OBITUARIES
Cathy Lee Melvin
Sep 13, 2023
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Cathy Lee Melvin. She departed peacefully in her sleep, leaving a world that was undeniably better because of her.
Born and raised in Hope Mills, NC, Cathy shone brightly from a young age, both academically as her high school's valedictorian and athletically...
Joyce Marie Grubb
Sep 13, 2023
Joyce Marie Grubb, 71, of Mebane, passed away on Wednesday September 13th, 2023. She was predeceased by her mother Clara May Black Rice Watkins, father Coy P. Rice, late husband Roger D. Grubb, and son Robert Paul Grubb. She is survived by her son Rodney Grubb and his wife Lori, daughter Michelle Leeper and her husband Tim, brother Robert...
Elizabeth Cox Bonus-Blankenship
Sep 12, 2023
Elizabeth Cox Bonus-Blankenship
April 10, 1961 to September 12, 2023
Elizabeth Bonus-Blankenship passed away on Tuesday, September 12. She was a resident of Durham, NC. Elizabeth was born in Rochester, New York and spent her youth in Chelsea, Michigan where her most wonderful memories were of lovely days spent with her...
Charles Edward Mauer
Sep 11, 2023
Charles Edward “Charlie” Mauer, 88, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, went to be with His Lord on September 11, 2023. He passed away peacefully in his sleep after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Charles was born in Hamden, New York on March 24, 1935. He was the late son of Irwin George and Gertrude...
Ruth Sparrow
Sep 10, 2023
Ruth Sparrow, age 85, of Chapel Hill passed away peacefully at her home with her family after a long history of medical illnesses.
Ruth was born in Danville, Va. January 12, 1938 and lived in Greensboro, NC where she met her husband June and they resided in Chapel Hill together for 64 years. Ruth was...
Joseph Luis Matos
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...
Robert Payne Taylor
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...
Faye Crabtree
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...
Delores Faye Horton
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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Joseph Nassif
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,...
Charlie Raeford Davis
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....
Eugene Walden Hackney
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...
Joan Meyers
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...
Dorothy Mae Broadhurst
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...
Patricia Lillie
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.
Shirley Harder
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,...
Wendy Hayes Davison
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...
Hiram Boyd Dodson
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...
Larry Wyatt Hayes
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...
Aaron Gustavia Gordon
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...
