Obituaries

Robert Gill Medley

Robert Gill Medley

Robert Gill Medley, 75, died Monday night at Durham Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Bob was born in Flagler, Colorado and was the son of the late James B. and Dixie Gill Medley. Bob retired from the Durham Veterans Hospital where he was chief of ambulatory care. A proud veteran, Bob served in the U. S. Army, 82nd Airborne...

James Benton Husketh, Sr.

James Benton Husketh, Sr.

OXFORD: James Benton "Benny" Husketh, Sr., age 65, of 4130 White Oak Drive, died Saturday, neember 21, 2009 at his home. A native of Durham County, he was the son of the late Charlie F. and Mable Sparrow Husketh. He was a heavy equipment operator and a retired employee of the city of Durham. Funeral services will be conducted at...

Willie Helen Lamb  Winston Ball

Willie Helen Lamb Winston Ball

Willie Helen Lamb Winston Ball, 90, entered into eternal rest Friday evening at Rex Hospital, Raleigh. Born in Capron, Va., she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Lamb and Dorothy Rena Whitehead Lamb. Helen moved to Durham in 1938. She married Raymond L. Winston, who died in 1970. Later she married Robert L. Ball, who died in 1996....

Kay Swaim Hutson

Kay Swaim Hutson

Kay Swaim Hutson, 67, of Durham, died Thursday at her home after several years of declining health. Mrs. Hutson was born in Winston-Salem to the late Stokes and Rachael Swaim and resided in Durham for her adult life. She graduated from Gray High School in Winston-Salem, attended Stetson Uneersity ineeland, Florida, and in 1961 graduated from the Uneersity of North...

Joan Marie Stets

Joan Marie Stets

Joan Marie Stets was born in Fort Knox, KY on August 3, 1952. She was the eldest daughter of John F. Stets deceased and Josephine S. Stets. She graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Warren, OH, Ohio State Uneersity and Ohio State Uneersity Medical School in Columbus. Joan completed her residency at Ohio State Uneersity and Moneeal General...

Adele S. Wehr

Adele S. Wehr

Adele S. Wehr, age 84, of Hillsborough, NC died Saturday, December 10, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. A resident of Hillsborough for the past six years, Mrs. Wehr was born in Southampton, NY to the late Aneew aneedna Seneenski. She worked for Macy

Lizzie Pitts Foster

Lizzie Pitts Foster

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Mildred Hicks Eubanks

Mildred Hicks Eubanks

Mildred Hicks Mokus Eubanks, age 83, died Saturday evening at Durham Regional Hospital. Mrs. Eubanks was a Durham native who worked at Erwin Cotton Mills and was later employed by Winn Dixie where she retired in 1985. She regularly attended Wesleyan Church in Roxboro for a number of years. A genee and kind lady, Mrs. Eubanks was a skilled seamstress...

Esther L. Ace

Esther L. Ace

Esther Laviner Ace, age 73, resident of 4615 Leesville Rd. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. She was borneecember 14th, 1932 in Wagram, NC and was the daughter of the late Lonee E. and Minee Ray Laviner. She was a graduate of Highsmith Nursing School in Fayetteville, NC and Duke Uneersity School of Nursing. She also attended Flora McDonald College....

Bobbie Dupree Smith

Bobbie Dupree Smith

Mrs. Bobbie Dupree Smith, 82, died Saturday morning at her daughte

Willie M. Pruitt

Willie M. Pruitt

Oxford: Willie M Pruitt, 86, of Southern Pines died neember 7th 2009. A native of Vance County and a former resident of Oxford. A retired textile employee. Funeral Services will be conducted 2:00 PM Friday from Gentry-neell & Vaughan Chapel by the Rev. Bill Wes Garner. Burial will follow ineeadowview Memorial Park. Family will receive visitors from 1:00 PM to...

Marion Allen Haskins

Marion Allen Haskins

SNELLVILLE GA.: Marion Allen Haskins Marion Allen Haskins, a native of Granville County, N.C., who for many years was an elementary school teacher in the Oxford area, died June 25 after suffering for more than a decade with Alzheimer's disease. She was 91 years old. Mrs. Haskins was born in Creedmoor and lived in Oxford for most of her adult...

Gladys Cates Roberts

Gladys Cates Roberts

Gladys Cates Roberts, 92, former resident of 3115 Rosebriar Drive, died Saturday morning in Hillsbrough. Born in Orange County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Cates and Ina Montgomery Cates. Mrs. Roberts attended the Durham City Schools and had lived in Durham most of her life. She was employed for 35 years with Erwin Cotton mills and...

Archie Lee Brogden, Jr.

Archie Lee Brogden, Jr.

OXFORD: Archie Lee Brogden, Jr. age 58, a native of Granville Co. and the son of the late Archie Lee and Lillian McDonald Brogden died Tuesday night in the VA Hospital in Durham. He was a former Policeman and a veteran of the US Army. He was a member of the Stem Uneed Methodist Church. Funeral services will be conducted...

Mary Leigh  Hobgood

Mary Leigh Hobgood

OXFORD: Mrs. Mary Leigh Newby Hobgood age 78 died Thursday, neember 6, 2008. Mrs. Hobgood was a native of Granville Co. and the daughter of the late Charlie G. and Lelia Faucette Newby. Mrs. Hobgood was a member of Dexter Baptist Church and was retired from Burlington Mills, Oxford Plant. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P. M. Sunday,...

Janee Little Harvey

Janee Little Harvey

Janee Little Harvey passed away peacefully oneeptember 19, 2008. She was a dedicated wife of 47 years, mother to three children, and grandmother of six. She was a native of Newton, NC and attended Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone NC, where she met her husband, William J. Harvey, Jr. They married in 1961 and raised three children in Durham,...

Marie Gardner Munley

Marie Gardner Munley

Marie Gardner Munley, 95, resident of Carolina House, Durham, NC, died Monday afternoon. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Surviving is her son, William J. Munley, Jr. and his wife, Elaine of Durham, NC; four grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 11:00 AM Saturday, March 24, 2007 in St. Matthew Catholic Church. Fr....

Mary Jane Wallace Credle

Mary Jane Wallace Credle

DURHAM: After a period of declining health, Mary Jane Wallace Credle, 75, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Claudia Brueckner. Mary Jane was the youngest daughter of the late Paul Grady Wallace aneelizabeth Rollins Wallace. Born and raised in Durham, Mary Jane grew up oneeeman Street and had many happy memories of what nearby downtown Durham had to...