OBITUARIES
Mary Duvoisin
Sep 25, 2011
CHAPEL HILL - Mary Theresa Duvoisin, age 84, died Sunday evening September 25th at the University of North Carolina Women's Hospital of Cancer of the throat complicated by a heart attack. A native of the Bronx, New York, she was the first born child of James McGaw and Mary Nugent McGaw. A graduate of Cathedral High School in New...
Walker Blakey
Sep 24, 2011
Walker Jameson Blakey, 71, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died Saturday, September, 24, 2011, of natural causes. We will gather to say goodbye to our beloved Walker on Saturday, October 1, 2011: Visitation at Walker's Funeral Home, 120 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Burial at Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, 1721 Legion...
Edward Devany
Sep 22, 2011
CHAPEL HILL— Edward H. Devany passed away on September 22, 2011 at the age of 81. Born to Mary Hull Wells and Edward Hardy Devany in Norfolk, Va., on August 15, 1930, Ed was a playful and loving spirit. He loved good stories and big productions, beginning with a childhood obsession with the circus. Ed developed his own voice...
Thomas Mcaneney
Sep 20, 2011
Thomas Joseph McAneney, Sr passed away on September 20, 2011 at UNC Cancer Hospital after a battle with leukemia. Tom, a native Philadelphian, was born to Thomas and Catherine McAneney, Irish immigrants, on May 23, 1928, the oldest of five boys. He was a proud alumus of LaSalle College High School and LaSalle University. He served his country in...
Jay Glosson
Sep 18, 2011
Jay Paul Glosson grew up in Carrboro and was the son of Bobby and Paula Sturdivant Glosson. He graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1980. He served in the NC National Guard for several years. He had worked for OWASA and Triangle Brick. Jay was a member of Carrboro United Methodist Church. He received the Sacrament of Baptism...
Ivan Maurer
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
David Bibb
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...
Nicole Jakowenko
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...
Christine Egan
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...
Hazel Edmonds King
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...
William Buchanan
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...
Eunice Jones
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...
Catherine Staunton
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...
Leon Crabtree
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...
Katherine Nelson
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....
Mildred Jordan
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....
Evelyn Patterson
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...
Raymond Polak
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...
Rodney Miller
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...
