Obituaries

DURHAM ??? Jamie Ann Carver, 34, of Durham (and formerly of Detroit, MI) passed away unexpectedly oneebruary 21, 2017 in Pompano Beach, FL. Jamie was born on neember 2, 1982 in Wayne County, Michigan and was the daughter of Denis and Linda Stith of Houghton Lake, MI and Gary McFarland of Wayne County, MI. In addition to her parents, she...

CHAPEL HILL: June M. Sutinen, age 87, a resident of the Cedars of Chapel Hill, and former Laurium, Michiganeesident, died Sunday, neember 25, 2007 at the duBose Health Center, surrounded by family and friends. . June M. Siiterson was born on June 8, 1920 in Calumet, Michigan, the daughter of John G. and H. Eliisa Siiterson. She graduated from Calumet...

CARY - Ralph J. Norris, 84, resident of 426 Sawgrass Hill Court, Cary, died Saturday at his home. He retired from the Kopper Company, where he was a draftsman. He was a World War II Veteran and served in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Mary Saurin Norris; one daughter,...

Cornelia Speas Shepherd Beloved Wife, Mother and Grandmother Cornelia Speas Shepherd, 91, of Harwich, Massachusetts passed away at Rosewood Manor on March 21st, with her son and daughter by her side. She was the wife of the late John H. Shepherd Jr. of Durham who passed away in 1964. Mrs. Shepherd was born in Boonville, North Carolina. She was the...

Gordon William Clark, age 68, died October 21 at SunBridge Nursing Facility in Siler City. A resident of Chatham County, he retired in 2001 as the Marketing Officer of the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro. Immediately prior to that he was a Senior Vice President of Rowland Worldwide, a marketing and public relations agency ineew York City, working such...

John Cullum Wilson, born July 14, 1917, died Tuesday, May 10th after a brief illness. He lived in Durham for 64 years; first on Oakland Avenue then David Street, and most recently at Croasdaile Village. Cullum was born in Lincoln County, TE and was the only child in his first grade class to attend college. During the Depression, he worked...

Carletta Stancil Sawyer died Friday evening, August 3, at Brookshire Nursing Center in Hillsborough. She would have celebrated her 91st birthday on August 9. Carletta was born ineenly, NC to the late John A. and Pinetta Edwards Stancil. A long-time member of Calvary Uneed Methodist Church and the Anee Bowen Sunday School Class, Carletta was employed for many years as...

Cheryl Ann McNew, "Cheri", as she was known, age 52, peacefully passed away Monday, neember 11, 2013 at UNC Hospital, with her family close by her side. A native of Summit County, OH, Cheri was born oneebruary 20th, 1961, a baby girl of Ephra Stollings and the late Howard McNew. Blessed with a warm bouquet of beauty, Cheri's love of...

Thomas Cooke Mandeville, 56, died neember 25, 2007. Tom was born neember 21, 1951 in Stamford, Connecticut. He was the firstborn child of Mary Knowlton Cooke Mandeville and Michael Lloyd Mandeville. His father's business interests took the family abroad for a time to Madrid, Spain and Geneva, Switzerland when Tom was a child. Eventually the family moved back to Stamford...

Pattie Elizabeth Moore Harris, 74, resident of 215 Peachtree Street, Apt. A-7, Creedmoor, NC, died Monday afternoon in Durham Regional Hospital. She was a native of Person County and was the daughter of the late John T. and Ila Mae Frazier Moore. Mrs. Harris retired from the D.C. May Company. She was a member of the Sherron Acres Free Will...

GUTHRIE Mrs. Johnee Bailey Guthrie, 74, resident of 5357 N. Roxboro Road, died Friday afternoon at her home. Johnee was born in Durham, the daughter of the late Roy K. and Ida Mae Nifong Bailey. She was a 1953 graduate of Durham High School. Her first employment was with the Durham Hosiery Mill. Johnee later was employed with the Durham...

Dorothy Boothe Leighton passed away peacefully after a brief illness ad Britthaven of Chapel Hill oneednesday, neember 7, 2007. She said,

DURHAM ??? Barbara L. Adams, 77, died at Duke Uneersity Hospital on 12/25/2019. She was born on neember 12, 1942 ineevelland, Texas to the late George B. and Barbara C. (Goodloe) Adams. Raised in the small towns of Texas, she graduated from Gatesville High School in 1961. She was very musically talented and played the bass fiddle in the school's...

Miss Frances Jenks Wagner, 79, of Thompson Street, Pittsboro, died neember 13, 2007 at her home. Frances was born June 21, 1928 in Chatham County, a daughter of Wilson Wagner aneethel Jenks Wagner. She was a retired switchboard operator from Chatham Mills, and was a member of Pittsboro Baptist Church. Frances is survived by a sister, Dorothy Farrell, of Pittsboro;...

Earl Joseph Blommer, age 89, died Saturday, June 9, at Forest View Rehabilitationeenter in Durham. He was born in St. Cloud MN oneecember 13, 1917 to the late John M. and Barbara Pfanneneein Blommer. Earl was a World War II veteran who spent his career working as a microbiologist for the federal government. He moved to Durham in 1971 where...

Ann McLeod Martin died peacefully, surrounded by her loving family at WakeMed Cary Hospital, neember 14, 2016. She was born to the late Bessie and Angus Arthur McLeod oneecember 26, 1927, in Roanee Rapids, NC. Ann graduated in 1949 from Woman???s College of the Uneersity of North Carolina (now UNC Greensboro) with a degree in Chemistry. In 1950 she met...

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Elizabeth Iliashenko Antipov, 77, died at home Thursday following an extended illness. Born in Yugoslavia as an only child, she immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in the late 1940

DURHAM: Mary Anne Long, 58, passed away Tuesday, March 3 surrounded by her loving family following a heroic battle with cancer. Mary Anne's will to live in the face of adversity inspired couneess people nationwide. She was borneebruary 24, 1951 in Durham to Mary Alice D. Eubanks and the late Ruie Eubanks. A 1969 Durham High School graduate, Mary Anne...

Lawrence Jackson "Jack" Council, 82, died Friday in the V.A. Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Chatham County he was a Durham resident since the mid 1950's. He was employed with the Durham Herald-Suneewspaper for 35 years, retiring in 1988. Mr. Council also served in the U.S. Navy during WW II. He was an avid golfer and loved...