Obituaries
Eleanor Wilson Thomas
Feb 18, 2012
Mrs. Eleanor Wilson Thomas, 95, died February 18, 2012 at Twin Rivers Independent Living in Pittsboro. Mrs. Thomas was born July 16, 1916 in Orange County, NC, a daughter of Robert Lee Wilson and Blenee Clark Wilson. Mrs. Thomas loved her family; she also enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, cooking and sewing. She liked being outdoors and tending her garden. Described...
Gladys Gustafson Nordin
Feb 16, 2012
Gladys Gustafson Nordin died peacefully ineer own home on Thursday afternoon, February 16, 2012, after a long period of declining health. Gladys was born in Isanti County, MN to the late Oscar aneesther Hermanson Gustafson oneebruary 18, 1920. Gladys is survived by her daughter Jane Hurlburt and husband John of Durham, NC; sister Sylvia Moen of MN; three grandchildren and...
Martha Ernestine Cotten Hackney
Feb 16, 2012
Mrs. Martha Ernestine Cotten Hackney, 84, formerly of nee St., Pittsboro, died February 16, 2012 at the Laurels of Chatham. Mrs. Hackney was born July 31, 1927 in Chatham County, a daughter of Ernest Cotten and Ila Waddell Cotten. Mrs. Hackney worked for a number of years at Chatham Mills, and later worked as a cashier at UNC Hospitals from...
Tyler Tye Arnold Pendergraph
Feb 15, 2012
Tyler "Tye" Arnold Pendergraph, age 72, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family. A Durham native, he was the son of the late Wineed Arnold aneeleanor Lillian Bright Pendergraph. Tye was a long-time member of Durham Memorial Baptist Church and a dedicated employee of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. Surviving are his wife, Jo Anneendergraph of...
Hazel Ellis Bland
Feb 14, 2012
Mrs. Hazel Ellis Bland, 82, of Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, died February 14, 2012 ineer home. A native of Chatham County, Mrs. Bland was born May 25, 1929 to Cecil and Josephine Hackney Ellis. Mrs. Bland was a graduate of Pittsboro High School; she operated a beauty salon from her home for a number of years. She was a member of...
Margaret Fitzsimmons
Feb 13, 2012
DURHAM- Margaret Fitzsimmons died Monday, February 13, 2012. Born in Edinburgh Scotland, she served as a clerk for the Royal Air Force during WWII. Margaret immigrated to the U.S. to joineer brother in Chicago and began a long time professional and personal association with the late John Hope Franklin, PhD, James B. Duke Professor of History. She continued her association...
Dr. George S.E. Aitken
Feb 13, 2012
Dr. George S. E. Aitken of Durham, N.C., died much too young on Monday, February 13, 2012 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born in Liverpool, England, on May 9, 1955, to Louise and Seymour Aitken. After completing his secondary education in Britain, George migrated to the Uneed States to attend Harvard Uneersity where he excelled as a...
Dr. Albert Milton Arky
Feb 13, 2012
Announcing the passing of Dr. Albert Milton Arky February 13, 2012 It is with great sadness that the family of Dr. Albert Milton Arky announces his passing. "Milt" died Monday, February 13, 2012, due to congestive heart failure. He was 82. Milt was born in Yale, Oklahoma to the late Jake and Bertha Polachek Arky oneecember 6, 1929. Milt graduated...
Betty Lou Garrard
Feb 12, 2012
Betty Lou Garrard, age 77, died Sunday, February 12, 2012 at the Presbyterian Home of Hawfields ineebane, NC. A Durham native, Betty was born to the late Joseph Madison and Katie Garrard Johnson. The youngest of six children, Betty was raised in the Mt. Sylvan community and was a long-time member of Ebeneer Baptist Church where she operated the church...
Lois Faucette Cottrell
Feb 11, 2012
OXFORD: Lois F. Cottrell, age 82 of Sidney Cottrell Road, died Saturday, February 11, 2012. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late Ruben and Jessie Hobgood Faucette and the widow of Elijah Cottrell. Lois was a member of Stovall Baptist Church, a devoted wife, loving mother and a homemaker. Funeral services will be conducted at...
Ruby Goodwin Green
Feb 11, 2012
Ruby Goodwin Green died on Saturday, February 11, 2012. Ruby was born in Chatham County, NC to the late Charlie and Margaret Marks Goodwin on October 16, 1928. Ruby was a loving mother and grandmother and a longtime member of Cedar Ford Baptist Church. Ruby has resided at Plantation Estates in Matthews, NC for the past teneears. Ruby is survived...
Joseph Swanson Braswell
Feb 9, 2012
DURHAM Joseph Swanson Braswell, 81, died Thursday, February 9, 2012 at Hock Family Pavilion. Swanson was born in Wake County to the late Clarence Odell and Levie Murdoch Braswell. Swanson was employed by IBM working in maneement of Traffic and Shipping departments. Swansoneerved in the U. S Navy and was a 60 year member of Durham Masonic Lodge 352 A.F...
Marie Thrift Mitchell
Feb 6, 2012
Mrs. Marie Thrift Mitchell, 81, of Lineey St., Pittsboro, died February 6, 2012 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford following a sudden illness. Mrs. Mitchell was borneebruary 18, 1930 in Chatham County, a daughter of William McKinley Thrift aneevie Creed Thrift. Mrs. Mitchell graduated from Pittsboro High School in 1948 and married her husband Bob Ray Mitchell in 1951. An...
David John Downs
Feb 4, 2012
David John Downs died on Saturday, February 04, 2012. David was born May 10, 1946 in Wyoming County, PA. David is survived by his mother Arleneeyet Downs of Barker, NY; wife Margaret of the home; daughters Sarah Day and husband Willie of St. Louis, MO, Lynn Downs of Luzerne, PA; sons Mark Downs and wife Christina of Lake Silkworth, PA,...
Clay Pruitt Harris
Feb 3, 2012
OXFORD: Clay Pruitt Harris, age 84, died February 3, 2012 at Granville Medical Center. She was a native of Pennsylvania County, VA and was the daughter of the late Johneeneey Pruitt aneesther Hill Pruitt. A member of Amis Chapel Baptist Church, she was involved in the choir, WMU and was a former member of the Golden Cords Flat River Baptist...
Max Norwood
Feb 2, 2012
Mr. Max Norwood, 92, of Lamont Norwood Rd, Pittsboro, died February 2, 2012 at the Hock Family Pavilion of Duke Hospice in Durham. Born neember 28, 1919 in Chatham County, Mr. Norwood was a son of James Alexander Norwood and Myrtle Kate Harris Norwood. He was a graduate of Bynum School, and retired from Liggett and Meyers after over 30...
Marionette Watkins Hicks
Feb 1, 2012
ZEBULON Marionette Watkins Hicks neember 28, 1932 February 1, 2012 Our dear loving Mother passed peacefully, to dwell in the house of our Lord, late Wednesday, February 1, 2012. She was a native of Granville County and the daughter of the late, Oscar Watkins and Hattie Watkins. Formerly of Durham, NC, she retired from Howard Johnson's in Durham after 20...
Joanne Henderson Fredericks
Jan 31, 2012
Mrs. Joanne Henderson Fredericks, 54, died January 31, 2012 ineer home. The daughter of Wallace Henderson and Delores Romaine Henderson, Joanne was born January 2, 1958 in Patterson, New Jersey. Joanne moved to Chatham County fifteeneears ago from New Jersey with her husband John. She beganeer career with the Chatham County school system two years later, working as a voluneer...
Neil Jefferson Mclaurin
Jan 31, 2012
Mr. Neil Jefferson McLaurin, 97, of NC 902, Pittsboro, died January 31, 2012 at Siler City Care and Rehabilitationeenter. Born in Anson County on August 29, 1914, Mr. McLaurin was a son of Albert Hugh McLaurin and Lucy Elizabeth Rhyne McLaurin. Mr. McLaurin was a retired seafood dealer; in his off time he enjoyed bird hunting and was an avid...
Nancy Lloyd Corner
Jan 28, 2012
Nancy Lloyd Corner, age 73, died peacefully on January 28, 2012 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC. She was born in Washington, DC to the late Edmund H. and Mary Jane Brahany Lloyd. Nancy led a diverse aneeventful life having been a New York-based model, TV weather womaneemployee of AT&T and a freelance graphic artist. She authored a book,...
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