Obituaries
Ernest Frederick Licht
Jul 23, 2007
Mr. Ernest Frederick Ernie Licht, 80, of Pittsboro died July 23, 2007 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. Ernie was borneecember 14, 1926 in Wayne Co., MI to Ernest Jacob and Violetta Zimmer Licht. He served in the US Navy, and was a retired Sales Engineer for SKF manufacturer of ball bearings. He relocated to Pittsboro 21 years ago and...
Rebecca Beasley King
Jul 20, 2007
Rebecca Beasley King passed away Friday, July 20, 2007 at Croasdaile Pavilion. The daughter of Morris and Leonard Dunlop Beasley, Rebecca was preceded ineeath by her devoted husband of 62 years, Aubrey Burns King, who died in January 2005. She was raised in Durham and attended the Durham City Schools. Rebecca graduated with the Class of 1942 from Durham High...
James Walker Thomas, Jr.
Jul 19, 2007
Mr. James Walker JW Thomas, Jr., 89, of Mt. View Church Road, Moncure, died Thursday, July 19, 2007 at home while working in his garden. Mr. Thomas was born May 2, 1918 in Chatham County, the son of the late J. Walker Thomas, Sr. and Nora Ray Thomas. He was a lifelong farmer, and retired from working as a security...
Carolyn Carroll Distasio
Jul 17, 2007
Mrs. Carolyn Carroll Distasio, wife of Richard Distasio, Sr. died July 17, 2007 ineer home on Evergreen Drive in Pittsboro. She was 63. Carolyn was born in Wise County, VA oneeptember 19, 1943, the daughter of MJ Carroll and Nadine Thompson Carroll. She worked as a prodcut buyer for both Kmart and Strowd's Jewelers for a number of years, and...
Howard Franklin Claypoole
Jul 14, 2007
Howard F. Frank Claypoole passed away Saturday, July 14, 2007 at Duke Uneersity Medical Center in Durham, NC. Born May 19, 1935, he grew up in Toledo, Ohio where he was an all-city basketball player at Toledo Scott High School. He joined the Uneed States Army after high school and served in Korea in the 8178 Army Unit, before his...
Charlotte Corbin
Jul 13, 2007
Charlotte Corbin, 94, died on Friday, July 13, 2007. Charlotte was born in Danville, VA to the late George Wesley Corbin, Sr. and Lucy Lyon Corbin oneecember 3, 1912. Charlotte moved to Durham in 1928 at the age of fifteen and graduated from Durham High the following year in 1929. She theneent on to graduate from Duke Uneersity in 1935...
Adolph Bryant Duke
Jul 6, 2007
Bryant Duke 77, of Cary, died Friday, July 6, 2007 after an extended illness at Western Wake Hospital in Cary. Bryant was born in Oxford, North Carolina oneeptember 19, 1930 to Martha Beatrice aneernest Bryant Duke. He moved to Durham whenee started elementary school and lived there until graduation from Durham High School. Bryant then joined the Navy for the...
Ann Rose Finch
Jul 5, 2007
ANN SOUTHERLAND FINCH OXFORD- Ann Southerland Finch, age 81 a resident of 207 Belle St. died Thursday July 5, 2007. She was a native of Vance Co. And was the daughter of the late William Robert and Laura Southerland Finch. She was a retired bookkeeper for Union National Bank, a homemaker and was a member of the Oxford Uneed Methodist...
James Joseph Bowie
Jul 4, 2007
JAMES JOSEPH BOWIE OXFORD- James Joseph Bowie, age 57 a resident of 3600 Hwy 15 S. died Wednesday July 4, 2007. He was a native of Passaic Co. New Jersey and was the son of the late James T. and Catherine Reihl Bowie. Memorial services will be held Saturday July 7, 2007 at 1:45 PM in the Gentry-neell & Vaughan...
Paul E. Hirschauer
Jul 2, 2007
Paul E. Hirschauer, 81, died July 2, 2007 at the Brianeenter Health & Rehabilitation from a diabetes related illness. Paul was born August 12, 1925 in Munee, Indiana to Hilbert and Leona Heldenbrand Hirschauer. He was their first child of four. He enlisted in the Army in World War II and proudly served his country as a Corporal, travelineextensively through...
Dovie Medlin Sauls
Jul 2, 2007
Mrs. Dovie Medlin Sauls, of New Elam Church Road, New Hill, died July 2, 2007 at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro. She was 85. Born October 7, 1921 in Chatham County, she was the daughter of Jasper and Donna Hearneedlin. Mrs. Sauls was a graduate of Bells School, and was a member of New Elam Christian Church. A homemaker, she also...
Virginia Shaw Hilliard
Jul 1, 2007
Mrs. Virginia Shaw Hilliard, 95, of Pittsboro, died Sunday, July 1, 2007 at Liselotte Care Home in Pittsboro. She was born August 2, 1911 in Roanee Rapids. Mrs. Hilliard was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church, and was retired from Chatham Mills. She is survived by a brother and two sisters, Willie, neella, and Bonee, all from the Roanee...
Lucille G. Kluttz
Jun 30, 2007
Lucille G. Kluttz, of 2308 Woodrow St. in Durham died Saturday, June 30, 2007. Lucille was born in Polkton, NC on October 10, 1910, to the late James Griffin aneeulalia Godwin Griffin. She was preceded ineeath by her husband of more than 50 years, John Calvin Kluttz, Jr. Lucille was a registered nurse who received her degree from the Charlotte...
Heleneearney Goodwin
Jun 28, 2007
HELEneeARNEY GOODWIN FRANKLINTON- Heleneearney Goodwin, age 80 a resident of 12 Cheatham Street died Thursday June 28, 2007. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Willie and Fanee Branscom Kearney. She was a retired employee of Corning. Funeral services will be held on Sunday July 1, 2007 at 2:00 P. M. in the...
Floyd G. Elliott
Jun 21, 2007
FLOYD G. ELLIOTT OXFORD: Floyd G. Elliott, age 86 a resident of 7717 Hwy. 96 North died Thursday June 21, 2007. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Henry and Sarah Denneelliott. He was a lifelong member of Sharon Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, superintendent of Sunday School and served on...
Elizabeth Jean Plaisted
Jun 18, 2007
Elizabeth Jean Betty Plaisted, of 95 Creekwood ineearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC died June 18, 2007 at Britthaven of Chapel Hill from complications of Alzheimer's Disease. She was 84. Elizabeth was born July 12, 1922 in Pittsburgh, PA, a daughter of Norman L. Justus and Minee Bedorf Justus. She had to go to work right after high school, but, ineer 50's...
Murriel Aneews Mann
Jun 18, 2007
Mrs. Murriel Aneews Mann, of Pittsboro, died June 18, 2007 at The Laurels of Chatham. She was 86. Mrs. Mann was born June 12, 1921 in Chatham County, the daughter of Alvin Tawney Aneews and Maudie Mae Jones Aneews. She was retired from Chatham Mills, aneenjoyed quilting. Mrs. Mann was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, where she taught...
Nora Olivia Olive Lanham
Jun 17, 2007
Nora Olivia Lanham, 82, passed away Sunday morning, June 17, 2007. She was a resident of Croasdaile Village Retirement Center along with Charles, her husband of 62 years. Olive was born in Soochow, China on October 2, 1924. She was the daughter of Dwight Lamar and Margarita Park Sherertz who were Methodist missionaries. She came to Durham in high school...
Katharine Mann Williams
Jun 13, 2007
Mrs. Katharine Mann Williams, 94, formerly of Manco Dairy Road, Pittsboro, died June 13, 2007 at The Laurels of Chatham. Mrs. Williams was born January 25, 1913 in Chatham County, a daughter of Oscar Brent Mann and Susan Stella Smith Mann. She was a graduate of Appalachian State, and retired from teaching after 39 years. She was a former resident...
Norma June Harvey
Jun 12, 2007
Norma June Harvey, age 76, died June 12, 2007 at Carver Living Center in Durham, NC. She was born in Eldridge, MO on May 16, 1931 to the late Leonard Gregory and Nola Byrd Gregory Jackson. Norma was employed for many years as a secretary and purchasing agent with the Brunswick Corp. until she and her husband decided to seek...
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