Local obituaries for Walker's Funeral Home

Jan 4, 2025

Chapel Hill, NC: Sara Machelle Biggers, 63, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 4, 2025, at the State Employees Credit Union (SECU) Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice Home of UNC in Pittsboro, NC. She was born in Chapel Hill, NC, and was the daughter of the late Dr. W. Paul Biggers and Joyce W. Biggers.

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Jan 3, 2025

Due to the impending predicted weather this weekend. John's Celebration of Life was postponed, and rescheduled for Saturday, January 25, 2025, please see below for full details.

John Walter Yow, age 88, passed to his eternal home on January 3, 2025. John was born on April 29,...

Jan 1, 2025

Teresa (Teri) Whittle Baker (62 years of age) of Hillsborough, NC, passed away on January 1, 2025, at Hospice Care UNC Medical Center in Pittsboro, NC. Teri was born on May 9, 1962, in Albany, GA to Billy R. Whittle and Gerry Whittle Davis of Aberdeen, NC.

Teri grew up in...

Dec 29, 2024

Barbara Ann Loda, 84, of Chapel Hill, NC passed away on Sunday, December 29. Born on April 15, 1940 in Crawfordsville, Indiana to the late Luke White and Margaret Zechiel White, Barbara grew up in Covington, Indiana and moved south to attend college at Vanderbilt University. She enjoyed a semester abroad in Aix-En-Provence, France, where she was, per her...

Dec 26, 2024

Francis J. Meyer, Ph.D - Fran, to the many who knew and loved him - passed away peacefully on the morning of December 26, 2024.

Fran was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was a proud graduate of Jesuit High School and Loyola University New Orleans. He intended to pursue a...

Dec 23, 2024

Carolyn Covington Roberts Schuft passed away on the morning of December 23, 2024, at the age of 82 after a sudden and brief illness. She is survived by her daughter Stephanie Schuft, her granddaughter T’Kiyah Reeves, and her grandson Niko Reeves. Some of her greatest joys came from being a mother and grandmother. Throughout her life, Carolyn lived all across...

Dec 23, 2024

Billy Terry (1940-2024)

Billy was born on May 11, 1940, in Chatham County, North Carolina. Billy was one of eight siblings, from oldest to youngest, Juanita, Johnny, Lonnie, Wayne, Francis, twin sister Barbara and Tommy. He met his wife Doris and married at twenty-four. They loved antiquing and traveling together. He also loved to restore...

Dec 23, 2024

Philip “Phil” Howard Page of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died unexpectedly Monday, December 23, 2024. Phil was born on August 17, 1967 in Johnson City, New York, to Howard Loomis Page and Carol Annetta (Wharton) Page.

In 1979 the family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. Phil received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University...

Dec 20, 2024

Gail Daun Jacobsen

June 15, 1944 – December 20, 2024

Gail Daun Jacobsen passed away December 20, 2024, at Duke University Medical Center. Gail’s journey began in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she was born to John “Jack” Delos Daun and Karen Midtling Daun and spent her childhood. After...

Dec 14, 2024

Frank Galick passed away on December 14, 2024, at Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill, NC. Frank was born on December 22, 1931, in Fort Ann, NY and was the son of Frank and Doris Parrish Galick. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Jeanne Hunter Galick, daughter Holly Bonsignore and her husband William, sisters Kathe Petro and Wanda...

Dec 13, 2024

Margaret Rebecca Liner Clark, age 101, of Hillsborough NC, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2024. Margaret was born on May 21,1923, to Gaines and Lettie Liner of Cedar Grove, NC.

Margaret was predeceased by her husband and soulmate of 62 years, M. Marion Clark, brothers, Ernest Gordon Liner and Daniel...

Dec 13, 2024

Sara was born May 25, 1920, in Columbia, SC, to cabinet maker John Reynolds and homemaker Georgia Hite. The fifth of six children, she grew up in West Palm Beach, FL, in a home built by her father. Sara told stories of their lives during the Great Depression—feeding the family with chickens raised by her mom and fish and...

Dec 13, 2024

Neal King Cheek, loving husband, devoted father, and dear friend to many, passed away at age 82, on December 13, 2024, at Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Neal was born in Asheboro, NC on April 14,1942 to Waldo Clayton Cheek and Evelyn King Cheek. After graduating from Myers Park High School...

Dec 11, 2024

Kim passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2024 surrounded by her loving family, just shy of her 97th birthday. Born in Boston and raised in Pelham, Massachusetts she graduated from Amherst Regional High School. An avid 4H Club member she showcased her many creative talents in art and had plans to one day be involved in set design. She attended...

Dec 11, 2024

Barbara Ann Cummings Reed, 67, of Mebane, NC, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Born on April 24, 1957, in Elkin, NC, she was the daughter of the late Robert James “Bob” Cummings, Sr., and Hazel Mounce Cummings. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Joe I. Reed; her brother, Robert James...

Dec 10, 2024

Clara Craven Allen passed away peacefully at her home in Hillsborough on December 10, 2024. She was surrounded by her family and ushered into the waiting arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Clara was born March 27, 1940, in Efland, NC to parents, Odell and Elsie Craven. A 1958 graduate of Aycock High...

Dec 3, 2024

Kenneth Gordon (Ken) Pauwels passed away on December 3 after a yearlong illness surrounded by his four surviving siblings: his brothers, Michael and Larry, and two sisters Mary Abaray and Catherine Stradtner. Ken was preceded in death by his sister Christine Pauwels and brother Leo.

Ken was born in South Bend, Indiana on April 17,...

Dec 3, 2024

Barbara Moukwa, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes early Tuesday morning, December 3, 2024, at her home in Chapel Hill. She departed this life surrounded by the embrace of Christ.

Barbara was born on July 9, 1958, in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago, to the late...

Dec 2, 2024

Todd Eugene Gotshall passed away Monday, December 2nd at Heroes’ Way at the Durham VA Medical Center.

Todd was born February 19, 1940 to Lloyd and Dorothy (Haines) Gotshall in West Unity, OH.

He graduated from Lima High School.

Served in the U.S. Marine Corp from 1958-1961...

Dec 2, 2024

Robert E. Fernandes, a resident of Mebane, North Carolina, died unexpectedly, following a high-risk surgery, on Monday evening, December 2nd, 2024, at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. His wife, sister and father were there in the hospital.

Robert was born on May 20th, 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario,...