Obituaries

Bahama, NCMrs. Shirley Barbee Sanford, resident of 8803 Quail Roost Road, Bahama, died Thursday night. She was the daughter of the late W. Claude and Lucy Vickers Barbee and grew up in the Lowes Grove Community. Mrs. Sanford retired in 1984 from GTE, having worked in the Accounting and Business Relations Departments. Active ineer community, she was a member of...

Oneeptember 10, 2007 Polly N. Kearney died peacefully at age 87. Polly was a nurse in the Baltimore area for over 43 years. She spent her retirement traveling, reading and taking care of her growing family. Her last five active years were in Rose Manor Assisted Living in Ellicott City. She is survived by her loving son Thomas Tony W...

Carlton Shuler Loftis, age 85, died Sunday evening at Duke Hospital following an extended illness. Surviving is his wife, Dorothy B. Loftis, a son, Christopher B. Loftis of Durham, a daughter, Lesley Weaver and husband, Bill of Durham; two grandchildren, William Loftis Weaver aneelizabeth Weaver Dehmer and husband Jeff; two brothers, Alvitt Loftis of Durham and Garland Loftis of Atlanta,...

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Pat Rowe was a recogneed international practitioner ineeadership selection and performance.?? An Australian native, his particular expertise had been acknowledged by The Financial Times and other news media and journals. With extensive international experience working in Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America and South America, he brought to his clients the working knowledge of line leadership, coupled with a strong practitioner background...

Sarah Lackey Ferrell, age 91, former resident of 107 W. Lynch Street, died Thursday evening at Duke Medical Center. Mrs. Ferrell was born in Alexander County, NC ands was the daughter of the late George W. and Flossie Head Lackey. She worked as a nurse at Duke Hospital, at Durham Veterans Hospital for 32 years and with Durham Regional Hospital...

Frances Pickett Worthington, age 91, resident of 1820 Dimmocks Mill Road, Hillsborough, died Sunday afternoon at her home. Mrs. Worthington was the daughter of the late Hubert W. Pickett, Sr. and Buna Leigh Pickett. She was born in Durham and was a homemaker. Mrs. Worthington will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a charter member...

Galen Warren Quinn, DDS, MS, age 85 years, formerly of Durham, died Tuesday the 22nd day of January, 2008, at the Rex Nursing Care of Apex, N.C. The son of the late Warren and Lena neewonger Quinn, Dr. Quinn was born January 28, 1922 on the family ranch near Faith, South Dakota that his parents homesteaded. Born on the prairies...

Louise Sellers Snees, 87, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. A native of Halifax County, she attended Eneeld public schools. Louise was a graduate of Watts School of Nursing and spent a career in nursing, retiring from Duke Medical Center in 1985. Louise was a member of Asbury Uneed Methodist Church and the McCracken Sunday School Class. Surviving are her...

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Gwendolyn Irene Quintyne, age 78 and resident of 75 Winding Ridge Road, died Thursday morning at her home. Born ineew York City, she was the daughter of the late Baker and Doris A. Grant. She was retired from the Brooklyneeteran Hospital. Mrs. Quintyne moved to Durham three years ago. She was a member of St. Stepheneepiscopal Church.She loved people and...

Visitation will be Sunday, March 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hall-Wynne Funeral Service in Pittsboro. Funeral Service will be held at Bynum Uneed Methodist Church, Monday, March 3, at 2 p.m. Burial will follow at the Bynum Uneed Methodist Church Cemetery.

Frances Davis Ellison, beloved mother, wife, sister, and lifelong caregiver, passed away Friday afternoon, August 24, in the presence of her husband Fred of 62 years, her four children, and her surviving sibling, sister Heleneernard. Her transition was made at Croasdaile Village, the nursing home in Durham, North Carolina, where she and Fred have resided since March 2004, after living...

PITTSBOROBetty Katherine Lent, 84, of Pittsboro, NC, died Tuesday, February 19. Mrs. Lent had been a Chatham County, NC, resident since 1995. She was born to Frederick and Alice Relyea of Schenectady, New York, oneeptember 11, 1923. She worked as a draftsman at General Electric in Schenectady during World War II while she waited for her fianeeacute;, Floyd Lent, to...

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Martin Villanueva, age 70, died Tuesday evening in Durham Regional Hospital. Mr. Villanueva was born in Ozamis City, Philippines and is the son of the late Leodegario aneestellita Villanueva. He was Valedictorian of his elementary and high school class. He attended the Uneersity of the Philippines on a scholarship and was a graduate of Lyceum Uneersity of Philippines, where he...

Joseph Everett Ragan, 84, resident of 1307 Leon Street, died Monday morning at the VA Hospital. A native of Durham, he was the son of the late Ruffin and Narvia O'Mary Ragan. For many years Mr. Ragan was employed with Uneed Van Lines and the last few years worked at the Food Lion in Oak Grove. Mr. Raganeerved in the...

Allen Jackson Croft, Jr., died Wednesday, May 11 in Durham. He was 46 years old. Allen was born ineeckley, W.V. and attended West Virginia Tech, where he received a bachelo

DURHAM-Bradford Alexander Lloyd, 53, died unexpectedly oneednesday, February 13th at home. Brad was born in Silver Spring, Maryland the son of Kenneth E.C. Lloyd and the late Docia Cheek Lloyd. Brad graduated with a B.S. degree from Frostburg State College in 1981 and worked as an accountant several years in Silver Spring, Maryland before moving to Durham in 1984. Brad...