Obituaries

Taylor Junior Laws
Mar 8, 2009
Oxford Taylor J. Laws age 85 of 7280 Goshen Road died Sunday March 8, 2009 at Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville Co., he was the son of the late Robert M.and Lelia Adcock Laws. A retired farmer and was retired from Murdoch Center. He was a member of Sharon Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00...

Harry Franklin Watts, Jr.
Mar 2, 2009
OXFORD: Harry Franklin Watts, Jr. US Navy Retired age 63 of 215 Gilliam Street died Monday, March 2, 2009 at Duke Medical Center. Harry was born in Suffolk, VA, son of the late Harry Franklin Watts, Sr. and Marie Wilkins Watts. He was a 1963 graduate of Oxford High School, attended UNC Chapel Hill, a graduate of the US neel...

Woodis Lee Vaughan
Mar 2, 2009
WOODIS L. VAUGHAN Oxford- Woodis L. Vaughan, age 86, a resident of 109 Grace St. died Monday March 2, 2009. A native of Granville Co. he was the son of the late Willie M. and Martha Nunn Vaughan. He was a member of Amis Chapel Baptist, retired maneer of Oxford Dry Cleaners and a veteran of WWII serving in the...

Caroline Royall Mayes Breedlove
Feb 25, 2009
CAROLINE ROYALL MAYES BREEDLOVE OXFORD- Caroline Royall Mayes Breedlove, age 84 a resident of Oxford, died Wednesday February 25, 2009. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late John Brent Mayes, Jr. and Mary Royall Hancock Mayes. Mrs. Breedlove was a member of the Oxford Uneed Methodist Church and a former Sunday school teacher....
Henry Hank Sasser Holder
Feb 25, 2009
Henry "Hank" Sasser Holder, 79, died at home Wednesday, February 25, 2009 in Dillon, SC. Born in Greensboro, NC, on July 3, 1929, he was the son of the late John R. Holder and Junia Sasser Holder. He was in the printing industry for more than 40 years and retired as Plant Maneer for Holladay Tyler Printing Corporation of Rockville,...
Penny Ray Gooch Holloway
Feb 24, 2009
Penny Ray Gooch Holloway, 89, formerly of 1404 Norton Street, Durham, died Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1737 Hillandale Road, Durham. The services will be followed by a reception in Johnson Hall at the church. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8...
Claytoneearliman Marshall
Feb 24, 2009
Mr. Claytoneearliman Marshall, 91, formerly of Marshall Road, Pittsboro, died February 24, 2009 at Blue Ridge Health Care Center in Raleigh. Mr. Marshall was born in Chatham County oneecember 7, 1917, the son of H.M. and May Lutterloh Marshall. He was educated in Chatham County, and following graduation from high school, he was employed at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry...
Blanee Clanton Joines
Feb 23, 2009
Blanee Clanton Joines, 86, of Chapel Hill died Monday, February 23, 2009, at the UNC Hospitals. She was born in Iredell County to John Aneew and Carrie Genee Clanton, and was widow of John Elree "Fraley" Joines of Moravian Falls. She was a member of Orange Uneed Methodist Church. Surviving her are two daughters, Carol J. Ludwig and husband Ross...

Ann Holmes Collins
Feb 22, 2009
FRANKLINTON, NC COLLINS Ann Holmes Collins of Franklinton, Age 77, died Sunday, February 22, 2009 at her residence. She was a native of Franklinton, NC and was the daughter of the late Herbert and Irene Holmes. Mrs. Collins was a member of Popes Chapel Uneed Church Of Christ, former secretary and a member of the choir. Mrs. Collins is survived...

Harold L. Sherman
Feb 21, 2009
OXFORD Harold L. Sherman, age 82, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 at Rex Hospital, Raleigh, NC. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late C. R. Sherman and Mildred Day Sherman. He was owner and operator of Morton & Sherman Implement Co., a member of Delrayno Baptist Church and a US Army veteran. Funeral services will...

Dave W. Chaneer
Feb 20, 2009
Dave W. Chaneer died peacefully Friday morning, February 20th, 2009 after several years of declining health. He was born in Durham County, the youngest and last surviving child of Mcvay Chaneer and Maggie Marshall Chaneer. He worked for many years at the American Tobacco Company and on his family farm. He was a long-time member of Aneews Chapel UMC. He...

Samuel R. Perry
Feb 20, 2009
SAM R. PERRY Franklinton - Sam R. Perry age 61 died Friday, February 20, 2009 at Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville Co, he was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill Surgical Assistant Program, an employee with Dr. David Noel and Trianee Orthopedic Associates PA, and a member of Brassfield Voluneer...
Clara Belle Scott Godwin
Feb 17, 2009
Clara Belle Scott Godwin died ineer home February 17, 2009, with her children by her side. She was a Durham native and the daughter of the late Janie Belle Harward and Sam H. Scott. Mrs. Godwin was predeceased by her beloved husband Hoover D. Godwin and brother, Harrison Scott. Surviving are her daughter Janie G. Tew and husband Milton R....
Rev. Charles Spence Hubbard
Feb 16, 2009
The Rev. Charles Spence Hubbard, 95, of Pittsboro, died Monday, February 16, 2009, peacefully in his home. Rev. Hubbard was born and raised in Sanford. While attending UNC at Chapel Hill, he lettered in both track and football, and he held the conference indoor broadjump record for many years. He was a retired Uneed Methodist pastor, a member of the...
William Hunter Stallworth, Jr.
Feb 14, 2009
Mr. William Hunter "Bill" Stallworth, Jr., 85, of Pittsboro, NC died February 14, 2009 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Bill was born ineeath Springs, SC on March 16, 1923, the son of William H. Stallworth, Sr. and Zada Rogers Stallworth. He was a graduate of Clemson Uneersity with degrees in Math and Chemistry. Bill's time at Clemson was divided...

Roy Benjamin Harris, Jr.
Feb 13, 2009
OXFORD Mr. Roy Benjamin Harris, Jr. age 63 of 3615 East Geer Street, Durham, died Friday, February 13, 2009. A native of Granville Co. and the son of the late Roy B. Harris, Sr. and Bessie Sue Renn Harris. He was of the Baptist Faith. Roy graduated from Durham High School. He was in the reserve from 1968 until 1974....
Bill Lowery
Feb 11, 2009
Bill Lowery of Franklinton died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at Duke Raleigh Hospital. He was 87 years old. Prior to his retirement, Bill was employed in the automotive industry for many years and was an active member of South Main Baptist Chapel in Wake Forest. He is survived by his daughter, Lisa Harris and husband, Stacy, of Franklinton, NC; his...

Hilda Mae Saunders Pruitt
Feb 10, 2009
HILDA MAE SAUNDERS PRUITT Oxford- Hilda Mae Saunders Pruitt, age 81 of Southern Pines died Tuesday February 10, 2009. A native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Grover C. Saunders, Sr. and Mattie Roberson Saunders. A memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday February, 14, 2009 from Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel by...
James Curtis Neely
Feb 9, 2009
James Curtis Neely died peacefully at home on the morning of February 9, 2009. Mr. Neely was born on April 10, 1924, in Birmingham, Alabama, to Van Madisoneeely and Mary Pearl Chapman. Mr. Neely served in the US Navy as an Electrician's Mate during WWII and fought in the Pacific Theater aboard the ship the USS New Mexico. He was...

William "Duck" Aruthur Grissom
Feb 9, 2009
WILLIAM A. "DUCK" GRISSOM Townsville- William A. "Duck" Grissom, age 57 a resident of Townsville died Monday February 9, 2009 at his home. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Russell Champion and Pansy Grissom. He worked as a mechanic for Athol in Butner for over 32 years and worked as a truck...
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