Obituaries

Ralph Nofsinger, Sr. age 86, passed away Monday, neember 23, 2015 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham. Ralph was born ineerrin, Illinois October 27, 1929 to the late Dallas Nofsinger aneetha Lawson Nofsinger. Ralph served in the Marine Corps and was a graduate of Southern Illinois Uneersity. He spent his career at State Farm Insurance Company where he was head...

DURHAM: In the early morning hours of Good Friday, the loving hand of God reached down and took one of his very special angels home. Kate Bumpass Painter joined the love of her life, Lawrence Elwood Painter, just 5 days after reaching her 97th year. 10 plus years of dementia had taken its toll, and her frail body was unable...

DURHAM- Han Quang Nguyen, 65, died Wednesday, January 20 at Duke Medical Center. Han was born in Hanoi, Vietnam; he was the son of the late Dieu Thi and Ho Quang Nguyen. Han was a parishioner of St. Matthew Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Nga Nguyen; sons, Dai Nguyen and Duy Nguyen; daughter, Van Bartes; brothers, Han Nguyen and...

DURHAM: James Edward Calhoun, 78, died Saturday at his home in Croasdaile Retirement Community after several years of declining health. He was borneebruary 20, 1937 ineew Madrid County, MO to James Everett aneevia (McKenee) Calhoun. He graduated from Memphis State Uneersity and began his teaching career in music. Jim was a longtime band and orchestra director, beginning in Gray Ridge,...

Winona Audrey ???Winee??? Merrithew Ennis died Tuesday at Croasdaile Retirement Village following a brief illness. A native of Portland, Maine, Mrs. Ennis was a Durham resident since 1960. She attended Shaw Business College in Portland and Craft Business College in Durham. Mrs. Ennis retired from Central Carolina Bank (now Suntrust) after 35 years of service as a loan officer. Following...

Thomas Vincent Spicci, age 67, died on Saturday, December 12th in Durham, NC. Tom was born in Washington, D.C. to the late Morris and Marie Sullivan Spicci. Tom graduated from Archbishop John Carroll High School in Washington, D.C. in 1966. He was drafted in 1968 and served two years in the Army. Tom is survived by his two loving children,...

Phyllis Bloechl Brustad, 89, of Durham, NC formerly of Oshkosh Wisconsin, and at Carillon Assisted Living, Fuquay Varina, NC where she lived. Phyllis worked supporting her husband of 64 years, by raising 10 children, all of which she claimed were her pride and joy. Before her children, she worked as a nurse. When she retired she voluneered her time ineeesburg...

Dr. James Lawrence Frank, Sr (Larry Frank) passed away peacefully on Monday, February 11th. surrounded by his loving family. ??He was born in May 1939 in Mt. Airy, NC, the third child of John and Rebecca Frank. In his middle school years, inspired by Albert Schweitzer, he decided to become a doctor. He followed through on this visioneexcelling at school...

Mrs. Beulah Hackney peacefully passed away early Monday morning, at her home in Carrboro, NC, while surrounded by her family. Beulah was born in Chatham County, NC, daughter to the late Thomas Hobby and Inez Hamlet Hobby. She was a faithful member of Carrboro UMC for more than 70 years and was very active in different areas of the church....

Ann W. Gary, age 86, resident of 1201 N. Gregson Street, Durham, NC, died Friday evening, neember 28, 2008 at the Hospice at the Meadowlands in Hillsborough, NC. Born in Falls City, Texas, Mrs. Gary was the daughter of the late Edmund Henry Wehmann and Normania Poth Wehmann. She grew up on a farm in Poth, TX. Her life span...

OXFORD Myrtie Gresham Blackwell, age 87 a resident of 8136 Dick Blackwell Rd. died Wednesday neember 19, 2008. She was a native of Granville Co. and was the daughter of the late Roy and Bobbie Burchette Gresham. She was a member of Mt. Creek Baptist Church, she taught the Senior Adult Sunday School Class for 40 plus years and was...

OXFORD: Marvell Hilton, age 86, died Tuesday, neember 03, 2009. Hilton was a native of Granville County, NC. She was born May 31, 1923, to the late Claudia Kinton Currin and John David Currin of Northern Granville County. She is survived by a beloved daughter, Martha Hilton-Willett and cherished granddaughter Claudia McCullough Willett. Hilton was preceded ineeath by her devotional...

Dr. Steven Vogel, 75, of Croasdaile Village, Durham, died Tuesday, neember 24, 2015. He was born ineeacon, New York, the son of Max and Jeanette Rachel Vogel, on April 7, 1940 and was educated in the Beacon public schools and at Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie. After receiving a Bachelor???s degree at Tufts Uneersity, he earned Master???s and Doctoral degrees in...

Edward James Williams, 89, resident of the Carolina House died Tuesday afternoon. Ed was born in Aneer, NC and was the son of the late Eddie aneeula Williams. A veteran, he served during WWII in the 410th Bomber Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps. Ed retired from the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company. He was a member of the...

Richard Joseph Citrini passed away oneednesday, neember 6, 2013 after a relatively brief illness with cancer. Born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1932 to Anthony Miro Citrini and Joachima Helen Citrini, Richard moved with his parents to Durham, NC in 1934 when his father Tony was hired as one of several Italian stonemasons to build Duke Chapel and many other gothic...

Frances Ellis Chaneer, 88, resident of Stallings Road died Sunday at her home. Mrs. Chaneer was born in Durham County and was the daughter of the late Henry Davis Ellis aneelizabeth Mae Ellis. After graduating from Durham High School, she attended a local business school. In 1940, she married Madison W. Chaneer. They operated a farm for many years until...

DURHAM, NC - Srinivas Aravamudan, professor of English and former dean of the humanities at Duke, died oneednesday. He was 54. Aravamudan, a scholar of 18th-century British and French literature and postcolonial literature, was also a champion of the humanities, committed to nurturing and promoting their role in contemporary society. At Duke, his leadership included serving as director of the...

DURHAM: Stella Mousmoules departed this life Friday, September 13 following a brief illness. She was borneecember 9, 1927 in Durham to the late Aneew and Zoi Mousmoules. Her parents were founding members of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Barbara, where Stella was also a devoted member. She worked tirelessly for the church as a voluneer and for its fundraisineefforts...