Obituaries

Frances Jones Hicks

Frances Jones Hicks

Apr 24, 2014

OXFORD: Frances Jones Hicks, a resident of Oxford died Thursday April 24, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Lewis Garland Jones, Sr. and Bessie Phillips. Frances was the widow of the late Henry Rives Hicks, Sr. She was a member of West Oxford Baptist Church and a former member of Bethel Uneed Methodist Church. She was a home...

Frances Jones Hicks

Frances Jones Hicks

Apr 24, 2014

OXFORD: Frances Jones Hicks, a resident of Oxford died Thursday April 24, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Lewis Garland Jones, Sr. and Bessie Phillips. Frances was the widow of the late Henry Rives Hicks, Sr. She was a member of West Oxford Baptist Church and a former member of Bethel Uneed Methodist Church. She was a home...

Robert Owen Gooch

Robert Owen Gooch

Apr 20, 2014

Robert Owen Gooch, 83, died Sunday April 20, 2014 at Duke Regional Hospital. A native of Durham he was the son of the late Floyd Gooch and Ruby Picket Gooch. Robert was a Veteran of the U. S Air Force. He was longtime member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, served as deacon, and Sunday school teacher. He retired after 42...

Beau Harvey

Beau Harvey

Apr 18, 2014

Beau Patrick Harvey, 43, passed away Friday April 18, 2014 at his home in Pittsboro, NC. The family will receive friends from 6-8:00pm Monday, April 21, 2014 at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, 396 West St., Pittsboro, NC 27312. A funeral service for Beau will be held in Marrero, Louisiana at a later date.

Marlene Farrell

Marlene Farrell

Apr 16, 2014

Hazel Marlene Farrell, 81, of Butner, NC, passed away Wednesday morning, April 16, 2014 at The Laurels of Chatham in Pittsboro, NC. A native of Chatham County, Marlene was born to the late Dewitt Henry Farrell and Hazel Burns. In addition to her parents, she is preceded ineeath by her brother, William Ray Farrell. Survivors include her brother, Larry Farrell...

Rheumel Markham

Rheumel Markham

Apr 15, 2014

Rheumel Thrailkill Markham born July 1, 1920 peacefully passed away on April 15, 2014. A graveside service was held at Pittsboro Uneed Methodist Church on April 18, 2014. Rheumel was the daughter of L. Frank and Berta Horton Thrailkill and was a lifelong resident of Chatham County having lived on a farm in the Seaforth community before moving to Pittsboro....

Alice Everidge Efrid

Alice Everidge Efrid

Apr 12, 2014

Mrs Alice Everidge Efird, 85, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, NC. A native of Forsyth County, NC, she was born May 26, 1928 to the late Paul and Alma Everidge. She trained and worked as a Registered Nurse in Winston Salem, NC, including the old "City Hospital", which is now Forsyth Memorial Hospital....

Georgette A. Brown

Georgette A. Brown

Apr 12, 2014

Georgette A. Brown, 84, died Saturday, April 12, 2014 at home. Georgette was born July 3, 1929 in NYC, NY to the late William and Marie Bomer. She was a communicant of Holy Family Catholic Church in Hillsborough. She was preceded ineeath by her husband, Thomas J. Brown Sr. in 2012. Georgette grew up in Woodhaven in Queens, NY and...

Murphy Eugene "Bud" Holder

Murphy Eugene "Bud" Holder

Apr 11, 2014

Bud Holder, 88, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at Hospice of Wake County, Raleigh. A native of Harnett County, Bud was born April 3, 1926 to the late Atlas Eugene Holder and Whittie Suggs Holder. He graduated from Bells High School in 1944 and attended Louisburg College & Duke Uneersity. He was a member of Ebeneer UMC and Pittsboro...

Louis Benson Mitchell

Louis Benson Mitchell

Apr 6, 2014

Louis Benson Mitchell, 88, of Pittsboro, died Sunday, April 6, 2014 at his home, following several years of declining health. He was surrounded by his family. Benson was born in Chatham County, NC, the son of the late Earlie and Arzona Mitchell. A combat veteran of WWII, he was most proud of his service in the US Army. He was...

Katherine Kay Sanson Smith

Katherine Kay Sanson Smith

Apr 6, 2014

Katherine Kay Sanson Smith died at the age of 91 on April 6, 2014. Kay was the wife of the late Billy Cevus Smith, attorney, of Pittsboro, North Carolina. Born in Atoka, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of David Alexander Sanson and Bertha Jorndt Sanson. After her father died, her mother married Harry Johneeynolds. Kay moved to Gulf Breeze, Florida...

Lois Eileen Robinson

Lois Eileen Robinson

Apr 2, 2014

CARY, NC -Lois Eileen Robinson, 88, of Kingsport died April 2, 2014 at Woodland Terrace in Cary, NC. She was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on August 13, 1925. She was preceded ineeath by her parents, Charles and Helen Dueker, her husband, George Robert Robinson, and her sister, Betty Flanders. She is survived by her brother, Richard Dueker, her son,...

Laura Blair Johnson

Laura Blair Johnson

Apr 1, 2014

Mrs. Laura Blair Johnson, 94, of Pittsboro, NC, peacefully passed away ineer home in the early morning of April 1, 2014, while surrounded by her family. A native of Scotland County, Laura was born July 25, 1919 in Laurinburg, NC to the late John Braneey Muse and Anee Laura Gilchrist. She was a graduate of Peace College and UNC-Greensboro. After...

Claire Hill Shaw

Claire Hill Shaw

Mar 31, 2014

Claire Hill Shaw, 91, died Monday, March 31, 2014 at Dan E. & Mary Louise Stewart Health Center of Springmoor in Raleigh. Mrs. Shaw was born May 21, 1922, in Youngsville, to Sandy and Hettie M. Wiggins Hill. She attended Louisburg College and Meredith College. Mrs. Shaw was a home economics teacher at Oak Grove, Southern High School and Neal...

Richard Jeffrey Stone

Richard Jeffrey Stone

Mar 28, 2014

Richard Jeffrey Stone Sr., 58, passed onto the Lord suddenly on Friday, March 28, 2014 at his home. Born July 30, 1955 to the late Sidney Walker Stone and Sara Shreve Stone, he was a life resident of Durham. Richard was a former member of Grace Baptist Church in Durham and is fondly remembered by his family and friends as...

James I. Jim Coughlin, Md

James I. Jim Coughlin, Md

Mar 26, 2014

DURHAM: James I. "Jim" Coughlin, M.D. died March 26, 2014 after years of declining health from COPD and related disorders. He is survived by his wife, Sara "Sally" Coughlin; daughter, Kris Anneeehling of Columbia, MD, son, Michael Coughlin of St. Louis, MO, and daughter, Kareneeeping of York, PA; and grandchildren, Karina, Kendrick and Keegan Pacchioni, and Kacy and Zachary Reeping....

Brenda Ann Davis Joyner

Brenda Ann Davis Joyner

Mar 25, 2014

DURHAM- Brenda Ann Davis-Joyner, 63, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. Born on neember 11, 1950, Brenda was the daughter of James Davis and the late Anee Brouner Davis. In addition to her father she is survived by her brother, Allan Davis and wife, Anee of Richmond, VA; her sisters, Pamela Davis of Dothan, AL; Loretta Smith...

Sybil Averette Lloyd

Sybil Averette Lloyd

Mar 25, 2014

Sybil Averette Lloyd, age 69, died March 25, 2014. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Hazel Gray Averette and Farris Sadler Averette. Sybil retired as a financial secretary with Union National Bank and National Finance Co. in Durham. She was a member of Providence Baptist Church. Sybil loved her family dearly, a...

Fred Lashley

Fred Lashley

Mar 25, 2014

Fred Lashley, 78, passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 25, 2014 in his home surrounded by his family. A native of Chatham County, Fred was born to the late Mike & Mabel Hester Lashley. In addition to his parents, Fred was preceded ineeath by his wife, Agnes Ward Lashley. Survivors include his daughters, Wanda Lucas and Conee McClamroch Jim, both of...

Ruth Luhmaneewis

Ruth Luhmaneewis

Mar 24, 2014

Ruth Luhmaneewis, of Durham, died suddenly Monday, March 24, 2014, at The Forest at Duke. She was 78 years old. Ruth was borneebruary 19, 1936, in Mahneen, Minnesota. After graduating from Mahneen High School she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Uneersity of Minnesota, and theneerved for three years with the Americaneed Cross, both domestically and internationally. Following...