Obituaries

Lottie Margaret Lawrence, a life-long resident of Durham died unexpectedly oneecember 28, 2009. Born in Durham on June 24, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Telphor Hinton and Lottie Riley Lawrence. Margaret graduated from Durham High School and attended Duke Uneersity where she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. She retired from the Tobacco Division...

Charles Edward Medlin, age 66 and resident of Durham, entered into eternal rest on May 16, 2009 while at the beach. Born in Franklin County, he was the son of Anee Bell Morrison and the late John David Medlin. A graduate of Chowan College, Charles was a sales associate with Trianee Communications. He was a member of Duke Memorial Uneed...

Oxford, NC Donna Marie Gaul, age 59, passed away oneebruary 24, 2020 at Duke Uneersity Medical Center.?? She was born to the late Richard E. Hintz aneethel May Caramico-Hintz on January 30, 1961 in Patterson, New Jersey. Donna was a warm, welcoming woman who neer met a stranger.?? She loved her family, her faith, and all of her many ???other...

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Durham ??? Mr. Philip Henry Knight, 88, husband of Eva Wade Knight, died Monday morning at Hock Family Pavilion. Mr. Knight was born oneecember 21, 1928 to the late Corrineestelle Stanley and Johneenry Knight in the Chalybeate Springs area of Harnett County, NC. He relocated to Durham in October of 1948, where he was a member of Grey Stone Baptist...

William "Bill" Wood Anderson. On March 16th, 2016, Bill Anderson, 59, died as he lived--unexpectedly. Bill grew up in upstate New York, in the small town of Norwich. He traveled extensively by thumb and box car as a youth before marrying Aneea Hughes in 1978 and settling into the lovely community of Duke Park in Durham, NC. Bill was a...

William E. Brown was born on January 4, 1923 in Plaineeld, New Jersey. He attended Plaineeld High School and was President of his Senior Class. He is one of teneembers of the TNT Club, which consisted of ten of his male school friends. As to what the TNT stood for - all were sworn to secrecy and have kept it...

On neember 30, 2011, Gladys McKenee Workman Gooch, 84, after a long and very courageous battle with both heart and lung disease, went home to walk the glory streets of Home with a son and other members of her family. She was the only daughter of Malcolm Jasper and Rosa Lee McKenee of Pinehurst, NC. She was predeceased by two...

DURHAM ??? Janee Elizabeth Benjamin, age 71, died peacefully at home surrounded by her children on neember 8th, 2018. She was born on neember 16th, 1946 to the late Weldon and Vivian Laiche. After graduating with honors from Georgetown Uneersity she dedicated her life to healthcare. She worked with Native American communities, moved on to work at NIH then on...

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DURHAM: Margaret Neal Smith Davis, age 101, of Durham and formerly of Charlotte, North Carolina died on October 7 at the Forest at Duke. Born in Matthews, North Carolina oneeptember 15, 1912, Mrs. Davis was the daughter of the late Mary Jane Freeman Smith and Samuel Leroy Smith. She was preceded ineeath by her husband, J. Van Davis, co-founder of...

OXFORD: Brenda Elaine Davis, age 66, died Monday evening at Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the Kathleen Hite Davis and the late Lawrence Edward Davis. Brenda was a member of Amis Chapel Baptist Church and had been employed by Granville Medical Center and John Umstead. Brenda also loved going to the beach....

Karen Annette Yates, 67, of Pittsboro and formerly of Durham, died neember 12, 2008 at the Laurels of Chatham. Karen was born ineeraldine, Alabama on May 6, 1941, a daughter of Ernest Emory Yates and Dicie Ellen Cates Yates. She graduated from Shorter College; lived in Durham, NC for 28 years where she worked in the Enviromental Safety and Hygiene...

Margie Louise Gibson, 83, died Friday ineendersonville, NC. Born in Durham, she was the daughter of the late Herman Worth Gibson and Myrtle E. Rigsbee Gibson. Margie work for several years at Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company and the Little Acorneestaurant. She later worked at the Goodwill Industries. She was an avid reader and was the widow of the late...

OXFORD: Alma Irene Gregory Matthews, age 74 of 2513 Enon Road died Tuesday, May 12, at Durham Regional Hospital. She was a native of Harnett County and the daughter of the late Sidney Dee and Hazel Butts Gregory. She was a member of Oxford Baptist Church and was a retired bookkeeper with Granville County Schools. She is survived by her...

Frances Chester Whitaker, 80, of Pittsboro died neember 21, 2008 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill following a period of declining health. Frances was born August 18, 1928 in Chatham County, the daughter of Ralph Aneew Chester and Clara Louise Seagroves Chester. She was a lifelong, very active member of Pittsboro Presbyterian Church. Frances operated her owneeauty salon, and was...

Sybil Hartley Stewart Tull, of Durham, died Tuesday. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, and an innovative English teacher. She was also instrumental in Women's Preventive Health Services. She is survived by her four children, Roxane Gwyn, Ben Stewart, Mary Pruchansky, and Becky Finger as well as eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Oak Grove Memorial Park, 10:00 AM...

Catherine Watts Vaughn of Pittsboro, NC completed this life's journey on October 18, 2012. Catherine was born in Bangor, ME on October 28, 1940, attended an Episcopal boarding school for girls ineendham, NJ for her highschool and obtained a bachelor's degree in business from Arizona State Uneersity. After careers with Westinghouse in Phoenix, the city of Albuquerque and as a...

Hughes Ernest Wilkinson III, of Washington D.C. left this life in his sleep on July 5, 2009. He was born on May 26, 1941 to Hughes Ernest Wilkinson Jr. and Anee June Faust Wilkinson in Durham and preceded ineeath by them. Hughes graduated from Northern High School in 1959 and Watts Hospital School of Radiology. He received his Radiologic Technologist...

DURHAM: Louis Shelton Ennis, 86, died Wednesday in Croasdaile Pavilion after a gradual decline over the last year. Shelton was one of eight children, born neember 17, 1930 in Harnett County to Euminee and Minee Ellen (Lee) Ennis. Raised near the town of Coats, he learned hard work at an early age helping operate the family farm. Sheltoneecame interested in...