OBITUARIES
Nellie Webster
Mar 11, 2014
Durham - Nellie Mae Allen Webster died Tuesday, March 11, 2014. She was a native of Durham County and the daughter of the late Juanita and William Allen. She attended the Durham schools. At the age of 14 she worked in Eno Mills in Hillsborough. She married Herbert Webster. She retired from Burlington Industries after 34 years of service....
Robert Meddock
Mar 10, 2014
DURHAM--Robert Dodds Meddock Jr, 73, philosophy professor, hot air balloon pilot, and academic administrator, passed away at Duke University Hospital on March 10, 2014. He was the son of the late Mary Alice Fox and Robert Dodds Meddock, Sr. Dodds was born March 23, 1940, in Lebanon, Ohio. He earned a B.A. at Miami University, completed graduate work at...
Marvin Carson
Mar 9, 2014
Pittsboro, NC - Marvin D. Carson, 75, died peacefully on March 9, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Carson was born in Orange Co. son of the late William Lemuel Carson and Nina Johnson Carson. Marvin is survived by his wife of 50 years, Anne Carson, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Carson worked at UNC for 33 years as...
Troy Lloyd
Mar 8, 2014
EFLAND - Troy Walander Lloyd , 90, died Saturday, March 8, 2014, in his home. He was a native of Orange County He was the son of the late Julia and Andrew Lloyd. He grew up and worked on the family dairy farm with his dad, A. B. Lloyd, Sr. He then became a salesman at Patz Dairy and...
Cheshire Cole
Mar 7, 2014
Hillsborough - Mr. Cheshire Jackson Cole, Sr., 89, Friday, March 7, 2014. He attended Hillsboro High School and was a veteran of the US Navy during WWII. He retired from General Electric. He was a founding member of the Orange County Rescue Squad. He was a member of the Hillsborough Planning Board and The Church of God. He was...
Robert Branscome
Mar 5, 2014
Robert Gerald "Jerry" Branscome, 71, passed away at his home on March 5, after a long courageous battle with cancer. He is preceded in death by his mother Frances Branscome Clayton and Marshall F. Branscome. He is survived by his wife, Jane Mangum Branscome, daughters Kristy Branscome Montana (Scott) and Tracy Branscome Lane, son Robert "Robbie" Branscome (Kim), 9...
Helen Bloomquist
Mar 3, 2014
CARRBORO Helen Squires Bloomquist, 87, of Carrboro, NC, died on Monday, March 3rd after a lengthy illness. Born in Braxton County, WV, Helen was the elder child of Cecil Ellis Squires, Sr., and Mona Hall Squires. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Charles King (Chuck) Bloomquist, both of her parents, her younger brother, Cecil...
Virginia Ellington
Mar 3, 2014
Virginia Trigg Ellington, mother, aunt and friend died on Monday, March 3rd in Chapel Hill. She was 86. A force to be reckoned with to the end she died peacefully. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband J.P. Ellington, Jr. in 1987 Virginia was born in Lakewood, Ohio on May 5 1927 to Frances Warr Trigg and...
Lonnie Matthews
Mar 2, 2014
Lonnie (L. T. )Matthews was born on October 8, 1932 to Lonnie Turner Matthews, Sr. and Katie Spivey Matthews in Durham County North Carolina. His life ended on March 2, 2014 at Alamance Regional Hospital, Burlington, NC. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by two brothers, Clifton and Earl, and a sister, Doris Carver. He is survived...
Sonia Rodriguez
Feb 27, 2014
Ms. Sonia Rodriguez, age 74, died on February 27, 2014 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. The family will have a visitation on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Walker's Funeral Home in Mebane from 7:00PM to 9:00PM. Complete arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Mebane is honored to serve the Rodriguez family.
James Blankenship
Feb 25, 2014
Durham - James Finley Blankenship, Jr., 57, of Durham, NC, died Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at his home. Born in Chicago, IL and raised in Roxboro, NC, Jim was the son of James Finley Blankenship, Sr., and the late Hester Belle Parkes. In addition to his mother, a brother and a grandson precede him in death. He was the...
Edward Hayes
Feb 23, 2014
Edward Thomas Hayes (Ed) passed away February 23, 2014 at his home in Pittsboro, NC. He was a five year survivor of a heart transplant and lived his gifted years to the fullest. Edward was born in Chicago, IL to the late Edward A. Hayes and Mary Margaret (Brown) Hayes. He received his BA and MA from Illinois State...
Anthony Lore`
Feb 21, 2014
CHAPEL HILL Professor Anthony George LoRé died on his 92nd birthday, February 21, 2014. He was the son of Salvatore and Carolina LoRé, deceased, of Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and returned to L.S.U. to complete his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Romance Languages. After teaching in California for a few years,...
Noah Simpson
Feb 21, 2014
Caldwell - Noah Joseph Simpson died Friday, February 21, 2014, at his home. He was a native of Person County and attended the Person County Schools. He was a farmer, owned his farm, and operated heavy equipment. He was a member of Little River Presbyterian Church for 50+ years where he served as Elder and worked with the youth...
William Bibb
Feb 15, 2014
October 3, 1954-February 15, 2014 CHAPEL HILL William Wyatt Bibb, 59, died Saturday February 15, 2014 at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. He was born in Atlanta Georgia on October 3, 1954 to Barbara Nettles-Carlson and the lateTisdale Wyatt Bibb. His early childhood was spent in Pensacola FL and Brigham City, UT before moving with his family to Chapel Hill...
Terry Eaton
Feb 12, 2014
HILLSBOROUGH - Terry Tilley Eaton, 67, of 420 Buttonwood Drive, Hillsborough, died on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Eaton is survived by her children Jamey M. Sanderford, of Hillsborough, Jeffery T. Eaton, of Durham, 3 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, sisters Linda T. Francis, of Durham, Veda T. Manley of Hillsborough, 3 half-brothers, Frankie,...
Johnny Wilson
Feb 12, 2014
CHAPEL HILL Johnny Lee Wilson Sr., 62 went to his heavenly home on February 12, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Betty Wilson, a son Johnny Wilson Jr., and 2 daughters Jamie Wilson and Denise Brooks. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at Riverside Baptist Church 1568 E Harden St, Graham, NC at 4:00PM...
Josef Anderle
Feb 10, 2014
Chapel Hill Josef Anderle, 89, of Chapel Hill passed away on Monday February 10, 2014. He was born in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 11, 1924. He earned several degrees; including 2 PhD's from the University of Munich, Charles University, and the University of Chicago. He was a professor of eastern European history at the University of North Carolina...
Ruby Parker
Feb 9, 2014
Hillsborough - Ruby Lee Parker, 95, of Hillsborough, passed from this world on Sunday, February 9, surrounded by her family. Ms. Parker is preceded in death by her husband, Ira Lee Parker, Sr., and two grandchildren, Johnny Dean Wall and Sheliah Denise Parker, two brothers, James Combs and Elmer Combs, and sister, Irene Marley. She is survived by six...
