OBITUARIES
Miguel Flores
Jul 25, 2018
Mr. Miguel Flores , age 79 of Mebane died on July 25, 2018 at the SECU Jim and Betsy Ryan Hospice House in Pittsboro, NC. Mr. Flores was born on July 5, 1939 in El Salvador to Norberto Melendez and Rosa Flores. He is survived by his wife Marina Flores, two sons, Ernesto Flores of Mebane and son, William...
Marie Grubb Walker
Jul 20, 2018
Prospect Hill, NC—Marie Grubb Walker of Prospect Hill, NC, passed away on July 20, 2018 at the home. Marie Walker was born in Alamance County, to her parents, Frank and Edith S. Grubb, both deceased. She was married for 52 years to Tommy H. Walker, who survives. After years of working in the textile industry and as a CNA,...
John Roquemore, Jr.
Jul 19, 2018
Mr. John Carlton Rowumore, Jr., age 85, a resident of Chapel Hill passed away on July 19, 2018 at Durham Regent Independent Living. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM at Lawnwood Memorial Park in Covington, GA. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is honored to assist John's family.
J. Paul Cheek, Jr.
Jul 18, 2018
Junius Paul Cheek Jr, of Chapel Hill, NC, died suddenly on 18th July 2018, just two weeks short of his 79th birthday. A 24 year veteran of the US Navy, Paul Jr., as he was known, was the son of Junius Paul Cheek Sr. and Roma Sawyer Cheek. He is survived by daughter Lisa Cheek and husband Chris Johnson...
Connie Leah Tanner
Jul 14, 2018
Connie L. Tanner, 72 of Burlington North Carolina died on Saturday July 14, 2018 at Duke University Hospital in Durham NC. The family will hold a private Celebration of Life Service. Walker's Funeral Home of Mebane is in charge of the cremation arrangements.
Frank Groppo
Jul 10, 2018
Frank Anthony Groppo Frank A. Groppo, "Titi", 88, of Efland, NC and formerly of Kinnelon, NJ peacefully transitioned from this life on July 10, 2018 surrounded, in love, by his family. Frank was born to Italian immigrant parents, Antonio and Marie Elena Groppo in 1929 and graduated from St. Cecelia High School in Englewood, NJ, where he was proud...
William Hogan
Jul 6, 2018
William “Bob” Robert Hogan Bob passed away unexpectedly after complications with lung cancer on July 6, 2018. He was born March 1st, 1942, to the late Ethel and Clyde Hogan. Bob grew up on a family farm in Chapel Hill, with his parents, brother Tommy and sister Barbara Jean. Bob ventured out early in life, living in Atlanta and...
Annie Nunn
Jul 5, 2018
Ms. Annie Virginia Nunn, 91, died July 5, 2018 at Signature Healthcare in Chapel Hill following complications from a stroke. Ms. Nunn was born July 11, 1926 to the late William and Annie Blackwood Nunn in Durham County. A lifelong resident of Orange County, Ms. Nunn worked for 45 years as a Claims Adjuster for Blue Cross/Blue Shield. She...
Dorothy Dare Richards
Jul 4, 2018
Dorothy Dare Richards of Metairie, LA passed away peacefully on Wednesday July 4th, 2018 at the age of 95. Mrs. Richards was born on April 16, 1923 in Carthage, Missouri. She is preceded in death by her parents the late Harlow Earl Stalker (b 1899) and the late Virginia Dare McMurran (b 1906), by her beloved husband of 62...
Thomas Wheeley
Jul 2, 2018
Mr. Thomas Vernon Wheeley, II, 51, died Monday, July 2, 2018. He was a native of Hillsborough and attended the Orange County Schools and the Alamance County Schools. At the age of 17 he began his career in construction. He was a hard worker and enjoyed working with wood and making things. Thomas enjoyed fishing, doing cowboy re-enactments, and...
Darrell Staley
Jun 29, 2018
Mr. Darrell Wayne Staley, 51, died unexpectedly on June 29, 2018. He was a carpenter, artist, and mechanic. He never met a stranger. He is survived by his father, John Staley, step-father, Lane M. Parker, five sisters, Melissa Staley, M. Lynn Hill, Maggie A. Staley, Mandy Staley and Mary Staley Manning; two step-brothers, Buddy Parker and Chris Parker; step-sister,...
Kerry Whitson
Jun 26, 2018
Durham - Mr. Kerry Lynn Whitson, 63, died Tuesday morning at Duke University Medical Center. Mr. Whitson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the late Roy Whitson, Jr., and Alice Spinks Whitson. He graduated from Pomona (CA) High School in 1972. He relocated to North Carolina in 1986. Kerry received his Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from Gardner-Webb University....
Carolyn Bell
Jun 25, 2018
Obituary of Carolyn Bell Carolyn Bell, 64, died Monday evening at UNC Hospitals, with her family by her side. Carolyn was a huge James Taylor fan and loved everything UNC. She loved her family and enjoyed traveling. Carolyn was a NICU nurse at UNC and then went on to start her own clinical research consulting company for the last...
Lloyd Dansby, Jr.
Jun 23, 2018
L.C. (Buddy) Dansby 1930-2018 Buddy Dansby passed away peacefully on Friday night at the Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice House in Pittsboro, NC after a short illness. Buddy served in the US Army during the Korean War spending most of his service time in White Sands, New Mexico working with guided missiles. After his service he worked for and...
Laura Mccauley
Jun 21, 2018
Laura Humphries McCauley, 75 of Chapel Hill, NC passed away on June 21, 2018. Laura was born in Oxford, NC on October 25, 1942. She married H.T. McCauley on July 16 and they were married for 52 years. After 30 years of service she retired from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC. Laura is survived by her husband...
Thelma Brokaw
Jun 21, 2018
Flip Brokaw Mrs. Thelma Irene Brokaw, 93, died Thursday, June 21, 2018 at Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill. 'Flip' was born on July 4, 1924 on her family farm near Vincennes, IN, to the late Otis and Amanda Jordan. After working for the Naval Shipyard in Evansville, IN and an office in Detroit, MI during WWII, Flip became a...
Jean Howes
Jun 20, 2018
Jean was born to Edith (nee Brown) and Arthur Stephens in Leeds, in the north of England on 13 July, 1925. She was the third of four children, Sid, Lillian, Jean and Evelyn. Christened Agnes, Jean always hated her name and at the first available opportunity (aged 9) changed it to Jean, because, she said, it was one of...
Donald Richard Washington
Jun 19, 2018
Mr. Donald R. Washington, age 71, of Washington D.C. died on June 19, 2018, at Duke Regional Hospital. Funeral will be held on Saturday, June 30, at 1:00 pm in the Chapel of Walker's Funeral Home of Mebane, at 304 W. Center Street in Mebane NC, Please RSVP to the funeral home for the Repass following the service, so...
Marvin "Marv" Mcwherter
Jun 17, 2018
Commander Marvin E. McWherter, SC, US Navy (Retired), age 71 of Mebane passed away on Sunday June 17, 2018 after a very courageous battle with Mantle Cell Lymphoma at Duke University Hospital in Durham. He was a 21 year U.S. Navy veteran followed by several years of sales and service in the car industry, prior to full retirement in...
Donna Carey
Jun 17, 2018
Carey, Donna M., beloved mother of Leo, Maureen, Maggie and Sheila (Paul Kelly). Preceded in death by her husband, James Denis, by her parents, Gerry and Clara, by her brother Jerry, her son-in-law Michael Richman and her in-laws, James and Ann Lawlor. Survived by her children, her siblings, Maureen Ratliff, Thomas McCarthy and George McCarthy (Ginny) and many nieces...
