Obituaries
Lanie Ruth Nichols Marbrey
Jan 1, 2008
Lanie Ruth Nichols Marbrey passed away quietly after a brief illness on January 1, 2008 at the age of 80. A lifetime resident of Durham, Mrs. Marbrey was born April 30, 1927 to Frank M. and Alice W. Nichols. She was preceded ineeath by husband, N.M.
Robert Louis Johnson
Dec 30, 2007
Mr. Robert Louis Johnson, 61, of Dewitt Smith Road, Pittsboro, died December 30, 2007 at UNC Hospital. Mr. Johnson was borneebruary 2, 1946 in Chatham County, the son of Fred W. Johnson and Allene Lopossay Johnson. He had worked for a number of years for Bish Enterprises, and was last employed as a farm maneer for Kenneth Pilkington. No immediate...
William Yates Manson
Dec 29, 2007
William Yates Manson, 72, died at his home on Saturday, December 29, 2007. A native of Greensboro, NC, he was born August 17, 1935, one of two sons of William Fletcher Manson and Tela Hodgin Manson, who predeceased him. He was a 1954 graduate of Greensboro High School and graduated from Guilford College in 1958. Mr. Manson graduated, in 1961,...
Grady Lanning
Dec 27, 2007
Grady Lee Lanning, 81 of 259 Hillsboro St. died Thursday, December 27, 2007 in Fayetteville. He was a native of Gaston County and a member of Pittsboro Baptist Church. Grady was a member of Masonic Lodge 202 in Blacksburg, SC, a member of the Eastern Star of Georgia, The Americaneegion and Fleet Reserve Association. He was retired from the US...
Arthur Allen Mcdonald
Dec 27, 2007
Arthur Allen McDonald, Jr., 88, longtime Durham attorney, died December 27, 2007. Mr. McDonald was borneebruary 15, 1919, the son of the late Arthur A. and Mary Reade McDonald. He lived in Lillington, N.C. until moving to Durham in 1931. He was a graduate of Durham High School, Class of 1938. He served in the U.S. Army during World War...
Anne Straughaneerrell
Dec 25, 2007
Anne Straughaneerrell died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at Durham Regional Hospital. A native of Durham, Mrs. Ferrell was born at 1009 W. Main St. to the late Charles Watson and Anee Jane Brown Straughan. She was orphaned at the age of two following the death of her parents and was raised by her cousins, aunts and unees. Mrs. Ferrell was...
Bud Clegg
Dec 22, 2007
Ernest Reid "Bud" Clegg, 79, of Pittsboro-Goldston Rd., Bear Creek, died Saturday, December 22, 2007 at his home. Bud was borneecember 14, 1928 in Chatham County, the son of Henry C. and Flossie Beard Clegg. He worked as a mechanic for Cooper-Harris Ford, and later worked in the bus garage for the Chatham County school system. He was a member...
Billie Higgins Collins
Dec 21, 2007
Billie Higgins Collins passed away Friday, December 21, 2007 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC. Born in Alleghany County, NC on October 25, 1930, Billie retired after many years of employment with Westinghouse Corp. She was a long-time member of Franklinton Baptist Church and shortly before her death she attended Youngsville Baptist Church. Billie was an extraordinary cook who took...
D. A. Calhoun
Dec 20, 2007
D. A. Calhoun, long time resident of Chatham County, former director of the Neighborhood Youth Corps, pastor of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church from 1960 to 1971, advocate of civil rights and social justice throughout his life, died December 20, 2007 after a lengthy hospital stay, just missing his 87th birthday. Born on a tobacco farm near Rocky Mount, NC, D....
Joseph Dalton Cox, Jr.
Dec 20, 2007
Joseph Dalton "Joe" Cox, Jr., 75, of Pittsboro, died December 20, 2007 at UNC Hospital. He was born March 30, 1932 in Guilford County, the son of Joseph D. Cox, Sr, and Helen Gibson Cox. Joe served in the US Navy during the Korean conflict. He was an active member of the community in Pittsboro, where he had served as...
Mary Elaine Sparrow Montgomery
Dec 18, 2007
Mary Elaine Sparrow Montgomery died Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Duke Medical Center. She was 80 years old. Elaine was born in Jacksonville, FL on May 12, 1927 to the late John M. Sparrow and Gertrude Whalen Sparrow French. A graduate of Binghamtoneentral High School in Binghamton, NY, Elaine attended George Washington Uneersity in Washington, D.C. and the Uneersity of...
Thomas Joseph Smith
Dec 16, 2007
Thomas Joseph Smith, age 58, died Sunday, December 16, 2007 in his Durham home. Tom was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 9, 1949. Tom worked for IBM in marketing for over 30 years, and was enjoying his well deserved retirement for the last 10 years in Durham. Tom enjoyed playing golf, especially in the Nevada-T Invitational and with friends...
Deborah Anne West Keck
Dec 14, 2007
Deborah Anne West Keck, 46, of Union Grove Church Rd, Bear Creek, died December 14, 2007 at her home following a five year battle against cancer. She was born in Rutherford County on neember 15, 1961 to Robert P. and Anita F. West. Deborah was a 1980 graduate of R-S Central High School, a 1983 graduate of Easterneentucky Uneersity with...
Josephine Augusta Mangum Latta
Dec 12, 2007
Josephine Augusta Mangum Latta, 89 of Durham died December 12, 2007 at The Meadowlands in Hillsborough. Mrs. Latta was born in Durham NC to John Arthur Mangum, Sr. and Octavia Parker Mangum. She was predeceased by her husband, James Ernest Latta, son James A.
Hazel Williams Lumpkins
Dec 11, 2007
HAZEL WILLIAMS LUMPKINS STOVALL- Hazel Williams Lumpkins, age 89 a resident of Stovall died Tuesday December 11, 2007 at Granville Medical Center. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Presley and Nora Vaughan Williams. Hazel was the widow of the late Benjamin Franklin
Mary Jane Park Stevenson
Dec 9, 2007
Mrs. Mary Jane Park Stevenson died December 9, 2007 at her son's home in Chatham County, NC. Born July 17, 1910, Detroit MI and grew up in Los Angeles, CA. Daughter of May Chamberlin and Hans Sinz Park. Graduate of UCLA and Berkley. She was a librarian for the US Army in Europe after WWII where she met her future...
Leslie Diane Quesenberry Simonet
Dec 8, 2007
Mrs. Leslie Diane Quesenberry Simonet, 61, of Butterfly Court, Chapel Hill, died December 8, 2007 at her residence following a courageous battle with cancer. Leslie was born in Wise Co., VA oneeptember 25, 1946, a daughter of M. S. "Ques" and Agnes Balcerski Quesenberry. Leslie graduated from Emory and Henry College and received her Masters degree in psychology from East...
Robert Wheeler
Dec 6, 2007
Robert A. Wheeler died Thursday, December 6, 2007 at the VA Medical Center. Bob was born in Steele, Alabama and moved to Durham, NC whenee was very young. He was the son of Robert Lee Wheeler and Viola Tankersley Wheeler, both deceased. He was one of six children. His brothers Worden Wheeler of Mechanicsville, VA, Delmas Wheeler of Durham; three...
Billy Hugh Goodman
Oct 28, 2007
Billy Hugh Goodman, 57, of Pine Glades Apartments, Siler City, died Sunday October 28, 2007 at his home. He was a native of Chatham County, and was formerly employed by Gregory Poole as a truck driver. Survivors include his daughters, Jamie Partin of Aneer and Nicole Daughtry of Princeton; his father and step-mother, Hugh and Mary Goodman of Pittsboro; a...
Merle Lemuel Frye
Oct 27, 2007
Mr. Merle Lemuel Frye, 78, of Russell Chapel Road, Bynum, died October 27, 2007 in his home. Mr. Frye was born in Guilford County on March 17, 1929 to Lemuel McKinley Frye and Nora Lee Johnson Frye. He spent his entire career in law enforcement, serving as Chief of Police in Pittsboro, and also as a deputy and bailiff with...
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