Recent Obituaries

Nov 4, 2017

DURHAM Mrs. Vera Lockamy Billings, 94, of Durham, died on Saturday, November 4, 2017.Mrs. Billings was born in Harnett County, the daughter of the late James Bennett Lockamy and Maggie McNeill Lockamy. She retired from Bristol Myers Corp. She was a woman of strength, dignity, compassion, love and truth. She loved the Lord with all of her heart. God was...

Nov 2, 2017

DURHAM Mr. Tommy Wayne Holder, 65, of Durham, died on Thursday, November 2, 2017.Mr. Holder was a native and lifelong resident of Durham, the son of the late Andrew Jacob Holder and Bertha Crabtree Holder. He retired after 28 years from Walker Auto Parts. Family and work were his two loves in life. He was preceded in death by his...

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Oct 23, 2017

Betsy Ross Powell Black, a lifelong resident of Durham, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2017 at Duke Regional Hospital after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband Wilson Black, her parents Durward Powell and Mary Powell Buck, her brother Durward Powell, Jr, and her sisters Doris Clayton, Carolyn Bowers, Evelyn Bush, Geraldine Walters, and Joanne...

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Oct 19, 2017

DURHAM Mrs. Cathryne Chappell Weaver, 96, of Durham, died on Thursday, October 19, 2017, peacefully in her home.Mrs. Weaver retired from the B. C. Remedy Company. She is a member of the Harvest Glen Baptist Church, formerly the Fieldcrest Baptist Church where she was a charter member, Sunday School teacher, choir member and treasurer. Cathryne was blessed with a gift...

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Oct 9, 2017

DURHAM Mr. Roy Marion Watson, 92, of Durham, died on Monday, October 9, 2017.Mr. Watson was a native and lifelong resident of Durham, the son of the late William Henry Watson and Nannie Blackwood Watson. He was a veteran of the U. S. Marines, serving during World War II. He retired from Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company as a Fixer....

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Oct 3, 2017

DURHAM Mrs. Nellie Turner Higgs, 97, of Durham, died on Tuesday, October 3, 2017.

Mrs. Higgs was born in Granville County, the daughter of the late James Robert Turner and Mittie Lee Trevathan Turner. She was employed with Durham Hosiery Mill and also was a homemaker. She and her husband were co-founders of the First Assembly of God, where she...

Oct 3, 2017

DURHAM Mrs. Robin Ann Riggsbee Taylor, 52, of Durham, died on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Mrs. Taylor was born in Orange County, the daughter of the late Acie Bryant Riggsbee and Patsy Richards. She is survived by her sons, Kevin Taylor of Durham, Eric Taylor of Colorado Springs and Adam Taylor of West End, N.C.; daughter, Emily Taylor of Crawford,...