Obituaries
Agnes Eason Langston
Feb 18, 2020
Agnes Eason Langston, 92, peacefully slipped away Feb. 18, 2020, at Croasdaile Village in Durham. She was predeceased by her husband and inseparable friend, Walt Langston, ineecember 2013 after 64 years of marriage. Ag was born in Edgecombe County, one of six children of the late Benjamin C. and Maud Weaver Eason. She attended Elon Uneersity for one year until...
Charles Stevens Perkins
Feb 16, 2020
Charles Stevens Perkins, age 66, of Durham, NC passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Brenda; daughter, Joni and her husband, Jason; step daughter, Joy and her husband, Will; 12 grandchildren; sister, Susan; brother, Larry; sister in law, Ann; and many nieces and nephews. He is also preceded ineeath by his parents, Chester and Dolly;...
Harry Royster Hobgood
Feb 11, 2020
Harry Royster Hobgood, 70, of Bullock, NC died Tuesday, February 11, 2020. He was born in Granville County on June 30, 1949 to Asa Royster Hobgood and Lodema Currin Hobgood. Harry was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He was employed with Certaineed for 37 years before retiring. Harry was also a dedicated member of Bullock Baptist...
William Junius "Taylor" Vaughan
Jan 31, 2020
William Junius ???Taylor??? Vaughan, 93, of Bullock, NC died Friday, January 31, 2020. He was born in Granville County on April 30, 1926 to A.D. Vaughan aneeva Preston (Williamson) Vaughan. Taylor is survived by his daughter, Kay Adcock (Kenneth); sons, Wallace T. Vaughan (Brenda), and Donald L. Vaughan (Aneel); grandchildren, Tina K. Adcock, Aaron Jones, Jonathan Wilkerson, Jenneer Wilkerson, Clovis...
Rosella Mays
Jan 28, 2020
Rosella Zipp Mays, 95, of Durham, NC passed away on January 28, 2020, ineer home, peacefully. She is preceded ineeath by her beloved husband, Earl W. Mays, and sister, Joyce Campbell. A funeral mass will be held on Friday, January 31, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Immaculate Conception Church, Durham NC with a visitation starting one hour prior to the...
Tom Clinton Washington, Sr
Jan 26, 2020
Stem, NC Tom Clinton Washington, Sr., age 79, died on January 26, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born to the late Benjamin Milton Washington and Selena Roberts Washington on January 17, 1941 in Granville County. Tom was a lifelong resident of Granville County and a long serving resident in the Stem community.?? He graduated from Stem...
Samuel Roland Stanley
Jan 26, 2020
DURHAM ??? Samuel Roland Stanley, age 90, died on January 26, 2020. He was born on April 2, 1929 in Durham, North Carolina to Samuel Rosmar Stanley and Nanee McFarland Stanley. Roland, or RoRo as he was known to his grandchildren, was born on his family???s farm in northern Durham County.?? He graduated from Braggtown High School and obtained an...
Nancy Earle Fortini
Jan 24, 2020
DURHAM- Nancy Earle Fortini, age 90, passed away peacefully ineer sleep early Friday morning, January 24, 2020 at Hock Family Pavilion. Nancy Harriman Earle was born June 2nd, 1929 to the late Victor Montagneearle and Helen Moore Earle in Yonkers, New York. Nancy was a faithful and devoted member of Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church. A truly beautiful person inside and...
Roland "Daniel" Wilson, Jr.
Jan 21, 2020
Roland ???Daniel??? Wilson, Jr., 46, of Oxford, NC died Tuesday, January 21, 2020.?? He was born in Granville County oneecember 6, 1973 to Roland Daniel Wilson, Sr. and Betty P. Wilson. Daniel is survived by his father, Roland Daniel Wilson, Sr.; sisters, Mary Charles ???Charlie??? Pittman (Kerry), Lori Hawkins (Keith) and Lynda Lassiter (Richard).?? He is also survived by nieces...
James Thomas Carthen, Jr.
Jan 18, 2020
DURHAM ??? James Thomas Carthen, Jr., age 88, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 18, 2020 sounded by his loved ones. He was born on March 9, 1931 in Durham to the late James Thomas Carthen, Sr. and Lillie Belle Gooch. He proudly served in the US Navy from 1948 to 1952 and Korean War....
Peggy Penny
Jan 16, 2020
Mrs. Peggy Penny, 87, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 16, 2020, at Duke South Main Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. She was surrounded by her family at the time of her home-going and is at home ineeaven with our Lord. She was born in Durham, North Carolina, and was the last living child of thirteen children born to the...
Anthony Alexander Gallis
Jan 14, 2020
Alex was born ineethesda Naval Hospital June 27, 1969. He attended Durham and Chapel Hill public schools, graduated from Durham Academy, attended UNC part time and graduated summa cum laude from Sierra Nevada College with a degree in ski business maneement.?? After attempting to move up in the ski business in North Carolina, he changed career direction to become a...
Janet Wells Keyser Cumberland
Jan 11, 2020
Janet Wells Keyser Cumberland, courageous mother, passed on, January 11, 2020 in the loving presence of her immediate family after a 15-year battle with Huntington???s disease. Jan had a great sense of humor and loved music, sports, plants, cooking and people. She started her career as an English teacher in Florida, but followed her passion to help others by completing...
Irene Margaret Nashold
Jan 11, 2020
Irene Margaret Nashold (1923-2020) passed away peacefully Friday, January 11, 2020. Irene led a full life centered on family, work, and faith. She grew up ineewickley, Pennsylvania, on a bluff overlooking the Ohio River. Axel and Helga, immigrants from Denmark, raised her and her brothers and half-sisters to value education, family, country, and hard work. After graduating from Indiana Uneersity...
Aneew (Andy) Carl Porcelli
Jan 9, 2020
Aneew (Andy) Carl Porcelli passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020, surrounded by family and friends at Duke Hospital. He was born on May 14, 1939, to Carlo and Lena Porcelli in Durham, NC. Andy served in the Uneed States Army. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He enjoyed cooking, traveling, playing golf and pool, and watching Duke...
Macon William Averette, Ii
Jan 7, 2020
Macon William Averette, II, 89, a resident of Oxford went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 7, 2020.?? He was predeceased by his parents, Macon William Averett, I and Clara Daniel Averett; and siblings Frank Jefferson Averett, Helen Averett Daniel, Edna Averett Robinson aneestelle Averett O???Brian. He was a native of Granville County, and a widower...
James T. Garrett, Jr.
Jan 4, 2020
James Thomas Garrett, Jr., 91, passed away peacefully at home on January 04, 2020. Born July 22, 1928, JT was a proud lifelong resident of Durham, North Carolina.?? After graduating from Durham High School in 1946, JT married his high school sweetheart, Margie in 1948, and they remained married for 54 years until her death in 2002.?? In 1946, JT...
Barbara Colemaneeffries
Jan 2, 2020
Washington, D.C. ??? Barbara Colemaneeffries, age 88, passed away peacefully in Durham, NC on January 2, 2020. She was born on March 5, 1931 to the late Ida Mae Coleman and Theodore Turner Coleman in Bluefield, WV. Barbara is survived by her beloved children Christopher C. Jeffries (Beth) and Jenneer J. Crawford (Lawrence); grandchildren Amanda M. Jeffries, Jonathan E. Crawford,...
Mildred "Micki" Scott
Dec 29, 2019
Mildred "Micki" McFarling Scott, 93, was called to her Heavenly home on Sunday, December 29, 2019, at Croasdaile Retirement. She was born in Durham, NC on April 27, 1926, to the late Edgar C. McFarling and Lona Overman McFarling. She graduated from the James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Wilmington, NC oneeptember 13, 1947. She worked at both...
Irma Lee Hart
Dec 28, 2019
Irma Lee Hart, 97, of Oxford, NC died Saturday, December 28, 2019.?? She was born in Granville County on August 23, 1922 to Joseph Spencer Hart and Lula Beasley Hart. Irma was a great woman who knew and understood just how to build a strong and supportive home.?? She believed in God, family, and hard work. ??Whether she was tirelessly...
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