 2015

Services will be private. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Yang family.

Sep 25, 2015

Service date will be announced. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Leslie family.

Sep 24, 2015

Arrangements Incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Sparrow Family.