OBITUARIES
John Hawfield
Dec 3, 2018
John Winston Hawfield died December 3 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill after a brief illness. He was 53. His two sisters were with him when he died, and his brothers had been with him the evening before. Born in Lima, Ohio, he was the eldest of six children of James and Joan Hawfield, who predeceased him. John moved...
Douglas Mcarthur
Dec 1, 2018
Douglas Chandler McArthur passed away on December 1, 2018 at age 49. He was the first born to D. Ray and Diane S. McArthur. Chandler was a loving big brother to Jason McArthur and to Paige McArthur Guest and a loving uncle to four nieces and five nephews. He was loved and known for his big smile, a warm...
Betty Longiotti
Dec 1, 2018
Betty C. Longiotti, 83 of Chapel Hill passed away peacefully on December 1, 2018 after a valiant battle with cancer. A long time Chapel Hill resident, she hailed from the New Lyme Township in Ohio and graduated Thiel College with honors. She began her teaching career in Ohio and Pennsylvania before relocating to Chapel Hill, where she taught AP...
Doris Lewis
Dec 1, 2018
Doris Lee Minnis Lewis, age 90, of 1018 Arthur Minnis Road, Hillsborough, died on December 1, 2018, surrounded by her family. She died in the home in which she was born on April 10, 1928 to the late Mary Lois Dodson Minnis and William Arthur Minnis. She and her husband of 69 years, Keith B. Lewis, continued to live...
Edward Fadel
Nov 30, 2018
Ed Fadel was a kind and loving man, a sweet and selfless husband, a loving father, brother, son, brother-in-law, uncle, and loyal friend. Everyone who met Ed remembers his kind smile, quick wit, and generosity. He passed away unexpectedly on Friday, November 30, 2018. Ed is survived by his wife Anna, his three beautiful daughters Sydney, Lindsay, and Georgia,...
Jeanne Baker
Nov 26, 2018
Jeanne Muriel Baker, formerly of Mill Valley and Tiburon, California, died Monday, November 26, 2018, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was 93. Jeanne was born in New Orleans on April 9, 1925. She attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge where she was a member of the Alpha Eta chapter of Phi Mu. In 1943, she moved to...
Roy Albright
Nov 26, 2018
Mr. Roy Jeffrey Albright, 83, died Monday, November 26, 2018. He was a native of Hillsborough and a graduate of Hillsboro High School. He served in the U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborne. Later he moved to California where he retired. Surviving is his sister, Joanna Parker (William). He was predeceased by his parents, Lena Franes Ray and Thomas...
James Holland, Jr.
Nov 25, 2018
James H Holland Jr (Jim) of Chapel Hill, NC died Sunday November 25, 2018 at UNC Hospital after a short illness at the age of 68 years old. Jim is survived by his wife, Frances (Fran) Keller Holland and his son, Jonathan K. Holland; by his Mother, Catherine D. Holland; his sister Cathy H Sargent and husband Pete of...
Alan Curtis
Nov 23, 2018
Mr. Alan Christopher Curtis, of Chapel Hill, passed away on November 23, 2018 at the age of 94. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to care for Alan's family.
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
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...
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.
