Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Mary Ruth Rhoden

Mary Ruth Rhoden

Sep 20, 2014

DURHAM- Mary Ruth Manuel Rhoden, 80, of Durham died on Saturday, September 20, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Dewey Manuel and Sudie Roberts Manuel. She worked as a receptionist for Durham Tech. Mrs. Rhoden was a member of Faith Baptist Church. She loved her family. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Marion Bland and Doris...

Janie Audrey Mathews

Janie Audrey Mathews

Sep 19, 2014

ALLEGHENY CO. Janie Audrey Mathews, 73, of  Pittsburgh, PA died on Friday, September 19, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Rainey Fullard and Helen Plowden Fullard. She was an LPN Nurse, retired from the VA in Pittsburgh, PA. She was a member of Lilly Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, PA. She was known to be very witty and a...

Rodney Scott Blakely

Rodney Scott Blakely

Sep 7, 2014

DURHAM- Rodney Scott Blakely, 61, of Durham died on Sunday, September 7, 2014. He was the son of the late Theodore Roosevelt Blakely, Jr. and Virginia Hodges Blakely. He worked for Taylor Oil Co. and Northgate Mall in maintenance. He was of the Baptist faith.

He is survived by two sisters, Diane Young of Dunn, NC; Janet Blakely Brady...

Luis  Alonso Paiz

Luis Alonso Paiz

Aug 27, 2014

Mr. Luis Alonso Paiz, 62, of Creedmoor, died on Wednesday August 27, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 30, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1210 Pleasant Green Road in Hillsborough. Rev. Marc Johnston will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., before the service at the church.

Delma Lou Gentry Holsonback

Delma Lou Gentry Holsonback

Aug 21, 2014

DURHAM  Mrs. Delma Lou Gentry Holsonback, 88, a former resident of Durham, died on Thursday, August 21, 2014.

Mrs. Holsonback was born in Person County, to the late Bill Gentry and Lovie Sue Clayton Gentry. She retired from D. C. May as a seamstress and was the biscuit maker at Cozy’s Kitchen. She was a member of Horton Road Free...

Kimberly Ann Shepherd

Kimberly Ann Shepherd

Aug 20, 2014

WAKE COUNTY- Kimberly Ann Shepherd, December 21, 1960- August 20, 2014, Wake Forest, NC.

Kimberly Ann Shepherd,  53, died at her home. Kimberly was the daughter of the late Charles D. Shepherd. Kim had been employed at IBM and later at Duke University Medical Center. She was a 1980 Graduate of Southern High School in Durham, NC.

She was raised...