Antoinette “Toni†Thomas, 70, of Swansboro and Chapel Hill, died Friday, April 12, 2007, at Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City, NC. She was born in Durham County on March 7, 1937 to the late Aggie John and Ruth Partin Thomas. A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Walker’s Funeral Home…
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Obituary: Claudia Galloway Scott
Mrs. Claudia Galloway Scott of Chapel Hill passed away on Monday, April 23, 2007 at UNC Hospital. Surviving are her father, William Dwight Galloway; mother, Christine Poole Galloway; husband, Billy Scott; daughters, Jennifer Cox (Mason) and Courtney Fox (Brian); and grandchildren, Mackenzie, Mason and Mary Scott Cox. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.,…
Obituary – Bernice M. Senour
Mrs. Bernice M. Senour, 98, of Chapel Hill died Thursday, April 12, 2007 at her home. She was born September 23, 1908 in Marion County, IN to the late Harry M. and the late Phoebe Jane Shannon Murphy. She was a retired nurse of public health and she was of the Methodist faith. Surviving are…
Obituary – Lucy Whittlesey Straley
Lucy Whittlesey Straley died peacefully at home on March 29, 2007. Born Jan. 28, 1914 in Brownhelm, OH to Hayes and Elsie (Cooper) Whittlesey, she always valued her father’s humanism and her mother’s efficiency. Helping her father on their farm, she developed a respect and a capacity for physical labor. As a teen she was…
Obituary – Doug O’Dell
Doug O’Dell, a 35-year resident of Chapel Hill, passed away on March 23, 2007, at the age of 53. He was a Morehead Scholar, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and, for over 25 years, the owner and operator of Chapel Hill Rare Books. He is survived by his wife of 32 years,…
Organizers gear up for Carrboro Day
This year’s plan for annual town festival: Don’t change a thing By Kirk Ross Staff Writer If you need help remembering what day Carrboro Day is, take a glance at the calendar and check out the first Sunday in May. That’s the day, this year and every year. “That date is chiseled in stone. Then…
Obituary – Lessie Young Riggsbee
Lessie Young Riggsbee, 95, died Saturday in the Carolina Health System in Charlotte. She was a native of Chatham County, a member of Lystra Baptist Church and was retired as the office manager for utilities from UNC. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 Wednesday at Lystra Baptist Church by Rev. Everett Smith and…
Obituary – Doris Lohr Mabe Wood
The family of Doris Lohr Mabe Wood, 80, would like to celebrate her peaceful passing on March 24, 2007 in Virginia Beach, VA. Doris was a homemaker and proud of her years of service as a school bus driver for the City of Chesapeake, VA. Doris was twice widowed; widow of James Lee Wood and…
Local folks say war no more
 As the war on Iraq entered its fifth year this week, our community observed this somber occasion with several actions. On Monday night, a vigil was held in front of the post office on Franklin Street. Carrboro Citizen photographer Isaac Sandlin was there. He tells us: “It was really quiet out there. The people…
Market time
Alamance farmers Alex and Betsy Hitt look over seedlings in their greenhouse. Sheila Neal is as calm as a mother can be while her son Hank, an affable toddler, sends the last few carrots on his plate floorward. And she’s remarkably calm when you consider the pace she been keeping in preparation for the opening…
Dionaea muscipula Ellis Venus flytrap
Photographed in late September in the Croatan National Forest in an area that had been burned in the late spring.
History project
The latest issue of the Carrboro Commons includes this look at a history project to document and produce a play about the Pine Knolls and Northside neighborhoods in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Also history related is this story on Fitch Lumber. A few Fitch facts: Fitch Lumber was started in 1898 when A.B. Fitch, Mac’s…