OBITUARIES
David Farley
Dec 3, 2014
David Michael Farley, 68, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at UNC Hospital after a brief illness. He was a long time resident of Chapel Hill, NC. He was born in Buffalo, NY on February 7, 1946, and grew up in St. Rose of Lima parish a block from his home. Dave started playing football in grade...
Louise Sheppard
Dec 1, 2014
Caldwell - Louise Beam Rimmer Sheppard Our Mother, Louise Sheppard went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 1, 2014. She also returned to her loving husband of 67 years Henry C. Sheppard. She was born July 21, 1931 to the late John and Mary Walters Rimmer She is survived by her 2 sisters, Mary Frances Andrews...
Kathan Kylberg
Nov 29, 2014
Kathan McKown Kylberg, born July 12, 1923 in Essex County, New Jersey passed away November 29, 2014 at Croasdaile Village Retirement Center in Durham, NC. Kathy was the widow of Robert C. Kylberg and is survived by her three daughters and their families: Karin and Jeffrey Foarde of Chapel Hill, NC; Heidi and Raymond Zogorski of Edmonds, WA; and...
Thelma Richardson
Nov 29, 2014
Thelma (Bonnie) Richardson, nee Ingram Thelma Richardson died on Saturday, 29 November 2014, at Maplewood Park Place, Bethesda, Maryland. She was born on August 18, 1925, Louisville, Kentucky to Thelma Reynolds Ingram and Dr Ben Ingram and grew up with younger sister, Clara (Gandy) in Forsyth, Georgia and Hartsville, South Carolina. She graduated from Coker College in 1945. She...
Mark Wilson
Nov 26, 2014
Roxboro - Mark Anthony Wilson, 56, born and raised in Carrboro, died Wednesday evening at Duke Regional Hospital. He worked 15+ years at PSNC in Durham. He is survived by his son, Justin Wilson of Roxboro; daughter, Wendy Wilson of Topsail Beach; Father, Henry Wilson Sr. of Carrboro; Brother, Henry Wilson Jr. and wife Nancy Wilson of Chapel Hill;...
John Small
Nov 26, 2014
John Steven Small, 65, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. He was the son of the late John Francis Small and Anne Wrenn Jones. Steve was a gentle giant with a big smile, a firm handshake, and a warm heart. He was loved and respected by all who knew him. He was fiercely devoted to his family...
Hal Brafford
Nov 23, 2014
-Chapel Hill- Hal Benard Brafford, 90 years of age, passed away peacefully Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, surrounded by his family. Hal was born in Mecklenburg County to the late A.B. Brafford and Bessie Mae Brafford. He married Nell E. Sherrer on Oct. 18, 1947. Hal served proudly in the US Army alongside his twin brother during WWII. He was...
Nancy Walton
Nov 22, 2014
Nancy Elaine Walton, 72, entered into eternal rest on November 22, 2014 among family at Duke University Hospital. The daughter of Clerc Wesley Hawk and Lillian L. Rogers Hawk, she was born on August 28, 1942 in Washington, D.C. and raised in Mount Rainier, Maryland. She graduated from Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, MD in 1961, and continued her...
Roberta Rosenberg
Nov 20, 2014
Roberta Sully Rosenberg of Chapel Hill, NC passed away Thursday, November 20th at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill at the age of 90. Roberta, who everyone knew as Bobbie, daughter of Frances Brand and Horace Sully, was born and raised in Long Branch, NJ. She moved to Fair Haven, NJ upon her marriage to her beloved husband Bernard, where...
Anne Hill
Nov 13, 2014
Anne Gibson Hill, 84, died peacefully at her home in Chapel Hill on November 13, 2014. Attended to by her loving family, she had been in declining health for several weeks. Born in 1930 in Huntington, WV, she was the daughter of Phillip Pendleton Gibson and Morrell Jones Gibson. She graduated from Westhampton College of the University of Richmond...
Susan Sexton
Nov 13, 2014
Susan Jean Sexton of Hillsborough, NC passed away on Thursday, November 13, 2014 after a brief illness. Susan is survived by her brother, Paul E. Sexton, Jr. and wife Karen Snipes Sexton of Hillsborough and her sister, Martha Sexton Taylor and husband F. Wayne Taylor of Chapel Hill; four nieces, one nephew and two great-nephews. Susan was preceded in...
Edward Williams
Nov 8, 2014
Chapel Hill Dr. Edward Sutherlin Williams, 85, of Chapel Hill, died Saturday, November 8, in Durham, of complications of Parkinson's Disease. At his bedside were his beloved wife and children. Dr. Williams was born in Greenville, NC, December 20, 1928, and reared by his mother, Novella Moye Williams among their extended family. In the family home were his maternal...
Daniel Wagner
Nov 7, 2014
Daniel "Calvin" Wilson Wagner, 81, went home to be with the Lord November 7, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Barbara Stephens Wagner; son, Tod Stephens Wagner; granddaughter, Rissa Wagner: great grandson, Tod Daniel Stephens Wagner and a sister, Carolyn Wagner Beaver. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sherry Darlene Wagner. He was...
Thomas Render
Nov 7, 2014
- CHAPEL HILL - Thomas Joseph Render of Windsor Point Retirement Community passed away on November 7th, 2014 as a result of a brief illness, at the age of 96 years. Joe, as he was generally known, was born on July 15th, 1918, in Antwerp, NY, the son of Clark and Viola Render.In 1941, he graduated from Clarkson University,...
Donald Elmore
Nov 5, 2014
Durham County Durham - Donald Carter Elmore passed away unexpectedly at home very peacefully. He left family, friends, and co-workers that will miss him very much. He had an exciting life that took him to many places around the world. His intelligence and passion for helping others enabled him to excel in many things, starting with his academic work...
John Cason
Nov 3, 2014
John Walter Cason passed away peacefully on November 3, 2014 at Carolina Meadows, where he lived with his wife Mary Smithies Cason. We mourn his passing as we also celebrate a life well lived and all that he has given to us. Born in Beaumont, Texas to Dick Kendall Cason Jr and Maurine Mills Cason, Walter grew up in...
Sarah Denny
Nov 3, 2014
CHAPEL HILL Sarah Anne Denny, 57, of Chapel Hill, died Monday evening, November 3, 2014, after her struggles with ALS. Visitation will be Friday, November 7, at 10:00 AM at Walker's Funeral Home followed by a funeral service at 11:00 in the chapel. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery. A native of Chapel Hill, Sarah Anne was...
Nealie Dewald
Oct 28, 2014
. Mebane - Mrs. Nealie L. DeWald, 99, died Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Born in Truetlen County, Georgia, she lived in Apopka, FL., for many years and in Van Nuys, CA for several years. She moved to NC in 1971 and has lived here since. She was office manager for Carolina Activities, Inc. until her retirement in 1990. She...
Nancy Wagoner
Oct 28, 2014
Nancy Brown Wagoner of Oak Island, previously of Hillsborough, died Tuesday, October 28 after an extended illness. Nancy, the widow of James Lewis Wagner and John Lewis Wagoner, is survived by a brother Lynwood Brown of Hillsborough, four step-children, seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and seven nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be held Saturday, November 1, at 1:00...
Arnold Hamm
Oct 27, 2014
Orange County Hillsborough - Arnold Braxton Hamm, 80, died Monday, October 27, 2014. He was born in Green County and served in the US Army. He married Hazel Joyce Webb in 1957. He was a sharecropper, worked for a gas co., and was a truck driver. He was ordained into the ministry and was affiliated with the Church of...
