Obituaries

Oxford, NC Stephen O???Brian Hight, age 65, died oneebruary 23, 2020 at UNC Rex Healthcare. ??He was born to James Thomas Hight, Sr and Jean Marie O???Brian Hight on April 23, 1954 in Granville County. Steve graduated high school and joined the US Army in 1974 and served till 1979. He met and married his wife, Ammie, in 1979. He...

DURHAM: Allen D. Verhey, 68, died at home Wednesday, February 26th, after a long struggle with Amyloidosis. Allen is survived by his beloved wife of 48 years, Phyllis DeKruyter Verhey; his three loving children, Timothy Beach-Verhey of Faison, NC, Elisabeth "Betsy" Verhey of Davidson, NC, and Kathryn Davis and husband, Craig of Holland, MI; five adored grandchildren, Ryan, Caroline, and...

DURHAM: William Allen Braneey passed away with peace and grace on Thursday with his family at his side. Bill is survived by his loving wife Gail; daughter, Kristen Cortopassi and her husband, Matt, soneeoff and wife, Christy; and grandchildren Ava, Knox and Hunter. He is also survived by his brothers, Robert and Harold; and several nieces and nephews. Bill was...

Svetislav Tomkovic died suddenly December 31 at home. He had livd with his daughter only a short time prior to moving from Florida. Pomen & Funeral Liturgy will be offered Tuesday from St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, with Fr. Dragan Zaric officiating. Burial follows in Chapel Hill Cemetery.

John Christopher Detwiler, 83, died oneebruary 25, 2020?? in Durham, NC.?? He is survived by his wife, Lessie?? Lide Detwiler,?? daughters Laura Detwiler Stratton (Joe) and Jenneer Detwiler, five?? grandchildren?? and three great-grandchildren , his sister Juliana Sutton (Jack) of??Glen Allen, VA, brother-in-law William M. Lide Jr ??(Barry) of Irmo, SC and many beloved nieces and nephews.?? John and Lessie...

Laurie B Pruitt, 55, passed away on Tuesday, June 16 th, 2015. Mrs. Pruitt was born in??Washington,??North Carolina on neember 19, 1959 to the late Leslie Jr. and Barbara Beddard. She was a graduate of Meredith College having gone on to serve 32 years as a teacher in the public school system. Mrs. Pruitt was a member of the Oxford...

OXFORD: Josephine Barnes Currin, age 95, died neember 6, 2012 at Granville House in Oxford. She was the daughter of the late George and Mamie Hobgood Barnes and the wife of the late Edward Madison Currin. Ms. Currin was the oldest member of Enon Baptist Church where she was a member of the WMU. She was also well known for...

Chapel Hill-Robert L. Dorfman, 87, formerly of Gloversville, NY and Jupiter, FL, died peacefully oneebruary 7, 2017. He was born to the late George and Pauline Dorfman on May 21, 1929, in Brooklyn, NY.?? Bob, a graduate of Syracuse Uneersity, Albany Law School and NYU Law School, was an avid golfer, traveler, art collector, and supporter of various charities.?? An...

Doris Henderson Evans, 92, died on Thursday, neember 22, 2012. Doris was born in Franklin County, NC to the late Callie and Pauline Morton Evans on January 24, 1920. Doris was a loving friend to anyone that she had the opportunity to come in contact with. She was a long time member of Union View Church where she loved spending...

OXFORD: Martha Crowell Hight passed surrounded by her loving family on the 15th of March, 2010. Mrs. Hight was the daughter of the late William Watson Crowell and the late Lillian Spencer Crowell. She was born in Statesville, NC on the 25th of July 1926, but moved at a very young age to Oxford, NC, which was ineer words "Next...

OXFORD: James Lauriston Elliott, died, neember 21, 2012 at Granville Medical Center. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Raymond Jordan and Mabel Eakes Elliott. Lauriston was a longtime member of the Oxford Lion's Club and operated Elliott's Jewelry for 12 years. He was a veteran of the US Navy. Funeral services will...

Suddenly on Friday, neember 20, in the VA Medical Center, Joseph S. Costa, 86, beloved husband of Cecelia ???Ceil??? Costa, (nee Freda); devoted father of Richard (Mary) Costa of Montville, NJ, Joseph J. Costa (Susan) of Durham, NC and Karen (Bill) Ference of Marlborough, MA; fond grandfather of Christopher, Michael and Joanna; and brother of Peter Costa of Staten Island....

Douglas ???Doug??? Schner, passed away peacefully oneecember 8, 2015 at his residence in Durham. Doug was 78 years old. He was born ineew York City in 1937 to the late Charles and Maxine Carson Schner. Doug grew up on Long Island where he went to Woodmere Schools and was an avid member on the football, basketball and track teams. He...

Ross Lester Aneews, 39, died unexpectedly Friday evening while running on a trail he loved near Steep Hill Creek above Yates Mill Pond in Raleigh. A native of Charlottesville, VA, Ross graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina, where he was a member of the NC Fellows Program. He completed graduate education at NC State Uneersity, earning a Masters in...

Dr. Benjamin Ward, professor of philosophy, Arabic, and German Studies, passed away this weekend. He had been battling cancer for the past four years. Raised in Montgomery, Alabama, Ward grew up during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. From 1973-1980, he taught philosophy and served as Dean of Berkeley College at Yale Uneersity, his alma mater. He departed New...

Ann Palmer Bayliss, a 43-year resident of Chapel Hill and long-time elementary school library voluneer, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, from complications of lung cancer at Carol Woods. She was 89. She started voluneering at the Estes Hills Elementary School library in 1977 while her youngest son was a student there and continued long after all three sons had graduated from...

Erika Wolff Guttentag, 102, a beloved mother, grandmother and friend, died Sunday at The Forest at Duke ineer adopted home of Durham, NC Born ineermany, Mrs. Guttentag lived loneenough to have traveled by horse-drawn carriage in the one-time province of Pomerania and to have taught computer skills in the Bay Area of California, where she lived for nearly fifty years....

On June 12, 2018, we mourned the loss of Dorothy Pockrus, beloved mother and friend. She died early in the morning, succumbing to a fight with breast cancer in which she had shown bravery and resilience for years. She met the many challenges of life and of old age with humor and resolve right to her last breath. A woman...

STEM: Judy Stamper Gooch 62, of Stem Died Saturday neember 15, 2014. A native of Rowan County, she was the daughter of Fred Stamper aneedna Mae Royal Stamper of China Grove. She was a registered nurse at the Durham Clinic and the neeye, Ear, nee, and Throat Clinic in Durham. She was a Jehovah???s Witness in Oxford NC. Funeral services...

Matt Vuolo, 94 years old, passed away on neember 18, 2018. Born in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. Matt graduated from New York Technical Institute and attended Rutgers Uneersity. He was a veteran in the Army Air Forces as aneerial gunner in B-17???s during World War II. He was an adult leader with Troop 21 Boy Scouts of America and during...