Obituaries
Marcus Bradley Ortega-Burch
Sep 9, 2022
Durham, NC – Marcus Bradley Ortega-Burch, age 20, entered eternal life on Friday, September 9, 2022. Marcus was born at Durham Regional Hospital on October 5, 2001, to Margaret Burch and Luis Ortega-Lopez.
Marcus graduated from Northern High School, receiving NHS Fire Academy Honors awards in 2021. Marcus enjoyed attending church services and grew to know God well. Marcus brought joy...
James Richard Turkaly , Jr.
Sep 8, 2022
DURHAM James R. Turkaly, Jr., “Jimmy”, passed away unexpectedly on September 8, 2022. He was 27 years old.
Jimmy was born at Duke University Hospital to parents James Sr. and Ursula Turkaly, and lived his entire life in Durham. After graduating from Jordan High School, he began studies at Durham Technical Community College with a focus on computer programming. Jimmy loved...
James David Pendergrass
Sep 7, 2022
DURHAM – James David “Jimmy” Pendergrass, age 65, died at Duke University Medical Center on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. James was born on July 13, 1957 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. James is preceded in death by his parents, Luther Ervin and Mary Mullahey Pendergrass as well as his brother, George Ervin Pendergrass.
James is survived by his sisters, Susan Pendergrass, Mary...
Erie Cocolas
Sep 4, 2022
Erie Calymios Cocolas age 92, died peacefully Sunday, September 4. Erie was born February 9, 1930, in Flushing, NY to the late Theodore and Effie Mastromanolin Calymios. She was preceded in death by her brother Anthony Calymios and her husband George H. Cocolas.
Erie graduated in 1947 from Forest Hills High School in Flushing, NY and worked as a bookkeeper and...
Betty Pickett
Sep 4, 2022
Betty Jean Egerton Pickett, age 87, passed away peacefully September 4 at her home.
A native of Warrenton, NC, Betty was the daughter of the late Gilbert Grey Egerton and Ida Mae King Egerton.
Betty graduated from Watts School of Nursing. Betty worked as a registered nurse at Watts Hospital, Duke Hospital, Hillhaven Nursing Home, EPA and NIEHS until her retirement in...
Cheryl Sidney Currin
Sep 4, 2022
Ms. Cheryl Sidney Currin, age 68, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 4, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Sidney Taylor Currin and Anne Cornelia Pitts Currin and began her full life in Granville County, NC on January 15, 1954.
Cheryl was first a daughter, then a sister, then a mother and a grandmother. She had the heart of...
Elizabeth Ann Johnson
Aug 30, 2022
North Carolina – Elizabeth (Betty) Ann Johnson, age 89, died on August 30, 2022. She was born on November 13,1932 to the late Harry and Helen Kish Young.
Elizabeth was born in Mercer County, New Jersey. She married Byron H. Johnson in Allentown, New Jersey on February 18, 1950. Over the years came six children and in 1964, a move to...
William Mortimer Harrison , Jr.
Aug 30, 2022
William Mortimer Harrison, Jr. died this past Tuesday, August 30th at Duke Hospital of complications from a stroke suffered last week. Bill was born at Duke Hospital on January 26th, 1937, and except for brief sojourns elsewhere spent his entire life in Durham. He is survived by his wife Mary, five children (Martha, Bo, John, Anne, and David), and ten...
John Patrick O'Connor
Aug 29, 2022
Chapel Hill – John Patrick O’Connor (Jack), 22, passed away unexpectedly in Chapel, Hill, NC on August 28, 2022. Jack was born August 26, 2000, to Mimi McLaughlin and Patrick O’Connor.
Jack graduated from Riverside High School and attended Durham Technical Community College. He was a beloved coworker at Franklin Motors and charmed everyone he met. Jack enjoyed creating beats and...
Joan Sheila Peluso
Aug 27, 2022
Joan Sheila Peluso of Durham, North Carolina passed away on August 27, 2022 after a brief illness. She was predeceased by her husband, Nicholas J. Peluso. She leaves behind her children, John (Julie), Marjorie, Marie, Mike (MJ), Nora and Nicholas, Jr., as well as her grandchildren; Nikki (Kerry), Chris (Dawn), Brian (Manda), Michael (Nickie), Lisa (Matt), Thomas (Jessica), Jackie (Ricky),...
Mary Tatum Quin
Aug 25, 2022
Mary Risher Tatum Quin
Mary Risher Tatum Quin, widow of Col. John M. Tatum, Jr, wife of Dr. Louis DuBose Quin, died Thursday, August 25, 2022. She was 92.
Born on Oct. 31, 1929, in Bamberg, S.C., she was the daughter of Emma Jane Varn Risher and Col. James Franklin Risher of Bamberg. A graduate of Columbia College, she taught piano there...
David "Crockett" Norman Long
Aug 23, 2022
To join the service virtually, please select this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl93oaEsECw Tuesday, August 30, 2022 just prior to the service time.Raleigh – David “Crockett” Long, age 68, of Raleigh and Wilmington, passed away surrounded by his family at UNC Memorial Hospital on August 23, 2022.
He was born on April 4, 1954, to the late James Arthur Long and Anita Umstead Long....
Ketki Shah
Aug 22, 2022
Ketki B. Shah, caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away at home in Durham, NC on August 22, 2022 at the age of 80. Ketki was born on December 24,1941 in Mumbai, India. She immigrated to the US in 1966 with her husband, Dr. Babubhai V. Shah and settled in Durham, NC which has been her home for...
Baxter Reid Oakley
Aug 22, 2022
Oxford
Baxter Reid Oakley, age 86, died peacefully on Monday, August 22, 2022. He was the son of the late Ivory Thomas Oakley and Ruby Fuller Oakley. Reid was born in Person County, NC on May 03, 1936.
Reid was a strong fixture in the community, who loved to work on tractors, especially John Deere. He worked for 19 years with...
Myrtle Glenn Hunt
Aug 21, 2022
(Durham) Myrtle Glenn Hunt, age 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 21, 2022, at Duke University Medical Center.
Myrtle was born in Durham, to the late Rueben Glenn and Nora Mangum Glenn and raised in East Durham. After marrying Bill, they moved to Hillsborough, N.C. where they spent their life together. Myrtle worked in the accounting field until the birth...
Ray Cox Anderson
Aug 21, 2022
Major Ray Cox Anderson Ret. USA passed away on August 21st, 2022, in Durham, North Carolina, at the age of 74. He was born January 2nd, 1948, in Bonham, Texas, to Thomas Emerson Anderson and Mittie Madeline Cox Anderson. Ray was an Eagle Scout with Troop 605 in Denison, Texas, and played football at Denison High School, where he graduated...
Mary Catherine Mcnamee
Aug 20, 2022
Chapel Hill — Mary McNamee, age 91, died in Chapel Hill, NC, on April 20, 2022. She was born on April 14, 1931, to the late Edward and Margaret (nee Keighron) Frommer.
Before retirement, Mary was employed by the New York Stock Exchange and later United Jersey Bank.
Mary is survived by her sons, Kenneth J. McNamee and Martin P....
Amelia K Matthews
Aug 17, 2022
(Durham, NC) – Amelia Keen Matthews died at Duke Hospital on August 17, 2022 at age 82. She was born January 8, 1940 in Baton Rouge, La. to the late Dr. Richard Clifton Keen and Mrs. Marion Moran Keen.
At Louisiana State University Amelia earned several academic honors and served as president of LSU’s Delta Zeta Sorority chapter. Following graduation, she...
William H. Rice
Aug 15, 2022
Youngsville
William “Bill” H. Rice, Jr, age 74, died peacefully on Monday, August 15, 2022, at Universal Healthcare. He was the son of the late William H. Rice, Sr., and Evelyn Case Rice. William was born in Danville, Virginia on January 8, 1948.
Bill is survived by his son, Aaron Rice and his wife, Christy and their triplet boys, Thomas Edward,...
Bettie Mclaughlin
Aug 14, 2022
Bettie Haughton McLaughlin went to be with the Lord on August 14, 2022.
A native of Charlotte, N.C. Bettie was born on April 19, 1924. She was the eldest of four children born to the late Blanche Haughton and Alexander Andrews Haughton.
Bettie attended Charlotte city schools, graduated from Central High School in 1942, attended Converse College for two years, then graduated...
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