OBITUARIES
Walter Jackson
Feb 20, 2015
-Chapel Hill- Walter Anderson Jackson, III, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away peacefully at Roanoke Memorial Hospital on February 20, 2015 as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile collision. Born March 21, 1950 in Memphis, TN, Walter was the only child of the late Naomi Wegley Jackson and Walter Anderson Jackson, Jr. After graduating magna cum laude...
Catherine Greene
Feb 19, 2015
Catherine (Kay) Hogan Greene Kay, a life time resident of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, passed away December 23, 2014 of complications from COPD. Kay was born in Carrboro, the daughter of the late Craig Carl Hogan, killed in Normandy (France) invasion WW II , 1944 and the late Iris Trotter Hogan Zachary. She is survived by the husband, Taylor...
William Newman
Feb 18, 2015
William "Danny" Daniel Newman, 65, passed away February 18, 2015. He was born July 4, 1949 to the late Monty G. and Navada Tally Newman. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by sister, Blanche Marie Newman. Those left to cherish his memory are brother, Michael Newman and his wife Maria; step mother, Evelyn Newman; nephew...
Everett Kennedy
Feb 17, 2015
Everett Hayes Kennedy, 87, of Hillsborough, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at his home. He was born February 19, 1927 in Hillsboro, North Carolina to Grover Cleveland and Minnie Briles Kennedy. Everett graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1943 and enrolled at North Carolina State University to play football. Shortly thereafter, he entered the Air Force...
Robert Cathcart
Feb 17, 2015
Robert H. Cathcart March 30, 1935 - February 17, 2015 Pittsboro Robert H. Cathcart, 79, passed away on February 17, 2015. He was born in Jamaica Plain, MA to Theodore K. Cathcart and Mabel Holland Cathcart. He graduated from Emerson College in Boston, and worked in the insurance industry for 40 years. Bob loved celebrating life with his loved...
Iris Zachary
Feb 15, 2015
-Carroboro- Iris Trotter Hogan Zachary, a long time resident of Carrboro, passed away Sunday February 15, peacefully at home, after a short valiant and courageous battle with lung cancer. Iris was born January 19, 1922 in Asheboro to the Clarence A. Trotter and Velna Bernice Trotter. In her earlier years, she was employed by the University laundry and the...
Christopher Andrews
Feb 14, 2015
-Efland- Christopher S. Andrews Mr. Christopher Sawyer Andrews, age 25, a former resident of Morgantown, WV died on February 14, 2015. Christopher was born in Durham, NC on October 8, 1989 to James Gregory "Greg"Andrews and his wife Shannon Sawyer Andrews of Efland, NC. Mr. Andrews was a 2007 graduate of Orange High School and attended Alamance Community College....
Hannah Terrell Collins
Feb 14, 2015
Hannah Myrtle Terrell Collins, 79, of Cedar Grove passed away February 14, 2015. She was born in Orange County, NC on September 24, 1935 to the late Bertie Wilson Terrell and John Monroe Terrell. Growing up Hannah worked with her mother in the tobacco and farming business. She accepted Christ at a very young age at Cedar Grove United...
Rozelle Crabtree
Feb 13, 2015
Orange County Efland - Mrs. Rozelle Elizabeth Warren Crabtree, 92, died Friday, February 13, 2015. Surviving are sons: Henry Ronald Crabtree (Judy), Graham, and Larry Donald Crabtree (Jeanne), Hurdle Mills; Granddaughters: Allyson Crabtree Cecil (John T.), Chapel Hill and Kimberly Crabtree Cook (Nicholas Gilbert), Hurdle Mills, great grandchildren: Joshua Hunter Cecil and Lauren Allison Cecil, Chapel Hill, one brother,...
Dorothy Hobby
Feb 12, 2015
Dorothy Wilson Hobby, 87, of Cedar Grove passed away February 12, 2015. She was born July 30, 1927 to the late Odie and Betty Rogers Wilson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband Sam James; second husband Norman Hobby; son, Sammy James and sister Elaine Wilson. Dorothy was a member of the...
Virginia Tilden
Feb 8, 2015
Burlington NC Virginia Katherine Grotgen Tilden died on February 8, 2015 at the age of 95 at Twin Lakes Retirement Community in Burlington, NC. She is pre-deceased by her husband of 62 years, Robert Bryan Tilden Sr., her parents, George Thaddeus Grotgen and Carrie Virginia Meier, also her brother George Thaddeus Grotgen Jr. and sister Caroline Ann Grotgen Lester....
Carrie Compton Lloyd
Feb 6, 2015
Carrie Camelia Compton Lloyd, age 82 of Efland, NC passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Friday, February 6, 2015 after an extended illness. She was born on May 12, 1932 to the late Ralph and Carrie Compton. She, along with her 6 brothers- Kenneth, Robert, Charlie, Fred, Burch and Harry- grew up on a tobacco farm in...
Rita Patterson
Feb 4, 2015
Rita Ashley Patterson lived an adventurous and interesting life. She was a daughter, mother, grandmother and a loving example of God's love to many. She was born June 21, 1947 in Durham, North Carolina. She spent her formative years growing up in Hillsborough, on the outskirts of Chapel Hill. After attending Elon College, Rita married Pat Patterson and had...
Kenneth Taylor
Feb 3, 2015
Kenneth Edward Taylor, Sr., 79, of Mebane passed away February 3, 2015. He was born November 17, 1935 to the late Linwood and Bertha Leigh Smith Taylor. In addition to his parents Kenneth was preceded in death by sister, Louise Crowling and brother, Linwood Taylor Jr. Kenneth served in Vietnam and retired from the US Air Force with 21...
Robert Mueller
Feb 3, 2015
Dr. Robert Arthur Mueller of Chapel Hill died Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at age 76 from complications of advanced Alzheimer's disease. He was born to the late Dr. Gustave and Edith Mueller, on July 24th, 1938, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Robert married his late wife, Marian Schiller Mueller in 1961. They enjoyed most of their life together in...
Charles Williams
Feb 3, 2015
Orange County Cedar Grove - On February 3, 2015 Charles Hughes Williams, 93, went home to his heavenly father. He grew up on the family farm in Cedar Grove where he was able to embrace his love of nature and animals. Charles was a successful baseball player during his years at Efland High School. During WWII a love for...
Donald Shea
Feb 2, 2015
-Chapel Hill- Don Shea, a legendary and widely-respected TV sportscaster in the Durham-Raliegh-Chapel Hill area for almost 50 years, has died at the age of 77. His death was attributed to natural causes. Mr. Shea was born in San Francisco, CA on Jan. 3, 1938 to Patrick Shea and his wife Elizabeth Anne (nee Sullivan), both of Co. Cork,...
Milton Phelps
Feb 1, 2015
Mebane - Mr. Milton Walker Phelps died Sunday, February 1, 2015. He was born in Caswell County. He graduated from Prospect Hill High School and Devry College. He was a veteran of the Korean War. After retiring from RCA Corporation, he returned to his home place of Prospect Hill. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Morin Phelps, four sons: Ernest...
William Jordan
Jan 31, 2015
PERSON COUNTY JANUARY 31, 2015 ROXBORO - William Edward Jordan, 77, of Roxboro, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 in Person Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. Mr. Jordan was born in Roxboro, NC on March 21, 1937, son of the late Lambeth Branch, Sr. and Grace Eva Long Jordan and husband of the late Charlotte Irby Jordan. He was...
