OBITUARIES
Mary Shaw
Sep 30, 2018
Mrs. Mary Jean Shaw passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2018. A full obituary will be posted when available. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is serving the Shaw family.
William Proffit
Sep 30, 2018
Dr. William (Bill) Robert Proffit of Chapel Hill, N.C. passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2018. Dr Proffit served as the chairman of the UNC department of Orthodontics from 1975-2001, and was still actively involved in teaching and lecturing at UNC and worldwide up until the time of his death. In 1992, the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
Evelyn Bland
Sep 30, 2018
Mrs. Evelyn Jo Bland passed away at the The Arbor at Galloway Ridge on Sunday, September 30, 2018. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is assisting the Bland family.
Robert More
Sep 27, 2018
Cary - In loving memory of Robert (Bob) More! Bob was a sincere and committed husband, father, grandfather, friend and businessman. He was loving and sensitive, kind and generous and enjoyed life! He will be dearly missed! Mr. Robert More, 85, husband of Barbara Murray More, died Thursday morning at Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill. Mr. More was born...
Dr. James Dobbins, Jr.
Sep 19, 2018
Dr. James Talmage Dobbins, Jr., native of Chapel Hill and long-time resident of Winston-Salem, NC, died peacefully at Carolina Meadows in Chatham County surrounded by his family on September 19, 2018. He was 92 years old. Jim, as he was known to family and friends, is survived by his wife of 66 years, Jacqueleene B. Dobbins (Jackie); his two...
Kenneth Kranz
Sep 19, 2018
Chapel Hill - Mr. Kenneth G. Kranz, husband of Mary Ellen Kranz, died Wednesday afternoon at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. Ken was born April 10, 1942, in Philadelphia, PA, to the late George Herbert and Elizabeth Faunce Kranz. He was raised in Riverton, NJ and Delran, NJ, and was educated at Holy Cross High School. He...
Clyde Martin
Sep 18, 2018
Mr. Clyde Henry Martin, 88, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill. Mr. Martin is survived by his granddaughters, Alexandra and Caroline, and his stepdaughter, Kathy. A graveside service with Military Honors was held on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at 1:00pm at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery, officiating was Rev. Barrett Freeman. The Martin family...
John Shanklin
Sep 17, 2018
Mr. John Robert Shanklin, Sr., 89, died Monday, September 17, 2018. He was born in Alamance County. After graduating from Mebane High School, he joined the U.S. Navy for four years. He worked for Cambridge Arboretum in Boston, MA, where he maintained the landscape. Later he drove trucks, worked as a painter, and for the last ten years he...
Betty Blomquist Matthews
Sep 14, 2018
Betty Blomquist Matthews Burlington - Betty Blomquist Matthews, 85, died Friday, September 14, 2018. Betty was born on November 24, 1932, the daughter of the late Hugo Leander Blomquist and Margaret Lane Mordecai Blomquist in Durham, North Carolina. She was predeceased by Lonnie Turner (L.T.) Matthews, her husband of 59 years. Betty graduated in 1955 from Duke University with...
Phoebe Cushman
Sep 14, 2018
Phoebe Ann Cushman (née Young), of Pittsboro, NC, died at UNC Hospital, surrounded by her children on September 14, 2018 at the age of 85 years old. Phoebe is survived by her children, Sharon Koch of Apex, NC, John Cushman II (Eileen) of Mattituck, NY, David Cushman (Hope) of Greensboro, NC; brother, Robert Young of Hendersonville, NC; eleven grandchildren;...
Sue Terrell Horner
Sep 11, 2018
Mrs.Sue Ann Terrell Horner age 77 of Haw River died on September 11, 2018 at the Hospice House in Burlington, NC. Sue was a native of Alamance County and she was a member of the Hope Baptist Church in Haw River. She was the daughter of the late Lucy Freeman Terrell and Chester L. Terrell. In addition to her...
Virginia Bullock
Sep 11, 2018
Mrs. Virginia Love Long Bullock, 87, died September 11, 2018. She was a native of Person County and attended Bushy Fork schools. After she married Houston Bullock, they remained in the Bushy Fork community farming until moving to Durham. They had three children and relocated to Hillsborough in 1968. She enjoyed her family, her home, her church and friends....
Ned Johnson
Sep 10, 2018
Ned Lloyd Johnson of Hillsborough, N.C., passed away Monday, September 10, 2018, at the age of 89. He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Susan Riley Johnson, his children Ronald Johnson (Cindy), Linda Johnson Morton (David), Joel Johnson (Tanya), grandchildren Jeffrey Johnson (Madison), Laura Morton Dunn (Miles), Lee Morton, and brother Robert Johnson. Ned lived most...
William Elliot Gonzalez
Sep 9, 2018
William Elliot Gonzalez, 48, of Hillsborough, North Carolina, formerly of Washington, DC, passed suddenly and unexpectedly of natural causes September 9, 2018, at his home in the company of his beloved doggies, Dulce and Pepe. A funeral service was held at 11am on Saturday, September 22 at Walker’s Funeral Home, Mebane, NC. A DC service may occur at a...
Frank Cayless
Sep 9, 2018
The Revd. Canon F. Anthony Cayless B.A., L.Th., M.A., D.Min. was born in Leicester, United Kingdom on January 6, 1933 and died at his home in Chapel Hill, NC on September 9, 2018. He was a priest for 61 years and served faithfully in many positions: Assistant Curate at St. Matthias with St. Lawrence, Vicar of St. Ambrose, Rector...
William Collins
Sep 8, 2018
William Finn Collins, age 99, passed away on Saturday, Septemeber 8, 2018. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted to help the Collins family.
Cartie Davis, Jr.
Sep 3, 2018
Cartie Talmage Davis, Jr., age 95, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away Monday, September 3, 2018. He was born on November 14, 1922 to Cartie and Launice (Weaver) Davis in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cartie served in the United States Army Air Corps during WWII as a glider pilot and then in the Air Force doing Air Traffic Management before...
Betty Haviland
Aug 29, 2018
Mrs. Betty M. Haviland of Durham, NC passed away peacefully at Transitions LifeCare in Raleigh, on August 29, 2018, surrounded by her children. Betty was born September 10, 1934 in Murphy, NC to the late Felix and Irene Meroney. Betty is survived by her daughters, Linda Pistole (David) of Raleigh, NC and Brenda Davis of Asheville, NC; son, Robert...
William Nash, Jr.
Aug 27, 2018
William Benton “Ben” Nash, Jr. died peacefully Monday, August 27, 2018, with his family by his side. Ben was born on December 12, 1955 to the late William Benton and Edna Williams Nash. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Jenna Thurston Nash. He is survived by his daughter Caroline Brooks Nash of Chicago, IL,...
Robert Headen
Aug 26, 2018
Dr. Robert Speir Headen of Chapel Hill, N.C., died peacefully on August 26, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Lucia Cushman Headen, and his children Ashley Headen and Julia Headen Sondheim; son-in-law Bob Sondheim; stepchildren Lucia Dunbar and husband Folwell Dunbar, and Lauren Dinkler. He is also survived by his 6 grandchildren: Katie Sondheim, Robert Sondheim, John Sondheim,...
