Obituaries

Beatrice Geneva Watson Erdesky, 97, died Friday, neember 11, 2011, at Lynchburg General Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Durham, N.C., the fourth of sixteen children to the late Nanee and William Watson. She was the wife of the late George A. Erdesky and was preceded ineeath by her second son, William R. Erdesky and her first grandson, Kevin...

Durham Mrs. Florine Davis, 93, wife of the late Mark Davis, died peacefully early Friday morning with her sons by her side. Mrs. Davis was the youngest of three daughters born in Creedmoor to her late parents, Johnee T. Curl and Minee Daniel Curl. She is survived by sons Doug Davis and wife Patsy, and Tommy Davis and wife Kathy....

Martha Jean Shepherd Holmes, 69, died Tuesday, July 19 at her home. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Claiborne Morland and Dovie Pauline Marks Shepherd. She worked at Burlington Industries until her retirement in 1986. Mrs. Holmes was Baptist. She loved flowers and gardening and was a very compassionee and giving woman. Mrs. Holmes loved to...

DURHAM - Heather Christine Bowman, 27, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday following an automobile accident. Born oneecember 7, 1977 in Vincennes, Indiana, Heather lived in Durham for the past 20 years. She is the daughter of David L. Bowman and Susan L. Bowman. Heather was an active member of New Horizon Church in Durham, where her...

OXFORD: Doris Hardy Raynor, died Friday, neember 12, 2010 in Wake Forest. She was the daughter of the late William and Anee Sandlin Hardy and was a member of Dexter Baptist Church. Mrs. Raynor was retired from Granville Medical Center, where she was a switchboard operator in the ER. A memorial service will be held on Monday, neember 15, 2010...

Hazel Frances Hancock, age 79, died peacefully Friday, neember 4, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. A resident of Raleigh, she was born to the late Oliver and Maybelle Prevatte Phillips in Hickory, NC. Frances is survived by her loving husband of 56 years, James O. Hancock, Sr. of Raleigh, NC. Her four children: Lisa Gomes and husband, Vernon; Sabrina...

Dr. Suydam Osterhout, MD, PhD, age 85, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed into the comfort and peace of our Lord oneeptember 14, 2011 from complications of paneeatic cancer. He was the son of the late Howard aneedna Davison Osterhout and predeceased by his sister, Miriam Rosengarten. He was a 1945 graduate of Princeton Uneersity and received his MD from...

Robert Blair Miller, April 6, 1943 neember 12, 2009. Mr. Miller was preceded ineeath by a son, Aneew; father, Jordan Joe; and mother, Byrl. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Rebecca, of Pittsboro, NC; soneeric and daughter-in-law, Heather; granddaughter, Beatrix Bee, all of Chapel Hill, NC; brothers, Joe, of Omaha, NE; Ray, of Beryl, UT; unee, Robert,...

Timmy Hearn of Windsong Drive in Pittsboro died Tuesday due to end stage liver disease aneesophageal cancer. He had been hospitalized since February 24th at Duke Medical Center and had been on the liver transplant list for 8 years. Timmy was predeceased by his father, Willard Hearn of Moncure; his mother and step-father, Rebecca and Thomas Wood of Apex and...

Jane Harris Ray, age 65, died Friday afternoon, June 2, at Durham Regional Hospital following a long illness. A native of Durham, Jane was born on neember 15, 1940 to the late John Briar and Mary Crabtree Harris. She was a graduate of Southern High School and later attended East Carolina Uneersity. At the time of her death Jane was...

Elaine Catherine Morgan Sherry died Thursday in Durham Regional Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Garden City, Long Island, where she was a resident until coming to Durham in 1991. Elaine was a graduate of Adelphi Uneersity. A former member of St. Paul

Kelsey Neale Savage, 21, lost her courageous fight against Cystic Fibrosis on March 30 at UNC Hospitals. She was a Durham native and a 2008 graduate of CE Jordan High School. She furthered her education ineeterinary care due to her passion for animals. Kelsey will always be remembered for her enthusiasm for life and releneess perseverance. Kelsey is survived by...

Anne Gregory Bunce died peacefully at home at Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill June 18. She was 93 years old. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Paul L. Bunce, M.D., her brother, David Hale Gregory Ginny Gregory, her son, Gregory P. Bunce Julie Bunce, her daughter, Leslie A. Bunce, M.D. and six beloved grandchildren. She was born...

FRANKLINTON: Anee Belle Piper, a former resident of Garden Walk ineenderson, died Tuesday ineex Hospital in Raleigh. She was a native of Wake County and was the daughter of the late Lee and Anee Piper. She was preceded ineeath by her husband Samuel Tharrington. Funeral services will be conducted Friday February 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM in the Westwood Pentecostal...

Robert Francis Foltyn died Sunday evening, March 18, at his Durham home. He was 85 years old. Robert moved to Durham five years ago from Binghamton, NY where he was born to the late Peter and Barbara Ciganick Foltyn. Robert is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Kathryn Foltyn and his daughter, Kathleen Foltyn, both of Durham. A...

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DURHAM: Jean Allison Gilpatrick Losee, 78, wife of Wilmot H. ???Bill??? Losee, Jr., died Monday, neember 28, 2016 at the Holbrook Center at the Forest at Duke. Jean was borneecember 26th, 1937 in Washington, DC to the late Ray N. and Mary Elizabeth Drew Gilpatrick. Jean and Bill were married on July 18th, 1959 and together they raised three wonderful...

Ernest Anthony Merklein, Jr., 81, died peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday, September 16, at the DuBose Health Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, oneecember 17, 1928, to Ernest Anthony Merklein, Sr., and Josephine Dale Merklein. He was a graduate of New Mexico Military Institute and Louisiana State Uneersity. After serving...

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Pearl Elizabeth Schronce Turner left this world oneednesday, April 26, after livineeighty-two years of sweet kineess and genee love. Pearl, her brother Paul Schronce, and her sister, Lovetta Dean Schronce, were raised in and around Hickory, N.C. by their parents, Ernest aneemma Schronce. Paul went off to WWII as an Army Ranger while Pearl and Dean opened LaBelle Beauty Shop...