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Gary Morton
Sep 22, 2020
Elon – Gary Wayne Morton, 73, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at Moses H. Cone Hospital in Greensboro surrounded by his family. He was born on January 27, 1947 in Alamance County to the late John Everette Morton and Mae Harrison Morton.
Gary was a graduate of Western Alamance High School and...
James "Jim" Wilson, Jr.
Sep 22, 2020
James “Jim” Allan Wilson, Jr., 78, passed away Tuesday September 22, 2020 at his home. He was born April 16, 1942 in Atlanta, GA to the late James Allan Wilson, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Winn Wilson and was married to Ann Stokes Wilson. Jim retired from The U.S. Postal Service hub in Greensboro and he was a member...
Charles "Jeremy" Deaton
Sep 22, 2020
The man. The myth. The legend. Men wanted to be like him and women wanted to be with him. On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Jeremy Deaton passed away doing what he loved, riding in the open air. Jeremy “lived [his] life a quarter mile at a time. In those 10 seconds or less, [he] was free.”
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William "Gene" Poythress
Sep 21, 2020
William “Gene” Poythress, 89, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on December 25, 1930 in Alamance County to the late LeBaron DeKalb Poythress and Mattie Adams Poythress, and was married to Eve Walters Poythress who survives.
Gene retired as a Plumbing and Building...
Phyllis DeRita
Sep 18, 2020
Phyllis Boone DeRita, 82, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 18, 2020. She was a native of Caswell County and the wife of the late Frank DeRita. She was the daughter of the late Ben and Bessie Page Boone.
Phyllis retired as a Registered Nurse after 32 years at Alamance Regional Hospital. Her...
Mary Lashley
Sep 18, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Lashley, 90 years old, of Gibsonville, NC went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 18, 2020 after a period of failing health.
Mary was born in Greensboro, NC on November 27, 1929 to the late Ernest C. & Mamie H. White.
Her love...
Virginia Gurganious
Sep 17, 2020
Mrs. Virginia Faucette Gurganious, age 83, of Burlington, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at her home after a sudden illness.
Born in Orange County, she was the daughter of the late Jeffie Lee Faucette and the late Viola Couch Faucette and was married to the late Jack Thames Gurganious, who passed in 2001. She was a...
Rev. James Laws
Sep 16, 2020
Reverend James Edward Laws left for his heavenly reward September 16, 2020 just one week away from his 84th birthday. He was born in 1936 to the late John Henry Laws and Flossie Bell Laws in Caswell county.
He is survived by his bride of 62 years, Joan DeBoe Laws, daughters Cyndi Cox and...
MaLinda Childress
Sep 15, 2020
MaLinda Wray Childress, 80, was called home by Jesus Tuesday September 15, 2020 from her home surrounded by her family. She was born April 19, 1940 in Caswell County to the late Obie Curtis Wray and the late Evelyn Martin Lane and was married to Carl Childress, Jr. for almost 54 years. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist...
Lois Myles
Sep 15, 2020
Lois Christine Burhenne Myles, 76, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at Twin Lakes. She was born on October 13, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Emil Richard and Dema Martha Crabb Burhenne, and was the wife of 54 years to Donald James Myles.
Lois was employed by the Warren...
Velna Searcy
Sep 15, 2020
Burlington- Velna Shoe Searcy, 95 went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of the late Vernon Paul Searcy who died in 1987. She was the daughter of the late Walter Page and Olivia Alice Isley Shoe.
Velna retired from...
Paul Lennon Buckner
Sep 13, 2020
Paul Lennon Buckner, 68, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on January 2, 1952 in Person County to the late Paul Samuel Buckner and the late Gladys Watson Buckner, and was the husband of 46 years to Deborah Allison Buckner of the home....
George Shepherd
Sep 12, 2020
George Franklin Shepherd, 85, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at Moses Cone Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born in Guilford County on September 18, 1934 to the late Thor Vaden Shepherd and Mary Elizabeth Summers Shepherd, and was the husband of 54 years to the late Ola Mae Hopkins Shepherd who died in 2014....
John Thompson
Sep 8, 2020
Burlington – John Allen Thompson, 82, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at his home. A native of Alamance County, he was born December 21, 1937 to the late Robert Edgar and Geneva Lou Dixon Thompson and was the husband of 22 years to Patricia Ann Mitchell Thompson of the home. ...
Lynette Hardy
Sep 7, 2020
Mrs. Lynette Wrenn Hardy, age 76, of Burlington, passed away on Monday, September 7, 2020 at Duke University Medical Center after several years of battling Pulmonary Fibrosis.
A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late Maxie Eugene “Max” Wrenn and the late Cora Ollie Atkins Wrenn and was married for 52 years to...
Robert Calhoun
Sep 6, 2020
Brown Summit – Robert Leo Calhoun, 86, went home to be with the Lord on his birthday, Sunday, September 6, 2020 surrounded by his family and many friends. A native of Guilford County, he was born September 6, 1934 to the late Roy and Lucille Calhoun and was married to the late Ada Cook Calhoun for 61 years....
Jessie Ragan
Sep 5, 2020
Jessie Mae (Love) Ragan was born to Henry Love and Nina (Lewis) Love in the small town of Bon Weir, Texas, on January 30, 1937. She was a highly intelligent, amiable young woman who enjoyed academic and personal success at an early age. As an adult Jessie worked at the Air Force Academy where she met Thomas Ragan (USAF),...
Don "Denny" Michael
Sep 4, 2020
Gibsonville-Don Wilson “Denny” Michael, 74 passed away on Friday, September 5, 2020. He was born in Guilford County to the late Glenn Eugene and Helen Greeson Michael. He was the husband of the late Janis Wharton Michael who died in March of this year.
Don was the owner and operator of McLeansville Barber Shop...
Sharon Davis
Sep 3, 2020
Sharon Fay Endecott Davis passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020 at her home in Burlington, NC with her family by her side.
Sharon was born the second child of six in Squirrel, Idaho to Hilda And Richard Endecott. She excelled in school and loved to play basketball believing she played as well as the boys, maybe even...
Betty Smith
Sep 2, 2020
Burlington-Betty Ballard Smith, 79, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at ARMC. She was born in Alamance County to the late Lewis Clyde Ballard, Sr. and Lilie Mae Hutchens Ballard. She was the wife of the late Ronald David Smith, Sr.
Betty retired from Jefferson-Smurfit Company....
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