Obituaries
Lily Pergerson Ball
Mar 23, 2014
FRANKLINTON, NC Lily Easter Pergerson Ball, 74, of Franklinton died Sunday, March 23, 2014. A native of Franklin County, daughter of the late Jasper J. and Ida Faulkner Pergerson, widow of Ernest Jasper Ball. She spent 25 years of her life caring for others as an Activity Coordinator at Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community. She enjoyed serving in the Faithful...
Alan Ambrose Forthofer
Mar 21, 2014
Alan Ambrose Forthofer, 84, died Friday, March 21, 2014 in Florida. Born May 28, 1929 to Elmer and Lucille Dechant Forthofer. Alan lived most of his life in Ohio where he was a farmer. Alan moved to Durham in 1984 where he worked many years as a heavy equipment mechanic for Dennis Equipment and at Duke Medical Center. He was...
Emma Lou Goodwin
Mar 21, 2014
Emma Lou Lloyd Goodwin, age 91, died peacefully Friday, March 21, 2014 at the Carolina House in Chapel Hill. She was born in Raleigh, NC to the late Eugene W. and Flora Beasley Lloyd on March 1, 1923. Emma Lou worked at CCB for many years before her retirement in 1965. She was a member of Cedar Fork Baptist Church...
Edward Attarian
Mar 21, 2014
DURHAM, NC -Edward Attarian, M.D., F.A.C.P., age, 85 died Friday, March 21, 2014. He was born January 11, 1929, in Troy, New York. He grew up in Albany, New York, attending Albany High School where he became senior class president, and also achieved All City honors in Varsity Football, Basketball, and Track. He contracted pulmonary tuberculosis at age 18; six...
Michael Christopher Healy
Mar 19, 2014
Mr. Michael Christopher Healy, 75, of Pittsboro, NC, died late, Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at Duke Hospice, The Hock Family Pavilion surrounded by his loving family. Born May 9, 1938 in Bronx, NY, Michael was a son of the late Thomas aneelleneealy. He graduated St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY with a bachelor's degree in business finance. He served our...
Edna Mae Johnston
Mar 18, 2014
Edna Mae Johnston, 86, of Durham died Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Duke Medical Center in Durham. She was born in Durham to the late Julius H. Johnston, Sr. and Laura Lee Evans Johnston. She is also preceded ineeath by her brother Julius H. Johnston, Jr. and a half-sister, Lura Lee Cowley. A native of Durham, Edna worked at Gann...
Helen S. Roll
Mar 16, 2014
Helen S. Roll, age 96, died Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. She was born in Towson, MD to the late Edmund and Christine Sauerbrey on October 28, 1917. A member of Christus Victor Lutheran Church in Durham, Helen worked in the family florist business for many years before it closed in the early 1970s. She enjoyed her...
Robert Franeensslin, Jr.
Mar 15, 2014
ROBERT F. ENSSLIN, JR, MAJOR GENERAL, USARMY RET DIED ON MARCH 15, 2014 IN CHAPEL HILL, NC. HE WAS BORN OneeBRUARY 22, 1928 IN JACKSONVILLE, FL TO PAULINE HARPER ENSSLIN AND ROBERT F. ENSSLIN. HE GRADUATED FROM WILSON HIGH SCHOOL IN WASH, DC. AND IN 1950 FROM UNC-CH, WHERE HE BELONGED TO KAPPA SIGMA. HIS MILITARY CAREER BEGAN IN 1951,...
Jeanette Picano
Mar 15, 2014
Jeanette Picano, 79, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 15, 2014. She lived most of her life in Long Island, NY before relocating to Durham five years ago. Jeanette was a loving, caring mother and homemaker, and a wonderful cook! Surviving are: a son, Steven Picano and wife, Dina of New Albany, Ohio; two daughters, Aneea Picano of Long Beach,...
James Brogden Glenn
Mar 15, 2014
James Brogden Glenn, 75, passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2014, at his home in Durham. Born August 24, 1938 in Raleigh to Aneew Jackson Glenn and Doris Brogden Glenn. He was a US Navy veteran. Mr. Glenn worked at the VA Hospital in Durham for over 35 years. He was preceded ineeath by his wife, Lynda Glenn. Surviving are:...
Bruce Isaacs
Mar 13, 2014
Bruce Wade Isaacs, 86, of Durham, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Mr. Isaacs was born in Durham on July 14, 1927 to Larue Hunter Isaacs and George E. Isaacs. He graduated from Durham High School and the Uneersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was the head maneer of the 1946 Football Team, which...
Richard Martineenkins
Mar 13, 2014
FRANKLINTON: Richard "Rick" Jenkins passed away at his home March 13, 2014 after fighting a courage's battle with cancer. He was a native of Mecklenburg Co. and was the son of Pearl Jones Sneer of Mt. Holly and the late Jack Jenkins. Rick was a veteran of the Marine Corp and attended of Union View Baptist Church. He was known...
Patricia Baker Dixon
Mar 12, 2014
DURHAM Patricia Baker Dixon, 67, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. Patricia is survived by her son, Patrick Dixon and wife, Claudia Walsh of Virginia Beach, VA; her sister, Sherry Shambley, of Durham and her grandchildren, Caitlyn Dixon, Hunter Dixoneethan Taylor, Kevin Fish and Phillip Fish. Patricia was predeceased by her mother, Juanita Baker, husband, Wayne Dixon,...
Lenora Althea Little
Mar 12, 2014
Althea Little went to be with the Lord after succumbing to lung cancer at age 57, oneednesday March 12, 2014. She is survived by her daughter Sherry Little, her four brothers Phillip, Jerome, Conrad and Michael Little; as well as nephews, nieces, and cousins. Her life was filled with love and her legacy shall continue. A Celebration of her life...
William Randolph Randy Morris
Mar 12, 2014
William Randolph "Randy" Morris, 55, died suddenly Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at his home. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Randy was borneeptember 13, 1958 to William C. and Doris Walker Morris. He was a graduate of Auburn Uneersity, where he earned his bachelor degree in arts & finance. Randy joined the US Navy in 1980 and was a Commander from...
Mary Ann Gilleskie
Mar 11, 2014
Mary Ann Gilleskie, 77, woneer long, courageous battle with cancer wheneer Lord and Savior called her home on March 11, 2014. After moving to Durham from Bridgeville, PA, Mary Ann and her husband of fifty years, the late Alexander Gilleskie, raised four children: Mark Gilleskie of Blowing Rock, NC; Gary Gilleskie of Chapel Hill, NC; Mary Lynne Hunt of Wilmington,...
Patricia Gayle Averette
Mar 6, 2014
DURHAM - Gayle Averette, 68, died Thursday, March 6, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Wallace L. Bowling and Katherine Browning Bowling. Gayle was born and reared in Durham. After graduating from Western Carolina, Gayle worked as a speech therapist until she and Roy started their family, at which time she became a stay-at-home mother, a role that...
Emily King Vander Linden Williams
Mar 6, 2014
Emily King Vander Linden Williams, age 90, died peacefully Thursday, March 6, 2014, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, NC. She was born ineendersonville, NC on June 19, 1923 to the late Dr. William H. and Floride Morris Vander Linden. Emily was educated in the Hickory, NC public schools. She graduated from Lenoir Rhyne College with a B.S. in Library...
Marguerite Therese Mccauly Kull
Mar 4, 2014
Marguerite Terese McCauley Kull, age 94, died peacefully ineer Durham home of 43 years on Tuesday evening, March 4, 2014. She was born to the late Mary Agnes Hannon and Charles McCauley ineewark, NJ on October 4, 1919. In 1937 she graduated from Our Lady of the Valley High School in South Orange, New Jersey. On May 22, 1943, she...
Florence Carter Ellis
Mar 3, 2014
Florence Carter Ellis, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, March 3, 2014, with her family by her side. Florence was born in Bynum, NC and graduated from Pittsboro High School. Prior to her retirement, Florence was employed by Blue Cross Blue Shield. Her retirement years were spent gardening and caring for her...
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