Obituaries

John William Brewer, Jr., age 88, died the evening of March 27 after a period of declining health. Mr. Brewer was a native of Chatham County and moved to Durham at an early age. He was the son of the late John W. Brewer aneeva Coleman Brewer. John was a veteran of WW II, serving as a first sergeant in...

Catherine Gattis Lockamy, age 82, passed away Tuesday April 24th ineew Bern. Born in Chatham County she was a previous long-term resident of Durham; retired from Goldeneelt Manufacturing Company and a long-time member of Lakewood Methodist Church. She had moved to New Bern in 1983 to be close to her daughter and grandchildren after the death of her husband, James...

CHAPEL HILL-Gerald Wayne Richardson, Jr., 47, of Chapel Hill died Thursday, neember 10, 2011. Wayne is the son of Betty Isenhour Richardson; of Rock Hill, SC and the late Gerald Wayne Richardson, Sr. In addition to his father, Wayne is preceded ineeath by his brother, Shaneeric Richardson. Wayne was employed by Hughes Network Systems, LLC as Sr. Director, Sales East...

Sheridan Taylor Scarth, 17, resident of 2222 Glover Road, died Wednesday morning at his home. Born in Durham, he was the son of April Taylor Rogers and William Sheridan Scarth. He attended the Bethel Christianeenter and was employed with Premier Painting and Home Improvement Company. Sheridan was truly and outdoorsman who enjoyed baseball, water skiing, hunting and fishing. He could...

Mary Maness Wesley Payseur, 93, of 410 Green Hill Drive, died Thursday neember 19, 2009 at the home of her daughter in Siler City. She was a native of Randolph County and was a retired teacher and missionary for many years. She was borneeptember 19, 1916 to Frank aneemmer English Maness. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM, Sunday,...

William Arthur Martineed.D., died early Wednesday morning at Durham Regional Hospital. Dr. Martin was born in Machipongo, VA to the late Frank Davis and Lillian Stevens Martin on neember 26, 1922. Dr. Martin proudly served his country while stationed in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet. He graduated from the Newport News Shipbuilding...

Ronald Mark Landfried, 58, died peacefully at home Thursday after battling tonee cancer since 2006. He had a great sense of humor, a compassionee heart, and a deep curiosity about the world. Ron was born Oct. 23, 1952, in Greenville, PA, the son of Mark and Marjorie Landfried. He spent his career as a newspaper writer, photographer aneeditor, spending the...

DURHAM: Grace Councill Atkinson died peacefully at her home at The Forest at Duke in Durham oneecember 20, 2016 at the age of almost 92. She was born in Boone, North Carolina oneecember 31, 1924, the daughter of Grace McNinch Councill aneedward Tracy Councill. All of Boone toasted her arrival with champagne. Gay graduated from Duke Uneersity in 1946. In...

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Frank H. Barr, 92, died Wednesday, September 15, at Croasdaile Village. He was born in Greenville, SC to the late Walter Stuart and Nell McEachern Barr. A 1942 graduate of Maryville College, Maryville, TN, he majored in sociology and biology. At Maryville, he also enrolled in the US Navy Officers' Training Program. Following graduation, Mr. Barr joined the navy and...

Inez Hunt Tilley died peacefully ineer Durham home on Thursday, neember 11, 2010. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday on October 10th of this year. A Durham native, Mrs. Tilley was born to the late William Samuel and Banee Holloway Hunt. During WWII, Mrs. Tilley worked at Wright Machinery Company. In 1951, she graduated from the Watts Hospital School of...

Colonel Julianeeginald Price died Tuesday at Duke Uneersity Medical Center. He was a resident of the Forest at Duke Retirement Center where he and his wife resided for the past 13 years. Colonel Price was born in Prosperity, SC on April 26, 1916 to the late Julian A. and Corrie Black Price. He attended Newberry college and Clemson Uneersity. Drafted...

Aliene Walker Keck, 76, entered into rest on May 28, 2010 surrounded by her family. She was a native of Roxboro, NC and was employed by Kayser-Roth for over 20 years. Mrs. Keck's funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at Hanks Chapel Church with Rev. Bob Wachs presiding. Interment will follow in the church...

Thursday, January 25th marked the passing of a kind and genee lady, Jacksie Dixon Wheeler, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Born to Jack and Maude Dixon on neember 2, 1926 in Hoke County, she then grew up in Creedmoor. She married the love of her life, Aubrey Wheeler, who preceded her ineeath in 2002 after 52 years...

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Sandra Faye Allen Hill, 70, resident of 5712 Wake Forest Road, died Thursday evening. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late John aneerah Copley Allen. She retired as a CPA for an electrical contractor. Surviving are her son, John David Hill and wife, Sherri of Hillsborough, three grandchildren, John David Hill, Jr., Jason Alexander Sherron and Jacob...

Edgar Truman ???Bill??? Shulby, age 90, originally of Norristown, PA, passed away Monday, January 23 at home in Durham, NC. He is survived by his beloved wife of 66 years, Kathleen ???Kass??? O???Donnell Shulby. ??Bill and Kass had moved to Durham from Pinehurst, NC only 15 months earlier to be close to their daughter, Gail. Bill served in both the...

Barbara Ann Conklin, age 72, died Monday at Duke Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Mary Phyllis Peddicord and Francis Michael Keidel. For 52 years, Barbara was married to Ross Conklin. In addition to raising three children, Mrs. Conklin always made time to give of herself to others. She served as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion...

Claude Adams Lowe, beloved father and grandfather passed away oneecember 28, 2009. He was born on August 20, 1919, to the late Ernest and Minee Lowe. He was married for 66 years to his childhood sweetheart, Elizabeth Copeland Lowe who passed away on March 27, 2006. He served as a proud U.S Marine from May 20, 1944 through June 20,...