Recent Obituaries
Alma Jewel Tilley Overman
Mar 28, 2015
DURHAM Mrs. Alma Jewel Tilley Overman, 91, of Durham, died on Saturday, March 28, 2015.
Mrs. Overman was a native and lifelong resident of Durham, the son of the late Edward and Mamie Oakley Tilley. She retired after 18 years from RDU in Security. She was a member of the Old Fashion Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
Frances Turner Burrage
Mar 26, 2015
DURHAM Mrs. Frances Lee Turner Burrage, 86, of Durham, died on Thursday, March 26, 2015.
Mrs. Burrage was a native and lifelong resident of Durham, the daughter of the late Walter Nicholas Turner and Mary Carden Turner. She worked for many years as a Receptionist at Dr. VanFleet’s Dental Office. She attended Grove Park Chapel. She enjoyed camping and spending...
Brenda Ann Mapley-Brittle
Mar 26, 2015
DURHAM Mrs. Brenda Ann Mapley-Brittle, 70, of Durham, died on Thursday, March 26, 2015.
Mrs. Mapley-Brittle was born in Liverpool, England to the late Charles Henry Mapley and Dora Greene Mapley. She was a wife, mother and a member of Immanuel Free Will Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Christopher Mapley-Brittle; children, Col. Jonathan...
Herman “Big Joe” Pennington
Mar 25, 2015
DURHAM Mr. Herman “Big Joe” Pennington, 67, of Durham, died on Wednesday, March 25, 2015.
Mr. Pennington was the son of the late Herman Pennington and Hazel Lants Pennington. He was a security officer for North Carolina Detective Agency and Carter Security.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia Wiggins Pennington; daughter, Melanie Barbour (Randy); sons, Roy Glasscock and...
Margie Estelle Regan
Mar 24, 2015
DURHAM Margie Estelle Lynch Regan, (Goggy) 82, went home to be with our Lord and Savior and her beloved “Pops” on Tuesday, March 24, 2015.
She was the proud mother of five daughters and two sons, Sue Cates (Willard), Pam Wilkins (Ronny), Boe Regan (Becky), Nancy Dunnagan, Carol Rose (Richard), Gina Parrish (David) and Jeff Regan. She was one...
Virginia Perry Shearin
Mar 20, 2015
DURHAM- Virginia Perry Shearin, 89, of Durham died on Friday, March 20, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Matthew E. Perry and Winnie M. O’Neal. She attended Grove Park Chapel for many years.
She is survived by her husband of seventy two years, Millard Alford Shearin, one son, Wallace Millard Shearin of Burlington; two daughters, Jean Shearin...
Betty Clayton Nichols
Mar 19, 2015
DURHAM- Betty Sue Clayton Nichols, 76, of Durham died on Thursday, March 19, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Weltmer White Clayton and Elma Blackwood Clayton. She retired from Southern Bell. She was a member of Durham Memorial Baptist Church. She attended Lowes Grove Elementary School and Apex High School. She was preceded in death by her husband...
Donald Robert Tiffany
Mar 18, 2015
DURHAM Mr. Donald Robert Tiffany, 85, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 18, 2015.
Donald was the son of the late Gordon Nathaniel and Jennie Porter Tiffany of Johnson City, NY. He was born on May 11, 1929 in Johnson City. He received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 1952. Don and family moved to Durham in 1965,...
Mary Louise McGhee
Mar 18, 2015
DURHAM Mrs. Mary Louise McGhee of Durham, died on Wednesday, March 18, 2015.
She was born on August 24, 1917 in Norfolk, Virginia to Julia Ingold Carr of Durham, N.C. and Walter J. Carr of Ladd, Illinois, who was a pioneer in aviation and is enshrined in the Michigan Hall of Fame. She was predeceased by both parents, twin brother,...
Lillian Clark Matthews
Mar 17, 2015
DURHAM Mrs. Lillian Clark Matthews, 85, of Durham, died on Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
Mrs. Matthews was a native and lifelong resident of Durham, the daughter of the late Jesse Charles Clark and Iola Jane Emory Clark. She retired from Royal Home Family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Douglas Allen Matthews.
She is survived by her son,...
Morgan Grace Barbour
Mar 13, 2015
DURHAM Morgan Grace Barbour, 14, of 502 Corrida Ave., died at Duke University Medical Center on Friday, March 13, 2015.
Morgan was a student at Riverside High School. She was an avid bowler.
She is survived by her parents, Paul and Karen Barbour; maternal grandmother, April Taylor and husband, Spencer; brothers, Jay and Cody; sisters, Tobi, Funmi and Abby...
Pauline Stuckey “Polly” Weaver
Mar 12, 2015
DURHAM Mrs. Pauline “Polly” Stuckey Weaver. 95, of Durham, died on Thursday, March 12, 2015.Mrs. Weaver was born in Johnston County to the late Joseph E. Stuckey and Pearl Hill Stuckey. She was a homemaker, seamstress and a member of Rose of Sharon Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Van Weaver and two brothers.She...
Carolyn Marie Tant
Mar 12, 2015
CREEDMOOR Mrs. Carolyn Marie Tant, 73, of 511 Ward Street, Lot 24, died on Thursday, March 12, 2015.
Mrs. Tant was a native of Durham, the daughter of the late William Clifton Crabtree and Mary Ethel Tilley Crabtree. She was a homemaker who will be remembered as loving wife, mother and grandmother, that loved her family. She will be dearly...
Mary Elizabeth Ball Rogers
Mar 9, 2015
DURHAM- Mary Elizabeth Ball Rogers, 94, of Durham died on Monday, March 9, 2015. She was a native and lifelong resident of Durham, the daughter of the late Walter Thomas Ball and Nancy Johnson Ball. She was a member of Plainview Baptist Church. She loved writing in her journal. She was preceded in death by her husband, William T. “Buddy”...
Edgar Geovany Pinto Medina
Mar 7, 2015
Durham- Edgar Geovany Pinto Medina, 17 years old, died unexpectedly on Saturday, March 7, 2015. He was a student at Northern High School.
He is survived by his parents, mother Brenda Medina, his father Edgar Pinto Colindres and stepmother Jodi Caquelin, , his paternal grandmother, Juventina Hernandez, maternal grandmother, Marta Aceituno, maternal step-grandparents, Jim and Marlys Caquelin, three sisters, Devy...
Helen Phillips Walker
Mar 7, 2015
Helen Phillips Walker, 73, of Durham, NC passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2015. She was born February 16, 1942 in Danville, VA to William and Aretta Phillips.
Helen was a loving, caring and compassionate woman. She was the motherly figure to numerous nieces and nephews. Helen was an excellent cook and loved to prepare meals for those she cared...
Sandra “Sandi” Houlihan
Mar 7, 2015
Sandra “Sandi” Houlihan , 57, of Raleigh passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2015 in Durham, North Carolina. Sandi is survived by her husband of 28 years, Thomas Houlihan ; mother, Sachiko Aplin ; sister, Marie Wright (Greg); nieces, Lauren Wright and Lindsey Goeres (Richard); nephew, Nathan Wright; sisters-in-law, Mary Miller (David), Jeanne Wineski (Larry), Betty Lauhoff (Mike), Ann Catalano (Marty), Colleen Wilson...
Steven Turner
Mar 6, 2015
DURHAM- Steven Gray and Carrie Ann Daley Turner both of Durham died unexpectedly in Myrtle Beach, S.C. They were a loving mother and father.
The couple is survived by one daughter, Jhnea Turner and Fiancee Branden Gooch and a large extended family.
A funeral mass will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 810...
Carrie Daley Turner
Mar 6, 2015
DURHAM- Steven Gray and Carrie Ann Daley Turner both of Durham died unexpectedly in Myrtle Beach, S.C. They were a loving mother and father.
The couple is survived by one daughter, Jhnea Turner and Fiancee Branden Gooch and a large extended family.
A funeral mass will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 810...
Linda Ray Pender
Mar 6, 2015
DURHAM- Linda Ray Pender, 70, of Durham died on Friday, March 6, 2015. She was the daughter of Horace Nathanial Ray and Lillie Briggs Ray. She started her career in nursing as an LPN Nurse for twenty seven years, she changed careers and became a hairdresser and then was a house wife before her declining health the last several years....
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