Obituaries

George E. Persinger, 74, of Pittsboro, NC, formerly of New Martinsville, WV, passed from an active life Monday, April 27, at the UNC Cancer Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC. He had successfully coneered bladder cancer six years ago and, whenee was diagneed with lung cancer in March he maintained his positive approach and independence. George was born June 28, 1940,...

NORMAN HILL, Jr Norman Hill, Jr., a longtime Durham-Chapel Hill resident passed away on neember 20 in Springfield,VA at the age of 102. He was preceded ineeath by his wife of 67 years, Alice Lentz, and his son, Norman Hill III. Previously, he and his wife were owners/designers of Hills Florist in Carrboro and later he worked for the Orange...

Robert Cole, age 85, died on neember 23, 2017 at the Pines nursing facility, Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill, NC. He was born May 6, 1932 in Ada, Ohio to Robert aneeunee Cole who proceeded him ineeath. He married Carolyn Rayl Cole in 1951 and she also proceeded him ineeath. Surviving are two sons: Michael (Nancy) Cole of Dartmouth, NH...

David Thomas Upchurch, 57, of Durham died Saturday, August 26th in Goldsboro, NC. David was a veteran of the Vietnam War. Following his honorable discharge from the service, David started his own business as a machinist and race car engine builder. He continued in this field throughout his life. David was predeceased by his father and older brother. He is...

Clyde Thomas Wilson,??81, of Stovall, NC died Saturday, neember 24, 2018.??Born June 23, 1937, in Granville County, Clyde was the son of the late James W. and Mary Leigh Wilson. At the age of 19, Clyde joined the US Army where he served both active duty and as a reservist for 5 years. Clyde later became a Mechanic for Burlington...

Janet Colleen (Hill) Kilsheimer of Durham, NC passed from this life to be with her savior Jesus oneec. 10, 2018. She was surrounded by her family. Colleen was born in Shelby, NC on Oct. 16, 1925 to Boyd and Vera Hill. She was reared in Shelby. She was preceded ineeath by her parents and by her three brothers, Wayne, Randolph...

DURHAM ??? John C. Clamp was born August 5, 1949 in neemberg, Germany and spent his early years ineermany and France. The only child of an Army Sargent, John and his parents returned to the US and lived in Colorado before moving to Fayetteville, NC after his father retired from the Army. John had a passion for science. He received...

Mike Cavender, formerly of Highlands, NC, died on June 22 in Durham. The cause was sarcoma cancer. He is survived by his wife of 28 years Paulette Webb; two-step daughters, Charlotte Schwartz of Atlanta and Vanessa Tsumura of Milwaukee; their husbands Paul and Kenji; grandchildren Carl, Violet, Anri and Isla; his sister Katie Baer of Pittsboro, NC, and many nieces...

Joseph Frank Podgurski, 90, was taken from us by God???s angels on??August 3, 2018. His suffering has ended, and he has joined our Mom. Joe was born and raised in Philadelphia. After high school, where he was the band???s Concert Master. He enlisted in the US Navy, serving in WW ll.?? Following discharge, Joe met the love of his life,...

Gloria Jean Olson, age 72 died peacefully Friday, December 29th at Rex Heart and Vascular Hospital in Raleigh, NC surrounded by her family. She was born in Johnston County, NC and graduated from Clayton High School in 1963. She worked as a CNA at Dorthea Dix Hospital until 1968 when she stayed home to raise her family. She lived in...

Doris Woods Gervais Our much beloved Mom, Grammie, and Great Grammie left us on July 24, 2016 to joineer late husband of 68 years, Frederick B. (Ted) Gervais. He is tipping his hat, extending his hand, aneescorting her into the loving arms of our heavenly Father. Her grandson, Jordan, is excited to show her "just everything.??? They have been patiently...

Ronald Dale Knapp Oxford ??? Ronald Dale Knapp, 73, of Oxford, NC, died Thursday, neember 16, 2017. He was born in Rainelle, WV on March 26, 1944 to the late Clarence Caleb Knapp and Martha Elizabeth Parker Knapp. Ronald was a 1963 graduate of Rainelle High School where he was a member of the 1962 Class A Championship team. He...

Katherine Rankineeaver was born August 9, 1922, in Macon, Georgia, the oldest daughter of Myrtle and Goodwin Rankin. Growing up in Macon, she attended Miller High School and Wesleyan College, and married in July 1942 Charles Beaver, who was stationed nearby at Camp Wheeler Army Base. They lived in Little Rock, Arkansas (Camp Robinson), then Tyler, Texas (Camp Fannin), where...

Durham, NC Perry A. Sloan, Jr., having celebrated his 100th birthday in the company of many friends late last year, died peacefully at his home oneednesday, October 10. He is survived by his soneerry Sloan III of Salt Lake City and cousin Robert M. Sloan, of Winston-Salem. He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, Lillie Duke Clements Sloan,...

Durham- Frances Elleneennessey Love, a long-time resident of Durham, North Carolina, passed away peacefully oneeptember 3, 2019 after an extensive illness.?? Frances was born in Paris, Kentucky on neember 5, 1935 to John Anthony Hennessey and Mary Kathryneennessey.?? Frances graduated from Lexington Catholic High School and attended the Uneersity of Kentucky.?? She was a Brownie Leader with the Girl Scouts...

Oxford Mrs. Charlotte Catlett Floyd of Oxford, NC, a daughter of the late Frank and Mae Kearney Catlett, passed away oneeptember 27, 2016 at Duke Hospital, at the age of 68. She is survived by her husband, Marshall Bernard Floyd Jr.; her daughters and sons-in-law, Anna and Benjamin Averette, Sarah and Thomas Hicks, and Leah and John Roberts; grandsons John...

Hunt is the daughter of the late Mrs. Nina Ozelle Davis Hunt and Mr. Sherman Lewis Hunt and the wife of Samuel "Bo Hunt. Dorothy Lois Hunt was a retired employee of Burlington Industries, a local farmer and vendor with Buckhorn Flea Market and Oxford Farmers Market and a Homemaker. Surviving family are her daughters Audrey Brogden of Graham, NC...

On Friday in Chapel Hill, NC, Marilyn Rose Genzer (nee Feinberg), 77, wife of Marvin D. Genzer; mother of Scott Genzer and Rachel Flanagan; grandmother of Sarah, Katie, James and Paige. Graveside 11:00 Tuesday, New Montefiore Cemetery. Gutterman???s Inc.

Walter Eugene Shackelford, Sr. March 24, 1920 ??? May 27, 2016. Walter Shackelford, long-time Durham resident and custom photographer, passed away peacefully at age 96 at the Uneed Methodist Retirement Home at Croasdaile Village. During a career that spanned over 35 years, he photographed couneess weddings aneevents, and he was a fixture at the annual Durham Debutante Ball. His distinctive...

Ethel Oakley Blalock passed oneecember 22, 2019 at the age of 92 after long suffering. She was a lifetime resident of Stem, NC, a 1945 graduate of Stem High School and the wife of the late George L. Blalock, Jr and daughter of the late Robert ???Bob??? Oakley and Luna O. Oakley. Ethel was known for exquisite quilting and as...