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Peggy Massey
Aug 21, 2016
Peggy Lou Tingen Massey, 81 of Boone Rd., Burlington passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 at her home. A native of Alamance County, she was the wife of the late Daniel D. Massey and daugher of the late Walter Raleigh and Vancie Louellen Herron Tingen. She attended Elon College after which she was employed by Western...
Max Carter
Aug 19, 2016
Max Butler Carter, 86, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Alamance County to the late Lester Butler Carter and the late Bertha Mae Horne Carter. He is survived by his wife, Jerrie Carter, daughter, Tracie (Rod) Barber; grandchildren, Jeremy (Katelyn) Barber and Chelsea Barber. A graveside service will...
Ruth Hawkins
Aug 19, 2016
Burlington - Ruth Mae Cates Hawkins, 85, went home to be with the Lord August 19, 2016 at Alamance Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born in Alamance County April 4, 1931 to the late Luther and Minnie Cates and was the wife of Ernest Marvin Hawkins, Sr. who preceded her in death....
Lorena Barker
Aug 19, 2016
Lorena Holt Maness Barker, 86, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2016 at Alamance Health Care surrounded by her family. She was born in Person County on October 2, 1930 to the late Doc James and Ruth Clayton Holt and was the wife of the late Rufus Albert Maness and the late Dorsey Clair Barker. Lorena...
John Hensley
Aug 18, 2016
John Thomas Hensley, 88, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016 at Alamance Healthcare surrounded by his family. He was born in Alamance County to the late George Washington Hensley and Edna Alice McPherson Hensley and was married for 55 years to the late Jean Allred Hensley. John was a retired truck driver, a US Navy veteran...
David Hix, Sr.
Aug 15, 2016
Cherry Grove, SC David Thomas Hix, Sr., age 85, formerly of Gibsonville passed away on August 15, 2016 at Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, SC A native of Iredell County, he was the husband of the late Susanne Jadlock Hix and son of the late Richard Minor and Willie Mae Thomas Hix. David was the...
Brenda Tillotson
Aug 14, 2016
Brenda Faye Walters Tillotson, 58, a native of Stephens County, Georgia, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, August 14, 2016 after eleven years of declining health. She was the wife of Gary Tillotson for 27 years and the daughter of the late Ira Odell and Dorothy Faye Walters of Toccoa, Georgia. She was...
Selma Love
Aug 11, 2016
Graham-Selma Watkins Love, 81 went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Home Place. She was a native of Wilkes County and the wife of 63 years to Rev. James Thomas "Tommy" Love who survives. Selma was a homemaker and companion in ministry with her husband for many years....
Joseph Byerly
Aug 11, 2016
Joseph "Joe" Edward Byerly passed away doing what he loved, fishing. He was born December 26, 1949 in Guilford County to the late Walter L. Byerly, Sr. and Edith Gilbert Byerly. Joe had served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. He loved to fish and was a member of B.A.S.S., an avid NASCAR...
Luther Howell
Aug 11, 2016
Burlington-Luther Banks Howell, 78 went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at his home. He was a native of Meadows of Dan and the husband of 53 years to Ellen Pack Howell. Luther was a veteran of the US Air Force. He attended West Burlington Church of God and Riverside Holiness...
Bonnie Harper
Aug 8, 2016
Reidsville-Bonnie Sue Jordan Harper,51 of Caswell county passed away on Monday, August 8, 2016 at ARMC. She was born in Alamance County on August 18, 1964 to the late Herbert Hoover Jordan and Audrey Champion Jordan who survives. Bonnie is survived by her husband of 34 years Harold Eugene Harper, Jr. Bonnie was a homemaker who...
Leroy Varner
Aug 8, 2016
Gibsonville - Leroy Chance Varner, 92, of 212 Brightwood Church Rd., was peacefully called home by his heavenly Father on his birthday, Monday, August 8, 2016 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born in Guilford County on August 8, 1924 to the late Grover Cleveland and Mamie Lynch Varner and was the husband...
Bernard Sanders
Aug 6, 2016
Mr. Bernard Lee "Bernie" Sanders, age 82, of Burlington, passed away at his home on Saturday, August 6, 2016 after a sudden illness. Born in Springfield, IL, he was the son of the late Lygora and Ruby Duncan Sanders and was married to Mrs. Dorothy Fadalia Brayfield Sanders, who died in 2004. He was retired from...
Jean McCabe
Jul 31, 2016
Jean Witt McCabe, 90, formerly of Hamilton, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2016 at her residence. She was born on May 13, 1926 in Bellevue, Kentucky, the daughter of the late William P. Witt and Catherine Wulkot Witt. On May 21, 1949 she married Donald C. McCabe and he preceded her in death on...
Gordon Phelps
Jul 31, 2016
Mebane - Gordon Elmo Phelps, 90, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2016 at his home. He was born in Person County and was the son of the late Lewis Elmo Phelps and Catherine Walker Phelps. He was married for 68 years to Mae DeWitt Phelps who died on August 20, 2015. Gordon was a U.S....
Ruth Wolfe
Jul 31, 2016
Elon-Ruth Young Wolfe, 88 went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 31, 2016.at Liberty Commons surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late James "Jack" Edgar Wolfe. Ruth retired from Annedeen Hosiery after many years. She was a longtime member of Shallow Ford Christian Church. She is survived by her...
Ruby Williams
Jul 30, 2016
CHRISTIANSBURG - Ruby Virginia Williams Williams, 94, of Christiansburg, VA, formerly a resident of Burlington for over 60 years passed away surrounded by her family on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Warm Hearth Village, Kroontje Care Center in Blacksburg, VA. Born in Rural Retreat, VA, she was the daughter of the late John William and Lula...
Robert Guthrie, Sr.
Jul 26, 2016
Robert J. Guthrie, Sr., 81, of Stoney Creek, North Carolina went to be with his Lord on July 26, 2016. He grew up in New Jersey and was a proud alumnus of Notre Dame University and New York University. He was predeceased by his parents, Thomas and Sara (Brennan) Guthrie, also by brothers, Thomas Guthrie and...
Barry Barber
Jul 24, 2016
Barry Lee Barber, 60, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at Person Memorial Hospital. He was born in Alamance County to the late Herbert Tate Barber, Sr. and Julia Mae Terrell Barber and was married to Annette Barber, who survives. Barry worked for Durham Public Schools as a HVAC technician. He was a loving husband,...
Samuel Trull
Jul 24, 2016
Samuel Ellis "Sam" Trull, 78, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 24, 2016. He passed away at the Hospice Home with immediate family members present. He was born in Alamance County to the late John Plummer Trull and Eula Belle Cates Trull and was married to Shirley Ann Underwood Trull. Sam was...
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