Obituaries

Paul Victor Civalier, 56, died Sunday in the VA Hospital following many years of struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. Borneebruary 6, 1951 ineewport News to a military family, Paul grew up ineeveral places throughout the U.S. and abroad. He settled in Rhode Island where he met his wife, Augustine. The couple moved to Hillsborough in 1996. Paul served in the U.S....

William Paul Winberry, 90, died Friday evening at Eno Point assisted Living Center. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late William and Lettie Stone Winberry. He worked at Seamen Printing and Christian Printing Companies prior to opening his own business, Modern Printing and Litho, Inc. which he owned and operated for 50 years. He was a master...

Myrtie Best Hall, age 90, resident of 1515 Pettigrew Street, died Sunday evening . Mrs. Hall was born in Johnston County and was the daughter of the late Joe and Ida Harris Best. She moved to Durham in 1923 and has lived here since. Mrs. Hall loved gardening and sewing. She was a former member of Guess Road Baptist Church....

Maggie Arlene McGee died after a sudden illness oneeptember 27th, 2007 in Miami. During her brief illness she was surrounded constantly by the great love of her family, close friends, and the amazing staff at Baptist Hospital of Miami. Maggie was a beautiful, healthy, and happy little girl who brought light and joy to everyone she touched during her short...

Hazel Blalock Viola, 81, died Saturday, October 20 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. She was born in Chatham County oneeptember 17, 1937, to the late Bernard and neer Sherron Blalock. Hazel graduated from the Watts School of Nursing, where she was need a member of the Santa Filomena Honor Society. She served Duke as a surgical nurse for 38 years, including...

FROST, Walter, 77, passed away on May 24th. Walter, also known to many as "Jack," is survived by his sister, Mary Eileen Credle of Durham, his nephews Vincent Credle, William Cliff Credle, Walter "Ted" Credle and nieces, Maria Credle-Kessler and Stephanie Kate Credle. Walter was also a grand unee to eleven grand nieces and nephews. Born and raised in Somerville,...

Adelaide Savey Lutes, age 92, died Sunday evening, neember 25, 2007 at Brookshire Nursing Center in Hillsborough. Mrs. Lutes was born on May 21, 1915 in Elmira, NY to the late Eleanor and Fred Savoy, Sr. Mrs. Lutes attended Elmira schools, and was retired from Arnot Ogdeneemorial Hospital, where she was supervisor of the mailroom. Mrs. Lutes is survived by...

Geraldine Farmer Couch died Tuesday at Treyburneealthcare Center. A Durham native who recently celebrated her 80th birthday on August 3, Mrs. Couch was born to the late John Samuel and Matoka Pickett Farmer. She was a kind-hearted lady with a genee nature who brought great joy to her family and friends. Mrs. Couch retired from UNC Hospitals as a switchboard...

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Billy Arnold Martin, 75, died Tuesday in Durham Regional Hospital following an extended illness. A Durham native, he was the son of the late Vernon aneelizabeth Currin Martin. Billy spent his career with the Crowneellerbach Co. where he was a supervisor. He retired in 1981, after which he moved to Carolina Beach. Billy made the most of his retirement, becoming...

DURHAM Joyce Mauldin Fife, age 76, left this earth to joineer Savior ineeaven on Monday evening, March 15, 2010 at Duke Uneersity Hospital. Born in Atlanta, GA oneebruary 7, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Aubrie H. Mauldin and Bessie Gresham Mauldin. Joyce was a member of Grey Stone Baptist Church. Joyce and her beloved husband Bob celebrated...

Beverly Corlett Allen, 92, died Thursday, neember 29, 2007 in Bahama, NC. She was born oneebruary 22, 1915 in Battle Creek, Michigan, the daughter of the late Meryl and Aimee Browning Corlett. A resident of Gull Lake, she was known as a homemaker and gourmet cook who had a love for life and passion for animals. She spent the last...

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Marion "Mae" Turner Bowen, 85, died Thursday at Durham Regional Hospital. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Robert O. Turner and Carrie Byrd Turner. She was a member at Carr Uneed Methodist Church and the Nell Morris Sunday school class. Through the church, Mae and her husband, the late William W. Bowen, Jr., voluneered with Urban...

Oxford Jerry Wayne Dunn, 62, of Oxford died on Saturday July 23 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill after a long battle with cancer. Jerry is the son of the late Johnnie William and Mary Elizabeth "Pete(Burnette) Dunn. He is survived by two children; his son, William Farrington Dunn and wife Lindsay of Wilson, NC and his daughter, Kelsey Dunn...

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Earl Warreneessee, 84, of 2113 Lodestar Drive, Raleigh, died Monday morning at his home. Mr. Hessee was born in Durham to the son of the late Eugene aneevelyn Chadwick Hessee. A 1939 graduate of Durham High School, he entered the U.S. Army Air Corp and served his country during WW II. After the war he graduated from N.C. State Uneersity...

Ruby Elizabeth Walker Smith, 99, died Thursday in Duke Hospital. A Durham native, she was the daughter of William Thomas and Mary Holt Rhew Walker. She was raised in the Bahama area, and attended schools in Orange and Durham counees, graduating from Mangum High School. Mrs. Smith worked for many years as a seamstress making window treatments for Belks Dept....

DURHAM: Dollye W. Nordgren, 78, died at home Tuesday. A native of Greenville, Miss., she attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. Mrs. Nordgren lived most of her adult life in the Chicago area, where she raised her four children, and owned and operated her own travel agency. She had been a Durham resident for the last 15 years. Mrs....

Freda K. Gowan died Friday in Durham Regional Hospital oneer 78th birthday. A native of Southamptoneengland, she came to the US as a newlywed following WW II. Freda was a fixture at the former Ivy Room Restaurant on Durham