Mrs. Patricia Ellen Newton Staley, 55, of Chapel Hill, N.C. died Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 at Chapel Hill Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Staley was a native of Vance County but was raised in Chapel Hill. She was the daughter of the late Van Lewis Newton and LaRue Allen Hardee. Patricia was an administrative secretary for the University of North Carolina and was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. She also loved to make stained glass items as a hobby.
Surviving are her mother and stepfather, LaRue A. and Jake Hardee, of Chapel Hill; two brothers, Tommy Newton of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Steve Hardee of Chapel Hill; one sister, Cindy Merritt, and her husband, Wesley, of Hillsborough; and two nephews, Spencer and Connor Merritt. Also her beloved dogs, Springer and Harley.