OBITUARIES
Roland Howard
Apr 2, 2012
Orange County Hillsborough - Mr. Roland C. Howard, 91, formerly of Rockingham, NC, died Monday, April 2, 2012 at Carillon Assisted Living with his family by his side. He was a WWII veteran and retired from the NC Department of Motor Vehicles after 33 years of service. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hillsborough. He...
Jimmy Hartley
Mar 30, 2012
MEBANE - Mr. Jimmy Ray Hartley, 79, of 712 N. Wilba Road, Mebane, NC, died Friday, March 30, 2012 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Hartley was born on August 28, 1932 in California, son of the late James Albine and Frances Logan Hartley and husband of the late Peggy Anne West Hartley. He was retired from...
Annette Williams
Mar 29, 2012
Annette (Anne) Neville Williams of Chapel Hill, N.C. Passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012 at home surrounded by her family. She had fought a courageous battle with cancer for the last two and half years. She was born on March 30, 1939 on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, N.C. She was the oldest of four children born to the...
Drew Tarlton
Mar 25, 2012
HILLSBOROUGH - Mr. Drew Allen Tarlton, Sr. "Dickie" passed away March 25th, after a brief illness. He was born on April14, 1938 in Rowan County, son of the late Vernon Eural and Lela Peck Tarlton. He was employed with the City of Durham for 30 years as an electrician. He is survived by his wife: Faye Womble Tarlton, and...
Lawrence Myers
Mar 22, 2012
Lawrence Edward (Larry) Myers, age 82, died on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at his home in Fearrington Village. He was born September 26, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, to Laura Cunningham and Francis Edward Myers. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, V. Gloria Myers; son Larry and wife Sue of Atlanta; son Brian and wife Carol...
Samuel Latta
Mar 16, 2012
Orange County Hillsborough - Mr. Sam A. Latta, passed away at Duke Hospice at the Meadowlands in Hillsborough after a short but fierce battle with lung cancer on Friday, March 16, 2012. Aged 67, born March 15,1945, he was preceded in death by his father, Charlie Jackson Latta and mother, Flora Webster Latta. Sam is survived by his wife...
James Wagner
Mar 15, 2012
Orange County Hillsborough - Mr. James Anthony Wagner, 59, died Thursday, March 15, 2012. He was an Orange County native and employed at Kaye Products. Surviving are his wife, Sharon; two sisters: LaVern Sherron and Sondra Haithcock, both of Hillsborough; five brothers: Leonard Albert Wagner(Jeanine), Monks Corner, SC, Jonathan Leon Wagner, Wyoming, David Allen Wagner (Joyce), Tommy Wagner (Michelle),...
Theodore Albert
Mar 12, 2012
Theodore M. Albert June 23, 1927 - March 12, 2012 Chapel Hill Theodore ("Ted") M. Albert, 84, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2012 after a lengthy illness. Ted was born in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1927, the son of the late Dora and Charles Albert. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed. Ted...
Diane Generous
Mar 12, 2012
Diane B. (Kowalchuk) Generous, 69, died in her Carrboro home on Monday, March 12, 2012 after a six-year fight with multiple myeloma. She was the beloved wife of William T. Generous, Jr., known as "Tom," and the devoted and loving mother of Michelle E. Generous of Washington D. C., and Suzanne F. Generous Prentice of Wallingford CT, and she...
Johnny Hilton
Mar 12, 2012
Orange County Orange County Hillsborough - Mr. Johnny Mack Hilton, 70, died Monday, March 12, 2012. He was the son of the late Dora Wood McCauley and William Bert Hilton, Sr. He was predeceased by his step- father, James Dace McCauley. He worked for Cone Mills Eno Plant and later retired from the Durham County Animal Control. Surviving are...
William Thompson
Mar 9, 2012
William George Thompson, 53, passed away peacefully at his home on March 9, 2012, after a brief battle with esophageal cancer. Bill was born August 28, 1958, in Miami, Fl. Bill served as the Chief Information Officer at Guilford Performance Textiles in Wilmington, NC. He had also been an IT executive with GMAC, Genworth Financial and General Electric. Prior...
Sarah Cagle
Mar 4, 2012
Sarah Edmonds Cagle CHAPEL HILL — Sarah Edmonds Cagle, 51, of Chapel Hill, passed away Sunday, March 4th, 2012 after years of declining health. Sarah was born in Orange County to the late Captain Charlie L. Edmonds and Yvonne Plummer Edmonds. She is survived by her husband Timothy Cagle, Daughter Ashley Solomon (Donald), Grandchildren- Haylei, Brianne, and Aiden Solomon;...
Anna Heins
Mar 4, 2012
Anna Sabatello Heins of Chapel Hill, died on March 4, 2012 after a long fight against the ravages of atypical dementia. Anna was born in New York City in 1935, the fifth of six surviving children born to Alice and Joseph Sabatello, immigrants from Ireland and Italy. Anna married Bob Heins, also of New York City, in 1956. They...
Betty Davis
Mar 3, 2012
Betty Jo Davis 1/11/1938 - 3/3/2012 Betty Jo passed away at home on March 3rd after a lengthy battle with Cancer. She is the daughter of the late Catherine Diggs Staunton and Fred B. Horton. She was retired from UNC Hospitals where she worked in admitting for many years She is survived by her husband Larry Davis and daughter...
Mabel Waddell
Mar 1, 2012
Orange County Hillsborough - Mrs. Mabel Wilkerson Waddell, 81, was a resident of 1608 Riverside Drive in Hillsborough. She passed on Thursday morning, March 1st, 2012, at home after an extended illness. She was a native of Orange County and attended Orange County schools. She had been a resident of Hillsborough for 52 years. She was a member of...
Pauline Compton
Feb 28, 2012
MEBANE- Pauline "Polly" Vincent Compton, entered into everlasting life on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Duke University Medical Center. Mrs. Compton had been in declining health for the past seven months and had spent the winter months in Winston-Salem with her daughter, Pat. Polly had been involved in community and county activities for many years. She served as a...
Mary Briggs
Feb 27, 2012
MEBANE - Mrs. Mary Ellen Vaughan Briggs, 93, formerly of 305 East Clay Street, Mebane, NC, died Monday, February 27, 2012 at Alamance Health Care Center. Mrs. Briggs was born on December 1, 1918 in Halifax County, VA, daughter of the late Ellis Andrew and Mary Powell Vaughan. She was the widow of the late Clifton William Briggs. Mary...
Linda Walker Dunn
Feb 27, 2012
Linda Mae Walker Dunn, 63, died February 27, 2012 at her home in Pittsboro, NC with her beloved husband Walter by her side. Linda was born November 29, 1948 in Kane, PA, the daughter of Dorothy and David Walker, JR. Mrs. Dunn was a Program Coordinator for the UNC Office of Sponsored Research where she worked for 8 years....
Emma Hastings
Feb 27, 2012
Orange County Hillsborough - Mrs. Emma Belle Riley Hastings passed into internal rest Monday, February 27, 2012. She retired from the Carolina Inn. Surviving are two daughters: Linda Williams, Hillsborough and Kathryn Gillette, Raleigh; one son, Willliam Owen Hastings, Jr. and wife Patricia, Texas; one sister-in-law, Helen Hastings Luquire, Biscoe, NC; one brother-in-law, Arnold Hasting and wife Delores, Ohio;...
Pansy Blalock
Feb 22, 2012
Efland - Mrs. Pansy Cochran Blalock, 95, of 5305 Hugh Allen Drive, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at the home of her daughter, Patricia Hill. A native of the Alarka community in Swain County, she was born March 26, 1916 to Daniel Bryan Cochran and Ila Esther Woody Cochran. She was the widow of Hugh Allen Blalock, who...
