Obituaries

Gloria Frances Freeman Wagner

Gloria Frances Freeman Wagner

Jan 24, 1928

Mrs. Gloria Frances Freeman Wagner died June 16 at Croasdaile Village. A Durham native, she was born January 24, 1928 to Mary Lee Duncan Freeman and Theodore Marvin Freeman, Sr., who predeceased her. Gloria was the widow of Warren Eugene Wagner, the love of her life. She also was predeceased by brother, Theodore Marvin Freeman, Jr. Gloria was a member...

George Freeman Davis

George Freeman Davis

Jan 17, 1928

George Freeman Davis, 87, died at The Seasons of Southpoint on Tuesday, June 23rd. He was born January 17, 1928 to the late James M. Davis and Virginia Watts Davis in Norfolk, VA. George was a graduate of The Uneersity of Virginia where he received his Bachelor???s Degree in Accounting and was a member of the Cavaliers Football team. Following...

Mary Louise Powe Gardner

Mary Louise Powe Gardner

Oct 30, 1927

DURHAM: Mary Louise Powe Gardner died Tuesday at home following a lengthy decline. She was born October 30, 1927 in Durham to E.K. Powe, Jr. and Louise Watkins Powe. Mary Louise was among the proud attenees of Watts Street Elementary School. After graduation from Salem Academy, she began college at Duke Uneersity and graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina....

Daniel L. ???Dan??? Graham

Daniel L. ???Dan??? Graham

Apr 28, 1927

Daniel L. ???Dan??? Graham, 87, of Pittsboro, NC peacefully passed away in his sleep Saturday afternoon, January 3, shortly before a mass for his beloved late wife was being said at the St. Julia Catholic Church. Dan was born on April 28, 1927 in Donnelsville, Ohio, the son of Louis J. and Barbara Jane (Leffel) Graham. After graduating Olive Branch...

Lillian Smalley

Lillian Smalley

Apr 24, 1927

DURHAM - Lillian Marie Baber Smalley, age 85, died peacefully ineer Durham home Wednesday evening July 4. Lillian was born in Richmond, VA to the late Leonard Keel and Marie Thompson Baber on April 24, 1927. Blessed with a lovely soprano voice, Lillian brought joy to others through music throughout her life. Her love of books carried her into a...

Paquita Poza

Paquita Poza

Mar 14, 1927

Paquita Poza was a free spirit, a strong, independent woman who beganeer life at a time and place where that was not the norm. Born Fanny de Jesus Jaramillo, March 14, 1927 in Gu??tica, Colombia to a devoutly Catholic family, from the beginning she did not accept teachings uneestioningly. She said she remembered wondering when she was very young and...

Patricia Lavell Robertson

Patricia Lavell Robertson

Mar 12, 1927

Durham ??? Mrs. Patricia Lavell Robertson died Tuesday evening at the Forest at Duke Health Center. Trish was born ineenatchee, Washington on March 12, 1927. She attended schools ineenatchee and Seattle and attended from the Uneersity of Washington. In August of 1947, she married H. B. Robertson, Jr. During her husband???s career in the Navy, they lived in San Diego,...

Odette Lauve Briggs

Odette Lauve Briggs

Mar 9, 1927

Odette Lauve Briggs, 91, died peacefully ineer sleep April 6 at her Durham home. She was born March 9, 1927 in Alexandria, LA to the late, Edmee (Rivoire) and Albert Pierre Lauve. Odette was proudly raised in a traditional Catholic home with her French immigrant mother, American father and sister ineer beloved New Orleans. She graduated from St. Mary???s Dominican...

Virginia Fedor

Virginia Fedor

Jan 11, 1927

Virginia Fedor, age 86, of Durham, NC died Tuesday May 21 in Durham after a brief illness. She was born January 11, 1927 ineew York City, the daughter of Peter and Inez Viera Gonzalez. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Joe Fedor in 2012, her parents and her brother, David Gonzalez of Milford, NJ. Virginia is survived by her...

James Reid Pleasants, Jr.,

James Reid Pleasants, Jr.,

Oct 18, 1926

James Reid Pleasants, Jr. 81, died Friday in Duke Hospital following a brief illness. A Durham native, he was born October 18, 1926 in Watts Hospital to James Reid and Nellie Fern Lashley Pleasants. Jim was a 1944 graduate of Durham High School and Wake Forest Uneersity. He joined the Claude M. May Company immediately after college, and then entered...

John F. Richards

John F. Richards

Jul 22, 1926

John F. "Jack" Richards, 86, died Sunday morning in Duke Hospice's Hock Pavilion. He was born July 22, 1926 in Tottenville, Staten Island, NY to the late John aneemma Richards. Mr. Richards served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was stationed in the Philippines. A Durham resident since 1962, he was employed with Collins & Aikman Corp. for 46...

George A. Cralle

George A. Cralle

Jun 5, 1926

George A. Cralle, 85, died Friday, March 16 in UNC Hospital. He was born in High Point, NC June 5, 1926 to the late Fontaine Maury Cralle and Helen Muse Cralle. George attended Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, NY, from where he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 17. With his musical talent on the alto saxophone, he...

Evelyneewton Evelyneewton

Evelyneewton Evelyneewton

May 17, 1926

CHAPEL HILL - Evelyneewton, 92, of New York City and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died on the 15th of neember.?? She was born on May 17, 1926 in Roanee Rapids, North Carolina to Nanny Cleaton Shaw and John Albert Shaw. She was a resident of Durham where she raised her family, and then moved with her husband Mitchell (???Mitch???) to...

Roy Jack Horner, Sr.

Roy Jack Horner, Sr.

Apr 6, 1926

Roy Jack Horner, Sr. died Wednesday morning in Rougemont surrounded by his loving family. He was 79 years old. Jack was born in Los Angeles, CA to the late Roy J. and Nellie Tong Horner on April 6, 1926. Jack moved to Durham in 1983 after proudly serving his country for 20 years while stationed in the U.S. Army. Prior...

Louise Alstoneemay

Louise Alstoneemay

Mar 23, 1926

DURHAM: Louise A. LeMay, 85, of Durham, departed this life after an extended illness. She was born on March 23, 1926, and was preceded ineeath by her husband of 63 years, Dr. John C. Lemay, her parents, Clara Louise and Julianeeredith Alston, her brother, Julianeeredith Alston, Jr. and by her sister Anne Alston Malloy Currin. She was a devoted mother,...

Harry T. Mcpherson, M.D.

Harry T. Mcpherson, M.D.

Jan 9, 1926

Harry Thurman McPherson, 92, died at home Wednesday, August 8 of natural causes. He was born January 9, 1926 in Walnut Cove, North Carolina to Gladys (Wheeler) and H. Russell McPherson.?? He graduated from Walnut Cove High School with the last class of public school students to have completed 11, not 12, years of schooling.??He entered Duke Uneersity in 1942...

Geraldine "Geri" Powell Deloatche

Geraldine "Geri" Powell Deloatche

Aug 6, 1925

DURHAM: Geraldine "Geri" Powell DeLoatche, age 91, passed away on neember 8th??at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham. Born in Hartwell, Georgia on August 6, 1925, she was the youngest of five children born to Isham and Ida Gaines Powell.?? Geri was preceded ineeath by her parents, brothers, Morrell (Louise) Powell, Horace Powell, sisters Carlise (E.W.) Lovett , Mary (Hugh) Bell...

Meta Louise Frye Howe

Meta Louise Frye Howe

Jul 23, 1925

Durham, NC - Louise F. Howe, age 91, died Thursday, October 27th, in Montclair, VA, surrounded by her family.?? She was a longtime resident of Durham, NC. Mrs. Howe was born on July 23, 1925 in Bluefield, WV and was raised in Atlantic City, NJ.?? During WWII she was employed by the Glen L. Martin Company, Essex, MD.?? She was...

Fu-Tien Sung

Fu-Tien Sung

Jan 20, 1925

Dr. Fu-Tien Sung, age 87, passed away during his sleep at home in Durham, North Carolina, on Saturday, July 28. He was born on January 20, 1925, in Jinan, China, to the late Ching-Tsai Sung and Shu He. With the onset of World War II, his family like many others relocated several times in the face of the advancing Japanee...

Lenora F. O'Neal

Lenora F. O'Neal

Oct 9, 1924

Lenora Fuller O'Neal, age 86, died Wednesday, August 10, at Duke Medical Center. A life-long resident of Durham, Lenora was born to the late Jimmie N. and Lelia Laneey Fuller on October 9, 1924. She was a talented and skilled organist who spent 24 years playing for the coneegation at St. Paul Uneed Methodist Church and later played at Braggtown...