OBITUARIES
Rafail Furer
Feb 22, 2020
Mr. Rafail Lvovich Furer, a resident of Chapel Hill passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at the age of 90 years old. A visitation will be held at Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 from 4:00PM - 6:00PM. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Furer family.
Bruce Clinton Ladd, Jr.
Feb 18, 2020
Bruce Clinton Ladd, Jr., 84, a journalist, author, government official and corporate officer, died February 18, 2020 at his Carolina Meadows home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from a toxic mix of heart disease, diabetes and multiple myeloma. **PLEASE NOTE THE MEMORIAL SERVICE AT CAROLINA MEADOWS HAS BEEN POSTPONED** Born four minutes after his twin brother, Barton Dyer Ladd,...
Joyce Ward
Feb 15, 2020
Joyce Boone Ward of Carrboro, passed away February 15, 2020 at UNC Hospice after a brief illness. She was born on August 13, 1930 in Chapel Hill, and was a lifelong resident of Carrboro. Joyce retired from the UNC Phone Company and BellSouth after 42 years of service. Joyce is survived by her son Scott of Carrboro, niece Suzanne...
Joyce Luxton
Feb 14, 2020
Joyce Anna Clark Luxton, 89, passed away on Feb. 14, 2020 at her residence at Brookdale Assisted Living in Chapel Hill, where she was also receiving hospice care. Joyce grew up in Carrboro and was 1 of 10 children of the late John Walter and Daisey Ivey Clark. She graduated from Chapel Hill High School and resided in Orange...
James Frederick Kaiser
Feb 13, 2020
Dr. James Kaiser died Thursday, Feb 13, 2020 following a brief illness. He was 90 years old. Dr. Kaiser is survived by his wife of 65 years, Margo; his children (June, Alan, David, Linda); grandchildren and his brother Dale. He was preceded in death by his brother John. Dr. Kaiser was born in 1929 in Piqua, Ohio. He attended...
Francis Franklin
Feb 13, 2020
Mr. Francis Ira Franklin, 81, died Thursday, February 13, 2020, in Carver Living Center, Durham, NC. He was born in Virginia and attended the Virginia schools. He worked in the shipyard in Norfolk, VA. and later for Stratter and Richmond and the Nello Teer Co., Durham. Surviving are five daughters: Francine Allen, Virginia Merritt, Mattie Howell, Alicia Utsman, and...
Philip Ezell, Jr.
Feb 8, 2020
On the evening of February 8th, 2020, the loving hand of God reached down and took a very special angel home, Phililp Lee Ezell, Jr. From an early age he learned hard work and strong family values, which he shared with his loved ones. Some called him son, brother, uncle, grandson, nephew and best friend, but no matter the...
Sarah Stewart
Feb 4, 2020
Sarah Rood Stewart died Tuesday, February 4 after suffering from dementia for many years. She was 77. Sarah was born in Athens, Ohio to Robert and Kathryn Rood. Her family moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1953 and Sarah was a graduate of the East High Class of 1960. She attended the Ohio State University and after graduating, she moved...
Mary Price
Feb 4, 2020
Chapel Hill's love affair with Mary Jane Price ended on February 3rd, 2020, as she passed away peacefully at the Dubose Center in Chapel Hill at the age of 83. Mary Jane lived her life as if she were in a hurry to make as many friends as possible. Fiercely supportive of her sons, Tripp and Ken, and her...
Norman Murray
Feb 2, 2020
Norman Earl Murray, 82 of Durham passed away in Durham on February 2, 2020. Mr. Murray was a member of the U.S. Army and he loved to sing and perform with friends and colleagues. Norman was born to Gattis Herbert Murray and Mittie Mabel Simpson. He is survived by his wife and best friend: Lou Hunt Murray; Sisters: Janet...
Delois Jones
Feb 1, 2020
DeLois Jean Jones died Saturday, February,1st at the ICU Burn Center at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. She is survived by her sister, Joyce Jones Smith of Burnet, Texas, and Waldo Clyde Jones, Richmond, VA., and her son Madison, of Columbia, SC. The Family plans a private Memorial Service for her as soon as arrangements are completed. Memorials may...
Robert Mason
Jan 31, 2020
Robert “Bob” Grant Mason died on January 31, 2020 in Durham, NC due to complications following pneumonia. He was 91 years old. Mr. Mason was born in 1929 in New Jersey. He graduated from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey in 1946. He graduated from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science in...
Thomas Murray Isley
Jan 30, 2020
Liberty, NC – Thomas (Thom) Murray Isley passed away to his heavenly home on January 30, 2020, with his family by his side. Mr. Isley is survived by his wife of 43 years, Rena Maness Isley of the home and the son of the late William “Bill” Jackson Isley and Betty Jean Nicholson Isley. Mr. Isley was a former...
Edith Johnson
Jan 30, 2020
Mrs. Edith K. Johnson, a resident of Durham, North Carolina passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at the age a 78. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough is assisting the Johnson family.
Mary Robinson
Jan 30, 2020
Mary Alice Lloyd Robinson passed away suddenly at her home on Thursday, January 30th 2020. Mary Alice was born on May 13, 1932 and was raised in the Turner Strudwick house in downtown Hillsborough, NC and spent her entire life in Hillsborough. Most of it on the same block on which she was born. Mary Alice was born to...
Erline Terrell
Jan 30, 2020
Mrs. Erline Harrison Terrell of Hillsborough, NC, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at the age of ninety-five. She passed away at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born on March 30, 1924, to the late Claude and Ada Harrison in Atalla, Alabama. She was preceded in death...
Pearl Daisy Edwards
Jan 27, 2020
Pearl Daisy Shanklin Edwards, 95 of Efland passed away on January 27, 2020. Pearl was a member of the Quarter Century Club at Dixie Yarns and a lifetime member of Lebanon United Methodist Church in Efland. She was preceded in death by her parents, Murdock and Lula Shanklin; husband, Alexander G. Edwards; brother, Willie Shanklin; brother in law, Hubert...
Gina Carroll
Jan 26, 2020
Gina Lynn Carroll, 51, left a crater in the hearts of many when she departed this world Sunday morning, January 26, 2020 at her home in Graham, North Carolina. Through this grief, let us take some time to honor this once bright light that has faded too soon. Gina was born at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill and graduated...
Jane Parr
Jan 26, 2020
Jane Bolstad Parr died with grace at Carolina Meadows on January 26, 2020 at the age of 97. Born in New London, Minnesota in 1922, she met her husband, Robert G Parr (d. 2017) at the University of Minnesota when they were graduate students. They successfully navigated 72 years of marriage, living in Pittsburgh and Baltimore before choosing Chapel...
Samuel Borland
Jan 24, 2020
Samuel W. Borland, Sr., 94, of Cedar Grove, passed away in the comfort of his home Friday, January 24, 2020, following a brief illness. Sam was preceded in death by his wife, Gertrude Parker Borland, as well as his parents, Wallace and Mary Boland, brothers, Hughes Boland and John Boland and great-granddaughter, Christy Brown Johnson. During WWII, he proudly...
