Recent Obituaries
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...
Janet Page Phipps Keller
Aug 11, 2014
WAKE-Janet Page Phipps Keller, 79, of Morrisville died on Monday, August 11, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Phipps and Betty Page Phipps. She retired from RTI. She attended Good Hope Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Keller.
She is survived by two daughters, Tonya Steele of Apex; Marcelle K. Riley of...
Tena Olivia Ladd Pipkin
Aug 10, 2014
DURHAM- Tena Olivia Ladd Pipkin, 67, of Durham died on Sunday, August 10, 2014. She was a native and lifelong resident of Durham, and graduated from Southern High School and Croft Business College. Since May 1979 Assistant to the Executive Vice President of Environmental Quality Management, Inc. Environmental Protection Agency for 10 years prior to EQ, owned and operated Beary...
Queen Esther Hagins
Aug 3, 2014
Miss Queen Esther Hagins, 90, of Durham, NC, a former resident of Miami, Florida, died on Sunday, August 3, 2014. Queen Esther retired after 20 years of service from Baptist Hospital in Miami, Florida as a surgical technician. Visitation will be Friday, August 22, 2014 at Hudson Memorial Chapel, 211 S. Miami Blvd., Durham, NC 27703 from 6pm to 8...
Wayne William Russ
Jul 28, 2014
Mr. Wayne William Russ, 71, of 3559 Thollie Green Road in Stem, died on Monday, July 28, 2014. He was born in Durham to the late Ishan Hemingway Russ and Eula Page Russ. He retired from Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company as a Fixer. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 2pm at Life Church...
Rebecca “Becky” Joan Rich
Jul 26, 2014
DURHAM- Rebecca “Becky” Joan Rich, 55, of Durham died on Saturday, July 26, 2014. She was a native and lifelong resident of Durham, the daughter of the late Thomas Rich. She worked for Durham Exchange Club Industries. She was of the Baptist Faith.
She is survived by her mother Shirley Oakley Rich, one sister, Deborah Fletcher and husband Tommy and...
Ila “Tootsie” Reams Odom
Jul 26, 2014
DURHAM- Ila “Tootsie” Reams Odom, 83, of Durham died on Saturday, July 26, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Percy King Reams and Lucy Jackson Reams. She was president and treasurer of Russell Odom Builder, Inc., wrote poetry, designed and created miniature clothes pin dolls, and was also an avid frog collector.
She is survived by her...
Robert Sylvanus “Dinky” Joyner, Sr.
Jul 24, 2014
GRANVILLE CO.- Robert “Dinky” Sylvanus Joyner, Sr., 73, of Oxford died on Thursday, July 24, 2014. He was the son of the late Luther Samuel Joyner, Sr. and Polly Ann Rich Joyner. He retired from Southern Industrial Electric, was owner of Joyner’s Motor Inn Restaurant. He loved his dogs and cats. He was a member of Sherron Acres Church.
He...
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