OBITUARIES
Gladys Mae Chapman
Apr 20, 2021
Gladys Chapman, 87, of Hurdle Mills, NC passed away on April 20, 2021. She was born in Gastonia, NC. Gladys leaves behind daughters Michelle McCormick (Jim) of the home, Sherry Combs (Mike) of Efland and son Lamar Chapman (Amanda) of Hillsborough. Gladys also leaves behind two daughters-in-law Darlene Chapman of Hillsborough and Cathy Andrews of Roxboro. Mrs. Chapman is...
William Emil Moldovan
Apr 18, 2021
William Emil “Bill” Moldovan, 83, of Pittsboro NC, passed away at home Sunday April 18th. His loving wife of 56 years, Donna, was by his side. Bill was born in Fayette County Pennsylvania on March 19, 1938 to the late Emil and Lenora Moldovan. It was in Pittsburgh that he met Donna, the love of his life. They started...
Frank Aloysius Loda
Apr 14, 2021
Chapel Hill – Dr. Frank Aloysius Loda, 86, died at his home Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Dr. Loda was born in Texarkana, AR, on December 7, 1934 to the late Frank Sellmeyer and Muriel Kline Loda. He was educated in the Texarkana schools and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University, Class of 1956, where he was a member...
Mary Wilroy Charles
Apr 13, 2021
On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Mary Wilroy Charles of Chapel Hill/Carrboro NC passed away at age 70. Mary was born in Memphis TN July 29, 1950, to Thomas Lake and Helen Sandifer Wilroy of Hernando MS. Mary graduated from high school in Jackson, MS, and attended the University of Mississippi in Oxford MS. She married Hal Cecil Charles in...
Jordan Marshall Smith
Apr 12, 2021
Jordan Marshall Smith, PhD, son of the late Margaret Maxwell and Marshall Smith, died at his home in Chapel Hill on Monday, April 12, 2021. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2021, at 2 pm in Walker's Funeral Home Chapel, 120 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill. Jordan is survived by his son, Christopher J. Smith...
Margaret Antle
Apr 11, 2021
Margaret Ellen Mentzer Antle of Durham passed away on April 11th at the age of 84. Mrs. Antle was married for 55 years to the love of her life, the late Charles C. Antle, Jr. She is survived by her four children, David Antle of Durham and his husband Andy Smith, Karen Antle of Chapel Hill, Chuck Antle of...
Linda Lee Kaufman
Apr 11, 2021
Chapel Hill - Ms. Linda Lee Kaufman, daughter of the late Karl and Florence Kaufman, died Saturday at UNC Hospitals, Hillsborough Campus. A graveside service will be held on Friday, April 23, 2021 at 11:00am, at Shepherd Memorial Park in Hendersonville, NC. A full obituary is forthcoming. The Kaufman family is under the care of Walker's Funeral Home of...
Eva Kennedy
Apr 11, 2021
Eva Faw Kennedy, 97, of Hillsborough went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, April 11, 2021 in her home surrounded by family. She was born June 6, 1923, in Ashe County, to Robert Avery and Jean Turner Faw. Eva graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1940 and attended Woman’s College in Greensboro. On March...
Helen Virginia Mitchem
Apr 8, 2021
On Thursday, April 8, 2021 our Mother completed her journey here on this earth 50 years to the day after our Father, Noble Gene Mitchem, passed after returning home from the Vietnam War in a single car accident in El Cajon, California, leaving her to raise 6 children by herself, with the help of many friends and family. She...
John Walter Cartwright, Jr.
Apr 6, 2021
John Walter Cartwright Jr. February 21, 1947 - April 6, 2021 John Cartwright died Tuesday, April 6, at age 74 after a 12-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. He was born in Elizabeth City, NC to John Walter Cartwright (Jack) and Edna Crawley Cartwright. He grew up in Raleigh and Durham, graduating from high school in Clinton, NC. He...
Hin Pow
Apr 6, 2021
Mrs. Hin Pow, 59, wife of Wee Shwe, died Tuesday afternoon at her home in Carrboro. A graveside service was held on Saturday, April 10, at 10:00 a.m. at Westwood Cemetery, Carrboro. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home on Friday, April 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The Pow family is under the care of...
Helen Gravette
Apr 3, 2021
Helen Elizabeth Hornbuckle Gravette peacefully passed away on April 3. 2021 at her home in Wilkesboro at age 93. Helen was born August 25, 1927 in Hillsborough to Paul Jacob Hornbuckle and Pansy Freeland Hornbuckle. Helen spent much of her early years with her grandparents Irving and Minnie Freeland and her aunts and uncles who treated her like a...
Dixie Lee Boney Soo
Mar 29, 2021
Dixie Lee Boney Soo died on Monday, March 29, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham. She was 87 years old. Born in Clinton, N.C., to the late Landron and Jessie Boney, Dixie was quiet and determined. Dixie decided as a teenager that she would be a doctor. Told by her mother to study typing in her senior year, Dixie...
Chun Lian Wang
Mar 29, 2021
Chun Lian Wang, age 76, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021. Chun Lian Wang was born on 22 Dec,1944 to the late Ji Yun Wang and Gui Ying Wang. She lovingly raised her two children and was devoted to her husband, her extended families, and the communities she lived in. She held various leadership positions in her career...
William Mack Daniels
Mar 26, 2021
William Mack Daniels, 79, of Graham, passed away at Alamance Regional Medical Center on Friday, March 26, 2021 at 2:55pm. He was the husband of Lamai Siriwilai Daniels who survives and the son of Mr. Clyde Daniels and Mildred Anne Connell Frederick, both deceased. He was a member of Crosslink Community Church in Mebane and retired from United States...
Theodore Richard Oldenburg
Mar 25, 2021
Dr. Theodore Richard Oldenburg of Chapel Hill died suddenly on March 25, 2021 in Chapel Hill. Born in Muskegon, Michigan to the late Theodore Oldenburg and Frederika VanderWeiden Oldenburg. He grew up in Signal Mountain, TN, and entered Davidson College in 1950, entering the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Dentistry in 1953. Following graduation he entered...
Jennifer Irene White
Mar 24, 2021
Chapel Hill - Ms. Jennifer Irene White, 64, died peacefully at her home on March 24, 2021. Ms. White was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to the late James Ruston and Helen Lyng White. She is survived by her brother, John N. White of Chapel Hill. Jennifer's wishes were to be cremated and interred with her parents in New Garden...
Vivian Ann Dodson
Mar 21, 2021
Vivian "Ann" Dodson passed away at the age of 60 on March 21, 2021 at AuthoraCare Hospice in Burlington, North Carolina. She courageously battled chronic medical issues from the age of 29 while facing life's challenges with a smile. Despite all of her health issues, Ann stayed strong to the very end full of love, joy, peace, and laughter....
Helen Davis
Mar 21, 2021
Helen Gates Berry Davis, age 94, passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2021. Helen was born on July 20, 1926 to the late W.P. Gates and Josephine Parker Gates. She lovingly raised her five children and was devoted to her church. Cooking for her family and friends was her witness and ministry. She enjoyed reading good books and her...
