OBITUARIES
Jorge Rios-Marti
Mar 31, 2018
Mr. Jorge Raimundo Rios-Marti, 44, died Saturday, March 31, 2018. A funeral service was held on Monday, April 2, 2018 at 3:00pm at Little River Presbyterian Church, Hurdle Mills. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Carliss Tindall
Mar 30, 2018
Carliss Blossom McGarrity Tindall was born July 31, 1921, to Carl Hobson and Mabel Mills McGarrity, in Osceola, AR. Her grandfather co-owned the Osceolla cotton gin, and followinghis death, the family moved to Charleston, SC, where her father was the overnight telegraph operator for Western Union. She graduated from Memminger High School and earned a Bachelor's degree in English...
Ruth Monk
Mar 29, 2018
Ruth Whitney Shipe Monk passed away on March 29, 2018 at the SECU Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice House in Pittsboro NC. A native of Coral Gables FL, Mrs Monk was a graduate of Coral Gables High School, Hollins College (BA-Art History) in Hollins VA, and the University of Miami (MBA-Marketing) in Coral Gables FL. Mrs Monk had lived...
Norman Innes
Mar 28, 2018
Mr. Norman Franklin Innes, age 86 passed away on March 28, 2018. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted with caring for the Innes family.
Mary Chambers
Mar 28, 2018
Mrs. Mary Lou Chambers died March 28, 2018. No services are planned at this time.
Charles Harper
Mar 27, 2018
Dr. Charles Lindy Harper, PhD ("Charlie) journeyed home to be with His Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 27th at UNC Hospital. Charlie passed peacefully and was surrounded by his children and loved ones. A native of Lenoir County, NC Charlie left home at age 15 with an adventurous spirit and the idea to sell books during the depression....
Lucy Caraway
Mar 26, 2018
Mrs. Lucy Jane Caraway, 86, died at her home, surrounded by her family on March 26, 2018. Mrs. Caraway is survived by her sons, Keith Caraway, and his wife, Enola Klingbiel, of Mebane, NC, Earl Caraway of Chapel Hill, NC, Don Caraway, and his wife, Alice, of Concord, NC; daughters, Debbie Earhart of Chapel Hill, Julia Morava, and her...
Allen Jollis
Mar 25, 2018
Mr. Allen Ulrich Jollis, age 95, passed away on March 25, 2018 at his home in Chapel Hill. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Chapel Hill has been entrusted with caring for the Jollis family.
John Walker
Mar 25, 2018
John Thomas Walker, of Caldwell, passed away Sunday, March 25th at the age of 89. He ran the Farm & Garden Store for many years and was a farmer. He was a lifelong member of Little River Presbyterian Church and sang in the choir most of his life. John is survived by his wife, Betsy Latta Walker; his children,...
Donald Rountree
Mar 22, 2018
Donald “Donnie” Thomas Rountree of Cedar Grove, North Carolina passed away on March 22, 2018 at the age of 76. The first born of Tom and Eloise Rountree, Donnie loved his family and the Cedar Grove community. In 1959 he graduated from Aycock High School, married his high school sweetheart and started farming. Confident in the future, he said...
Donald Alguire
Mar 19, 2018
Donald Alguire left this world peacefully for his heavenly home, after months of excellent care at the DuBose Health Center at The Cedars of Chapel Hill. Donald was born in Kalamazoo, MI, and attended schools in Plainwell, MI. Following high school graduation, he was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1945 and selected to teach cryptography. In...
Lillian Mae Heath
Mar 18, 2018
Lillian Mae Heath of Chapel Hill, NC, died Sunday March 18, 2018 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Known to her friends and family as Mae, she was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 31, 1923, the only daughter of the late Charles Alfred Olmstead and Lillian Henderson Olmstead. She had a happy childhood, gaining a love of...
Richard Campbell
Mar 14, 2018
Richard ‘Dick’ Campbell, 83, passed away at the SECU Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice, in Pittsboro, NC, March 14th, 2018, due to vascular dementia. Dick was born January 26th, 1935, to his parents Frank and Elenora Campbell, then of Detroit, Michigan. He completed his Bachelor of Science at Michigan’s Wayne State University in 1957 having married his sweetheart, Lea...
Eugene Hanson
Mar 11, 2018
Eugene (Gene) Paul Hanson, 77, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 11, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. Gene was born on May 22, 1940, in Willimantic, Connecticut, to Virginia and Jacob Hanson. He spent his childhood years in the New Haven area, attending the St. Lawrence School and West Haven High School. Gene earned both his bachelor’s degree...
Harvey Underwood
Mar 9, 2018
Mr. Harvey Leroy Underwood, Jr., 93, husband of the late Maxine Underwood, died Friday morning at Carolina Meadows. Harvey was born on December 7, 1924, to the late Harvey Leroy and Minnie Anderson Underwood. He spent his youth in Chattanooga before enlisting in the armed forces, training as a pilot during World War II. The GI Bill allowed him...
Estamae Johnson
Mar 9, 2018
Estamae Miller Johnson died Friday March 9, 2018 surrounded by family and friends in Hillsborough, North Carolina. She was the youngest daughter of William B. and Wynona Miller. She was born October 22, 1922, in Lumberton, North Carolina where at 15 she met the love of her life, Samuel K. Johnson. Estamae and Sam were married March 17, 1941...
Frances Weiser
Mar 8, 2018
Mrs. Frances Eleanor Weiser, 93, wife of Herman Joshua (Josh) Weiser Jr., died Thursday morning at Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Weiser was born on April 14, 1924 in Schuylkill County PA, to the late Edward Francis and Florence Charlotte Zimmerman Workman. Mrs. Weiser lived and attended school in Reinerton, PA, where her father was the postmaster. She...
Paul Haskell
Mar 8, 2018
Paul G. Haskell, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died peacefully in his sleep on March 7 at his home in Chapel Hill. He was 90. Haskell came to UNC Law School in 1977 and remained there until his retirement in 1998, specializing in property, trusts and estates,...
Elizabeth Duddles
Mar 8, 2018
Mrs. Elizabeth Wolcott Duddles, wife of David Crocker Duddles, died Thursday morning at The Pines Nursing Home at Carolina Meadows. Mrs. Duddles was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin on October 31, 1932. Her parents were the late William Lloyd Wolcott and Tressa Mae Good Wolcott. Her father was pastor of the Free Methodist Church in Richland Center. She attended...
Jimmy Partin
Mar 8, 2018
Jimmy Aubey Partin passed away on March 8 and he will be truly be missed by the people who knew him and loved him. Jimmy is survived by his only daughter Melissa Parker and son-in-law Ray Parker; grandchildren, Duston Parker, Kristina Chanler, and her husband Damien Chandler, and Dakota Parker; 4 great-grandchildren, Brandin Parker, Payson Parker, Greyson Parker and...
