Recent Obituaries

Jan 7, 2015

ORANGE COUNTY- GayNelle Gann High, 86, of Orange County died on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. She was the daughter of the late James Reece Gann and Helen Lowe Gann. She worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield in the mailroom, also Gann Hosiery Mill and was a homemaker. She was a member of Lowes Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in...

Jan 5, 2015

DURHAM Hubert Lewis “Ace” Parker, Jr., age 71, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2015. He was a native of Durham. He was predeceased by his father Hubert Lewis Parker, Sr., his mother Edith Eubanks Parker, and a brother Donald Wayne Parker. Mr. Parker was a United States Postal Service clerk for 42 years and served in the United States...

Dec 31, 2014

DURHAM Deloris Ann Wood Geercken passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at her home. She was a Durham native and the daughter of the late Lee Andrew Wood and Gennie Evelyn Hilliard. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Edward Joseph Geercken. Mrs.Geercken retired from the medical records department at Duke University Medical Center in 1983. She...

Dec 30, 2014

DURHAM Roderick Dewayne “Buck” Dennis, age 49, passed away peacefully in his sleep Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at his home in Henderson. He was preceded in death by his father, Claiborne Dennis, Jr. He was employed by Nortel and Duke University. Buck enjoyed playing with his grandson; gardening; playing golf, cards, and PlayStation; and watching television, including The Deadliest Catch....

Dec 28, 2014

Durham- Katie Frances Churchill Rogers, 78, of Morrisville died on Sunday, December 28, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Clyde Cecil Churchill and Mary Medlin Churchill. She retired from Liggett Myers, she loved to fish and devoted her life to her family. She attended Cedar Fork Baptist.

She is survived by a lifetime friend Thomas (Tommy) Whitley, two...

Dec 27, 2014

DURHAM- Joyce Medlin Willis, 76, of Durham died on Saturday, December 27, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Ernest A. Medlin and Adell Johnson Medlin. She retired from Durham Public School after twenty five years of service as a Teacher’s Assistant. She  loved birds, spending time on the boat at the coast and all the children she taught...

Dec 25, 2014

DURHAM- Thelma Williams Strayhorn, 95, of Durham died on Thursday, December 25, 2014. Mrs. Strayhorn was the daughter of the late Horace Clarence Williams and Nora Borland Williams. She was a homemaker, good cook and seamstress, she loved hummingbirds and her cat. She was a member of Durham Memorial  Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy...

Dec 24, 2014

DURHAM James Harold Mitchell of Sanford passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014. He was a former resident of 2118 Englewood Avenue in Durham. He was the son of the late Lonnie R. Mitchell and Ella Cook Mitchell. He is also predeceased by his wife, Emma Sinclair Mitchell; and son, Tommy James Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell served in the United States Army...

Dec 23, 2014

DURHAM Mary Ellen Mizell Allen, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Hock Family Pavilion. She was a Durham native and the daughter of the late Jessie Powell Mizell and Beulah Louise Conway. Mrs. Allen worked in the Durham City School system in the cafeteria and was a member of Grey Stone Baptist Church. She loved cooking and spending...

Dec 20, 2014

DURHAM Margaret Hollis McDaniel Thompson, born February 17, 1924 to Lacy and Cordelia Adams McDaniel, left this world for her place in heaven on Saturday, December 20, 2014.

She is survived by her companion of 33 years, Charles Carmack; son, Wayne Thompson; son Terry Thompson and wife, Martha; daughters, Annette Dean and Joyce Tipton; 8 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and 1...

Dec 17, 2014

DURHAM Frances Christine Prince Cash passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Carver Living Center. She was the daughter of the late Thee Offie Prince and Rita Lorbacher Prince. She is also predeceased by her husband, William Boone Cash. She retired from Sperry Rand after working 33 years in the computer technical field. She attended Rose of Sharon Baptist...

Dec 16, 2014

DURHAM Arretta Hazel Hockaday Glenn passed away at Hock Family Pavilion on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 due to declining health. She was born in Four Oaks on June 9, 1921 and was a resident of Durham for most of her life. Mrs. Glenn was the daughter of the late Joseph Carson Hockaday and Mary Etta Creech Hockaday and was married...

Dec 16, 2014

Dec 12, 2014

CASWELL CO. Janet Allen Riley, 73, of Ridgeville Road, Prospect Hill, NC died Friday, December 12, 2014 at the Duke Hospice Facility. Mrs. Riley was born in Durham where she lived most of her life before retiring to Caswell County in 2004. She was the daughter of the late Edith Beck and Lee Roy Allen. Mrs. Riley retired from NIEHS,...

Dec 11, 2014

DURHAM– Rose H. Rhew, 92, life long resident of Durham died on Thursday, December 11, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Hutchins and Addie Belle Ellis. Rose was a born caregiver and devoted her life to selflessly caring for others – friends and family alike. She was the last surviving sibling of her large family, and...

Dec 10, 2014

DURHAM Alice Ross Kennedy Guess passed away at the age of 91 on Wednesday, December 10, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Floyd Thomas Kennedy and Ollie Wade Bray. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Dewey McClendon Guess, and two sisters, Louise Kerr and Betty Lamb. Mrs. Guess made her living as a secretary and...

Dec 9, 2014

DURHAM Hazel Allene Holcomb Davis, 95, passed away at home on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. The daughter of William S. and Mary Frances Holcomb was also predeceased by her husband, Thomas Arthur Davis, as well as a daughter, Joyce Annette Baucom. She was a retired home health sitter and a member of Liberty Free Will Baptist Church.

Mrs. Davis is...

Dec 8, 2014

DURHAM Mr. Keith Eugene Leese, 57, of Durham, died on Monday, December 8, 2014. Keith was born in York, Pennsylvania. He graduated from NC State University and was formerly a partner with LRC Research LLC as an Environmental Scientist. He was a member of the N.C. Gem Association and the Wolfpack Club. He loved photographing birds, bird watching and was...

Dec 4, 2014

DURHAM Ailyn Yamileth Maldonado, 15, of 1307 Imperial Drive passed away on Thursday, December 4, 2014. She is survived by her parents, Rafael Maldonado and Gladis Yamileth Martinez.

Services will be held at Iglesia Bautista La Fe (Ebenezer Baptist Church), 1210 Pleasant Green Road, at 11 am on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 with Reverend Mark Johnston officiating. Burial will be...

Nov 30, 2014

GRANVILLE- William Arthur “W.A.” Chappell, Jr., 86, of Granville County died on Sunday, November 30, 2014. He was the son of the late William Arthur Chappell and Maggie Pearl Bunn Chappell. He retired from American Tobacco after 40 years of service. He was a farmer, loving husband, married 58 years. He was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church, served...