Ian David Creath of Chapel Hill died July 9, 2007. He was 18. He was a native of Guilford County and a graduate of Cedar Ridge High School. He was a rising sophomore at UNC-Chapel Hill and attended Living Hope Community Church. A memorial service was conducted Friday, July 13, at Chapel Hill Bible Church…
Category: Obituaries
Obituary – Michael Perry Thompson
Michael Perry Thompson, 59, of Chapel Hill passed away unexpectedly at his place of employment on Friday, July 27, 2007. He was an employee of Stump Dump in Pittsboro, NC and a former employee of UNC-Chapel Hill in the Public Safety Department. He was also a volunteer Camp Host at Jordan Lake at Crosswinds. He…
Obituary: Sally Miller Johnston
Sally Miller Johnston died July 20, of heart failure, at her home in Chapel Hill. She was 64. She was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated and received a Masters Degree from Brown University. She loved to travel, and visited 66 countries and almost all corners of the U.S. After working with several…
Obituary: Nick Thomas Watts
Nick Thomas Watts, one of Carrboro’s longest established businessmen, died Monday, July 23, 2007 at the age of 89. He was born September 15, 1917 in Columbus County, NC to Ida B. Cumbee and Levy Edmond Watts. He was the youngest son of six children. Nick is survived by his wife of 69 years, Zolena…
Obituary: Margaret Lansing Schopler
Margaret Lansing Schopler, “Miggieâ€, daughter of Egyptologist Dows and Marion Dunham, died July 16th, 2007 (aged 82). Born June 17, 1925 in Egypt, she was a long-time Chapel Hill resident. Miggie enjoyed painting with watercolors and making sketches, she was an avid gardener and was to be president of the Chapel Hill Kiwanis Club in…
Obituary – Roy Elmer Sommerfeld
Roy Elmer Sommerfeld passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, at UNC Hospitals, 11 July 2007. He was born 8 May 1914 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. His parents were Conrad Lewis and Amelia (Maikowski) Sommerfeld. His siblings, Kenneth W. (Aina), Elmer A. (Margaret) and Irma L. Rode (Ed, deceased) all predeceased him. Roy received his…
Obituary – Dr. John George Keller
Dr. John George Keller, 78, formerly of Olney, Maryland, passed away suddenly at the home of his youngest daughter, Michele S. White, on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is predeceased by his father, George K. Keller, and mother, Louise Tognetti Keller Vachon. He was a devoted husband to his wife…
Obituary – Robert “Pete†Leon Blitchington, Sr.
Robert “Pete†Leon Blitchington, Sr. died Tuesday, July 11th at his home on the Womble Farm, Damascus Church Road in Chapel Hill. He was 71. Pete was born in Augusta, Georgia on December 21, 1935 to the late James and Thelma Davis Blitchington. At age 17 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served…
Obituary – Dr. Randall Williams Evans
Dr. Randall Williams Evans, 51, died unexpectedly on July 6 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC, surrounded by family and many friends who will miss him dearly. Randy was born to Robert B. and Elizabeth N. Evans on September 1, 1955 in Minneapolis, MN. Growing up in Atlanta, Randy attended Christ the King School…
Obituary – Lowry Matthews Betts
Lowry Matthews Betts, 76, died peacefully at his home, Araby Farm, near Pittsboro on Monday, July 9, 2007. A native of Columbia, SC, he was born September 20, 1930, the third of four sons of Erskine Moore Betts and Ellen Dendy Betts, who predeceased him. He attended the Columbia public schools and graduated from the…
Obituary – Gary Hunter Williams
Gary Hunter Williams, 46, of Chapel Hill, born July 28, 1960, fought tremendously throughout his battle with colon cancer for 23 months. Gary lost his battle and was called home on July 7, 2007 at Durham Regional Hospital. Gary was a 1978 graduate of Chapel Hill School and went on to graduate from Vance Granville…
Lisa Garmon, local activist, organizer
Lisa Garmon Lisa Garmon, decades-long Carrboro/Chapel Hill resident, active community volunteer and organizer, champion/activist for the rights of women, LBGT/queer rights, the rights of Latin American leftist farmers and immigrants, defender of the environment, and a devoted, connected, supportive friend to countless numbers of us, passed away July 3rd, 2007 from a rare thyroid cancer.  Â
UNC’s Pat Trohanis dies at 64
Pascal “Pat†Trohanis, senior scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC and long-term director of the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, died June 23 after a long battle with cancer. He was 64. Trohanis joined the institute in 1972 and became director of NECTAC’s predecessor organization in 1987. At NECTAC,…
Obituary – Candice Elisha Taylor
Candice Elisha Taylor, 29, passed away at her residence in Indianapolis, IN on June 16, 2007. A funeral service was conducted at 4:00 pm Friday, June 22, 2007 at Walker’s Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, NC. Surviving are husband, Leonard Taylor of the home; daughter, Bria Anita Linger of Chapel Hill, NC; son, Jalen Taylor…
Obituary – Delacy Cornelius Corbett
Delacy Cornelius Corbett Crisp, age 52, born January 6, 1955 in Orange County to the late Claude and Massey Poole Corbett, died in her home on June 22, 2007. The funeral was conducted Tuesday at 2:00 pm in Lee’s Chapel Baptist Church. Burial was in Church cemetery. She was employed by UNC Hospital in Environmental…