Edgar Wesley Calloway, 82, of Clemmons, died unexpectedly following a stroke on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born on March 4, 1926 in Winston-Salem to Pansy and Marvin Calloway, Sr. A veteran of World War II, he retired from the United States Postal Service after a 38-year career. He was…
Category: Obituaries
Obituary: Roland Giduz
Roland Giduz, who was recognized recently as “a Chapel Hill Treasure,†died on Jan. 23, 2009, at his home in the loving company of family members. His memorial service was held Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, in University Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill. Born on July 24, 1925, he acted for 83 years with vigor and…
Obituary: Millie Grace Smith
Millie Grace Smith, of Fearrington Village, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Flint, Mich., to Mildred and William MacMillan. Millie is survived by her four children, Gene Grace Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth, of St. Cloud, Fla.; Kathleen Grace Pulliam and her…
Obituary: Clarence “Dinky†Barnes
Clarence “Dinky†Barnes, 58, of Chapel Hill, passed away at UNC Hospitals on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. He was the owner of Barnes Grading Company. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Lystra Baptist Church, with pastor Virginia Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery….
Obituary: Jeanne Peck
Jeanne Peck, founding chair of the Komen NC Triangle Race for the Cure, died peacefully at home of lymphoma on January 18. She was 52. In 1997, Jeanne’s determination and leadership brought to the Triangle its first Komen Race for the Cure. A breast cancer survivor, she passionately wanted to help others touched by this…
Obituary: Nancy Bates Boone
Nancy Bates Boone, 79, of Chapel Hill, died Monday, January 12 at UNC Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Buncombe County, daughter of the late General Jasper and Lou Eva Pritchette Bates and wife of 52 years to the late Samuel Moyle Boone. She was retired from UNC-Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library as a…
Tribute
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to even talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense.†—Rumi— Eric Edwin Diener died unexpectedly on December 29, 2008, in Montgomery,…
Obituary – Eric Edwin Diener
Eric Edwin Diener, a green home builder who spent most of his life in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area, died unexpectedly Dec. 29 in Montgomery, Ala. He was 39. Deeply saddened by this loss are his wife Laura Dominkovic, his parents Thomas and Patricia (Pam) Diener of Brentwood, Tenn., his sister Erin Diener of Wilmington, N.C.,…
Obituary: Claire Butcher
Claire Butcher died on December 10, 2008, at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. She was born on November 7, 1930, to Paul and Estella Tenney. On August 26, 1950, she married James H. Butcher. They had two children – J. Jeffrey Butcher and Elaine Butcher Moorefield. She is survived by her husband, Jim, by her son…
Obituary: Mary Alice Renfro Beall
Mary Alice Renfro Beall, age 62, of Chapel Hill, NC, died on Friday, December 12, 2008, following a brave battle with leukemia.
Obituary: Ruth Hodges Sluder
Mrs. Ruth Hodges Sluder, formerly of Chapel Hill, died Monday, December 15, at Guardian Care of Elizabeth City, after a period of declining health.
Obituary: Thomas Calvin McBroom
Thomas Calvin McBroom, 85, 1221 Schley Rd., Hurdle Mills, died peacefully in his some surrounded by his loving family Friday, December 19, 2008. He was born in Orange County and attended Hillsboro schools.
Obituary: Joan Patricia Phillips-Trimmer
Joan Patricia Phillips-Trimmer died suddenly Dec. 7, 2008 at her residence in Chapel Hill. Joan graduated from Wallace O’Neal High School of Pinehurst. She attended Dickinson College two years and graduated from William and Mary College. She received a Masters Degree in Health Education from the Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and served…
Obituary: Louisa Douglass
Louisa Douglass, age 88, of Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill, died Dec. 13. Daughter of the late Rev. John Marshall & Ruth Forbes Millard, she was raised in the Old Alamance Presbyterian Church community outside of Greensboro, N.C. Louisa attended Greensboro College, earned her B.A. from Women’s College, and her M.A. Ed. from…
Obituary: Walter R. Benson
Walter R. Benson, Professor Emeritus of Pathology at the UNC School of Medicine, died on Dec. 10, 2008 at Britthaven Nursing Home after an extended illness. Dr. Benson was a native of Tamaqua, Penn., son of the late John and Mary Bengston. He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1941 and his medical…