Obituaries

Eva C. Vaughan, 88, of Bullock, NC died Wednesday, neember 22, 2017. She was born in Mount Airy, NC on neember 29, 1928 to the late Mr. and Mrs. John aneeva Dorothy Callaway. Eva is survived by her daughters, Eva Jane Vaughan of Bullock, and Pearl Rimmer of Roxboro; 6 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; and 2 great great grandchildren. Funeral...

Mary Ann Lumpkins, 74, of Oxford. God called Mary Ann O'Brien Lumpkins home Sunday, January 28th, 2018 to tend His flower garden. Mary Ann loved flowers but hated weeds. No matter where she went, if she saw a weed she would pull it and throw it away. She was the daughter of the late Harold L. O'Brien and Frances Breedlove...

Oxford Ms. Mary Louise Boyd, 83, died Friday morning at Universal 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 her...

Virginia Joyce Dooley Rawlings, (Joyce), a Southerner with a capital S, passed away peacefully at Hillcrest Convalescent Center early on April 15th. ????She was 87 years old. Born and raised in the south, she loved her ???ciggies??? with a good cup of coffee and was neer shy about voicing her opinion but as a true southern woman, she was gracious,...

Mr. Abel Aguilar-Saneez, 40, of 1003 N. Hampton St., Siler City, died unexpectedly oneeptember 29, 2008 at Chatham Hospital in Siler City. He was born August 29, 1968 in Gro, Mexico, the son of Atanacio Aguilar Nestor and Juana Saneez Santana. Mr. Aguilar-Saneez was a saw operator at a lumber company. Survivors include his parents; his wife, Lucia Soto Aguilar;...

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Evelyn O'Brien Powell, 98, gave up her life on this earth, December 18, 2013 at home from natural causes. She was alert and concerned about her children to the end of her care giving life. She was born on March 8, 1915 to Bishop Marvin O'Brien aneeffie Mae Ingram O'Brien in Richmond County, near Rockingham, NC. She was raised near...

OXFORD: Ollie Mae Boger Green was born on April 24, 1923 in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Fred A. Boger, Sr. and Ollie Coffey Boger. Mrs. Green had two brothers ??? Dan Boger, who pre-deceased her, and Fred A . Boger, Jr. of Waxhaw, North Carolina. In 1938, the Boger family moved to Oxford, North Carolina, where Mrs. Green???s father worked...

Thomas Eliot Frothingham was born in Boston on June 21, 1926. Despite the stigma of repeating kindergarten, he ultimately succeeded in graduating from the Dexter School, St. Marks School, Harvard College, and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Frothingham earned his medical degree in 1951 as part of the U.S. Navy's V-12 Program, and interned at Bellevue Hospital ineew York City from...

Doris Shields Fonville, age 79, resident of 4900 N. Roxboro Road, died Thursday afternoon. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Bertie Lorenzo Shields and Rosalind Copley Shields. Doris was the widow of the late David L. Choc Fonville. She was retired from General Telephone Company. Mrs. Fonville was a member of the Glendale Heights Uneed Methodist...

David Phillips, 66, of Pittsboro, died in his home Thursday morning, neember 22, 2012. He was born in Cleveland, OH, a son to the late Paul J. Phillips & Margaret Slamink. Dave's remaining family includes his wife, Susan Phillips, of the home; his sons, Moore Phillips, of the home; Joseph Phillips & wife, Jessica of Gibsonia, PA; his daughter, Tamara...

DURHAM: Pauline Wyshywany Podgurski, 92, was taken by God???s angels December 4, 2014. Born neember 1, 1922 in Philadelphia to the late Anna and Aneew Wyshywany, she graduated from Strayer???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,...

A Wendell Musser was born oneecember 15, 1930 ineerrick, Illinois and died oneebruary 15, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina. Although born into poverty and afflicted with polio as a child, Dr. Musser persevered with his intellect and hard work. He was admitted to Purdue Uneersity, where he earned his Bachelor???s in Chemistry, and later to Indiana Uneersity, where he earned...

OXFORD- Kathleen Royster Pruitt, age 88 died Sunday neember 9, 2008. She was the widow of the late T. Winston Pruitt, and the daughter of the late Charles Gregory and Anee Watson Royster of Bullock, NC. Memorial services will be held oneednesday neember 12, 2008 at 11:30 am at the Oxford Baptist Church by Dr. J. Steve Bolton. She is...

Mabel Roany Johnson Hancock, age 92, of Chapel Hill, NC crossed over the river to the shade of the trees Friday, January 02, 2015. Mabel was born to the late Syd and Ocie Johnson oneebruary 15, 1922 in Chatham County, North Carolina where she would reside until her death. There, she met her first husband Russell ???Lee??? McGhee, Sr and...

George Charles Tomasic, Jr. 72, died Saturday in UNC Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Pittsburgh, PA to George C. aneelizabeth H. Tomasic, he was raised in the North Braddock section of Pittsburgh. He spent four years in the Air Force prior to moving to Durham in 1957. George joined Tar Heel Barbershop in 1958, becoming its owner in...

Sam Wyndham Craver, Jr. February 13, 1928 February 2, 2013 Sam Wyndham Craver, Jr. passed away peacefully at Galloway Ridge ineearrington Village oneebruary 2, 2013. He was a native of Charlotte, North Carolina. Sam was borneebruary 13, 1928 to Sam Wyndham Craver and May Pitts Craver, in Charlotte, NC. Sam graduated from Central High School in Charlotte, NC in 1946....

DURHAM: Laurie Elaine Adams, 51, died unexpectedly at home Thursday. She was born neember 14, 1964 in Durham to Marvin W. aneeleanor Wells Adams. Laurie graduated from Jordan High School, and was a graduate of UNC-Wilmington with a double major in accounting and business maneement. Following graduation, she beganeer career with the EPA as an auditor for the Ineector General,...

Catherine Pennock Predmore, age 98, passed away peacefully neember 24, 2012, surrounded by her loving family. Known by family and friends as "Pat," she was preceded ineeath by her husband, Richard Lionel Predmore, and is survived by her three sons, Michael and his wife Izvara of Stanford, CA, Richard and his wife Anne of Campobello, SC, and James of Tacoma,...

Joyce Benn Warren was born in Moneeal, Canada on July 29, 1930. Her mother Louise Walker emigrated from Wales, her father was Canadian, George Benn. In 1951 Joyce met Richard Warren on a trip to North Carolina. They married six months later. Tom Warren was soon born, followed by brother Bruce. The family resided at Fort Bragg where Richard served...