Ms. Evelyn Jeannette Chambers, 75, of Fearrington Village in Pittsboro, NC, died January 6, 2009 at her home. She is survived by her brother, Lawrence P. Chambers of Severna Park, MD, and a niece, Kristin Adams of Stevensville, MD, and a nephew, Jason Chambers of Severna Park, MD. Jeannette was born August 9, 1933 in…
Category: Obituaries
Obituary: Marion Florence Harnett
Marion Florence Harnett, age 82, of 511 Patriots Point, passed Friday, April 17, 2009. She was a native of New York and was of Catholic faith. She is survived by three sons, Thomas Ahearn (Rita) of Georgia, John Ahearn (Catherine) of New Jersey and Peter Ahearn of Massachusetts; one sister, Mildred Birkman of N.Y.; and…
Obituary: Robert Frank Riddle
Robert Frank Riddle, 68, of Hillsborough, died Thursday, April 16, 2009 at UNC-Hospitals. He was a native of Orange County, NC, son of the late Leonard J. Riddle Sr. and Florence Davis Riddle and husband of the late Delores Fay Tudor Riddle. He attended Orange County Schools and was a self-employed commercial painter. He was…
Obituary: Frances Burns Hogan
Frances Burns Hogan, 86, died April 6, 2009 at her home in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Hogan grew up in Sumter, SC. She was the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Alwin C. Burns, Sr. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her two brothers, Alwin C. Burns, Jr. and Richard B. Burns….
WSJ’s Murray to give newspaper talk
The Wall Street Journal’s Alan Murray will give a public lecture on “The Future of Newspapers: Some Light at the End of a Very Long Tunnel,†today (Thursday) at 5:30 p.m. in the Carroll Hall auditorium on the UNC campus. Murray was Washington bureau chief for The Journal for a decade, during which time the…
Nancy Mae Walker Pruden
Nancy Mae Walker Pruden, 87, of Burlington, Chapel Hill, Edenton and Nags Head passed away on March 28, 2009 in Hillsborough, NC. There will be a celebration of her life at Crooks Corner in Chapel Hill on April 4, 2009 at 11 a.m. and a memorial service on April 18, 2009 at St. Paul’s Episcopal…
Helen Luetta Siems Slingerland
Helen L. Slingerland, 80, entered into Glory of her Lord on March, 2009. She died from complications following surgery after gallantly fighting and surviving cancer for ten years. She was born March 20, 1929 in Roselle, IL to Henry Siems and Emma Lichthardt Siems. She is predeceased by her loving husband, Walter R. Slingerland, Jr….
Obituary: Richard M. MacLeod
Richard Morrison MacLeod, 74, passed away March 18, 2009 after a long-term illness. He was born in Springfield, Mass. November 25, 1934 to Roderick and Gertrude MacLeod. At the tender age of 17 year old, Richard entered into the United States Air Force and spent the next 22 years serving his country.
Obituary: Thomas F. Gilchrist
Thomas F. Gilchrist died Sunday, March 22, 2009 at the University of North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC after a brief struggle with thyroid cancer. He was 72. Born June 23, 1936 in Macomb, IL, and raised in Shreveport, LA, he graduated from Mercersburg Academy and from Northwestern University with a B.A. in…
Obituary: Dr. William F. Little
William F. “Bill†Little, a member of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty for more than 40 years, a former vice president of the UNC system and a visionary leader who helped guide the development of the state’s Research Triangle Park and the Research Triangle Institute, died Friday (February 27) at home…
Obituary: Michael Vincent O’Hare
Michael V. O’Hare, 73, formerly of Arlington, Virginia and Chatham, Virginia, died Sunday, March 15, 2009 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Margaret Mary and Owen J. O’Hare. He served in the Marine Corps, and was a graduate of Catholic University. He spent his…
Obituary: Clyde Lewis Duke
Mr. Clyde Lewis Duke, 75, died Thursday, March 12, 2009, at Britthaven of Chapel Hill. Mr. Duke was a native of Durham but had lived in Chapel Hill most of his life. He was the son of the late Garland L. Duke and Jeppie Mae Pendergrass. Mr. Duke was retired from the Cary Police Department…
Obituary: Betty Moody Ballard
Betty Moody Ballard of Chapel Hill was called home to God Saturday, March 7, 2009. She is preceded in death by her parents, Geneva and Vilas Moody; her sister, Helen Pilley, and brother Jake Moody. Betty is survived by her loving husband, Joel Thomas Ballard; son, Bruce Ballard (Megan); two daughters, Charlotte Stevens (Dale) and…
Obituary: Ellen Marie Caston
Mrs. Ellen Marie Caston, 68, died on Saturday, Feb. 28 as a result of a car accident in the vicinity of Pittsboro. She was a wonderful person who made this world a much better place because of what she brought to it. So many lives were better because she touched them along the way. As…
Obituary: Ruth Alfva Richard
Ruth Alfva Richard, 95, of Carrboro, NC, died at UNC Hospitals on February 2, 2009, with her two daughters by her side. “Richie†was born in Newport, RI, on September 22, 1913, to Oscar and Alberta Pettersson Eklund, natives of Sweden. After her father’s death, Richie and her sister, the late Aina Beresford, were adopted…