Local obituaries for Walker's Funeral Home

Sep 9, 2023

Joseph Luis Matos, a resident of Chapel Hill, NC, formerly of Bluffton, SC, and Eastchester, NY, passed away at home on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 86 years of age. Joe, an only child, was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico on October 12, 1936 to Jose and Maria Matos. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of...

Sep 6, 2023

Robert Payne Taylor, lovingly known by most as ‘Buzz’, was a beloved father, brother, uncle and friend, who left the physical world in Chapel Hill, NC at age 80.

Buzz was born in Roanoke, VA and grew up in Charleston, WV, graduating from Charleston High School. A voracious reader and history...

Sep 6, 2023

Janice Faye Kennedy Crabtree, 75, of Hillsborough, NC, passed away September 6, 2023, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.

Faye was the only child of Grover Lee and Mary Long Kennedy of Hillsborough, who no doubt welcomed her with a warm embrace when she arrived in heaven.

Faye began dating...

Sep 5, 2023

Delores Faye Horton died at home on Sept 5, 2023 surrounded by family. She was 83.

Mrs Horton was born January 22, 1940 in South Boston, VA to her parents Andrew and Rosetta Cole.

She retired from GTE and Duke University.

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Sep 2, 2023

Joseph “Joe” Lee Nassif, Sr., of Chapel Hill, passed away on September 2, 2023. He was 90.

Joe was born on April 6, 1933, in Laurinburg, NC, to the late Charles and Marie Nassif. His family eventually moved to Wilson, NC, where he grew up surrounded by many aunts, uncles, and cousins. After high school,...

Sep 2, 2023

Charlie Raeford Davis

September 27, 1935-September 2, 2023

Charlie Raeford Davis of Carrboro, NC passed peacefully on September 2, 2023 at the age of 87 surrounded by his wife and children. He was the third of nine children born to William Thomas Davis and Eliza Ellis Davis....

Aug 30, 2023

Eugene Walden Hackney

July 21, 1932 – August 30,2023

Eugene Walden Hackney, a resident of Croasdaile Village in Durham, NC, formerly of Lumberton, NC, died on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at age 91. He was born July 21, 1932, in Sanford, NC to Hoyt Milton Hackney and...

Aug 28, 2023

Joan Elizabeth Meyers passed peacefully in her Hillsborough home on August 28th, 2023 at the age of 86, surrounded by her loved ones.

She was born in Northport, New York on July 13th, 1937. She spent most of her adult life in Huntington, New York where she married George Meyers. She...

Aug 19, 2023

Dorothy Jones Broadhurst , 68, of Rougemont, NC, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, August 19, 2023.

Dorothy was born September 12, 1954, at George Watts Hospital in Durham, NC.

Durham, NC is also where she attended EK Powe Elementary, Brogden Jr. High, and...

Aug 17, 2023

Mrs. Patricia Lillie passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2023 at the age of 87. A more complete obituary will be posted when available. Memorial services will be at 2:00PM on September 30, 2023 at University Presbyterian Chirch in Chapel Hill. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Lillie family.

Aug 17, 2023

Shirley Downing Harder, of Chapel Hill, passed away on August 17, 2023, at the age of 88. Shirley was born in Fayetteville, NC to Thaddeus Dean Downing and Cornelia Clark Downing in 1935, and graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1953. Shirley went on to earn a Bachelors of Science in Medical Technology from the University of North Carolina,...

Aug 15, 2023

Wendy Hayes Davison, 67, of Mebane passed away on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. She was the Commercial Manager at Auto Zone in Mebane, North Carolina.

Wendy was a very simple down to earth country girl and would want everyone to be comfortable so please wear casual attire.

NO FORMAL ATTIRE REQUIRED...

Aug 15, 2023

Hiram Boyd Dodson, Jr., 91 years, of Hillsborough, died at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill on Tuesday August 15, 2023 .

He was born on Monday, May 30, 1932 in Orange County. He the son of the late Hiram Boyd, Sr.and the late Mary (Williams) Dodson. He was married to Mary Belle Hunt. Hiram is...

Aug 15, 2023

Larry Hayes, 86, died at his home in Bahama on August 15, 2023. He was born on November 6, 1936, in Durham to the late Joseph and Nora Hayes.

Larry attended Durham High School. He became a police officer in Durham in 1966, and he retired as a Staff Sergeant in 1991. Larry was an...

Aug 10, 2023

Aaron Gustavia Taylor Gordon (age 91), passed peacefully at Alamance Regional Hospital on Thursday August 10, 2023, at 9:47pm from respiratory distress. She was a resident of 1813 Dimmocks Mill Road in Hillsborough but was recently a patient at Compass Health Care and Rehab Hawfields Nursing Home in Mebane. Aaron, who was affectionately known as Nanny, Tavia, Tavy, and...

Aug 8, 2023

Roger Williams Lotchin, 88, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. He will be buried with his wife Phyllis Jo Morris Lotchin (1936 – 2022) in Glenwood Cemetery in Shelbyville, Illinois on Monday, August 21 at 1 PM.

Roger was born on January 31, 1935 to Theodore and Lucille Williams...

Aug 7, 2023

Beverly Price Huntington, 67, of Durham, N.C., formally of Burlington and Chapel Hill, N.C., passed away on August 7, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. after a brief battle with cancer.

Beverly was born on February 24, 1956 in Mooresville, N.C. to her parents, Robert Donald Price and Orene Highsmith Price.

Beverly graduated...

Aug 5, 2023

Emma Schuessler (née Ihrig), died surrounded by caring people on August 5, 2023 at the age of 91 years old.

Emma is survived by her daughter, Andrea Hearn of Durham, NC and son-in law Randy Hearn of Sheffield, Alabama; her two grandchildren are Michael and Stephan Hearn; she has four great-grandchildren. She is preceded in...

Aug 5, 2023

Jean C. Eno passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2023 in Burlington, North Carolina. She was born on November 11, 1940 in New York to Claire and Edward Skellington. She was predeceased by her parents and her beloved son, Christopher Eno (Heather). Jean married Frederic Eno ll on July 5, 1970. She is survived by her loving husband, Frederic;...

Aug 5, 2023

Not every long life is lived in a meaningful way, and not every meaningful life is long, but Elsie Martin, who passed on Saturday, August 5th, 2023, was blessed with both. Born on May 26th, 1926, to David and Myrtle Stanley, farmers in Caswell County, as one of ten children she grew up in a Christian home during the...