Obituaries
Mary Jane Harvey
May 25, 2022
Durham, NC – Mary Jane “MJ” Harvey, age 94, died on May 25, 2022, in Durham, North Carolina. She was born on July 30, 1927, to the late Thomas Aloysius and Helen Maguire Shaw.
She was born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in Garden City, NY. Mary Jane moved to Durham in 2017 after living in Las Vegas, NV, for 38...
Lawrence Carlton Moore , Jr.
May 23, 2022
Lawrence Carlton Moore, Jr., age 83, died at Duke Hospital on May 23rd, 2022.
Lawrence, or “Lang” as he was mostly known, was born April 6th, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the late Willie Prince Moore and Lawrence Carlton Moore, Sr of Mississippi. He had an older sister, the late Anne Burney. The family moved to Charlotte, NC in 1951 where...
George Ogden Cummings
May 23, 2022
Durham, NC – George O. Cummings, age 75, died in Durham, NC on May 23, 2022. He was born on December 21, 1946 to the late George H. and Norva T. Cummings.
George graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, and received his Masters degree from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. He worked for many years for...
Jo Ann Bowman
May 20, 2022
Jo Ann Dellinger Bowman, age 85, died on May 20, 2022. She was born on October 10, 1936 to the late Lillie Mae Dellinger and Howard Benfield in Avery County, NC. In 1972, she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She went on to become the head of the...
Tammy Lynn Champion
May 20, 2022
Tammy Lynn Champion, age 51, died on May 20, 2022, at Duke University Hospital surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late William Arthur Grissom and Edith Champion Grissom. Tammy was born in Durham County on November 20, 1970.
Tammy was a true caregiver. She worked as a caretaker at John Umstead Hospital. She became a private caretaker...
Dorothy "Dot" Shoaf
May 20, 2022
Dorothy “Dot” Shoaf, 93, widow of H. E. “Nick” Shoaf, passed away Friday, May 20 after a period of declining health. She led a full life and cherished a multitude of friends and experiences.
Dorothy Vera Steedman was born in Asheville, September 1, 1928 to Francis C. and Madge Cunningham Steedman. “Dot” grew up in old Asheville’s Montford Heights and graduated...
Joseph Wayne Gooch
May 18, 2022
Stem
Joseph Wayne Gooch, known to all as Joe, age 95, died on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Universal Healthcare. He was the son of the late Robert Jule Gooch and Emma Pearl King Gooch. Joe was born in Granville County on June 29, 1926.
Joe attended Stem High School and was a lifelong resident of Stem and carried that honor...
Carles Louis Fletcher
May 17, 2022
Oxford
Carles Louis Fletcher, age 92, died on May 17, 2022, at his home surrounded by family. He was the son of the late Edd Fletcher and Ollar Self Fletcher. Carles was born in Rush County, Indiana on May 17, 1930.
Carles was a strong man of faith who served as a pastor in the Wesleyan Church for 51 years. ...
Dorothy Chorpening Bevan
May 17, 2022
Dorothy Louise Chorpening (“Dottie”) Bevan, of Croasdaile Village, Durham, North Carolina passed away peacefully on May 17, 2022, aged 99. Dottie to her friends and family (Mom or DCB to her sons; Nana to her grandchildren and great grandchildren) was born on April 9, 1923 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, the daughter of Lt. C.H. Chorpening and Hildegarde McC. Filbert Chorpening....
Ruth Ella Angle
May 17, 2022
Oxford
Ruth Ella Simmons Angle, age 90, died on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Universal Healthcare. She was the daughter of the late Keeley Elmer Simmons and Stacey Simmons. Ruth was born in Guilford County on May 1, 1932.
Ruth was a loving sister, mother, aunt, grandmother, and great grandmother
Ruth is survived by her children, Gail Angle, Kevin (Adrianna)...
Suzanne White Manning
May 14, 2022
Suzanne White Manning died at home in Durham, NC on May 14th, 2022.
She was born in 1940 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she grew up. She sang before she talked and family lore claims she danced before she walked. While her father was serving with the army in Italy during WWII, her grandfather engaged her in dance classes, thus establishing...
Merrill Dean Freck
May 12, 2022
(Durham, NC). Merrill D. Freck, age 94, beloved husband, father and grandfather passed into the loving arms of his Lord Jesus Christ on May 12, 2022. Merrill was born on March 23, 1928, to Dean Lazell Freck and Ozella Marie Freck in Huntington, Indiana and eventually grew up in Oak Harbor, OH.
Merrill graduated from the University of Toledo...
Charles Cason Burris
May 12, 2022
Charles Cason “Chip” Burris, age 55, died on May 12, 2022. Chip was born on April 25, 1967 to Robbie (Cason) and Charles Marvin Burris.
Chip joined the Army after attending Columbia High School in Lake City, Florida. After his discharge, he began his career in the computer and IT world with expertise that spanned both software, hardware and business...
George Robert Parkerson, Jr.
May 7, 2022
George Robert Parkerson, Jr. died peacefully on May 7, 2022 at Arbor Acres retirement home in Winston-Salem, NC. He was 94 years of age. George was born on November 7, 1927 in Norfolk, Virginia, son of the late George Robert Parkerson, Sr. and Nettie Sue Tuck Parkerson. He was predeceased by his wonderful wife of 56 years, Mary McCowen Parkerson...
Lula Bette Wade
May 7, 2022
Lula Bette Wade, beloved daughter of Matt and Erica Wade, of Bullock, died peacefully in her home on May 6th, 2022. She returned to her Heavenly Father as her parents sang hymns and prayers over her. Lula was 13 months old.
Lula was curious and smart. She had a great sense of humor, often tricking nurses and playing games of wit...
Barbara Parcell Sloat
May 6, 2022
Mrs. Barbara Sloat, (Bobbie) age 91 of Durham, NC died Friday, May 6, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. Bobbie was born May 27, 1930, in New Rochelle, New York to the late Mr. Henry Llewellyn Parcell, Sr. and Ruth Coriell Parcell. She was raised in Plainfield, New Jersey and attended Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA where was a member of...
Harold Earl Dunlap
May 6, 2022
Harold Earl Dunlap died on May 6 in Durham, NC. He was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on February 20, 1931. After graduating from Haskell High School and University of Tulsa he attended University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
While in medical school, he married M. Jean McCoy of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Christmas Day, 1954. For the 58 years of their...
John Thomas Toohil
May 6, 2022
DURHAM – John Thomas Toohil, age 83, died on May 6, 2022. He was born on February 28, 1939, to James Thomas Toohil and Harriet White Toohil.
John graduated from Catholic University of America. He taught music in Lindenhurst, Long Island, NY until 1994. John was pianist and choir director at St. Matthew until 2016.
John is survived by his...
Julian Lee Satterwhite
May 4, 2022
Stem
Julian “Shot” Satterwhite, age 75, died on May 4, 2022. The son of the late Willie Lee Satterwhite and Minnie Lee Tunstall Satterwhite, he was born in Granville County on February 12, 1947. Shot was a lifelong resident of Granville County. He met and married the late Beverly Brooks Satterwhite and they made a home and raised two children.
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Pelham Merritt Poole
May 4, 2022
Pelham Merritt Poole, 93, of Granville County, NC, died peacefully on May 4, 2022, in Rocky Mount, NC surrounded by his loving caregivers. He was born on March 20, 1929, in Allensville, NC, son of the late Murat Shields Poole and Jessie Cary Poole.
Pelham worked as a farmer all his life in Granville County, earned his GED as an...
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