Obituaries
Jane Hammes Ryan
May 27, 2011
Jane Touhey Hammes Ryan, 85, died May 27, 2011. Born in Charleston, SC, on October 20, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Robert F. Touhey and Claire Lowman Touhey. Ms. Hammes graduated Summa Cum Laude from North Central Uneersity in Durham, NC receiving a BS ineealth Education. She later earned a Masters Degree in Counseling and Special Education...
Marie Lashley Cate
May 26, 2011
Marie Lashley Cate of Chapel Hill died at her home, Thursday, May 26, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Marie was born March 19, 1941 in Chatham County. She enjoyed working for Blue Cross Blue Shield for 37 years. Mrs. Cate is survived by her husband, William Larry Cate; son, Dennis Cate and wife Lisa; grandchildren, DJ Cate and Cyndi Swiger;...
Dorothy Dot Beasley Currin
May 25, 2011
OXFORD: Dorothy Beasley "Dot" Currin, age 86, of 2603 Enon Road, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Charlie P. and Helen Floyd Beasley and widow of Fred D. Currin. Dot was a graduate of Stovall High School 1941 and a graduate of Baltimore Maryland General Hospital School of Nursing in 1945....
Edgar Ed Thomas Gilliam, Jr.
May 23, 2011
Edgar Thomas "Ed" Gilliam, Jr. 69, of Franklintoneent to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, May 23, 2011. A native of Franklin County, born August 26, 1941, he was the son of the late Edgar Thomas Gilliam, Sr. aneexie Denton Gilliam. Ed is survived by his wife, Diane Gilliam, sons, Greg Gilliam and wife, Barbara of Bunn; Victor...
Samuel David Thorpe, Sr.
May 19, 2011
Samuel David Thorpe, Sr., borneebruary 21, 1922 went to be in the presence of his Lord and Savior on May 19, 2011, while a resident of Pittsboro Christian Village, Pittsboro, NC. Born in North Grafton, MA, and raised in Providence, RI, he along with three sisters, Charlotte, Barbara, and May, were raising in a godly Christian home. Sam accepted Christ...
Zachary Cole Ladd
May 18, 2011
Zachary Cole Ladd, 23, died oneednesday, May 18, 2011 from a severe brain injury related to a motor vehicle accident. Zach was born in Durham, NC to Ruth Boone and the late Robert Ladd oneebruary 10, 1988. Zachary was an extraordinary young man who was always willing to lend a helping hand. He attended Orange High School followed by NC...
Bill Hunt Phillips
May 16, 2011
Bill Hunt Phillips, 89, of Chesapeake, VA went home to be with his Lord on Monday, May 16, 2011. Born in 1921 in Saxapahaw, NC, Bill was the son of Charles Hunt and Violet Lewis Phillips and the loving husband of Jacqueline G. Phillips. He is survived by three daughters: Theresa Elder of Hampton, VA, Channing Persinger of Charleston, WV,...
Mary Ann Munee
May 13, 2011
Mary Ann Munee, 102 of Durham died peacefully Friday, May 13, 2011 at The Brianeenter. Born in Arlington, MA on October 29, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Jeremiah J. Regan and Jane Winnifred Barrett Regan. She was a parishioner of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She was a devoted and loving mother, an active member of her community...
Margaret Helena Jordan
May 12, 2011
Margaret Helena Jordan, 93, of Chapel Hill died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at her residence. She was borneebruary 14, 1918 to the late John Downey and Mary Young Downey. Margaret was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Originally from Ireland, Margaret immigrated to New York City as a young woman, became an American citizen and met the love...
Baby Gary Williams Kurtz-Oswald
May 12, 2011
OXFORD: Gary William Kurtz-Oswald, infant son of Vincent Michael Oswald and Sherry Annette Kurtz died Sunday at Duke Medical Center. Private services will be held Thursday May 12, 2011. Surviving in addition to his parents are his siblings, Michael Morrison and Dylan Morrison both of Ronda, NC and Savannah Oswald and Vincent Michael Oswald, Jr. both of Oxford; Maternal grandmother,...
Peter Cullen Bassett
May 12, 2011
Peter Cullen Bassett, 69, died on Thursday, May 12, 2011. Peter was born in Bridgeport, CT to Alice and Richard Bassett on May 20, 1941. Peter is survived by his wife Janet A. Bassett of Durham, NC; daughter Sara Bassett of Westport, CT; sons Mark Bassett of Aliso Viejo, CA, Matthew Bassett and his wife Stephanie of Hamden, CT, and...
Kenneth Pennington Edwards
May 11, 2011
Dr. Lt. Col. Chaplaineenneth P. Edwards US Army, Ret., lovingly called "Chap", went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, May 11, 2011. The Celebration of his life will be held oneednesday, May 18, 2011 at 2 o'clock at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 306 Alamance Rd., Greensboro, NC. Survivors include his wife, Rosali; children, Peta-Gaye, Keri, Joseph and...
Sadie Day Lawrence
May 11, 2011
Raleigh: Sadie Day Lawrence passed away oneednesday, May 11, 2011 in Raleigh, NC. She was a lifelong resident of Oxford, NC. She was born on June 25, 1917 in Granville County, the eldest daughter of Ivey W. Day and Anee May Hart Day. Sadie loved her family. When Sadie's father died, she once againeeturned to a renovated home place to...
Curtis Pete Belwood Lilly
May 10, 2011
Curtis "Pete" Belwood Lilly, 85 died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at his home, surrounded by his loving wife, three daughters and all of his grandchildren. Pete was born May 21, 1925 in Ridgewood, NJ to the late George Belwood Lilly and Marjorie Decker Lilly. Pete was recently predeceased by his only sibling, Barbara Lilly Stephens of Summerville SC. Pete graduated...
James David Gwyn
May 7, 2011
Mr. James David "Rabbit" Gwyn, 67, Richardson Road, Pittsboro, died Saturday, May 07, 2011 at his home. David was born oneecember 21, 1943 in Mount Vernon Springs, NC. David was an active member of the Masons at the Buffalo Lodge #172 in Sanford NC. He proudly served in the Uneed States Army and was a master mechanic at Pallet One....
Jean Aude Mcghee
May 7, 2011
Jean Aude McGhee, age 88, died peacefully Saturday, May 7, 2011 at her residence. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. Born July 8, 1922, she was the daughter of the late James Aude and Laura Jarvis Aude. She proudly served in the U. S. Women's Marine Corps during WW II. Jean was a longtime parishioner...
Georgia C. Hatcher
Apr 28, 2011
DURHAM - Georgia Callahan Hatcher, 86, died Thursday, April 28, 2011 at UNC Hospital. Georgia Hatcher neer knew how amazing she was. Georgia left Allentown, PA to attend Vanderbilt Uneersity, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1946. At Vanderbilt she met and married John Will Hatcher. Georgia fulfilled her life's dream to have a family and raised 3 children that honeed...
Lawrence Red Burnette
Apr 27, 2011
Mr. Lawrence "Red" Burnette, 94, of Margaret Louise Lane, Pittsboro, died April 27, 2011 at Chapel Hill Health & Rehab. Borneebruary 24, 1917 in Chatham County, he was the son of Ralph Bynum Burnette and Flossie Griffin Burnette. He served in the US Army during World War II. "Red" was a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Pittsboro, and...
Susan Smith Braxton
Apr 26, 2011
Mrs. Susan Smith Braxton, 54, of Bagwell Farm Rd., Raleigh, died April 26, 2011 at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Born in Siler City neember 14, 1956, Susan was the daughter of Paris Hurley "Red" Smith and Arlene Beverly Smith. Formerly of the Pittsboro area, Susan was a retired insurance processing technician, and also was a member of Brown's...
Paul F. Kiesow, Jr.
Apr 26, 2011
OXFORD: Paul F. Kiesow, Jr., was born ineew York City on January 7, 1928 and died April 26, 2011 in Oxford, NC. Paul was preceded ineeath by his parents Paul and Dorothea Kiesow, Sr. and his brother Daniel Kiesow. Surviviors include his wife Patricia, daughter Nancy Webb Charles, son Paul Kiesow III, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Paul spent...
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