OBITUARIES
Homer Tapp
Jan 23, 2012
Orange County Chapel Hill - Mr. Homer Ruffin Tapp, 90, passed away peacefully at his home on January 23, 2012 after several months of declining health. Homer was born August 13, 1921 in Orange County to the late Henry Ruffin Tapp and Lillian Durham Tapp. Homer graduated from Hillsborough High School and then served in the U.S. Navy. He...
Merle Gregory
Jan 19, 2012
Durham - Mrs. Merle Joyce Gregory, 78 of Durham, NC, died peacefully, Thursday, January 19, 2012 at her home. A native of Durham, she was the daughter of Robert and Mary Rasberry. She was a retired practical nurse that worked at Watts Hospital in Durham and Hill Haven Nursing Home in Chapel Hill. She is survived by her husband...
Shirley Mason
Jan 18, 2012
Shirley Coggins Mason, of Chapel Hill, died Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at her home. Born on November 23,1935 in Walstonburg, NC, she lived and worked in Richmond, VA, and Chapel Hill, NC. Shirley achieved a Doctorate of Education from North Carolina State University, Raleigh. She taught at UNC-CH, School of Nursing, from 1971 until her retirement in 2007. Shirley...
Kathleen Robertson
Jan 18, 2012
Kathleen Glenn Robertson (91) of Carrboro, N.C., passed away peacefully at UNC Hospitals Palliative Care on January 18, 2012. She was a lifetime member of Carrboro United Methodist Church. Services will be held on January 21, 2012 at Carrboro United Methodist Church with visitation at 10am & funeral service 11am by Claire McKeowan. Burial will follow at Westwood Cemetery....
Gerald Farrell
Jan 17, 2012
There will be a memorial service honoring the life of Gerald Moore Farrell. Family and friends are asked to meet and celebrate his life on Saturday, January 28th, at Antioch Baptist Church at 11 AM. Gerald a life long resident of Carrboro, was born on August 21st at his family's home in Carrboro. Gerald was the son of the...
James Blaylock
Jan 16, 2012
PERSON COUNTY TIMBERLAKE - Mr. James R. "Shug" Blaylock, 78, of 880 C. C. Andrews Road, Timberlake died Monday, January 16, 2012 at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Blaylock was born on March 3, 1933 in Person County, son of the late Charlie Bradsher and Annie Elizabeth Ashley Blalock. Shug attended Helena School prior to serving in...
Rusty Freeman
Jan 15, 2012
304 W. Center Street Mebane, NC 27302 (919) 563-9211 Walker's Funeral Home TO: Obituary Desk ALAMANCE COUNTY MEBANE - Rusty Jay Freeman, II, 27, of 649 Trollingwood-Hawfields Road, Lot-7, Mebane, died unexpectedly Sunday, January 15, 2012. Rusty was born on August 17, 1984 in Durham County, son of Phyllis Lee High Freeman of Durham and the late Rusty Jay...
Mary Capps Shearin
Jan 12, 2012
Mary Gladys Capps Shearin September 22, 1910 - January 12, 2012 Chapel Hill, NC Mary Gladys Capps Shearin died Thursday at Carolina Meadows after a brief illness. She had lived there for over 20 years. She was born September 22, 1910, in Arcola, NC, the oldest daughter of Robert Lewis Capps and Beulah Gupton Capps. She graduated from Louisburg...
Vincent Dodson
Jan 10, 2012
Orange County Chapel Hill - Vincent T. Dodson died on January 10, 2012 at his home after several years of illness. Born in Orange County to Teresa Balak and Brodie Duke Dodson on August 5, 1923. He moved to Durham County and attended the Catholic School through the eighth grade, graduating at Durham High with the class of "41....
Virginia Partin
Jan 8, 2012
Virginia Collins Partin passed peacefully into the presence of God on Sunday January 8th after a short illness and a wonderful life. Funeral service will be Friday January 13, 1 PM at Lystra Baptist Church. Virginia was born in Petersburg VA on January 15 1915 to Rufus M Collins and Ella Walker Collins and was reared by her Aunt...
Elisabeth Whyte
Jan 3, 2012
Betty Whyte Harriet Elisabeth Stafford Whyte Elisabeth Stafford Whyte, 82, of the Cedars at Meadowmont, died on January 3, 2012, after a long illness. Mrs. Whyte was born July 19, 1929 in Columbia, Missouri, to Virginia Reid and Elliott Morrison Stafford. She spent her childhood in Sedalia, Missouri and graduated high school in 1947 from Dana Hall in Wellesley,...
Jerry Powers
Jan 3, 2012
POWERS EFLAND - Mr. Jerry Randall Powers, 60, of 5901 Charles Dead End Road, Efland, died Tuesday, January 3, 2012. He was born on March 23, 1951 in Kanawha County, WV, son of Patty Holstein Powers of West Virginia and the late Clarence Clyde Powers. Before moving to North Carolina, Jerry was very proud to be a coal miner....
Margaret Barbour
Jan 3, 2012
Durham County Durham - Mrs. Margaret Wagner James Barbour passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2012, unexpectedly at home. Born April 5, 1917 to John Minick and Mamie Jacobs Wagner She was predeceased by her parents, husbands Lester James and Walter R. Barbour, daughter Annie Lou Wagoner, and brothers Ira and Charlie Wagner. She is survived by son John...
Dorothy Otho Whitt
Dec 31, 2011
Dorothy Rose Otho Whitt, 85, of Chapel Hill, NC died on Saturday, December 31, 2011. She was born on October 13, 1926 in Lubbock and raised in Midland, Texas. 'Dot' was a devoted spouse; loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother; energetic homemaker; and community volunteer. She cultivated many friendships due to her friendly, positive outlook and caring demeanor, and love...
Richard Kahn
Dec 30, 2011
HILLSBOROUGH - Mr. Richard Kahn, 83, of Hillsborough died Friday, Dec. 30th, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Michigan City, ID the son of the late Wallace and Lurella Kahn. He was a graduate of Elston H.S., a veteran, and received a certificate in radiology from Chicago City College. He worked briefly as a Radiologist's Assistant before...
David Baird
Dec 29, 2011
Mr. David Hamilton Baird, Sr., age 96 of 2016 Halls Mill Road, died Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the Brookshire Nursing Center. He was born in Sherman, NY on November 10, 1915 to the late William Clair Baird and Delia Baird. His family later moved to Hamburg, NY, where, at the age of 19, he opened his own gas...
Carroll Brown
Dec 28, 2011
Mr. Carroll Brown, 74, of Winston-Salem, formerly of Hillsborough, died Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born July 10, 1937 in Winnfield, LA, the son of the late, Fred and Vera Howard Brown. Mr. Brown was a 1955 graduate of Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough. He served with the US Army and retired...
Carl Schoenberger
Dec 27, 2011
Carl Andrew Schoenberger died Tuesday morning, December 27, 2011 at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A time of visitation will be held on December 31st from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM at Walker's Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. A memorial service and celebration will be held on Sunday, January 1st, from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM at...
Rita Warren Davidson
Dec 26, 2011
Orange County DAVIDSON HILLSBOROUGH - Mrs. Rita Ann Warren Davidson died Monday, December 26, 2011. She was born in Durham County. She was a graduate of Orange High School and the University of Columbia, Chicago, IL. On May 20, 1967 she married Cliff Edwin Davidson, Sr. in Efland United Methodist Church. She retired from Duke University Medical Center. She...
Lauara Ward
Dec 24, 2011
Orange County Cedar Grove Ward, Laura Frances Pope - Mrs. Laura Frances Pope Ward, 88, died Saturday, December 24, 2011 in Duke Medical Center. She graduated from Aycock High School and attended business school. She devoted her working life by working with her late husband, Melvin Ward, on the family farm and in their home as a homemaker. She...
