OBITUARIES
Ruth Eleanor Snyder
Jan 22, 2023
On Sunday, January 22, 2023, Ruth Eleanor Snyder, a treasured daughter, sister and aunt, passed away at her home in Chapel Hill from complications following a short illness. She was 55 years-old.
“Roo”, as she was affectionately called by her family, was born on September 17, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland to...
Charles Harvey Harrison
Jan 22, 2023
Charles Harvey "Chuck" Harrison passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at Duke University Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete. A full obituary will be posted when available. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Harrison family.
Charles Franklin Guthrie
Jan 21, 2023
Charles Guthrie, 76, of Hillsborough, NC passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, at Duke Medical Center on Saturday, January 21, 2023. His passing came following complications from a fall at his home on December 29, 2022. He was born in Alamance County on the 13th of April in 1946 to Willie Lee and Margaret Vincent Guthrie. He served...
Judith Ann Martin Culbreth
Jan 19, 2023
Judith Martin Culbreth, 78, of Graham, North Carolina passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2023 after battling a short illness. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 4, 1944 and she grew up in Newton, North Carolina.
She graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in Elementary Education. Judy was a long...
John W. Hammond
Jan 15, 2023
John (Jack) Hammond, 85, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away on January 15, 2023, after a brief illness. He was the loving husband of 53 years to Sally (MacDonald) Hammond, devoted father to Alison McMahon (Jay) of Midlothian, VA, and Ashley Clarke (Hamish) of Chapel Hill, NC. One of Jack’s most treasured roles was grandfather to Alina and Luke...
Laura Love Mayo Warren
Jan 15, 2023
Laura passed away in the presence of all her children on January 15, 2023 at the age of 102. She was born June 11, 1920 in Whortonsville, NC, the only child of Ralph Emerson Mayo and Ruth Whorton Mayo. She was predeceased by her parents and her spouse of 76 years, Charles Warren who passed away in 2018. She...
Louise Drogos
Jan 14, 2023
Louise Drogos died peacefully on January 14th, 2023 with family at her side. She was 101 years old. Louise was a farm girl, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on December 5, 1921 to Richard William Hux and Masie Elouise Goers. She was the second oldest of 7 children. Louise graduated from Speed High School and then, in 1943,...
Mary Enfield Stark
Jan 13, 2023
Mary Enfield Stark passed from this life peacefully on Friday, January 13, 2023. Born in Maxwell, Iowa in 1927, Mary Jean Enfield married her high school sweetheart, Donald Gerald “Don” Stark, and they remained devoted to each other throughout their 77 year marriage.
Mary always had an interest in music and...
George Robert Hoag
Jan 11, 2023
George Robert Hoag, husband of 65 years to Rosemary Shepard Hoag, and Papa to Brigid, Gretchen, and Lucy, died on January 11, 2023. He was 87. George was born in Dallas, Texas, but after attending Loyola University and Tulane University in New Orleans, he became a New Orleanian at heart. The family moved to Chapel Hill, NC in 1983....
Jimmie Allen Sigmon
Jan 10, 2023
Jimmie Allen Sigmon was born February 26th, 1938 to John Troy Sigmon & Addie Mace Sigmon and was one of ten siblings. He was lovingly married to Carrie Sigmon on February 22nd, 1959 and were together for 56 years before Carrie passed. Jimmie worked at White’s Furniture Company before retiring, and had two children, Cindy & James.
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Ronald Dee Schaugaard
Jan 9, 2023
On January 9, 2023, our father passed away at home surrounded by his family after a brief decline in health, he was 88 years old. He is survived by many loving family members, including his daughters, Leslie Campbell (Ron), Kristen Schaugaard-Green (Stephen), Collette Brown (Len) and Biz Schaugaard (Gov Landrum), his grandchildren Maddie and Nate Wilshire, Davis and Walker...
Sally C Vilas
Jan 8, 2023
Sally Couch Vilas died on January 8, 2023 in Chapel Hill, NC. She was 91. Born February 4, 1931 to Else Ruprecht Couch and John Nathaniel Couch, Sally grew up in Chapel Hill. She is predeceased by her husband Harry Gooder, her parents, and her brother John Philip Couch.
Sally attended Salem Academy and maintained...
Bruce Floyd Ray
Jan 7, 2023
Bruce F. Ray (Buddy), passed away on January 7, 2023 after a courageous battle with lung cancer, in the home he built surrounded by his wife of more than 52 years and his family who loved him greatly. Born on June 21, 1949 in Orange County, NC and better known as Buddy, he built his life on his family’s...
Calvina Quinn
Jan 7, 2023
Calvina (ne Gibson) Quinn, 87, passed away in the excellent care of the Hoch Pavillion, Duke Hospice in Durham, North Carolina on January 7, 2023. She was born and raised in Elk Valley, Tennessee in the beautiful Cumberland Gap. At 17, she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio with her sister, Sharon to go to work, they thenmoved to Detroit, Michigan...
Gordon Thomas "Tom" Cook
Jan 5, 2023
Gordon Thomas “Tom” Cook from Carrboro, N.C. was born on September 22, 1953 to Herman and Theresa Cook in Newport, Rhode Island. He died on January 5, 2023 due to complications following esophageal cancer. He was 69.
Gordon graduated from high school in Tiverton, RI in 1971 and went on to...
Ronald Earl Jones
Jan 2, 2023
Ronald Earl Jones, best known as “Ronnie” to his friends and family, passed away on Jan. 2nd, 2023. He was 75.
One of four brothers, Ronnie was born on Aug. 12th, 1947, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to William Jackson Jones and Celia Elizabeth Parker. Ronnie’s childhood was enriched by the many residents of Edgecombe...
Gregory Lee Perry
Jan 1, 2023
Gregory Lee Perry 54 of Roxboro passed peacefully on January 1, 2023. Greg loved life, his family and friends fiercely. The last six months he found true love with Martha Allen. His drive for life was to help people in his personal and professional life. To know him was a blessing and he made sure that you were taken...
Kathryn Eileen Jefferson
Dec 31, 2022
Kathryn Eileen Jefferson, 95, of Mebane, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2022 at her home. Known to all as Eileen, she was born October 20, 1927 in Triadelphia, West Virginia to the late George and Hattie Kummers. On August 19, 1950, in Wheeling, she married the love of her life, George K. Jefferson, with whom she was blessed to...
