Obituaries

Mar 16, 2019

Patricia Ann Thompson Mahoney, 85, passed away on March 16, 2019, at Duke Uneersity Hospital surrounded by family. Patricia Ann Burns was born on October 21, 1933, in Worcester, MA. She was the youngest of five children. She is predeceased by her father, Dr. Bernard J. Burns, her mother, Nora E. Burns, her sister, Elizabeth Burns Hennig, and sister Carolyn...

Mar 14, 2019

Hilda Sloan Harris, age 92, died March 14, 2019 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center. ?? In 1926, Hilda was born in Durham to the late Thomas and Viola Sloan. After graduating from Durham High School, she worked for many years as a secretary for the NC Dept. of Transportation. Hilda and her late husband were members of Northgate Presbyterian Church. Surviving...

Mar 12, 2019

MEBANE - Linda ???Gayle??? Amshay, 61, was called home by her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 12th, 2019.?? Gayle was born on July 7th, 1957 in Durham, NC.??She attended UNC-G graduating with a BS in Education which she utilized throughout her life.?? Teaching was not only her occupation but Gayle???s passion.?? She loved her students and they loved her!??...

Mar 11, 2019

Donald Glenn Powell Chapel Hill ??? Donald Glenn Powell (Age 84) of Chapel Hill died at his home March 11, 2019. Don was born and raised in Durham, the son of late Minee Harris and Bradley J. Powell. He was a medical illustrator, creating and producing medical art at Duke Uneersity and the VA Hospital for over 30 years. Don...

Mar 11, 2019

Bullock James “Buck” Percy Matthews, age 72, died on March 11, 2019. He was the son of the late James Lewis Matthews and Annie Gertrude Capps Matthews. He was born in Granville County on February 8, 1947 and lived a fulfilling life surrounded by family and friends of the community. Buck loved to cook and was a “father” to many....

Mar 8, 2019

John Anthony Boni born July 3, 1937, to the late John and Duillia Boni in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania died in Duke Uneersity Hospital, surrounded by family and friends, at 1:50 AM, Friday, March 8th, 2019, from lung cancer. John was a man of many talents and passions that he exuberantly shared with the world across multiple mediums and platforms throughout his...

Mar 7, 2019

Linda Lee Jennings, age 87, died at the Forest at Duke on March 7, 2019. She was born in Morris, IL on October 16, 1931 to the late John and Blossom Sheffield. Linda graduated from Thorton Fractional High School in Chicago, IL in 1949. In 1951, she graduated from the nursing school at Passavant Memorial Hospital of the Northwestern Uneersity...

Mar 5, 2019

CHAPEL HILL - Donald Miller (Don), 84, passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 5, 2019. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 63 years, Dorothy, his six children and their spouses (Mark & Joan, Matthew & Nancy, Donna & Bob, Deborah, Michael & Jeff, and Lisa), and nee grandchildren (Thomas, Gregory, Catherine, Nicole, Drew, Kyle,...

Mar 5, 2019

Frank Hays Callis, Jr, 73 years old, of Oxford, NC died on March 5, 2019. He was the son of the late Frank Hays Callis and Ettie Bett Preddy Callis from Granville County. Frank believed in hard work and family. He worked for Certainteed for 35 years and raised tobacco in Granville County. He was well known as "Heavy Duty...

Mar 4, 2019

CHAPEL HILL ??? Effie Mildred Williams, age 97, died at Sunrise Senior Living in Maryland on March 4th, 2019. She was born oneeptember 11, 1921 to the late Olin Clyde & Nellie Mae Hutchins. Mildred worked at UNC for over 40 years where she started at the uneersity laundry and met her husband Randy. She later moved to the purchasing...

Mar 3, 2019

DURHAM ??? William ???Bill??? Lee Lovett, age 91, died at Duke Regional Hospital on March 3rd, 2019. He was born on April 16th. 1927 to the late Willie and Ruth Lovett. Bill is survived by his wife, Vera Lovett; son, Jack Lovett (Regina); daughter, Carmeneentry (Marvin), sister, Shirley Bridges, four grandchildren & 11 great-grandchildren and special friends, Frank & Teresa...

Mar 3, 2019

Mar 1, 2019

(Durham) ??? Alice Osborne Long Castillo, age 87, died in Durham, NC on March 01, 2019. Alice was born in Raleigh on neember 30, 1931, to the late Samuel Marsh and Gertrude Ball Long. ??She moved at a young age to central Florida, and when she spoke of those early years of growing up near the Ocala National Forest, her...

Feb 26, 2019

Perry ???Gene??? Eugene Milton, 84, of Oxford, NC died suddenly Tuesday, February 26, 2019.?? He was born in Granville County on January 25, 1935 to the late Jonah and Marie Milton. He was retired from the NC National Guard with 32 years of service. Gene was a faithful member of Providence Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, was...

Feb 26, 2019

Perry "Gene Eugene Milton, 84, of Oxford, NC died suddenly Tuesday, February 26, 2019. He was born in Granville County on January 25, 1935 to the late Jonah and Marie Milton. He was retired from the NC National Guard with 32 years of service. Gene was a faithful member of Providence Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, was...

Feb 25, 2019

Betty Mae Matthews, 95, died on Monday, February 25, 2019.?? Betty was born in Schenectady, NY to the late Edward Joseph and Lillian Wilhelmina Butsch on March 26, 1923.?? She graduated from the Schenectady Public Schools, attended Columbia Presbyterian School of Nursing ineew York City before she married, and later completed training ineeal estate sales and finance in Virginia. Growing...

Feb 21, 2019

neember 27, 1915-February 21, 2019 Jemma Sassaman passed away peacefully at Hillcrest Convalescent Center, Durham, NC, at the age of 103.?? The oldest of six siblings, she was born in Philadelphia to Italian immigrant parents, Felicia Turchi and Paul Stella, and was always proud of her Italianeeritage.?? She married Grant M. Sassaman June 1938 while they were both working for...

Feb 20, 2019

Delores Ann Johnson, 79, passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, NC. Mrs. Johnson was born February 1, 1940 to the late William and Rowena Johnson. Delores is survived by her children, Audrey O. Roberts (Clifton), Renee A. Overton, and Eric T. Overton (Gen); eleven grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. She...

Feb 18, 2019

Nancy Ferrell Hughes of Durham, NC, 93, died Monday, February 18, 2019, at Brookdale Memory Care in Burlington, NC.???? Nancy was the daughter of the late Edgar E. Ferrell and Sallie Chaneer Ferrell.???? She was preceded ineeath by her late husbands, Henry J. Broadway, Jr. and Cliff Hughes; sisters, Betty F. Pickett and Peggy F. Craig; and brother, James B.??...

Feb 14, 2019

Oxford John William Hodges, Jr., 63, of 9024 Highway 96 N, Oxford, NC died Thursday, February 14, 2019.?? He was born in Roxboro, NC on April 23, 1955 to John William Hodges, Sr. and Rosa Watson Hodges, who survive. John was?? maneer of the Granville County Habitat for Humanity Restore in Oxford; a position in which he was dearly devoted.??...