Obituaries

OXFORD: Mrs. Candace Huff Young, 89, beloved wife of the late Willie S. Young, entered into rest on Monday, September 10, 2012 at Wellington Nursing Center in Knightdale, NC. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, September 14 at Amis Chapel Baptist Church in Oxford, NC. Reverend Christopher Furr and Reverend Terry Howard will officiate at the...

STEM: Burley Benton Adcock, age 80 of 4525 Culbreth Road, Stem, NC died at his home oneednesday, neember 07, 2012. Born in Granville County he was the son of the late Melvineenjamin and Alma Brooks Adcock. He was a member of Hester Baptist Church, a graduate of Oak Hill High School and was an alumnus of North Carolina State Uneersity....

Flora B. Browning, 88, of Durham, died Sunday, neember 3, 2013. Flora was born in Orange County oneebruary 9, 1925 to George and Rosa Walls. She was the youngest of five children. Flora was educated at Mangum High School. After graduation, she moved from Rougemont to Durham to attend Beauty College and was a beautician for over 65 years. She...

Vergilia, "Jill," Green Smith Lutterloh was born in Chatham County September 12, 1918 to Carnie Baxter and Fanee Tillman Smith. She completed her earthly journey oneecember 27, 2013 at Cambridge Hills Assisted Living Facility in Pittsboro. Jill was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, C. W. "Jack" Lutterloh; her parents; her sister, Evelyn Smith Blackwood; and her son-in-law, Bobby...

Oxford ??? Ms. Mary Louise Boyd, 83, died Friday morning at Uneersal Healthcare in Oxford, NC. Ms. Boyd was born in Granville County to the late Mary Clyde and Thomas Lee Boyd. She was educated in Granville County, graduating from Oak Hill High School. Ms. Boyd spent her entire life in Granville County and Oxford, working with her parents and...

DURHAM: Pauline Wyshywany Podgurski, 92, was taken by God???s anees, December 4, 2014. Born neember 1, 1922 in Philadelphia to the late Anna and Aneew Wyshywany, she graduated from Stayer???s Business College and worked for Hires Root Beer Co. until her marriage to Joseph, the love of her life, in 1949. Pauline was an active member of her beloved church,...

Jerrard Russell Maxwell, 84, passed quietly oneeptember 16, 2014 at Carillon Assisted Living in Hillsborough, NC. Jerry was born on July 3rd, 1930 at the Ohio State Uneersity Hospital, Columbus, OH to the late Paul Russell Maxwell and Leah Shelt Maxwell. Following graduation in 1949 from Howe Military School, Howe, IN, Jerry went on to serve in the Army as...

OXFORD: Kathryn Maurne Gillespie, age 69, died Wednesday, neember 7, 2012 at Brantwood Nursing Facility. She was born in Baltimore, MD and was the daughter of Gladys White Trujillo of Oxford and the late James Smith. Mrs. Gillespie was of the Baptist faith and had retired from Revlon. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, neember 10, 2012 at Gentry-neell...

Thomas C. Key, Sr., 78 and Shirley Creech Key, 73, were tragically killed in a car accident on October 24, 2008 in Johnston County. Tom, a native of Shoals, NC, was the son of Porter and Nellie Key. Tom graduated from Shoals High School in 1948. He attended Gardner Webb College and Duke Law School and graduated from High Point...

Margaret Frances Nichols was ushered into glory on Friday, March 22nd, at her residence in Pittsboro Christian Village, Pittsboro, NC. The daughter of Harry Hollins Davis and Frances Davis Nelson, Margaret was born in Cumberland, Maryland, on June 12, 1928. She graduated from North Augusta High School, North Augusta, SC in 1946. Ineer high school years, she took flying lessons,...

DURHAM- Isobel Suggs Hall, 89, died Sunday at Durham Regional Hospital. A native of Durham, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lacy and Maggie Davis Suggs. Isobel was a graduate of the Durham High School Class of 1940. She retired after spending her career with the Veterans Administration Hospital and Duke Uneersity Hospital. A generous lady, with a...

Jack Charles Polson of Pittsboro, NC was killed in an automobile accident Friday in Chatham County. He is survived by his wife Linda, his daughter and son-in-law Aneea and Stephen Akin; sons Gabriel, Cody aneethan Polson; daughter Maggie Polson and granddaughter Brayden. He is also survived by his sister Dolores Sears; niece Zina Sears Cannon, nephew Deaneears. Friends may visit...

Oxford, NC Dorothy Critcher Walker, age 95, died oneebruary 3, 2020. She was born to the late Willie Critcher and Frances Mangum Critcher oneeptember 13, 1924 in Granville County. Dorothy was a loving Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother and a lifelong resident of Granville County. She was an active member of Tabb???s Creek Baptist Church; where she was the treasurer...

Dan Blaneette, 46 died unexpectedly in the home he loved in Bynum, NC on neember 26, 2012. Dan is predeceased by his father, E F "Buddy" Blaneette and is survived by a large family whom he loved dearly. His mother Eileen G Fairburn Blaneette of Charlotte, NC, sister Frances Farrell and husband, David of Chapel Hill, NC, brother Paul Blaneette,...

Mrs. Ruby Lee Farrell Clark, 88, of Pittsboro earned her greatest reward on July 31, 2015 when she went to her eternal home ineeaven. Mrs. Clark was born oneecember 10, 1926 in Chatham County to the late Hugh Ward Farrell and Anee Boone Farrell. She is reuneed with her lifelong sweetheart, Walter Reid Clark, to whom she was married for...

Oxford: Wilbur Lee Owen, 73, of Oxford, passed away at Duke Medical Center oneecember 28, 2015. He was preceded ineeath by his parents, John Early ???Jack??? Owen and Lelia Riggan Owen, his brothers Richard, Bernard, Erby Gene, and sisters Sarah Puckett, Susie Blalock, Ethel Lumpkin, and Jerlean Woody. He is survived by his sons Kenneth ???Ken??? Wilbur Owen (wife, Valerie)...

DURHAM: Veronica Delores Kelly McConville, affectioneely known as "Mamu", died peacefully at home neember 24, surrounded by her loving family. She was borneeptember 10, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY to John and Anne Kelly. Veronica was the youngest of six children. Raised in Broad Channel, NY she was a graduate of Far Rockaway High School. Veronica married William E. McConville on...

David H. Strickland, 48, of Stem, NC, died Saturday , neember 15, 2008 at Duke Uneersity Medical Center. David grew up in Franklinton and was the son of Alvin A. Strickland and the late Helen May Strickland. David attended Franklinton High School and graduated from N. C. State Uneersity with a degree in Forestry aneenvironmental Science. For the last 18...

God needed many beautiful flowers in his garden, so he picked the most beautiful of all on January 24, 2010 when Augusta Wilson "Gus" High, 95, passed away. Gus was born in Durham, NC daughter of the late George W. and Nancy Mangum Wilson and the widow of the late J.H. "Jimbo" High, Sr. She retired from Burlington Mills and...

Mary Ringland, age 96, died peacefully on a sunny afternoon in Hillsborough, North Carolina Born in Barry, Texas and a proud life-long Texan, Mary graduated from North Texas State Uneersity. She got her pilot's license in 1938. She and her husband Breeneere married for 59 years and raised five children: Ann, Joe, David, Tom and John. They lived in Houston...