Local obituaries for Walker's Funeral Home

May 11, 2019

Mr. Leon Elmond Johnson, Jr. a resident of Durham passed away quietly at his home on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at the age of 69. After being bedridden for nearly four years he was mostly paralyzed due to his back problems and after a third heart attack in April was too tired to go on. John had friends who...

May 11, 2019

John Billy Sheppard, 82, died Saturday, May 11, 2019. He was a native of Orange County and attended the Orange County schools. He began his career of 43 years with Piedmont Electric. In 1959 he married Linda Sumner. He loved country and gospel music. He belonged to the Picking and Grinning music group from the beginning. He loved NASCAR,...

May 8, 2019

Larry H. Riggsbee Jr, age 62, passed away May 8th, 2019 in Chapel Hill, NC. Born in Chapel Hill, NC, Larry graduated from Chapel Hill High School and attended East Carolina University. After college he moved to Charlotte, where he lived and raised his family for 20 years. He had a natural love for working outdoors and a gift...

Apr 30, 2019

Chapel Hill - Bruce Allen Johnson, died Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at UNC Hospitals. Bruce was born Friday, December 22, 1939 to the late Willie Allen Johnson and Annie Belle Cannada Johnson in the town where he spent his entire life – Chapel Hill. Bruce lived his life with these priorities: work hard and do your best at everything...

Apr 30, 2019

Scotland Neck – Mrs. Imogene “Jean” Crowder, 89, wife of the late Charles Crowder, died Tuesday evening at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital in Tarboro, NC. Mrs. Crowder was born May 31, 1929 in Chapel Hill to the late Bessie and Mack Clark. She was educated in the Chapel Hill schools. For several years she operated child care out of her...

Apr 30, 2019

Mr. James Lanier Davis, Sr., 92, died Tuesday, April 30, at Brookdale Assisted Living in Burlington, NC. Lanier was born in 1926, in Roanoke Rapids, NC. He joined the US Navy after graduating high school and served in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, he attended UNC-Chapel Hill, earning a BA in business administration, but,...

Apr 29, 2019

Melissa Ann Staley, 48 went home to our heavenly Father on Sunday, April 29th, 2019. She reunites with her mother, Linda Laws Parker and Brother Darrell Wayne Staley as well as the love of her life Terry William Jordan. She is greatly missed but not forgotten. She is survived by her oldest son Terry W. Jordan, II and Joshua...

Apr 29, 2019

Mrs. Beverly Ann Harland, age 79, passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Harland family.

Apr 29, 2019

Jerry Huff passed to heaven on Monday, April 29, 2019 (on her 85th birthday), peacefully in her home in Chapel Hill. Jerry was born in Atlanta, GA on April 29, 1934 to the late Helen and Carlton Childress, and attended Decatur Girls High and Georgia State University. Jerry and Charles moved to Chapel Hill in 1997 to be near...

Apr 29, 2019

Sara Jacqueline “Jackie” Minton, of Chapel Hill, NC died in her home surrounded by her family on April 29, 2019. She was preceded in death by her husband, TSgt. William "Bill" Lee Minton. Born June 26, 1933 to Thelma and Jack Long, Jackie is survived by her children, Ken Butler, Bill Minton (Polly Dickson), Steve Minton, Greg Minton (Mishele);...

Apr 27, 2019

Chapel Hill - Mrs. Rachel Joanne Blackwood Gooch, 73, wife of Robert Lee Gooch, died early Saturday morning at UNC Hospitals. Mrs. Gooch was born on February 23, 1946 in Orange County to the late Rachel Nalls and John Blackwood. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 2:00pm at Bethel Baptist Church, 9326 Bethel Hickory...

Apr 27, 2019

Apr 26, 2019

James Kimball King, Professor Emeritus of English, 85, died Friday, April 26, at his home in Chapel Hill. He was the son of the late James and Virginia King of Princeton NJ. King attended the Lawrenceville School, Yale University, and Johns Hopkins University. He received an MA from Wesleyan University in Connecticut while teaching at Fairfield Country Day School...

Apr 23, 2019

Mr. Zachary Scott Cothren, age 30, died on April 23, 2019. Arrangments are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is caring for the Cothren family.

Apr 23, 2019

Mallory Louise Allen, age 33, passed away on April 23, 2019. Arrangements are incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Allen family.

Apr 22, 2019

Mary Lu H. Salmon, 72, wife of the late Donald B. Salmon, passed away Monday, April 22, 2019 in Hillsborough, NC. Born in Ruffsdale, PA, she was the daughter of the late Jay Goodwin Honse, and Helen Gayle Hamel Honse of Greensboro, NC. After high school, she moved from Ruffsdale to North Carolina to attend Guilford College where she...

Apr 19, 2019

Mr. Thomas McEvoy Patterson passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019, Arrangements are incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted to care for the Patterson family.

Apr 19, 2019

Mr. Harry Carlisle Avinger, Jr., a resident of Cary, NC, passed away on April 19, 2019 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill at the age of 72. Harry was born on March 25, 1947 in Orangeburg, SC to the late Harry Carlisle Avinger, Sr. and his dear wife Jane M. Avinger. Harry was married to Jandrelle A. Avinger. They...

Apr 19, 2019

Larry Allan Johnson of Caldwell, born February 11, 1951,died April 19, 2019. Larry was one of 18 children of Virgie Adeline Holder and Robert Battle Johnson. He attended Oak Grove School and was employed at Duke University Lock & Key Shop until retirement in 2009; Larry was a member of the Crappie Fishing Club, Schley Grange #710, and Little...

Apr 19, 2019

WILLIAM MONROE KNIGHT, son of Gray Knight, and Oscar and Kathleen Brewington, was born December 25th, 1939. Monroe peacefully went to meet his Lord and Savior on April 19th, 2019. Monroe graduated from Hillsboro High School in (1958). He enlisted in the U.S. Marines out of high school. He wed the greatest woman he ever met, Katherine Johnson Knight,...