OBITUARIES
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...
Christine Zinser
Jun 16, 2018
Christine A. Zinser of Chapel Hill, NC passed away suddenly on Saturday, June 16, 2018. Chris will most be remembered for her love of life, her ability to make everyone laugh and her selfless dedication to caring for so many people. She was a gentle spirit and loved the outdoors, even if it was just sitting on her front...
Jonathan Long
Jun 15, 2018
Jonathan Matthew Long of Haw River, North Carolina, died on June 15, 2018 at 41 years of age after fighting a fierce battle with cancer. He was a kind and loving husband and father with a quiet manner and an infectious smile who used his amazing math skills to build Legos and do woodwork with his two boys. Jonathan...
Alexander Viktorovich Kvasnikov
Jun 14, 2018
To our great sorrow, our parish lost our leader with the unexpected passing of our dear pastor, Father Gabriel on June 14, 2018 The services will be in the following order at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Mebane Saturday (16th): 6PM vespers and panikhida Sunday (17th): 10AM liturgy and panikhida Monday (18th): 5:30PM vigil (with bishop) Monday (18th):...
George Delman
Jun 13, 2018
Delman, George, 100, formerly of Delray Beach, most recently resided in Chapel Hill, NC, passed away June 13, 2018. Beloved husband of the late Blanche for over 70 years; loving father of Susan (Marc) Roth; admired grandfather of Justin L. and David. Services were held on Sunday, June 17, 2018, at Eternal Light Memorial Gardens in Boynton Beach, FL....
Bill Miller
Jun 11, 2018
Bill Miller, 88, died Monday, June 11, 2018. A native of Orange County, he was the son of the late William and Annie Miller. Mr. Miller graduated from Hillsborough High School. He proudly served his county with the U.S. Army. He worked for Standard Oil, Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill, and later for the U.S. Government Soil Conservation...
Thomas Ray Cooper
Jun 7, 2018
Mr. Thomas Ray Cooper, age 68 of Efland NC died on Thursday June 7, 2018 at Duke Hospital in Durham. Tom was born in West Virginia on November 14, 1949 to the late Robert E and Leona M. Cooper. He was also preceded in death by a brother Bob Cooper. He was on the custodial staff at Guy B....
Francois Nielsen
Jun 7, 2018
Francois Nielsen, 68, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died peacefully in Chapel Hill on Thursday, June 7, 2018 of complications related to pneumonia. Born on June 17, 1949 in Brussels, Belgium to Francoise Rolin and David Nielsen. Francois began working as a professor of Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1982. After receiving he bachelor's degree in Sociology at the...
Gary Lopp
Jun 5, 2018
Roy Gary Lopp was born to Vivian Hedrick Lopp and Roy Lopp on January 17, 1937 in the house his dad built near Lexington, NC in the Holly Grove community. At age seven he moved with his family to the Baptist Children’s Home campus In Thomasville, NC where his parents were employed. He graduated from Thomasville High School and...
Viola Hubbard
Jun 2, 2018
Mrs. Viola Mae Taylor Hubbard, 88, daughter of the late Ella and Roy Taylor, died Saturday, June 2, 2018. She was a native of Virginia and moved to North Carolina. She worked in Woolworths for 25 years where she retired. She was an excellent cook, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas. She will be missed by her family and especially...
Alice Phillips
Jun 2, 2018
Mrs. Alice Reitzel Phillips passed away June 2, 2018, in the home. Alice was born January 9, 1940, to the late Walter John Reitzel and Ernestine Miller Reitzel. Mrs. Phillips is survived by her daughters, Shelia Phillips Murray, and her husband, Derek, Martha Phillips Cole, and her husband, Cheshire Cole, III; grandsons, Chance Murray and Jake Cole; sister, Frances...
Harry Gooder
May 31, 2018
Harry Gooder, PhD Dr. Harry Gooder was born in Castleford, Yorkshire, England and passed peacefully this week in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Gooder received his PhD at Leeds University, had a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard, followed by additional postdoctoral work at Central Public Health Laboratory in London. In 1961, he joined the faculty at the University of North...
