Obituaries

Lou Hedspeth Rawls

Lou Hedspeth Rawls

May 18, 2015

Oxford, NC Lou Hedspeth Rawls, 93, unexpectedly passed away on Monday, May 18th, 2015. Mrs. Rawls was born in Northampton County, North Carolina on September 19th, 1921 to the late Walter and Mattie Hedspeth Rawls. She was a beloved wife and mother. Ms. Rawls loved gardening, playing cards, visiting with her daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and helping others from her...

Lou Hedspeth Rawls

Lou Hedspeth Rawls

May 18, 2015

Oxford, NC Lou Hedspeth Rawls, 93, unexpectedly passed away on Monday, May 18th, 2015. Mrs. Rawls was born in Northampton County, North Carolina oneeptember 19th, 1921 to the late Walter and Mattie Hedspeth Rawls. She was a beloved wife and mother. Ms. Rawls loved gardening, playing cards, visiting with her daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and helping others from her community....

Maria Anna (Marianne) Ophoven Brauner

Maria Anna (Marianne) Ophoven Brauner

May 18, 2015

Marianne Brauner died on May 18, 2015, ineer Galloway Ridge home in Pitttsboro, NC. She was born in Kaiserwerth, Germany, on October 29, 1922, and was the daughter of Marta Spieler and Adolf Ophoven. Marianne came to America in 1959 and ineer travels met her husband, Walter Brauner, in Coconut Grove, Florida. They married in 1961 and moved to North...

John Davidsoneelly

John Davidsoneelly

May 11, 2015

CHAPEL HILL - John Davidsoneelly died peacefully on May 11, 2015, after a period of declining health. He was 84 years old. Jack was borneebruary 7, 1931 in Conrad, Montana to Robert and Ruth Davidsoneelly, and was raised ineelena, Montana. Jack received his undergraduate degree from Carroll College ineelena, Montana and attended the Uneersity of Montana Law School, as well...

Dr. Jim Lowe

Dr. Jim Lowe

May 10, 2015

DURHAM - Dr. Jim Lowe, beloved father and grandfather of Hillsborough, North Carolina, passed from this world on Sunday, May 10, 2015. Dr. Lowe was born oneecember 27, 1946 in Brunswick, Georgia to Elsie and Gordon Lowe. He graduated from Stanford Uneersity in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and then from the Uneersity of California Los Angeles...

Edward Howard Hill

Edward Howard Hill

May 9, 2015

Oxford: Edward Howard Hill , 79, of Oxford, died Saturday May 9, 2015. A native of Charleston, SC, he was the son of the late Hugh and Margaret Ann Hill. He was a retired draftsman, a member of Westwood Pentecostal Holiness Church, and a veteran of the US Coast Guard. Graveside services will be conducted at 12:00 PM on Tuesday,...

Homer L. Riley

Homer L. Riley

May 7, 2015

The Odyssey of Homer. A Great Ride. Homer L. Riley, Sr., a lifelong resident of Durham, NC, passed away at the age of 92 on Thursday morning, May 7, 2015. He died while in the kind care of the staff at The Pavilion at Croasdaile Village. Homer and his wife, Martha, have lived in Croasdaile Village since 1999. Homer led...

Mrs. Hazel Radcliff Farrell

Mrs. Hazel Radcliff Farrell

May 4, 2015

Hazel Farrell, 91, peacefully passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 at Cambridge Hills in Pittsboro, NC. She was born on April 22, 1924 in Morven, NC, daughter of the late Armond & Helen Knight Radcliffe. She met and married Percy C. Farrell. They were together 20 years until his death in 1968. Hazel was a devoted mother and loving grandmother....

Mr. Richard Joseph Miller

Mr. Richard Joseph Miller

May 3, 2015

Richard Joseph Miller was born in Long Beach California oneeptember 23, 1943 to the Revs. Clarence and Vinita Miller, both Ordained Elders in the Methodist Church, ministers who inspired both in Richard and in his elder sisters and brother sisters (Ruth, Anna aneed) a love of the beauty of the natural world and an extended love, through God???s own love,...

Mark V. Barker, Jr.

Mark V. Barker, Jr.

May 3, 2015

ORLANDO, FL- Mark V. Barker, Jr, 88, died May 3, 2015. Mark was born in Rock Hill, SC on August 7, 1926 but within a month was moved to Durham, NC, which he adopted as his home and declared he was a true Tar Heel. He joined the Navy in 1944, serving as a photographer at the Naval Air Station,...

Aspasia Knoerr

Aspasia Knoerr

Apr 30, 2015

DURHAM ??? Aspasia Knoerr, 85, passed away peacefully at home on April 30, 2015 of complications following a hip fracture. Her three sons were by her side. Aspasia was an exceptionally strong, generous, kind, patient, witty, and industrious woman, a master gardener, and a wonderful mother and grandmother. She enjoyed life, with all its challenges, and celebrated people for who...

Samuel Carter Hodges, Jr

Samuel Carter Hodges, Jr

Apr 29, 2015

DURHAM - Samuel Carter Hodges Jr., Architect Emeritus, age 84, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at his residence. Born on August 10, 1930 in Durham, North Carolina, Sam was the son of the late Samuel C. Hodges, Sr., and Martha Alise Hodnett Hodges. Sam attended E. K. Powe School and Durham High school, graduating in 1948. He received a Bachelor...

Giorgetta Vuoso Rengan

Giorgetta Vuoso Rengan

Apr 28, 2015

Chapel Hill, NC - Giorgetta Vuoso Rengan, age 88, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Born on the beautiful island of Ischia, Italy on April 23, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Raffaele Vuoso and Restituta Di Orio, and sister to Luigi and Maddalena. Giorgetta (known as Gina) is survived by her husband Kasturi Rengan, to whom she had...

Carl Leland Puckett, Jr.

Carl Leland Puckett, Jr.

Apr 25, 2015

Carl Leland Puckett, Jr, 77, of Oxford, NC, passed away at his home surrounded by his friends and family on April 25, 2015 after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Puckett was a loving husband and devoted father who loved spending time on the lake and fishing. Not only was Mr. Puckett in the Masonic Lodge for over 40 years,...

Anna May Nolan Brommage

Anna May Nolan Brommage

Apr 23, 2015

Anna May Brommage, 94, of Pittsboro, North Carolina died on April 23rd, 2015. She was born ineew York City, New York on March 15th, 1921 and was the daughter of John Nolan and Anna Riha. She was married on July 15th, 1950 in Cozumel, Mexico to Robert Joseph Brommage by her brother, Father John Nolan. She is survived by her...

Anne Powell Leathers

Anne Powell Leathers

Apr 22, 2015

Anne Powell Leathers, age 95, of Durham passed away April 22, 2015. Born in Durham, Anne was the daughter of the late Rufus Heflin Powell, Jr. aneelizabeth Bailey Reade Powell. She was also preceded ineeath by her husband of 59 years, William Alsey Leathers, and two brothers, Rufus H. Powell, III (Matibelle) and Joe Reade Powell (Jenny). She is survived...

Mrs. Mary Moore Stallworth

Mrs. Mary Moore Stallworth

Apr 22, 2015

MARY MOORE STALLWORTH, 89, died Tuesday, April 22, 2015 at her residence in Pittsboro, NC. A native of Louisville, KY, Mary was the daughter of the late Percy Walton and Flavia Oglesby Moore. She was married to the late William Hunter Stallworth, Jr. for 60 years. As the wife of a textile executive, they lived in North Carolina, South Carolina,...

James Edgar Harward Jr.

James Edgar Harward Jr.

Apr 22, 2015

James Edgar Harward Jr. passed away on April 22, 2015, at the Durham VA Hospice Center. James (Jim) was born ineenderson, NC, on June 24, 1925. His family moved to Durham, NC, where he was raised in a loving family, grew up and graduated from Durham High School in 1943. After enlisting in the Army in October, 1944, he was...

Mr. Colby Scott Parks

Mr. Colby Scott Parks

Apr 19, 2015

Colby Scott Parks, 59, died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday April 19, 2015. Colby was born in Charlotte, NC and lived in Chatham County for almost 60 years. A graduate of Jordan Matthews High School, he worked for Chatham County Schools for 25 years. His family was his first love followed closely by fishing. He faced every challenge bravely...

Edith Gail Dement

Edith Gail Dement

Apr 19, 2015

Edith Gail Dement, 64, passed away at her home of a heart attack in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 19, 2015. She was educated at Oxford City Schools, Louisburg College, and received and Associates in Applied Science in Computing Technology at Albuquerque Technical Institute. In 2013 she retired from the State of New Mexico as head of the Mental Health...