Obituaries
Thurman Tippett
Jan 30, 2022
Oxford
Thurman Tippett, age 93, died on January 30, 2022, surrounded by family. He was the son of the late William Archie Tippett and Bessie Hight Tippett. Thurman was born in Granville County on November 9, 1928.
Thurman was a lifelong farmer and worked for Mt. Hope Finishing Company for 30 years. He was a lifelong resident of Granville County...
Richard Chandler Grambow
Jan 27, 2022
The Memorial Celebration of Life for Dick Grambow will be at 2pm EST, Sunday January 30. You are invited to watch through the link below.
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Dr. Richard C. Grambow, aged 88 years, passed away on January 27, 2022. A capable and generous man, he was a mentor and caregiver to all living things.
After growing up...
Marilyn Joyce Noblin
Jan 27, 2022
Oxford
Marilyn J. Noblin, age 83, died on January 27, 2022, at Granville Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Caswell Spencer, Sr., and Edna Blackwell Spencer. Marilyn was born in Franklin County on December 24, 1938.
Marilyn was a woman of faith and a strong work ethic. She loved her Church, her family, and her friends. Marilyn...
Robert Howard Jones
Jan 26, 2022
Robert “Bob” Howard Jones, MD was born December 9, 1940 in Kansas City, KS and died January 26, 2022 in Durham, NC of post-COVID pneumonia and dementia. Bob lived 81 years as an extraordinary and optimistic person of faith. Bob is survived by his wife and soulmate of 56 years, Catherine Ann Peters Jones. His life and legacy live on...
Alfred F. Talton
Jan 25, 2022
Raleigh, NC – Alfred Fleming “Al” Talton, 95, loving and beloved husband of Leah Windham Talton crossed the bar on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
Al was born in Oxford, NC to the late Isabel Fleming Talton and Moses Garland Talton, the youngest of five brothers that included Moses Garland Jr., Ben Hays, Willis Arthur, and Charles Francis. He served his...
Jeffrey Duane Dillman
Jan 23, 2022
Jeffrey D. Dillman, age 58, died in his sleep in Durham, North Carolina, on January 22, 2022. He was born on October 22, 1963, in Columbus, Ohio, to Arline Ann Speelman and the late Duane Harmon Dillman.
Jeff graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles (1981), UCLA (summa cum laude, 1986), and Berkeley Law (1989). He was most recently the...
Louise Beam Mckee
Jan 23, 2022
Louise Beam McKee, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, died January 23, 2022 at the age of 98.
Born March 7, 1923, in Cleveland County, North Carolina, Louise Beam McKee was the eldest daughter of the late Elzie Lee Beam and Della Cora Borders Beam. She was a 1947 graduate of the Watts School of Nursing in Durham and worked as...
Scott Jon Piddington
Jan 23, 2022
Scott Jon Piddington, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, passed away on Sunday, January 23 in Durham, North Carolina at the age of 79.
Scott was born February 15, 1942, to Percy and Margaret Piddington (Gundlach) in Viroqua, Wisconsin. After college and three years in the Marine Corps, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he met the love of his...
Janice Smith
Jan 21, 2022
Janice Carol Smith. passed away on Friday, January 21,2022 at Durham Regional Hospital in Durham. She is preceded in death by her parents, James (Clarence) Harper and Mary Hill Harper, sister; Mary Harper 'Doodle" Broadhurst and brother, Charles Kenneth Harper.
She is survived by her husband of 62 yrs, Wayne Smith, Sr. of the home, sons; Wayne H. Smith, Jr of...
Lucious C. Adcock
Jan 20, 2022
Mr. Lucious Culvern “L.C.” Adcock, 94, died peacefully in his home on January 20, 2022. He was born in the Berea Community on September 30, 1927, the only child of Lillian Fuller and Clyde Culvern Adcock. After graduating from Berea School he enlisted in the US Navy where he served as a medic. He was a graduate of Campbell Junior...
Sumiko Spencer
Jan 20, 2022
DURHAM – Sumiko Spencer, age 92, died in Durham NC on January 20, 2022. She was born on March 12, 1929 to the late Harue and Tsuneyoshi Kawakami.
A survivor of World War II, from her childhood onwards mom always had a love for the United States and American culture. Mom graduated from high school and eventually obtained a lifelong...
Geraldine Louise Seibert
Jan 19, 2022
Geraldine (Gerry) went to God’s Glory after a long and fulfilling life.
Geraldine (Gerry) was a woman of sincere faith who greatly loved her family and friends. She was kind and gracious to all she met, she never met a stranger. Geraldine would often say “I am a child of the living God, and Jesus is my Lord and Savior, everyone...
Ruth Hoffman Shaffer
Jan 17, 2022
Ruth Hoffman Shaffer passed away peacefully on January 17, 2022. The daughter of Mr. Paul Norman Hoffman and Mrs. Marjorie Ellen Ledbetter Drake. She was educated at Concordia Lutheran High School ( Fort Wayne, IN ), Hanover College ( Hanover, IN ) and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a member of the Alpha Delta...
Billy Edgar Lindsey
Jan 17, 2022
Billy “Bill” Edgar Lindsey passed away peacefully on January 17th, 2022 at the age of 87, in Durham, North Carolina.
Bill was born on November 14th, 1934, near Sevierville, Tennessee. He played football at the University of Tennessee under Coach Neyland, and Kansas State, before enlisting in the United States Army.
A man of dedication, discipline, and drive,...
Joseph Casmer Sroka
Jan 16, 2022
Joseph C. Sroka, age 78, passed away on January 16, 2022. He was born on October 31, 1943 to the late Joseph John and Sophie (Kosciolek) Sroka, in Palmerton, Pennsylvania.
Joe enlisted in the United States Air Force after graduating from high school in Lansford, PA. He was assigned to the Intelligence division in Washington, DC during the late 1960’s. Joe...
Harriet Cannon Crawford
Jan 13, 2022
Harriet Coltrane Cannon Crawford died at the age of 82 at her home on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Harriet, the daughter of the late William Coltrane Cannon and Norma Louise Craft Cannon, of Concord, NC, was born in Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, NC on August 26, 1939. She attended Salem Academy, and graduated from Concord High School. Harriet graduated from Duke...
Regina Ann Johnson Hayes
Jan 9, 2022
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Regina Ann Johnson Hayes, affectionately known as Geo, was the eldest daughter of Sergeant Major Erastus Johnson Jr. and Margaret Vernett Murphy Johnson was born April 27, 1952, in Jacksonville, North Carolina on Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. Regina’s academic and athletic prowess was equally astounding. Along with her academic accolades, she proudly displayed an array...
David Edward Roth, Jr.
Jan 7, 2022
DURHAM David Edward Roth Jr., age 74, died at Durham Regional Hospital of complications of Covid on January 7, 2022. He was born on July 12, 1947, to the late David Edward Roth Sr. and Gloria Peters Roth of Manheim, Pennsylvania.
He graduated from Millersville University in 1975 and worked at the Durham Police Department as a data analyst. He...
Dean Robert Caraway
Jan 5, 2022
We thought of you with love today
But that is nothing new.
We though about you yesterday
And Days before that too.
We think of you in silence
We often speak your name.
Now all we have our memories
And your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake
With which we'll never part.
God has you in his keeping
We have you in our heart.
Emma Beatrice Gaydou
Jan 5, 2022
Emma Beatrice Yow Gaydou (Bea), beloved Mother and Grandmother, went home to be with her Heavenly Father and join her beloved husband Elmo, Wed Jan 5 2022, at the age of 90.Beatrice, Bea, to family and friends, was born March 6, 1931 daughter to James Curtis Yow and Lillie Mae Brown. Bea grew up and resided in the Whitecross community,...
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