OBITUARIES
Charles Brister Turner
Sep 19, 2021
Charles Brister Turner was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 2, 1958, the beloved son of Dr. John Brister Turner and Marian Wilson Turner. Upon finishing elementary school in Cleveland, he attended middle school at Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, New Hampshire. His interest in photography began in his teens. As a student at Chapel Hill High School, he...
Tony Cheek
Sep 18, 2021
Tony Cheek, 71, passed away at Duke Hospital Saturday from Covid. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Carolyn Taylor, and his children Ginger Dunlap (Bill) and Todd Cheek aoo of Hillsborough. He has three grandchildren, Kendal, Kaeleigh and Jessica, and three great grandchildren Easton, Emmy and his little ray of sunshine Kynleigh. He retired from Craftique...
Betsy Latta Walker
Sep 14, 2021
Betsy Latta Walker, of Caldwell, passed away on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. She was 92. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Thomas Walker, and her brother Sam Latta. She is survived by her children, Mike, Jackie, Sarah, Russ and Amy; her grandchildren, great grandchildren, cousins, nieces and nephews. There will be a celebration of praise and...
Sue Carol Gommer
Sep 13, 2021
Sue Carol Gommer, 77, died at home with family on September 13, 2021 in Cedar Grove, NC. She is predeceased by her parents, Frederick Burley and Edith “Vicki” Burley, and her brother Paul Burley. Sue is survived by her three children, David Gommer (Tampa, FL), Jennifer Gommer and Megan Gommer, both of Cedar Grove, NC, her grandson Chase, her...
Gary Peterson, Md
Sep 9, 2021
After a prolonged illness, Dr. Gary Peterson lost the battle with idiopathic pulmonary disease on September 9, 2021 at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Born in Lumberton, NC on April 22,1945, at the age of 6, his family moved to Ormond Beach, Florida where Gary’s famil owned Peterson’s Hat Shop in Daytona Beach. He attended Corbin Avenue...
Betty Ward Brittain
Sep 8, 2021
Betty Ward (Sparrow) Brittain, age 94, passed away peacefully September 8, 2021, at her Carolina Meadows residence in Chapel Hill, NC. She is survived by her son, Greg Brittain, her brother Sid Sparrow and his wife, Rosalie, of Needham, MA and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, John T. Brittain, a long-time employee...
Margarette Ann Dansby
Sep 8, 2021
Margarette (Ann) Dansby 1933-2021 Chapel Hill, NC Ann Dansby passed away peacefully at Chatham Ridge Assisted Living after an extended illness. Ann was raised on a small farm in Monroe, NC and made her way to Chapel Hill in the mid 60’s with her husband (of 63 years) “Buddy” Dansby. While her primary job was raising three children, she...
Suzi Roberts Johnson
Sep 6, 2021
Suzi Roberts Johnson passed away on September 6, 2021, in Durham NC. She was born on September 26, 1944 to the late Samuel Clay and Eva Hoppers Roberts. She is survived by her brothers Sam Roberts (June) and David (Martha) and her sister Martha Roberts. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins. Suzi was a graduate...
Betty Baughman Carr
Sep 6, 2021
Betty Baughman Carr of Hillsborough passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021, following a brief illness. Betty was born September 16, 1941 in Tupelo, Mississippi to the late Earle and Louise May Baughman. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Master’s Degree in Social Work, after which she worked alongside pediatric psychiatrists, helping assess children with various...
Glen Alan Herbowy
Sep 5, 2021
Mr. Glen Alan Herbowy, age 62, passed away at Person Memorial Hospital on September 5, 2021. Glen was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on December 13, 1958 to Hank and Gloria Shields Herbowy. He worked as a truck driver for Brenntag as well as the music industry with many famous celebrities for many years. Glen was a loving husband to...
Jewel Lloyd Crawford
Sep 5, 2021
Jewel Lloyd Crawford, 94, of Hillsborough, NC, went to her heavenly home on September 5, 2021. Jewel was born November 30, 1926 in Mebane, NC, to George T. and Phoebe Stone Lynch. Graduating from Mebane High School as class valedictorian, she completed her education at Burlington Business College. Beginning her business career with White Furniture Company in Mebane, she...
Frances Coleman
Sep 4, 2021
Frances Wilson Woods Coleman, 104, of Schley Community, Orange County, North Carolina, passed into eternity on September 4, 2021, in Hillsborough, N C. She was born March 4, 1917 to Charles Nelson Woods and Aurelia Wilson Woods of Orange County, North Carolina. She attended a two room schoolhouse in the Schley community with her siblings. In 1936, Frances married...
Ann Elizabeth Barker
Sep 2, 2021
Ann Elizabeth Barker of Mebane, North Carolina was born on July 18, 1945, in Biddeford, Maine. Ann went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on September 2, 2021. Ann was the eldest of 10 children born to Richard and Marie Barker. Ann attended Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine and graduated from Old Orchard Beach High School....
Frank Patterson
Sep 1, 2021
Frank Leslie Patterson Jr. passed into heaven in Durham, North Carolina on September 1, 2021 at the age of was 92. Born in Durham, April 29, 1929, he was the only son of Frank Leslie Patterson Sr. and Novie Hamlet Patterson who predeceased him. He was also predeceased by Clara Estelle Howard Patterson, his beloved Peg, to whom he...
Charles P Loveland
Aug 31, 2021
Charles “Charlie” Price Loveland, 76, of Kernersville, passed away peacefully on August 31, 2021 in Hillsborough, NC surrounded by his family. Charlie was born in Lake Wales, Florida to the late Josephine Price Nichols and the late Charles Welling Loveland. He grew up in Shelby, North Carolina with his sister, Jo Lee and many pets. He was particularly fond...
Frederick Nelson Young
Aug 30, 2021
Frederick Nelson Young, 58, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina died on Monday, August 30, at UNC Memorial Hospital. He was born at the same hospital on November 4, 1962, to Frederick and Kathie Whitt Young. He graduated from Chapel Hill High in 1981 and attended UNC-Chapel Hill studying Computer Science. As a young man Fred worked around Chapel Hill...
Helen Hogan Yates
Aug 29, 2021
Helen Hogan Yates was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She passed away on August 29, 2021 at the age of 83 after a courageous battle with cancer. Her memory will live on in the joy for life and love for others that she modeled for all who knew her. Helen was born to Annie Mae and...
William Louis Diggs
Aug 29, 2021
William Louis Diggs (Will), aged 65, went home to be with his Lord on August 29, 2021. He was the son of the late Jim and Norma Diggs. Will was a loving husband to his wife, Catherine Jean Diggs, and is survived by three brothers and their wives, James Henry Diggs III (Jo Anne), John Charles Diggs (Barbara Reeves),...
Needham Price Layton
Aug 28, 2021
Mr. Needham P. Layton, 91, of Mebane, passed away at his home surrounded by his daughters on Saturday, August 28, 2021. He was born in Durham County on August 29, 1930 to the late Austin H. Layton and Mary Douglas Layton, both deceased. Mr. Layton was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of the First...
Essell R. Womble
Aug 27, 2021
Mr. Essell Roland Womble, 84 of Chapel Hill, NC passed away at Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro, NC on Friday August 27, 2021. A native of Chapel Hill NC, Mr. Womble was the husband of Martha Womble, his loving wife of 60 years. The son of the late Roland and Mildred Womble, he was born and...
