OBITUARIES
Tung Tran
Dec 18, 2017
Mrs. Tung Ngan Tran, 87, died Monday morning at UNC Hospitals surrounded by her family. Funeral services will begin at 11am Friday, December 29, 2017 at Walker;s Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Procession to Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery will begin at 1:00pm from the funeral home.
Leonard Hampton
Dec 17, 2017
Mr. Leonard Hampton died on Sunday, December 17, 2017 at his home in Twin Lakes Community in Elon, North Carolina. He was born on April 9, 1921 in Porterdale, Georgia, the son of the late James Riley Hampton and Minnie Leona Anderson of Kannapolis, North Carolina. He was married to Sarah Howell Ross of New London, North Carolina, who...
Norman Haithcock
Dec 17, 2017
Mr. Norman Haithcock, age 84, passed away on December 17, 2017. A funeral service was held at 1:00pm, Thursday, December 21, 2017 in the Chapel of Walker's Funeral Home. The family recieved visitors Wednesday evening, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the funeral home. Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough is honored to serve the Haithcock family.
Donald Hatley
Dec 16, 2017
Mr. Donald Gerald Hatley, age 69, died on Sunday, December 17, 2017. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough is honored to serve the Hatley family.
Vida Tubiolo
Dec 16, 2017
Vida “Vickie” Montez Tubiolo died on Saturday, December 16, 2017. Mrs. Tubiolo was born on Novemeber 28, 1932 in High Point, North Carolina. She is survived by her husband John Tubiolo; her sons John Joseph, and wife, Nancy, Steven Robert, and wife, Connie, Jeffrey Mark; sisters, Lee Merrill, Gail Jeffries, Jackie Landreth; grandchildren Rachel, Joseph, Daniel, Jason, Kyra, Steven,...
Robert Felker
Dec 15, 2017
Robert Albert Felker, died Friday at UNC Hospitals. The family is planning a memorial service to be annouced at a later date.
Loisann Moran
Dec 13, 2017
Chapel Hill – Mrs. Loisann Maria Moran, 73, wife of James Joseph Moran, died Wednesday morning at Duke University Hospital. Mrs. Moran was born and raised in Philadelphia, graduating from St. Hubert’s High School. After graduating, she was employed with the Pennsylvania Railroad, it was there she met her future husband. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April...
Roger Williams
Dec 11, 2017
Mr. Roger Vestal Williams, age 73, passed away on December 11, 2017 at Signature Healthcare in Chapel Hill. Mr. Williams was born in Orange County to Thelma Dunnagin Williams and her late husband Dewey Vestal Williams. Roger attended schools in the Orange County School system and has lived his entire life here in Hillsborough. In addition to his mother,...
Beverly Colling
Dec 10, 2017
Beverly Colling, 72, went to be with her Lord, Jesus Christ, on December 10, 2017 after a brief stay at the Hospice & Pallative Care Center of Burlington. Beverly was born on July 27, 1945 to the late Carl and Antoinette Hoffmann in Hudson, NY. Beverly retired from the New York State legislature where she worked as an executive...
Alvaro Contreras
Dec 10, 2017
Mr. Alvaro Contreras died on December 10, 2017 in Omaha, Nebraska. A visitation for Mr. Contreras will begin at 9:30 AM on Friday, December 22, 2017 at Walker's Funeral Home in Hillsborough. Graveside services will follow at 11:00 AM at Maplewood Cemetery in Durham, NC. Walker's Funeral Home of Hillsborough is honored to serve the Contreras family.
Michael O'Mahony
Dec 9, 2017
Mr. Michael Finbar O'Mahony, 88, husband of Rose O'Mahony, died December 9, 2017 at the SECU Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice home in Pittsboro. In addition to his wife, Mr. O'Mahony is survived by his children, Rose O'Mahony, and her husband, Michael Crimmins, of Chapel Hill, NC, Kathleen P. Muha, and her husband, Joseph, of Perrineville, NJ, Eoin W....
Hazel Hargis
Dec 8, 2017
Mrs. Hazel Tate Hargis, wife of the late Mark Twain Hargis, died Friday afternoon at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC. A memorial service for Mrs. Hargis will be held on Monday, December 11, 2017 at 11:00am at Mebane United Methodist Church, 200 S. 4th Street, Mebane. Officiating will be Rev. Johnnie Wright. Mrs. Hargis is survived by her...
Cecil Horton
Dec 8, 2017
Mr. Cecil Wayne Horton, 80, husband of Myrtle Ann Horton, died Friday morning at Duke University Hospital. Mr. Horton was born in Franklin County, NC to the late Katie Bell and Marshall Horton. He was educated in the Franklin County schools. For many years, Cecil was employed in the Manufacturing business, dedicated to his career, he was a hard...
Dr. Richard Scearce
Dec 7, 2017
Dr. Richard Ward Scearce August 6, 1929-December 7, 2017 Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Attended two years at the University of Kentucky. Graduate of USNA, Class of '53. Medically retired two years later. PHD of Biomedical Engineering, UNC Chapel Hill, 1976 Out of the Navy, Richard began his career as an engineer with Chrysler. We can thank him...
Charles Gibbs
Dec 6, 2017
Charles Olian Gibbs, Jr., ("C. O.") of Durham, NC, 81, passed away on December 6, 2017. C. O. was born in Engelhard, Hyde County, NC, to Charles Olian Gibbs and Caddie Delle Pledger Gibbs on January 6, 1936. C. O. graduated from John Nichols High School, Oxford Orphanage in 1955. His senior yearbook, The Log, records his mantra as,...
Joyce Harper
Dec 5, 2017
Chapel Hill, NC- Mrs. Joyce Marie Harper, 73, died Tuesday December 5, 2017 at the SECU Jim & Betsey Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro, NC. Joyce was born to the late Walden Howard Swenson and Pauline Fenton Swenson on July 16, 1944 in Concordia Kansas. She was raised in rural Kansas where the heartland values of honor, honesty, and...
William Porterfield
Dec 4, 2017
William Forrest “Bill” Porterfield died peacefully at home on December 4, 2017. Bill was born on September 19, 1932 in Northern Orange County. He was the son of William Herman Porterfield and Eva Taylor Porterfield. He graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1950. In February 1951 he began a 39 year career with Western Electric-AT&T. Bill was promoted to...
Charles Hodson
Dec 2, 2017
Charles Bernard “Chuck” Hodson II, 64, of Mebane, NC died December 2, 2017 surrounded by friends and family at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. A native of Chapel Hill, Chuck served in the US Army before dedicating 30+ years to UNC Hospitals as a lab technician. Retirement afforded him the time to pursue his great love of music, playing...
Anthony Linthicum
Nov 26, 2017
Anthony Todd Linthicum lived and loved with his whole heart, demonstrating a generosity of spirit that knew no bounds. He passed away unexpectedly, at the age of 55, on November 26, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Anthony was born on November 17, 1962, in Durham, NC, to the late Hill Edward (Ed) Linthicum, Jr., and...
Rose Kiehart
Nov 24, 2017
Rose “Kitty” Moschowsky Kiehart passed away on November 24, 2017 at home surrounded by family, a little more than two months shy of her 101st birthday. Born January 31, 1917 in New York City, she attended Manhattan public schools and graduated as an RN from New Rochelle School of Nursing. She married Paul Peter Kiehart in 1940. She was...
