Obituaries

Lois Bullock Blalock, 86, of Butner, NC died Thursday, neember 9, 2017 at PruittHealth ??? Carolina Point in Durham, NC. She was born in Granville County to the late Ollie O. and Ida Oakley Bullock. Lois is survived by her daughters, Phyllis Blalock of Durham, Denee Blalock Francis and husband, Bruce, of Durham; a grandson, Matthew Francis of Durham; and...

The Right Rev. Robert C. Johnson, Jr., 75, tenth bishop of North Carolina, died on Friday, January 3. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Conee Smith Johnson; son, Robert Kinley Johnson David Oxender; daughter, Julie Johnsoneege Pike; three grandsoneens. Daniel Robert Hege Emily, Adam Bolanos Hege Liliana and Jacob Johnsoneege; two great grandsons, Henry Hege and Lucas...

Aline G. Lanee, 99, died at her home in Chapel Hill on Sunday, neember 23, 2008. Aline was born in Hillsgrove, RI oneebruary 7, 1909, to French-Canadian immigrant parents, Emma and Telesphore Dugas. She was a woman of many talents who shared her gifts for music, painting, and needlework. After studying the violin as a child she played along with...

Thomas Excell Rigsbee, 73, of the Oak Grove Community was born on March 28, 1935 in Wake County to the late Raymond Louis Rigsbee and Genetta Moore Rigsbee. Tom went to Heaven to be with the Lord oneednesday, October 22nd at Blue Ridge Health Care Center in Raleigh following a 5-month illness. He attended Bethel Christianeenter and was a member...

Oxford NC: Lynwood Bryan Hughes,SR. With his family by his side, our loving husband and daddy, Lynwood Bryan Hughes, Sr. joined the angels on Friday, August 15th, after an extended illness. Lynwood was born July 19, 1931 in Oxford and is survived by his family, who will love and cherish him forever. He was a committed and dedicated servant, having...

Mrs. Sunanda Mallik passed away ineer sleep, oneeb 6th 2018, with her family by her side, in Chapel Hill, NC. Mashima, as she is popularly known, spent the last few months with her daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren and friends, recuperating aneenjoying the final phase of her life. Her caring and genee smile gave a lot of courage, hope and plenty of...

Virginia Pleasants Newton, 84, died on Monday, neember 6, 2017 at UNC Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Newton was a native of Granville County and was the daughter of Sam Jones Pleasants, Mary Watson Pleasants, and Charlie Thomas Knott. She retired after 40 years of service from the Granville County Health Department as the Director of Nursing. While working, she was a...

Kelsey Clayton Klatt, Jr., age 63, died peacefully at home oneeptember 17, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Moorhead, MN, Kelsey was the son of the late Kelsey C. and Lillian B. Chalstrom Clayton. He proudly served his country for seveneears while stationed in the U.S. Army. Kelsey was a skilled electrician and owner of Klatt Electric. Whenee...

Tom Carsey, age 52, of Durham, NC, died oneebruary 21, 2018, after a stubbornly determined fight with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was born on January 20, 1966, in Omaha, NE, to Dennis and Marsha (Green) Carsey. He graduated from Fremont (NE) High School in 1984. Tom graduated from Wayne State College (NE) in 1989, where at...

Robert Holden Wilkinson, Jr. MD., age 87, died at Duke Hospital on neember 28, 2019. He was born on October 11, 1932, to the late Robert Holden and Gladys Duvall Wilkinson He graduated from High School in Northern Virginia. He then attended the College of William and Mary and received a B.S. in Biology in 1954. He earned his medical...

A full obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available. Please check back for further updates. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, September 2, 2018 at 3:00 pm from Oxford Presbyterian Church, 121 Gilliam St, Oxford, NC. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive guests one hour prior to the church service.

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DURHAM: Thomas Marion Williams, Jr., 72, died after a brief illness Thursday. He was borneebruary 21, 1943 in Charlotte and moved to Durham as a child. Tommy graduated from Northern High School and began working as a fire fighter with the City of Durham. Over the years he opened several business, including Williams Towing & Body Shop and Trianee Prop...

On Friday, October 5, 2018, Merle J. Minor, 82, passed into his heavenly home after aneextended illness. He is predeceased by his parents Aubrey and Wava Minor and a brother Reade Minor. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 58 years, Peggy Ross Minor. He leaves two children a daughter Carolyn and Ryan Wise and a son William...

Mary Clare Wilkinson Fair, borneeptember 4, 1944 in Baltimore, MD.?? Father is the late John Nicholas Wilkinson, Jr, and her mother is the late Elizabeth DeVane: of Bel Air MD.?? Clare is survived by her beloved husband, Dr. Richard Barton Fair: children, Dr. Cynthia DeVane Fair (her husband Richard Tod Granowsky), of Greensboro, NC Catherine Stuart Megarity (her husband Mark...

Gerald Emery Searls, 72, of Durham, NC and Clarksville, VA, died Thursday, May 14th surrounded by his family. Borneeptember 22, 1942 to the late William Cravoneearls and Mable Greeneearls. He was a member of Cedar Forks Baptist Church in Durham. Gerald retired in 2002 after spending his entire career in the construction business. He was an avid fisherman, gardener and...

Oneebruary 6, 2018, Leonard Curtis Pergerson Sr. passed from this life into the loving arms of his heavenly Father. Curtis grew up on a farm working with his parents, Glady and Cordie Pergerson. It was on this farm and working at Short Sugars that he developed a wonderful work ethic that would benefit him in the years to come. He...

Callie F. Phillips of Richmond, VA passed away oneebruary 19, 2014. She is survived by her sister, Myrtle Whitehead; brother, Roscoe Farrell Jr.; daughter, Vickie Phillips; and neerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of Mrs. Callie Phillips life will be at 1:00 PM Saturday March 1, 2014 at Hanks Chapel, UCC. The family will receive friends after the service in...

Henry Hansson (Hans) Himler was born August 30, 1943 ineestmineer, MD to Henry aneedith Himler, the eldest of their five children. He graduated from Westmineer High School in 1961 and from Western Maryland College in 1966 where he met his beloved wife, Dianne, on the rifle team. He served active military duty on the DMZ in Korea between 1966-1967, theneerved...