Obituaries

Catherine Martin Wynneevans, 87, died Sunday at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Princeton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Judge G.A. and Mary Ida Martin. She grew up in Smithfield and graduated from Smithfield High School. She graduated from WCUNC now UNC-G and beganeer 22 year teaching career in Johnston County and later in the Durham County School...

Allie Elizabeth Clark Hunt, age 88, died Saturday in Duke Hospital. A native of Chatham County, she was the daughter of Clem J. and Mollie Bell Cash Clark. Mrs. Hunt was raised in Durham and was a graduate of Braggtown High School in 1936. She had been a member of Grey Stone Baptist Church, and during childhood attended Rose of...

Ashleigh Ryann Gwin, 5 year old daughter of Howard and Michelle, passed away on Thursday, neember 29, 2007, at Duke Uneersity Hospital from complications of Krabbe Leukodystrophy. Besides her parents, Ashleigh is survived by her big sister Mackenee, her maternal grandparents Helen and Walt Mathis, her paternal grandparents Bill and Sharon Bain, her paternal great-grandparents Charlotte aneernest Snow, and a...

Jean Anthony Baird Shambley was born in Haywood County, Tenn. oneecember 24, 1925 died Feb.5th 2020 in Durham, NC.?? Her parents were Walter Leslie Baird and Hattie Gertrude Stewart Baird.?? Her mother died when she was 4 years old and was raised by Unee Herman Alfonso and Sallie Jacocks in Bradenton, Fla.???? She graduated from Bradenton High School in 1943....

Barbara Finney Johnson, age 67, passed away from this world at Hospice at the Meadowlands in Hillsborough on Saturday, neember 17, 2007. Born oneeptember 23, 1940 in Midland, NC, Barbara was the daughter of the late Carl aneedith McManus Finney. She is survived by her two children: Rhonda Davis and Craig Johnson, both of Durham and her granddaughter, Carly Johnson....

Madge E. Nicholson of 1417 W. Pettigrew St. died neember 18, 2007. She was a native and lifelong resident of Durham. Madge was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Nicholson, Sr. After graduation from Durham High School, she was employed for many years by McPherson Hospital. While there, she acquired an unwavering desire for good eyesight...

Billy Edwin Sloan, age 85, died Friday in Durham Regional Hospital following a brief illness. A Durham native, he was the son of the late Thomas Joseph and Viola Hayes Sloan. Mr. Sloan graduated from Durham High School in 1938, after which he proudly served his country in the US Army during WW II. Before going overseas, he married the...

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Mrs. Lena Mae Thomerson Austin, 89, died Wednesday afternoon in Britthaven of Chapel Hill. Mrs. Austin was born in Oxford and was the daughter of the late Dr. Graham Thomerson and Katie Belle Saunders Thomerson. Her husband, Jonas McCoy Austin preceded her ineeath. For many years she was bookkeeper for Carolineelectric Company. Mrs. Austin was active for many years in...

Iris Rose Gibson Ruffing 1919-2008 of Fearington Village, NC, and Magnolia Glen of Raleigh died oneebruary 29 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. Iris Rose, daughter of Callie Dunlap Gibson and A. Lee Gibson, had survived both of her brothers, Jack Gibson and Adam Pete Gibson and was the widow of John Thomas Ruffing 1918-1963. Iris Rose was a long-time resident of...

Noel Francis Castle, Jr., 39, died this past week in Durham, NC. Born in Danbury, CT, Noel was the son of Noel F. Castle, Sr. and Lois Jane Oldakowski Castle of Gaylordsville, CT, who survive him. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and was employed as a licensed clinical social worker in the Trianee area. In addition...

OXFORD: Martha Marshall Joy, age 94, of Oxford, went to be with the Lord Sunday, neember 30, 2014. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be conducted Friday, December 5, 2014 at 11:00 am in the chapel of Gentry-neell & Vaughan Funeral Home in Oxford. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Burial will take place at...

Jean Hood Hagy, age 76, died Monday following a period of declining health. The daughter of the late Donald W. and Bonee Holt Hood, she was born in Greensboro but was a life long Durham resident. After graduation from Durham High School in 1949, Jeaneeganeer career as a secretary at Watts Hospital. She retired after 21 years as Administrator for...

Patricia Ricks Hunter, 80, resident of Franklinton, NC died Thursday morning in Franklineegional Medical Center. Mrs. Hunter was a native of Morehead, Ky and was the daughter of the late Henry Clay Ricks and Ode Mae Purvis Ricks.She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick Lee Hunter. Surviving are her son, James Frederick Hunter and wife, Marcia both of Franklinton; two...

Mrs. Charlotte Ferrell Bonner Dudley, wife of the late James William Bonner and wife of the late Frank Thomas Dudley, passed away in Charlotte on June 28. She was a life-long resident of Durham and received her education in the Durham City School system and at the Uneersity of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Charlotte was a former member of...

Beatrice Womble Moore Miles, 84, of Morehead City Tuesday at Century Care of Crystal Coast. Mrs. Miles was borneebruary 15, 1921 in Chapel Hill to the late Walker Womble and the late Alice Mecham Womble. Surviving are one daughter, Betsy M. DeCampo and husband Joseph of Morehead City; one soneeugene

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Gladys Coughtry Moore, 88, died Saturday evening at Pettigrew Rehab Center. Gladys was native of Moneeal, Canada and was the daughter of the late Harry Chandlish and Ada Mae Taylor Coughtry.She was a graduate of the Victoria General Hospital Nursing School in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Gladys lived in Halifax for several years and in the mid forties moved to Miami,...

Garland Ross Sorrell, 87, resident of 2601 Ellis Road, died at his home Saturday morning. Born in Durham, Mr. Sorrell was the son of the late Conee Landis and Tina Ross Sorrell. He was retired from Long Meadow Dairy. Mr. Sorrell was a long time member of Bethesda Baptist Church, where he was a member of the Disciples's Bible Class,...

Ralph Frank Ambrosius, 80, of 20 Aldersgate Court, died Saturday morning at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio he was the son of the late Alfred Gustav and Annette Hurst Ambrosius. During WWII, he served his country in the U.S. Army. Mr. Ambrosius was a graduate of the Uneersity of Cincinnati. He retired from Cincinnati Bell, where he was...