OBITUARIES
Geneva Olive
May 22, 2023
Geneva Grasty Olive, 85, passed away on May 22, 2023, at the Alamance County Hospice Home. She was born on March 1, 1938, in Waynesville, NC to the late Clearsie Mae Grasty and Erastus Grasty. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters Cynthia Olive Williams of Mebane, NC, and Mona Lisa Olive of Virginia, a granddaughter, Victoria Leigh...
William James Mccoy
May 22, 2023
William James McCoy was born September 30, 1940, in Middletown, N.Y. He was the only son of William John McCoy and Marion Gorman McCoy.
He started his academic career at Orange County Community College in his hometown before transferring to Cornell University in Ithaca, NY where he received his B.A. in 1962. He went on...
Johnny Martin
May 22, 2023
Johnny Marshall Martin was born on December 7th, 1939 from Roxboro, NC. He was the son of the late Clarence & Odessa Martin. Marshall passed away on May 22nd 2023. He was surrounded by his loving family as he went home to be with his Lord and Savior. Marshall resided in Mebane, North Carolina for over 60 years. He...
Patricia Collier
May 19, 2023
Patricia “Tricia” Collier passed away on Friday, May 19 2023 at the James & Betsy Bryant Hospice Home in Pittsboro, NC. Born in Richmond, Virginia. Daughter of the late Samuel E Westbrook Sr and Adelaide Charles Westbrook of Winston Salem, NC. Patricia was graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and earned an Associate’s degree from Wingate...
Thomas Vincent Compton
May 19, 2023
Mebane, North Carolina – Thomas (“Tom”) Vincent Compton, of Mebane, North Carolina peacefully entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 19, 2023, surrounded by beloved family. A visitation will be held from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Walker’s Funeral Home (304 W. Center Street, Mebane, NC 27302), followed by a celebration of his...
Melody Mills
May 17, 2023
Melody Mills, beloved sister, died in her home Wednesday, May 17, 2023, she was 65. Heaven gained an Angel. A resident of Durham, NC with her partner in Life of over 35 years Rick Riley. The main loves of her life, Jack and Lucy her Cherished dogs.
The ones she left behind and will miss...
Ronald Wade Walker
May 16, 2023
Ronald Wade Walker died at UNC Hospital in Hillsborough, NC on May 16, 2023, from complications related to pneumonia. He was 85.
Mr. Walker was born on April 21, 1938, in Hillsborough, NC to his parents Marion and Madeline Walker. He married Peggy Spencer in 1960. Ronald worked as a road maintenance supervisor for the...
William Franklin Horn
May 15, 2023
William “Bill” Franklin Horn, 88, of Hillsborough, North Carolina, passed away on Monday, May 15, 2023 at the VA Hospital in Durham. He was preceded in death by his parents Lacy Horn and Eunice Rhew Horn and brother John Horn. Bill was married to Elsie Cagle Horn for 66 wonderful years and had three children, his true pride and...
Henry Sauber
May 13, 2023
Henry Sauber passed away peacefully in his sleep at The Glen at Willow Valley, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on May 13, 2023. He was 91. Henry is survived by his children Daniel Sauber, Emma Greer (Terry), Stephen Sauber and Virginia Kennedy. He is also survived by his four grandchildren, Sarah Liptrap (Shane), Holly Sauber, Storm Rottmann (Mattie), Gary Rottmann, Jr,...
Jeffrey Joseph Auchter
May 12, 2023
Mr. Jeffrey Joseph Auchter passed away at his home in Chapel Hill on Friday, May12, 2023 at the age of 62. Arrangements are incomplete at the moment. A complete obituary will be posted when available. Walker’s Funeral Home in Chapel Hill is assisting the Auchter family.
Pansy Miller
May 10, 2023
On May 10th, 2023 Heaven gained an angel named Pansy Joyce Sykes Miller. She was 78 years old. She died from complications from COPD at Peak Resources in Graham NC. She was raised in Hillsborough NC. She graduated from Hillsborough High School, Class of 1963. She moved to Haw River, NC at age 20 when she married. She Worked...
Michael "Mike" Dean Wright
May 10, 2023
Michael “Mike” Dean Wright 62, passed away in his home on May 10th, 2023 in Pittsboro, N.C. due to complications from advanced staged Parkinson’s disease.
Mike was born on February 9th, 1961 in Chapel Hill, N.C. to his parents Ronald and Jerri Wright. He attended Jordan High School in Durham, N.C....
Charles Joseph Snyder Jr.
May 9, 2023
Charles Joseph Snyder Jr, 89, of Cedar Grove, North Carolina, passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at Duke University Medical Center. Mr. Snyder was the husband of Denise Ann LeClair Snyder, who survives and was born on May 28, 1933 to the late Charles Joseph Snyder Sr and Esther Ruth Morse, both deceased. He was a veteran of...
Ruby Lee Costner
May 8, 2023
Ruby May Costner, 93, of Alamance County passed away May 8th 2023, at White Oak Manor in Burlington. She was born September 11th 1929 in Haw River, to the late John and Maggie May. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Marshall Costner, son,s Richard May “Smoky”, Tommy Durham “Hook”, Ricky Durham “Tick”...
Robert Stocking
May 8, 2023
Robert Peter (Bob) Stocking, Sr., died in his Durham home on May 8th. He was 88.
He was born on December 23, 1934, in Upper Darby, PA, to R. Preston and Margaret (Murphy) Stocking. He grew up in Fitchburg, MA, where he graduated from St. Bernard’s High School in 1952. He served in the U.S....
John Sergio Martin Lindt
May 7, 2023
Mr. John Sergio Martiñ Lindt passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at the age of 26. Arrangements are incomplete now. A more complete obituary will be posted when available. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to serve the Lindt family.
Beverly Warmath
May 5, 2023
In Loving Memory
Beverly Warmath
October 25, 1939 to May 5, 2023
Beverly died at Brookdale Memory Care in the Clare Bridge Program on May 5, 2023 in Chapel Hill from complications related to Dementia, she was 83.
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Susan Carol Ceger
May 4, 2023
Susan Carol Ceger, 79, of Durham, North Carolina, passed at at Duke University Medical Center on Thursday, May 4, 2023
People often her as spicy but she was good at heart.
A burial will be held at a later date in Queens, New York.
Walker’s Funeral Home...
Rodney Edward Colling
May 2, 2023
Rodney E Colling, 79, of Mebane, NC went to be with the Lord on May 2, 2023 after a lifelong battle with stubbornness.
Rod was born September 16, 1943 to the late Willard and Vivian (Stock) Colling in Albany, NY. He graduated from Albany High School in 1962 where he was...
Linda Katharine Helms
May 1, 2023
Linda Katharine Helms (“Gram”) passed away at her home in Pittsboro, NC on May 1, 2023 from complications from pulmonary fibrosis. She was 80.
She is survived by her husband Rex Helms, her son Brian Hilligoss, her step-daughter Tammy Osborne, her step-son Michael Helms, her grand-daughters Janna Coleman, Mariah Coleman, Addie...
