Obituaries

DURHAM ??? Barbara O???Brien, age 72, died peacefully Sunday after a two-year battle with cancer.?? She was surrounded by her loving family at home. She was born to the late Carl and Louise Gilliam in Alexandria, VA. While raising five children in Orange, CT, she and her husband John O???Brien owned and operated multiple restaurant franchises.?? In 1991, Barbara and...

Creedmoor, NC Barry Levan Miller, 52, a long-time resident of Granville County, passed away unexpectedly oneeptember 6, 2018. Born oneeptember 15 to Nathaniel Ward Miller and Virginia Carol Pettigrew Miller in Ronceverte, WV, Barry was a self-employed contractor and was married to Teresa W. Miller for 31 beautiful years. He is survived by his parents, his wife, Teresa and two...

On June 12, 2017, the world lost a believer in the value of positive thinking with the death of 76-year-old Robert (Bob) Allen Mularczyk.?? A retired guidance counselor and teacher from??Adams, Massachusetts, Bob moved to Brick Landing Plantation in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, and became a loving friend to many. He could always put a positive spin on any...

Durham ??? Shirley M. Kerth, age 87, died at Seasons at Southpoint senior living community on neember 10, 2018. She was born oneeptember 7, 1931 to the late Archie and Ruby McDaniel. Shirley was born and raised in Daytona Beach, Florida. She was a graduate of Sea Breeze High School and Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. She served as a...

Ruth V. Bennett, 48 of Knightdale, NC and formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, passed away oneednesday October 18th from complications of Leukemia.?? She fought a hard and long battle. Borneebruary 16, 1969 in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of Flora Marie Fink and the late Joseph Paul Fink, Jr.?? Ruth moved to NC in 1989 with her soulmate and 8-month...

Oxford, NC Joan Marie Booth Courtois, age 87, died oneebruary 9, 2020. She was born to the late Alonzo Charles Booth, Sr. and Daisy Ruth Dickinson Booth in Smethport, Pennsylvania on neember 26, 1932. Joaneegan a lifetime career serving her country in the Uneed States Army (Women???s Army Corps). After an Honorable Discharge, she transitioned into Civil Service, through the...

Mr. Kuruvilla Abraham (Averachen) passed away oneebruary 14, 2019. He was the loving husband of Ammini Abraham. He was also a devoted, caring father to three children, Robert, Shirley aneelizabeth, and seven grandchildren; Marianna, Rachael, Mathew, Alex, David, James and Phillip???? Averaachen was born on March 25, 1926 in Niranum, Kerala (South India). He was the eldest son of Rev....

Oxford: Janet H. Barlowe, 79, of Oxford, dies Wednesday July 9, 2014 at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC. A native of Granville County, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Hicks and Mabel Hicks Halstead. The widow of Felix Russell Barlowe, she was a retired employee of the Oxford Crdit Union, and she was a member of Hester Baptist...

Billy W. Summerell of Durham, age 87, crossed over Jordan to his eternal home ineeaven on Tuesday, October 22, 2019.?? He was born March 1, 1932 to the late Paul and Gertie Summerell. Billy graduated from Mebane High School and loved to tell anyone who would listen about his high school football career, of which he was quite proud.?? However,...

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 on...

Alice Lin (nee Mu-rong Poo or Mujung Pu) passed peacefully ineer family's presence on 5-21-15 after a heroic battle with cancer, at the age of 72. Born in Chengdu, China, Alice grew up in Taiwan, and lived in the US for over 50 years. With a PhD in social work from Columbia Uneersity, she was an accomplished administrator and consultant....

Harry Applewhite Whitaker, Jr., 89, died at The Forest at Duke oneecember 29, 2019.?? He was born on May 5, 1930 in Rocky Mount, NC to the late Sallie Boyd and Harry Applewhite Whitaker, Sr.?? He graduated from Rocky Mount High School and was an Eagle Scout. Harry graduated from Davidson College in 1952 and Duke Uneersity Medical School in...

CHAPEL HILL, NC Anna Frank Strosneer DuBose ???Franee??? Franee Patton After 86 well-lived years of life, Franee DuBose died oneecember 19, 2017. She was born oneebruary 6, 1931 to Dr. Charles Franklin Strosneer and Anna Bailey Lawrence Grimes Strosneer in Goldsboro, North Carolina. She lived life to the fullest loving her Lord, family and friends. Franee graduated from Goldsboro High...

Oxford, NC Marguerite Elliott West, age 84, died on neember 26, 2019 at Rex Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center. She was born to the late Zebuleon Vance Elliott and Lonie Elizabeth Elliott on neember 23, 1935 in Granville County. Marguerite was a lifetime resident of Granville County.?? She met and married her husband in 1956 and raised two children. ??While...

Allison Rose O???Toole, age 28, died suddenly in a car accident oneecember 15, 2019. She was born on March 15, 1991 in Durham, NC. Allison was an outstanding student and a voracious reader. She graduated from Durham School of the Arts in 2009 with an art focus in photography. She received her Bachelor???s Degree in Psychology from The Uneersity of...

Sarah L. Todd passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 26th with her family at her side. Born in Little Washington, NC, Sarah graduated from Washington High School, East Carolina Teachers College and Watts Hospital Medical Technology Program. Sarah worked full-time as head of the laboratory at Durham Medical Arts Building for twenty years. After retiring, Sarah became an active voluneer for...

Jacqueline Cato Hijmans Harris Poet, Doctor, Humanitarian, Animal Lover, Nature Preserver, Patriot Jacqueline was born in Java, Indonesia of Dutch parents on October 8, 1922. She was a small fragile child who was often sick, causing her to be behind ineer schooling. Her family returned to Holland in the early 1930s and survived the Nazi occupation of 1940-1945.?? The suffering...

Ruth M. Waiden, age 89, was promoted to glory to be with God oneednesday morning, August 6, 2008. Mrs. Waiden was born in Franklin County to the late Felix and Bessie Edwards May on neember 14, 1918. Mrs. Waiden was the retired owner of City Lunch Caf and a longtime member of Franklinton Baptist Church. Loved by all who knew...

Frederic Dow Leubuscher, 85, of Durham, North Carolina, died oneeptember 7, 2019 after a courageous battle with paneeatic cancer. Fred (also known as Dow, Dad, and Pa) was borneebruary 26, 1934 in East Orange, New Jersey, the son of Florence Smith and Frederic Henry Louis Leubuscher. He grew up in Essex Fells, New Jersey, Kutztown, Pennsylvania and Lakeville, Connecticut. He...

Pearl C. Perdue, age 87, of Chapel Hill died Friday October 18, at Duke Hospice. She was born ineeaufort County, NC to the late Glen Thomas and Clara Mae Denby Clark. Pearl worked in insurance before accepting the busier job of stay at home mom. She still found time to play bridge, voluneer at the hospital, sing ineeveral choirs and...