OBITUARIES
Marie Butler
Jun 21, 2022
Marie Butler was born September 27, 1931 and passed away peacefully on June 21, 2022 the most beautiful, sunny warm day, her kind of day. Marie was a homemaker for most of her life, planting gardens, canning food from the garden and always having a home cooked meal each night for her family. Her family loved her home made...
Kay Hilton Long
Jun 20, 2022
Kay Hilton Long, age 81, died on June 20, 2022 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Ms. Long was born on November 24, 1940 in Union County, North Carolina to the late Linda Fry Hilton and Willie Wriston Hilton. She graduated High School from Benton Heights in Monroe and attended Queens College in Charlotte. Ms. Long spent most of her...
Gerardo Heiss
Jun 11, 2022
Dr. Gerardo Heiss passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at the age of 80 years old. Arrangements are incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Heiss family.
Kenneth Lynn Yoder
Jun 11, 2022
Kenneth L. Yoder 74, of Hillsborough passed away June 11, 2022. He was born August 16, 1947 to Millard and Lillian Yoder of Friedens, PA. Mr. Yoder served in the Army 6 years, after that he worked for Somerset Lumber. He moved to North Carolina in 1984 where he found employment at Orange County public works where he retired...
Druscilla Rosita Guthrie
Jun 10, 2022
Druscilla “Dru” Rosita Clayton Guthrie, age 77, of Hillsborough went home to be with her Savior on June 10, 2022, after a period of illness. She was born in Hillsborough, NC to Rainey Baines Clayton and Alcy Mae Johnson Clayton. She attended Hillsboro High School and Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC. She married Don Guthrie in 1967 and...
Rebecca Suzanne Smith
Jun 8, 2022
Rebecca “Suzanne” McAdams Smith, 57, of Randleman, NC, went to be with her heavenly father on June 8th, 2022, at her son’s residence surrounded by her loving family. A native of Orange County, she was the daughter of Billie T. Wagner and Larry McAdams, both decreased. Suzanne was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and a Friend to so...
Virginia Gravette Wilkerson
Jun 7, 2022
Mrs. Virginia Gravette Wilkerson, 98, of Hillsborough passed away peacefully on June 7, 2022 at her home while surrounded by family. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Charlie Maynard Wilkerson, Sr.; her parents, Tennie and Rosalee Gravette; her brothers, Herman Gravette and Lewis Gravette (Helen); her grandson, Josh Williams; and her daughter-in-law, Shawn Wilkerson....
Thomas Alexander Young
Jun 5, 2022
Thomas Alexander Young passed away after a long illness at his Spring Glen Retirement Community on June 5, 2022 at the age of 61. Thomas was born on October 4, 1961 in Beacon, New York. His mother is Katherine Curtin Young of Hillsborough, N.C. and his father is Robert Young of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Thomas leaves behind his beloved...
Gilbert Henry Godfrey, Jr.
Jun 5, 2022
Gilbert Henry Godfrey Jr, ,41, of Hillsborough, Passed away June 5th. JR was born at UNC Chapel Hill. JR never knew a stranger; had many friends who became family, and will be missed by all. He is survived by his chosen mom Candace Wood of Efland NC. His two daughters Shayna and Shianne, niece and nephews Virginia Smith,Johnathan Godfrey,Rita...
Robert Manly Harris
Jun 4, 2022
Robert Manly Harris, aka R. Buckle, 57, passed away peacefully in his home on June 4, 2022, surrounded by his family who adored him. Robert was born on October 19, 1964 in Durham, NC to the late Benjamin, “Benny”, and Anne Harris. He graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1983 and went on to run a successful landscaping...
James Irving Calhoun
Jun 3, 2022
James I. Calhoun, age 78, died on June 3, 2022 at home. Jim was born in 1944 in Delaware to the late Irving and Mazie Calhoun and was married to Patricia O’Hearn for 56 Years. Jim went to Dover High School, attended the University of Delawareon a baseball scholarship, and served in the U.S. Army Reserves, all in the...
Roy Lee Mathis
Jun 2, 2022
Roy Lee Mathis died on June 2, 2022, at the Brookshire Nursing Center in Hillsborough, NC, due to a brief illness. He was 74. Mr. Mathis was born on March 4, 1948, in Durham, NC, to his parents, Herman and Ruth Mathis. He graduated from Southern High School, and, in 1968, he entered the Air Force and was stationed...
Jacob Kay Carr
Jun 1, 2022
Jacob passed peacefully surrounded by his daughters Delilah and Kiera and her husband Ryan, brother Josh, and his mother and father Anna and Fred Carr in Pittsboro, North Carolina at 8pm on Wednesday, June 1st, 2022. Many of Jacob’s early years were spent as an active participant of the North Carolina Theatre. His love for theatrics continued into adulthood...
James Edwin Daughtrey
May 30, 2022
James Edwin Daughtrey, age 84, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on May 30, 2022. He passed away suddenly at his home in Mebane. He was born in Poughkeepsie, NY to the late Vernon Daughtrey and Daisy Adams Daughtrey. He was married for 60 years to his wife, Eileen, who survives. He was predeceased by his...
Helen Wall Crumpler
May 30, 2022
Helen Wall Crumpler, 92, of Hillsborough North Carolina, fondly known to many as “Honey”, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on Monday May 30th, 2022 at her home surrounded by family. Helen was born August 23, 1929, to the late Adolphus Wall and Ruth Barber Wall Blackmon in Wilson NC. She was predeceased by her husband, Clem W....
Carol Morde Ross
May 26, 2022
Ross, Carol, 79, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away on May 26, 2022. Service arrangements are pending.
James Brien Dailey
May 25, 2022
In the early morning hours of May 24, 2022, James Brien Dailey left this plane of existence. He was in the home he had built for his family, with his wife and greatest love, Janiene, his son Tom, and an entourage of rescued animals. Jim Dailey was born in Erie, PA in 1948 to Annabel and James. He spoke...
Beverly L. Gackenbach
May 24, 2022
Beverly L. Gackenbach, age 84, passed away on May 24, 2022 in Chapel Hill NC. She was born in Philadelphia in 1938 and married her beloved husband C. Robert Gackenbach in 1959. She met Bob, who survives her, while taking evening classes at the University of Pennsylvania. Beverly and Bob lived in Philadelphia their entire working lives before retiring...
Arthur Donell Tapp
May 23, 2022
Arthur Donell Tapp, 85, the son of the late Roy Tapp Sr. and Lorena Evans Tapp died on Monday, May 23, 2022 at home in Burlington. Arthur is survived by his daughters Penny Parker, Teresa Coble, Beverly Tapp, and LaDeritca Littles and one son Tarrison Tapp. Services for Arthur are as follows: Viewing 12:30 – 1:00 pm Funeral 1:00...
