Obituaries

Ruth Wagner Gentry, 91, of Durham went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ oneednesday, February 15. Ruth was born ineerson County oneecember 21, 1925 to the late Claude Wagner and Banee Brown Wagner. In addition to her parents she was preceded ineeath by her husband, Jesse Gentry, her oldest son, David Gentry, and her brothers and...

Dianne W. Daniels, May 27, 1953 to June 26,2018. Dianne W. Daniels passed away June 26th at her home in Stem. She was born in Durham, N.C. and attended Durham High School. She had a passion for cooking, flowers, and hummingbirds.?? You could find her cooking/baking on a regular basis, and she loved to share her goodies with everyone.?? She...

Dallie Marie Liner Jones, aged 84, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Duke Hospice oneednesday, August 12th, from complications from Parkinson's Disease. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 63 years, Haywood Jones, III, who died in March, 2009. Dallie was a native of Hillsboro, graduated from Hillsboro High School with the class of 1941, received a...

Alice Johanson passed away neember 22, 2014 at her home in Durham, NC after a five year struggle with metastasized breast cancer. Alice was born May 5, 1938 in Hutchinson, MN, to Melvin and Charlotte Lindholm. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Arnold (???Arnie???) Johanson, two daughters, Kaaren Johanson of Durham, and Sara Jensen (Kirk) of Minneapolis,...

Everett William Lytle Jr. passed away oneeptember 2, 2009 into the hands of the Lord after a tragic accident, surrounded by the love of his devoted wife and daughter. He was born in San Diego California oneecember 30, 1936 to Col. Everett William Lytle aneevelyn Victoria Poe Lytle. As the son of an Air Force colonel he had the opportunity...

Charles H. Gatchel died peacefully at Duke Uneersity Hospital on August 19 after a short illness. His loving and devoted wife of 62 years, Evelyn, was at his side. He was an Army veteran of WWII, having served in the 353rd Combat Engineers in the South Pacific for 3-1/2 years. This was followed by 18 months in the Army Air...

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

Lavern Griffin Stott, 82, died Saturday, neember 22, 2014. Lavern was born July 29, 1932 in Franklin County to the late H. Clemmon and Athaleah Griffin. She worked for the state of North Carolina with the department of Transportation for more than 30 years, retiring in 1990. Lavern was actively involved in Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Beside her parents, she...

Anyone who met Ken Trout only knew him as a kind, loving, open and giving man. Ken had a unique gift of insightfulness into humaneehavior learning more about a person within minees than the person knows of themselves. Friends knew Ken as a man who lived life with passion, loved all people he met, had a unique and honest view...

Louis Berini, loving son, husband and father, age 98, passed away on July 17 at the Croasdaile Pavilion. He was borneebruary 5, 1914 in Thayer, West Virginia to the late Tony Berini and Carolina Brusa Berini. The family moved to Durham in 1929 when his father brought his skills as a stone mason to the construction of the new campus...

Leonard Polk Johnson, 89, of Oxford, NC died Friday, neember 16, 2018.?? He was born in Granville County on July 26, 1929 to his now predeceased parents, Wayne Carlton Johnson and Anee (Beasley) Johnson. Leonard enjoyed spending time outside and took on gardening as a favorite hobby.?? He was also a dedicated civil servant as he served proudly for almost...

Sherry S. Harris, 92 of Pittsboro, NC passed away peacefully on April 2 at her home in Fearrington Village with her family by her side. Sherry is preceded in death by her devoted husband of 69 years, Weston J. Harris. Born and raised in Washington D.C., Sherry graduated from Notre Dame Academy. She was catapulted into the entertainment business at...

Christopher Hunt Harlan, 36, died at his home in Morrisville earlier this month. Chris was born in Birmingham, AL to William Robert Harlan, Jr, M.D. and the late Linda Carmichael oneebruary 17, 1972. Chris graduated from St Mary's School and attended both Hampden-Sydney College and North Carolina State Uneersity. Chris worked many jobs after high school but felt most proud...

Alex H. Hancock, 80, died Friday neember 8, 2013 at his home. He was a native of Granville Co. and was the son of the late Franklin Wills Hancock, Jr. and Lucy Landis Hancock. He was preceded ineeath by his wife Tapp Latta Hancock. Alex was a graduate of Oxford High School and Fishburne Military Academy, Waynesboro, Virginia and received...

Oxford, NC Richard Lee Goldthwaite, 70, died at his residence with family oneeptember 1, 2018. Born in Biddeford, Maine to the late Edward Wilbur Goldthwaite and Annette Regina Jette on a cold February day. Richard retired to Oxford to be closer to family. He worked ineesearch Trianee for several years and grew to love the area. Richard was an avid...

James Elgan Hillman, Jr. James Elgan Hillman, Jr., 80, passed away peacefully at home in Durham following an extended illness. Jim was born on neember 26, 1938 in Raleigh. He was baptized at Edenton Street Uneed Methodist Church in Raleigh. He graduated from Needham Broughton High School in 1956, where he played oboe in the school band and was a...

DURHAM Phyllis Eileen Vuolo, 82 years old, passed away oneecember 1, 2018. Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, she attended Rutgers Uneersity and was a member of Rainbow Girls and a lifetime member of Order of Eastern Star, Southgate Chapter #177 in Durham, North Carolina. She was employed with Avon Cosmetic Corporation ineew York and was a maneer of Systems...

Mrs. Maybelle Hall Husketh, age 99, of 3849 Shoccoree Drive died Monday at home. Maybelle was born and raised in Durham and graduated from Braggtown High School and Western Carolina Teachers College. A devoted Christian, Maybelle was a member of Aneer Avenue Baptist Church for 87 years. She was a member of the Estheren Sunday School Class, Leah Royal Circle...

John Billy West, 84, passed away on Friday, neember 10, 2017, at Duke Hospice-Hock Family Pavilion, in Durham, NC, after a brief illness. He was born in Stovall, NC on January 5, 1933, to Jonah Buck West and Anee Belle Smith West. He was the oldest of five children, all of whom preceded him ineeath. He was educated in Granville...