Obituaries
Vivian Melvin
Sep 3, 1924
CHAPEL HILL - Vivian Melvin, age 92 died on December 26. She was born on Sept 3, 1924 to Halcott Hughes and Daisy Inscoe Williams. Vivian was born and raised in Durham NC. She loved her days at Durham High School and loved to play tennis there. As she shared her stories of being a young girl, and by the...
Cornelia Conee Grissom Mcleod
Jun 6, 1924
DURHAM: Cornelia "Conee" Grissom McLeod, 88, died Monday in Duke Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Vance County, she was born June 6, 1924 to Charlie aneeffie Glenn Grissom. Conee graduated from Peace College, after which she began working in the offices of Goldeneelt Manufacturing Co. She married Randall A. McLeod, her husband of 62 years, whom she...
Ruth E. Mogilnicki
Apr 1, 1924
Ruth Ezyk Mogilnicki, 91, died after a brief illness at Croasdaile Retirement Community. She was born April 1, 1924 ineew Bedford, MA to Joseph Charles and Josephine (Rog) Ezyk. Ruth graduated from New Bedford High School. She married Eugene J. Mogilnicki in 1949, and the couple moved to Durham. Ruth began working for the Employment Security Commission and later for...
William Blair Anderson
Nov 8, 1923
William Blair Anderson of Durham died peacefully on Friday, March 1 at the age of 95. His wife of 59 years, Barbara Deaton Anderson, was with him; his three children and two of his grandchildreneere nearby. Born Nov. 8, 1923, he was raised by his parents, the late William S. Anderson and Lenora Amanda Hagen Anderson, his older sister Harriette,...
Carl Morganeezern
Jul 7, 1923
Carl Morganeezern, age 89, died Friday, March 8, at the Hock Family Pavilion. Born in Durham County on July 7, 1923, Carl was the son of the late John and Mamie Hicks Dezern. Carl proudly served his country in the U.S. Army and later worked as the golf pro at Willowhaven Country Club for 25 years before retiring in 1985....
Ray Deal Carlton
Jun 11, 1923
Durham ??? Mr. Ray Deal Carlton, 93, husband of the late Ruth Margaret Carlton, died Friday morning March 31 at Croasdaile Village. Mr. Carlton was born in Harmony, North Carolina on June 11, 1923, the son of the late Alonzo Brutel aneetha Lou Vance Deal Carlton. He graduated from Barnegat High School ineew Jersey in 1941 and upon graduationeenlisted with...
William A. Smith
May 2, 1923
William A. Smith, 83, died Monday, February 26, at the VA Medical Center. A Durham native, William was born on May 2, 1923, to the late Luther aneella Hall Smith. In 1943, William joined the Uneed States Marine Corps, serving in the 22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Brigade. He had an extensive wartime record, including battles at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Kwajalein Atoll,...
Elisabeth Ford Siebert
Apr 5, 1923
Elisabeth Ford Siebert quietly passed on March 23, 2012 to be with the Lord. Elisabeth Betty was born on April 5, 1923 in Akron, Ohio. Betty was predeceased by her parents, Robert Francis Ford and Rose Shanley. Betty was also predeceased by her first husband Werner Scheidegger. Betty is survived by her second husband, Edward G. Siebert; three step-children, six...
David Lester Seagroves
Jan 29, 1923
David Lester Seagroves, 84, of Buddy Drive, Apex, died October 25 at UNC Hospital. He was born January 29, 1923 in Chatham County, the son of Julius Jacksoneeagroves and Ronie Goodwineeagroves. Mr. Seagroves was a retired truck driver; and was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Retha Kelley Seagroves; sons and daughters-in-law, David Allen and Stella Seagroves of Apex, James...
James Edward Wynne
Oct 2, 1922
James E. Wynne, 88, died Sunday in Durham Regional Hospital following a brief illness. A Durham native, he was born October 2, 1922 to Aneew L. and Ollie Lowe Wynne. He attended Lowe's Grove Schools, after which he proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II. James was among those who landed at Normandy Beach on the...
Joseph W. Novak
Aug 24, 1922
Joseph Walter Novak, 96, died at home Wednesday. He was born August 24, 1922 in Ronkonkoma, NY.?? A graduate of Brooklyn Prep, Joseph received his professional training in engineering and science at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute while also employed as an engineering mechanic with Grumman Corporation.?? A longtime resident of Garden City, New York, ineetirement, Joe and his wife lived in...
Beth Perry Upchurch
Aug 18, 1922
Durham ??? Mrs. Olma Elizabeth ???Beth??? Perry Upchurch, 94, died Saturday, March 25, at Hock Family Pavilion (Duke Hospice). Beth was born on August 18, 1922 ineexington, NC, to the late Sarah Othello McIntosh Perry and Dr. David Russell Perry, a well-known physician in Durham. She moved to Durham at the age of three, where she graduated from Durham High...
Sara Hopkins Newton
Aug 14, 1922
Sara Hopkins Newton died Thursday at her residence in Greensboro. She was born August 14, 1922 in Camaguay, Cuba to Methodist Missionary parents, Sara Barr Hopkins and the Rev. Olmstead Key Hopkins. She lived in Cuba and attended schools there until high school graduation at age 17. She then came to the U.S. to attend Georgia State College for Women,...
Madelyn L. Cole
Aug 10, 1922
Madelyn L. Cole died Saturday, April 22, ineer home at the Durham Regent. She was born ineewoka, OK to the late Walter Rose and Minee Ethyl Finnigan Rose on August 10, 1922. Madelyn attended the Uneersity of Oklahoma and later married a career officer in the Marine Corps. After his death she settled in Kansas City and was a much-loved...
Robert Nicholas Bob Ludwig
Jul 22, 1922
Robert Nicholas "Bob" Ludwig, 83, of Durham, formerly New York, died peacefully Monday at Durham VA Medical Center. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Bob was born on July 22, 1922 to the late Nicholas and Anne Croke Ludwig. Bob was a great man with the rare ability to succeed at any thing he put his mind to. He was drafted...
Mary Estelle Robbins
Apr 20, 1922
Mary Estelle Robbins of Columbia, NC died peacefully in Franklinton on Monday, March 9, surrounded by her loving family. She was 86 years old. Mary was born in Edgecombe County on April 20, 1922 to the late James O. and Mary Elizabeth Jones. A member of Union View Baptist Church for many years, Mary had retired from Robbins Grill where...
Edna May Riggsbee
Apr 16, 1922
Durham- Edna May Riggsbee, 95, of Durham, NC, died on Thursday, June 8, at The Pruitt Healthcare Center in Durham. She was born April 16, 1922 to Ethel and Brodie Clark in Chapel Hill, NC.?? Edna lived her entire life in Durham and Chapel Hill.?? She attended Hope Valley School in Durham from the first grade until high school graduation.??...
John Thomas Glynn
Apr 9, 1922
DURHAM, NC: John Thomas Glynn, 87, a long time LaSalle resident died Sunday. A Chicago native, he was born April 9, 1922 and was one of eight children. The Glynns were LaSalle residents since 1971, moving to Durham, NC a year ago to be close to their daughter and grandchildren. Mr. Glynn spent his career in the printing business and...
Mary Sue Crabtree Vaughan
Mar 1, 1922
Mary Sue Crabtree Vaughan, age 85, died unexpectedly Monday April 2, at home. A native of Durham, Mary Sue was born March 1, 1922 to the late Ethel Williams and O.C. Crabtree. She worked in the Payroll Dept. for many years at American Tobacco Company. A member of Lakewood Baptist Church, Mary Sue was a die-hard Carolina fan who took...
Lewis Fracis Foytlin
Oct 31, 1921
Lewis Francis Foytlin, 83, died Saturday, May 14, in his Durham home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Yonkers, N.Y. on October 31, 1921, Lew was the son of Ludwig and Angylea Papula Foytlin. Lew proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as an aviation machinist
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