OBITUARIES
Ruth Mary Tatro
Aug 10, 2022
On August 10th, 2022, this world lost a source of kindness & love for everyone, Ruth “Mary” Tatro (66) was known to be a strong, fearless, and loving woman. She lived by Christian example to extend empathy to everyone and never met a stranger she wouldn't help. Our beloved mother, nanny, sister, aunt, and friend is reunited with her...
Ellen Morrow Lightsey
Aug 9, 2022
Ellen Morrow Lightsey November 30, 1935 - August 9, 2022 Ellen Lightsey died on August 9, 2022, from Alzheimer’s Disease, Heart Failure, and Bladder Cancer in Chapel Hill, NC. She was 86. Ellen was born in Sandersville, Mississippi, to parents, William Theodore Lightsey, Sr. and Sarah Lewis Lightsey. Her siblings are Joan Brumfield, Charlie Lightsey (deceased), William Theodore, Jr....
Maurice Moyer Bursey
Aug 7, 2022
Maurice Moyer Bursey
1939 – 2022
Maurice Moyer Bursey, age 83, died on August 7, 2022, at UNC Memorial Hospital (Chapel Hill). Maurice was born on July 27, 1939, in Baltimore, MD, to the late Reginald and Edna Bursey and was married to Joan Tesarek Bursey. Maurice went to Mount St....
Carol Berry
Aug 6, 2022
Carol S. Berry, age 76, of Efland, NC, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at her home. Carol was born on December 4, 1945 and was the daughter of Elmore “Bo” Shambley and Mae McGee Shambley, who both preceded her in death. Carol was a member of Lebanon United Methodist Church in Mebane, NC for nearly 60...
Gennaro "Gene" Joseph Nocerino
Aug 5, 2022
Gennaro Joseph (Gene) Nocerino, 67, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away August 5, 2022 at home in Chapel Hill. Funeral services are private followed by cremation, services provided by Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill. Gene was born in Bronx, NY to Genaro Nocerino and Caroline Ann Miller Nocerino on August 8, 1954. He attended Mount St. Michael Academy...
W. Ronald Brinton
Aug 2, 2022
W. Ronald Brinton, Jr., 76, died peacefully at his home in Port Royal, South Carolina on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.
Born in Downingtown, PA on October 16, 1945, Ron was the son of the late W. Ronald Brinton, Sr., and Janet Marshman Brinton. He graduated from Downingtown High School in 1963...
Dorothy Manning
Aug 2, 2022
Dorothy Manning had a motto: onward and upward. That is how she lived her life. Dorothy Wiprud Manning was born on September 2,1918 in Pierre, SD to Alice Mason Wiprud and Theodore Wiprud. She lived in Midland, SD until her family moved to Frederic, WI in 1929. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota from 1936-1938 when she transferred to...
Robert Wynn Cornwell
Jul 29, 2022
Robert “Bert” Cornwell was born June 22nd 196_ and met an untimely demise July 29th 2022. He had an infectious smile, great sense of humor and he loved his children and grandchildren. On his first date with the woman who would become his wife, he invited her 5 year old daughter, got her a stuffed elephant and took them...
Robert (Bob) Bruce Gerdeman, Jr.
Jul 28, 2022
Robert (Bob) Bruce Gerdeman Jr. passed away July 28th after a 4 year long battle against cancer in Durham, NC. Bob Gerdeman, known to his loved ones as “Boba”, was born October 9, 1946 to his parents Vallie Holden and Robert B. Gerdeman Sr. Bob was part of the first graduating class of Orange High SchoolL He studied at...
Joyce Hickey
Jul 28, 2022
On July 28th, 2022, Joyce S. Hickey (86) lost her final battle with kidney disease but won the “war”, enjoying life well beyond her diagnosis with composure, compassion, and a great sense of humor. Born in Massachusetts to Ruth Evelyn (1912-2003) and William A. Clem (1912-1996) she attended George Washington High School in Alexandria VA. She married James A....
Edward Wilson Clark
Jul 27, 2022
It is with great sadness that the family of Edward W. Clark announces his passing on July 27,2022 at the age of 96 years. Ed was born in Chapel Hill on September 5, 1925 to the late Eddie F. Clark and Jeppie Pendergrass. He will be remembered by his partner of many years, Barbara Sparrow, his children Lonnie Clark...
Richard Perry
Jul 27, 2022
Richard Perry, 70, of Cedar Grove, passed away Wednesday, July 27th. He is survived by Jackie Walker Perry, Tim and Bonita Perry, nephews and nieces. There is no service planned at this time. Walker’s Funeral Home is Hillsborough is assisting the family.
David Kitzmiller
Jul 26, 2022
David Jennings Kitzmiller passed away July 26, 2022. He was born on New Year’s Day, 1936 in Seth, W.Va to Howard Jennings and Margaret Robertson Kitzmiller. He was the second of four children. He graduated from Dublin High School in southwest Virginia, after which he embarked upon an adventurous period of time, starting with the attendance at Virginia Polytechnic...
Trudy Kale Compton
Jul 25, 2022
Mebane, North Carolina – Trudy Kale Compton, of Mebane, North Carolina, loving and dedicated wife of Thomas Vincent Compton, peacefully entered into eternal rest on Monday, July 25, 2022 surrounded by beloved family. A celebration of her glorious life will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at CrossLink Community Church (3445 Old Hillsborough Road, Mebane,...
Anna Mary Currie
Jul 25, 2022
Anna Mary Currie passed on peacefully in her home in Hillsborough, NC on July 25th, surrounded by her three children. The cause of death was lung cancer. She was 78 years old. Anna was born on August 1, 1943 in New Orleans, LA, and the spirit of the city stayed with her always. Anna sowed kindness everywhere she went,...
Linda Sue Kampel
Jul 23, 2022
Obituary for Linda Sue Kampel The beautiful spirit of Linda Sue Kampel left this earth on July 23, 2022. She was born in 1956 in Milford, DE to Joseph and Jean Moran. She attended St. Edmond's Parochial School, Rehobeth Beach, DE; Spring Grove H.S., PA; Antonelli School of the Arts and Penn State York, PA. Her love of nature...
Kathie Laurette Young
Jul 20, 2022
Kathie Laurette Whitt Young August 11th, 1942 - July 20th, 2022 Kathie Laurette Whitt Young of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away peacefully at UNC Hospital surrounded by friends and family after suffering a stroke. She was preceded in death by her father, Herbert Allen Whitt, her mother, Mary Kathleen Duncan Whitt, and her sons Fredrick Nelson Young III and...
Frances Lee Fortson
Jul 20, 2022
Mebane, NC - Mrs. Frances P. Fortson passed away July 20th in Mebane. She was the wife of Jack Claude Fortson who proceeded her in death. She is survived by daughters Glenda F. Courtney (Ron), Jacqueline F. Lambert (Larry), and sons Phillip D. Fortson (Janene) and Larry D. Fortson (Joanna). In addition, she is survived by 11 grandchildren and...
Jessica Lynn Pelt
Jul 19, 2022
Jessica Lynn Pelt, 41, passed away on July 19, 2022 in Mebane, NC. She is survived by her daughter, Baisha Hailey Pelt, her father, Robert Sydnor, mother Brenda DuBose, and sister, Christina Harrison. Jessica lived a hard life, but she was always trying to get herself into a position to be the best version of herself that she could...
Marjorie (Ann) Efland Gandy
Jul 17, 2022
Marjorie (Ann) Efland Gandy, 90, passed away on July 17, 2022, in Ventura, California. Ann was born in Efland, North Carolina on November 24, 1931, to Madison (Mack) Paul Efland and Mary Estelle Forrest, and was the youngest of 10 children. She graduated from Hillsborough High School in 1949 and Duke University in 1953. After graduation, Ann took a...
