OBITUARIES
Miss Anne Lewis
May 11, 2014
Mebane- Ms. Mildred Anne Lewis, 74, died Sunday, May 11, 2014. She was born in Alamance County to the late Ed Lewis and Nannie Westbrook Lewis. She was a graduate of Aycock High School in 1958. She then remained at home to care for her parents, Started working at Royal Home Fashion for nine years. She is survived by...
Sherrie Mooney
May 9, 2014
Sherrie Lynn Mooney (Horton) Chapel Hill - Sherrie Lynn Mooney went to be with our Lord and Savior on May 9, 2014. She is survived by her wonderful loving husband of 21 years Jeff Mooney. Sister Lucy and husband Skippy Godfrey, sister Jenny and husband Bill Golat, brother Bobby and wife Tamar Horton, brother Tom and Karen Godwin, brother...
Elizabeth Hobbs
May 6, 2014
Chapel Hill Elizabeth Deane Haw Hobbs, 80, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina died on May 7th, 2014. She was born February 17, 1934, the daughter of the late Joicey Edna Ruffin Haw and Richardson Wallace Haw of Richmond, Virginia. Known to her friends as "Betty", she grew up in Richmond and Chester, Virginia, graduated from Thomas Dale School and...
James Briggs
May 6, 2014
Hillsborough - Mr. James Everette Briggs, 54, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014. He was born in Person County and attended the Person County schools. His work included farming and constructing. He was married to Marie Dixon Briggs for 27 years. Surviving are his wife, Marie D. Briggs, his son, James Eddie Briggs (Brandy), Chapel Hill, his daughter, Tina Yarborough,...
Walter Dunn
May 4, 2014
Pittsboro Walter Lee Dunn Jr, 65, passed away peacefully at his home on May 4th, 2014 in Pittsboro, NC surrounded by family after a lengthy battle with cancer. Walter was born September 20th, 1948 in Golden Meadow, LA the son of Lola Bert and Walter L Dunn Sr. Walter was a retired law enforcement officer with the UNC Campus...
James Tripp
May 3, 2014
James Elwood Tripp, Jr., 89 of Chapel Hill passed away May 3, 2014. He was born in Carrboro to the late James Elwood Tripp Sr. & Emma Gill Tripp. He was married to Peggy O'Briant Tripp for 54 years. He is survived by his children Ron Tripp & Cindy Tripp Allen. Graveside service will be held Tuesday at 11...
David Lanpher
Apr 29, 2014
Hillsborough - Mr. David Albion Lanpher, 76, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014. He was a native of Vermont where he graduated from Northfield High School. He worked for IBM in Vermont, Virginia, and NC. He was a true family man with a sense of humor. He enjoyed traveling, hunting, fishing and the beach and especially doing things with his...
Stacy Blank
Apr 29, 2014
Stacy Lynn Murdy Blank Stacy Lynn Murdy Blank, age 42, passed away surrounded by family and friends at N.C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. She was born June 19, 1971, in Centerville, Iowa, to Jim and Elaine (Moore) Murdy and was the older of two children. Graduating from high school as a National Honor...
Leo Rycasky
Apr 28, 2014
Leo Felix Rycasky November 5, 1916 to April 28, 2014 Mr. Rycasky, veteran of World War II, U. S. Navy, died Monday at The Pines, the medical division of Carolina Meadows, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children of Elizabeth Wnorowska and Nicholas Rykaczefski, Mr. Rycasky's three siblings: Sister Jessie , and...
Ann Shearer
Apr 27, 2014
Durham Ann Frances Shearer (née Martin) died on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at home. She was 78 and had been in compromised physical health for many years due to complications from breast cancer treatment. She died seated on her couch near the books and magazines that supported her rich artistic interests and vibrant intellectual life. Born and raised in...
Robin Britt
Apr 25, 2014
CHAPEL HILL Robin Noel Britt died peacefully at home on April 25, 2014. She was born in Richmond, VA. on July 14, 1951. She lived in the Tidewater, VA. area before moving to N.C. with her family in her late teens. Robin graduated from Meredith College with an art degree. She was married to Bob Britt for 32 years,...
Pauline Dickerson
Apr 21, 2014
Orange County Hillsborough - Mrs. Pauline Laura Riley Dickerson, 92, of 2023 Dimmocks Mill Road, died Monday. A native of Alamance County, Mrs. Dickerson was a member of the Gospel Baptist Tabernacle Church for 50 years and a retired weaver from Cone Mills. Surviving are her daughter, Gail D. Hill of Mebane and son, Paul L. Dickerson, Jr. of...
Carl Brow
Apr 14, 2014
Carl Stanley Brow, III February 18, 1967-April 14, 2014 Born to Patricia Jane Phillips and Carl S. Brow, II in Charleston County, South Carolina, Carl was the second of four children. He joined the Navy in 1986 and served his country in the military for over 22 years, first as a Hospital Corpsman and later as a Navy Nurse...
Elizabeth Hotong
Apr 14, 2014
Elizabeth "Bettie" Wilhelmina Dorathea HoTong April 16, 1962 - April 14, 2014 Chapel Hill, NC Bettie HoTong, beloved wife and mother, passed away on April 14, 2014 at home in Chapel Hill NC, surrounded by those who deeply loved her after a courageous battle with cancer. She lived and died with beauty and grace. Bettie was born in South...
James Dick
Apr 14, 2014
Alamance County Walker's Funeral Home of Mebane 304 W. Center St. Mebane, NC 27302 919-563-9211 Mebane - Mr. James "Jimmy" Albert Dick, 83, passed at his residence Monday, April 14, 2014. He was the son of the late Grace and Robert C. Dick. He graduated from Mebane High School and attended UNC Chapel Hill. He retired from Duke Power...
Dorothy Duke
Apr 12, 2014
Durham Dorothy Osborne Duke June 26, 1920-April 12, 2014 Born to Ina Minatra Osborne and Foster Osborne in Giles County, Tennessee, the ninth of eleven children, Dot was an excellent student, and played on her high school basketball team. She often told her family about country life in Giles County, such as leading their red cow to the creek,...
Margaret Phelps
Apr 12, 2014
Obituary for Margaret W. Phelps Margaret Walker Phelps, 99, of Hillsborough, died Saturday April 12, 2014. Mrs. Phelps was at home with her family at the time of her passing. Margaret was born in Orange County on April 3, 1915 to J. Edward and Sudie Dameron Walker. Margaret was the surviving sibling, being predeceased by two siblings, Harold Walker...
Estelle Strum Blackwelder
Apr 11, 2014
Orange County Hillsborough - Mrs. Estelle Strum Blackwelder, 96, died April 11, 2014. She was a life time resident of Orange County. Mrs. Blackwelder was born October 5, 1917 to the late Dick and Lizzie Strum. She was also a caring mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She is in death predeceased by her husband Charlie Blackwelder and brother, Matthew...
Colleen Hall
Apr 8, 2014
Colleen "CoCo" McCrea Hall, age 63, died April 8, 2014 in her home in Chapel Hill, NC after courageously battling cancer for more than 27 years. CoCo was born September 29, 1950 in Baltimore, MD to Betty Carl McCrea and the late Edward Wesley McCrea. In 1968, she graduated from Towson High School where many lifelong friendships began. On...
Henry Pope
Apr 5, 2014
Orange County Hillsborough - Henry Thomas Pope Senior, 84, of 415 North Cameron Street, Hillsborough, passed away on Saturday April 5, 2014, at home with his family at his bedside. A lifetime resident of Orange County, he was born in Durham on January 18, 1930, the son of Sallie Lee and Charlie Bunn Pope, Sr. He spent the first...
