Obituaries

Donald Lee Moore

Donald Lee Moore

Donald Lee Moore passed away at 81 years of age at Duke Uneersity Hospital oneeptember 4, 2019, after a valiant battle with lung cancer. Don was born in Fort Worth, TX on May 20, 1938 to Evelyn Irene Angel Moore and Homer Lee Moore.?? He enjoyed a childhood of golf and boating on Possum Kingdom Lake with his younger brother...

Jerry L. Norton

Jerry L. Norton

Jerry L. Norton passed away peacefully in his home oneecember 5, surrounded by his family. Jerry is survived by his wife, Sheila Robinson Norton; daughters, Robin Kirk, (Allan D) of Durham, NC and Dawn Norton (Torey Arvik) of Vallejo, CA; grandchildreneeric and Shannon Kirk, and Annika Arvik; sisters-in-law, Twylia Robinson Cribb (Jerry) and Ann Robinson of Wilmington, NC aneemily Robinson...

Aubrey Daniel A.D. Turrentine

Aubrey Daniel A.D. Turrentine

Aubrey Daniel "A.D." Turrentine, Jr. died Saturday in Grace Health Care following a brief illness. A Durham native, he was the son of the late Aubrey D. and Jessie Rice Turrentine. He graduated from Durham High School and served in the US Navy during WW II. Mr. Turrentine spent over 50 years in sales with Motor Bearings & Parts. An...

Dorothy Lois Hunt

Dorothy Lois Hunt

Hunt is the daughter of the late Mrs. Nina Ozelle Davis Hunt and Mr. Shermaneewis 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 and...

Diane Zaccardi

Diane Zaccardi

CHAPEL HILL ??? Diane??Zaccardi (nee Heizenroth),??70,??of Chapel Hill passed away on Sunday,??July 8,??2018 at UNC??Hospital. Diane was a most loving wife, mother, sister, friend, aunt, and grandmother. She was a generous host and neighbor, and aneenthusiastic baker. Diane was an expert bridal pattern maker ineer beloved New York City. Above all, she knew how to make people feel special and...

Gary M. Tinker

Gary M. Tinker

Gary Tinker passed away unexpectedly on neember 13, 2017. He was retired from UNC ??? Division of Uneersity Advancement. Gary enjoyed playing his guitar, Yoga and working out with his silver sneaker ???Buds???. He is preceded ineeath by his parents, Alice and John Sylvester Tinker, brothers Jack, Sylvester and Richard. Gary is survived by his brothers, Charles (Timmi) Tinker, Larry...

Judith Agnew

Judith Agnew

Judith Barnes Agnew of Durham, NC died peacefully oneeptember 17, 2017 surrounded by her family. Judy was seventy-nee years old. Borneecember 6, 1937 in Rocky Mount, NC, she was predeceased by her parents Alice Abernathy and Guy Earl Barnes and by her sister Alice Barnes Robertson. Judy graduated from Sweet Briar College and later received her Masters in Education from...

Harvey George Hewitt

Harvey George Hewitt

Harvey George Hewitt, 94, passed away peacefully on Sunday, neember 5, 2017, at his home in Durham, with his devoted wife, June Hewitt, by his side. Harvey was born oneeptember 6, 1923 to the late Lydia and Harvey H. Hewitt in Mount Clemens, MI. He served as a radio and Morse code operator on a Northrup B-25 bomber during WWII...

Anee Mae Jolley

Anee Mae Jolley

Anee Mae Jolley, 101, of Durham, peacefully passed away oneeptember 28, 2014, 37 days shy of her 102nd birthday. She was the daughter of Aneew N. Hutchins, Sr. and Flora Atkins Hutchins. She was preceded ineeath by husband Richard Ervin Jolley, and siblings, Elizabeth H. McLean, Aneew N. Hutchins, Jr., Clyde H. Hutchins and James C. Hutchins. She is survived...

Shirley Ford Joines

Shirley Ford Joines

Shirley Ford Joines, 64, died at home Saturday following an extended illness. A native of Weston, WV, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Lillie Turner Ford. A graduate of Fairmont College, Fairmont, WV, Shirley moved to Durham in 1966 and began a career in nursing. She worked in nursing for 10 years, and later became an optical...

Kay Thompson Manning

Kay Thompson Manning

A funeral service for Kay will be at Hall-Wynne Funeral Chapel on Thursday, January 24, 2019, at 2 pm with the Rev. Bryan Chestnut presiding. The Manning family will receive friends and family for visitation at Hall-Wynne Funeral Home on Thursday prior to the service from 1-2 pm. Burial will be on Friday, January 25, 2019, at Snow Hill Cemetery...

John Franklin Watts

John Franklin Watts

John Franklin Watts, 37, went to be with the Lord on neember 23, 2017. He was born July 2,1980 at Bethesda Naval Hospital ineethesda, MD. He is survived by his mother, Elizabeth Watkins Watts of Oxford; his sister, Cynthia Watts Favor of Murrieta, CA; his niece, Marjorie Anne Favor; and the love of his life, Jessica Leigh Spence of Richmond,...

John Joseph Eslinger

John Joseph Eslinger

John Joseph Eslinger, age 98 and fondly known to many as ???Charm,??? died peacefully in his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on neember 18, 2018. Loving father of Kathleen (Daniel) Herr and Linda (Brian) Lewotsky; loving grandfather to Nicholaus (Mollie) Herr, Matthew (Alisa) Herr, Rebecca (Richard) Dismuke, Laura Herr, Sarah Rose (A.J.) Barragan, and Sage Lewotsky; great-grandfather to Calvineerr,...

Nancy Lynn Powell

Nancy Lynn Powell

Nancy Lynn Powell, 54, entered eternal rest on Thursday, neember 16, 2017 at the home of her parents with her family by her side. They are thankful for all the memories and grateful for her peace. Nancy was born on the submarine base in Groton, CT oneep. 23, 1963 where her father was stationed on the USS John Marshall [SSBN...

John Albert Gering

John Albert Gering

John Albert Gering, 79, of Durham, NC, passed away peacefully at his residence oneeptember 5, 2018, while holding the hand of his beloved wife, Elynor. John was born April 14, 1939, ineeloit, WI, the son of Albert and Ann (nee MacDonald) Gering, and was raised in Aurora, IL, by his father and stepmother Dorothy (Moses) Gering. He was uneed in...

Eleni Z. Varelas

Eleni Z. Varelas

Eleni Zourdou Varelas passed away peacefully Saturday in Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center following a brief illness. She was borneecember 10, 1950 in Sparta, Greece and came to America with her beloved aunt at the age of 10 to live with her in Chicago. Eleni later married her neighbor in Greece, Dr. Dimitris Varelas, and moved to North Carolina, where...

Michael Francis Lefaive

Michael Francis Lefaive

Michael Francis Lefaive, 70, passed away peacefully on neember 6, 2019, surrounded by loved ones in Chapel Hill, NC. Michael was born in Port McNicoll, Ontario, Canada, on May 18, 1949, and was a proud Canadian and American citizen.?? He graduated from St. Theresa High School in 1966 aneenjoyed his early work on the S.S. Assiniboia sailing on the Great...

Ralph Eugene (Gene) Price

Ralph Eugene (Gene) Price

Gene Price lived a life of service. He was a church minister, a military chaplain, a teacher, and a counselor. He loved God, his family, and his country and he showed it every day of his 88 years on this Earth. Gene was born in 1929 in Hickory, North Carolina, the middle son of Earl Russell Price and Velsie Desola...

Robert Patrick Donovan (Bob)

Robert Patrick Donovan (Bob)

Robert Patrick Donovan (Bob) passed away on neember 5, 2019 at Grand Oaks Assisted Living ineenseneeach, FL. He was 89 years old. Bob was born oneeptember 3, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Richard Patrick aneedith Harley Donovan. Robert grew up in Norristown, PA. He attended Girard College in Philadelphia, PA from first grade through high school, graduating in 1947. He...