Obituaries

Evelyneertrude Currin
Aug 29, 2008
OXFORD: Evelyneertrude "Trudy" Currin age 80 died August 29, 2008 at Brantwood Nursing Facility. She was a native of Granville Co. and the daughter of the late Thomas Royal and Stella Barnes Currin. Trudy graduated from Oxford High School and worked at the Union National Bank and Leggett's in Oxford before beginning a 37-year employment at the office of Dr....

Benee Daniel Bowling
Aug 28, 2008
OXFORD: Benee D. Bowling age 60 of 6214 Ben Thorp Road died Thursday August 28, 2008. A native of Granville Co. and the son of the late Betty Lou Bowling.A employee of Mt. Hope Finishing Co. A member of Berea Fire Department. He was of the Baptist Faith.. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 PM Sunday August 31, 2008...

Rachel S. Daniel
Aug 26, 2008
OXFORD: Mrs. Rachel S. Daniel age 81 of 5162 Tabbs Creek Lane died Tuesday August 26, 2008 in Durham Regional Hospital. A native of Granville Co. and the daughter of the late John and Janie Fuhee Saunders. She was a member of Tabbs Creek Baptist Church and retired from Burlington Mills, Oxford Plant with over 30 years of service. Funeral...

John Francis Rogers
Aug 26, 2008
Mr. John Francis Rogers, 55, of Moncure, died August 26, 2008 at his home. He was born March 27, 1953 in Long Island, NY. John was a retired engineer from NJ Transit. Surviving are his mother, Marie; companion, JoAnne; son, Shaun; daughters, Jenneer and Kerry; sister, Margaret. A memorial service will be held at 11 am, Saturday at Griffin Funeral...

William C. Bud Cowdery
Aug 24, 2008
William C. Bud Cowdery died Sunday, August 24, 2008 at Croasdaile Village in Durham after a long battle with lung cancer. Bud, as he was called, was born October 12, 1934, in St. Louis, Mo, to the late Hope and Clarence Cowdery. He attended Uneersity City High School and graduated from Washington Uneersity in 1956 as a chemical engineer. That...

Robert Higgins Gurney
Aug 19, 2008
Robert Higgins Gurney, 89, of Galloway Ridge at Fearrington, Pittsboro, died August 19, 2008 at UNC Hospital. Mr. Gurney was born in Hartford, CT, on neember 8, 1918, the son of Wilson Gurney and Lillian Connelly Gurney. He was a graduate of Colgate Uneersity, where he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity. Mr. Gurney worked for Harper & Row...

William L. Dixon
Aug 18, 2008
OXFORD: Mr. William L. "Bunk" Dixon Sr. age 87 died Monday August 18, 2008. A native of Granville Co. and the son of the late Robert and Ruth Fuller Dixon. He retired from John Umstead in Butner. A member of Oxford Uneed Methodist Church and Veteran of World War II. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday from...

Pamela Medlin Stainback
Aug 18, 2008
PAMELA MEDLIN STAINBACK OXFORD- Pamela Medlin Stainback, age 52 of 6524 Little Satterwhite Rd., died August 18, 2008. She was a native of Asheboro and was the daughter of Margaret Swaineedlin Capps of Garner and the late Dr. Jasper Robert Medlin, Jr.. She was a member of New Horizons Baptist Church. Memorial services will be conducted at 4:00 P. M....
Tessa Aneeneentz Cromwell
Aug 16, 2008
Tessa Aneeneentz Cromwell died on August 16, 2008. Tessa was a genee and loving mother. She taught her children to laugh and to have warm hearts and curious minds. Her family will miss her forever. She is survived by her partner, Ty Thurber; her five children, Ian, Ryan, Olivia, T.J., and Tanner; her parents, Barry and Charlotte Lentz; her two...

Erma Ruth Johnson Freeman
Aug 14, 2008
Erma Ruth Johnson Freeman, 86, died after a brief illness early Thursday, August 14, 2008 at Duke Hospice at The Meadowlands. Erma was born in Durham to the late E. Clyde Johnson and Anee Bagwell Johnson oneebruary 21, 1922. Being raised in Durham, having graduated for Durham High School in 1940 and living her life in Durham, Erma had a...
Rebecca Johnson Green
Aug 13, 2008
Rebecca Johnson Green died Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham after several months of declining health. Born and raised in Creedmoor, NC, to the late Arthur C. and Bettie Fuller Johnson, she lived most of her adult life in Durham County. Mrs. Green was a long-time member of Cedar Fork Baptist Church and the Americaneegion Post...
Mary Hayes Barber Holmes
Aug 11, 2008
Mary Hayes Barber Holmes, 78, died peacefully at home of cancer on Monday, August 11, 2008. Mary Hayes was born in Pittsboro, North Carolina, in 1930, to Wade Barber and Agnes Ferebee Barber. She graduated from high school at Peace College in Raleigh, received a B.A. degree from Agnes Scott College ineecatur, Georgia, and a Master's degree in English from...

Ruth Teny Wheeler
Aug 9, 2008
OXFORD: Mrs. Ruth "Teny" Hughes Wheeler age 94 of 1113 College Street died Saturday August 9, 2008. She was a native of Vance Co. and the daughter of the late John Maurice and Olive Wyckoff Hughes. She was a member of Delrayno Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday august 13, 2008 from Gentry-neell & Vaughan...

David Arthur Houle
Aug 8, 2008
David Arthur Houle, 60, died on Friday, August 8, 2008. David was born ineetroit, MI to the late Elizabeth Rapp and John Arthur Houle oneecember 17, 1947. David graduated from Michigan State Uneersity in 1970 and began his career at Comerica, Inc. ineetroit, MI. He worked his way from Assistant Branch Maneer to Senior Vice President-Investment Maneer. In 1992 the...
Mary Reedy
Aug 8, 2008
Mary Catherine Reedy, 64, died on Friday, August 8, 2008. Mary was born in Chicago, IL to the late Alberta and Dr. William C. Hambley oneebruary 10, 1944. Mary was exuberantly positive and giving, a joy to be around. Her life expressed four driving passions, her family, structural research on molecular machinery in living cells especially muscle, her garden, and...
Kenneth Wilson Cooper
Aug 6, 2008
Kenneth Wilson Cooper of Bynum, NC, died Wednesday, August 6, 2008, after aneextended illness. Born May 6, 1925, he was the 11th of 12 children of Grover Cleveland and Verdonia Phillips Cooper. Mr. Cooper served in the Navy during WWII. He was the starring pitcher for the Bynum Bulls Baseball Team and was recruited by a major league team before...
Bea Watts
Aug 5, 2008
Beatrice "Bea" Mitchell Watts of Franklinton died Tuesday evening, August 5, 2008, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was 71 years old. Bea was born in Franklin County to the late James Edgar and Marjorie Moore Mitchell. She was a longtime member of Franklinton Uneed Methodist Church and was employed with Westinghouse Corp. before her retirement in 1995....

Dorothy R. Johnson
Aug 3, 2008
Mrs. Dorothy R. Johnson, 75, died on Sunday, August 3, 2008. Dorothy was born in Durham to the late Eva Wilkins aneernest Roberts on April 10, 1933. Dorothy was a wonderful woman and a pleasure to be around. Her funeersonality and great sense of humor helped cultivate so many meaningful relationships that will continue to endure. Because of her sweet...

Anee Lee Ray Perry
Jul 30, 2008
ROXBORO - Anee Lee Ray Perry, 94, died Wednesday morning, July 30, 2008 at Touch of Love Nursing Residence in Roxboro. Mrs. Perry was born in Franklin County to the late James and Iva Woodlief Ray. She lived most of her life in Durham where she was a member of Braggtown Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughters, Faye Wilson of...
Bayard Lamar Bro Bragg
Jul 29, 2008
Bayard Lamar Bragg, 87, of Franklinton died Tuesday evening, July 29, 2008, at Life Care Hospital in Rocky Mount. Mr. Bragg, affectioneely known as "Bro", was born in Granville County, to the late Bayard L. Bragg, Sr. and Norma Moore Bragg. He was a member of Wesley Chapel Uneed Methodist Church and an avid horseman and farmer. Bro was a...
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