Local obituaries for Walker's Funeral Home

Feb 11, 2019

August 24, 1955 – February 11, 2019 A visitation for Jim Hunt was held on Saturday, February 16, 2019 from 2:30 – 4:30pm at Walker’s Funeral Home, 120 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill. Immediately following the visitation, there was a Celebration of Life reception at the Unity Center of Peace, 8800 Seawell School Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. In...

Feb 11, 2019

Chapel Hill - Mr. John Allen Cates died February 11, 2019 from vascular dementia following a lengthy illness at the DuBose Center at the Cedars Retirement Center. He was born Spetember 2, 1929 to the late Frederick Strudwick Cates and Virginia Riley Cates in Hillsborough, NC. He was a 1953 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

Feb 10, 2019

GEORGE, Dr. Sabah – of Durham, NC, formerly of Davison, MI, age 80, passed away February 10, 2019 at DuBose Health Center in Chapel Hill, NC. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated 11 AM Saturday, February 23, 2019 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 404 N. Dayton St., Davison, MI 48423; Rev. Fr. Andrew A. Czajkowski celebrant. Burial...

Feb 10, 2019

Mr. George D. Green, age 98, passed away at the SECU Jim and Betsy Brian Hospice Home in Pittsboro. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted to care for the Green family.

Feb 9, 2019

Feb 6, 2019

Mrs. Hazel A. Roberson, age 98, died on Wednesday February 6, 2019 at Peak Resources in Graham. She was born in Orange County, NC on August 20, 1920 and was the daughter of the late Baxter and Vasa Terrell Abee. Maw Maw could always be found helping others or spending time with her family who brought her the most...

Feb 6, 2019

Robert John Sterner, 85 years, of Chapel Hill, passed away on Wednesday February 6, 2019 at UNC Hospice Home. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to care for the Sterner family. .

Feb 2, 2019

Dorothy Brigman Sutton The daughter of farmers she was born near Rowland, NC October 30, 1931. As a teenager she was well known locally for singing in the church and her interest in music. She was often asked to sing for funerals and since her family didn’t own a car people would drive out from town to pick her...

Feb 1, 2019

Chapel Hill – Mrs. Louise Ray Roberts, 91, wife of the late David B. Roberts, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 1, 2019. Mrs. Roberts was born on November 17, 1927 in Burnsville, NC. She attended Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, NC. She was a longtime member of Orange United Methodist Church. Mrs. Roberts was the co-owner of...

Feb 1, 2019

“The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” --Julia Child Mary Hill loved three things more than anything else: Watts Hill Jr., her children, and her dogs. Outside of her immediate family, Mary especially enjoyed cooking and traveling with friends. She died on Feb 1, 2019, after a full life. Born...

Feb 1, 2019

Mrs. Elaine Viola Hopp Pfeiffer, 89, died Friday, February 1, 2019. Arrangements incomplete. Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough

Jan 28, 2019

Avery Leroy “Lee” Howard, 81 of Graham, formally of Hillsborough, died peacefully at his home on January 28, 2019. Mr. Howard was a native of Cleveland county and retired from Blythe Construction as a highway Superintendent. Mr. Howard was proceeded in death by his parents Roy and Jessie Howard. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Howard; Daughters, Vone...

Jan 28, 2019

Mr. Harold W. Strayhorn, 77, died peacefully on January 28, 2019, in Presbyterian Home, Hawfields. He lived his life in Hillsborough and was a long time client of Orange Enterprises. Harold was the fourth child of Herman H. and Lucille W. Strayhorn. He was predeceased by his parents and his brother-in-law, Burch Compton. He is survived by his sisters...

Jan 27, 2019

Beatrice K. Jones passed away Sunday, January 27, 2019 in Hillsborough, NC. She had just celebrated her 92nd birthday on January 6th. Bea Bea, as she was affectionally known by family and friends, was retired from Kaiser Roth in Burlington, NC. She was a lifelong resident of Hillsborough and lifelong member of Eno United Methodist Church. She was also...

Jan 23, 2019

Mr. James Richard “Dick” McCallum, a resident of Durham passed away at Duke Regional Hospital on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at the age of 94 years old. Dick was born in Ripley, TN on July 30, 1924 to the late R.B. and Bess McCraw McCallum. He worked for many years as a plaster contractor in the Durham area. Dick...

Jan 23, 2019

Felix Creighton Germuth passed away on January 23, 2019 having recently celebrated her 91st birthday with family and friends. Born in Winston-Salem, NC, she attended Wake Forest University in Wake Forest, NC as part of the first class of women. Among other things she was a mother, homemaker, pet owner, voracious reader of history and politics, and a competitive...

Jan 22, 2019

Jill Foltz Craver Galloway, 81, died peacefully at her home on January 22nd 2019 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, due to cancer. She was born on December 7th, 1937 in Winston-Salem, NC to Sarah and Schallert Foltz. She was the second of their three children. She was a graduate of Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina and...

Jan 22, 2019

Mr. Bratcher Warren Evans, 95, died Tuesday, January 22, 2019. He was a native of Orange County and attended St. Mary's School. He first worked with a saw mill and next with Bellevue Mills and retired from Western electric in Burlington. He started the Council of Aging and was the bus driver which he really enjoyed. His greatest joy...

Jan 21, 2019

Josephine Laura Moura (Jo) passed away peacefully of natural causes on January 21, 2019 at the youthful age of 95. In 2007, at the age of 84, and in order to be closer to family, Jo and Art moved from Venice, FL (where they had retired to from Brazil) to Fearrington Village, NC, and created yet another beautiful, comfortable...

Jan 20, 2019

Mr. Joseph Carl Pilarski, 61, died Sunday, January 20, 2019. He was a native of Orange County and attended the Chapel Hill Schools. He was a beekeeper and sold honey. He enjoyed working with the bees and his family. Surviving are his father, Jerome M. Pilarski, Sr., two sisters: Karen P. Herndon and Katherine P. Scott, and his brother,...