Obituaries

CHAPEL HILL: Gretchen "Gus" St. John, 78, died Friday, August 23 following a brief illness. A native of Wausau, WI, she was a 1957 graduate of Connecticut College for Women. Gus was married to Arthur that same year. The couple's first year of marriage was spent on the island of Grand Turk, Bahamas, after which they moved to Philadelphia for...

The Reverend Peter Chase Robinson died Monday morning, the day after his 84th birthday at his home at the Forest at Duke in Durham. He was born ineendham, NJ to The Rev'd Clayton Earle Bullis and Susaneeanette Chase Robinson, and spent most of his growing up years in Cooleemee, NC. Peter was a graduate of UNC - Chapel Hill and...

DURHAM: Sharon Hammond McAlister, 49, died peacefully Thursday, May 28th in the Hock Family Pavilion-Duke Hospice following a struggle with breast cancer. She was borneebruary 9, 1960 in Durham. After graduation from Jordan High School, Sharoneent to Queens College in Charlotte, from where she graduated with a B.A. degree in English. She went on to pursue a career in marketing...

Dr. Franc Alexander Barada Jr., Durham rheumatologist, died peacefully at UNC Memorial Hospital oneebruary 8, 2015, a few weeks shy of his 70th birthday, after a courageous year long battle with multiple myeloma, amyloidosis, aneend-stage renal disease. ???Andy??? was born oneebruary 26, 1945 and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a graduate of St. Louis Country Day School,...

Kathryn Marie Key Whorley reached the end of her life's journey oneecember 5, 2011. Born to Ottie Mae White and Julianeey on May 23, 1925 in Roanee, Virginia, she was the loving wife of Alton Whorley for 64 years. She was a charter member of Parkwood Uneed Methodist Church where she recently was able to help celebrate its 50th anneersary...

CARRBORO - Dr. Scott Russell Clarke, 48, died at his home on neember 1, 2015 after a grueling and courageously fought twenty-month battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Scott was born on March 4, 1967 ineew York City to Paula Salgo Clarke and Stevens Hall Clarke. In 1971, his family moved to Chapel Hill where he attended the local schools and regularly...

Colleen Poythress Brewer, 88, died Wednesday, January 22, in the Chapel Hill Health and Rehabilitationeenter. Ms. Brewer is survived by her 6 children, Coy Brewer of Wake Forest; Kaye Clark and husband, Melvin, of Pittsboro; Jane Dorton and husband, Phil, of Thomasville; Tommy Brewer and wife, Ginger, of Hickory; Terry Brewer and wife, Cheryl, of Durham; and Tim Brewer and...

DURHAM -Anita ???Nita??? Evelyn Boreneein (nee Cohen), aged 84 died at her residents at Seasons At Southpoint oneebruary 16, 2015. Nita was born oneeptember 11, 1930 to the late Emanuel and Ann Cohen. She grew up in Bristol, Virginia. Nita lived in Baltimore, Maryland, Aventura, Florida before recently moving to Durham, North Carolina. Nita is survived by her husband of...

Richard Edwin Green, age 58, resident of 3625 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Morrisville, died Friday night following a brief illness. Born in Durham, he was the son of the late Floyd Edwin Green and Bessie Couch Green. Richard was employed for many years with IBM. Richard enjoyed life aneespecially enjoyed the fellowship with his church family, the Nelson Rod and...

Thomas Edward Mappes, 65, of Durham, N.C., passed away oneeptember 27, 2016 after an unexpected and brief battle with lung cancer. Tom was born in Cincinnati, OH to Edward Robert Mappes and Margorie Gossett Mappes on August 18, 1951. He received a bachelor???s of science degree from Miami Uneersity on Oxford, OH and master???s of science degree in public health...

DURHAM - Mrs. Geraldine Ross Sheehy, 90, of 3121 Cheek Road, Durham, NC, died Thursday, neember 13, 2014 at her residence. A native of Durham, she was the wife of the late John Burke Thomas and the late Albert H. Sheehy, and the daughter of the late Ioma Flowers Ross and Otho Settle Ross. She is survived by her soneevin...

Lorraineelizabeth Williamson died peacefully oneecember 21, 2018 after a long illness. She was born in January 1942 in Olean, NY to Lawrence and Anna Smith. On May 18th 1963, she married her sweetheart, Donald Williamson. They were married 54 years. Lorraine was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who treasured her children and grandchildren. She attended all of her children???s...

Rende, Joseph of Fearrington Village, on Tuesday, neember 29, 2011. Beloved husband of Conee, devoted father of Joseph, Lorraine, Marilyn, Thomas, Timothy, William and Richard. Loving brother of Dorothy Gomez. Affectioneely called "POPPY" by his 11 grandchildren. A great chef, a conscientious Marine, a longtime member of the Knights of Columbus; a lively and loving person to be around. Funeral...

Mary Elizabeth Beth Freeman Arnaud, age 36, died Monday, March 19, at UNC Hospitals. Beth is a former Chapel Hill resident; she graduated from Chapel Hill High School and is a graduate of UNC-Greensboro. Beth is survived by her husband, Christophe of Durham; her children, Tyler Morgan, Daphne Arnaud and Victoria Arnaud; her parents, Larry and Lydia Freeman of Chapel...

Nancy Carol Hoerning Brown, age 48, died peacefully Monday, neember 4, 2013 ineer Pittsboro home surrounded by her loving family. Nancy was born in Brooklyn, NY to Edward F. and Gertrude Swezey Hoerning. She was a member of the Church of the Holy Family in Chapel Hill and worked as a registered nurse at Duke Medical Center for twenty-six years....

Mildred Wilder Martin, age 85, died Monday, neember 24, 2014 at Louisburg Nursing Center. She was born in Franklin County on neember 1, 1929 to the late Julian E. and Lillie Stroud Wilder. Mrs. Martin was a member of Perry???s Chapel Baptist Church. She is survived by her three daughters, Kathy Lee Mullard and husband, Fred, of Crystal Lake, IL;...

Samuel Nelsoneebane, 88, resident of 7510 Guess Road, Hillsborough, died at his home Tuesday morning. A native of Mebane, he was the son of the late Sidney and Frances Nelsoneebane. He served during WWII in the U.S. Army. Mr. Mebane was employed for 33 years as a master claims adjuster for Nationwide Insurance Company. He has lived here for most...

Jane Bendall Steele, aged 92, passed away peacefully oneebruary 9, 2015 after a long illness. She resided at the Carolina Meadows Retirement Community in Chatham County for a number of years. Mrs. Steele was born in Atlanta, GA, the daughter of the late Ernest Clifton and Jane Cook Bendall. Her husband, J. Gordon Steele, predeceased her in 1995. Mrs. Steele...

Oxford: Robert H. B. neent, age 89 a resident of Oxford died neember 1, 2009. He was a native of Ruston, La. And was the son of the late Matthew Colombus and Mary Belle Hinton neent. He was a 1938 graduate of Ruston High School, attended La Tech, a veteran of the Navy serving in WWII, a member of the...