Obituaries

JEAN STONE LINKER Born April 19, 1930, Jean graduated to glory on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, with her family at her bedside. Hers was a life of joyous service and loving devotion to God, family, church, and community. She was born in Winston Salem, NC to the late Walter Smith Stone & Virginia Giddens Stone of Stoneville, NC. She attended...

Shirley Jane Roughsedge Edwards, 84, died at the home of her daughter ineearrington Village oneebruary 20, 2010. A native of Wilkes-Barre, PA, Mrs. Edwards was borneeptember 19, 1925 to Charles Daniel Roughsedge and Bertha Richards Mueller Roughsedge. A lifelong Presbyterian, Mrs. Edwards was a homemaker and was preceded ineeath by her husband, Joseph Morris Edwards. She was a loving grandmother...

Barbara Jean Christian Carbone, 72, died Thursday at Duke Hospice, Hock Pavilion after an extended illness. She was borneecember 30, 1939 in Mingo County, WV, to Imogene Beasley and Claude Christian. Mrs. Carbone moved to Ohio as a young woman where she met her husband, the late Lawrence Carbone. A North Carolina resident since 1973, the family moved to Durham...

DURHAM???????Robert Nathaniel Primus, age??82,??died??at his residence??on??March 24, 2019.??He??was born on??February 28, 1937??to the late??Abram Primus and Alice??Viverette??Primus. A student-athlete and graduate of Fifth Avenue High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Robert attended Duquesne Uneersity where he majored in history. On June 30, 1960, Robert was inducted into the Armed Services of the Uneed States, and on May 30, 1966, he was...

Mario "JOJO" Lorenzo Brillantes Ferido, age 43, died unexpectedly in his Durham home on Monday, August 19. JOJO was born in Pasay City, Manila, Philippines oneebruary 4, 1970 to the late Lorenzo Ferido and Thelma Brillantes, who survives him. He was employed at Duke Hospital and was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Durham. JOJO is survived by...

Betty Thomas Rawls passed away oneebruary 14, 2015, at the Pavilion at Croasdaile Village in Durham, North Carolina. Born on May 1, 1928, in Rockingham, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Viola Hunnicutt Thomas Spradley and Theodore Roosevelt Thomas. She attended Rockingham High School and graduated from Woman???s College of the Uneersity of North Carolina, now UNCG....

Sol David Harris, Sr., 94, went to live among the angels on March 4, 2017. A true southern gentleman, he grew up on a tobacco farm in Northern Granville County, NC. He served in the United States Army and was a World War II Veteran serving in Europe, Germany, Belgium, and Holland. Love at first sight, he met Josephine Clay...

Lemuel Carl Allen, Jr. age 92 of Durham, NC, was born on January 15, 1923 in Buneevel, NC to the late Lemuel Carl Allen and Gertrude Jones Allen.?? He graduated from Lillington High School aneelon College with a degree in Business Administration.?? He served in the US Army in World War II in the European theater.?? He was active in...

Alford Forney Morris was borneeptember 5, 1933 to William Ervin and Zullar Hayden Morris in Coneer, N. C. Alford accepted Christ at an early age. He was an active member of Mt. Olive AME Zion Church where during his many years of service he was Superintendent of Sunday School, teacher of the men???s class, member of the Chancel Choir and...

Dr. Page Anderson, Professor of Pediatrics at Duke Uneersity Medical Center, died unexpectedly Saturday, neember 8, 2008. He was born January 12, 1942, ineerkeley, CA. He obtained his B.A. degree from the Uneersity of California at Berkeley in1960 and Doctor of Medicine from Duke Uneersity Medical Center in 1964. He served in the U.S. Army from 1965 - 1968 during...

Dr. Shirley Kirkman Osterhout, age 81, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed into the comfort and peace of our Lord oneeptember 23, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Carlton Kirkman and Harriett Jones Kirkman. Growing up in High Point, NC she learned to love classical music while playing the piano for 12 years and playing the violin...

Coy Atlas Brown of McLaurin Road, Siler City crossed the Great Divide Thursday morning, July 18 at his home. He was 91. A native of Chatham County, he was a member of the Greatest Generation, serving his country as an Army-Air Corps B-24 mechanic in World War II, including a three-year tour of duty in India. Growing up on a...

Col. John F. Mallard, known by his friends and family as "Frank" was promoted to glory oneednesday, January 30, 2013. He was born in Jones County, NC, December 28, 1917 to the late Roy Franklin Mallard and Myrtle Lee Banks. In June 1939 he graduated from the Uneersity of North Carolina, and in July he was commissioned as a Second...

DURHAM-Katherine Louisa Legg Carr,Mrs. Albert Gallatin Carr was born on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1925 to Maria and Milton Franklineegg ineenderson, North Carolina. She lived a long, happy life and passed away peacefully at home on Friday evening with her family by her side. Katherine was full of spirit with a loving and kind presence. She was a devoted wife,...

Oxford: Charles D. Crumpler, Sr., 79, of Creedmoor, NC and formerly of Oxford, NC died Tuesday, neember 8, 2016. He was borneeptember 21, 1937 to Johneenry and Clyde Crumpler. Charles is survived by his son, Charles David Crumpler, Jr.; brother, John Crumpler; and close friend, Peggy Lawrence. He is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Charles...

Lee Wood (Alexandria, VA) was an artist who selflessly shared her talents and her loving spirit with family, friends, and neighbors alike. Humble and self-critical, she neer fully understood or realized how profoundly her life and work inspired aneenriched those around her.?? She was born oneecember 1, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA and grew up in Greensburg, PA.?? Her fondest childhood...

DURHAM: Marci Kramish Campbell passed away oneecember 14, after living with cancer, with grace and caring, for almost two years. In addition to being Professor of Nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, she was a devoted mother, an accomplished folk musician, and an inspiration to all for her caring, positive approach to life. Marci was born...

Vergie Cash Howard, 89 passed away neember 9, 2012 at Ashton Place in Greensboro, NC. She was borneecember 9, 1922 in Durham County. She retired from Chatham County Public Schools after 26 years where she beganeer career in cafeteria maneement and continued her education to fulfill her desire to become a certified teacher's assistant at Pittsboro Primary School. There, she...

Charles Anthony "Chad" McDonald, 21, died unexpectedly Friday at home. Chad was born in Rota, Spain and had lived in Durham most of his life. He worked at Tyler's Restaurant and was passionee about cooking. Chad a natural curiosity and a zest for learning. Of his many interests, he especially loved fishing, rap music and fashionable clothing. Chad had many...

Merritt Y. Wilson Jr. of Pittsboro, NC went home to be with his Heavenly Father on April 18, 2012. He was born August 17, 1922 in Orange County, NC to the late Merritt Y. Wilson Sr. and Macy Suggs Wilson. He was preceded ineeath by his loving wife of 62 years, Doris Browning Wilson. He leaves behind a loving family....