Obituaries
Ronald Dale Knapp
Nov 16, 2017
Ronald Dale Knapp Oxford Ronald Dale Knapp, 73, of Oxford, NC, died Thursday, November 16, 2017. He was born in Rainelle, WV on March 26, 1944 to the late Clarence Caleb Knapp and Martha Elizabeth Parker Knapp. Ronald was a 1963 graduate of Rainelle High School where he was a member of the 1962 Class A Championship team. He enlisted...
Charles Hamilton Richards
Nov 15, 2017
Charles Hamilton Richards, 82, of Youngsville, NC died Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Duke Raleigh Hospital in Raleigh, NC. He was born in Franklin County to the late Charles Ernest Richards and Annie Rella Murray Richards. Charlie was a graduate of Wake Forest University as a Phi Beta Kappa member. Following graduation, he began his career a "newspaper man and...
John Billy West
Nov 10, 2017
John Billy West, 84, passed away on Friday, November 10, 2017, at Duke Hospice-Hock Family Pavilion, in Durham, NC, after a brief illness. He was born in Stovall, NC on January 5, 1933, to Jonah Buck West and Annie Belle Smith West. He was the oldest of five children, all of whom preceded him in death. He was educated in...
Lois Bullock Blalock
Nov 9, 2017
Lois Bullock Blalock, 86, of Butner, NC died Thursday, November 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, Denise Blalock Francis and husband, Bruce, of Durham; a grandson, Matthew Francis of Durham; and a...
Peggy Perry Elliott
Nov 8, 2017
Peggy Perry Elliott, 86, of Oxford died Wednesday, November 8, 2017. She was born on May 9, 1931 in Durham, NC to the late Mr. Hammond Perry and Mrs. Mamie Perry. She was the widow of Joe E. Elliott. She had retired from Burlington Industries after more than 35 years of dedicated service before returning home as a fulltime homemaker....
Virginia Pleasants Newton
Nov 6, 2017
Virginia Pleasants Newton, 84, died on Monday, November 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...
Al B. Brinkley
Nov 5, 2017
STEM- Al Bryant Brinkley, age 88, of Stem died Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Hock Family Pavilion. Al is survived by his wife, Marie Brinkley, his stepson, Carl West of Oxford; and his step-daughter, Delores Bolender of Goldsboro. Funeral Services will be held 2:00PM Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Stem United Methodist Church with Reverend Alice Davis officiating. Burial will...
Anee Mae Dodd High
Oct 30, 2017
Anee Mae Dodd High died at the age of 99 years old on October 30, 2017 at the Durham Nursing and Rehabilitationeenter. Anee Mae Dodd High was the daughter of Clarence aneemma Cox Dodd born on March 7, 1918, in Durham, NC. She worked for the American Tobacco Company for 37 years. Uponeetirement, she went to work for Kerr Drug...
William ???Bill??? Thomas Howard, Jr.
Oct 29, 2017
William ???Bill??? Thomas Howard, Jr., 76, went home peacefully on Sunday, October 29, 2017.?? Bill, son of the late William T. Howard, Sr. and Alice A. (Hester) Howard was born neember 10, 1940, in Granville County.?? He worked with J. P. Taylor Tobacco Co. for many years before eventually retiring. Bill is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Nancy...
William "Bill� Thomas Howard, Jr.
Oct 29, 2017
William "Bill Thomas Howard, Jr., 76, went home peacefully on Sunday, October 29, 2017. Bill, son of the late William T. Howard, Sr. and Alice A. (Hester) Howard was born November 10, 1940, in Granville County. He worked with J. P. Taylor Tobacco Co. for many years before eventually retiring. Bill is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Nancy...
Jerry Anderson Timberlake, Jr.
Oct 28, 2017
Bullock: Mr. Jerry Timberlake, Jr., 94, went peacefully to his Heavenly home on Saturday October 28, 2017 at his residence. Jerry was a native of Granville County, born to the late Andy and Mae Timberlake. He was a World War II veteran with the US Air Force. He worked for the RF&P Railroad in Richmond, VA for 19 years. In...
Jerry Anderson Timberlake, Jr.
Oct 28, 2017
Bullock: Mr. Jerry Timberlake, Jr., 94, went peacefully to his Heavenly home on Saturday October 28, 2017 at his residence. Jerry was a native of Granville County, born to the late Andy and Mae Timberlake. He was a World War II veteran with the US Air Force. He worked for the RF&P Railroad in Richmond, VA for 19 years. In...
Toby Yale Kahr
Oct 27, 2017
Durham- Toby Yale Kahr was born June 20, 1932, and departed from us on October 27, 2017. Toby is survived by his son, Richard Kahr of New Jersey; daughter, Jenneer McGinnis of Durham; his grandchildren, Matthew, Kristen, J.T., and Jake Kahr; sister-in-law Clarice Kahr; and treasured nieces and nephews Barbara Wilson and her husband Rich, Eileen Crist and her husband...
Alfred "Rat" Dean
Oct 23, 2017
Rat Dean Alfred ???Rat??? B. Dean, Jr., 87, of Oxford, NC died on Tuesday October 23, 2017 peacefully in his sleep while staying at the Granville House.?? Born in Granville County he was the son of the late Alfred B. Dean, Sr. and Hallie Daniel Dean.?? ??He was preceded ineeath by his wife Mildred Morris Dean in May of 2017.??...
Alfred "Rat" Dean
Oct 23, 2017
Rat Dean Alfred "Rat B. Dean, Jr., 87, of Oxford, NC died on Tuesday October 23, 2017 peacefully in his sleep while staying at the Granville House. Born in Granville County he was the son of the late Alfred B. Dean, Sr. and Hallie Daniel Dean. He was preceded in death by his wife Mildred Morris Dean in May of...
Carolyn Brown Filo
Oct 18, 2017
Carolyn Brown Filo was borneeptember 16, 1928 in Orange, NJ, grew up in Milburn, NJ and moved from Basking Ridge, NJ to Raleigh, NC in July 1980. In 1993, she moved to Wake Forest, NC and then to Fuquay Varina, NC in 2009. Carolyn passed away after a valiant journey with a long progressive illness oneednesday, October 18, 2017 surrounded...
Joseph Samuel Kafina
Oct 15, 2017
Joseph Samuel Kafina ???Joe,??? son of Samuel Joseph Kafina and Ruby Doby Kafina passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 at the age of 79. In addition to his parents, he was preceded ineeath by his brother Herbert H. ???Herbie??? Kafina and sister-in-laws Nancy Marshburn Kafina and Mary Frances ???Franee??? Upchurch and son-in-law Scott Kelly. Joe was a very...
Ana Maria Camacho
Oct 11, 2017
Rougemont -Ana Maria Camacho, 77, died peacefully at home oneednesday, October 11, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Ana is survived by her husband, Louie; her daughters, Ana, Barbara, Karen, and Ruby; her sons, Gerald, Mark, Roland, and Anthony, her mother, Margaret; her brothers, Enrique and Manuel; her sisters, Carmen, Margaret, Linda, Anita, and Angelica; 15 grandchildren and 8 great...
Rheta Leverett Skolaut
Oct 11, 2017
Rheta Leverett Skolaut, age 83, died Wednesday, October 11, 2017, at her residence at The Forest at Duke. Rheta was born in Parrott, GA to the late John H. and Lottie Lou Smith Leverett on April 21, 1934. She was a graduate of the Uneersity of Georgia School of Pharmacy and was a registered pharmacist ineeorgia, Florida, Maryland, Illinois and...
James Bradley Powell
Oct 9, 2017
DURHAM-James Bradley Powell, age 65, died at home on October 9, 2017. James was born in Durham, NC on January 11, 1952 to BJ Powell, Jr and Barbara Powell Jackson. James graduated from Durham High and later received his Undergraduate Degree from UNC and his MBA from Duke Uneersity. James is survived by his wife, Mary C. Powell, son, Christopher...
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