OBITUARIES
Shirley Spencer
Mar 30, 2019
Chapel Hill - Shirley House Spencer, age 86, died on March 30, 2019 at Chatham Ridge Assisted Living Horizons Unit, which had been her home since June 2016. Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, John Franklin Spencer, in April 2016. Shirley Jean House was born on July 21, 1932 to the late J. Fredericka Coleman and C....
Lily Lee
Mar 30, 2019
Lily Lin-Lan Lee (nee Chiang) died peacefully in her home on March 30, 2019 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina after living with advanced lung cancer for over 2 years. She was 66 years old. Lily was born on December 10, 1952 in Keelung, Taiwan to Ching-Tan and Mien-Mai Chiang. She was the eldest of 5 siblings. She was a...
Betty Lee Payne
Mar 29, 2019
Mrs. Betty Lee Payne, 84 of Mebane, passed on Friday, March 29th at Duke University Hospital. Betty was the wife of the late Jack Turner Payne. She preceded in death by her parents Basil and Beulah Worley. She is survived by her daughter Judy Davis of Mebane. A memorial service will be held in Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD,...
Donnie Dement
Mar 29, 2019
Donnie Ray Dement, Jr, 48, of Mebane , died Friday March 29, at Duke Hospital after a 7 month battle with renal clear cell carcinoma. Donnie was the husband of Sharon Dement , the loving father of Alec and Evan Dement, and the son of Donnie Ray Dement, Sr (deceased) and Sue Tolotta Hughes. Donnie was the owner of...
Velva Franklin
Mar 28, 2019
Velva Mae Franklin went home with the Lord on Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at the age of 86 years old. She was surrounded by her family at the Twin Lakes Retirement Community. Velva was born on June 12th, 1932 in Hillsborough, North Carolina. She was born to the late Nora Ray Bivins and and Charles Davis. Velva had one...
Ammini Abraham
Mar 27, 2019
Chapel Hill - Ammini Abraham, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Her death came six weeks after her husband of almost 62 years, Kuruvilla Abraham, passed away. She was a warm, loving, and steadfast wife, mother and grandmother, and she will be greatly missed. Ammini was born on November 1, 1929 in Pandalam, Kerala and was...
Dorothy Nielsen
Mar 25, 2019
Mrs. Dorothy Millar Nielsen, 94, died Monday afternoon at the Arbor at Galloway Ridge. Mrs. Nielsen is survived y her daughters, Dale Fair of Durham, NC and Kim Kreiger of Chatham, NJ. A private burial will be held in Ohio. The Nielsen family is under the care of Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill. Please express your online condolences...
Robert Smith, Sr.
Mar 25, 2019
Robert Young Smith, Sr., 87, passed away peacefully on March 25th, 2019. Robert was born on February 4th, 1932 to the late Wiley Hubert and Elizabeth Coleman Smith in Orange County and lived there most of his life. He proudly served his country with the Army in the Korean War. He worked for many years with Nello Teer and...
Annie Lee Deloach
Mar 23, 2019
Mrs. Annie Lee DeLoach age 83 of Mebane passed peacefully in her home on Saturday, March 23rd. A memorial service will be held at Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Mebane on Thursday, April 4th, at 7:00pm. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 1st at 1:00pm at the Nixville Baptist Church in Nixville, SC. In lieu of...
Michael Furr
Mar 23, 2019
Michael James (Mike) Furr died quietly on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at home with his mother by his side. Mike was born November 23, 1952 in Albemarle, NC to Edgar James (Ed) Furr and Helen Houck Furr. Mike was for many years a resident of Murdock Center, Butner, NC and since 1992 he has been a resident of Chatham...
Susan Rhew
Mar 23, 2019
Mrs. Susan Diane Jones Rhew, 73, died Saturday, March 23, 2019. She was born in Durham and attended the Orange County Schools. In 1980 she married Larry Rhew. While raising her family she worked at the Golden Skillet and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Surviving are her husband, Larry, her daughter, Kelly R. Poteat (Spence), two sons: Michael Rhew and Shane...
Willie Weingard, Jr.
Mar 22, 2019
Hillsborough - Willie Weingard moved on to his heavenly home on Friday afternoon, March 22nd, surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. He attended Orange High School and enlisted in the Army and served over in Vietnam. He was self-employed and did home improvements for over forty years. He enjoyed cat fishing and his family. He...
Donald Lawrence Bradshaw
Mar 20, 2019
Mr. Donald L. Bradshaw age 60, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Donald was born on January 5, 1959 in Alamance County. He worked as an Office Manager at Old Castle Adams products. Donald never met a stranger and was loved by many. He lived his life to the fullest. Donald was preceded...
Nellie Lappi
Mar 20, 2019
Mrs. Nellie Dare Lappi, 88, wife of the late Edwin R. Lappi, died Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Lappi was born March 8, 1931 in Oxford, NC to the late Lewis Thomas and Isabella Woodlief Parrott. She was educated in the Granville County schools. She proudly served her country with the US Air...
John Daniel Wright
Mar 20, 2019
J. D. Wright passed away on March 20, 2019 at age 92. Mr. Wright was born in Orange County, NC to the late Will and Verdie Lohr Wright on January 30, 1927. His mother passed away when J. D. was 9 months old and he was raised in Chapel Hill by his Aunt Elizabeth Morris. J. D. graduated from...
Mira Guha
Mar 20, 2019
Mira Guha age 90 died on March 20, 2019 at Hock Pavillion in Durham Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough handled cremation arrangements
Francesca Deutschen
Mar 19, 2019
Mrs. Francesca Deutschen died on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. A full obituary will be posted when available. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted to care for the Deutschen family.
Lois Thornton
Mar 15, 2019
Lois Smith Thornton, 88, of Chapel Hill, NC passed peacefully in her sleep on Friday, March 15, 2019. Lois was born April 6, 1930 to Helen S. Smith and Frank W. Smith in New Rochelle, NY. As a true East Coast girl, she was raised in Worcester, MA, raised her own family in Manchester, CT, spent summers in Maine,...
Paul Irvine, Jr.
Mar 15, 2019
PITTSBORO, N.C.--Paul Irvine Jr., 92, husband of the late Dorothy Legge Irvine, died on March 15, 2019, at Galloway Ridge. Paul was the son of the late Dr. Paul Irvine and Gladys Kenney Irvine. He was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on November 8, 1926. In 1928, his family moved to Auburn, Alabama, where he grew up. His father...
Howard Wilcox
Mar 15, 2019
Howard Alan Wilcox, 77, passed away at his home in Cary, NC on Friday, March 15, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Kay Taylor Wilcox; son Alan Wilcox of Dunedin, FL; daughter Leigh Wilcox Kinnell of Cary, NC; grandchildren Taylor and Quentin and Lizzie-Kay Kinnell of Cary, NC; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Howard was born in...
