OBITUARIES
Walter Sikora
Nov 21, 2018
Walter Steven Sikora was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1943 to Clarice May Sikora and Thaddeous Steven Sikora. He died of natural causes at his home in Mebane, NC on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at the age of 75. Walter attended Manual High School in Louisville. He earned a BA at Bellarmine College, a private Catholic university in Louisville,...
Thomas Hudson, Jr.
Nov 21, 2018
Thomas Warner Hudson, Jr., a true southern gentleman, devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather died on November 21, 2018 in Chapel Hill, NC. Tom was born on February 25, 1924 to Thomas Warner Hudson, Sr. and Lily Henriksen Hudson in Pascagoula, MS. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Laura Marie Stebbins and Nell Louise...
Floyd Bradsher
Nov 20, 2018
Floyd Daniel Bradsher, 81 of Hurdle Mills died Tuesday, November 20th after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Floyd was the son of the late Ira Baynes and Bera Brooks Bradsher and husband of 58 years to Shirley Poole Bradsher who survives. Floyd and his late brother, Noel farmed tobacco and operated Bradsher Brothers Equipment and Whitfield Farm Service.Over...
Betty Schell
Nov 19, 2018
Mrs. Betty Ruth Schell, wife of the late Lester Franklin Schell, died November 19, 2018 at the SECU Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro. Betty was born on May 3, 1926 in Reading, PA, and grew up in Laureldale, PA. On December 25, 1946, she married her husband, who preceded her in death in 2004. She lived...
Pamela Murdaugh
Nov 18, 2018
Mrs. Pamela Kay Copeland Murdaugh, 59, died Sunday, November 18, 2018. Visitation will be Friday 1-2:30 PM in Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough. The funeral service will be at 2:30 PM Friday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in New Sharon United Methodist Cemetery. Survivors are her husband, Marshall W. Murdaugh, one son, Tyler Cecil (Nicole), one...
Brian Irving
Nov 16, 2018
Brian Irving, of Hillsborough NC, passed away Friday, November 16, 2018 due to complications of metastatic melanoma at the age of 45. He loved life and the people he held close. He valued family and friends above all else. Brian was always the first to lend a helping hand and never stopped until the job was complete. His dreams...
Laura Pryzmenski Kopp
Nov 15, 2018
Mrs. Laura P. Kopp, age 36 of Graham NC, died on Thursday Novermber 15, 2018 at her home. Local and out of state funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home and Crematory of Mebane is in charge of the local arrangments. Holloman-Brown Great Neck Chapel of Virgina Beach VA is in charge of the funeral arrangements....
Alberta Davis
Nov 12, 2018
Mrs. Alberta B. Davis, age 99, a resident of Carrboro passed away on Monday, November 12, 2018. Alberta was born on May 26, 1919 to the late Walter Graham Brockwell and his wife Emma Vowell Brockwell. She was a lifelong resident of Carrboro where she met her husband Thomas Franklin Davis who she married on March 31, 1940. Alberta...
Larry Hackworth
Nov 11, 2018
OLarry Thomas Hackworth, 66, a devoted follower of Christ, a beloved husband, father, brother, and special friend to many, departed from this world and entered into the presence of Jesus on November 11, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. Larry was born on March 1, 1952 in Norfolk, VA. He grew up in Chesapeake, VA and while in...
Larry Hackworth
Nov 11, 2018
The service for Larry Thomas Hackworth, 66, who died November 11, 2018, will be 3:30 PM Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Sunrise Church, 1315 New Hope Trace, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. Flowers are acceptable and will be received at the church prior to the service.
Larry Hackworth
Nov 11, 2018
Larry Thomas Hackworth, 66, a devoted follower of Christ, a beloved husband, father, brother, and special friend to many, departed from this world and entered into the presence of Jesus on November 11, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. Larry was born on March 1, 1952 in Norfolk, VA. He grew up in Chesapeake, VA and while in...
Marvin Tyson
Nov 9, 2018
Mr. Marvin Tyson, age 63, passed away on November 14, 2018 in Carrboro. Memorial graveside services will be held at 1:00PM on December 5, 2018 at Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro.
Arthur Anderson, Jr.
Nov 7, 2018
Arthur Alexander Anderson loved life—his joyous optimism was contagious. The earthly life of this wise, sensitive, articulate man ended on November 7th but his spirit of love, peace and social justice lives on in all those who were blessed to know him. He was a proud immigrant son, born in Tacoma, Washington on May, 17, 1926 to a talented...
Eric Johnson
Nov 7, 2018
Mr. Eric D. Johnson, age 74, and a resident of Chapel Hill passed away on November 7, 2018 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. A full obituary will be posted when available. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to assist the Johnson family.
Donald Zinser
Nov 6, 2018
Chapel Hill - Mr. Donald Justin Zinser, 34, died unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Justin is survived by his sister, Kimberly Andrews, and her husband, Alan, of Hillsborough; niece, Cassidy and nephew, Brody; cousins, Allen, Brandon, Krista, Victoria, Tommy, Matthew, Grace and Gabriel; Aunts, Linda, Valerie and Vicki; Uncles, Butch and Chuck. Justin was preceded...
Marcel Deschesne
Nov 6, 2018
Marcel Meville Deschesne, 87, of Chapel Hill, NC, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. He was born in Lewiston, Maine on September 14, 1931, to parents Adele Thibault and Ernest Deschesne. Marcel joined the U.S. Air Force as a young man, serving in the Korean War on Sabre jets. He returned home where he met Charlotte, marrying her...
Carl Frick Sr.
Nov 6, 2018
Mr. Carl W. Frick Sr, age 91 of Efland died on November 6, 2018 at UNC Hospitals in Hillsbrough. He was born in Albemarle, Stanly County NC on March 24, 1927. He was preceded in death by his parents, Riley and Lily Frick. Carl worked in textiles, loved to garden and loved his family. He is survived by his...
Marlee Elizabeth Cook
Nov 5, 2018
Marlee Elizabeth Cook was born November 5th and although she was born here on earth to her parents Jason and Paige Cook her soul had already went home to be with her Heavenly Father our God in heaven. Marlee is survived by her parents; Jason and Paige Cook; brothers, Ryan Presley and Waylon Cook; Grandparents Carl and Janet Ratcliff...
Evelyn Neville
Nov 5, 2018
Mrs. Evelyn Smith Neville, 80, died Monday afternoon at Capitol Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Raleigh, NC. Mrs. Neville was born and raised in Orange County. She was a very Godly woman, loving her family, and her church. Reading her Bible daily, and attending church functions were two of her passions. She was a member of Hillsborough Church of...
Vladimir Treml
Nov 4, 2018
Dr. Vladimir Guy Treml, 89, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, passed away on Nov. 4, 2018. Dr. Treml, a dedicated professor of the economics department at Duke University from 1967 to 1999, was loved by his family, countless friends, students and colleagues. His students described him as having a profound impact on their lives and careers, and he remained a...
