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Roy Bruce Strayhorn, Sr.

Roy Bruce Strayhorn, Sr.

Mar 8, 2010

STRAYHORN,SR. DURHAM Mr. Roy Bruce Strayhorn, Sr., 88, of Durham, died on Monday, March 8, 2010. Mr. Strayhorn was the son of the late William L. Strayhorn and Bettie Mitchell Strayhorn. He served in the U. S. Army Corp and retired from GTE. He was a member of Durham Memorial Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by twelve siblings...

Rebecca Fowler Wheeler

Rebecca Fowler Wheeler

Dec 10, 2007

DURHAM- Rebecca Fowler Wheeler, 59, of Durham, died Monday, December 10, 2007 at Duke University Medical Center.

Mrs. Wheeler was a lifelong resident of Durham. She was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church and was an accountant with Research Triangle Institute.

Surviving are her husband, James Edward Wheeler; a daughter, Kristin Dickerson and husband, Scott, of Franklinton; her mother, Pearl...

Ellen Basden Hamm

Ellen Basden Hamm

Feb 27, 2002

Mrs. Ellen Basden Hamm, age 89 of 2448 S. Alston Avenue went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 27, 2002. She was born in Kinston and had lived in Durham most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Hubert and Jessie Basden.

Mrs. Hamm was a charter member of Trinity Baptist Church, formerly Alston...

Edward Hecht Blossen

Edward Hecht Blossen

Aug 9, 1939

 

Dr. Edward Hecht Bossen was born in Jacksonville, Florida on August 9, 1939, to Morris and Sarah Bossen. He graduated from Lee High School in 1957 and graduated from the University of Florida in 1961. By that point, he had met the love of his life, the beautiful Roxana Mack, and reluctantly left her in Florida as he headed...

Patricia Lewis Tunstall

Patricia Lewis Tunstall

Jan 18, 1937

A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at Hudson Funeral Home. Rev. Greg Allison and Rev. Richard Hedges will officiate. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Durham, NC.  The family will receive friends prior to the service starting at 12:00 P.M.

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JoAnn Bates Campbell

JoAnn Bates Campbell

DURHAM- JoAnn Bates Campbell, 83, passed away Friday March 17, 2017Ms. Campbell was born September 9, 1933 in Davidson County, NC. She was educated at the Davidson County schools. Ms. Campbell then worked as a secretary at Honeywell Aeronautical and retired after 48 years of service. After retiring from Honeywell, she worked as a hostess at Red Lobster. Ms. Campbell...

Adele Ann Munowitch

Adele Ann Munowitch

CHAPEL HILL Mrs. Adele Ann Munowitch, died on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Graveside services will be held on Monday, July 3, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Kehillah Cemetery.

Darrell Johnson

Darrell Johnson

Arrangements are being handled by W. E. Autenrith Sons, Inc. Funeral Home in Newport, NY.

Jose A. Colon

Jose A. Colon

Arrangements are being handled by Costello-Greiner Funeral Home, 44 Green Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.

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Joanne Reichenbach

Joanne Reichenbach

Arrangements are being handled by Pearson Funeral Home, 1901 Linden Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017.

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Jay L. Cooper

Jay L. Cooper

Jay Leshen Cooper died Wednesday, 16 February, 2022, at the age of 92 in Raleigh, surrounded by his wife, Barbara, and family.

Jay was born on 29 October, 1929, known as Black Tuesday, the day the stock market crashed, in Brooklyn, New York, to Haskell and Florence (Leshen) Cooper. Jay’s name sometimes appeared as Jacob, even officially, and his family also...

Freddie  Marion Lane, III

Freddie Marion Lane, III

DURHAM Mr. Freddie Marion Lane, III, 61 of Durham, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018.Freddie was born in Durham, the son of the late Freddie Marion Lane, Jr. and Blanche Adams Lane. He was employed as a Lab Technician with EPA. He loved Southern Rock Music; hotdogs and making people laugh. He loved all his family and will be...

Flora Weisleder

Flora Weisleder

A private graveside service will be held at Durham Hebrew Cemetery.

Baby Riley Johnston

Baby Riley Johnston

Services will be Private.