Obituaries

Jul 15, 1912

Adele Medure, 95, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend, died on Thursday, September 20 at the Forest at Duke Health Care Center. Adele, born in Brooklyn, NY on July 15, 1912, was the daughter of Camillo aneelisa Fosco. She lived most of her life in the Bronx, NY moving to Maryland in 1996 and then to Durham in...

Jul 4, 1912

Emil L. "Dunk" Preddy of Franklinton died Wednesday night at Brantwood Nursing Center in Oxford. He was 98 years old. Dunk was born in Granville County to the late Joseph and Carrie Blackley Preddy on July 4, 1912. A long-time member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Franklinton, Dunk spent most of his life farming his land. Whenee wasn't farming,...

Jan 1, 1912

Mary Elizabeth Lunsford Whitfield, 95, former resident of Durham, went to be with God, Saturday night, in Houston, Texas. Mrs. Whitfield was born in Durham on January 1, 1912 and was the daughter of the late Dennis Tilley Lunsford aneeva Mae Jones Lunsford. She was a graduate of Durham High School and attended East Carolina Uneersity. Mrs. Whitfield was with...

Aug 20, 1911

Mary Ella Sloan, 94, resident of Spring Arbor of Durham, died Tuesday morning in Durham Regional Hospital. Mrs. Sloan was born in Columbus, Georgia on August 20, 1911. She was the daughter of the late Lehmaneee Cain and Mary Florence Gilbert. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul R. Sloan. Surviving are three sons; John Sloan of Chattahoochee, Fl, Richard...

May 5, 1911

Minee Hall Wilson Mangum, 93, died Saturday, April 16, at Croasdaile Village, where she lived for the past 11 years. Minee was born in Alamance County to the late James C. and Harriett Walton Dickens Hall on May 5, 1911. Minee moved to Durham in 1930 and worked at American Tobacco Co. for 35 years until her retirement in 1977....

May 6, 1910

Lee Robert Smudz, age 97, died Sunday, June 17, at Carolina House of Durham. Born in Cleveland, OH to the late Michael and Josephine Pater Smudz on May 6, 1910, he moved to Durham more thaneeveneears ago. Surviving are his four childreneelaine Munley and husband, Bill, of Durham; Thomas Lee Smudz, Timothy Lee Smudz and Terry Robert Smudz, all of...

Anne Lamphere Williamson, 82, of Fearrington Village, died peacefully at her home oneecember 26, 2009. She was born on August 10, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Col. Theodore aneelsie Krokus. She graduated from Ft. Hamilton HS in 1945 and Lenox Hill Hospital School of Nursing in 1948. She married Alton J. Lamphere in 1950 and together raised a...

DeLancy S. Price died Saturday at the Forest at Duke Retirement Community, where she lived since 1993. A former resident of Newbury, SC, she was the daughter of Jeffie Lee and Braneey H. Snelgrove. Receiving her education in the Newbury city schools, she went on to graduate from Newbury College. A teacher in the Williamsburg and Florence County, SC school...

Mrs.Frances Anneeckler Jestes, 60, of Chapel Hill, NC went home to be with God on August 14th, 2011 after a courageous fight with melanoma cancer at Beacon Place in Greensboro. Born June 25th, 1951 in Guilford County, Ann was the oldest of four daughters of William Francis Seckler and Grace Anneeckler. She attended High Point City Schools and obtained an...

Ella Pearce Rigsbee, 94, resident of 1575 Goss Road, Creedmoor, died Wednesday evening at her home. Born in Durham, Mrs. Rigsbee was the daughter of the late Wesley and Clovina Pearce. She was a homemaker who loved to make quilts and clothes for her family. She was a great cook. She was the widow of the late Otis Lucas Rigsbee,...

Iris Elizabeth Regan Pritchard, age 96, died oneeptember 15, 2010 at Hock Family Pavilion Hospice Center. Mrs. Pritchard was predeceased by her husband, Frederick Whitaker Pritchard; her parents: Luther E. and Sarah Wallace Regan; her sisters: Gladys Buntineevans, Vera Regan Aneews, Hazel Regan Cash, Bertha Reganeent, Mildred Reganeeel, and her best friend for 80 years, Ruth Forlines Dailey. She is...

William Donald Norman, 82, of 1500 Ward Street, died early Tuesday morning at home. He was born in Tarboro, NC and was the son of the late Roscoe Elwood and Martha White Norman. Doneerved in the U. S. Army during WWII. Don owned and operated Don

DURHAM: Pedro V. Mendoza, 89, died at home Wednesday after a brief illness. A native of the Philippines, he and his wife, the late Florencia Mendoza, came to the U.S., in 1977 to be close to family. Mr. Mendoza had worked in sales with the Jai Alai Corp. He lived through the joys and accomplishments of his children and grandchildren,...

Durham -Ted L. Isaac, 78, was born on March 27, 1932 in Patterson, North Carolina, and made his transition home to God and his wife and soul-mate Mary Isaac oneebruary 2, 2011. Ted was also preceded ineeath by his father Dewey Isaac, mother Julia Isaac, brothers, Ralph Quinlan and Lloyd Isaac, sisters, Vera Mitchum and Violet Winston. He is survived...

OXFORD: Robert C.

Jeanne Marie Hutchinson Lockhead, 88, passed away peacefully with her family by her side oneecember 29, 2016 at 11:21am. She was the wife of Gregory Roger Lockhead. They shared almost 60 years of marriage. Born in Salem, Mass. to Charles and Marion Hutchinson, Jeanne graduated from Salem High School as their shortest and cutest cheerleader. ??Then she worked for Uneed...

LOUISBURG: Betty Jean Whitaker Outlaw, a resident of Cooke Rd., Louisburg, died Monday night in Wake Med in Raleigh. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Vernon Thomas and Leana Vaughn Whitaker. Betty was of the Baptist faith and a housewife. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3:00 PM in the Hall...

Helen Johnson Hobby, 84, died Friday morning at Durham Regional Hospital. Although she resided in Durham most of her life, Mrs. Hobby was born in Chatham County to the late Paul Hamilton and Mary Lee Stokes Johnson. She was the last of five siblings. Mrs. Hobby was a member of the Summit Church, formerly Homestead Heights Baptist Church, for 21...

Luke David Graham Johnston 19, beloved by his family and friends has crossed over the river Jordan and has entered into eternal peace with Jesus Christ. Luke was born oneebruary 20, 1989 in Grahamstown, South Africa. Luke spent his early years enjoying travel with his family in places such as the Caribbean Islands, India, the Uneed Kingdom and the Uneed...

DURHAM: Lee Joseph Sullivan, 66, died at home Sunday following a valiant two-year battle with brain cancer. Born in Yonkers, NY, he was raised in Riverdale, NY. Lee was a graduate of the City College of New York with a B.S. ineeology, later receiving the Maste