Local obituaries for Walker's Funeral Home

Sep 17, 2011

RALEIGH - David Bruce Bibb, 53, of Raleigh NC, died Saturday Sept. 17, 2011. David was born to Barbara Nettles-Carlson and the late T. Wyatt Bibb Jr. on January 7, 1958, in Pensacola, FL. He was raised in Chapel Hill, graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1976 and attended UNC-Chapel Hill where he was active in its initial...

Sep 17, 2011

Ivan Wilbur Maurer, 91, passed away on September 17, 2011. The body was cremated. Services will be announced at a later date

Sep 16, 2011

DURHAM - Nicole Michelle Jakowenko, 32, beloved daughter, devoted wife, and cherished sister, died Friday September 16, 2011. Nicole was born December 27, 1978 in Durham, NC. She graduated from Orange High School and Alamance Community College, and was employed at Sports Endeavors in Hillsborough, NC. Nicole was a very spiritual person who loved all the earth's creatures. She...

Sep 16, 2011

Christine Ann Egan, 59, retired editor and economist, died peacefully September 16 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from complications of cancer. Ms. Egan was born September 8, 1952 in Berkeley, California where she would later attend the University of California. She graduated in 1974 with a double major in Economics and Journalism. She met her future...

Sep 11, 2011

DANVILLE, VA - Hazel Hope Edmonds King, 88, passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2011 at Danville Regional Hospital. The daughter of the late Sherman and Narvellia Edmonds, Hazel was born on February 22, 1923 in Mt. Airy, NC. Hazel is predeceased by her parents; her husband, Frank King; three children, Phyllis King, Joseph King, and Robert King; one...

Sep 10, 2011

Eunice Patten Jones passed away peacefully in her sleep September 10, 2011. Eunice was married for 68 years to her beloved, Dr. J. Kempton Jones, who resides at the DuBose Center at The Cedars, Chapel Hill, NC. She was born November 10, 1920 in Greenville, NC. She will be remembered as an elegant, beautiful, and gracious woman. Eunice was...

Sep 10, 2011

MEBANE - William "Freddie" Buchanan, 68, of 416 N. Third St. Mebane, NC died suddenly on Saturday, September 10, 2011. The son of the late Fred William Buchanan and Lucy Ann Mozingo. Freddie was a true Mebanite. He loved everything about the Mebane Community, and the Mebane Community loved Freddie. Freddie is predeceased by his father and mother; two...

Sep 9, 2011

CHAPEL HILL - Mrs. Catherine Diggs Staunton, 92, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 9, 2011. Mrs Staunton was born and raised in Chatham County and was the daughter of the late Charles Lewis and Ada Willams Diggs. She retired from the Woolen Mills in Carrboro and from UNC Hospital where she worked for several years. Catherine was a...

Sep 9, 2011

Leon Coley Crabtree was born in Durham , the son of Albert and Pearl Crabtree. He was one of six sons and one daughter. All six sons served in World War II and all returned safely home. Mr. Crabtree served in the US Army from 1941 to 1945, serving in the 82nd Airborne. He worked at Duke University as...

Sep 6, 2011

Chapel Hill Katherine Moss Nelson of Chapel Hill died at her residence on September 6, 2011. She was 91. Kaye was born in Madrid, Iowa to Charles Wesley Moss and Jennie Miles Moss. She earned a B.A. from Cornell College in 1943. After graduating, Kaye worked at the William C. Biddle Friends' Center in Philadelphia and married Robert E....

Sep 6, 2011

Mildred Brown Jordan, 96, died Tuesday, September 06, 2011 at Brookshire Nursing Center, Hillsborough, N.C. She was born on December 27, 1914 to the late William David Brown and Varina Campbell Brown in Iva, S.C. She was a homemaker and an active and founding member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and a member of the Letter Carriers Auxillary, Asheville, N.C....

Sep 4, 2011

Sep 3, 2011

BURLINGTON - Rodney Dale Miller, 54, of Mebane, passed away at Hospice of Alamance on September 3, 2011. The son of William Woodrow and Clara Miller, Rodney was a native of Alamance County. Rodney graduated from Eastern Alamance High School, and worked for Tyson-Malone Hardware Co. Rodney is predeceased by his father, William Woodrow Miller. Rodney is survived by...

Sep 3, 2011

Mebane - Raymond A. Polak, 89, passed away on September 3, 2011. Born February 16, 1922 in Detroit, MI, he was the son of the late Anthony and Josephine Polak. Raymond was a veteran of World War II. Raymond is survived by his wife of sixty-four years, Mary E. Polak of Hillsborough; one daughter, Elaine M. Whitman and her...

Sep 3, 2011

HILLSBOROUGH - Evelyn Burton Patterson went to her heavenly home on September 3, 2011. She was born in Rowan County to William Grover and Lucy Mae Burton on May 27th, 1918. She is survived by two nephews; Donald F. Burton Sr. (Jeannie) of Hurdle Mills, NC and David Paschke (Barbara) of Stow, MA; a niece, Celeste Deppmeier (Bernard) of...

Sep 2, 2011

THELMA HICKLIN BOYD Chapel Hill, NC Thelma Hicklin Boyd, 91, of Carol Woods Retirement Community, Chapel Hill, NC, died Friday, September 2 2011. Thelma was born on May 4, 1920 in Richburg, SC to Ira Kell Hicklin and Helen McRae Hicklin. She was the eldest of five children, having three sisters, and one brother. Thelma graduated from Winthrop College...

Aug 26, 2011

Angela Joseph was born in Farmington, CT, but soon moved with her parents to NC where she lived her entire life. She attended St. Thomas More Parish School, graduated from East Chapel Hill HS (1998), earned her B. A. (Duke, 2002) and her Masters in English (UNC-CH, 2008). Angela resided in Durham and then Hillsborough with her husband, Dr....

Aug 26, 2011

CHAPEL HILL - William Pharo (W.P.) "Wiltsee" Young, 79, died on August 26, 2011, at UNC Cancer Hospital. The son of the late Lewis Walter Young and Virginia Wiltsee Young, Wiltsee was born on August 3, 1932 in Roanoke, VA. Wiltsee graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Roanoke, VA, and graduated from Hampden- Sydney College before studying at...

Aug 24, 2011

DURHAM - Emily Priscilla Satterthwaite Brown, 74, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday morning, August 24, 2011. Ms. Brown was born in Washington County, the daughter of the late Vance Satterthwaite and Louise Tetterton Satterthwaite. She was also predeceased by her brothers Lafayette Satterthwaite, Harry Satterthwaite, Russell Laurie Satterthwaite, and her sisters...

Aug 22, 2011

Virginia Grace Allen Hodson, 1920 - 2011 CHAPEL HILL - Virginia Grace Allen "Ginger" Hodson died Monday, August 22, 2011 at her home in Chapel Hill, NC. She was 90. Born September 13, 1920 in Dillon, SC, Ginger came to Chapel Hill in 1940 to work in her older sister Margaret's flower shop. Shortly thereafter, she met a handsome...